David Blomstrom

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Blomstrom graduated from Western Washington University/Huxley in 1983. He has worked as a wildlife biologist and a teacher. Blomstrom is a writer and website designer.[4]

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David Blomstrom did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Blomstrom participated in [the profile publisher]'s 2015 survey of school board candidates. The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:

Cleaning up the corruption that's rampant in the district and giving Bill Gates and corporations the boot.[6]

—David Blomstrom (2015)[7]

Ranking the issues

The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the school district, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important:

Education policy

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Education on the ballot

Issue importance ranking

Candidate's ranking

Issue

1

Balancing or maintaining the district's budget

2

Expanding school choice options

3

Closing the achievement gap

4

Improving college readiness

5

Improving education for special needs students

6

Expanding arts education

7

Expanding career-technical education

Positions on the issues

The candidate was asked to answer 10 questions from [the profile publisher] regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column of the following table:

Question

Response

What is your stance on implementing Common Core standards?

They should not be implemented.

Should your district approve the creation of new charter schools?

No

Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system?

Yes

Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement?

No

How can the district ensure equal opportunities for high and low achieving students?

Clean up the corruption in the central administration and distance the district from corporate control

How should expulsion be used in the district?

Expulsion cases must be viewed on a case-by-case basis rather than the district having an overarching policy.

If a school is failing in your district, what steps should the school board take to help the students in that school?

Whatever steps need to be taken. For example, Seattle has had a number of schools failing because of derelict principals. Those principals should be FIRED, not promoted into the central bureaucracy.

Do you support merit pay for teachers?

It's a possibility (see below)

How should the district handle underperforming teachers?

There are a variety of steps that should be taken (see below)

How would you work to improve community-school board relations?

I'm a firebrand. ;) That means I would be a magnet for teachers and parents with complaints. I want to hear the complaints most school board members hide from.

Blomstrom provided this statement with his responses to [the profile publisher]'s questions:

Underperforming teachers, merit pay and virtually all issues are compromised by the incredible corruption in the school district.

For example, mentorship would ordinarily be a good solution for some underperforming teachers. Unfortunately, the Seattle School District has historically recruited some of the district's biggest derelicts as mentors. Why let an underperforming teacher be mentored by someone who can't teach at all or who is merely pushing a corporate agenda?

Similarly, merit pay sounds like a good idea in principle. Unfortunately, there are too many school officials who would play favors, giving merit pay to their relatives and buddies.[6]

—David Blomstrom (2015)[7]

Primary election voters' pamphlet

Blomstrom provided the following statement for the King County local voters' pamphlet for the election on August 4, 2015:

"The Vietcong never called me nig---," said Muhammad Ali, a draft-dodging Muslim who recognized his real enemies: Demopublicans, fascist police, corporate attorneys, corrupt unions, apathetic brain-washed citizens, and the Jews* and corporations they work for - not communists, environmentalists or Muslims. The enemy also includes Seattle's own Bill Gates, purveyor of crappy software, phony philanthropy and genetically modified food.

I'm the only Seattle activist who targets Gates and his partner in crime, Paul "Buy Me Another Stadium" Allen, a twin disaster for education. While a teacher, I fought alone against the derelict retired general turned Seattle Schools Superintendent John Stanford - the corporate clown whose name now graces the school district's headquarters. In 1999, I became the first Seattle candidate to make derelict principals a campaign issue. (Remember Garfield High School's Al Jones?) I'm now the first to blow the whistle on Seattle's Jewish Mafia, as represented by The Stranger and The Seattle Weekly. I know who the enemy is, and I'm not afraid to stick it to'em.

Home to Microshaft, the Discovery Institute (a creationist stink tank) and Shell Oil's Arctic rape squad, Seattle has become a capital of the so-called New World Order. As intelligent, caring members of the community are pushed out by gentrification and yuppies, there are fewer people like me left to fight back. Moreover, genuine activists never get a fair shake; the game is rigged. Yet I continue to run for office because it's educational, I love to fight, and it's the right thing to do.

Wake up and support your children, not the clueless troops who murder children in occupied countries! In solidarity with Iran, Syria, Russia, Latin America, freedom fighters around the world and the students who called me Mr. B, Viva la revolucion! (Visit my website and join the Global Awakening.)[6]

—David Blomstrom (2015)[8]