Olympia Schools

• October 25, 20252025 Election, City Council, Olympia Schools

  #137: Ballot 2025 Roundup

  Emmett is joined by Erika Lari and Daniel Garcia to make a complete rundown of your Olympia ballot for this election. Erika and Daniel dissect the interviews we’ve been running […]

• September 27, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #132: Renee Fullerton and Rhyan Smith (Olympia School Board)

  Erika Lari from OSD4All again takes the wheel to talk with Renee Fullerton and Rhyan Smith, who are facing off for the position in District 3 on the Olympia School […]

• September 20, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #131: Gil Lamont and Emily Leddige (School Board)

  Erika Lari from OSD4All rejoins the podcast to talk with Gil Lamont and Emily Leddige, who are facing off for the position in District 5 on the Olympia School Board.

• July 18, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #122.1: Mea Culpa, Renee Fullerton

  In the Olympia School District primary ballot rundown episode last weekend we incorrectly described Renee Fullerton’s position on school vouchers. So, we’re running her entire answer the voucher question at […]

• July 16, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #122: Olympia School District primary rundown

  Note: In this episode, we incorrectly described Renee Fullerton’s position on school vouchers. So, we’re running her entire answer the voucher question at the OSD4All Forum now so you have […]

• July 13, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  Bonus: OSD4All Candidate Forum (July 12, 2025)

  This is not a regular episode of The Olympia Standard, this is a bonus episode! We’re sharing the audio from yesterday’s Olympia School Board candidate forum from OSD4All. We will […]

• March 7, 2024Olympia Schools

  #105: Do we want to close Madison and McKenny schools?

  We have been slow rolling through a very large discussion on school closures since last summer. We sit down with three different community members on how we got here, where […]

• October 2, 2023Olympia Schools

  #102: Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo (with Howard Rosenfeld)

  Today we hear from Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo, a candidate for Olympia School board. Interviewing Jess is Howard Rosenfeld, an old friend of the podcast who is stepping in this season to […]

• January 5, 2023Olympia Schools, Racial Justice

  #96: Maria Flores, Talauna Reed and the Olympia School Board

  The Olympia School Board filled a vacancy in November by choosing Talauna Reed, a vocal activist and candidate for mayor last year city council last year. In this episode, we […]

• February 17, 2022Olympia Schools, Racial Justice, Uncategorized

  #91: Facing Racism at Capital High School

  Just over a month ago, a racial slur shouted at a River Ridge High School basketball player spread over social media, and then into the mainstream. This incident laid bare […]