Cheryl Cook-Kallio for Alameda County School Board Area 7 – “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Alameda County School Board Area 7.”

“I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Alameda County School Board Area 7.”

I am a 40-year veteran public school teacher, former City of Pleasanton Councilmember, and a civic education activist. I hold an M.A. in History emphasizing the Constitution. I have lived and worked my entire life in this part of Alameda County teaching in the community where I grew up. I have four children who attended schools in Sunol, Livermore and Pleasanton.

I was a member of the State K-12 Civic Education Task Force and iCivics Teacher Advisory Boards and serve on the Center for Civic Education National Board. In these capacities and others, I have worked for children and teachers supporting quality programs and legislative outcomes across the nation and here in our local community. I was honored to be recognized nationally with the American Civic Education Teacher Award.

As a trustee I am proud of my contributions toward students’ safety, provide students with multiple pathways to success while increasing credentialed teachers and certified para-educators., school accountability and ensuring quality public education throughout the county. As a board member I will account to promote and encourage legislative agendas that support teachers and students in our county. My skills combined with local and state-level experience make me uniquely qualified to increase support from the county office to those we serve to ensure equity for all. Public service is my calling. I humbly ask you to join the California Teachers Association, Alameda County Superintendent Alysse Castro, Congressmember Ro Khanna and dozens of others and re-elect Cheryl Cook-Kallio for Alameda County School Board.

About Cheryl

Cheryl Cook-Kallio has a long history of public service and volunteerism. She has an M.A. in History with an emphasis on the United States Constitution that she earned from San Jose State University as a James Madison Fellow, CA ’97. She has served Senator Feinstein and a Madison Congressional Fellow in 2002 and served the Federal Courts in D.C. as a Madison Fellow in 2005. She also is a member of the California State K-12 Civic Education Task Force Advisory Board.

Cheryl served as a board member for the Pleasanton Partnership in Education Foundation, and as a member of the CA Civic Learning Task Force Advisory Board and a member of the Teacher Advisory Board for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s iCivics Foundation.

She is a 40-year veteran teacher specializing in high-school civics. She received the American Civic Education Teacher Award in 2008, one of only three in the nation. Cheryl has been honored by the Fremont Education Foundation for Excellence in Education in 2006, Citizen of the Year 2006 by Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, Irvington High School’s Teacher of the Year 2005, Woman of the Year 2004 by State Senator Liz Figueroa, Teacher of the Year by the Sons of the American Revolution 1997. In 1997, Cheryl was also awarded a James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a prestigious merit scholarship awarded to only one teacher per state each year to pursue a master’s degree with an emphasis on the United States Constitution.

Cheryl also served on the city council of Pleasanton, California from 2006 through 2014. She continues to serve as state coordinator for the We the People/Project Citizen Programs provided by the Center for Civic Education and as Vice Chair for the Center for Civic Education National Board. She is grateful for her first term as the Alameda County Board of Education Trustee for Area 7, serving Dublin, Livermore Pleasanton and Sunol.

About the District

The district encompasses Sunol, Pleasanton Livermore, Dublin and unicorporated to the San Joaquin county line. (Includes Mountain House Elementary School District)

Cheryl’s Endorsements

Organizations

Federal and State Officials

Congressmember Ro Khanna
Attorney General Rob Bonta
CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma
State Senator Aisha Wahab
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Assemblymember Alex Lee
Former State Senator Bob Wieckowski
Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
Former Assemblymember Bill Quirk
Former Assemblymember Joan Buchanan

Alameda County Officials

Alameda County Board of Supervisors President David Haubert
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley
Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Márquez
Alameda County Sheriff Ysenia Sanchez
Alameda County Assessor Phong La
Alameda County Auditor Controller Melissa Wilk
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Alysse Castro
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board President Ken Berrick
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board Trustee Aisha Knowles
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board Trustee Angela Normand
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board Trustee Joaquin Rivera
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board Trustee Eileen McDonald
Alameda Co. Office of Ed Board Trustee-elect Anna Vasudeo
Bart Board Director President Melissa Hernandez
Ohlome College Board Trustee Lance Kwon
Chabot-Las Positas Comm. Coll. Dist. Trustee Harris Mojadedi
Chabot-Las Positas Comm. Coll. Dist. Trustee Catherine Grier
Chabot-Las Positas Comm. Coll. Dist. Trustee (ret.). Tim Sbranti
Zone 7 Board Member Kathy Narum
Zone 7 Board Member Sarah Palmer

