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Sheila Jordan: “Thank you, School District 1 voters; this is just the beginning!”

Your letters and phone calls to Councilmember Sheila Jordan regarding your opinions on Dreyer’s proposed addition are very important, notwithstanding her recent announcement that she will not seek re-election. Jordan will be our

COUNCILMEMBER SHEILA JORDAN AND THE DREYER’S PROJECT

Councilmember Sheila Jordan an- nounced an anonymous donor’s giftofa large collection of silver dollars to the Neighbors for a Rockridge Library fund- raising Campaign.

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By Mary MacDonald

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By Dan Pitcock

Our City Councilmember, Sheila Jordan, heard the recommendation and watched the organizing efforts of the neighborhood and then made a strong presentation in support at both the Cul- tural Services subcommittee meeting and at the City Council meeting where the final vote occur...

By Dan Pitcock

Comments by Sheila Jordan, Councilmember District |

Schools: Sheila Jordan On Budgets And Battles

My name is Sheila Jordan and I am _ynning for Oakland School Board for nistrict 1. I have been a resident of North Oakland for 20 years and a teacher for the -ame amount of time. My son, Matthew, went to Peralta Elementary and currently attends Claremont Middle Sc...

Thursday, June 22, about 300 neigh- bors filled the College Avenue Presby- terian Church to participate ina meeting on the proposed Drey er’s expansion co- sponsored by Councilmember Sheila Jordan and Oakland—Sharing the Vision (O- SV). Councilmember Jordan acknowl.- edged early in the proceedings that she had already committed herself in favor of the Dreyer’s project. Jordan stated that the purpose of the meeting was to allow Dreye...

...al Research Institute (CHORI), the North Oakland Senior Center, and Dover St. Park. Hertz, along with other Oaklanders, supported our efforts, yet it was John Wagers and NOVA who led the effort. Victory wasn’t assured until the election of Sheila Jordan in 1991, who ran on a platform that included saving the campus. n Robert Brokl & Alfred Crofts pper Broadway Advocates (UBA) is delighted that the City will buy and repurpose California College of the Art’s (CCA) dorm building for transiti...

...eld Elementary Principal; David Silver, Director of Education with the office of Mayor Libby Schaaf; and Aimee Eng, President of the Oakland School Board, representing District 2. Also present were Noel Gallo, District 5 Councilmember, and Sheila Jordan, former Alameda County Education Superintendent.

Public School? Featured speakers: Vincent Matthews, Stephen Wesley, Sheila Jordan and Kerry Hamill. Info: 238-7001, or view Brunner Report at www.oaklandnet. com (the site for all City-related information). Jazz at the Chimes Concert and Artist Reception featuring Grammy-nomi- nated pianist Taylor Eigsti with bassist Jo...

...credit cards by Zachary’s, but my keys, digital camera, cell phone and paycheck for work with all my personal identification are still missing (or at the local pawn shop). “You are a model school,” announced Alameda County Super- intendent Sheila Jordan who joined Oakland Unified representative Liane Zimny in pledging support. Oakland Planning Commission

...ears ago. In fact, PPTG was formed over 20 years ago by parents want- ing to create a unique, small public school for their children. Peralta school has a long history of very active parents, including Alameda County Schools Superintendent Sheila Jordan, Oakland City Council

...e county office of education for failing to aggressively monitor the finances of a district that had “a history of serious financial trouble.” The report reveals that a previous grand jury faulted Alameda County Superintendent of Education Sheila Jordan for not having intervened sooner in the financial collapse of Emeryville a few years ago. And it states that the county office is “considered to be in the bottom 25% of aggressiveness of COEs in the state.” In other words, the Alameda Coun...

By Susan Montauk

member Ken Rice, and Jane Brunner, candidate for District 1 council seat came to lend a hand, and Sheila Jordan, Dis- trict 1 council member showed up to survey the proceedings.

