King County Local Voters Pamphlet September 14, 1999 PRIMARY ELECTION KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 415 DIRECTOR DISTRICT NO. 01 Note to Voters: The statements below are written by the candidates, who are solely responsible for the contents therein. List of Candidates for KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 415 DIRECTOR DISTRICT NO. 01: Scott A. Floyd James Russell Robert (Bob) O'Bryan

Scott A. FLOYD
Scott Floyd, 42, is a longtime resident of the Kent community.  His wife is a Kent graduate and his two children attend Kent Junior High.  Scott is a manager at The Boeing Company; his specialty is computers.  He has been an active volunteer in the Kent School District for nine years as PTA president and as a member of the Kent Junior High Learning Improvement Team, Citizens Facilities Planning Committee and Key Communicators Committee.  Scott has chaired the Citizens for Kent Schools Committee since 1994, spearheading successful levy and bond elections.  Scott states "It is very important to me to be available and responsive to our diverse community.  I enjoy listening to others and working on a good team.  I will seek input from parents, teachers, students and the community to help find ways to focus on solid teaching which will improve learning and test scores for all students." CAMPAIGN ADDRESS:  9645 S 232 ST, Kent, WA  98031  TELEPHONE:  (253) 854-9820		Scott A. Floyd

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James RUSSELL
In the future the process of selecting a Superintendent should be out from behind closed doors  and out of the hands of the few.  The School Board can give its advice about the applicants for Superintendent, but the voters should make the final choice.  Some worry that the position is too technical for us, and voting will bring politics into schools.  Law is technical, too, but we have a good record of selecting an Attorney General.  We also show the ability to be fair, neutral, and avoid party politics in our voting for non-partisan Superior Court Judges.  (2) Too much of what is taught in secondary schools is useless.  Information is growing rapidly in every field, and teachers who spend all their time in schools can't keep up.  We should fully fund their professional development.  (3) Today secondary students need an introduction to a greater number of academic subjects, technical skills and career choices.  That is best done by hiring outside specialists part-time, for lectures, demonstrations, and mini-courses.  I am a graduate of both academic and technical colleges, and have a foster child in Kent schools.		James Russell

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Robert (Bob) O'BRYAN
I've been involved in the Kent Schools since coming here to teach in 1964.  I've been a PTA member, parent, grandparent and school board member.  I presently volunteer a day a week in my grandson's school and serve on its Learning Improvement Team.      I'm a supporter and a critic of the public schools.      I'm fully retired and have time to do the job.  I will be a working board member -- not one who just comes twice a month to rubber stamp the actions of the bureaucracy.      I have two primary concerns about today's schools.  First is social promotion.  No teacher should be expected to teach in the higher grades a child who hasn't learned the required skills in the lower. Second is order in the classroom.  A few disruptive kids must not be allowed to poison the learning environment for all the rest.		Robert (Bob) O'Bryan

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