Fran has been your School Board representative since 1996, when she won the General Election with 69% of the vote.

• Served as an officer of the Board for two years
• Acted as Board liaison to Clark Foundation grant for middle school reform
• Participated on state and national councils of urban school districts
• Monitored California charter school expansion as a member of the California School Boards Association Charter Schools Task Force

Fran has been a teacher and understands our public school strengths and weaknesses. She knows our community.

• Taught English as a second language to adults
• Worked as a substitute teacher in many San Diego high schools
• San Diego has been her home for 30 years
• Volunteered on school PTAs, site councils and district school committees
• Served as board member of the Sierra Club and San Diego Repertory Theatre

Fran's two daughters were educated in San Diego public schools and at the University of California. Grace is a lawyer; Clare is a high school literature teacher. Fran's late husband, Ted, was a physician and researcher at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.

A Harvard graduate in history, Fran attended public school in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In addition, she studied journalism at American University, learned Spanish at UCSD and obtained a California teaching credential from Point Loma Nazarene University here in San Diego.

"Someone of your caliber should be encouraged in performing public service."

-- Eric Biddle, Retired Lawyer