UPDATE: The School Board members keep an arms length from their neighborhoods.

Update: Evergreen Public Hospital District #2 has a five- member Board of Commissioners similar to the Lake Washington School District Board of Directors, but their governance is more representative (than LWSD).

The Hospital commissioners have chartered their District to allow for representation of their entire District AND representation of key urban areas within the broader District.

They accomplish this by designating two representatives as "Commissioners at Large". On the ballot their title is "Commissioner *Position #4" and #5. The remaining three Commissioners represent: 1) Kirkland/Kenmore, 2) Redmond/Sammamish, and 3) Bothell/Duvall/Woodinville. On the ballot these commissioners are titled "Commissioner District #1", #2, and #3.

At a Hospital District Board meeting, Commissioner Kempf introduced himself as being my Representative when he learned I lived in Redmond.

How different, for the School Board Directors who rarely wish their presence known within their own community!  And, they justify this substandard level of representation by claiming they are responsible for the ENTIRE District.

The School Board could move forward under the Hospital District model; and be more representative of their constituents and local community.

But, as it is, they prefer to stay distant from the neighborhoods of their community.
by Bob Yoder