July 31, 2015 [5]
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Local students earn WSU President’s Honor Roll FROM STAFF REPORTS
The following students from Federal Way were recently named to Washington State University’s President’s Honor Roll for the 2015 Spring semester: Alexander A Adekoya; Madeline Rose Bergstrom; Molly Suzanne Bergstrom; Beau Jacob Bowman; Kiele Bowman; Kasey Byquist; Chanel Olivia Carlson; Brooke Lynn Chapman; Jacqueline Marie Chissus; Gavin Dean Cuddie; Wenye Dang; Danielle Leigh Fredricks; Taryn Michelle Fredricks; Ravneet Kaur Grewal; Erica Lynn Hookland; Shawn Michael Hutchinson; Denali Robert Kagel; Darian Haley Keuter; Samantha Jane Leuthy; Halimo Ahmed Maie; Taylor Michelle Meadows; Makenzie Brianne Nieland; Madison Jo Niksich; Erika R Nonan; Jeremy Adam Olson; Mason Thomas O’Neill; Denali Leeona Pavlich-Wheeler; Miah Pavlich-Wheeler; Kristi Helen Scramlin; Christina Simone Sessoms; Carmen Jennifer Snypp; Breanna Lee Straus; Stephanie Marie Thomson; Kelsie Marie Trotignon; Essence Leair White.
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is running to keep the seat. If she wins, a replacement will be appointed. Both McAnalloy and Gregory are relatively new board members with only two years of service. Current board vice chair Claire Wilson also has a strong education background and is a program executive director at the Puget Sound Educational Service District. She is being challenged by former board member Angela Griffin. Griffin did not run for re-election two years ago after she moved out of her district and into Wilson’s. Griffin was a valuable board member in bringing community input and cultural awareness. But both have a political weakness. They both went on the controversial district-paid trip to Europe. That trip was at least partly responsible for one former board member being defeated in 2013 and hastened the former superintendent’s departure. This will be Wilson’s first time in front of the voters since the trip. But Griffin actually received more criticism from residents at the time, as she was not running for re-election when she went on the trip. How will the voters evaluate their respective strengths and is the trip to Europe still an issue, or is it forgotten? Danny Peterson is stepping down after one term and Liz Drake will claim the position without opposition. Drake has had a long career in education and was most recently a principal in the district. She was rumored to be interested in other elected offices, but stayed with a primary interest in education. With her background, she will be able to contribute immediately. Some concern has been raised about how she will adjust to supervising the superintendent, after having reported to the
superintendent. And will she be comfortable with the separation between the policy role of a board member after so many years of hands-on direction? Board member Hiroshi Eto was appointed to the board several months ago and is running unopposed. His background is in civil engineering. Insiders say he is still in the learning phase, although there has been some concern about his frequent letters to the editor and emails to constituents asking for comments. That approach, while helpful in some ways, is outside the team orientation the board has tried to work toward, and has raised some questions. McAnalloy and Eto will return and have a stake in Campbell’s success, as would Wilson if re-elected. But with Drake, a replacement for Gregory and if Griffin defeats Wilson, there could be three new board members, who might look at the superintendent and district policy in a different way. All the candidates have the best interests of the district’s students as their priority and will want Campbell to succeed. But they also have strong personalities and their own ideas about what might constitute the best interests of the students. Merging those different thoughts and ideas will be a challenge for the board chair and Campbell. There is only one competitive race. But try and meet with the board members and get to know them, particularly the new ones. And if you haven’t met Campbell, do so. I think you’ll like her.
Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn: bjroegner@ comcast.net.-
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