For the next three months, Seattle Public Schools will hold a series of public meetings to discuss a new district-wide Student Assignment Plan.
Thursday, Nov. 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, 3rd Floor Commons
2445 3rd Ave. S.
Friday, Nov. 7, 10:00 to noon
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, Room 2750
Grover Partee has worked polling locations for three years. Nov. 4 he was working the Sunset Hill Community Club for the sixth time.
Partee said the club opened at 7 a.m. with a two-block long line.
"We couldn't even get them all in," he said while taking a break to puff on a cigar.
By noon, approximately 400 people had already voted and Partee said it was shaping up to be the largest turnout ever.
Ann Sutphen brought her daughter Kara Rhodes to vote with her at the Sunset Hill Community Club Nov.
A recent letter from Emelie McNett proposed a public park on Lake Burien, citing Arbor Lake as an example of a lake with public access.
I recently visited Arbor Lake, for the first time, and found what I expected to find at a public park in King County: graffiti, vandalism, trash, and evidence of illegal alcohol consumption.
I don't know how the residents of the shoreline of Lake Burien are taking care of the lake, but it has to be better than that.
A recent letter to the editor criticized me for supporting a bill to strengthen freedom of the press for student newspapers. Virtually every statement in the letter was factually incorrect.
First, the author claimed there have been no problems with censorship of student newspapers in Washington.
I am pleased to again share information encouraging students to apply to be a Washington Aerospace Scholar, a successful program which encourages high school juniors from across Washington State, especially those with an aptitude for math or science, to explore the challenges and opportunities awaiting them in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM.)
The program not only helps students explore career options but also addresses the national shortage in these fields.
Washington Aerospace Scholars provides students opportunities to study a NASA-designe
As I wake up late this Saturday morning, 10/25/08, thinking about what a long shift at work I will cover today, I look out over the sound at the ferries and hope the day will be sunny.
I wish I wasn't so tired but today marks another morning where my family and I are up late and dragging because the Burien Police had another round of helicopter training over my Shorewood on the Sound neighborhood from 2 a.m. until after 3 a.m.
We, and likely the entire community, were treated to loud, low-flying noise pollution by the Burien Police helicopter, once again.
SeaTac lawmakers said no to pawn shops and yes to a business park in a residential neighborhood during a lengthy Oct. 28 meeting.
Following comments by several SeaTac residents opposing pawn shops, council members unanimously declined to set regulations that would allowed a pawn shop at South 192nd Street and International Boulevard. The shop would have been in the old Dave's Diner site next to the? Casino.
Lawmakers also heard from residents against the business park at the former Boulevard Park school South 128th Street and 20th Avenue South.
The Bean Barry Delights are bringing their hand jiving, good time 1950s Rock and Roll dance party to the Burien Elks Lodge, Sunday Nov. 16.
The event will be a release party for their new CD entitled, "That Is Rock and Roll!"
It will also be a "Homecoming Dance" down memory lane for anyone who attended one of the high schools in the Highline School District (including Kennedy) from the 50s up to today.
Dancegoers are encouraged to dress to the theme of a '50s sock hop!
Admission to the show is $15 per person.
They say it takes a village to raise a child. No one knows this better than Treehouse for Kids.
In keeping with the needs of children, the non-profit organization recently partnered with the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. The result is a dynamic program with resources for foster care children in South King County.
On Oct. 18, the Treehouse Learning Center officially opened its doors. Located in the southwest corner of the Starfire Sports Complex, the center sits on the grounds of the former Fort Dent Park.
Offering developers a property tax exemption to encourage development of the Pacific Ridge area prompted a heated discussion at the Des Moines City Council meeting on Oct. 30th.
The proposed legislation calls for a multi-family tax exemption on a number of new units developed on Pacific Ridge.
The units given the exemption would only pay tax on their land for eight years. The number of units that would be given the exemption is still unclear.
