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Contents 5 Street construction causes travel troubles September

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13 School board selects students to voice opinions of student body 15 Hawks move to compete in new, two-division, football-only league

Letter from the Editor

Turning change into opportunity

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nd so comes the 2018-2019 school year, along with a backto-school issue of the Hawkeye.

The MTHS community is seeing a handful of changes this school year, like an increase in base teacher pay, the introduction of new staff members, moving our football division to 2A and more. It’s hard for an incoming freshman to adjust to this whole new environment, but it’s not exactly easy for a returning student either.

Annika Prom CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Instead of fearing the changes we’ll encounter in the coming months, we should view these changes as opportunities to grow.

Take the MTHS staff changes, for example. This year, we welcome 17 new staff and four returning staff. Five current staff now have different positions at MTHS. Despite being a senior, I know I’ll have trouble connecting teacher to classroom to subject, since there are so many transi-

tions in our staff. On the other hand, these changes mean I’ll have many more chances to learn about the people who compose our community and can share stories with them.

We might have strained relationships with certain teachers after being tardy and making too many excuses for late assignments. We might have strong relationships with certain teachers after being genuinely invested in the class subject and leaning on them for extra support. In the end, though, all these teachers help us achieve and progress in life.

Right now, you might not know your exact friend groups, career paths or passions. You also might not know how you could have an impact, whether it’s on another classmate, a close friend, a teacher, the community or even the world. It all starts with taking a few minutes to talk to someone else, which is the first step to building a relationship and discovering yourself.

I encourage everyone, from freshmen to seniors to staff, to step out of their comfort zone and to connect with someone.

Really, it’s the sweet little things that make high school so much more enjoyable. H

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The Hawkeye has established several open public forums for the exchange of information, opinions and artistic expression dedicated to those in the MTHS community. Since 1960, we have faithfully served our audience and community as an open, public forum where student editors make all decisions.

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The key to making the most out of high school H

ey Hawks! I hope everybody had a great summer, I’m sad to see summer end but I’m pretty excited for the 2018-19 school year to start.

Some of my favorite things that are coming up this year are the back to school assembly, Andy Nguyen ASB PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER which will be on September 14.

It’s gonna be a lot of fun. If I had to give one word to describe it, it would be “dark.” Another thing I’m excited for are the Friday night lights! I can’t wait to see the fun cheers, chants and new faces at the games.

Speaking of new faces, this year’s class of 2022 is going into high school and it’s gonna be a fun time. Freshman can take many steps to ensure that they succeed, including always doing homework, branching out and trying new things like joining a club or doing a sport you’re interested in, and most importantly, having fun in high school. You’re gonna be here for the next four years, so dressing up for spirit week or showing up

to games can really enhance your high school experience. I remember when I was a freshman, I wasn’t that active around school, but I decided to reach out and step out of my comfort zone.

Deciding to step out of my comfort zone has given me a lot of great friends and resources for me to get through the rest of high school.

The first month of school is going to be a busy one. Starting off with freshmen elections on the 13th, to the back to school assembly on the 14th, then right after that, will be homecoming poster painting for the next two weeks.

It’s going to be a busy month with everything that is going on, but I am very excited to what Big Six has to show everyone. We have a lot of stuff planned and it’s going to be great!

Well that’s all I have for you guys! I hope you all have a good first month of school, I wish you all good luck on tests, games, and whatever life throws at you.

If you need to contact me, you can always email me at nguyeand003@edmonds15. org or you can find me in the hallways.

Have a good day, Hawks! H NOTE: The Hawkeye provides the ASB space each issue in the Op/Ed section as part of our mission as a designated open public forum.

Pictured left: ASB Public Relations Officer Andy Nguyen shows his love for school spirit by striking a pose with the school mascot, Herkey the Hawk, who made an appearance at the back-to-school Hawk Walk. JAKE PAULSENE | HAWKEYE

WHY STUDENTS SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR EDUCATION E

very year of high school I’ve heard students complain about school, homework and socializing with others.

I understand that school sometimes can be overwhelming and tiring, especially if you’re taking multiple AP classes and involved in clubs.

The average student sleeps seven to seven and a half hours on a school night, which is exhausting.

Teenagers are supposed to average nine hours of sleep a night and Samantha Svikel OP/ED EDITOR the risks of sleeping less can cause mood swings, poor grades and slow reaction time according to Nationwide Children’s.

Although waking up at 6 a.m. or even earlier can be exhausting and make it feel like school isn’t worth coming

to, after college, if students choose to go, the work day is almost the same. Adults wake up early for work and they’re out of the house all day.

There are alternative options that do not result in students waking up at 6 a.m., which include online classes or going to your counselor and beg to them that you won’t have a first period. For most students, though, they just come to school at the normal time, add extra espresso shots to their coffee and take naps when they get home.

I don’t enjoy waking up at 6 a.m., especially after going to bed at 1 a.m. or later. I do, however, believe that school is important, as knowledge of topics like math, science and language will help students later in life.

Teachers spend hours grading our assignments and teaching us the information we need to know later on in life.

Students may say that teachers only spend hours grading

because they give hours of homework, but homework is still important for building knowledge and responsibility.

When you have a job, you still have assignments or tasks on a daily basis to complete before you leave that day, unless of course it’s The Office and goofing around all day in the norm.

When I had a job last year, I had to meet specific deadlines to meet the quarterly goal. For example, I had to sell a specific amount of socks and rewards to meet my goal. As well as communicating thoroughly with customers through speech and body language.

Education can get you farther in life including your career and communication skills with others around you. Without these skills you could lose your job or possibly never get a job. H

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Road closures for construction inconveniences the MTHS community M

ultiple roads have been closed off for construction in the Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace area since the summer of 2018 began. These roads may be closed completely, used as an alternating single lane or closed down for certain sections of time during the day. These simultaneous road closures have caused lots of traffic problems for many drivers, including the students and staff of MTHS and members of the community.

