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Megan Thompson Hand June 5, 2013 at 08:25 pm
This program is awesome! Congratulations to all the kids who participated. Would love to see the…Read More district support this program with funding as this is all about the 20/20 Vision.
Ellis Reyes June 5, 2013 at 11:12 pm
The students who went to Global Finals represent about one third of the total kids who participated…Read More in DI this year. It's a fantastic program and gets bigger and better each year. Congrats to the students, parents, and Mr. Headlee for a fantastic year.
Connie Carson May 30, 2013 at 02:54 pm
Well gosh, what parent attended what? Congrats to your family. CC
Tim McGuire May 10, 2013 at 04:14 am
I couldn't agree more. MISD is living on its reputation. Overcrowded, obsolete facilities and a…Read More majority populace that thinks that is just fine.
Jim Stanton May 12, 2013 at 04:42 pm
Improving our school facilities should the number one priority for Mercer Island. While everyone may…Read More not agree on what the perfect solution is, the worst thing that could happen to our kids, our community, and our property values would be to not do anything at all.
Venice Buhain (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 02:17 pm
Thanks for the insight and the backstory, Carol. I really appreciate it. The focus absolutely needs…Read More to be on the accomplishments of these athletes!
Diane Taylor May 16, 2013 at 10:58 pm
Given the limited budgets of our small local news sources, it is often parents who write the…Read More articles about high school sports. I used to write articles about a variety of teams, including my own kids' teams, when Patch.com had a budget for that coverage. That ended, and now most of the coverage is from well-meaning parents. Most of us LOVE to hear about our athletes (as well as our drama kids, music kids, etc), and the best way to get the most information and great pictures of our kids is from interested parents who take the time to write things up and post it. I can tell you that it's not always convenient to download photos and write up statistics when you get home from an event, but if we parents don't take the time, this valuable coverage won't happen. I applaud Mrs. Tan's commitment to her daughter's entire team---- and by the way, I also applaud the great job those girls did on the tennis court!
Tim McGuire May 8, 2013 at 01:50 pm
Check out the US NEWS and World Reports rankings and the result is not so pretty. MIHS is no where…Read More near the top 10 in WA state in their opinion.
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/washington/rankings?int=6cb810
Jim Stanton May 8, 2013 at 02:34 pm
Nice to see, but it doesn't diminish the need to address our overcrowded schools. Correcting this…Read More problem should be among our community's highest priorities. If providing a first class education for our youth isn't sufficient motivation, then protecting our property values should suffice.
Venice Buhain (Editor) May 8, 2013 at 04:39 pm
All these various rankings (Washington Post also has a "Challenge Index") use different…Read More methodology, which is why there's a difference. In fact, I was taking a look at how Mercer Island measured on US News and World Report's methodology, and compared it to another school that was ranked nationally (Olympia High School) and MI gets better scores in many of the criteria. The only difference perhaps is that MI has relatively few "disadvantaged" students, according to USNWR, and they factor that into their ranking. The Newsweek ranking takes into account graduation rate and college acceptance rate, which the USNWR doesn't include.
Christine Oaks April 30, 2013 at 09:49 pm
CONGRATS Thayer!! You make the MI & Lakeside communities very proud! Well done!
Ken Urman, Real Estate Broker May 1, 2013 at 01:31 pm
This is fabulous news for these elementary schools and the Mercer Island community.…Read More Congratulations!
Dwight Schaeffer May 6, 2013 at 04:59 pm
I would like to see the following changes to the proposed bond issue:
1) Change to date of the vote…Read More to correspond with a general election, to reduce the cost of the vote (I was told the vote would cost $1 Million by a school board member).
2) Separate the bond issues for the elementary/middle school overcrowding issue from the high school expansion and submit both bond issues for a vote at the same time.
3) Submit a separate bond issue for refurbishing the pool at the same time.
4) Limit the bond proceeds to the specific projects approved by the voters and use any under runs to repay the bonds earlier.
Dwight Schaeffer May 6, 2013 at 05:10 pm
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I would also like to see 5th and 6th grades at Islander Middle School and a 2nd middle…Read More school for 7th and 8th grades on the north campus, instead of a new elementary school. This would join the older middle school students (7th & 8th) with the high school and the younger (5th and 6th) with Lakeridge. It would eliminate the need for extensive IMS renovations and appears that it would save $15M to $20M, yet would be equally effective at reducing congestion. I have researched arguments against this approach and have found them to be weak. In addition, I would begin a search for a new north end elementary site in case there should be an explosion in enrollment that has not yet manifested.
Jim Stanton May 10, 2013 at 07:06 pm
Improving our school facilities should a top priority for Mercer Island. While everyone may not…Read More agree on what the perfect solution is, the worst thing that could happen to our kids, our community, and our property values would be to not do anything at all.
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