February 7, 2006 Herbert Hoover High School San Diego, CA Air Time: 10pm ET/7pm PT on C-SPAN2	Watch Video Picture Gallery

Herbert Hoover High School 4474 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA Hoover is one of sixteen High Schools in the San Diego Unified District, and is one of the oldest schools in the district. Hoover is located to the east of downtown San Diego and is attended by approximately 2,000 students. A faculty of about 80 instructs a very diverse student population in academic and extra curricular disciplines. At Hoover we are preparing our students to meet the challenges and life beyond high school!

From sandiego.gov:
Jerry Sanders was sworn in as mayor of the City of San Diego on Monday, December 5th. Sanders served as Chief of Police from 1993 until 1999, capping a 26-year career with the department. During his tenure, he and the department's employees gained national recognition for their pioneering work with community policing and, with active assistance from the community, achieved a more than 40% decrease in crime during the six-year period he led the department. He also re-organized the department, making it more responsive to the community, reaching out to neighborhoods, and utilizing more than 1,000 volunteers to address San Diego's public safety needs.

Sanders left the Police Department to become president and CEO of the United Way of San Diego County (April 1999) at a time when the agency was being criticized for a bloated bureaucracy and a decline in contributions. During his tenure, the local United Way dramatically increased fundraising and decreased overhead costs. In addition, he served as the United Way Community Campaign Chair in 2002.

Sanders was appointed to the board of the American Red Cross San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapters (July 2002) after the local CEO was fired by the national headquarters in the aftermath of controversy concerning the Alpine Fire. He helped recruit Ronne Froman as the organization's CEO and oversaw the turnaround of the local chapter, which resulted in support for victims of the Cedar Fire, praise from former critics for the transparency of fundraising efforts, and a staff re-organization that substantially reduced overhead costs.

Sanders has also been active in the private sector, serving as founding partner and consultant for local high-tech start-ups involved with homeland security and infrastructure assessment.

Sanders, 55, and his wife Rana Sampson, live in Kensington. He has two daughters, Lisa, 21, and Jamie, 19.

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