Mill Creek family throws $489k into Everett school board races

EVERETT — A Mill Creek family has poured nearly $500,000 into multiple political action committees as part of a campaign to unseat at least one member of the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors.

The money is set to be spent across all five school board seats up for election over the coming years. So far, the family has only spent money on one race, sending out mailers for Position 3 aimed at incumbent Anna Marie Laurence with vague allegations accusing her of risking student safety and fostering corruption in the district.

In an interview Tuesday, Laurence denounced the campaign’s claims as “absolutely false and untrue.”

It’s an unprecedented amount of money to be thrown into Everett school board elections. Over the past 10 years, only three Everett school board candidates have raised over $10,000 for a race, state disclosure filings show. Many raise no money at all.

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