Help Support New Candidates

Kyle Burleigh for School Board Director, District 1
Maren Norton for School Board Director, District 4
Richard Potter for School Board Director, District 5

What can you (educators, parents, students) do to help these candidates and make a positive difference in the Shoreline School District?

1. Leaflet an area in Shoreline or lake Forest Park on Saturday, October 20.
2. Wave a sign at a designated corner on Friday afternoon, October 19.
3. Write a letter to the Shoreline Enterprise Editor (or to the Times/PI).
4. Talk to at least five of their friends and neighbors in Shoreline and urge them to vote for Potter, Burleigh and Norton!

Here is additional information about each of these activities.

1. Leaflet on Saturday, October 20th:
We will meet at 9:30 am on Saturday morning, October 20, in the parking lot next to the Shoreline Senior Center at the Shoreline Center (south end) on 185th and First Avenue North. Teams of two will leaflet designated areas from 10 am to Noon. Volunteers will be given a designated geographic area and leaflets to distribute to residents or leave in door jambs or on door mats. Most important will be leaving a flyer in the door (NOT the mailbox) or sticking out from a door mat. If people are actually home, the only expectation would be for people to introduce themselves, ask the resident to vote for Norton, Burleigh, and Potter and leave a flyer. Please email me (from your personal, non-school account) or contact your building rep to volunteer!

2. Sign Waving on Friday, October 19th:
Join us to wave Potter and Burleigh signs on the following corners/intersections from 4 PM to 6 PM or 4:30 to 6:30 PM on Friday, October 19th: 15th Ave NE and 145th; 175th exit off of I-5; Ballinger exit off of I-5; 205th and Aurora; Aurora and 175th; Aurora and 185th; Lake City/Bothell Way and 145th; Ballinger and Bothell Way (Lake Forest Park Shopping Center corners) The campaigns will supply the signs. Please choose an intersection to focus on that may be near your school site and email me or contact your building rep to volunteer!

3. Write a Letter to the Editor of the Shoreline Enterprise and/or Seattle Times or PI. Talking points for Letters to Editor and/or community conversations could be as follows:
1) It's time for a change to the School Board. Shoreline cannot afford any more mistakes or fiscal mismanagement. The current Board members took four years to figure out that they needed to be more vigilant and watch the budget more carefully. They continue to rely too heavily on whatever District administrators tell them, and they have failed to ask independent questions.
2) Richard Potter, Kyle Burleigh, and Maren Norton understand and support the value of neighborhood schools. They understand that our community revolves around our schools.
3) Potter, Burleigh and Norton are willing to revisit previous consulting arrangements and determine whether Shoreline District is getting its money's worth out of those arrangements. The Board incumbents have been unwilling to correct past mistakes.
4) The three incumbents have treated educators, parents and concerned citizens as nuisances and placed public comment at the end of long Board meetings. There is a lack of accountability towards the parents, taxpayers, educators, and students in Shoreline. There is an unwillingness on the incumbents' part to engage in dialogue with parents, educators and concerned community members.

5) Shoreline's instructional integrity is at stake. We cannot balance the current District budget on the backs of students and educators. We need to provide adequate resources to the classroom - after all, that's where the rubber hits the road for education.

4. Spread the word:
Talk to at least five of your friends and neighbors in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park and urge them to vote for Potter, Burleigh and Norton!