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Community boards are taking on school truancy
Support and follow-through, not punishment, seems to be more effective at keeping kids in school.
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Ballot includes proposals for more than $700M for schools
Most districts are asking for program and operation levies to replace ones that are expiring.
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Woman reportedly tells trooper she ‘ruined her high’
The suspected allegedly admitted to shooting up heroin while driving on I-5.
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Seat filled on Darrington School Board — finally
Dave Holmer, a former superintendent and high school principal, defeated Jennie Requa by three votes.
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American Cancer Society volunteers are partners in the fight
They hold hands, point the way to resources and do whatever is needed for patients and families.
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What draws so many Snohomish County students to UW Bothell?
Lynnwood, Everett and Mill Creek students account for much of the school’s growing enrollment.
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Sno-Isle Libraries will have to make cuts or go to voters
The board soon will decide whether to reduce services by $2 million or go to the ballot.
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Everett Mayor-elect Cassie Franklin names transition team
The panel of 55 residents and community leaders is being asked to provide input on the city.
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With remaining ballot counted, Darrington has a winner
Turns out that ballot wasn’t marked for a very-tight school board race. Dave Holmer appears to have won.
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As police closed in, 2 heavily armed pot-shop robbers fled
Cops surrounded the place in Mountlake Terrace. The suspects were tracked by dogs and apprehended nearby.
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Darrington School Board race might come down to a coin flip
With a one-vote difference, a single ballot in Skagit County remains to be counted.
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Serving “the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind” a calling
Dan’l Markham now connects the Everett Gospel Mission with churches on issues surrounding poverty.
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Mountlake Terrace voters handily backing new civic campus
The $12.5 million measure funds a new City Hall next to the police station.
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In this ‘voter intent’ state, even problematic ballots matter
Some have artwork or commentary. Some are not filled out correctly. But (almost) all of them count.
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Take your earbuds out and greet the veterans among us
There are 230 of them at UW Bothell, where they and other students planted hundreds of U.S. flags.
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Bond for new elementary school near Maltby on February ballot
The proposal will be part of a three-proposition ballot package that includes operations and technology levies.
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Schools offer course credits for languages spoken at home
Everything from Arabic to Wolof can be tested, and levels the field for students learning English.
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Talk of changes at Marysville schools has parents wary
The district has lost more than 1,000 students over the past 10 years.
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Everett School Board candidates focus on graduation rates
The incumbent says rates are rising. Her challenger says more can be done.
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Hiding in plain sight: Burned Everett building had rich past
It was a hotel, boarding house, fraternal lodge, church, dance studio and office furniture store.