GLAA School Board Ratings

DC School Board Candidate Ratings Announced

The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC announces the following ratings for candidates for the DC Board of Education in the general election on November 5, 1996. This is a non-partisan election. Candidates are rated on a scale of -10 to +10, based on their answers to GLAA's DC Board of Education Questionnaire and their record on behalf of the gay and lesbian community. Note: an asterisk (*) indicates that the candidate failed to return a questionnaire; in this case the rating is based solely upon the candidate's known record.

Breakdown of available ratings points

Questionnaire: yes/no+/- 2 points
Questionnaire: substantive grasp of issues+/- 4 points
Record+/- 3 points
Championship: taking the lead on an issue
of concern to gay men and lesbians		+/- 1 point
Total available:+/- 10 points

At-Large
(Vote for Two)

Lea Adams6 ½
Larry Gray6 ½
Wanda Oates6
Tonya Vidal Kinlow5
Romaine Bell Thomas4
Jesse Battle3 ½
Dan Harrison3 ½
Antonio White1 ½
Joseph Webb1 ½
Sunday Abraham-4 ½


Ward 1

Wilma Harvey6
Lenwood Johnson2


Ward 3

Howard Grimmett4
David Yassky3
Don Reeves- ½ *


Ward 5

Angie King Corley3
Ed Wolterbeek3
Janice Denise Smith Autrey-1


Ward 6

Deborah Scott5
Wayne Curtin4
Bernard Gray3

Note: Candidates not listed did not return the GLAA questionnaire and have no known record on gay and lesbian issues; all such candidates receive a rating of 0.