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Martin Barron is running to keep his seat on the Wenatchee School Board in District 5. Barron was born in Zimbabwe and has worked in multiple countries as a chemical engineer, business manager, and economist. He is a long-time volunteer in Wenatchee schools, and has seen all four of his children graduate from the public school system. Barron has served on the school board since 2019, and was the board president in 2022.
If re-elected, Barron would work on adjusting to the budget challenges caused by the end of pandemic-era funding and declining numbers of students. He advocated for the introduction of financial literacy into the curriculum, and wants to make sure students are further prepared for the future world by improving classroom technology and including education on subjects like artificial intelligence. Barron also wants to make updates to the math program, add more classroom time into the school year, and include more youth voices in decision-making.
Unlike his opponent, Barron supports efforts to make our schools more inclusive and equitable. He serves on the State Advisory Committee for Migrant Education, and his fluency in Spanish has allowed him to meet with immigrant families that often lack the access to advocate for their kids. Barron wants to increase the diversity of teachers in classrooms and continue to make all kinds of books available to students. He opposes the small group of candidates who are making our schools and libraries a playing field for their political agendas.
Barron's opponent in this race is Tricia Cleek, a conservative Christian nurse who is running to represent District 5 on the Wenatchee School Board. Cleek is aligned with the far-right group Moms for Liberty, whose members want to ban books from school libraries, eliminate comprehensive sex education, and change school curriculums to match their conservative political agenda. She is also recommended by the Family Policy Institute, a far-right Christian interest group that wants to enforce "Biblical values" in our public schools. Cleek is a mother of three who chose to homeschool her kids instead of sending them to the schools that she now wants to represent.
In a meeting hosted by Moms for Liberty and the Republican Women's Club, Cleek railed against critical race theory and attempts to make schools more inclusive for students of color, saying they give students a "victim mentality." She also made transphobic comments, and called for stricter discipline and dress code enforcements for young girls.
Our students deserve a quality education free from the politicization of a small group of far-right activists. Cleek would be a major step in the wrong direction for Wenatchee's school board. Martin Barron deserves your vote to keep our school board focused on our kids.
Last updated: 2023-10-17Martin Barron
Martin Barron is running to keep his seat on the Wenatchee School Board in District 5. Barron was born in Zimbabwe and has worked in multiple countries as a chemical engineer, business manager, and economist.
Martin Barron is running to keep his seat on the Wenatchee School Board in District 5. Barron was born in Zimbabwe and has worked in multiple countries as a chemical engineer, business manager, and economist. He is a long-time volunteer in Wenatchee schools, and has seen all four of his children graduate from the public school system. Barron has served on the school board since 2019, and was the board president in 2022.
If re-elected, Barron would work on adjusting to the budget challenges caused by the end of pandemic-era funding and declining numbers of students. He advocated for the introduction of financial literacy into the curriculum, and wants to make sure students are further prepared for the future world by improving classroom technology and including education on subjects like artificial intelligence. Barron also wants to make updates to the math program, add more classroom time into the school year, and include more youth voices in decision-making.
Unlike his opponent, Barron supports efforts to make our schools more inclusive and equitable. He serves on the State Advisory Committee for Migrant Education, and his fluency in Spanish has allowed him to meet with immigrant families that often lack the access to advocate for their kids. Barron wants to increase the diversity of teachers in classrooms and continue to make all kinds of books available to students. He opposes the small group of candidates who are making our schools and libraries a playing field for their political agendas.
Barron's opponent in this race is Tricia Cleek, a conservative Christian nurse who is running to represent District 5 on the Wenatchee School Board. Cleek is aligned with the far-right group Moms for Liberty, whose members want to ban books from school libraries, eliminate comprehensive sex education, and change school curriculums to match their conservative political agenda. She is also recommended by the Family Policy Institute, a far-right Christian interest group that wants to enforce "Biblical values" in our public schools. Cleek is a mother of three who chose to homeschool her kids instead of sending them to the schools that she now wants to represent.
In a meeting hosted by Moms for Liberty and the Republican Women's Club, Cleek railed against critical race theory and attempts to make schools more inclusive for students of color, saying they give students a "victim mentality." She also made transphobic comments, and called for stricter discipline and dress code enforcements for young girls.
Our students deserve a quality education free from the politicization of a small group of far-right activists. Cleek would be a major step in the wrong direction for Wenatchee's school board. Martin Barron deserves your vote to keep our school board focused on our kids.
Martin Barron
Martin Barron is running to keep his seat on the Wenatchee School Board in District 5. Barron was born in Zimbabwe and has worked in multiple countries as a chemical engineer, business manager, and economist.
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Washington Education Association