Jonah Paulsene HAWKEYE STAFF One of the larger road closures in the Lynnwood area is the Maple Road and Ash Way closure. This intersection was fully closed for construction on April 23, forcing drivers in the area to take alternate routes to their destination. It is scheduled to be finished sometime in November 2018, before holiday traffic arrives.

The City of Lynnwood, with funding from Snohomish County, hopes to alleviate frequent flooding during rainfall at the low-lying intersection by placing concrete slabs onto steel pipes inserted into the ground.

So far, the construction team has removed the existing pavement, set the steel and poured the concrete slabs.

Drivers maneuver through the one-way closure on 212th St SW between 61st PL W and 63rd Ave W after the city of Mountlake However, the Maple Road closure has caused a large Terrace closes road for construction, re-pavement and painting. JAKE PAULSENE | HAWKEYE shift in traffic from this main road to other side roads and detours. Snohomish County tried to accommodate the confusion by creating a detour route, but with large volumes of not trouble many citizens, except for those who travel out at Terrace for construction and repavement, but is believed to traffic redirected to side streets, it will quickly cause an overnight. be finished soon, as the city updates their progress. After abundance of cars in all directions.

A little further south, a strip of Larch Way is closed Labor Day weekend, on September 4th, the workers hope to This road closure negatively affects many students and driv- between Cypress Way and 28th Ave W. This section of add new road markings to the new asphalt. However, they ers in the community, as it closes off a main road and clusters Larch Way has been closed since August 6th for construcaren’t certain they will do it by then, as the new asphalt must the side roads and alternate routes, making tion and maintenance. fully cure before adding markings, and the scheduling is dif“Even if [the closure] is daily trips to and from school, or anywhere However, this street, unlike the two road ficult at this time of the year. a hassle, I still see that else, longer and more tiresome. closures mentioned before, has residential The team is well aware of the traffic impacts and will be it could potentially be Other roads in the area are opened and houses along it. Therefore, closing the flagging or directing cars through a single lane or around the a good thing down the closed for parts of the day. One of these street completely would block off people’s road if it needs closing, as well as providing local access to road.” types of closures is on Filbert Road, at homes and anger many citizens, so the city the businesses.

Michole Mattix the intersection of Larch Way and Filbert came up with a solution.They made the In general, the community should try to avoid the road HISTORY TEACHER Road to the intersection of Filbert Road street resident access only, meaning those blockage and find another route, or go through the desigand Locust Way, a little ways away from Maple Road. This who live in the houses along the street can enter, but it will nated detour. road closure began on July 9, 2018, and has been continuing not open out on the other side.

These road closures not only affect drivers in the commusince then, with no end date announced so far.

This closure isn’t too much of a hassle, since you can avoid nity, but also the residents that live on or close to the closed However, it isn’t all bad, as the road is only closed from 9 it mostly by going through other side residential streets, but sections. These closures limit the possible roads and create p.m. to 5 a.m. it might add a few minutes to your drive. However, they say a single entrance and exit to these people’s homes, making By placing steel plates down over the work during the day, they will finish the road work soon. daily travel annoying. drivers can use the road during the day, and construction Another important road closure is on 212th St SW, Despite the troubles these road closures may cause, for workers can work on the road at night. This time slot is between 61st Pl W and 63rd Ave W. This road closure is both residents and the community, they are used to improve important because this small section of the road is part of a close to MTHS, and has affected both teachers and students the community and the roads. detour for the Maple Road closure, so by opening the road on their way to school.

“Even if the [closure] is a hassle, I still see it could potenduring the day, they do not add to the traffic issue caused by With the road closed, or occasionally used as a one-way tially be a good thing down the road,” Mattix said.

Maple, and are still able to get their work done, step by step, road, drivers must either navigate one lane or take a detour.

I believe if we are able to deal with the closures to the best without inconveniencing many drivers in the process, making MTHS history teacher Michole Mattix said, “The [closure] of our ability and wait for the construction to be finished, this a good solution. on 212th probably adds at least 5-15 minutes in taking the the roads and community will be better, and it will be a good However, this still might create an issue for any drivers one way or the detour.” Over the summer, she said, it was a thing in the end. These closures may be annoying now, but who go out late night and don’t return before 9 p.m. So, if “minor annoyance”, but with school starting up, the closure in the long term, they will help improve our road system and you happen to go out late at night, either come back before 9 will begin to cause problems for her, and many other staff make travel more efficient. If we tolerate the annoyance, and p.m., or find some other route home to avoid Filbert Road. members at MTHS. work together to help avoid these closures, once they’re finOverall, the city found a solution to work on the road and This road has been closed by the City of Mountlake ished our roads and community will be improved. H

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A Quick Talk: A PSA to incoming freshmen Column by Michael Malysh Graphics by Bruno Porras HAWKEYE STAFF

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o, you’ve finally made it: you are a freshman in high school. For some of you, it will be the last thing between you and going off on your own into the great beyond. It’s an exciting time, but unfortunately it will include some of the most stressful experiences you have ever had.

High school is a time of self-discovery and improvement; a time of staying up late at night and dragging yourself out of bed at an ungodly hour of the morning. You will meet new friends, and maybe you will find a special someone waiting for you somewhere along the way. You have much to do, more to learn and many experiences to have fond memories about later.

Before you go on this journey, there are some things I want to tell you. There is, of course, the usual: do your homework, pay attention in class, try to eat three meals a day…do your homework. Please, for the sake of whatever god or deity you believe in, do the home-

work, and do it before the last day.

