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New high school, elementary means new boundaries

Construction crews work on a portion of the new Tahoma High School Tuesday morning. The school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. SARAH BRENDEN, The Reporter

Committee to consider class size, portables, bus routes and transporting students to and from schools BY ANA KAREN PEREZ GUZMAN Reporter

The new Tahoma High School is well underway and a new elementary school is set to break ground this summer. With the addition of a larger high school and an elementary school, the question from many parents is how the students will be distributed among the schools. A Boundary Review Committee was formed at a Tahoma School Board meeting in 2015. There were 22 parents selected at random to be part of the committee. About 168 parents were interested in being part of the committee. There were 15 selected with seven others chosen as alternates. Along with the parents are eight

facilitators, all part of the Tahoma School District, and Superintendent Rob Morrow. Among the issues to be considered include the Washington Class Size Reduction measure, what the district will do with the portables it has now and bus routes. Another issue to consider is most of the elementary schools are located in the north end of the school district, while most of the population is in the south end. It appears most of the elementary classes will need to be decreased by 10 students or more because of the class size reduction measure, which means adding more classrooms. The school district will be keeping a little more than half of the portables. The district has about 70 portables but 40 will be destroyed because they are too old and run down to keep. There are 10 portables in good condition that will be used right away, while the other 20 need to be remolded or updated to be used, which is in the district budget. Currently there are more elementary schools located where fewer families live, which will be an

Maple Valley City Council selects Sean P. Kelly as mayor BY ANA KAREN PEREZ GUZMAN Reporter

Sean P. Kelly is no stranger to the Maple Valley community. As a life-long resident, he has worked at the Tahoma School District for 11 years and is entering his fifth year as a City Council member and first as mayor of Maple Valley. “I was very honored that the council trusted me and has faith in me to be the leader of the city,” Kelly said. Kelly wanted to become mayor to

The boundary map shows the 120 square miles the Tahoma School District covers. A Boundary Review Committee is working on the school boundaries. Map courtesy of the Tahoma School District

enhance the city of Maple Valley as best he could. His main concerns are working on traffic on state Route 169, economic development throughout the city while maintaining and improving the quality of life in Maple Valley. After serving his first two years on the council, Kelly was selected to serve as the deputy mayor. Now entering his second term as a councilman, Kelly knows the changes he hopes to make as mayor. Above anything else, his No. 1 goal is to

issue when deciding the school that the students will attend. This also brings up the bus route issue. The district does not want students to sit on a bus for a long period of time getting to and from a school. Test runs on bus routes are planned to see how long it will take to transport students. Another factor the committee is focusing on is keeping communities together. The members hope to avoid sending half of a neighborhood to one school while the other goes to another. There are 3,800 elementary school students who need to be distributed between six schools. If they each get the same number of students, about 634 students will be at each school, which works out well with the smaller classes sizes. But, more students might need to go to a certain schools because of location. One misconception board members have heard [ more BOUNDARIES page 2 ]

One thing Kelly is very excited be as transparent and as available as possible to community about is the running a bond for members and community partparks in Maple Valley. He is confiners, he said. dent it will pass, which will pay for “It is important to hear from more ballfields. the community what their opinKelly said he looks forward to ion is,” Kelly said. “We already building on all that is best in the have great communication with “I was very community. the citizens and I want to keep it honored that Councilman Dana Parnello was the council going and make it better.” selected as deputy mayor. He wants to keep in constant trusted me and Th e city’s form of government contact and be more interactive has faith in me is council-manager, which means with community partnerships so to be the leader the mayor is one of the elected of the city.” citizens know exactly what is gomembers of the City Council and ing on at all times, and in detail. Sean P. Kelly is selected by the council. The city This way, the City Council can manager is hired by the City Counlet community members know cil to oversee the daily administration of what is happening if they have any questions or concerns, he said. the city.

