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Paul Allen Foundation awards $400,000 to planned school BILL CHRISTIANSON bchristianson@redmond-reporter.com
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Redmond High senior Jason Harrington led all scorers with a game-high 21 on Tuesday night during the Mustangs’ 72-63 win over Newport. The Mustangs have won eight of their last 10 games and have secured a spot into next week’s Kingco Tournament, which gets underway on Tuesday at the higher seed’s home court at 7:30 p.m. The semifinals and finals take place at Juanita High School on Feb. 10 and 17. Prep report, see PAGE 7. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT CAMPBELL, www.sportspixs.com
Superintendent decision could come as early as Feb. 27 Residents can provide their input on school district website through Feb. 22 SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
The school board’s perferred superintendent candidate, Dr. Traci Pierce, met with the Redmond community last month. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter
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The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) school board could vote to hire its preferred new superintendent candidate as early as Feb. 27, according to LWSD communication director Kathryn Reith. Feb. 27 will be the next time the topic will be on a board meeting agenda and Reith said the outcome will depend on how the
conversation goes that evening. “(The board will) discuss it,” she said. “They could conceivably decide to vote (on hiring a new superintendent).” The earliest the board could have made a decision previously was Jan. 30. However, due to the snow, wind and ice storms Jan. 16-20, the district had to reschedule three of its meetand-greet events with preferred candidate Dr. Traci Pierce originally set for that week.
These meetings are an opportunity for the public to meet Pierce, who has been with LWSD for 17 years and is currently the deputy superintendent of instructional services, and provide feedback for the LWSD board of directors. Three events have already been held Jan. 10 at Redmond City Hall and, Jan. 25 at the LWSD Resource Center and Thursday [ more SUPERINTENDENT page 2 ]
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Redmond's planned new secondary choice school remains in the permitting process, but it received a substantial financial boost Tuesday from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to help fund equipment for the school's four laboratories and professional development for teachers. The foundation announced a $400,000 grant award to the Lake Washington School District's new STEM school for "creations of labs and professional development for teachers who will be embracing STEM education," according to Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, the foundation's program director for education. "I think there is a role for private philanthropy in assisting the public school system," said Sue Coliton, the foundation's vice president. "This grant will help catalyze a type of teaching." The choice school would serve students in grades 9-12 from throughout the district on a lottery basis and have a curriculum dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics — also know as STEM. The seven-acre building site is located on property next to Alcott Elementary at 4213 228th Ave. N.E. in unincorporated King County between Redmond and Sammamish city limits. While programming and planning for the new STEM school is well underway, construction of the new building is still in the permitting process with King County, according to district officials. Construction of the new school has been stalled by two residents' appeals of the King County hearing examiner's recommendation to approve the conditional use permit, according to Forest Miller, the district's director of facilities.
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