I can’t count how many times I have said, or heard others say, “Oh, we have plenty of time,” and then stay up until 3:00 a.m. writing the five page essay that’s due the next day, only to forget to study for the test which also happens to be that day. Seriously, it’s like the teachers conspire to create the most inconvenient due dates or something.

Lagging behind on your work means that before you’ve finished, there has almost definitely been another assignment added, and now you have to work on two assignments at the same time, meaning that you won’t be able to work fast enough, and, lo and behold, there are suddenly 10 different things to get done and no time to do them.

Even if your assignments aren’t a massive part of a grade (which they sometimes are), they’re always worth doing. I’m sure you have heard this a million times, and you will hear it a million more, but let me be the million and first person to tell you: homework will help you understand the subject you’re struggling with better, and will help you get higher scores on tests.

While you’re here, you should try out some clubs. We have many different sports teams, science clubs, competitive engineering clubs, even a knitting club. If you pay attention to what is on the announcements, you will definitely find something that you’ll like.

Now, time for a more serious

topic. It is unfortunate I have to tell you this, but there will be people here who, let’s just say, are not the best examples of upstanding citizens. There will be those who belittle you, make fun of you and make you feel like trash. This is the unfortunate fact of life; among the many people who make our day brighter, there are those who cast a shadow on it just to see you stumble in the dark. In these times, it will be hard to keep yourself together.

No matter who you are, there is always someone to talk to.

Each teacher here is more than just an education automaton; they are a person who you can talk to, a human being who can commiserate with your pain and help you work through it. All you have to do is ask.

No matter how bad it gets, no matter how gray the sky and how snide the voices behind your back, remember, this is not the end. This is not your life. This is four years to wade through before your life begins, before you leave it all behind. In my freshman year, I felt like I had forever ahead of me, with no end in sight. But as the years went by, it started to feel like time was flying by like sign posts on a highway. You see a glimpse of the exit in the distance, and all of a sudden, it’s right on top of you. You’re on the home stretch and you can taste the finish line. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel, and no matter how it twists and turns, there is only one way to go: forward.

Fortunately, these unpleasantries will not be what defines your time at MTHS. It should, at most, be a gloomy footnote in a lovely period of your life. You are not alone, and if you need support, all you need to do is look around. Thank you for your time, drive safely, and welcome to MTHS, home of the Hawks. H

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FOUNDATION FOR EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES GRANT FOR NEW PROGRAM

By Nolan DeGarlais NEWS EDITOR

The Foundation for the Edmonds School District, which raises and distributes funds to support student learning in the Edmonds School District (ESD), received a $75,000 grant from the Whitehorse Foundation over the summer. The grant was announced on Monday, Jul. 16, 2018 with the intended purpose of funding the Foundation for the Edmonds School District’s new Whole Families, Whole Communities (WFWC) program.

The Foundation created the Whole Families, Whole Communities program in response to growing numbers of ESD students living in poverty. Of 21,600 ESD students in 2017, 37 percent qualified for the federal Free and Reduced Meal program and approximately 1,060 were found to qualify as

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homeless.

The program was launched specifically to combat the problems that students living in poverty face that can interfere with their ability to succeed in the classroom.

In a statement detailing the new program, Foundation Operations Manager Lorna Wheaton emphasized the unique struggles faced by the students in need that the program was created to assist.

“Children faced with obstacles at home such as hunger, homelessness, financial uncertainty or violence may be less healthy, physically and emotionally, and often struggle with focus,” Wheaton said.

The purpose of the WFWC program is to help improve the financial stability of low-income families living in the ESD while also strengthening and providing greater access to homelessness prevention resources.

Ultimately, the Foundation hopes the proquality of life for individuals throughout the gram will result in improvements in student Seattle area. In its over 70 years of existence, quality of life in addition to higher levels of the Seattle Foundation has donated over $1 long-term academic success. billion to organizations in the Seattle area The WFWC program is partnered with working to improve communities. Given the ESD, Edmonds Community College, the Seattle Foundation’s increasingly broad the Latino Education scope as the greater Seattle “Our mission is to Training Institute, area continued to grow in partner with the North Sound Church, size and population, the District in support of Nourishing Network, Whitehorse Foundation student learning, and to Edmonds Family was set up as a submaximize the personal, Medicine, HomeStreet organization to provide creative and academic bank, Wells Fargo and a focus for the Seattle potential so that each the School of Nursing Foundation’s philanthropic student is career and at the University of efforts in Snohomish college ready.”

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Deb Anderson College Place The Foundation for the FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Elementary School served Edmonds School District as the pilot location for is representative of the the WFWC program during the spring of nonprofit organizations that the Whitehorse the 2017-2018 school year. The Foundation Foundation was created to fund. The plans to roll out the program across the disFoundation for the Edmonds School District trict beginning during the fall of the 2018was founded in 1984 by former superinten2019 school year. dent Hal Reasby to fill financial gaps in the “This program can affect real change in ESD that could have a negative impact on its our students’ lives,” Foundation Executive teachers and students.

