Don Hansler
Party: Non-partisan
Candidate for: Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent? No
Age: 78
Hometown: Spanaway WA
Occupation: Retired Educator
50-word statement: I have been teaching in public schools of Washington every year since 1957. I have worked with students of all levels, from kindergarten to college graduate level. I currently teach 16 classes each week on a volunteer basis in 7 different schools.
Three priorities: 1. Full and equal state funding of K-12 education, accompanied by a ban on special levies for operations.
2. Establishment of a two-level highschool diploma system.
3. Significant revision of the WASL program, in order to eliminate some important flaws in it.
E-mail address: DonHansler1@AOL.com
Phone number: (253) 846-3354
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