King County Local Voters Pamphlet

In the past eleven years, I have been an active volunteer in the Issaquah schools. I have worked in our sons' classrooms, served on site councils, participated on school and district wide committees. My volunteerism has also included transit, parks and other community based advisory groups. Additionally, for eighteen years I have successfully run a small business contracting with publishers to represent their product lines in schools and libraries. I will bring to the school board my commitment to public service, an understanding of the educational arena and a customer service ethic.

As an elected board member my commitment will be: to engage the community in order to develop priorities and to establish board policy, to insure that those priorities are reflected within the budget, and to develop accountability measures for our district management. These are the cornerstones for building trust in our school district.

  Jan Woldseth is one of Issaquah's most experienced and dedicated community members. A former high school English teacher, Jan and husband Hans, have three sons: an Issaquah High graduate, and students at Issaquah High and Issaquah Middle. Jan possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience from district-wide service: Volunteer at Cougar Ridge, Briarwood, Issaquah Middle, Maywood, Issaquah High, Tiger Mountain; PTSA President, Vice-President and Secretary; Cougar Ridge Site Council Chair; School Construction Guidelines Chair; Volunteer Issaquah Little League/Steelhead Football; IHS Booster Club; School Board President.

  Through school board leadership Jan has: . Established District Advisory Team/District Improvement Agenda. . Enacted Learning Improvement Calendar to increase teacher collaborative planning. . Helped move the District to a new system of Policy Governance for increased Board and Superintendent accountability. . Refinanced District debt, saving taxpayers $5.5 million. . Maintained fiscal & student program integrity during difficult times.

  Jan is a proven advocate for children & public schools.