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Municipal League of King County
Seattle School District Ratings, 2001

Seattle School Board
Race Candidate Name and link to questionnaire Rating

Position 4

Patrice Griffith

VERY GOOD

Position 4

Dick Lilly

GOOD

Position 4

Larry Soriano

ADEQUATE

Position 4

Sally Soriano

GOOD

Position 5

David Barfield

Insufficient Information

Position 5

Mary Bass

VERY GOOD

Position 5

Juan Cotto

GOOD

Position 5

Dana Twight

VERY GOOD

Position 5

Tyson Vo

Insufficient Information

Position 5

Patrinell Wright

GOOD

Position 7

Garry Breitstein

VERY GOOD

Position 7

Jan Kumasaka

OUTSTANDING

Position 7

Charlie Mas

VERY GOOD

Candidate Information Summaries:

Position 4

Pat Griffith

 Non-Partisan

Very Good

 

Pat Griffith for Seattle Schools

PO Box 19479

Seattle, WA 98109-1479

 

pgseattle@aol.com

 

27 year resident

 

Education

Graduate of University of Illinois, degree in Spanish and Political Science, 1967.Continuing education in insurance and employee benefits.

Civic Involvement

Active involvement with education issues over the last twelve years, including PTSA at the local, council, and regional levels.  Active support for I-728 and efforts to provide adequate funding for K-12 education, including school levy campaigns. Member of school district committees overseeing drug and alcohol prevention programs and I-728 funding. Former member, NARAL Foundation Board.

 Dick Lilly

 Non-Partisan

Good

 

Dick Lilly for Seattle School Board

3225 NW 59th Street

Seattle, WA 98107-3332

 

dicklillyforschools@hotmail.com

 

13 year resident

 

Education

Dick Lilly is a 1966 graduate of Whitman College with a major in philosophy.  He is also a 1961 graduate of Seattle’s Roosevelt High School.

 

Civic Involvement

After leaving the Seattle Times where I was an education reporter for four and a half years, I served on the board of the Seattle-area branch of Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, an organization active in a half dozen U.S. cities advocating school district decentralization and small schools.  Three-year past president, Ballard Youth Soccer Association and two-year board member, Seattle Youth Soccer Association, all between 1989 and 1994.

 Sally Soriano

 Non-Partisan

Good

 

Sally Soriano for School Board

6505 Jones Avenue NW

Seattle, WA 98117

sally@voteforsally.org

www.voteforsally.org

46 year resident

 

Education

Diploma, West Seattle H. S. 1964; BA Speech/Education, Univ. of Washington 1969; MEd Education/Sociology, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1974

Civic Involvement

As a fair trade activist I serve the Seattle community by maintaining a website so that people can become educated about fair trade issues. This presents an opportunity for people to educate themselves about the consequences of how the “free trade” agreements impact school funding and school privatization. I helped start and maintain five Milwaukee community day care centers with a coalition of parents, community and university staff. I participate in my niece and nephew’s education by volunteering in their classrooms.

 Larry Soriano

 Non-Partisan

Adequate

 

Soriano for Seattle Schools

PO Box 70438

Seattle, WA 98107-0438

larrys@wpioneer.com

 

12 year resident

 

Education

Diploma, Roosevelt High School, 1973; B.A., Speech Communications, University of Washington, 1978; M.Div., Pastoral Counseling, Yale University, 1982

Civic Involvement

Seattle area business owner and manager

Position 5

David Barfield

 Non-Partisan

Insufficient Information to Rate

Candidate Did Not Participate in the Process

 

2810 E Valley Street

Seattle, WA 98112-4142

Mary E. Bass

 Non-Partisan

Very Good

 

Committee to Elect Mary Bass

901 Martin Luther King Jr Way

Seattle, WA 98122-5047

 

mbass@seanet.com

www.marybass.com

 

42 year resident

 

Education

BA, Economics, UW; MA, Public Admin., UW

Civic Involvement

Tutor, Garfield High School students; Technical Consultant, Rainier Vista Leadership Team; Admin., Columbia City Neighborhood Planning Committee, City of Seattle; Community Relations Planner, KC; Participant, ARC (Association of Retarded Children), KC; Assisted Ethiopian Community Mutual Association with income taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit.; Facilitated Sound Transit meeting a RVLT; Assisted, KC grant for art project

