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In the newspapers and on television there has been a great deal of coverage of the latest “motion” to improve schools.
Let’s fire the principal; he/she has to be the reason for this failure! The presumption is that a different principal will, operating under the same rules, be able to radically improve the school!
Does the term “Musical Chairs” come to mind here? It does for me.
If we look at the schools designated as the most serious failures, I think we will find a great deal of commonalities among them.
1. They tend to be in low income and low levels of adult education communities.
2. They tend to have little parent participation in the operation of the schools.
3. Most also are in school districts with very defined rigid work rules and hierarchies.
I believe it was Einstein who said, “Continued, repeated actions with an expectation of different results is a definition of insanity.”
If this is the case the replacement of the principal, or a group of teachers, may simply be an attempt to distract us from the real issue of actual gain in the body of knowledge that students know.
North Beach Elementary first and second graders swept the medal rounds at March 13 Northwest Regional Sport Stacking Championships in Auburn.
The competition brought in stackers of all ages from Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia.
This is the first year Ballard's North Beach Elementary has competed in the 5-year-old event in Auburn.
Thirteen students from North Beach traveled with their coach, P.E. teacher Rett Harmann, to the Auburn High School gym to participate in the one-day contest.
Sport Stacking involves stacking special plastic cups in specific sequences (pyramids of three, six or 10 cups) in as little time as possible.
Four North Beach students placed in the top five after the preliminary rounds, qualifying them for the individual finals in the age 7 and under division.
In the finals, second-grader Maronne Suzuki took first place in each of the three individual events.
In a press release, Hartmann said he was proud of his first stacking team.
“The composure of the kids was the most impressive aspect of the tournament to me, even more than their cup stacking skills,“ he said in the press release.
Power was restored to the remainder of the affected area, including Gatewood Hill at 5:40 PM.
At appoximately 2:20 pm power was lost for 2750 West Seattle customers of Seattle City Light.
The boundaries of the outage were S.W. Findlay to S.W. Henderson with an eastern boundary of 34th S.W. to Puget Sound.
There is no known cause but high winds in the area are the likeliest reason.
Construction of the new fire station for Engine 37 located on the southeast corner of 35th Avenue SW and SW Holden Street is "slightly ahead" of schedule according to construction company Kirtley-Cole Project Manager Scott Gellner.
They expect to be "Substantially complete by the 2nd week in June", according to Gellner and the Fire Department can take occupancy likely in July. Kirtley-Cole is in the process of building three fire stations in the city including one in north Greenwood which should be complete in May.
Once the station is complete and the equipment moved and the Fire Department has taken occupancy, the City will sell the historic building at 7500 35th Ave. S.W. and put the money back into the Fire Levy program.
The architectural firm Miller Hayashi is designed the new fire station which includes a new, two-story, two-bay station built to current seismic safety standards.
During construction of the new station, crews will continue to operate out of the current facility.
The new station is part of the Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Levy
Planning is continuing on a Community Orchard for West Seattle, and it’s time to get more input from you – the West Seattle Community. We have found a site for our first orchard, have identified a potential funding source, and now we would like to hear your ideas – in person.
Come to a Community Orchard IDEAS meeting:
Sunday, March 21
7-8:30PM
Duwamish Co-housing Common House
6000 17th SW
Seattle Wa 98106
This is an opportunity to learn more about the project (short term and long term) and share your ideas of what sorts of things to include in our plans.
We welcome everyone to this meeting…join in the blossoming of ideas for growing an even greater abundance of local fruit.
Please RSVP – parking can be a little tricky.
Aviva Furman
Founding Director, Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle
www.gleanit.org
206-762-0604 info@gleanit.org
There's nothing quite like a crinkling, printed, newspaper feel and sound with today's local news-- and a good cup of coffee.
Choices are many in our media machine-operated world. Consider the addicting computers, television news with fine-looking folks reading and commenting on current events.
Still, it's just not the same thing as turning crinkling pages to re-read something missed. Try that with a live TV broadcast.
The Greatest Generation grew up with newspapers and street corner vendors loudly calling, "Get you newspaper here. Pearl Harbor bombed." Or whatever catches attention.
Television and computers changed this world with colorful, interesting subjects that strongly influence our lives. Especially when our eyes become less age-efficient and reading options are limited.
Not for a minute do I believe that printed newsprint is going out. Some newspapers are producing fewer pages, given the present economic impact. That will change when advertisers' business picks up.
The Internet is a powerful tool too. Check out www.highlinetimes.com.-- the Web site for current news and story archives.
The King Conservation District is holding elections on March 16th. This is a special election for the King CD Board of Supervisors.
Voting must be done in person at several voting centers, information here: http://www.kingcd.org/new_ele_2010.htm .
For West Seattle residents the most likely voting place is the Seattle Public Library downtown.
Seattle Public Library (Downtown Main Branch)
1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle WA 98104
Poll hours 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
You can learn more about the mission and purpose of the KCD on their website http://www.kingcd.org/abo_bac.htm
Additional information regarding the King Conservation District Election can be obtained by contacting Jason Chambers at (425) 282-1920.
Norma Mayfield had a good view of the checkout stands at Fred Meyer from the bench in front of the kid's play area. When I sat down next her, I introduced myself as publisher of the local paper.
Norma is a statuesque beauty with a great smile. But she seemed wary of this stranger trying to draw her out. She was chatting amiably with a man on her right.
I asked if I could take her picture but she politely declined.
Eventually, the man who I assumed was her husband left and another man appeared and sat down with her. The newcomer was Allison Mayfield, her husband.
I learned they moved from Irvine, California about 18 months ago to Judson Park in Des Moines, one of the area's finest retirement centers.
I told them I spent 30 days there this summer recovering from a broken hip. That's what old people do; they tell each other about their ailments.
The Mayfields didn't seem too interested in my hip so I changed the subject.
"What are you going to do to keep busy," I asked, "because you have to keep busy!"
Mr. Mayfield didn't respond. He was once a farmer and maybe he was just tired of 'keeping busy.'
The Ballard High School boys soccer team had no answer for Jamael Cox in a 3-1 loss to Stadium March 15.
Cox scored all three Stadium goals, including one on a penalty kick.
Balin Larson scored the only Beaver goal in the 70th minute off a Cody Hulsey assist.
Larson has scored the only two Ballard goals this season.
The Beavers are 0-1-1 in nonconference matches this season.
Ballard will look for its first win this season against Seattle Prep at 3:30 p.m. on March 18 at Magnuson Park.