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Kent School District’s 10th annual Tech Expo set for Jan. 21 BY HEIDI SANDERS Reporter

The Kent School District’s 10th annual Technology Expo, set for 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the ShoWare Center in Kent, will demonstrate how students and teachers use technology in the classrooms. Admission is free and open to the public. The theme for this year’s

expo is Modern Learners Ready for College and Careers and will feature 104 student booths, representing each school in the district, as well as booths from 20 business sponsors and six nonprofit partners, Hugh Faulkner, the district’s project manager for Expo, said in an email. “Each year sees new ways that technology is being used and taught in classrooms, and each year the students use technology to

create some amazing work,” Faulkner said. Highlights of this year’s expo include: • discovering how Performance Audio uses today’s technology to focus on sound design, musicality, and leadership • building and programing a robot using Lego Mindstorms robots • exploring how high school students use computer-aided design software and computer-aided manu-

State senators propose solutions to keep charter schools open BY HEIDI SANDERS Reporter

Two bills have been proposed in the Washington State Senate that would amend state law to allow charter schools, including Excel Public Charter in Kent, to continue to operate. In September, the state Supreme Court ruled charter schools, which were approved by voters in 2012, unconstitutional and ineligible for state funding. On Nov. 19, the court denied motions by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Charter Schools Association to reconsider the ruling. State Sens. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, and Michael Baumgartner, R-Spo-

kane, are co-sponsoring a bill that would put charters schools under the authority of local school districts instead of being governed solely by an appointed school board. A second proposal, introduced by Sens. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island; Joe Fain, R-Auburn; Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah and Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, would direct charter school funding to come from the state’s Opportunity Pathways Account, which contains state lottery revenues not restricted to common schools. Adel Sefrioui, Excel’s executive director and founder, said he is pleased to see two bipartisan bills addressing the situation. “People care about this and want to fix this issue,” he said.

Excel opened in August serving sixth- and seventh-grade students with hopes of expanding to grades 6-12. Sefrioui, and Act Now for Washington Students, a parent-led coalition working to keep charters schools open, favor the second proposal. Sefrioui said that bill is more in line with what was approved by voters in 2012 and calls for the restoration of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, which can authorize the creation of charter schools. Billig and Baumgartner’s proposal could limit accessibility to charter schools to districts agree to be charter authorizers, Sefrioui said. [ more CHARTER page 3 ]

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event,” Faulkner said. The Tech Expo is the largest event the district hosts. Last year, the expo drew a record-setting crowd of 8,737 people, including educators from more than 120 countries participating in the Global Educator Exchange at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond and school board members taking part in the National School Board Association’s eduction technology site visits.

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or adjustments in the foreseeable future. There could be changes if homes were built in a certain location and more families moved into the community. The officials do not see that happening any time in the near future. If parents really does not want their child to move schools, they can sign a waiver. There will be criteria that will have to be met, but the specifics on what those are have yet to be decided. The committee wants to make decisions by the fall of 2016, which will give parents a full year to prepare for the move and any changes that need to be made. The committee has numerous decisions to make in the next nine months with the help of parents, teachers, principles and other school board members. The committee will be seeking ideas from the community throughout the process. The members want parents to voice their concerns about moving schools or anything else related to the new schools.

from some parents is that it’s not just the students moving to a new school, but also the staff. Some parents have voiced concern the teachers or other staff being moved. However, even if a child stays at a school, the staff may not. The district wants an even distribution of teachers at each school, Morrow said. They want to distribute the teachers in a fair way, they do not want all first-year teachers in one school while other schools have the most experienced teachers. The district is expecting as much as 70 to 80 percent of the students may be moving to new schools. All of the high school and middle school students will move, and many of the elementary school student. The district has had boundary reconfigurations before, but not as large as this one. The district officials hope the decisions will be final and there will be no need to make changes

