March 2021

Seattle Public Schools says start of In-person instruction moved later in March 
SPS and SEA agree to new timeline 

information from Seattle Public Schools

It is in the best interest of our students, staff, and families that Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and Seattle Education Association (SEA) are unified in our approach to a return to in-person learning. We are committed to returning students receiving special education services in Intensive Service Pathways and our youngest learners to classrooms first. We are partnering to ensure equity and safety across our school buildings as we continue to plan our phased-in approach to in-person learning. 

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Researching the mystery of West Seattle eagles
'Bey' still needs your help but is recovering nicely

By Kersti E. Muul

Conservation Scientist/Specialist and Community Naturalist

To help solve the mystery of which nest 'Bey' and 'Jay' possibly belong to, I have been working with amazing observers from the Alki and Schmitz park neighborhoods; residents who are familiar with the Schmitz nest pair, and the Salty's pair. They have been invaluable, sending me photographs, sightings and observations, both recent and historic. This has helped me understand their ranges, perches, hunting territories, nest site fidelity, and nesting success.

EDITORS NOTE: An eagle named 'Bey' was seen to be sick and was humanely captured and taken to PAWS to be cared for and treated. Bey is now on the mend. The story of her capture is here.

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Urgent: Vaccines Available This Week in West Seattle for 65+ Year-Olds

information from District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold

There are several hundred remaining COVID-19 vaccination appointments from March 8 – March 13 at the Community Testing & Vaccination Hub in West Seattle. The West Seattle hub is run by the Seattle Fire Department, and medics/firefighters will be administering the vaccine. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will be provided at these hubs. Both are two-dose vaccines, and you will schedule your second dose during the process of scheduling your first dose.

This week, ONLY members of the public who are 65 and older and live in ZIP codes in the West Seattle area are eligible to register through this form.

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Believing the Impossible

By Jean Godden

My tattered childhood copy of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass" is full of all sorts of crazy wisdom. There's the exchange between Alice and the White Queen over believing impossible things.  Alice says, "There's no use trying. One can't believe impossible things."

But the Queen says: "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

I've been thinking about impossibilities and how one gets caught up in them. For an example take Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who was sitting on the floor of the Senate during the Capitol attack. Johnson read into the record an account from The Federalist, a far-right website, that portrayed the Jan. 6 raid that left five dead as "a jovial festive event."

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