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Hi. I'm Leslie Harris.
I'm your Seattle School Board President.
I've served two terms
and four years on the executive committee,
and I am running for re-election,
position number 6,
which is West Seattle and South Park.
In the general election,
the entire city votes.
I've made myself available and accountable
for the entire city,
and we have done some very heavy lifts
in the last four years.
I believe we've made more progress
in the last four years
than in several years prior to that time.
We've put in more curriculum,
we've doubled down on race and equity training,
we've doubled down on social emotional learning.
And we've signed a historic
memorandum of understanding
with the city of Seattle
so that we are collaborating
for your tax dollars at work.
We appreciate those tax dollars.
We passed the BEX V Levy
and the operations levy in February,
and we gave double the points
to high needs schools
for maintenance, etcetera.
We are building our way out
of a maintenance backlog of 30 years.
We're doing a better job of compensating our teachers.
We're doing a better job
of collaborating with other entities,
parents, and others.
Are we there yet? No. We're truly not,
but we're working hard every day to do so.
For trust, transparency, and equity,
what I ran on in 2015,
we're doing a good job.
Next year's board will have several new members.
My experience will assist
coming up to speed quickly
and to making things better for everyone.
It's an honor, it's a privilege,
and it is not a thankless job.
Seeing our students succeed
over sometimes extraordinary odds
is thanks enough.
I would appreciate your vote.
For my endorsements,
Harrisforschoolboard.com.
Thank you.