Bellevue Reporter, September 16, 2011

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SPORTS | Bellevue defense comes up big as Wolverines defeat Skyline 31-17 in battle of the unbeatens [15]

Festival | Aki Matsuri at Bellevue Business | Bellevue Chamber of Commerce honors 10 Eastside companies as Top Corporate College draws 20,500 people for cultural event [6] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 Citizens [9]

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School Board: 100% confidence in superintendent BY GABRIELLE NOMURA gnomura@bellevuereporter.com

Bellevue teachers may have voted 97 percent “no confidence� in schools Supt. Amalia Cudeiro, but the school board has complete confidence in Cudeiro’s abilities, according to a statement signed by the board and released Sept. 9. The statement said the board was “disappointed� in the no-confidence vote, and that it strongly supported the work Cudeiro has done throughout her two years in the district.

“We will be discussing additional ways all of us, the board, district staff, the superintendent, and teachers can forge new and stronger relationships to accomplish the work of Amalia Cudeiro preparing all children in Bellevue for college, career and life,� the statement said. The school board is responsible for evaluating the superintendent based on a variety of factors – especially the overall academic achievement of students.

While the board officially community members, Michele will be releasing its evalustaff and teachers through MORE ation of Cudeiro at the face-to-face conversations Miller end of September, board and the development of a Bellevue Education Association president Chris Marks said more efficient survey. The president Michele Miller sits down assessments have remained survey the board distribwith the Reporter to talk about ‘no consistent. uted in the past, that asked confidence’ vote, goals, district. “They’ve been positive,� the participants their views – Pages 2-3 Marks said. “But we’re also on the superintendent’s not ignoring the vote of performance among other no confidence. We want to questions, received little listen to what teachers have to say.� response, Marks said. By that, Marks means the school board [ more SUPERINTENDENT page 5 ] will invest in gaining feedback from school

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Bellevue may join S. Seattle in new congressional dist. BY NAT LEVY nlevy@bellevuereporter.com

Bellevue paramedic honored for saving life of M.I. girl

Bellevue Fire Department paramedic Phil Pierson, left, and nine-year-old Lily James, of Mercer Island, throw out a ceremonial first pitch before a Mariners game at Safeco Field in Seattle on Wednesday. Pierson received the Medic One Foundation’s “Spirit of Team Play Award� for helping save James after she suffered life-threatening injuries in a boating accident. CHAD COLEMAN, Bellevue Reporter

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Part or all of Bellevue may become a portion of the state’s first congressional district where minorities make up a majority of the population, according to draft plans released Tuesday by the State Redistricting Commission. Such a district would include portions of south Seattle and cities in South King County, Three of the four members –Tim Ceis, former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, and Tom Huff – created a district with minorities representing more than 50 percent of the constituency. Gorton, whose plan has Bellevue grouped with South Seattle, Renton and Kent, said his first priority was population equity, while the second was keeping cities together. In his plan, only three cities are split into multiple districts. “This is about far more than majority-minority,� he said. Bellevue is now split between the 1st and 8th districts. The 8th contains the majority of the city along with portions of Renton, Auburn, Kent and rural King and Pierce counties. The 1st District encompasses a small portion of Bellevue north of SR-520 along with portions of North King, South Snohomish and Kitsap counties. Each of the four members of the committee kept Bellevue split between the 41st and 48th legislative districts. [ more REDISTRICTING page 8 ]

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