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ever, I soon noticed a couple more mugs I didn’t recognize. After that the flood began. Part of it was my fault because I saw a really cute character cup at a store in Long Beach and texted my youngest daughter about it. She wanted it, but because I offered to buy her a mug, I also had to offer to buy the other two girls one. Our new daughter wanted a clunky Sponge Bob mug, my oldest said, “I don’t use mugs. I don’t need one.” By that time my youngest had changed her mind to a smaller Doctor Who mug, which I’m forever grateful, because the one I initially showed her was rather cumbersome. I guess I opened some sort of mug portal, as now we seem to be inundated with mugs. Every time I turn around, there’s a new mug. The once organized, pleasant, garden window has become a jumbled array of colors, shapes and sizes. Every child has gotten a new mug or two from a friend for Christmas. Even my oldest, the one who claimed she didn’t use such devices, got one in the shape of an owl and she loves it. I’m not sure what to do to get my Zen view back. I find myself counting the days until the

younger two graduate from high school and maybe go off to college. I’m pushing a little harder at my older daughter to get a job that pays enough for her school loans, car payment and rent on an apartment. So what if it’s a dive. Would she have access to electricity to plug in a quick-boiling pot? That would be my only requirement. The younger two have changed their minds about going off to a four-year college right away, so I’m thinking they should start paying rent, get themselves a hot plate and turn their large room into an apartment. Then they could take their mugs with them; even if it is only to the other end of the house. At least I wouldn’t have to look at them anymore. I’m thinking of purging some of my older ceramic ware I don’t use often, just to make more space. But why must I be the one to sacrifice? They could use their mugs as pen holders or useful pots kept in their own rooms, away from the sanctity of my garden window. We definitely need a mug intervention. Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. You can read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh.com, on Facebook at “Living with Gleigh.”or follow her on Twitter @livewithgleigh. Her column is available every week at maplevalleyreporter.com under the Lifestyles section.

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Tahoma High School’s Weople’s wins first place The Tahoma High School We the People team has once again earned first place in Washington state and the honor of representing Tahoma against schools from across the country. On Jan. 9, the team competed at the state capitol in Olympia. The national contest will take place in Washington D.C. at the end of April. Each year’s We the People class is divided

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Just a couple weeks ago I talked about how I like my stuff arranged in certain configurations; kitchen items, towels, community-use types of things. I often struggle to get my family to comply, but with five of us living here, my efforts are usually met with a lackadaisical attitude. After awhile I stop nagging. It takes more energy to make them comply then to either leave it in its sloppy appearance or move it myself. After all, we’re just going to use it again. But I think my family needs an intervention. Right before my youngest daughter’s best friend moved in to finish her senior year, I had reorganized and purged my kitchen cupboards. I love collecting ceramic ware and much of it is displayed in the kitchen’s garden window that looks out over my backyard. One of my favorite domestic activities is to wash pots and pans while I observe my unique collection and the birds that gather in my yard hunting worms. When my daughter’s friend moved in with us, she brought a cute little teapot with matching cups (we gave them to her for her 18th birthday). I adjusted, because it’s just a teapot and I’m not going to be blamed for not being flexible. How-

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“Only one district wants to be a district authorizer,” he said. “That was Spokane.” Despite the uncertainty facing charter schools over the past couple of months, education at Excel has remained unhindered. “Everything is operating in the same way from day one,” Sefrioui said. “The same staff, the same students, the same family members, the same education program.” Since Dec. 14, when charter schools ceased to exist because of the Supreme Court’s ruling, Excel, along with several other charter schools across the state, has

been operating as an Alternative Learning Experience though an agreement with Mary Walker School District in Springdale north of Spokane. This is a temporary arrangement to allow charter schools to continue to serve student until a permanent solution is reached, Sefrioui said. He said he is confident Excel will be open next school year. “We have every indication that we are going to be open next year as a charter school or ALE,” he said. “That is still in the air until we hear back from Olympia this session. This is a powerful school. There is community support, and we are going to continue operation no matter what.”

