CCCS is looking for people to run in next year's election. Seattle School Board elections run by district in the primary and then are all-city in the general election. Leslie Wall and Brita Butler-Wall are getting training in running political campaigns, through the Progressive Leadership Institute. He challenges critics to view Channel One, yet two CCCS members ordered videos from Channel One months ago and have received nothing. He says that students can opt out of watching, yet there is no such policy in Seattle schools .
Most parents have no idea the program exists, much less is required daily viewing.
He touts the Channel One's renewal rate, but does not say that the contract rolls over into a new 3-year cycle unless a principal actively rejects it. The Seattle Times PO Box 70, Seattle WA 98111 Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools 3724 Burke Ave.