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Title : The Stranger vs The Seattle Times: School Board Endorsements
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The Stranger vs The Seattle Times: School Board Endorsements
District IV:Times - Eden Mack
The Times gave Mack their strongest endorsement for school board as compared to Chelsea Byers (tepid, both with what the Times said and what Byers said) and Alec Cooper (short).
Eden Mack is fully prepared to be on the Seattle School Board.
The Stranger - Eden Mack
"Eden Mack is the wonkiest education wonk who ever wonked."
Me - Eden Mack
Ditto on the comments made by the Times and The Stranger.
District V
Times - Alec Cooper
But his experience as a director at both Amazon and Microsoft, plus volunteer work as treasurer and president of the Garfield High School PTSA and his deep knowledge of district and state education policy, make Cooper uniquely qualified for the school-board position.
The Stranger - Zachary DeWolf
Good stuff from The Stranger on DeWolf
"Racial, gender, economic, and social justice [work] is a way of life and should be embedded within how we teach and how students learn... throughout their whole career at Seattle Public Schools," DeWolf said. "It's what makes quality public education."
but also this:
If we're being real, with a résumé like his, DeWolf is a little too qualified to be a school board member—the school board is where political ambitions go to die. We'd much rather be endorsing DeWolf for city council or state legislature.
This is true; Seattle School Board is no launch pad for higher office.
Me - I find Alec Cooper, Zachary DeWolf and Andre Helmstetter all to be credible candidates who each have strengths and weaknesses. I give the nod more to Cooper and Helmstetter if only because of their deep knowledge of the district which is an absolute plus for a new director.
The other candidate - Omar Vasquez - who was rejected by both the Times and The Stranger is my sole (and loud) no for this race.
District VII
Times - Chelsea Byers
"While I agree with a lot of the values being expressed by the current board, I think we need different leadership to be able to put the policies in place to get us there," she said.
Not sure you can get more bland than that.
The Stranger - Betty Patu
As a teacher in the early 1990s, Patu, who is Samoan, created programming to better support Pacific Islander students. Her work directly lowered high-school dropout rates in the community.
Me - Betty Patu
Byers is a nice person whose heart is in the right place. That does not qualify her for this office. And, she hasn't lived in Seattle long and seems to know very little about the district.
Betty Patu has shown a commitment to kids and this district that I believe continue to make her the best choice.
Mayor
Times - Jenny Durkan
I couldn't get an interview with Durkan on public education but she told the 36th Dems that she finds the School Board a problem. Uh oh and no, no on her for mayor for public ed.
The Stranger - Cary Moon
Moon wasn't strong in my interview with her on public education. Other candidates The Stranger gave a nod to include Mike McGinn, Jessyn Farrell and Nikkita Oliver, all whom I gave a thumbs up for public ed.
Me - Nikkita Oliver, Mike McGinn and Jessyn Farrell.
All three have a good grasp about public education issues in Seattle, with Oliver the strongest.
I note that if you follow the Times' recommendations, the Board would have a single person of color on the Board - Director Scott Pinkham.
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