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closeI am a former superintendent of schools in Kennewick and have watched as the present school board race has unfolded. In general I have been supportive of the past few years' focus on basic skills. I have one major concern, though, and that is the extreme attention given to testing. Too much time is being spent on testing. Time is not the only problem, but a great amount of money has been spent enriching those who make careers in the testing movement. All this, to me, has led us away from the rich and broad curriculum all young people need. If you follow the money, those really making out are the test publishers. I am not willing to place much trust in information given by tests or their makers.
Now to the school board race, I am not willing to tell you how to vote, but I will tell you how I voted and why. I voted for Heather Kintzley and for Uby Creek for the Kennewick School Board positions. Both women have had experiences which show me promise that they have the spirit, energy, ideas and desire to serve the young people of Kennewick schools. Further, two terms on the school board are probably enough and this election has afforded me the chance to make my own brand of term limits.
DONALD N. ANDERSON, Superintendent 1969-1989, Kennewick
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