By Mary MacDonald

Public criticisms in the last few months of neighborhood groups by Council- member Sheila Jordan and misstatements about the Rockridge Community Plan- ning Council (RCPC) by some support- ers of the Dreyer’s expansion cannot go unchallenged.

...res of about 500 Rockridge residents, merchants, and local employees on petitions opposing the Dreyer’ s expansion, and a full-scale petition drive has yet to begin. About 300 people attended the Dreyer’s meeting sponsored by Councilmember Sheila Jordan in June 1995, and about 100 attended the July EIR scoping meeting held by City planning staff. The majority of attendees were Rockridge residents and, with the exception of one or two comments, all were in opposition or expressed serious c...

...irst-year program and are accepting requests for second-year funding. Please call or send comments to Traffic Engineering at 238-3477, Magnani’s owner, Sharon McCormick, or to my Office. is the wit behind this mise-en-sceéne, Councilmember Sheila Jordan may be reached at City Hall, Oakland 9461 2, or at 238 3266. &

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By Gay Ducey

was Rockridge News editor Trish West, pictured with Captain Bruce H. Waygood and George McCartney, member of the Board of Governors forthe Association of the preservation of the yacht. (Thanks to Councilmember Sheila Jordan for providing the press pass.)

By Mary MacDonald

Councilmember Sheila Jordan may be reached at 505-1 4th St, #601, Oakland 94612, 238-3266. &

safety measure. North Oakland Councilmember Sheila Jordan, faced with three problematic landmarks in her dis- trict, has publicly expressed her prefer- ence for keeping the libraries open dur- ing the upgrades.

By Marc Rumminger

...artici- pate, by registering you can win prizes such as bicycle accessories. Furthermore, a large number of registrations will send a message to politicians and government agencies that bicycling is important in the Bay Area. Councilmember Sheila Jordan and Mayor Elihu Harris are scheduled to bike to work on May 4.

A Digging in to create a new Rockridge library are, from left, State of California c é& Librarian Kevin Starr, Library Director Martin Gomez, former Council- April 22, 1995, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. member Marge Gibson Haskell, Councilmember Sheila Jordan, Neighbors for Ifyou are 18 years of age or older and a Rockridge Library chair Nancy Dutcher, and RCPC chair Mary MacDonald. reside within RCPC boundaries (see map

In the first of a series of Luncheon Forums, sponsored by Councilmembers Sheila Jordan and Nate Miley, Peter Calthorpe, the noted urban designer, made a presentation on a way of look- ing at urban development that com- bines some traditional design principles with new ones. The proceedings of the meeting were presented in a ...

By Dan Pitcock

Councilmember Sheila Jordan can be reached by phone at 238-3266 or at 505- 14th St. Suite 601, Oakland 9461 2. Her district office,, in the basement of Temescal

...red by Ignacio de la Fuente, is currently reviewing the issue of institutional uses in residential neighborhoods. It comes up for hearing in January. If you are interested, contact de la Fuente’s office, 238-3266. Where does Council member Sheila Jordan stand? Call her at 238- 7228. @

ents of the Chabot PTA heard School Board President Sheila Jordan report on this year’s priorities of the Oakland School District. They include creating “high intensity” classrooms for 4th, Sth, and 6th grades, expanding the use of computers and other technologies, con- tinuing the exchange with Russian ...

... review and discuss the Working Group’s proposed plan Saturday, Novem- ber 19, 9 amin the Willie D. Harper Build- ing Community Hall, 314 E. 10th Street. For more information, call Chabot School Principal Pat Christensen at 655-3285 or Ms. Sheila Jordan at 836-8199,

munity improvement. : In her newsletter School Crossings, Ms. Sheila Jordan, Rock-

...nd The Rockridge News present these columns to assist regular communication from our local elected officials. Give some thought to what you read here, then give a call to the authors: Marge Gibson-Haskell — 273-3266 City Council District 1 Sheila Jordan - 652-7823 Oakland School Board District 1

This column makes its début in what will be a regular space dedicated to statements, comments and reactions from public officials. Sheila Jordan, newly elected School Board Member