Kim Knox is an education activist who has worked for several decades on education and youth. Kim has worked tirelessly to create more transparency at SFUSD and with the SF Board of Education. Through Kim's and others' efforts, those attending the SF Board of Education meetings are no longer required to sign in to attend the public meetings. Kim also helped stop the practice of having to call into the BOE Office prior to a Board meeting in order to speak in front of the Board of Education about an item on their agenda. Kim has also pushed SFUSD to get 18 schools to meet SF Building Code requirement that K-3 classrooms must be on the ground floor or have a separate staircase, so that early primary students can safely exit their school in the event of an emergency. Kim has also continuously worked to have SFUSD's budget more transparent and "user-friendly" for the public in order for parents, teachers and the community to know where their limited education dollars are being spent. Kim has joined the picket lines of UESF and Local 790 to get fair wages for all of their hard work. She has even joined UESF to phonebank with state propositions and labor actions. Kim was appointed to the original Proposition H Committee by then student delegate Alan Wong and worked to get more funds to ensure that sports fields were safe and more counselors were available to students. Kim reads to third and fourth grade students at McCoppin Elementary School at its 2006 Read Out Loud Day. Kim's background shows that she is a tireless advocate for youth. After graduating from Kearney State College in Kearney, NE, Kim worked as an executive of a small Girl Scout Council. Her job was to help parents to organize troops, field trips and camps for girls in K-12. She worked with parents on creating afterschool programs for children and worked with community leaders to fundraise for youth-related activities. Kim received her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Wyoming. Her thesis was "Motivating Employees with Noneconomic Incentives." Kim was hired as the Water Conservation Technician for the City of Aurora, CO. While at Aurora, she developed the first water-related curriculum to be adopted by a school district (Aurora Public Schools). She did hundreds of presentations to schools throughout Aurora and was the primary author of her first book, "Landscaping for Water Conservation: Xeriscape!" In 1989, Kim was hired as the Youth Education Program Manager by the American Water Works Association, Denver, CO, the membership organization of all of the water departments in North America. She updated AWWA's youth handout, "Story of Drinking Water", was the primary author of "Reaching Tomorrow's Consumers Today," "Water Magic," "and the "Teachers' Guide to the Story of Drinking Water." Kim also served on several national boards relating to science education. In 1994, the City of San Francisco hired Kim for the position of Water Conservation Administrator. During her tenure, Kim helped to expand the SFPUC's art contest to elementary students; created a Environmental Mentorship and Summit for high school students, and a Renewable Energy Inventors' Contest for middle school students. Kim also mentored 82 students over a period of seven years and was one of two people who received the award of "Mentor of the Year" by the Mayor's Employment and Education Program in 1999. She also co-founded "Water Day" which later evolved to "Wind, Sun and Water Day" at the Randall Museum. This event brings hundreds of families to explore hands-on science and art activities about earth science. For the past two years, Kim has been an environment educator for renewable energy developing for the City and County of San Francisco. She is a proud member of Local 21-Professional and Technical Engineers. She was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the San Francisco Asthma Task Force. She is treasurer of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, and is an elected member of the San Francisco Green Party County Council. © Kim Knox 2006 Contact us at kim@kimknox.com or call (415) 290-2708. Some of the website's photos include models to protect the privacy of SFUSD's students & workers. <