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was at the Journal of San Juan Island newspaper office after Christmas and noticed one of the top 10 stories from 2015 was the discovery of a dinosaur bone on Sucia Island. The Burke Museum, where the bone is currently lounging, noted in a release it is the left thigh bone from a theropod, a two legged, meat eating ruffian like Tyrannosaurus rex. Otherwise this was no vegan hoofer. The museum also pointed out the bone was about 80 million years old. I was all zippy to read that, finally the science guys found something older than me. The story did fire a few synapses, which kind of hurt. I imagined one day in a far off galaxy a scrubbed paleontologists with multiple ears will be examining a bag of twisted bones in his laboratory. The ears guy will likely have found the bones while visiting Earth and strolling on Loony Island. After a bunch of months looking through itty-bitty reading glasses, the many ear-lobes guy will come out and authoritatively tell a room of other guys with lots of ears, “These are the bones of a newspaper editor.” Beings with spiky-pink hair and horn-rims will look at each other and ask, “A what? Is it human?” “Probably not,” the scientist with excellent posture will tell them. “Although we are not sure what he really was. It appears from his

Choosing your attitude in life Recently one of my courses at Green River College was dropped due to lack of enrollment. I wasn’t happy about it but there was nothing I could do. That left me with a choice: to mourn the loss, or to appreciate that I had enjoyed the benefit for five years. I chose to appreciate what I had. We all make choices in life, over and over again. We have times when things go right and times when everything falls apart. Being human and having to live with a high level of uncertainty means we are constantly at risk of our lives turning negative. This is especially true as our bodies age. What we took for granted no longer is possible. We didn’t appreciate our ability to hear others speaking or to see clearly until we had to ask people to repeat what they said, again, or had to wear glasses in order to see. For two months this past year I had difficulty In Focus

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thumb and forefinger he was an incessant whiner with no hair.” (This planet has bad science).” One of the spiky-pinks will ask, “What did he do for fun?” “As far as we can tell nothing. He apparently drank large amounts of a buttermilk. No one is sure what the stuff is or why anyone would consume it. We theorize he used it to try to grow head hair. (These scientists will also have crazy theorems that can’t be right, like our scientists spinning stories about evolution or global warming… hmmfff). Mr. Ears continues, “Amazingly this buttermilk stuff apparently preserved this near humanoid for some 80 million years. Maybe

it was used to preserve him for the study of devolved goofballs. We suspect he squinted at something a lot, maybe one of those things known as computer screens. Computers were very common at that time. Humans actually believed they worked. We are not sure why. “We cannot really find much use for this editor other than aggravating real humans. He apparently spent time observing political races, which we think may have caused his extinction, or he was run over by a iceberg.” I think I will take a trip to Burke Museum and check out the dinosaur and spend some time wondering what the heck he was doing on Sucia Island. Probably looking for a snack, or a nice cool class of buttermilk.

walking due to a bulging disk, which brought on sciatica – excruciating pain down my right leg. For two weeks I got around in a wheelchair. After getting some physical therapy and learning some stretching exercises, I was able to shed my wheelchair. I walk normally again—mainly pain free. I appreciate the freedom it gives me. I no longer take walking, something I deeply love to do, for granted. I never appreciated such a simple act until I was no longer able to do it. Now I do my stretching exercises twice a day because I don’t ever want to have a return of the pain of sciatica. It’s another of the list of rituals I have to do twice daily to compensate for physical issues that beset me. We all have the same choices in dealing with negative things that happen to us. We can choose to get angry and frustrated and take things out on others, or we can accept the new normal and appreciate that we enjoyed our freedoms and privileges as long as we were able. The key concept here is choice. Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist, was forced to live in a series of Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Most of the freedoms he had taken for granted before the war were stripped from him. He was forced to act and live in ways that were downright evil and degrading. Using his analytic psychiatric training taught Frankl to observe people’s attitudes in the camps, including his own. He found that those who survived the camps were not necessarily the

