Ed Murray and Seattle Public Education
I had a good interview with Senator Ed Murray recently who will be in the General Election against current mayor, Mike McGinn. We sat down in his campaign offices to talk. I asked him about what he believes t he role of the Mayor is vis a vis Seattle public education. He said that he believes it has changed from what it was traditionally as something of a cheerleader position to a more visible one. He believes that the Mayor should push for discussions about changes needed in the district AND in city government to find better academic outcomes. He said, "Only the Mayor has the position to pull stakeholders together." I told him that sounded a lot like mayoral takeover of the district.