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Sandra Halladey
Audio Academy FellowSandra Halladey is a member of the 2024 KALW Audio Academy.
Passionate about speaking up for and building a constituency of support for public institutions — especially public education and the arts. She loves to connect people to ideas and projects and believes that producing and curating stories can have a significant impact on public policy. An avid paddle boarder and recent convert to cold water swimming — her limited free time is spent on and in the water.
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The Olympics are coming up in Paris this summer and a quarter of the current players on the US Women’s soccer team were trained in the Bay Area.
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Your CallThe San Francisco Unified School District is preparing for a vote on which schools may close to address a budget crisis and declining enrollment.
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The San Francisco Unified School District is seeking community input on school closures and mergers. This weekend, the last two in a recent series of community events were held
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The Oakland City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement for the ballpark for the new minor league Oakland Ballers.
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Development of additional sites for teacher housing will be voted on tonight at the San Francisco Unified School District board meeting.
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For the second time this year, the Oakland Unified School District’s board will vote on a change to the school calendar.
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Affordable housing for teachers is one step closer today -- as applications can now be submitted for 135 rental units in the Sunset District of San Francisco.
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San Francisco families, who applied on time to public schools in the city, will receive their eagerly awaited school assignment letters today. More than 14,000 letters were mailed to families for grades TK-to-12 for the 2024-2025 school year.
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There wasn’t much excitement at polling stations yesterday in the Bay Area, as election officials reported little more than a trickle of voters wanting to cast their ballots by hand. About 16 percent of voters mailed in their ballots, while only about four percent showed up in person at the polls. The real suspense was at a series of watch parties, as candidates, rivals, supporters and opponents focused on the latest results.