March 2021

Highline Virtual Academy now accepting applications

Middle and High School students can learn remotely in new school

information from Highline Public Schools

 Do you know a student who thrives in remote learning? Highline Public Schools has space available in its new Highline Virtual Academy. Highline Virtual Academy opens this fall for students in grades 6-12. The academy will be the only all-remote option in the 2021-22 school year and moving forward for students attending Highline Public Schools. 

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Lower passenger capacity on West Seattle Water Taxi for approximately 2 weeks

information from King County

For approximately the next two weeks, the 33-passenger MV Spirit of Kingston will replace the 86-passenger MV Doc Maynard on the West Seattle route, while the Doc is in the shipyard for scheduled annual maintenance. West Seattle riders should plan accordingly given the reduced passenger capacity, especially on the 4:45 and 5:25 evening sailings. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The water taxi continues to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through regular cleaning and disinfecting between sailings. Masks are required for both passengers and crew.

 

Spirit of Kingston
The Spirit of Kingston will replace the MV Doc Maynard for two weeks.
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What's Seattle: The changing look

By Jean Godden

For as long as I've lived in Seattle (all my adult years), this city's image has been changing dramatically from decade to decade. When I first arrived here, it was a little-known destination, North of San Francisco and maybe next-door to Nome, Alaska. Fashion trendsetters said mean things like "What time is it in Seattle when it's noon in New York?" The cringe-worthy answer: "1938."

In the post-War boom years, Seattle was seen as an aspiring blue-collar town, known for its bustling waterfront, its maritime industries and its booming aircraft industry. Those were the years before downtown expansion, times when the Smith Tower still topped the skyline and city boosters wanted to be as freeway-ridden Los Angeles and as hipster "cool" as San Francisco.

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