IMPORTANT BTU INTERNAL ELECTION 2012 BIOGRAPHIES ...

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Name:
Hal Krantz
Candidate Positions: Executive Board Member; FEA Delegate
School/Work Location: Coral Springs Middle School
Subject: ESE Support Facilitator
Number of Years in the BTU: 17 years
Professional Organizations:
Union Experience: Sponsored letter to bring the AFT to review BTU finances;
Headed the expulsion charging party committee of members against the former
BTU president; FEA and AFT delegate; Sick Bank Committee; Constitutional
Committee; Budget Committee; Spokesman for BTU at school board meetings;
Successfully lobbied the school board to change its policy on paraprofessional
medical leave
Platform Statement (50 words maximum): As an executive board member, I look
at the BTU as a family, and as all families, we run into hard times. Overcoming
these hard times and moving forward, BTU will become a stronger. I am asking
for your support to continue as a voice of the membership.
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Name: Vicky LaPorte
Candidate Positions: Executive Board Member; AFT Delegate; FEA Delegate
School/Work Location: Atlantic Technical Center and Technical High School
Subject: American Government, Economics, and U.S. History
Number of Years in the BTU: 12
Professional Organizations: AFL-CIO (BTU representative on the Central Labor
Council); AFT; NEA; FEA; BTU (Designated Steward); Democratic Executive
Committee (Precinct Chairperson); BTU COPE-TIGER
Union Experience: BTU Designated Steward; Member of the COPE Committee;
Member of the Union Constitution and By-Laws Committee; BTU Area
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