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Final school board candidates named

Posted in school board, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The final two applicants for an open position on the Coupeville School Board have been made public, with the release of the agenda for the Dec. 15 meeting.

Alison Perera and Ward Sparacio will be interviewed by board members that night, coming on the heels of five applicants having finished the process at Thursday’s workshop meeting.

The board interviewed Mark Conway Valencia, David Ford, Chic Merwine, Gregory Thomas, and Jennifer Marzocca.

While the identity of those five was made public before the Dec. 8 meeting, district officials declined to reveal the other two names at the same time.

After the board completes its final two interviews, it will go into executive session to evaluate the candidates, before returning to publicly vote.

The person chosen replaces Glenda Merwine, who resigned due to health concerns. The position goes up for election in 2023.

Of the seven candidates, none have previously served on the Coupeville School Board.

Sparacio ran for a different open position in 2021, losing that race to current board member Morgan White.

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School Board candidate previously sued for “false imprisonment”

Posted in school board, tagged , , , , on October 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Ward Sparacio

A Coupeville School Board candidate has an unusual court case in his background.

Ward Sparacio, who is vying for the Position 5 seat, was sued in 2009 over hijinks on the high seas.

Or, more appropriately, hijinks in the harbor.

Sparacio, Dan Bickford, Dave Wolfe, and Confirma, Inc. — a manufacturer of medical imaging devices — were defendants in a lawsuit in which Steven and Karen Slasinski sought damages for “false imprisonment.”

The case sprang from a July, 2007 dinner cruise on The Champagne Lady on Lake Washington, part of a week-long seminar for the Confirma sales team.

As the night came to a close, several employees were locked in the bathroom.

Court papers allege Steven Slasinski was unable to exit when the ship docked and other Confirma employees left the ship.

After being locked inside the bathroom for 20-25 minutes, he was released by the boat’s crew after they were alerted to his presence by his kicking the door in an effort to free himself.

Steven Slasinski sued for “damages arising from false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of implied contract,” while Karen Slasinski filed for “damages arising from loss of consortium.”

A jury returned a verdict in favor of Confirma and its employees, and the decision was upheld after appeals.

According to his personal LinkedIn page, Sparacio was employed by Confirma as Vice President, Global Sales from Jan. 2007 through Sept. 2008.

He has held seven other jobs since, and is currently listed as Director, Commercial Innovation – Handheld Ultrasound for GE Healthcare, a position he has held since Feb. 2021.

Sparacio was listed as the Treasurer for the Island County Republican Party, though stepped away from that position when he filed for the school board race.

 

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