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As votes continue to be counted, Laura Babitt and Ana Vasudeo are projected to win the two available seats on the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board.

Ty Alper, Ka’Dijah Brown and Julie Sinai all secured seats on the board of Berkeley Unified School District as of press time at 2:02 a.m.

The Berkeley Unified School District board provides much-needed oversight of the city’s public school system. This election season, Berkeley voters have the opportunity to elect three diverse and insightful voices to the board. Of all the candidates running for the board, Sinai, Brown and Alper are undoubtedly the most qualified. Here’s why.

Six candidates — Ty Alper, Norma Harrison, Dru Howard, Abdur Sikder, Julie Sinai and Ka’Dijah Brown — will be vying for the three open board seats.

Five candidates campaigning for the BUSD election in November — Ka’Dijah Brown, Julie Sinai, Ty Alper, Abdur Sikder and Norma Harrison — took turns giving one-minute responses to audience questions.

UC Berkeley School of Law professor Ty Alper, Josh Daniels and Karen Hemphill won the three vacant seats on the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education.

From handling union negotiations to implementing new curriculum, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education is responsible for discussing the long term vision the city’s local schools. This year five candidates, three of whom are incumbent, are vying for three open seats on the board.

Berkeley residents Judy Appel, Norma J.F. Harrison and Tracy Hollander are challenging incumbent School Board Director and Clerk Beatriz Leyva-Cutler for the two seats.