Marysville School Board: Candidates address budget, enrollment challenges

By Kaitlin Manry
Herald Writer

WASL had some good points, researchers say

A new study has concluded that the much-disparaged Washington Assessment of Student Learning had some good points that should not be lost in the streamlined test that replaces it.

By Linda Shaw

Seattle Times education... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1074 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:17:24 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1073/t/Pay-to-Play.html Sports fees

Paying more to play

To make up for budget cuts and rising costs, several school districts are adding or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1073 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:34:02 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1072/t/Upgrading-Sno-High-up-to-par-with-New-HS-Glacier-Peak.html Published: Monday, July 27, 2009 Upgrades for Snohomish High School By Kaitlin Manry Herald Writer SNOHOMISH - Sparks fly from the welding guns of the ironworkers in the Snohomish High School locker room. Steel beams are rising for the new auxiliary gym. The school's gutted kitchen is being made over. Years after... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1072 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:31:28 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1071/t/State-Board-revises-HS-math-requirement.html Wash. Board of Education revises math requirement The State Board of Education has made a minor revision in the high school math credit requirements. By The Associated Press GIG HARBOR - The State Board of Education has made a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1071 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:04:26 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1070/t/Overview-WASL-Exam-Results-Seniors.html

Dorn: State Exam Results Solid, But Not Whole Story State Superintendent wants greater focus placed on students who did not meet the assessment graduation requirements and on those who dropped out OLYMPIA - June 18, 2009 - While 93 percent of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1070 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:53:27 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1069/t/Marysville-Bond.html Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 Marysville postpones remodel of high school The school district may ask voters for money to upgrade three schools. By Kaitlin Manry Herald Writer MARYSVILLE -- The list of Marysville school projects that may wind up on the ballot next year is narrowing. A... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1069 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:42:42 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1068/t/Snohomish-County-population-rising-fast--2000-led--Marysvill.html Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Snohomish County population rising fast since 2000, led by Marysville By Eric Stevick and Scott North Herald Writers Despite tough times of late, Snohomish County continues to grow. Between 2000 and 2009, the county added 98,276 people.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1068 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:45:17 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1067/t/LTE-Graduation-Rates-and-Crime.html Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 GRADUATION RATES Shift in focus will improve safety Superintendent of Public Education Randy Dorn wants to shift the focus of education reform away from testing to improve high school graduation rates (June 19, "WASL test scores edge up slightly, state chief reports"). As a chief of police in Everett, I applaud this shift... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1067 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:36:13 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1066/t/WA-Youth-Academy.html Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 At-risk teens are first Washington Youth Academy graduates Associated Press BREMERTON -- Eighty-three teens who were once at risk of dropping out of high school are among the first to graduate from the new Washington Youth Academy. The military-style school program for 16- to 19-year-olds opened in Bremerton in January. It's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1066 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:46:34 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1065/t/Mr-Lundberg-retires-from-MMS.html Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 School's over for 'best principal ever' By Kaitlin Manry Herald Writer MARYSVILLE -- Pete Lundberg serenaded students with "Happy Birthday," bought and ate his lunch in the school cafeteria and high-fived students in the hallways he'd roamed for 18 years. He... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1065 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:59:36 GMT http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1064/t/Temporary-Stimulus-Money-to-State-Schools.html State's schools get $400 million federal windfall - with strings attached Washington state schools will receive roughly $400 million for special-education and low-income students over the next two years. But the federal stimulus money comes with rules on how to spend it, while districts are facing cuts elsewhere in their budgets. By feeds@yuku.com (CYD) http://isupportmarysvilleteachers.yuku.com/topic/1064 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:50:06 GMT