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||| FROM SALISH-CURRENT ||| A law to make state education funding more equitable has had an adverse effect in the San Juan Islands. Ironically, while San Juan property owners are paying more in state education taxes, less total funding is going towards local schools. The reason for this outcome is a new cap on local-enrichment
-- from Governor Jay Inslee's Office -- Gov. Jay Inslee today issued the following statement on the state Supreme Court’s McCleary ruling that the state is fully funding basic education for K-12 and is no longer required to pay daily fines. The ruling comes after the Legislature has committed more than $6.5 billion in additional
-- from Tom Baldwin for the Orcas Island School District Budget Advisory Committee-- We have had several comments and questions from the opinion piece we submitted (see https://theorcasonian.com/McClearyFix ) regarding the unintended consequences of the state’s intended fix for the McCleary decision. We will endeavor to respond to those questions here— 1. On February 15, we
--by Carol Sutton and Tom Baldwin -- Sometimes, the noblest of intentions can have devastating consequences. The case in point is HB 2242, the supposed fix to the McCleary Decision that was intended to (1) fully fund public K12 education in Washington, and (2) reduce dependence on local property taxes for public school funding. While
-- by Margie Doyle -- Orcas Island School District board members, from left: Janet Brownell, Scott Lancaster, Chris Sutton and Tony Ghazel, ponder the impacts of the new education bill in response to the McCleary decision. Dan Steele, Assistant Executive Director of the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) gave a review of
-- from Cathy Ferran -- When NEWS and the State return to the Temple of Justice next week to appear before the Washington State Supreme Court, NEWS will ask justices to take a strong stand for schoolchildren and reject the State's longstanding procrastination and excuses for failing to comply with the Court's mandates in the
-- from Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction -- State Superintendent Randy Dorn filed a brief with the Supreme Court. Below is a statement on the brief. On Monday I filed a brief in the McCleary v. Washington case. In July the state Supreme Court asked all parties in the case how much the major
-- by Lin McNulty -- The Washington Constitution imposes only one "paramount duty" upon the State: "to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex." (WASH. CONST. art. IX, § 1.) So begins the Washington Supreme Court unanimous
-- from the Office of Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction -- [On] September 11, the Supreme Court released its most recent order pertaining to McCleary v. Washington, the 2012 decision which held that the state isn’t adequately funding basic education. Below is a statement from State Superintendent Randy Dorn on the order. I’m pleased
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 758 AM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior-Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood Canal Area-Lower Chehalis Valley Area-Olympics-Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca-East Puget Sound Lowlands-Bellevue and Vicinity-Seattle and Vicinity-Bremerton and Vicinity-West Slopes