Director Deb Anderson said. “Our mission Currently, the priorities of the Foundation is to partner with the District in support are to create pathways for post-graduation of student learning, and to maximize the college and career readiness, create opportupersonal, creative and academic potential nities for struggling students to succeed, and so that each student is career and college assist an ever-growing immigrant population ready.” to overcome cultural and financial issues that The Whitehorse Foundation was founded may serve as an obstacle to academic success. in 1990 to act as a supporting organization The Foundation also sponsors several for the Seattle Foundation. Organizations events for students throughout the school throughout Snohomish County can apply year, such as the annual STEM Expo held for grants from the Whitehorse Foundation, at MTHS and the annual Edmonds Jazz which are then considered and selectively Connection. approved by the board of trustees. Grants In addition to its support for K-12 stuthat are accepted, such as the $75,000 dents success, the Foundation also provides grant to the WFWC program, are selected thousands of dollars in scholarships each because the board of trustees believes they year. Over $91,000 in scholarship money fulfill the Whitehorse Foundation’s purpose was given to graduating seniors of the class of improving the qualof 2017. Scholarships are ity of life for residents of offered to students who fill “This program can Snohomish County. out applications for scholaraffect real change in The board of trustees of ships which are given based our students’ lives.” the Whitehorse Foundation on need and merit and can Deb Anderson exclusively allocates grants be used for four-year univerFOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR to Snohomish County nonsities, community college or profit organizations that vocational programs. need funding for project or operating supIn addition to nonprofit grants and individport. The Whitehorse Foundation takes a ual donations, the Foundation raises money particular interest in organizations early in by hosting fundraiser events throughout the their development that are able to lay out a year, such as the Celebrate Schools 5K run sustainable and realistic funding plan. to be held on Oct. 6, 2018. The Foundation The Seattle Foundation itself is a philalso partners with local businesses to raise anthropic organization that was founded money for ESD students throughout the in 1946 to improve standards of living and year. H

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SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER With the new security doors, a major addition to the school is the presence of a School Resource Officer (SRO), who will be stationed near the front of the school.

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MONDAY: Average Joe Day TUESDAY: Denim Day WEDNESDAY: Jazzercise THURSDAY: Tacky Tourist FRIDAY: Neon/White That’s right, Hawks, Friday, Sept. 14 isn’t class colors—it’s neon and white for a glow-inthe-dark assembly. Make sure you sit in the right section of the gym (we’ve labeled it as the Terraceum on this map); freshmen sit in the gray section, sophomores in the white section, juniors in the black section and seniors in the red section.

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Here’s a cool feature on campus! The Naturescape sits at the back of the school behind the tennis courts. A small path curves through a small patch of woods, and it’s not too difficult to see a bunny or two, especially during the spring. The Naturescape is dedicated to fostering native species and a creek.

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Electronic locks have been added to six of the school’s exterior doors. These sensors are placed at the main entrance, the side door to the music hallway, the kitchen and custodial office door near the loading dock, the HUB doors and the small gym entrance near the locker rooms. The new electronically-controlled doors can be programmed to unlock at certain times of day and can also be unlocked by an electronic key.

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TEACHERS SIGN CONTRACT TO RAISE BASE SALARY

By Nolan DeGarlais NEWS EDITOR

The Edmonds Education Association held its general meeting at Edmonds-Woodway High School to ratify the contract that would approve the salary increases for teaching staff in the Edmonds School District. JAKE PAULSENE | HAWKEYE

The Edmonds Education Association (EEA), the labor union for teachers in the Edmonds School District (ESD), has reached an agreement with the ESD resulting in significant increases in teacher salaries. Salary increases, which are occurring across the state, are a direct result of a 2012 Washington Supreme Court ruling known as the McCleary decision which held that the state has not been providing ample funding for public education. As a result, the state legislature has increased funding for public schools by billions of dollars, including $2 billion for educator compensation.

In 2012, the Washington Supreme Court ruled the state was failing to fully fund K-12 education, violating the Washington constitution, which holds that “ample provision for the education of all children” in Washington is the duty of the state. The court ordered the state to fully fund basic education by Sep. 1, 2018 and retained full jurisdiction over the case to ensure the decision was enforced.

Rather than have school districts depend on unreliable funding from levies, the McCleary decision made it clear the state must supply enough funding for essential services such as teacher salaries, as the previous dependence on levies was declared to be unconstitutional.

In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled the state was in contempt of court, as it failed to produce a satisfactory plan to fund education. The court imposed a $100,000 daily fine until such a plan was created. In November 2017, the court ruled that the proposed 2017-2019 budget still failed to meet McCleary obligations. To meet the September 2018 deadline the state would need to increase basic education funding by $1 billion and increase funding for educational staff by another $1 billion.

In June of 2018, the Court ruled the budget proposed by the Washington state legislature in March met the state’s constitutional obligation and ended the fine.

The EEA was one of the first school associations to sign onto the McCleary lawsuit, which began in 2007 when the McCleary and Venema families sued Washington state over inadequate education funding in violation of the state’s constitution. The ESD also quickly signed on to the lawsuit, and former ESD superintendent Nick Brossoit was one of the key witnesses in the McCleary trial. Additionally, Brossoit served as the president of the Network for Excellence in Washington Schools, a coalition of over 440 community groups, school districts and education associations that fought for ample educational funding in the McCleary case.

The Washington Education Association (WEA), the largest teacher union in Washington state of which EEA is a regional branch, quickly began negotiating staff salary increases with districts across the state after the Supreme Court ruled the state was in compliance with the funding mandated by the McCleary decision. The WEA has secured major salary increases for school staff in over 30 school districts and many more local teacher unions associated with the WEA continue to negotiate.

As a result of money being sent to school districts across the state due to the legislature’s budget and teacher union bargaining, staff salaries in school districts across the state have increased by thousands of dollars, with some of the

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largest increases having been negotiated in the ESD. The financial report identified a number of funding gaps in to raise the revenue to support our schools,” Nofziger said.

Starting salaries for teaching positions within the ESD the ESD which are not covered by funding from the state.

Additionally, Nofziger emphasized that the budget passed will be $62,688 a year, an increase from $52,688 during While the ESD employs 33 librarians, the state only proby the state legislature continues to increase funding for the 2017-2018 school year, while top-paid teaching posivides funding for 25; while state funding only covers three school districts that is specifically meant to go towards staff tions will make $114,272 a year, an increase from $101,022. nurses, the ESD employs 12. Additionally, while the state salaries.

Additionally, the time it would take for a teacher to go from only pays for 39 counseling staff, the district employs 49.

