The Seattle School Board has unanimously supported a resolution that directed Superintendent Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson to immediately begin addressing capacity imbalances in the district.
The board has identified a $24 million deficit in the budget for the 2009-2010 school year, which must be balanced according to Washington State law.
Some Seattle schools may have to be closed by next June because of a $24 million deficit the district is facing.
The first phase of a school board resolution will address capacity shortages in North Seattle, Queen Anne and Magnolia, but the deficit must by law be closed.
Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson said three different audits have revealed the district has an excess of approximately 9000 seats and too many buildings to stay on budget.
"We must reduce the number of buildings we maintain in order to use our available resources more effectively," said Che
Editor's Note: We run this story from our sister paper, the Ballard News-Tribune, as an indication of how the city is pushing paid parking and residential parking zone in fast developing areas now without parking.
On 26th SW, a recipe for a Halloween tragedy: an uninvited guest returns to a party armed with a loaded SKS rifle and goes from room to room, searching for a fellow he had argued with earlier in the evening. But one guest waits for an opportunity and manages to "jump" the suspect and wrestle the gun away with the help of others. The group then wraps the man's arms and legs with duct tape and keeps him on the floor until officers arrive. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of harassment.
The West Seattle coed varsity swim team, including seven members from West Seattle High School and two from Chief Sealth, competed Oct. 31 in the all-metro finals at Helene Madison School in North Seattle.
Head coach Christine Martin said she was pleased that her 400-yard freestyle relay team placed sixth overall to qualify for this Friday's district competition. If they maintain their standing or of course, improve, they will advance to state.
Chandler Dennison races to state
By John Leonard
"I'm so happy."
With the depth of those three words, West Seattle High's Chandler Dennison released the tension of an entire cross-country season. She had just qualified to compete in the state 3A high school championship meet.
The qualifying event was the SeaKing District meet last Thursday at Lower Woodland. Dennison was the only girl in the Metro League to advance to SeaKing without a team. She started in her own lane, alone, among 87 girls.
For this one all-important race Dennison had to suppress the gladiator within, and run instead with her head. This was a race for place, not for time. She simply had to finish in the top 20. This was doable.
Gabby the calico cat got her name because as a kitten she jumped on her owner Anna Wilde's shoulder and started talking. She's five years old now. Katie, her daughter, got the cat when she was 16 but Gabby (who incidentally is NOT a lap cat) loves Anna, "Maybe because I feed her or because I'm a cat person," Anna said. A while back a coyote nabbed a dog in the neighborhood but Gabby, who loves to be outside, seems to be doing just fine. She sleeps in the garage, though she used to sleep in the basement.
Miranda and I went on a trip. We decided to do some sightseeing so we packed our purses and headed to the far off exotic land of Fremont.
This was wildly adventurous as neither of us travel out of West Seattle very often (unless it is for Costco.) Fremont was a foreign country.
Beauty with sugar in it
By Barbara Sims
In the self-care and beauty industry the latest craze is including sugar in skin care products. If you search the Internet you will find everything from sugar body scrubs to sugar hair removers.
The prices can range from $8 to $35 for each product. How's that for a product in which the main ingredient can cost you a no more that $3 for a 5 pound bag?
To enjoy all of the benefits of a sugar-based product without shelling out the big bucks, try these recipes:
Orange Cream Sugar Body Scrub
