Kimberley Williams (California)

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Kimberley Williams

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Vista High School

Graduate

The George Washington University, 2001

Contact

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Kimberley Williams ran for election to the Santa Clara Unified School District school board to represent Trustee Area 4 in California. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kimberley Williams earned a graduate degree from George Washington University in 2001.

Elections

2022

See also: Santa Clara Unified School District, California, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Santa Clara Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Andrew Ratermann defeated Kimberley Williams in the general election for Santa Clara Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Andrew Ratermann (Nonpartisan)	60.2	2,632
		Kimberley Williams (Nonpartisan)	39.8	1,740

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,372
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kimberley Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Williams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’ve been building towards this election for the past few years. Not only has education been central to my professional and volunteer roles in my life, but my involvement in PTA leadership and district initiatives has propelled me to want to continue to take a larger role in helping shape SCUSD’s vision and priorities in the future. The more I have learned and engaged with staff, administrators and teachers within SCUSD, the more convinced I became that our district has remarkable potential. I’m running to unleash teaching innovation, target our school spending, and increase the resources for our most at-risk students and schools.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Targeting funding and resources for our schools. For example, SCUSD has a number of maker-spaces in schools that are under-utilized because we need personnel to put these spaces to work for our students. We need teachers and staff who are resourced to allow their creative professional expertise to shine.
• Modernizing our educational system by supporting, encouraging, and scaling new and successful learning methodologies and approaches. For example, we can scale Project-Based Learning (PBL) principles across the district. PBL teaches students skills to collaborate & connect lessons to real world examples. I’ve seen how learning comes alive in my own daughter’s experiences at Central Park Elementary and I want kids across the district to genuinely be engaged in their learning process.
• Academic recovery and addressing student learning loss in a post-pandemic world. As a parent who navigated the frustrations, worry, and uncertainties with my own child during COVID-19, I am living the same struggles that many of us face as our kids continue to grapple with the impacts of remote and virtual learning during the pandemic. With the severe learning loss that many students experienced as part of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to get creative about helping students regain their academic footing.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I choose to support and remove hurdles for our teachers, students, and parents, in my actions and decisions. At Central Park Elementary, as PTA President, I launched the first Direct Donation Campaign raising over $40,000 that directly improved the ease by which teachers accessed supplies used in project-based learning. During the pandemic, I partnered with teachers to use PTA funding to provide gardening supplies for at-home learning projects and funded our principal's request for the purchase or more books for our youngest readers to take home with them during remote learning. I have been a strong advocate for building bridges between parents, school administrators, and teachers. Ensuring that we align to a common vision for our kids and schools means that we can unleash the creative expertise within each group of stakeholders to benefit our kids.

We CAN prepare students for the future. If you agree that education unlocks human potential and creates a strong and engaged citizenry, join me to help make a meaningful difference in the Santa Clara Unified School District.

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