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18 teachers added at NK schools By KIPP ROBERTSON
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POULSBO — The North Kitsap School Board approved a nearly $66 million budget during its regular meeting Aug. 21.
CELEBRATIONS Local couples celebrate 50 years together
The budgeted general fund expenditures for 201415 will be $65,947,019 — an increase of just over $2 million over the 2013-14 year. The district is increasing spending — including adding the equivalent of 18.5
teachers on top of replacing those who retired or left — despite a predicted decline in enrollment. This is possible because of increased funding from the state and voter renewal of the maintenance and operations levy in
February. Though “lower on the scale” in the amount of funding, the district will continue to see savings from closing Breidablik Elementary School, board president Dan Weedin said. The school
A final celebration of summer break
— Pages A10-11
is being rented by Kitsap Children’s Musical Theater, and the district’s gymnastics program is using the Breidablik gym. See SCHOOLS, Page A3
Port submits liveaboard proposal City approval would increase number from 12 to 25 slips By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northkitsapherald.com
sports The winners of the Kitsap County rodeo — Pages A6-7
Genevieve Nolet, 11, of Poulsbo enjoys the waning summer break Aug. 11 with an exultant jump into the water off the west side of Bainbridge Island. In the boat are her parents, Amy and Stephen, and brother, Paul. Genevieve is an incoming sixth-grader in the Options program. Her father is a teacher at North Kitsap High School. The first day of school is Sept. 3. James Behrend / Contributed
Poulsbo considers options for new park By RICHARD D. OXLEY
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LOCAL What does a $5,000 piece of pie taste like? — Page A20
POULSBO — The city has acquired a small corner of Poulsbo for its very own after more than a year of discussions. But its work is not over. Now it has to decide what to do with it. “What are we going to do with
inside n Little Valley Road will permanently close to through traffic in September or October. — Page A8
it to turn it into an asset?” Mayor Becky Erickson asked at an Aug. 25
Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. “Right now, it’s kind of an eyesore.” The land is currently carved out as a baseball field, though a small one. Its 1.2 acres sits at the corner of Little Valley Road and Bernt Road and is assessed at $108,000. It is See park, Page A8
POULSBO — The Port of Poulsbo has presented the city with a proposal it hopes will encourage city officials to allow for more liveaboards in the downtown marina. “The Port of Poulsbo hereby requests that it be permitted to maximize the allowable liveaboard capacity at the Poulsbo Marina, which at this time would equate to 13 additional liveaboard tenants,” the proposal states. Poulsbo’s City Council will discuss the proposal at its Sept. 10 meeting, according to Mayor Becky Erickson. The port has long desired to increase its liveaboard capacity. The port currently has 12 tenants registered as liveaboards and would like to add 13 more. The additional liveaboards would add up to approximately $3,000 more per year in liveaboard moorage fees for the port. The port’s marina has 253 permanent slips and is allowed by state regulation to have up to 10 percent of those slips serving See port, Page A3
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