Civics for All
Since Franklin High students first testified on behalf of the initiative in 2011, Seattle’s Civics for All’s Initiative has attracted the hopes of many Seattlites who want our public schools to do a better job of educating our city’s children for citizenship. The core of the proposal, at right, is a K-12 mock election voting requirement designed to prepare all students to become active citizens AND voters upon graduation. It is an equity driven initiative that aims to equip all of our city’s children to
Hopes are high that new Seattle Public Schools superintendent, Brent Jones, will finally lead the board to formal adoption of the Initiative as one of his early priorities. See the exciting planks of this ten year old proposal in the white panel at right. This equity driven proposal aligns with all three of our district’s Strategic Goals for 2013 to 2018, as well as its new equity initiatives.
After Hutchins led Ballard High School in running a pilot all school mock election in the fall of 2018, it was and still is hoped that all schools will be soon be encouraged to run pilot programs and that, sooner rather than later, Superintendent Jones and the board will finally adopt the Civics for All Initiative so all Seattle K-12 schools will hold mock elections for 54,000 students! Steps to this include getting a district resolution of support, a BAR (board action report), and a formal adoption of the
Civics for All