“There is language built into the law that continues to a starting salary position to a top salary position would be In a letter to school districts across the state issued on increase the salary funding for districts, so districts should reduced from 28 years to 14 years.

Aug. 22, 2018, Reykdal urged school districts be able to consistently maintain the [increased] salaries with However, not all of the money being to be mindful of the resources they have avail- modest increases if they are prioritizing their budgets to do “I believe our district supplied by the state legislature because was committed to able and not to negotiate unsustainable salary so,” Nofziger said. following the law of the McCleary decision is meant to be increases.

While several school districts have had problems negotiatand providing the going towards increases in staff salaries.

“Your practical limitation on collective baring salary contracts with teacher unions, and some teacher salary increases for Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, gaining is your ability to fund compensation unions in the state are threatening to strike, no such issues staff that were part of $500 million will have to go towards increases in the short-term and your ability to have arisen in the negotiations between the EEA and the original supreme reducing class sizes in kindergarten sustain those increases,” Reykdal said in the the ESD. Nofziger believes the ESD has accepted salary court ruling.” through third grade, a process which will letter. “Not every district will have an equal increases for staff due to its commitment to fully funding Andi Nofziger involve hiring more teachers. If the school opportunity to provide compensation increaseducation shown by its active involvement in the McCleary EEA PRESIDENT districts do not properly direct the these es with double-digit percentages.” case. funds towards reducing class sizes, the additional funding However, teacher unions retort that it is the duty of the “Because of the ESD’s history with the McCleary case, I meant to reduce class sizes will be lost. state legislature to adequately fund education in accordance believe our district was committed to following the law and EEA president and former MTHS teacher Andi Nofziger with the McCleary decision, which includes staff salaries. providing the salary increases for staff that were part of the explained the salary increases in the ESD are a result of “It’s up to the legislature to find the revenue that is needed original Supreme Court ruling,” Nofziger said. heavy research conducted by the EEA into the money being to continue to fund our schools at the Future salary increases for teachers sent to school districts by the Washington state legislature. level that the Supreme Court manacross the state will largely depend on “It’s up to the legislature “From the financial reports of the school district, [the EEA dates,” Nofziger said. “The legislature bargaining between teacher unions and to find the revenue that is was] able to identify how much money the state was sending does not have a choice in the matter.” local school districts. needed to continue to fund the ESD for certificated staff raises for the year,” Nofziger Furthermore, Nofziger opined that a “[EEA] members will get a 3 percent our schools at the level said. “Our expectation at the bargaining table was that the state as wealthy as Washington should [salary] increase next year,” Nofziger said. that the Supreme Court mandates.” money that was ordered by the Washington Supreme Court not have problems fully funding edu“Our current contract ends Aug. 31, 2020, and then sent to the district by the state for [staff] salary cation for its children, and that the so in the 2019-2020 school year we’ll be Andi Nofziger EEA PRESIDENT increase should be used for salary increases, not for other state legislature should ensure that the bargaining the increases for future years.” priorities.” state’s wealth translates into well supAlthough teacher unions in many other The EEA ratified the contract during a general memberported educational services. school districts in Washington may not have been able to ship meeting held at Edmonds-Woodway High School on “Washington state is the home of Microsoft, Boeing, easily negotiate salary increases with the increased fundTuesday, Aug. 28. In total, the salary increases for ESD rep- Starbucks, Amazon and countless other businesses and biling from the McCleary decision, ESD staff will be heading resented an 18.3 percent average salary increase compared to lionaires that can contribute their fair share to our state’s into the first day of school with secured double-digit salary staff salaries in the 2017-2018 school year. revenue, should the legislature decide that’s how they want increases. H Some administrators have expressed concerns that the major increases in staff salaries will be unsustainable and cannot be maintained in future years. These individuals have said the state legislature cannot be expected to consistently provide millions of dollars to the school district each year and that the state legislature needs to fund other areas of education such as reduction in class sizes along with increases in staff salaries.

Critics of the large salary increases point to four-year financial projections of Washington state school districts ordered by the state. The ESD financial projection ordered

by Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal found the district will have a $39 million deficit by 2022. The projection assumes no changes in number of staff, enrolled students or federal funding after the 2018-2019 school year; however, funding for the district from the state legislature is also expected to rise from approximately $190 million in 2018 to approximately $253 million in 2022.

In the projection, the ESD found expenditures are expected to increase in future years while revenue is expected to decrease due to the expected decline of income from local levies.

Property tax levies are meant to be decreased beginning in January 2019, which is meant to reduce the unconstitutional reliance on local levies to fulfill essential school funding requirements. The new cap on local levies to meet the requirements of the McCleary decision will be either $1.50 per $100,000 of assessed property value or $25 per district student, whichever is lower.

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Cascadia quake: Expected, but not overdue

By Matthew Hipolito COPY EDITOR

The Cascadia region is one that is blessed by the Earth.

Replete with stoic mountains, scenic ocean views, majestic canyons and tranquil forest scenes, our beautiful, fertile neck of the woods is blissfully free from many dangers that afflict other parts of the world. Our wildlife is largely docile, we rarely see tornadoes or hurricanes, and our climes are mild and forgiving.

But beneath our feet, our normally-peaceful planet roils.

The extreme temperatures within the earth bend and bow the very bedrock upon which we stand. The ground groans and stresses and builds up pressure - until it breaks.

Scientists have, of course, known about this for several decades. They call it plate tectonics. Although the idea of continental drift, a key part of the tectonic theory, was notably proposed in 1915 by Alfred Wegener, it took until the 1970s for various ideas and theories to come together as the modern practice of seismology.

Seismology is a field of particular interest on the west coast, where large faults, such as the San Andreas, run relatively close to major population centers.

