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PANICO: Carmela Panico of Snohomish is
expected in court this week to answer charges she profited from promoting prostitution at her Java Juggs coffee stands.
PORT: Commissioners are expected to
choose a new director for the Port of Everett at their meeting Tuesday.
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SCHOOL: Students around the county
begin classes Wednesday. Drive carefully in school zones.
SEAHAWKS: Seattle opens its regular
season at CenturyLink Field against the Packers at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. MONDAY, 09.01.2014
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School supply lists grow Officer From a clean sock to a USB drive, requests — and costs — have expanded
made unsafe U-turn The state trooper was disciplined after a woman driving behind him crashed into his patrol car, leaving her seriously injured. By Rikki King Herald Writer
math to earn their diploma. The Washington Education Association used the rush toward the new national standards as one reason to stop the Legislature from changing the state’s teacher evaluation system to include data from statewide tests. The teachers union says it will take years to implement the new curriculum and get used to the tests, so it doesn’t make sense to grade teachers on their students’ scores on those tests. In part because of that argument, the 2014 Legislature failed to change its teacher evaluation system to meet the demands of federal education
EVERETT — A Washington State Patrol trooper was disciplined earlier this year for an on-duty collision in Skagit County involving an Everett woman. The trooper violated the patrol’s driving policies Feb. 20 when he made an unsafe U-turn on Highway 20, according to the internal investigation. As the trooper made the U-turn, a woman who had been driving behind him crossed the center line and struck his patrol car. She and her passenger were seriously injured. The trooper was unhurt. Investigators allege that the Everett woman, Joanna Kasner, 44, was under the influence at the time. They reportedly found marijuana and an empty wine bottle in her car, and said she smelled of alcohol. Kasner was charged with DUI earlier this summer in Skagit County court. She disputes the allegations, and her case is pending. In March, the trooper, Jeffrey Meldrum, 47, signed a discipline settlement agreement with the State Patrol regarding the crash, public records show. He agreed to be docked two vacation days. He also agreed to accept additional discipline if he gets in trouble again within the next three years. Before the crash, Meldrum was one of more than 40 law enforcement officers who are on the “Brady” list in Snohomish County
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EVERETT — Paper, pens and pencils. Check, check and check. Post-Its, Kleenex, quart-sized zip-lock bags and USB drives. Huh? School supply lists have changed a lot over the years. “It’s so different than when I was in school,” said Denise Albright, an Everett school bus driver and mother of four children, including three still in middle and high school. Supply lists have become longer and pricier, she said. In some school districts across Snohomish County, it’s not just that students need to have a pen, but that they need ones with black, blue and red ink, and highlighters in yellow, pink and green. Some lists get specific.
The national standards for math and English were adopted in 2011 despite concerns from teachers. By Donna Gordon Blankinship Associated Press
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SEATTLE — Despite opposition from Washington teachers and their union about new national education standards and the tests that will judge how they are being taught, the state is plowing ahead with its plans to embrace Common Core. Washington adopted the standards for math and English in 2011 and began using
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them in its public schools the following school year. This past spring, tests being developed to gauge how well students are learning the new standards were piloted in Washington. During the 2014-15 school year, the new tests will be used instead of the previous statedeveloped testing system. But Washington teachers and their union have expressed concern about both the new education standards and the tests, saying they need more time to get used to the program before being judged on how well their students are doing. Washington law says students in the class of 2019 will be expected to pass the new tests in English language arts and
Father knows best And another thing — get off my lawn: Child psychologist John Rosemond opines that Parents These Days should revert to the parenting methods of the 1950s, and stop worrying about damaging children’s self-esteem (Living With Dear Abby. . . . B3 Horoscope . . . B8
Children, Page B2). Sure — and while we’re at it, we might as well bring back some other features of 1950s childhood: highly flammable pajamas, lead-based paint, swats in the principal office, and standing on the back seat on car trips. Just put butter on it: While
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other scientists work on stuff like new cancer cures, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are devoted to a culinary quest: creating better-tasting vegetables (Page A2). They’ll know they’ve achieved a breakthrough when they can make Brussels sprouts taste like french fries. Don’t know much about Short Takes . . . B4 Your Photos . . B1
history: On this day in 1914, the last surviving passenger pigeon, named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo (Today in History, Page B4). Martha was given a 21-shotgun salute, fired by an honor guard of barefoot men and boys from southern Ohio.
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Durham School Services employee Crystal Vonoy hands a box full of donated backpacks filled with school supplies to fellow employee Gary Gunderson on Wednesday in Everett. Durham employees volunteered to load and distribute the items, which will go to students at all schools in the Everett School District.
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