strongest or healthiest physically. The ones who survived were the ones who had a purpose for living. For some it was to kill every Nazi after the war. For others it was to be able to see one’s children or spouse again. Frankl’s reason for living was to rewrite the manuscript for the book he’d written before internment and seen destroyed by the Nazis. It sustained him for three years. In other words, the ones who survived did so because they made a choice about how they were going to view their state. They found meaning and happiness even in the most abominable circumstances. They chose to live in spite of all the horror around them. Victor Frankl survived to rewrite his manuscript. He also wrote a book called “Man’s Search For Meaning.” In this book he described his life in the camps. He came to the following conclusion: “Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” This is the wisdom of Victor Frankl that all of us should consider. No one gets out of this life without suffering. We often face issues and events over which we have little or no control. How we respond to those crises is wholly up to us. Choose a meaning for living. Choose your attitude. Those are the choices all of us are given even if everything else is stripped away.

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On Jan. 6 around 7:30 a.m. Madison Casey, 21, from Maple Valley was traveling southbound on state Route 169. Her vehicle was struck head on by a pickup truck traveling northbound on the Maple Valley Highway. The truck was driven by Jose Lopez, 52, from Seattle who lost control of his vehicle when it hit a patch of ice. According to a news release from the Washington State Patrol “troopers and detectives responded and determined there was no impairment involved and the icy conditions were the main contributing factor.” He crossed over the center turn lane and collided with Casey’s vehicle. She was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. Despite efforts at the hospital, she later died from her injuries on Jan. 7. Lopez reportedly suffered minor injuries. The WSP release stated the agency wanted, “to take this opportunity to

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BLOTTER DISTURBANCE • On Jan. 5 it was reported that Kentwood seniors attended a New Years Eve party and got into a fight.

FORGERY • On Jan. 8 officers responded to reports of theft from the victim’s mailbox. According to the police report, checks were missing from the mailbox. Checks were then cashed by the unknown suspects.

CRIMINAL WARRANT • On Jan. 10 a subject was found sleeping under the highway 18 overpass. The subject was arrested for a felony warrant out of Seattle. • On Jan. 6 a suspect was arrested for their Maple Valley warrant for disorderly conduct and obstructing a public officer.

• On Jan. 2 it was reported that a 15 year old suspect assaulted her mother. According to the police report, she punched, kicked and bit her mom. The juvenile was booked into Juvenile Detention. • On Jan. 11 officers responded to reports that the victim’s mom contacted them regarding her son. She told them that her son had texted her twice saying that he had been stabbed. • On Jan. 8 it was reported that a Washington State Trooper was in pursuit of a vehicle in Maple Valley where he witnessed a female subject beating a male subject. The trooper attempted to stop the vehicle but ended the pursuit before the suspect could be apprehended.

TRESPASS • On Jan. 2 two subjects were seen sitting in their car in a parking lot. One of the subjects was arrested on warrants out of Kent.

• It was reported on Jan. 4 that an unknown male was seen looking into windows of vehicles shortly before Tahoma High School staff discovered a vehicle had been broken into. According to the police report, a purse was stolen from the vehicle. • On Jan. 4 officers responded to reports that an unknown suspect shattered the victim’s car window while she was picking up her child from day care. • On Jan. 7 officers responded to the Maple Valley Fred Meyer to reports that a male subject had attempted to conceal Legos in a Rubbermaid tote and leave without purchasing them.

ROBBERY • On Jan. 2 it was reported that an unknown male stole a purse and attempted to use a stolen credit card to purchase items. According to the police report, he attacked an elderly male on his way out of the store.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES • On Jan. 5 it was reported that in December a known

subject entered a garage and urinating on Christmas ornaments.

HIT AND RUN • On Jan. 5 a driver was arrested for a hit and run. According to the police report, no one was injured during the accident. • On Jan. 7 officers responded to reports that a vehicle ran into the front of Safeway. According to the police report, the vehicle caused $10,000 in damage.

