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Kappner vs. Olson-Jones for OEA president

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 7:24 pm in OEA

Tania Kappner, Tribune file photoBetty Olson-Jones, Tribune file photo
Tania Kappner, a teacher at Oakland Tech and a community organizer for the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action Integration Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), wants to lead the Oakland teachers union — a post currently held by two-term incumbent Betty Olson-Jones.
Voting has gone on all week, and ends at 6 p.m. Friday. If Olson-Jones defeats Kappner (who challenged her in 2008), this will be her last term.