School Briefs

District wins technology grant from state

The Shoreline School District has won an $88,000 technology grant from the state.

The money can be used to replace technology, including classroom computers, to buy software and to fund various costs related to technology. It’s not been decided how the money will be spent yet.

“We will look at things we couldn’t purchase with the bond,” said Marcia Harris, superintendent, referring to the 2006 bond voters passed that included technology purchases.

The grant is one-time funding.

Agreement reached with two unions

The Shoreline School District reached agreement with two of its labor groups this month.

Members of SAAA, the union for coaches, will receive a 3.7 percent cost of living increase, or COLA. The COLA will be funded by eliminating sports C teams district-wide and by reducing transportation costs.

Members of the International Association of Mechanics, a union for district mechanics, will receive a COLA that is anticipated to be about 3 percent and is comparable to other mechanics’ organizations, Harris said.

SCC offers new part-time nursing program

Shoreline Community College will offer a part-time program for nursing students beginning in January 2008. The new part-time option, created in response to the ongoing nursing shortage, was designed for students who can’t enroll in the college’s full-time nursing program.

Students will attend classes two to three days a week and clinical experiences will be offered both day and evening.

Applications will be accepted for both the part-time and the full-time programs through Oct. 3. Students admitted to the part-time program must meet the same prerequisites as those entering the full-time program. See www.shoreline.edu/nursing or call (206) 546-4734 for information or application procedures.

Seniors attend SummerCollege at SCC

Six seniors attended SummerCollege at Shoreline Community College last week. Wally Ross, 82, of West Seattle; Dee Streckenback, 89, of Green Lake; Sharon Bergman, 73, of Green Lake; Flora Ninelles, 80, of Queen Anne; and Vickie Brodine, 63, of Broadview, attended the program, a week long educational sampler for people 50 and over.

Ross and Streckenbach have been attending the program since it was first offered in 1985. Brodine graduated from Shoreline’s nursing program in the mid-1970s and returned this year to attend SummerCollege for the first time.

The students attended classes that included “Peak Oil and Gas: Implications for Energy, Global Warming and Politics,” “Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture,” “Meditation: An Adventure for Life,” “East Indian Culture through Literature” and “International Relations.”