ACCIDENT • On Jan. 6 the victim was walking southbound on 164th Ave SE at SE 268th Street when they were nudged by the suspect’s vehicle.

VANDALISM • On Jan. 3 it was reported that a suspect in a passing vehicle shot a BB gun and hit the victim’s vehicle window. According to the police report, the window shattered, causing $1,500 in damage.

AUTO THEFT • On Jan. 10 it was reported that a vehicle was stolen from outside the victim’s residence. According to the police report, the vehicle was

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Dog flu on the rise in King County

Canine influenza – or dog flu – has been diagnosed in dogs for several years. But a new strain of canine influenza called H3N2 has been found in more than 25 states since April. In Chicago, this novel (or newly appeared) influenza virus sickened more than a thousand dogs during the first outbreak in the United States. Now, Public Health – Seattle & King County veterinarian Beth Lipton thinks that we may have found cases here in King County. Public Health Insider talked to her to find out more. • What makes you suspect that this new strain of canine influenza virus is in King County? During the month of December 2015, dogs at an area boarding and dog day care facility began getting sick with respiratory symptoms, primarily cough. The facility owner estimates about 80-90 dogs got sick. The facility self-closed and implemented isolation procedures to help contain the outbreak. Recently laboratory tests from two dogs that had contact with an ill dog who’d been at the facility were found to be positive for H3N2 canine influenza. • The H3N8 strain of canine influenza has been in the U.S. since 2004. Why is this new H3N2 strain of particular concern? While it’s been found in parts of Asia, canine influenza H3N2 is new to the United States. Since canine influenza virus H3N2 is a novel virus, all dogs, regardless of breed or age, are at risk of infection when first exposed. The virus is highly contagious and dogs get sick easily. In Chicago

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Constantine increases number of homeless shelter beds Proposals for more shelter accommodations in South King County requested In support of his declaration of a state of emergency for homelessness in King County, Executive Dow Constantine announced the opening of a new 50-bed homeless shelter inside the 420 Fourth Ave. building in Seattle and expansion of the shelter inside the King County Administration Building from 50 to 100 beds. The additions triple the number of homeless shelter beds in county-owned buildings. “Adding 100 shelter beds addresses immediate human needs and gets more people without homes off the street and out of the cold,� said Constantine in a

Dec. 24 county media release. “The new shelter will welcome pets – a critical accommodation for many who need to stay warm but understandably won’t abandon an animal companion.� Proposals will be sought from nonprofit service providers to expand existing nighttime shelter beds outside Seattle, or to increase the number of nights a shelter is open. The requests for proposals will also seek provision of homeless daycenter services in South King County. The county opened the new shelter inside its vacant building along Fourth Avenue on Dec. 26. The space has been temporarily converted to shelter use with $92,000 appropriated by the King County Council to improve exits, install emergency lighting and smoke detectors, and do other needed work. The facility will shelter 50 men, including those with pets – a subset of the homeless population

Initiative would boost state minimum wage Initiatives filed with Secretary of State for wages, sick leave, carbon tax and overturning Citizens United A citizen coalition has filed an initiative proposal to boost the state minimum

wage to $13.50 over four years, and expand paid sick leave.

A throng of supporters filed their “Raise Up Washington� initiative at the Office of Secretary of State on Monday, just two hours before the Legislature convened. Backers will need 246,372 valid signatures of registered Washington voters by July 8 in order to qualify for the fall statewide ballot. The state Elections Division suggests bringing in at least 325,000 signatures, to cover duplicate and

