Well, after almost four months of preliminaries, including several written questionnaires and two rounds of interviews, the Issaquah School Board finally made its selection tonight to fill the seat vacated by a recent resignation. There were five candidates in total, with two invited back for the second round of interviews.
So guess who won?
It was a 3-1 decision, which was fortunate because 2-2 deadlocks can get ugly. My swearing in ceremony won’t be until November 12th and the term for the open seat ends in 2009, so I’ll have to run for reelection next year. Regardless, you should look for my smiling face adorning this Web page real soon:
So, about 16,000 students are now looking to me to ensure that the Issaquah School District will maintain its position of leadership for decades to come all while compensation expenditures throughout the state outpace local, state and federal revenue by 63% every year. Did I mention that Issaquah currently ranks 272nd of our 295 school districts in per student state funding due to some antiquated funding equation created back in the ‘70s when Issaquah was an agricultural community? How about that this isn’t a paid position?
This might be quite a challenge, but I’m still pretty excited.