Mayors and City Councilmembers

Livermore Mayor John Marchand
Livermore Vice Mayor Kristi Wang
Livermore City Councilmember and APT President Evan Branning
Livermore City Councilmember (ret.) Trish Munro
Pleasanton Mayor Jack Balch
Pleasanton Vice Mayor Craig Eicher
Pleasanton City Councilmember Matt Gaidos
Pleasanton City Councilmember (ret.) Becky Dennis
Dublin City Councilmember Michael McCorriston
Hayward City Councilmember Julie Roche
Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan
Fremont City Councilmember Kathy Kimberlin
San Leandro City Councilmember James Aguilar
Berkeley City Councilmember Igor Tregub

School Board Trustees and Board Members

LVJUSD Board President & Professor of Education Dr. Steven Drouin
LVJUSD Trustee Christiaan VandenHeuvel
LVJUSD Trustee Craig Bueno
LVJUSD Trustee Emily Prusso
LVJUSD Trustee Kate Runyan
PUSD Trustee Justin Brown
PUSD Trustee Charlie Jones
PUSD Trustee MaryJo Carreon
PUSD Trustee Laurie Walker
Sunol Glen School Board President Erin Choin
Sunol Glen School Board Trustee Chris Bobertz
Sunol Glen School Board Trustee Ted Romo
DUSD President Kristen Speck
DUSD Trustee Kristian Reyes
HUSD Trustee Austin Brickner Carrillo
FUSD Trustee Dianne Jones
Former FUSD Trustee Peggy Hendon
Former FUSD Trustee Lara Calvert
Berkeley USD Trustee Jennifer Shanoski
Former Sunol Glen School Board Trustee Guin Van Dyke
Former Sunol Glen School Board Trustee Denise Romo
Former San Leandro USD Trustee Louis Heystek
Past President, Oakland Board of Education (ret.) Sam Davis

Community Leaders, Teachers, Students and Residents

We the People teacher PUSD Jeremy Detamore
We the People teacher PUSD Graham McBride
We the People teacher PUSD Stacey Sklar
LVJUSD teacher Susan Jorgensen
LVJUSD teacher (ret.) Robbie See
LVJUSD Vice Principal David Martinez
Teacher and Past President of APT- Association of Pleasanton Teachers Cheryl Atkins
2024 California History Teacher of the Year PUSD Katie Orenberg
AD-20 ADEM Delegate Joseph Mauro
Former Commissioner, Alameda County Veterans Commission Doug Miller
Sunol Glen Teacher (ret.) Rebecca Radulovich
PUSD Principal (ret.) Bill Radulovich
PUSD middle school teacher; coach of We the People program (ret.) Nancy Brazil
PUSD Teacher (ret.) Anne Matarrese Everton
PUSD Teacher Eryn Neidle
Pauline Weaver
Zaheer Siddique
Kim Billingsley
Pat O’Laughlin
Jim O’Laughlin
Vicki LaBarge
Tim LaBarge
Heather Rizzoli
Heather Brillhart
Linda Kelly
Joe Johal
Amanda Brown
Jennifer Flynn
Kelly Goldsmith
LVJUSD teacher Nicole Mangiardi
PUSD teacher Sam Weaver
PUSD teacher Jill Weaver
John Sensiba
San Ramon Valley USD Trustee Laura Bratt
LVJUSD teacher (ret.) Cate Sarraille
Sharon Piekarski
Don Ball
Lisa Ball
Las Positas teacher David Powers
Sunol Glen teacher (ret.) Peggy Carpenter
Debi Pearson
Al Auer
Theresa Rowland
Isabel Gomez
Yeon Park
Hayden Sidiun
Jerry Underwood
Denise Kent Romo
Connie DeGrange
Nathan Tran
Jackie Rankle
FUSD teacher (ret.) Jennifer Hillier
Geoff Hillier
Andrew Turnbull
Richard Li
D.P.I.E Executive Director Gary Leach
Vic Cloutier
M.J. Casper
Tom Casper
Rhianna Basinski
Annie Borderson
Barbara Auer
Carol Lee

Labor Unions

California Teachers Association
IBEW 595
Sprinkler Fitters and Apprentices Local 483
Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County
Sheet Metal Workers Local 104
Teamsters Local 583
Operating Engineers Local 3
Alameda County Labor Council
Association of Pleasanton Teachers
SEIU 1021

Democratic Clubs

Alameda County Democratic Central Committee
Stonewall Democratic Club

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Cheryl Cook-Kallio

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What kind words! Thank you, Robbie See~

Cheryl Cook-Kallio for Area 7 Schools

Cheryl Cook-Kallio is the right choice to represent Area 7 of the Alameda County School District. Cheryl focuses directly on student learning, and she does it with her sleeves rolled