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Prosser Consolidated School District 116 | Director District 4 4-year term
Mark J. Gunderson 1005 CAMPBELL DR PROSSER, WA 99350 Elected Experience: Just getting started. Other Professional Experience: Contractor/Entrepreneur, Owner of Envoy 509 LLC and Gunderson Contracting LLC. We operate across Washington state including projects for the city of Seattle and apartment complexes for HUD. Tutor and student teacher for higher mathematics at Idaho State University. Education: Cascade High School, engineering at Spokane Falls, studied nuclear engineering at Idaho State, studied mechanical engineering at Eastern Washington. Community Service: Church organizations where I have provided services and resources. We hire many veterans, felons, recovering addicts and workers who seek citizenship. I have worked with many young men who have needed guidance and mentorship.
Statement: In my fifth year as an engineering student, I stopped “temporarily” to take care of family. During this, I began using the skills as an engineer to operate a delivery business in Spokane. We tripled the revenue within six months. Two years later we started a siding construction company from scratch. I had never sided a house. My wife and I now own a multi-million dollar contracting business which is headquartered in downtown Prosser. During this time, I have run and completed two full Ironman races, while raising three amazing boys. I have the skills to stand my ground on issues yet attain the humility to listen to reason. I will call a spade a spade and unapologetically call out inconsistencies and irrational rhetoric. I will not submit to emotional appeals unless they fall within reason. I am running to be an advocate for students, yet my experience brings the skillset to effectively manage large budgets and properly work with congress. My experience as a contractor has been to take something that was once beautiful, demolish where necessary, fix or replace where needed, and make beautiful again. By God’s grace this is what I will bring to Prosser School District.
Prosser Consolidated School District 116 | Director District 4 4-year term
Jason Rainer (509) 731-5424 rainerr1954@gmail.com 176911 W RIVERS EDGE DR PROSSER, WA 99350 Elected Experience: Prosser City Council, Prosser Fire district #3 board Other Professional Experience: Business owner, loyal employee, and a devoted father. Education: Kamiakin High School, Kennewick, Wa California Polytechnic State University, Bachelor Science Crop Science Community Service: volunteer youth sports coach, Church youth leader/instructor
Statement: Currently, the Prosser School District has lost the trust of the community it serves. PSD, from the board down through all district employees, need to be held accountable to the community it represents. This is done through listening to the parents, students and staff, fiscal policy, curriculum, and general operations. Curriculum, mental health, and vocational classes are my top priorities. Under our current time curriculum, our school is under attack by local, state, federal, and other organizations. I believe, we as a community, should establish curriculum and training guidelines and how it’s taught, not people who have never been or lived in our community (Critical Race Theory, and Sex ED). School closures, sports, and other extracurricular activities that have been canceled or delayed has greatly affected the mental health of our students. We need to ensure that policy and resources are available to help kids rebound as well as minimize the long term affects the last year and a half have had on them. I will be fiscally conservative and make sure the district is using taxpayer’s money in the most efficient manner (ROI). I will ask for a financial audit on all district departments.
