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Robin Fleming
Robin Fleming was a candidate for the nonpartisan position of Washington superintendent of public instruction in the 2016 election.[1] She was defeated in the primary election.
Biography
Fleming is the administrator for health programs in the office of the superintendent of public instruction.[2] She previously worked as a school nurse, where she started a peer health education program.[3]
Education
- Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies, University of Washington[3]
Elections
2016
- Main article: Washington Superintendent of Schools election, 2016
Fleming filed to run in the 2016 election for the nonpartisan position of Washington superintendent of public instruction. Eight other candidates filed to run for the seat.[1] Fleming was defeated in the August 2 top-two primary election by Erin Jones and state Rep. Chris Reykdal.
The following candidates ran in the Washington primary for superintendent of schools.
| Washington primary for superintendent of schools, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Erin Jones |
25.76% | 295,330 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Reykdal |
20.95% | 240,194 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronald Higgins | 16.65% | 190,886 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robin Fleming | 13.52% | 154,991 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Spring | 8.52% | 97,702 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Patterson Blair | 5.59% | 64,064 | |
| Nonpartisan | KumRoon Maksirisombat | 3.79% | 43,491 | |
| Nonpartisan | Al Runte | 3.26% | 37,386 | |
| Nonpartisan | Grazyna Prouty | 1.94% | 22,265 | |
| Total Votes | 1,146,309 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
| Robin Fleming Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| To date | As of August 2, 2016 | $ | $61,823.83 | $(58,786.43) | $ | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $61,823.83 | $(58,786.43) | ||||||||
Campaign themes
2016
- Equity:
| “ | Our student population is increasingly diverse, and increasingly vulnerable. We need to assure that all students are valued, regardless of race, religion, gender, or gender identity. We need to assure that all students are ready to learn.[4] | ” |
- Funding:
| “ | I will advocate to the legislature and public for full funding of education as required by the McCleary decision, and ensure that funds are appropriately allocated to bolster student support, reduce class sizes, and reduce or eliminate districts’ dependence on local levies to meet basic education needs.[4] | ” |
- Teacher shortage:
| “ | We must act to stop the teacher shortage crisis by restoring the status of the teaching profession as honorable and of key importance to the health and economic vitality of our society. An educated citizenry is central to civic engagement and an educated workforce is the core of our local economy. Promoting teaching as a career can be accomplished in part by advocating for beginning teacher salaries of $48,000 as recommended by the Compensation Technical Advisory Group.[4] | ” |
Fleming has also expressed opposition to "high stakes testing" and to the "siphoning of tax dollars (and students) into private enterprises that are not publicly governed."[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "2016 candidates who have filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ League of Education Voters, "State Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate Forums," accessed July 22, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robin Fleming 2016 campaign website, "About," accessed July 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Robin Fleming 2016 campaign website, "Platform," accessed July 22, 2016