 Juan J. Cotto

 Non-Partisan

Good

 

Team to Elect Juan Cotto

714 Lakeside Boulevard, #201

Seattle, WA 98144-3346

 

team@juancotto.com

www.juancotto.com

 

33 year resident

 

Education

Candidate for Masters Degree in Public Administration University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs

Civic Involvement

Juan Cotto currently serves as Vice President of Sales for Online Video Service Inc.  He understand the changing nature of the Puget Sound Economy and knows that our children need to be well educated if they are to provide for themselves and their families as working adults.   He knows that employers need skilled workers and that our schools are the key to our economic future.  Mr. Cotto is a proven leader with extensive public policy, management, and community development experience.

 Dana C. Twight

 Non-Partisan

Very Good

 

Friends of Dana Twight

117 E Louisa Street, Box 132

Seattle, WA 98102

 

danact@seanet.com

 

10 year resident

 

Education

Diploma, College Preparatory, Roosevelt HS, Seattle 1976 Honors Graduate; Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Washington, Seattle 1981

Civic Involvement

Summary Not Provided

Tyson Vo

 Non-Partisan

Insufficient Information to Rate

Candidate Did Not Participate in the Process

 

410 21st Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122-5918

 

 

 

Education

Summary Not Provided

Civic Involvement

Summary Not Provided

 Patrinell Wright

 Non-Partisan

Good

 

Patrinell "Pat" Wright

PO Box 22776

Seattle, WA 98122-0776

 

wpatrinell@qwest.net

 

37 year resident

 

Education

1) Valedictorian – High School – Turner high – Carthage, TX 2) Attended Prairie View A&M Univ – Prairie View, TX

Civic Involvement

Patrinell “Pat” Wright and husband, Benny are 32-year residents in Seattle’s Central Area.  Pat began playing music in the area churches in 1965.  After marrying Benny in 1965, they moved to the Central Area and purchased a home in 1969 where they still reside.  Patrinell was hired as an ethnomusicologist, with emphasis on black gospel music, by the Seattle Public Schools in 1970.  This work began at Franklin High School and spread to Meany Middle School, Sharples (now Aki Kurose) and also included students from Roosevelt High School.

Position 7

Garry Mr. B. Breitstein

 Non-Partisan

Very Good

 

3652 24th Avenue S

Seattle, WA 98144-6715

 

gmbreit@aol.com

 

23  year resident

 

Education

B.A., History, Occidental College, ’65-’69; Teaching Cert., University of Washington, 1971; M.A., School Administration, Western Washington University, 1988

Civic Involvement

Summary Not Provided

 Jan Kumasaka

 Non-Partisan

Outstanding

 

Jan Kumasaka for School Board

11214 56th S

Seattle, WA 98178-2807

 

hajmkuma@sprynet.com

 

Incumbent

lifelong resident

 

Education

Bachelor of Science, Nursing , University of WA.  Graduate of Franklin High School, Seattle WA

Civic Involvement

WA State Human Rights Commission-Commissioner,  Chair-1991-1997; International Examiner, Publisher and President, (non-profit newspaper) 1993-1997; WA St. Chapter, National Association of Human Rights Workers, President-1992-1993; Waterfront Awareness-Board, (Public Awareness of Urban Waterfronts), 1985-1991; Northwest Asian American Theatre-Board, President 1988-1993; World's Fair Commission for EXPO '86, Vancouver B.C., WA St. Commissioner Youth Hall of Fame, Board, (honoring youth for positive actions)-1995-1996

 Charlie S. Mas

 Non-Partisan

Very Good

 

3422 16th Avenue S

Seattle, WA 98144-6612

 

coolpapa@mindspring.com

coolpapa.home.mindspring.com

 

10 year resident

 

Education

I studied winemaking at the University of California at Davis, but was disappointed to discover that I'm a poor chemist.

Civic Involvement

Summary Not Provided

The League urges voters to use other sources of election information in addition to the candidate evaluation report before going to the polls.

 

 

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