Seattle School Board Candidate Drops Out

It appears that Janai Ray, a candidate for District 2, is out of that race. From Ballotpedia:

The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Rivera Smith and Christina Posten advanced from the primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Janai Ray (Nonpartisan)

That leaves incumbent Lisa Rivera Smith and former principal Christina Posten as the only two candidates, hence the cancellation of the primary for this race.

Also, I have been unable to contact Evan Briggs in District 3 nor Maryanne Wood in the District 6.  If you know how to reach them, please let me know. Neither appear to have campaign websites yet.

 

 

Comments

Anonymous said…
Just ask Chandra, Evan Briggs is her handpicked candidate.

No Incumbents
6/1/23, 10:10 AM
Melissa Westbrook said…
I wouldn't talk to Hampson if you paid me money.

Wonder where she will land? It will be funny if she tries to run for office again.
6/1/23, 10:17 AM
Anonymous said…
How did she dropout past the 22nd ?

no rules
6/1/23, 12:15 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
No rules. Ballotpedia says "withdrawn or disqualified." Maybe disqualified in some way?
6/1/23, 2:03 PM
Anonymous said…
She dropped out only days after filing on May 5; the line-out and red "Withdrawn" notice appeared within 2-3 days of her original filing on KC Elections' website and has been clearly marked every day since. https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/who-has-filed.aspx?eid=38

May 5
6/1/23, 3:27 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
That is interesting, May 5, because she did do her interview with the 36th Dems on May 18th.

No matter - she's out.
6/1/23, 4:06 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tuesday Open Thread

The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested.  It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio.  (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
Read more

Who Is A. J. Crabill (and why should you care)?

Why You Should Care Mr. Crabill has found quite the acolyte in Director Chandra Hampson. In the course of discussions over SOFG, she says his name over and over, "A.J .says we...." Now that's not too surprising given the direction the district is heading and that it is Mr. Crabill's work with the Council of Great City Schools is how we got here. But it appears that Mr. Crabill is working very closely with Hampson and we know she wields some amount of power over the majority of the Board. Mr. Crabill is going to continue to work with the Board as SOFG is instituted in SPS. In fact, his role may become more public as it did at one SPS Board meeting in the spring where he was on the phone during the meeting and suggested the Board stop the meeting to "self-reflect." I also noticed that in a district in South Carolina, when things weren't going to plan, he blamed the Board for not following SOFG to the letter. Look for that to happen here if Board members w
Read more

Why the Majority of the Board Needs to be Filled with New Faces

This may only be a partial list of reasons; please, add anything else in the comments. The deadline to file to run for the Board is May 19th. Entire Board Majority NOT vetting the Superintendent in any way, shape or form. Even the Seattle Times thought that was wrong.  It was just absolute hubris and it was wrong. For the second time in just over a year , board members voted to negotiate a superintendent contract during a special meeting with no opportunity for public comment. This time, they showed an even deeper disregard for their responsibilities as public servants: Aborting a national search for a new superintendent and denying Interim Superintendent Brent Jones a chance to show students, parents and taxpayers that, indeed, he is the best person for the job. Government bodies can’t fast-forward through transparent processes just because they think they know the right answer. One other odd thing about the hiring of Brent Jones - most permanent SPS superintendent contracts ar
Read more