to the Board that it intended to participate in the rally.
On December 18, 2002, the Board met and approved a resolution declaring January 14, 2003, as a nonschool day due to the MEA's participation in the rally. Thereafter, the Marysville schools were closed on January 14, 2003, and members of MEA attended the rally in Olympia. However, at a meeting on February 3, 2003, the Board voted, over objections of the MEA, that February 14, 2003, would be the makeup day. On February 14, 2003, the Marysville schools were open and the teachers who did not report for work had their wages docked. The Board spent $74,457.30 in costs associated with holding school on February 14.
The dispute between the MEA and the Board over the makeup day wasthereafter submitted to arbitration. The MEA claimed in the arbitration proceeding that the Board violated the collective bargaining agreement *309 by unilaterally changing the makeup day from June 16, 2003, to February 14, 2003. The Board responded that the MEA violated the no strike clause of the agreement by participating in the rally and not bargaining for a change in the school calendar. The arbitrator ruled in favor of the MEA.
On December 22, 2003, three voters and residents of the school district, Deborah Vincelette, Lisa Ann Griffith, and Shannon Bartlett, filed two recall petitions with the Snohomish County auditor. In one petition they sought the recall of Helen Mount as a member of the Board. In the other petition they sought the recall of Ronald Young as a