School Board applicants
August 4, 2008
As of the July 31 deadline for applications, five people had applied to serve out the remaining year of Dan Ryan’s zone 4 school board seat.
- Stephen Blanton, a civil engineer with Entrix, a natural resource management consulting firm,
- Steve Buel, a teacher and former Portland school board member who co-authored the Black United Front’s 1980 school desegregation plan (PPS Equity has endorsed Buel),
- Martin Gonzalez, a long-time Portland community organizer currently employed by TriMet,
- Rita Moore, a supervisor for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), and
- Mark Stephan, an associate professor in Public Affairs at Washington State University, Vancouver.
I admit to knowing very little about any of these candidates, with the exception of Buel and Gonzalez. If anybody has any information on the other candidates, please share here. Any candidates interested in writing an article to introduce themselves to the readers of this site may contact me directly at steve at ppsequity dot org.
Steve Rawley is the father of two PPS students and is publisher and editor PPS Equity.
