Meet Election Candidates: Ron Rosenbaum for Albany School Board
Incumbent candidate for Albany School Board Ron Rosenbaum held a campaign sign at Solano Stroll parade. Rosenbaum is well-known in the community as a former principal of Albany High School and an Albany resident for more than three decades. He wrote the following message addressed to Albany voters:
Experience. Responsiveness. Integrity
This is what I bring to the Albany Board of Education.
I have been an Albany resident for the past 34 years and a public educator in the East Bay for 37 years. As an educator, I have been a classroom teacher, a middle and high school counselor, a high school administrator, and continue to devote myself to public education as a current member of the Albany Board of Education.
I am particularly proud of the years I spent as Principal of Albany High School, working collaboratively with teachers, parents, and students to bring many new programs to the district, including high school block scheduling, writing coaches for students, freshman health curriculum, the Future Leaders Institute, the Drug and Alcohol Task Force, mental health counseling, expanded academic counseling, and expansion of the breadth and depth of the high school curriculum.
I bring a deep understanding of public education and of the Albany community to the board. My goal as a board member is to continue working with our educational community to create a school district that is second to none, with all students, pre-kindergarten to adult, achieving and thriving in our schools.
Meet Rosenbaum and watch him talk:
Click to read more about his educational background, his campaign goals, and the full list of his endorsements.
Contact him by phone: (510) 525-1109 or e-mail: ronrosenbaum@ronrosenbaum.org
*This post is part of Meet Election Candidates, a special coverage on the local elections by Albany Today. Each candidate for this year’s local elections has been invited to write an article and record a video speech addressed to Albany voters, which will be published on Albany Today in the following days. Please read their articles, watch their speech, and feel free to write comments under the posts.
Hi!
I was the AHS PTSA President a few years ago and worked with Ron. Ron has a great friendly way of saying hi to everyone. However, I found that he did not lead but waited until others lead and then joined in. He was not popular with the parents of Special Education students, in fact none liked him. Four different parents complained about him. This was the most of any group on campus.
In Peace,
Andy Austin
Hello, Ron,
I am writing this to you as an Albany voter.
I live on Talbot across from Cornell School. I am looking for someone who would support speed bumps on my block and enforced no U-turn laws on either side of Cornell School. I want someone who will promote walk/bike to school days. As I said, I live across from Cornell, and student drop-off/pick-up is a dangerous undertaking at best. Note: the idea proposed last year of making the 900 block of Talbot one way is a terrible idea, which would make the street an unsafe speed corridor between Solano and Marin the 23 hours Mon-Fri and 24 hours Sat and Sun when people are not bringing their children to and from school, so please don’t suggest this as an option.
My kids graduated AHS in ‘98 and ‘02. At the time, the attitude in the district toward non-college-bound kids was disdainful at best. I inquired into the ROP program Albany is affiliated with and was told, “if the kids can get themselves there, they can participate.” Is this still the attitude? Where I worked, In the Castro Valley USD, bussing was provided. This provided an option for those students who found they needed something different from a high-pressure academic track. What counseling and other help are available in the AUSD for students who won’t be ready – and may never be – for a four-year college (or even a two-year college) when they leave high school? These students also deserve a program which prepares them for the future.
Are you the person I am looking for to champion these causes as a school board member?
Sue Douglass
Hi Sue,
I certainly hope so. First, I would totally support your proposal for Cornell, as well as Talbot streets. Traffic has been a dangerous problem for years. I would hope and encourage that the school district continue negotiations with the city to help solve the situation, and I think speed bumps would be helpful. As far as the high school…in my time there, I increased the number of counselors to five, as well as adding a full time career and college coordinator, who has been very active in promoting our career day and meeting the information and planning needs for all our students, not just the 4 year college bound. My experience was that there was little to no interest in ROP classes away from AHS, which negated the need for buses. We did, however, expand the number of ROP classes at the high school. I have close connections with the ROP program, and promote further expansion. The current administration at the school has added two new ROP classes this year! Please feel free to contact me at ronrosenbaum@ronrosenbaum.org, or check my website for my position on school policies. I look forward to your vote and your confidence.
Ron Rosenbaum