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School Board Candidate Jim Calleo Calls for Ending Divisiveness, Restoring Classroom Focus
Summary
Former board member Jim Calleo said he is running to reduce board divisiveness, restore local oversight of schools and stabilize the district’s finances and facilities after recent turmoil and superintendent turnover.
At a League of Women Voters candidate forum, Jim Calleo, who previously served on the Sedro‑Woolley School Board from 1997 to 2017, said he is running to return the board’s focus to classroom instruction and steady local oversight after recent contentious episodes and leadership turnover.
Calleo told the audience he watched the district’s leadership become “divisive” and said the result included the recent superintendent resignation and an associated cost he described as “close to a half a…
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