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Learning curve for district Student enrollment numbers that exceeded all estimates leave Everett Public Schools officials pondering budget, facilities and bond plans. By Chris Winters Herald Writer
EVERETT — Enrollment in Everett Public Schools last fall turned out to be higher than all previous estimates led district officials to believe. The growth is surprising,
according to a report from a consultant hired by the district to track and project enrollment. In October 2014, there were 401 more students in the district than the previous year. It was the biggest increase in all of Snohomish County. Added together, there were only 85
more students in the county’s 14 school districts. Everett’s disproportionate gain, mostly in the south part of the district, is adding new urgency to plans for the coming school year. There is now a proposal to shift school boundaries, to move between 125-150 students from overcrowded Woodside Elementary to less-overcrowded Silver Lake Elementary. Woodside’s October
enrollment was 800 students, well more than the 564 students the school was built for. “It doesn’t make the pain of growth go away, but it provides a more equitable distribution of pain,” said Mike Gunn, the district’s executive director of facilities and operations. The boundary adjustment area encompasses a narrow strip See CURVE, back page, this section
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Dispute a minor pain on docks Delayed ship traffic was the only downside at Everett’s port, which remained busy with its specialty: odd-sized cargo. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — The labor dispute that clogged major West Coast ports barely affected the Port of Everett, which moves much less cargo than the state’s two biggest seaports — Tacoma and Seattle. The major issue here was “working with ships delayed” at other West Coast ports, said David Madill, marine terminal director for the Port of Everett. Cargo Most major ships, West Coast especially ports return to normal container operations, A7 vessels, are tightly scheduled, so a delay in one port quickly ripples through the system, he said. “They were behind even before they would get here.” The contract dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the shippers and terminal owners — represented by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) — has caused cargo to pile up on the docks of major ports including Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland in California, and Tacoma and Seattle. The Port of Everett, which specializes in large and odd-sized cargo called break bulk, didn’t feel the effects, though. From November through January, the port handled far more containers and
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With her purchases in hand, Ruth Jewell, of Edmonds, pauses to sample some hot, melted cheese from a Himalayan salt cooking bowl near the front of the Sea Salt Superstore in south Everett on Feb. 19. The store features more varieties of salt than you can shake a stick at. For a taste of its offerings, see Page B1.
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Assault charge for shooting at indoor pot farm ARLINGTON — A man who broke up a heist at his son’s indoor marijuana plantation nearly two years ago is now facing a felony assault charge. Prosecutors say that Carmen Scoleri, 65, was outside his legal rights when he shot one of the fleeing burglars from behind. Scoleri allegedly fired a shotgun at the retreating man, striking him in the legs. The impact broke
bones, and the man was in wheelchair for about a year, according to Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Chris Dickinson. Dickinson recently charged Scoleri with second-degree assault. The Arlington man is scheduled to be in court next month to answer to the charge. The incident happened during the summer of 2013 along Carpenter Road. The man who was injured is homeless and lives outside Snohomish County. It took time to track him down to ask if
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he’ll cooperate with prosecutors, police said. Detectives were able to catch up with him about three weeks ago. Police reports say the man and about seven others were recruited to break into Shawn Scoleri’s marijuana growing operation. Shawn Scoleri is a veteran grower, who operated a medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle. He told The Herald last year that he began growing marijuana when his father, Carmen, started using it to manage pain after an
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organ transplant. Scoleri has been vocal about legalizing marijuana and easing regulations on the new industry. The mastermind behind the heist at Scoleri’s grow was a former associate who felt he had been wronged and was out to get revenge, Dickinson wrote in court papers. The burglars were told different stories about why they were breaking in and were promised a reward for their help. They came up from south King County and
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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: It’s the season finale of “MasterChef Junior” with two young cooks facing off for $100,000 (The Clicker, Page B4). And no one is happier to see the final episode than host Gordon Ramsay, who has had to keep a lid on his expletives in front of the kids the entire time. Short Takes . . B4 Sports . . . . . . C1
“found that they had bitten off more than they could chew,” Dickinson wrote. The house was heavily fortified with multiple security cameras, alarms and iron bars on doors. The band of thieves was unsuccessful in busting down the door but the ruckus set off the security alarm. Carmen Scoleri lives nearby and was alerted to the break-in. He could monitor the house’s security cameras through See SHOOT, Page A2
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued an edict that outlined the calendar now in use (Today in History, Page B4). With just a few dollars in checking until he got paid on March 1, Gregory lopped three days off February so he could float a check.
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