G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES SUMMARY CHARTS OF RESULTS FROM A SURVEY OF LIKELY VOTERS IN THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 400 INTERVIEWS SEPTEMBER, 2007 CONDUCTED BY GENE BREGMAN & ASSOCIATES

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Chart 1 Comparison Of Excellent/Good Job Ratings For Oakland Unified School District 11/031/019/995/968/94 Comparison Of Poor Job Ratings For Oakland Unified School District 2/069/0711/031/019/995/968/942/069/07

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Comparison Of Great Need For More Money Chart 2 11/031/019/995/968/942/069/07

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Chart 3 1/01 Comparison of Quality of Education In OUSD Over Previous Year or So 11/039/07

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Four Votes on Extension of Current Parcel Tax Chart 4 Q.8a Permanent Tax After Info Q.4a Continue $195 Tax Q.4b Permanent Tax Q.4c Add COLA

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Five Votes on Additional Parcel Tax Chart 5 Q.9 $245 Permanent Tax Q.5a $50 Tax Q.5b $30 Tax Q.8b $50 Tax After Info Q.8c $30 Tax After Info

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Comparison of Initial Yes Votes With Previous Surveys Chart 6 8/94 Bond 5/96 Parcel Tax 9/99 Bond 1/01 Parcel Tax 11/03 Parcel Tax 2/06 Bond 9/07 Permanent Tax 9/07 New Parcel Tax

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Extremely Important Ways Parcel Tax Money Has Been Spent Chart 7 Making teacher salaries and benefits competitive with other districts in the Bay Area so the District can attract and retain highly qualified and fully credentialed teachers To better prepare students for college, the District reviews courses to ensure that high school courses meet University of California requirements Maintaining up-to-date textbooks and instructional materials Maintaining reduced class sizes of no more than 20 students per class in kindergarten through third grade Maintaining and expanding after-school tutoring programs that help students with their homework and keep them out of trouble Providing training and support for teachers so they have access to current information, methods and technology Instituting reading, math and science programs that have steadily increased test scores for elementary and middle school children Providing more counselors to help middle school and high school students succeed Expanding a new mathematics program that has greatly improved scores at elementary and middle schools Restoring and maintaining programs in music and the arts Providing more electives and advanced placement courses so more Oakland students can qualify for college admissions Maintaining qualified school librarians and library services for children Reducing class sizes for fourth through eighth grades Maintaining the Districts adult education programs, helping displaced workers to get job training, recent immigrants to learn English, and others to return to school to get their diplomas Maintaining the programs that have resulted in Oakland becoming the most improved large urban school district in the state for the last two years where scores are available Adding security officers at school sites to ensure the safety of children not only during regular school hours, but while attending after-school programs as well

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES Proportions Much More Favorable To Parcel Tax Measure Chart 8 All the money raised by this measure will stay here in Oakland An exemption is available for low-income residents to make sure this tax is not a burden on those who cannot afford it This money is needed to maintain the improvement Oakland has made in being able to attract and retain well-trained, professional, credentialed teachers Oaklands school parcel tax provides more than 20 million dollars for our schools each year. Without this measure the parcel tax will expire and our schools will be forced to make deep cuts to core classroom instruction This money is needed if our schools are to keep up with technology both now and in the future An independent oversight committee will make sure that the money is spent properly Without the parcel tax there will be no money available for many of the successful programs to reduce the high school drop-out rate None of this money will go to pay administrators After years of problems, student achievement is improving; this measure is needed if the progress is to continue Without the parcel tax, class sizes will increase for children in kindergarten through third grade This measure is supported by teachers, principals, business leaders, and city leaders

G ENE B REGMAN & A SSOCIATES People/Organizations Very Believable On Parcel Tax Measure Chart 9 Local classroom teachers PTAs at Oakland schools Principal of your neighborhood school League of Women Voters Mayor Ron Dellums Oakland police officers Oakland School Board The Oakland Tribune Oakland City Council Alameda County Taxpayers Association State Administrator Kimberley Statham The San Francisco Chronicle