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Committees:
Executive Committee, Chair
Finance Committee
Families & Education Levy Oversight
Committee
Joint City/Schools Committee
Representing:
-Adams
-Ballard
-C. Blaine
-The Center School
-Coe
-Hay
-Lawton
-McClure
-Salmon Bay
-Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center
-West Woodland
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Michael DeBell is a
parent, community leader, and businessman with
years of experience in the Seattle School District. He has served
as Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) President for a total
of six years: two years each at West Woodland Elementary, Whitman
Middle School and Ballard High School. He served on the Gates
Foundation-funded Transformation Planning Committee at
Whitman Middle School, attending several seminars on strategies for
school reform, and helped draft a Small Learning Communities model
transformation plan.
Michael and his family
have worked actively on many Seattle Levy Campaigns and the
Education Funding Initiatives. He has been a member of the Ballard
High School Biotech Academy Steering Committee for the past three
years and is also a member of the Ballard High School
Foundation, helping to promote academic excellence and
achievement at Ballard High School. Michael received the WSPTA
Golden Acorn award for outstanding service to Washington
youth.
Michael has been a
youth soccer coach in Seattle Youth Soccer for 12 years working
with boys and girls teams. He received Boys Coach of the Year Award
from Woodland Soccer Club in 2002.
Michael is married to
Marie who is a School Nurse and current President of Seattle School
Nurse’s Association. They have three children: Denny, Lyle
and Elle, all of whom are students in Seattle Public
Schools.
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