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* Boasberg has [http://www.denverpost.com/2013/08/30/tom-boasberg-denver-school-leader-has-a-lot-riding-on-board-election-results/ no formal teaching experience or training]. Closest experience is serving as an introductory English language instructor in Hong Kong for one year in the 1980s.
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* Boasberg's background is largely law and telecommunications, with also having served a stint in the Clinton Administration at the same time as his childhood friend Michael Bennet.
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* Boasberg is a [http://www.broadcenter.org/academy/network/profile/tom-boasberg "graduate"] of The Broad Center, an offshoot of The Broad Foundation. TBF has among its grantees as [http://broadfoundation.org/current-grantees/ pro-charter organizations] and organizations that see donations from the Walton Family Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These three organizations are among the top funders of education reform efforts.
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===Previous Superintendents===
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'''Michael Bennet'''
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Bennet was appointed to DPS Superintendent in 2005, upon the recommendation of then-Mayor of Denver John Hickenlooper. Prior to his DPS Superintendency, Bennet had [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/the-can-do-senator-in-a-cant-do-congress/2016/06/14/b58ccd78-1953-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html?utm_term=.10c916aff8c5 no background in education], either in teaching or administration. He never attended a public school, nor did his children.
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Bennet's background is of being an aide to political figures, law clerking, Counsel to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Administration, Managing Director for the Anschutz Investment Company, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Hickenlooper.
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Bennet stepped down to be [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denver-schools-chief-to-replace-salazar/ appointed to the open] U.S. Senate seat in 2009, which Ken Salazar vacated to become the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the new Obama Administration. The Bennet pick came [http://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/coloradans-react-to-bennet-pick-017009 collectively as a surprise] in Colorado.
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Prior to his Senate appointment, Bennet's name was [http://www.aspentimes.com/news/denver-superintendent-mentioned-for-obama-cabinet/ floated as a possible pick] for the U.S. Secretary of Education for the incoming Obama Administration, specifically citing Bennet's implementation of his teacher merit pay program.
       
! Ward || Name || Party || Endorsement/Info || Contact
 
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| District 2 || Angela Cobian || {{party|D}} || Lean DFER <br/> [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/07/20/denver-school-board-candidate-jo-ann-fujioka-withdrawing-from-at-large-race/ Endorsed by] current seatholder Rosemary Rodriquez <br/> [https://www.facebook.com/www.coloradoblueflowerfund.org/posts/1667517616648444 Colorado BlueFlower Fund] <br/>[http://stand.org/colorado/blog/2017/09/19/stand-releases-endorsements-dps-board Stand for Children] || [http://www.angelaforsouthwestdenver.com/ Website] <br/> [mailto:info@angelaforsouthwestdenver.com Email]
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| District 2 || Angela Cobian || {{party|D}} || Lean DFER <br/> [http://www.coloradoindependent.com/165653/denver-school-board-election-rosemary-rodriguez Employed at] Leadership for Educational Equity, a Teach for America offshoot <br/> [http://www.emergeamerica.org/content/2017-2018-emerge-candidates Emerge CO alum] <br/> [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/07/20/denver-school-board-candidate-jo-ann-fujioka-withdrawing-from-at-large-race/ Endorsed by] current seatholder Rosemary Rodriquez <br/> [https://www.facebook.com/www.coloradoblueflowerfund.org/posts/1667517616648444 Colorado BlueFlower Fund] <br/>[http://stand.org/colorado/blog/2017/09/19/stand-releases-endorsements-dps-board Stand for Children] || [http://www.angelaforsouthwestdenver.com/ Website] <br/> [mailto:info@angelaforsouthwestdenver.com Email]
 
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| District 2 || Xochitl "Sochi" Gaytan || {{party|D}} || Non-DFER <br/> [https://www.ourdenverourschools.org/candidates-and-endorsements/ Our Denver, Our Schools] <br/> [http://www.denverlabor.org/news/2017-municipal-endorsements Denver Area Labor Federation] <br/> [https://twitter.com/OurRevDenver/status/902553677927473153 Our Revolution Metro Denver] <br/> [https://www.facebook.com/www.coloradoblueflowerfund.org/posts/1667517616648444 Colorado BlueFlower Fund] || [https://www.xochitlgaytan.com/ Website] <br/> [mailto:xochitl@xochitlgaytan.com Email]
 
| District 2 || Xochitl "Sochi" Gaytan || {{party|D}} || Non-DFER <br/> [https://www.ourdenverourschools.org/candidates-and-endorsements/ Our Denver, Our Schools] <br/> [http://www.denverlabor.org/news/2017-municipal-endorsements Denver Area Labor Federation] <br/> [https://twitter.com/OurRevDenver/status/902553677927473153 Our Revolution Metro Denver] <br/> [https://www.facebook.com/www.coloradoblueflowerfund.org/posts/1667517616648444 Colorado BlueFlower Fund] || [https://www.xochitlgaytan.com/ Website] <br/> [mailto:xochitl@xochitlgaytan.com Email]
 
| District 4 || Tay Anderson || {{party|D}} || Non-DFER <br/> [https://www.ourdenverourschools.org/candidates-and-endorsements/ Our Denver, Our Schools] <br/> [https://twitter.com/OurRevDenver/status/902553677927473153 Our Revolution Metro Denver] || [http://www.tayanderson.org Website] <br /> [https://www.facebook.com/tay4dps Facebook] <br/> [mailto:tay4dps4@gmail.com Email]
 
| District 4 || Tay Anderson || {{party|D}} || Non-DFER <br/> [https://www.ourdenverourschools.org/candidates-and-endorsements/ Our Denver, Our Schools] <br/> [https://twitter.com/OurRevDenver/status/902553677927473153 Our Revolution Metro Denver] || [http://www.tayanderson.org Website] <br /> [https://www.facebook.com/tay4dps Facebook] <br/> [mailto:tay4dps4@gmail.com Email]
 
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