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Todd Berge is a long time Blaine resident and graduate. He was elected to the board in 2003 and feels board service is one of many ways to serve his community.  He and his wife have two daughters, one at college and one that attends Blaine.  Todd is a graduate of Tacoma Tech and Community College and works at BP Refinery in addition to being a very active safety volunteer in Whatcom County.

Phone: (360)332-1213, Email - todd.berge@comcast.net

Term Expires December, 2015

Mike Dodd was first elected to the board in 1977.  He is a graduate of Blaine and he and his wife have one daughter who is also a Borderite.    After attending UPS in Tacoma, he returned to Blaine to join his father and brother to work in the family business, Blaine Marina.  He has served as coach for local teams and a member of many committees in our community.

Phone:(360)371-7188/W-332-8425, E-mail - draytonh@comcast.net

Term Expires December, 2013

Susan Holmes

Susan Holmes graduated from Whitworth College and later completed a Master's Degree as well as her administrative credential at WWU. Susan's career in public education has spanned 41 years, beginning as a para-educator in 1968. Susan has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, has served as a high school department chairperson and as a school administrator at the elementary and high school levels. She and her husband live in Birch Bay Village with their two Cairn terriers. They have three grown children. Susan views her work as a school board member as a way to give back to the community in which she lives. She enjoys working with school staff and the community to continually improve learning opportunities for all our students. Susan was appointed as School Board Director for District 3 in 2008.

Phone:(360)371-7443, Email - sholmes@blainesd.org

Term Expires December, 2013

Charles Gibson and his family moved to Blaine in 1992 for him to attend graduate school at Regent College at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. During their time here, Charles became pastor of Northwood Alliance Church in 1994, his wife, Margaret, became a school nurse in 1996, and all four of the Gibson children attended and graduated from Blaine Public Schools. Charles has prior experience with the needs of children from twenty years as executive director of New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches which included residential child care, a private adoption agency and education programs. Charles was appointed to the school board in 2006 and was then elected to the board in 2007.

Phone:(360)332-5881, Email - pvan@blainesd.org

Term Expires December, 2015

A retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer with 25 years with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Campbell moved to Bellingham in 1994 where he was active in the Bellingham Theater Guild and in Bellingham Evening Toastmasters and in part-time U.S. Census Bureau work in Whatcom County. He has lived in Point Roberts since 2002 where he now works as a real estate agent and has been an active board member of the Point Roberts Registered Voters’ Association. He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio and from several Foreign Service Institute training programs. His son’s schooling at several overseas international schools, schools for U.S. dependents, and high school in California has given Campbell exposure to a range of K-12 educational settings, policies, challenges and innovations.

Campbell McClusky
Point Roberts, WA
Phone: 360-945-5555, Email cmcclusky@gmail.com

Term Expires December, 2015

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The Blaine School Board is a local board, established by the Washington State Legislature. Although each of the five members comes from a different geographical area in the district, all board members are elected by all Blaine voters. Board members serve a four-year term without pay.

The board's primary task is to formulate and evaluate all policies necessary for the operation of the school district. The board's legal responsibilities are to:

* Establish general policy for the school district

* Adopt and revise the annual operating budget

* Select the Superintendent of Schools

* Exercise the power to administer schools conferred by the state legislature

* Keep the public informed on the needs and progress of the education system.

The Blaine School Board encourages the public to take an active part in the educational affairs of the district and extends an invitation to the community to attend school board meetings. All board meetings are open to the public, with the exception of the executive sessions where personnel, property acquisition, sales, litigation or collective bargaining matters are discussed.

During the school year, the board meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the School district Office, (360)332-5881.

Written communications to the board should be addressed to the school board chairman and sent to:

Blaine School District

765 H Street

Blaine, WA 98230