Bruce Rader
Phone Number: 360-673-2398- Email: brader@kalama.com
- District Number: 1
- School Board Position: WIAA Board Representative
- Years on School Board: 15
- Years lived in Kalama: 17
- High School Diploma: Ygnacio Valley High, Concord California
- Secondary Education: 2 years BYU and 2 years East Eastfield College
- What Do you enjoy about being part of the Kalama School Board?
- I enjoy seeing our young people grow up into adults. I have a great sense of pride when I see them graduating from college or getting jobs and starting their own lives. I enjoy being part of the process of educating our youth. Most of all, I enjoy being able to spend time with this great group of young people we have in Kalama.
- Why did you choose to run for a school board postion?
- I believe it is our responsibility to provide for the education of the youth in our community, to prepare them for both their and our future. It takes the efforts of many different people, parents, teachers, administrators and the community as a whole to provide the right setting for our students to have a proper learning environment. I wanted to be part of the process and that’s why I chose to run for the School Board Position.
Ryan Cruser
- Phone number:
- Email: ryan.cruser@kalama.k12.wa.us
- District Number: 2
- School Board Position: Legislative Representative
- Years on School Board: First
- Years lived in Kalama:
- High School Diploma:
- Secondary Education:
- What do you enjoy about being part of the Kalama School Board?
- Why did you choose to run for a school board position?
Shannon Barnett
- Phone number: 360-673-1700
- Cell number: 360-703-1600
- Email:
- usa.barnett@gmail.com
- District Number: 4
- School Board Position: President
- Years on School Board: 4
- Years lived in Kalama: 13
- High School Diploma: Columbia River HS.
- Secondary Education: Associates Degree
- What do you enjoy about being part of the Kalama School Board?Being able to support the needs of the best staff and administration in SW Washington, as they educate the children in the best community of SW Washington.
- Why did you choose to run for a school board position?
- Sometimes people run for office to forward an agenda for specific change. This scenario plays out far too often. I chose to run for the school board not to affect change, but instead to support all of the posititve aspects I see in the district and to continue the success we bring to the children within the district.
Wesley Eader
- Phone number: 360-261-4669
- Email: weader1@juno.com
- District Number: 3
- School Board Position: Vice President
- Years on School Board: 6
- Years lived in Kalama: 23
- High School Diploma: Bartlett HS, Memphis, TN
- Secondary Education: BBA Memphis State University/Master of Divinity, Master of Religious Education.
- What do you enjoy about being part of the Kalama School Board?
- Knowing that we are providing the best possible teachers, resources, and facilities to ensure that our kids have the opportunity to succeed in life.
- Why did you choose to run for a school board position?
- My children had a good educational experience here in Kalama. I wanted to ensure that future generations of students have the same opportunity.
Russ Ipock
- Phone number: 360-673-4638
- Email: huntradar@kalama.com
- District Number: 5
- Years on School Board: 15
- Years lived in Kalama: 37
- High School Diploma: Fort Vancouver, HS
- Secondary Education: 4 years Apprenticeship
- What do you enjoy about being part of the Kalama School Board?
- The smiles on the students faces. Over the 12 years I have been on the school board, I have seen many great changes in education, and it is a privilege to see and be a part of it.
- Why did you choose to run for a school board position?
- I wanted to contribute to an already great school system.