One such fault is the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), which lies off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Here, the Juan de Fuca plate, a remnant of the once-vast Farallon plate which once underlaid the Pacific Ocean, slides beneath the North American plate by three centimeters per year.

The immense friction between the two plates as they contact one another builds massive potential energy, which is occasionally released suddenly and violently. As a result, the plates, deformed by stress, abruptly reform, releasing that stress in the form of movement. This energy surges through the crest as an earthquake.

Due to the large size and length of the CSZ, the fault is expected to be capable of producing earthquakes up to a magnitude of 9.0 on the moment magnitude scale - roughly on par with the earthquake that devastated much of Japan in 2011, killing more than 15,000.

If a large earthquake occurs underwater, the movement of the crust could displace water, leading to a tsunami, a massive wave that can reach 100 feet high, inundating cities.

According to the National Weather Service, it only takes six inches of moving water to sweep away a human, and two feet of water can carry away most vehicles.

These earthquakes occur on a roughly periodic basis, allowing seismologists to identify windows of several decades in which large earthquakes are more likely to occur.

For the CSZ, the last large earthquake occurred in 1700.

Although no record of that earthquake exists, circumstantial evidence, such as trees found submerged that died in 1700 now thought to have been thrust underwater by the earthquake, layers of rocks buried along the coasts consistent with previous earthquake events, and an “orphan tsunami” that arrived without an earthquake off the coast of Japan in 1700 strongly suggest to seismologists that such an earthquake existed. Additionally, anthropological evidence suggests that the Pacific Northwest region has seismically active history. “There are a lot of native American legends that talk about it,” said Elizabeth Urban, a student at the University of Washington and a lab assistant at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN), which monitors and studies seismic activity in the Cascadia region. “The Thunderbird and

lated an earthquake and its aftermath. “And it went from a lot of the government estimates saying, ‘Be prepared for up to 72 hours, three days [of isolation],’ to up to more in the two-to-three weeks range just because of current capabilities.”

In the more closely-packed Seattle metropolitan area, of which Mountlake Terrace and surrounding communities are a part, isolation is not as much of a concern, although it still pays to be prepared. In case of an earthquake, emergency services and communication may be disrupted, leading to some A PNSN seismograph from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake that periods of seclusion. Fires may break out due to broken gas lines, there may be limited electricity, and some people may caused superficial damage to MTHS. BEN EYMAN | HAWKEYE be injured. The school ideally prepared for an earthquake, according to Urban, has stockpiled basic supplies, such as the Whale is the most common one in this area, where the food, water, and medical supplies, and trained its students earth is shaking, and there’s a storm, and there’s a tsunami.” and staff about proper procedure in case of an earthquake.

Large subduction earthquakes along the CSZ, Urban said, That procedure is a simple process known as “drop and reoccur roughly every “300 to 500 years” from the previous large quake. This broad range of dates underlines a common hold”: when the shaking starts, drop to your hands and knees to avoid being knocked over, being sure to cover your head misconception that Urban says is held about the Cascadia and neck; then, if one is nearby, crawl beneath a sturdy desk, earthquake. “The biggest misconception is that we are overtable or chair, or, if not, next to an interior wall without due,” she said. “You might have heard that we are overdue for the big one. We can’t predict exactly when an earthquake windows, then remain there until shaking stops. “Be aware that that might not be the only shaking you feel,” Urban said. will happen. We can talk about its recurrence intervals, “Aftershocks are a thing as well, so if you feel [more shaking], because as much as the world is crazy and unpredictable, get back under and protect your head and your neck.” over a long enough scale, we can actually see trends.”

According to the Great ShakeOut, a project of the South As the last large earthquake occurred in 1700, the next California Earthquake Center (SCEC) at the University of large earthquake is expected between the years 2000 and Southern California sponsored by FEMA and the USGS, 2200. “So then you get to do some really concerning math earthquake injuries come from people being struck by objects in your head, and you think ‘Okay, the last one was in 1700, thrown or knocked off of high places by the violent shaking. so that means it’s been 318 years’,” she said. “So we are in a Hiding under sturdy cover helps mitigate that risk. recurrence interval right now. We’re gonna be in that for 200 As cities and communities prepare for the eventuality of years. So it could happen tomorrow; it could happen in 150 sudden, unannounced earthquakes, the UW, in collaboration years, and you’d still be right.” with UC Berkeley, CalTech, the University of Oregon, and Although seismologists can roughly identify when earthother government agencies and research institutions, have quakes are more likely to occur based on past evidence, they been working on a program known as ShakeAlert, an app cannot predict exactly when they will take place. “We are designed to give communities a heads-up on earthquakes. really hesitant to talk about unusual activity before large “It takes advantage of the speed of earthearthquakes, because we get into this comquake waves,” Urban said. “The initial plicated area of earthquake prediction,” “So we are in a recurrence wave isn’t the most destructive, and it Urban says, “which some people are trying interval right now. We’re travels faster than the more destructive to pursue as a possibility, but generally, the gonna be in that for 200 years. So it could happen wave, so our stations can detect this faster scientific community accepts that it’s not tomorrow; it could happen but less damaging wave and can send out something that we can really do. The earth in 150 years, and you’d an alert saying, ‘Okay, based on what we is going to move when it is ready, and we still be right.” know about waves,’ it’s a very standard can’t really predict that.”

Elizabeth Urban speed that these waves travel at, ‘we can Regardless of the uncertainty of time, Student lab assistant - PNSN say that a damaging shaking is going to communities in the Cascadia region reach you in five seconds, twenty seconds, are preparing. Some say that the city of up to three minutes depending on where it’s located.’”

