King County Elections

- Wants schools to be more inclusive of students with disabilities, and worked to get students who receive special education services to spend more time learning and engaging with their peers. 
- Said, "\[o\]ur policy is a state model for preventative and restorative practices that address high needs and cultivate safe, culturally responsive learning environments that benefit all children." 
- As a school district director, she worked on "inclusive education policy changes in Instructional Philosophy and Special Education."

School Curriculum

- As a school district director, she helped get more access to career and technical education.

College & Career Readiness

- As a school district director, she opposed cutting school staff.

Teacher Recruitment

Wants schools to be more inclusive of students with disabilities, and worked to get students who receive special education services to spend more time learning and engaging with their peers.

Said, "\[o\]ur policy is a state model for preventative and restorative practices that address high needs and cultivate safe, culturally responsive learning environments that benefit all children."

As a school district director, she worked on "inclusive education policy changes in Instructional Philosophy and Special Education."

As a school district director, she helped get more access to career and technical education.

As a school district director, she opposed cutting school staff.

- Wants schools to be more inclusive of students with disabilities, and worked to get students who receive special education services to spend more time learning and engaging with their peers.
- Said, "\[o\]ur policy is a state model for preventative and restorative practices that address high needs and cultivate safe, culturally responsive learning environments that benefit all children."
- As a school district director, she worked on "inclusive education policy changes in Instructional Philosophy and Special Education."
- As a school district director, she helped get more access to career and technical education.
- As a school district director, she opposed cutting school staff.

Top Priorities

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Liza Rankin

- Said, "\[a\]s an out LGBTQ+ person I want to champion a LGBTQ+ and racial equity lens on the school board. I want children and youth to know that they deserve to be safe and treated fairly." 
- Wants to teach skills like self-regulation, stress management, and other social and emotional skills to young children.

- Said, \[t\]he inequities in academic achievement still need urgent attention and focus to make the Seattle School District an excellent learning environment."

- Wants both teachers and parents to be included more in big decisions made by the board of education.

Said, "\[a\]s an out LGBTQ+ person I want to champion a LGBTQ+ and racial equity lens on the school board. I want children and youth to know that they deserve to be safe and treated fairly."

Wants to teach skills like self-regulation, stress management, and other social and emotional skills to young children.

Said, "\[t\]he inequities in academic achievement still need urgent attention and focus to make the Seattle School District an excellent learning environment."

Wants both teachers and parents to be included more in big decisions made by the board of education.

- Said, "\[a\]s an out LGBTQ+ person I want to champion a LGBTQ+ and racial equity lens on the school board. I want children and youth to know that they deserve to be safe and treated fairly."
- Wants to teach skills like self-regulation, stress management, and other social and emotional skills to young children.
- Said, "\[t\]he inequities in academic achievement still need urgent attention and focus to make the Seattle School District an excellent learning environment."
- Wants both teachers and parents to be included more in big decisions made by the board of education.

Debbie Carlsen

- 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.