King County Elections

- Supports teaching students that a nuclear, traditional family structure is important.
- Wants to shift focus back to "purely educating our students with the fundamentals that prepare them to compete in the marketplace, and further strengthen, support, and hold accountable the traditional family."

School Curriculum

As of July 5, 2023, Mitchell Khayim did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

College & Career Readiness

Teacher Recruitment

Supports teaching students that a nuclear, traditional family structure is important.

Wants to shift focus back to "purely educating our students with the fundamentals that prepare them to compete in the marketplace, and further strengthen, support, and hold accountable the traditional family."

Top Priorities

Mitchell Khayim

- Plans to improve math, reading, and writing success rates and raise test scores.
- Wants to increase the amount of influence that parents have over what is taught in schools.

- Said he "will work to keep our 'Promise' to prepare students for the future they choose."
- Opposes certain social programs and advocates bringing focus and resources back to academics and vocational training options.
- Supports job training for students who choose not to attend college. 
- Said, "I have seen firsthand how the district is failing its students and families, both academically and in preparation for life."

As of July 5, 2023, Loren Dugan’s website did not contain information on this issue and Loren Dugan did not complete our questionnaire.

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Plans to improve math, reading, and writing success rates and raise test scores.

Wants to increase the amount of influence that parents have over what is taught in schools.

Said he "will work to keep our 'Promise' to prepare students for the future they choose."

Opposes certain social programs and advocates bringing focus and resources back to academics and vocational training options.

Supports job training for students who choose not to attend college.

Said, "I have seen firsthand how the district is failing its students and families, both academically and in preparation for life."

- Plans to improve math, reading, and writing success rates and raise test scores.
- Wants to increase the amount of influence that parents have over what is taught in schools.
- Said he "will work to keep our 'Promise' to prepare students for the future they choose."
- Opposes certain social programs and advocates bringing focus and resources back to academics and vocational training options.
- Supports job training for students who choose not to attend college.
- Said, "I have seen firsthand how the district is failing its students and families, both academically and in preparation for life."

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Loren Dugan

- Supports the role of the arts in education.
- Plans to require 100 minutes for music instruction for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
- Wants more education about language about dealing with racism and other sensitive topics.

- Supports having an elected student school board.

- Has been involved in contract negotiations that "successfully bargained the largest raise  [for educators] in our history at nearly 15% over two years."
- Intends to provide access to mental health caregivers and put a full-time counselor and nurse in every district building.

Supports the role of the arts in education.

Plans to require 100 minutes for music instruction for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.

Wants more education about language about dealing with racism and other sensitive topics.

Supports having an elected student school board.

Has been involved in contract negotiations that "successfully bargained the largest raise for educators in our history at nearly 15% over two years."

Intends to provide access to mental health caregivers and put a full-time counselor and nurse in every district building.

- Supports the role of the arts in education.
- Plans to require 100 minutes for music instruction for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
- Wants more education about language about dealing with racism and other sensitive topics.
- Supports having an elected student school board.
- Has been involved in contract negotiations that "successfully bargained the largest raise for educators in our history at nearly 15% over two years."
- Intends to provide access to mental health caregivers and put a full-time counselor and nurse in every district building.

Michael T. Lewis

- Intends to "ensure that all students, families, and teachers have access to equitable and sustainable funding for programs, for support and support staff, and resources."

As of July 5, 2023, Stephanie Tidholm’s website did not contain information on this issue and Stephanie Tidholm did not complete our questionnaire.

- Wants to make sure that all schools have adequate mental health resources. 
- Plans to increase support staff, such as deans.

Intends to "ensure that all students, families, and teachers have access to equitable and sustainable funding for programs, for support and support staff, and resources."

Wants to make sure that all schools have adequate mental health resources.

Plans to increase support staff, such as deans.

- Intends to "ensure that all students, families, and teachers have access to equitable and sustainable funding for programs, for support and support staff, and resources."
- Wants to make sure that all schools have adequate mental health resources.
- Plans to increase support staff, such as deans.

Stephanie Tidholm

- The School Board of Directors runs the public school system. The School Board of Directors is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- School District Directors work together to make school policy, set the budget, decide what is taught in schools, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- School District Directors are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.