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San Mateo County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2

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San Mateo County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2

This person is one of five members. They oversee the San Mateo County Office of Education. This office runs court and community schools. Those schools serve youth referred by probation or their home districts. The office also supports the county's local school districts. The term is four years.

San Mateo County's Board of Education has a contested race for its Area 2 seat. Beverly Gerard has held the seat for 37 years. She faces Dana Johnson, a social worker and first-time candidate.

The winner serves a 4-year term on the 5-member County Board of Education, which sets policy for the County Office of Education -- the agency that runs court and community schools for youth referred by probation or their home districts, and supports the county's local school districts.

The choice is less ideological than experiential: Gerard argues for continuity on programs she has already shepherded through years of restructuring, while Johnson argues that lived experience in the justice system gives the students these schools serve someone who has been in their position.

Beverly Gerard

Beverly Gerard is the incumbent Area 2 trustee. She was first elected in 1989. She has never before faced a challenger. In recent years she has worked to restructure Gateway, a school program for court-involved youth.

Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson is a community leader and social worker. This is Johnson's first run for office. Johnson has 16 years of experience with justice-involved youth in county probation.

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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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