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Michelle Sarju
2021 - Present
2025
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Michelle Sarju is a member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors in Washington, representing District 5. She assumed office on November 30, 2021. Her current term ends in 2025.
Sarju ran for election to the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors to represent District 5 in Washington. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Sarju completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2021
See also: Seattle Public Schools, Washington, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5
Michelle Sarju defeated Dan Harder in the general election for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Sarju (Nonpartisan)  | 85.1 | 203,591 |
| Dan Harder (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 34,961 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 557 | ||
| Total votes: 239,109 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5
Michelle Sarju and Dan Harder defeated Crystal Liston in the primary for Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Sarju (Nonpartisan) | 85.8 | 22,983 |
| ✔ | Dan Harder (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 2,799 | |
| Crystal Liston (Nonpartisan) | 3.3 | 890 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 117 | ||
| Total votes: 26,789 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michelle Sarju completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sarju's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- COVID Re-entry and Recovery Plan: Safely re-integrate students into the classroom. Prioritize student and teacher socio-emotional health, and advocate for additional mental health funding. Provide high quality virtual options so vulnerable students and families can learn safely.
- Eliminating the Educational Opportunity Gap: Increase focus on K-3rd grade support, the most foundational educational period of a child’s life. Re-imagine our child-school relationships. Utilize trauma informed approaches instead of suspensions & expulsions.
- Standardized Testing: Evaluate the negative impact of standardized testing on our students, particularly students of color. Suspend standardized testing for the 2020-2022 school years so students are not punished for pandemic losses. Replace standardized testing with evidence-based metrics of success.
-Social and emotional support
-Positive reinforcement and alternatives to punishment for challenging behavior
-Mental health resources
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors District 5 |
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