SHORELINE — Two individuals recently announced their candidacy for Shoreline School Board positions being vacated by current members Patti Giboney, in Position 2, and Herb Bryce, in Position 3.
Lake Forest Park resident Debi Ehrlichman will run for Position 2, and Shoreline resident David Wilson will run for Position 3.
Ehrlichman has served and volunteered in the schools for 28 years, including positions on the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation, Shoreline PTA Council, 2002 operating levy committee and PTA boards at Lake Forest Park, Kellogg Middle and Shorecrest High schools. She also has served on district-wide Initiative 728, instructional materials, strategic planning and bond issue advisory boards.
“It felt like this was the right time and the right culmination of experiences (to run),” Ehrlichman said.
Ehrlichman, a former special education teacher, has three children, two who have graduated from Shorecrest High School and one who is currently a sophomore.
Giboney has served three terms or 12 years, on the school board.
“It’s really been a privilege serving this community,” Giboney said.
She said she has enjoyed being a school board member, and she felt it was time to allow other people to have that experience and provide their views.
Wilson has served the schools through involvement on the district budget advisory team, the I-728 advisory team, the district bond advisory team and the 2002 operating levy committee. He also has served on PTA boards and is completing his term on the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation.
Wilson has a son at Shorewood High School and a daughter at Sunset Elementary. He said because of his prior experience, he feels this is an appropriate time for him to go to the next level with his involvement in public education.
“I really believe we have a great district,” Wilson said. “A great district needs to stay great.”
Bryce, who has served on the board for 14 years, chose not to run for re-election in November.
He, like Giboney, said he has enjoyed his time on the board, but felt it was time for someone else to contribute.
“I feel there are other good and capable people out there who can bring new blood and ideas to the schools,” Bryce said.
Both Giboney’s and Bryce’s terms will end in December, with the winners of November’s election officially beginning their terms on the board in January.
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