Seattle, built partially on reclaimed land, is particularly By integrating an early warning system, Urban says, cities vulnerable to an earthquake, as that land is susceptible to could have several crucial seconds to prepare. Although that liquefaction: the process by which water in the soil rises to may not sound like much, it is time enough that surgeons the surface, effectively turning once-solid ground into a lake. could stop delicate surgery, trains and trams could come to On the coast, small, isolated communities are preparing a stop, and people everywhere can drop and hold before the for the worst. The small size and distance between these shaking begins. towns means that in the event of a large-scale disaster, they While no building is earthquake-proof, and no emergency could be on their own for up to three weeks. “‘Worst-case procedure is infallible, the work being done by seismologists scenario’ is a very tricky thing to say, because the worst-case at places like the PNSN will help us to be better-prepared scenario could be very bad if we’re going to take that word for an earthquake. Until that time when we have a more and run with it,” Urban said. “But, generally, the most unsacomplete understanding of seismology and can use that to vory answer is that you could be on your own for up to three effectively predict earthquakes, for now, we can only enjoy weeks, just because of the challenging layout of our state.” the beauty of the mountains created by plate tectonics. H Urban recalled a program called Cascadia Rising, where coastal emergency crews, in association with FEMA, simu-

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School board extends student rep program Five students – two juniors and three seniors – are slated to represent Terrace this school year as advisory members of the board of directors

By Bruno Porras Hawkeye Staff

A new school year means new school board representatives in the Edmonds School District, and this year at MTHS we have multiple.

The five representatives for MTHS are seniors Bani Student Bedi, Payton school board Love, Marianne representatives Nacanaynay and serve for a year juniors Jonathan and attend Kwong and Meghan meetings twice Park. each month at the ESD Student represenheadquarters in tatives will be able Lynnwood to sit with board members on a rotating basis.

Becoming a representative is simple, but the position is demanding: A sophomore going into their junior year or a junior going into their senior year must send an application to the school board by June 1. The application consists of a few questions and requires the signatures of the principal and a staff member. If accepted, the student will become a school board representative for the following year and attend school board meetings every other Tuesday.

The representatives are responsible for representing and voicing the opinions of MTHS students at school board meetings, where students are asked to share their thoughts and the thoughts of the student body and the community.

The board will consider the input of the school representatives in making decisions.

Principal Greg Schellenberg identified a few issues concerning student perspective.

“I know that last year there was a lot of confusion over what the role really is and what their responsibilities is then back to the school and it should be a communication both ways,” he said.

“If there is an upcoming issue, they should gather the voices of the students here as a representative and then, following the meeting, they should communicate back and discuss.”

Schellenberg believes the school representatives will provide a diverse perspective of the students of MTHS. “When things are being discussed at the

Junior representative Jonathan Kwong.

Junior representative Meghan Park.

Senior representative Payton Love.

Senior representative Marianne Nacanaynay.

board meetmore imporing level, tantly, to be “My duty is to ensure that our students there’s an thoughtful have a voice, and that they know that opportunity towards people are standing up for them to [for a staff their felbetter their school experience.” member or low student Payton Love parent] to representaSenior Representative turn and say, tives and the ‘Students, students who what do are underyou think represented, about this?’ and maybe [the student reprefor the position isn’t a debate one, according sentatives] had time to prepare; they have an to Schellenberg, but one for voicing the stuanswer ready or maybe they haven’t,” he said. dent body for their school’s benefit.

“It could just be maybe off the top of their “[The job includes] listening to what the own thoughts or perspectives. In that sense, board is working with, like, real big picture if there are more students [representatives], items, and to break that down to the student then I think that there’s a greater breadth of experience, so to have that thoughtfulness perspectives that can more accurately reflect but to be bold, to stand up and say, ‘I might our diversity of our student body.” disagree with [what] my representative from Schellenberg said he expects the student Lynnwood High School said,’” Schellenberg representatives to “represent us well,” but, said.

“I don’t necessarily think it’s an easy position, I don’t think it’s a debate position, like a legislature where you have to argue your point to be solid, [but] to feel and have an understanding of what your classmates feel like doing.”

Schellenberg has great confidence in the ability of the representatives to meet his expectations.

This can be seen through one of MTHS’s very own senior representatives, Payton Love.

Love, a loud and proud Rowdy Rooter full of school spirit, said he wishes to use his love for Terrace to make an impact on the MTHS community through representation on the school board.

“I have some goals that the board understands what we do and we are able to better our community and the people around us,” Love said.

His goals reflect his appreciation for the school, and his boldness as a Rowdy Rooter reflects the qualities that Schellenberg wants to see in our representatives.

Utilizing such boldness, Love said he will attend to the needs of the students by effectively representing the needs of the community.

“My duty is to ensure that our students have a voice, and that they know that people are standing up for them to better their school experience,” Love said.

Love isn’t one to shy away from anyone, not even staff. His respect for the school staff is great and he wants the best for them.

Love said he wants their needs to be met as well by providing their voice in input for the school board.

“I want the staff to have a voice; they’re one of the main reasons why we have the chance to do these things,” he said.

The school representatives will be attending every school board meeting in the Edmonds School District to better MTHS and the district at large. H NOTE: A current photo of Bani Bedi was not available at the time the Hawkeye went to press.

The Edmonds School District Board of Directors generally meets twice a month on Tuesdays. During the months of July and August and sometimes December, just one meeting per month is held. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held in the Board Room of the Educational Services Center located at 20420 68th Avenue West in Lynnwood just south of Edmonds Community College.

Meetings are open to the public.

The meetings for this school year are scheduled for: September 11 & 25 October 9 & 23 November 13 & 27 December 11 January 15 & 29, 2019 February 12 & 26 March 12 & 26 April 9 & 23 May 14 & 28 June 11 & 25

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WILDFIRE SMOKE PUSHES SPORTS PRACTICES INDOORS

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By Sarah Davis

or brought inside by the Edmonds School District.

