Mary McAdam
A candidate for Nine Mile Falls School Board, position 2, Nine Mile Falls School District in the 2019 Washington General Election, Nov. 5
Age: 69
City: Nine Mile Falls, WA
Education: East Valley High School class of 1973. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Eastern Washington University in 1977. She earned a Master’s of Education in administration and curriculum development from Washington State University in 1986.
Political Experience: None.
Work experience: Worked in the Nine Mile Falls School District for 39 years until retiring after the 2016-17 school year. She started teaching science and girls physical education at the junior high school. She moved to the high school in 1991 to teach several subjects and coach multiple girls sports teams.
Family: Divorced. She has one adult son.
Her pitch: McAdam said she would bring decades of teaching experience to the school board and call out the Legislature for not properly funding schools. She said she feels teacher raises have been blamed for budget crises. She said she wants to see more money go into education and advocate for construction on Lakeside High School.
In her words: “Since I was in the district before there was a high school and after there was a high school, I’d like to take the district and see what else we can do.”
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