School Board candidates Carin Chase and Bill Willcock will run in the Nov. 3 general election for the position that director district 1 Director Kory DeMun is giving up.
The position is one of four Edmonds School Board positions on the November ballot. The School District includes Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway, nearby unincorporated areas and part of Brier. Voters throughout the School District vote for each position, but candidates must live in the director districts they wish to represent. Director district 1 in the southwest corner of the school district, includes Woodway, the south part of the city of Edmonds and nearby unincorporated areas, and the southwest corner of Mountlake Terrace.
Chase and Willcock recently sent statements introducing themselves to voters. Here are their statements, in the order that the candidates’ names will appear on the November ballot and in the voters’ pamphlet:
Edmonds School District – director district #1
Bill Willcock: I have actively volunteered for 8 years in the Edmonds School District where my three children attended school. I am running for director to continue my contributions to the ESD in a leadership position. Excellence in our schools is pivotal to children’s success and community vibrancy. As a school board member, my efforts will focus on all students, educators and administrators while working collaboratively with other School Board members and the community.
Volunteering keeps me connected to the community and has shaped my priorities:
- All students succeeding in a safe, healthy environment
- Smaller class size and best-in-class educators
- Financial integrity
- Non-partisan, strategic decision making
My ESD experience includes organizing community efforts to protect programs during budget cuts, and participation in the District’s Citizen Planning Committee and Strategic Directions Work Group. When budget cuts threatened music, arts, and athletics programs, I was instrumental in starting a Booster Club at Edmonds-Woodway High School and served as president. In addition to addressing student equipment and scholarship needs, I helped start a tutoring program. I currently volunteer for Citizens for Schools (a group working to support ESD levies and bonds).
My professional experience in the high tech industry and education (MS – Stanford University) will complement the needs of the Board.
Carin Chase:
425-312-3056
www.facebook.com/events/396891360521901
Carin Chase has lived near Puget Sound all her life. She graduated from Roosevelt High School, from the UW with a BS in zoology, and is a graduate student at the Evans School for Public Affairs.
Carin’s son is a STEM student at Terrace High and is the seventh generation of their family in Washington. Carin volunteers in school activities, is a member of parent/student organizations, and is a substitute para-educator.
Carin is an advocate for strong public policy and is deeply committed to public education. She recognizes public education as our state’s paramount duty and the critical need to allocate our resources wisely and equitably.
Carin is committed to fostering a public education system that rewards excellent teachers who understand and work with the individual needs of each child to help them all reach their full potential. Carin is opposed to high stakes testing and believes in academic rigor recognizing the interests and abilities of each student.
Carin supports fiscally and academically responsible decisions that prioritize directing resources to the classroom and will take great care to provide intelligent, informed oversight while serving on the board.
“I take the role of public servant and elected representative seriously and will do my utmost to represent the families, children, taxpayers and supporters of Edmonds Schools with integrity and diligence.”
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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