-My name is Bill Campbell and thank you for your vote.
I hail from a family of immigrants.
Loud but fun Mexicans on one side
and crazy Vikings on the other.
Meanwhile, my husband Jimmy
emigrated from the Philippines when he was 16.
We both grew up poor, with my mom working three jobs,
making $2.15 an hour.
A quality public education saved my life.
I was the first person in my family to graduate from college,
the first to get a master's degree,
how to teach our kids?
and the first to run three successful small businesses,
My opponents use lots of flowery language,
including an accounting firm.
but they don't have an actual plan,
I vowed that my children would always attend
and none of them are teaching in Seattle like my husband and I.
public schools, just like I did.
In my first 90 days, I will return the school board
And I married a man who teaches at SPS right here in our city.
I will found an SPS Citizen's Budget Review Committee
I teach with him at least two weeks a year,
to involve the public in yearly budget audits,
but we are both ashamed to say that we will not send our kids
And I will fire the Texas consultants.
to the public schools in Seattle as they are now.
Thank you. And check out billforseattle.com to find out more.
That is why I am running for school board.
-Hello, my name is Laura Marie Rivera
The current board has completely abdicated their authority.
and I'm running for Seattle School Board Director 4.
They have allowed outside consultants from Texas
Because our kids and our future
to dictate how we run our schools.
that's just not working.
Why in the world is a Texan telling us Seattleites
over the past 20, 30, 40 years,
how to teach our kids?
our country would not be in the state that it's in today.
My opponents use lots of flowery language,
our country would not be in the state that it's in today.
but they don't have an actual plan,
It's about values, opportunity, and justice.
and none of them are teaching in Seattle like my husband and I.
This is not politics as usual.
In my first 90 days, I will return the school board
This is about putting the children first,
to two traditional public meetings a month.
prioritizing education and experience
I will found an SPS Citizen's Budget Review Committee
I am the proud mom of four Seattle Public School students,
to involve the public in yearly budget audits,
a nonprofit leader, and the only educator in this race.
recommendations, and levies.
a nonprofit leader, and the only educator in this race.
And I will fire the Texas consultants.
I bring something our board has too little of --
Thank you. And check out billforseattle.com to find out more.