Voting for SBE, ESD, and WSSDA elections runs October 1-16

Voting window for 2023

October 1 marks the opening of voting by school directors in elections for the boards of Educational Service Districts (ESDs), the State Board of Education (SBE), and the Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA). Elected positions on some WSSDA committees are also up for a vote by school directors. Directors should look to their email inboxes for voting instructions and reminders.

Candidate information is accessible from these election pages:

Voting concludes on October 16, 2023.

Elected Positions in WSSDA

Open positions vary by region, but elected positions within WSSDA include:

WSSDA’s regions are called “director areas.” These areas closely resemble the maps for Educational Service Districts. Here is a map of WSSDA’s director areas listing the school districts within them.