You asked for it, so here it is! The first of many episodes to come begins with the Wenatchee School Board candidates.

The first Stella’s Communi-Tea will be released in three parts. All three will be added to this page when release. Below are the sources for all three parts, as well as the PDFs of the School Board candidates who deigned to answer the questions posed by local parents.

Part One is Candidate Backgrounds: 15 min

Part Two is Candidate Q&A based on the questions sent to them below: 35 min

Part Three is Stella's Opinion and endorsement: 15 min
***One Candidate is pretending to be something they are not***

Sources:

Maria Iniguez

https://www.facebook.com/iniguezforkids

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/490850865326774/

Tina Irvine

https://www.facebook.com/Tina-Irvine-for-Wenatchee-School-Board-position-2-103836268586056

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/488683955543465/

Matt Van Bogart

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvanbogart

https://www.facebook.com/vanbogart4wsd/

Dr. Michele Sandberg

https://www.wenatcheeschools.org/board/people/1633257/dr-michele-sandberg

https://www.sandberg4schools.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Michele-Sandberg-WSD-246-School-Board-Member-Position-4-124759168094714

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/498053431273184/

Katherine Thomas

https://www.facebook.com/Katherine-Thomas-for-Wenatchee-School-District-School-Board-Position-4-107157614895091

https://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Dale_T_Peterson/reviews

https://www.pdc.wa.gov/browse/campaign-explorer/candidate?filer_id=THOMK–540&election_year=2021

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/wenatchee-planned-parenthood-clinic-now-offers-abortion/article_e56cc4b6-3e45-59d9-8f60-701625f87c2b.html

https://www.kennethjonesmd.com/meet-the-team

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/education/katherine-thomas-candidate-for-wenatchee-school-board-position-no-4/article_7a470f84-e663-11eb-b532-1739a5194e6e.html

Jennifer Brandt

https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer-Brandt-for-Wenatchee-School-Board-Position-4-101059185519263

https://brandtforschoolboard.weebly.com/about-me.html

https://www.pdc.wa.gov/browse/campaign-explorer/candidate?filer_id=BRANJ–801&election_year=2021

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/491525795259281/

Joel Martin

https://www.facebook.com/JoelAMartinForWenatcheeSchoolBoard

https://voter.votewa.gov/GenericVoterGuide.aspx?e=870&c=04&fbclid=IwAR0VLmZy_Ay9Zxj5QqF34Nt_lMeWTU0XqQ43dSrhZzQKEWM0xaMAk-n3AZM#/candidates/63422/1536217

https://joelamartin.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelamartin

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/488682638876930/

Julie Norton

https://www.facebook.com/Julie-Norton-for-Wenatchee-School-District-School-Board-Position-5-103070835198032

https://nortonforschoolboard.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwAR2nP6zRwuD4F0R5hkOlt16869lFZypRHUtmAPEmCDvP9XiE6ef3U3ep7kE

https://www.kpq.com/wenatchee-school-board-tables-full-time-in-person-return-for-secondary/

Miranda Skalisky

https://www.facebook.com/mirandaskaliskycampaign

https://www.mirandaskaliskycampaign.com/?fbclid=IwAR2KEDrsJ46vZ9CzLUCsPkUr-cNx8aTbbe0ZJaE5sEBXEYuevSSvD6kVSls

https://www.mirandaskaliskycampaign.com/about

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/489157528829441/

Arlette Lopez-Rodriguez

https://www.facebook.com/lopez4schoolboard/

https://www.lopez4schoolboard.com/about-7

https://www.facebook.com/groups/476386550106539/permalink/491528721925655/

School Board Policy

https://www.sbe.wa.gov/about-us/statutes-and-rules

https://www.k12.wa.us/

Taxes

https://www.co.chelan.wa.us/files/assessor/archives-levy-books/2021.pdf

https://www.wastatepta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Citizens-Guide-to-Washington-State-K-12-Finance.pdf

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28A.150.260

http://stand.org/washington/about/what-we-do/education-policy-advocacy/education-funding-101

https://kingcounty.gov/depts/assessor/2021Taxes.aspx

School Statistics:

https://washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/ReportCard/ViewSchoolOrDistrict/100290

Wenatchee School District Stances on CRT, DEI, and CSHE:

https://www.wenatcheeschools.org/news/1715707/critical-race-theory-d-e-i-and-sexual-health-ed-information?fbclid=IwAR1aeWQ0zlhpee1X13gQcmbnvzrriwtSvEmRT-3lDUS_XPtP_MpKYSiNETQ

Gender Unicorn:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165713/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/

https://transstudent.org/gender/

Candidate Response Videos:

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