District One Candidates on KUOW Yesterday
District One Candidates were interviewed on KUOW yesterday on Weekday . They were interviewed separately and each had different questions. (I get this for incumbents versus challengers but overall, I'd like to see the answer from all to at least one question that is the same.) Sharon Peaslee was first up. She came across to me as strong and confident with ready answers. She was asked about her assertion that there was too much "top-down" governance and what she would change. She said she would bring back site councils or strengthen BLTs, put the needs of students and schools first and allow math teachers to use whatever materials they needed to teach math. She also mentioned replacing MAP testing with another called ALEX(?) which I couldn't find info on so if someone has a link, please let us know. Peter Maier was next and like all incumbents spoke well (although I felt he mumbled a bit and I was having a hard time understanding what he was s...