With forest fires raging from Canada and Although the district did make athletes all over the west coast, the Pacific Northwest practice inside those two days, there were fell victim to a layer of hazardous smoke. still days they practiced when the air quality On Wednesday, Aug. 22, the air quality was not as bad. When talking with the athwas so poor that local news station KING letes about if the smoke affected them when 5 reported breathing the air they were out practicing, was equivalent to smoking most said they didn’t notice “Outdoor smoke contains very small several cigarettes. And with anything different when it particles and gases, the school year starting, came to sports performance. including carbon poor air conditions affected “I personally did not feel monoxide. These fall sports during their preaffected by the smoke at all particles can get into during cross-country pracseason practices. your eyes and lungs tices and when practices were Football, soccer, tennis and where they can cause cancelled, I ran alone with no cross country are all sports health problems.” problems,” said senior crossthat would normally practice Washington Department country runner Charles Fritz. outside, but considering the of Health When it came to practicsmoke, they had to either sufing, players on the women’s soccer team fer through the poor air quality, or go inside. mentioned that they didn’t feel like they On Tuesday, Aug. 21 and Wednesday, were affected by the smoke because they Aug. 22, all practices were either cancelled SPORTS CO-EDITOR

they said. were inside, which made them able to work The DOH also said to avoid exercising in on things that they may not get to work on if these conditions especially when you have they were outside.

“I feel like the smoke didn’t really bother us asthma or any kind of lung or heart problems. The smoke can because we were inside. cause eye, throat and The only time it really “I personally did not feel nose irritation as well affected us was when it affected by the smoke at all during cross-country practices as wheezing, coughing, was burning our eyes and when practices were shortness of breath, and during a light practice cancelled, I ran alone with no headache. outside,” senior Mattie problems.”

Even though athletes McAllister said.

Charles Fritz reported not being too Even if the people in SENIOR affected by the smoke in these sports did not feel any effect on their performance, inhaling the the air, the layer of ash that was seen on cars air in general is not healthy for your lungs. and buildings was evidence that the air qualThe Washington Department of Health ity was unhealthy and justified cancelling (DOH) released statements about exercising outdoor practices. in these conditions.

So next time the smoke is out, limit out“Outdoor smoke contains very small pardoor activities and monitor air quality webticles and gases, including carbon monoxide. sites to stay healthy and feel your best. H These particles can get into your eyes and lungs where they can cause health problems,”

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Football team will face new matchups this coming year

By Kennedy Cooper

While splitting the league into two divisions helps the “I’m excited to actually see the playoffs this season. The smaller, struggling schools, it also means that Terrace will Hawks have seen the playoffs maybe one or two times and we The Northwest 2A Conference will take on a very different no longer be playing its longtime rivals from the Edmonds know that we’ve let down a lot of people.

We went 5-5 last look this year with its newly adopted two-tiered, footballSchool District during the regular season. season, missed the playoffs by one game, but I think this new only league. The 11 2A teams in the district have been split Alex Paluck, a senior offensive and defensive lineman for league will definitely help us a lot getting up into two separate divisions, Sky and Terrace, said, “It definitely feels different not being able to to the playoffs this year, so I’m excited for Lake, to help fight competitive imbalance “It definitely feels different play one of our rivals for the homecoming game or senior this season and this team,” he said. and support struggling programs. not being able to play night, or even at all, but at the end of the day, we come to The Northwest 2A Conference teams Burlington-Edison, Sedro-Woolley, one of our rivals for the take care of business and that’s all that matters.” will play a regular season comprised of Lynden, Lakewood and Archbishop homecoming game or senior No longer playing in the 2A/3A Western conference for eight games.

Murphy high schools will make up the night, or even at all, but at the regular season also means that Terrace will have a chance In the Lake division, teams face each Upper Sky division while the Lower the end of the day, we come to take care of business and to face the teams they will be playing in postseason. other once for a five-game league schedule Lake division will include Anacortes, that’s all that matters.”

On the subject, JP McIntosh, a senior offensive lineman and in the Sky division, teams plays each Bellingham, Blaine, Sehome, Cedarcrest and linebacker for Terrace, said, “I think other once for a fourand Mountlake Terrace high schools.

Alex Paluck SENIOR it’ll give us a better chance to win our game league schedule.

This new system means that there is “I think this new league division because we will be facing a lot of Playoff seeding will be something to work towards for every team will definitely help us a lot teams that aren’t as strong as Edmondsdetermined by a Ratings Percentage Index regarding the playoffs, as the game matchups give teams a getting to the playoffs this year.”

Woodway or Meadowdale.” better chance at advancing to playoffs. For some of the small- system, which is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team’s wins and To determine what teams will be in er, struggling football programs it has been hard to get playDom Latham SENIOR losses and the strength of its opponents which division, at the end of each season, ers to want to continue because they were faced up against the district will use a weighted formula to that season. teams that were too strong to the point that it became a When playoffs start during week nine of the season, the top decide whether teams should be placed in the Sky or Lake safety concern. Now every team has a shot at the playoffs. three teams in the Sky division receive a bye while the Nos. 4 division. The formula includes factors such as roster size, Dom Latham, a senior wide receiver and defensive back and 5 teams from Sky play the top teams from the Lake divi- number of graduating seniors, number of underclassmen, a for Terrace football, has high hopes for the team in terms of coaches’ poll and win-loss record. H sion, as well as Liberty and Sammamish. making it to the playoffs.

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The Hawks football team focus their attention to pre-game routines before their match against the Mercer Island Islanders on Aug. 31. This season opener ended with a 28-6 loss for the Hawks, who are starting their first year in the 2A Northwest Conference Lake Division. CIARA LANEY | HAWKEYE

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