Ultra MAGA Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird is on the verge of being removed from his perch on the Richland School Board, with voters in the Tri-Cities area school district saying yes to a recall effort that was launched against him and two other board members.
Tag: WA-Schools
Posted inElections
The Seattle Times versus The Stranger: How their 2023 MLKC area endorsements compare
With each paper’s set of endorsements now available to scrutinize, our team thought it would be interesting to do a comparison and see where the papers agree and disagree. You might think the papers would be far apart in their choices, and sometimes they were… but not always!
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It’s Special Election Day in Seattle and other Washington jurisdictions: Have you voted?
Find resources for the February 14th, 2023 special election in Washington State in this Cascadia Advocate post.
Posted inPolicy Topics
A plurality of special election voters in Seattle disapprove of how their schools are being run
41% of six hundred and fifty-one February 2023 special election voters interviewed by Change Research for NPI last month said they somewhat or strongly disapproved of the way the Seattle Public Schools are currently being run. 28% said they somewhat or strongly approved, and 31% were not sure.
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February 2022 King County school levies are passing, except for one Riverview levy
Early February 2022 special election results are in here in Washington State’s most populous county, and they look good for schools and essential public services almost across the board, with only a couple of exceptions.
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Rounding up the initial returns in key 2021 Central Puget Sound school board races
After a long stretch of at-home learning and remote teaching due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s school board races throughout King County gave voters the opportunity to decide who should have responsibility for overseeing the administration of many of the state’s biggest school districts.
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Most voters are undecided for Seattle School Board; Song Maritz, Sarju, Hersey have leads
Majorities or near majorities of voters in Seattle are not sure who they’re supporting for school board yet. Among those who have a preference, Vivian Song Maritz, Michelle Sarju, and Brandon K. Hersey are the favorites.
Posted inPolicy Topics
April 28th special election results give boost to public services in Washington’s rural areas
The returns so far suggest people across the Evergreen State understand the importance of investing in the public services that make our communities strong.
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February 12th election results: Big majorities back levies for Seattle, Renton schools
Read our analysis of preliminary returns in the February 12th, 2019 special election for school districts in King County.
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Progressive slate leads in closely watched 2017 Seattle School Board contests
Grassroots education advocates in Seattle can take comfort in early results for this year’s contests for school board positions. Emerald City voters are enthusiastically backing a trio of candidates whose commitment to public schools is not in doubt. In the contest for Position #4, Washington’s Paramount Duty cofounder Eden Mack is truly cleaning up with an […]
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Is your school district having an election today? If it is, don’t forget to vote!
A reminder to all Cascadia Advocate readers who live in Washington that today is Election Day! Tonight, at 8 PM, is the the deadline to return ballots in the first of two special election periods scheduled to be held this year. We really ought to do away with special elections altogether and save a lot of […]
Posted inEducation
Vermont’s heroic response shows the way on No Child Left Behind letters
Earlier this year, Washington legislators rejected a demand from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to require teacher evaluations to be based, in part, on student test scores. One of the primary threats Duncan used in demanding Washington State force schools to teach to the test was that if this change was not made, the state […]
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Peter Maier falls behind challenger Sharon Peaslee in key Seattle school board race
It looks like another incumbent school board member may end up getting ousted by Seattle voters, after it initially appeared that only one would lose his job. Though he was able to maintain an edge in the contest for school board director in District #1 for nearly a week, incumbent Peter Maier is now in serious […]