EDUCATION: Don’t shift districts’ levy money
Re: ”Classroom equality impossible when levies pay teachers” (editorial, 5-13). The editorial missed the whole point. All school districts are poor. A few districts are fortunate to have locals who...
View ArticleTEACHERS: Higher pay, smaller classes needed
Many teachers have gone on strike protesting for higher pay and smaller class sizes. As a Pierce College student, pursuing elementary education, I agree with their message. I strongly agree that...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Lawmakers fail their paramount duty
The government officials are giving themselves a raise. Please tell me these are not the same officials who have been breaking the law for more than two years by not ensuring that class sizes are...
View ArticleTESTS: Superintendents suggest that science doesn’t count
Re: “Biology test shouldn’t prevent students’ graduation” (Viewpoint, 5-28). I agree with the superintendents regarding the need to end high-stakes testing. No Child Left Behind was more a punishment...
View ArticleTAXES: First the rich pay, soon the rest of us
State House Democrats want to impose a new capital gains tax. They say it will only be levied against the rich. The money will be used for, of course, schoolchildren, the mentally ill and homeless...
View ArticleELECTION: Garth Jackson for Peninsula schools
The Peninsula School District has some real choices for the school board this election. Most candidates are talking about getting more money out of Olympia, but one is more concerned with what goes on...
View ArticleELECTION: Peninsula schools need new direction
Re: “Peninsula schools need Harbaugh” (letter, 6-6). What Peninsula schools really need is a new direction. And Leslie Harbaugh, unfortunately, does not qualify. Harbaugh’s biggest supporter is Harlan...
View ArticleELECTION: Harbaugh will work with all sides
As longtime residents of the Gig Harbor area (now on the Key Peninsula), with grandkids attending school in the Peninsula School District, we’re writing to express our support for Leslie Harbaugh for...
View ArticleELECTION: Harbaugh has traits board needs
Here are attributes I believe a successful Peninsula School District board member should have: • A focus on serving every child of the district. Leslie Harbaugh has demonstrated this in spades as she...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Legislators failed to do their duty
The long, simmering legislative session is over. For some, it brings relief. Perhaps for others, a sense of accomplishment. For me, it elicits a sense of disappointment. Legislators should be sending...
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