About 200 impassioned parents, teachers and students gathered at Pathfinder K-8 School last week to criticize Seattle Public Schools' plan to move Pathfinder's alternative approach to education to more-traditional Cooper Elementary School.
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Principal gets $25,000 grant
Wed, 10/11/06
Chief Sealth High School Principal John Boyd has received a prestigious leadership award which includes a $25,000 grant to support the learning success of all students at the school.
Every year, the Alliance for Education presents the…MORE
State hikes park fees
Tue, 10/10/06
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission approved its first general fee increase for camping, overnight facilities and watercraft launch services since 2003.
The increases, intended to catch the agency up to market rates and to…MORE
Seattle Council places amendment on ballot
Tue, 10/10/06
The Seattle City Council has placed a series of amendments to the City Charter on the November ballot.
A key amendment will allow the council to reconfirm the appointments of city department heads every four years, including Parks and…MORE
South Lake High to locate here while new school built
Tue, 10/10/06
This school year West Seattle is home to five high schools, including South Lake High School, which will occupy the old E. C.
MORERobert Pheasant son of landmarks builder
Tue, 10/10/06
Robert Preston Pheasant was the best man she ever knew, says Julie Pheasant-Albright of her father who died Sept. 22 at his home in Sunset Hill.
"I never heard him swear, raise his voice or say an unkind word," says Julie Pheasant-Albright…MORE
Viaduct project is complex
Tue, 10/10/06
Any plan to tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct to make way for a tunnel or a new viaduct will be a big undertaking, as Washington State's construction projects go.
In terms of costs, the completion of the I-90 floating bridge linking Mercer…MORE
Burien breaks ground on town square project
Tue, 10/10/06
The start of construction on Burien's Town Square was celebrated Oct. 10 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Southwest 152nd Street and Fourth Avenue Southwest.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Jim McDermott, who together with the rest of…MORE
Local talent headlines Centerstage performance
Tue, 10/10/06
Centerstage opens its season with a country-western smash: the musical comedy, Blue Plate Special.
Starring in the show is local actress, Loretta Deranleau-Howard, a Tacoma resident who works at Weyerhaeuser as a Blueprinting Analyst.…MORE
Development is at a torrid pace
Tue, 10/10/06
A recently announced Ballard development is part of the transformation of Northwest Market Street from sleepy, hinterland high street into an urban canyon on par with Belltown.
Trammell Crow, an international real estate firm, recently…MORE
