Gary Yee and Christopher Dobbins
to lead
Oakland Board Of Education
Former Vice-President moves to Board’s top spot; Dobbins named Vice-President
Oakland – Jan. 04, 2010 – Gary Yee, formerly Vice-President of the Oakland Board of Education, was elected President at the Board’s annual meeting on January 4, 2010. At the same meeting, Yee’s colleague Christopher Dobbins was elected Vice-President. Yee succeeds Noel Gallo, who while stepping down as President, remains on the Board. Both Yee and Dobbins were elected unanimously and the two men will lead the governing board of Oakland Public Schools for the next 12 months.
“I am honored that my peers saw fit to elect me as Board President during this critical period for public education,” Yee said. “As Oakland Unified and school districts throughout the country strive to boost student performance in the midst of dramatic funding cuts, sound leadership and robust community engagement are essential. As a Board, our top priorities for the coming year are to accelerate the growth in student achievement that has made OUSD California’s most-improved urban school district over the past five years, to reduce expenditures while increasing revenue and to bring collective bargaining with our labor unions to a successful conclusion. These are challenging but important goals and we look forward to working with the residents of Oakland to fashion creative solutions for the city’s public schools.”
Troy Flint
Spokesperson
Oakland Unified School District
1025 Second Avenue
Oakland, CA 94606-2212