that is frequently excluded from shelters that have a no-pet policy. The city of Seattle is providing $15,000 to enable the shelter to open at 7 nightly rather than 8:30 p.m. - avoiding the need to wait outside in the cold that extra length of time. The existing 50-bed shelter inside the King County Administration Building was expanded to 100 beds on Dec. 28. The city of Seattle is providing $225,000 to provide for additional oversight, staffing, security, and utilities. Both shelters will remain open nightly through April 15. In both, the county is funding case management services to connect those in the shelters with housing resources. The Salvation Army will operate both shelters, with funds provided by King County and the city of Seattle. “Winter is here and we must do as much as we can to help those living on

invalid signatures. Backers will need 246,372 valid signatures of registered Washington voters by July 8 in order to qualify for the fall statewide ballot. The state Elections Division suggests bringing in at least 325,000 signatures, to cover duplicate and invalid signatures. The proposal would increase the current minimum wage of $9.47 an hour to $11 in 2017,

our streets have a safe place to sleep. Thanks to our ongoing partnership with King County, the city is able to help fund and stand up 100 additional emergency shelter beds in two county buildings for those with no other place to turn,� said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. “These additional beds are temporary and more must be done to provide services and shelters throughout our region. This is a crisis that affects our entire county from Seattle to our suburban cities and it is important that all of our local partners take actions to address it.� To fund shelter beds outside the city of Seattle and avoid focusing services in any one area, Constantine in January will make available about $325,000, depending on available resources, in one-time funding to meet basic shelter needs in north, east and south King County outside the city of Seattle.

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Several south King County schools are heading north. At least in a figurative sense. Auburn School District athletic director Rob Swaim said Friday that the three high schools he oversees will “opt up” to Class 4A and resurrect the North Puget Sound League during the 201617 school year. The 14-team league, which included Auburn High in its previous incarnation before disbanding in 1990, will include all of the Kent and Federal Way public high schools along with Kennedy Catholic, Mount Rainier and Tahoma. Those schools, with the exception of Kennedy Catholic, which competes in Seamount 3A, are members of the South Puget Sound League. All three Auburn high schools have competed together in SPSL 3A since 2014, and Swaim said a top priority was to keep those programs in the same league. The next consideration, he said, was to minimize instructional time lost through travel and transportation expenses. With the potential demise of both the 3A and 4A divisions of the Narrows League – all five Tacoma public high schools have applied for admission to the SPSL – South King County programs could have faced regular trips to Pierce County – and beyond. Swaim said when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released preliminary

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enrollment numbers and those school officials began to announce their intentions, local athletic directors began having discussions, as well. “The NPSL was probably going to happen with or without the Auburn schools,” Swaim said. Swaim acknowledged that not everyone is pleased with the outcome, which will pit Auburn’s programs against some schools with much larger enrollments in the playoffs. As of the Jan. 6 WIAA enrollment count, Auburn (1,202.75) was the largest high school in the district, followed by Auburn Riverside (1,179.16) and Auburn Mountainview (1,095.09). They are among 10 of 14 NPSL 4A that opted up from 3A. Tahoma (1,712.25) is the NPSL’s largest member followed by Kentridge (1,548.83), KentMeridian (1,506.28) and Kentwood (1,438.2). Schools with the top 16 to 17 percent enrollment are recognized as 4A. Kentlake (1,019.32) was the only Kent school that opted up. There was not enough members to create a viable NPSL 4A without members opting up. Kent School District athletic director Dave Lutes said that was not an issue. “The difference between 3A and 4A, in our opinion, is negligible,” he said. Lutes said the impetus for the move was the potential size of SPSL 4A. With the potential additions of the Auburn public schools, Kennedy Catholic and Sumner, that league could have grown from 17 to 22 members. That does not include the potential demise of the Narrows,

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which would leave 4A programs Bellarmine Prep, Olympia, South Kitsap and possibly Timberline, which is the smallest school (1,326.21) in its classification, looking for a new league. “The south schools are wonderful people and wonderful friends,” Lutes said. “This is more about community and bringing back some of the old rivalries and keeping the new ones we have now.” Now comes the busy work. Swaim said the NPSL athletic directors have discussed dividing the 14 teams into two separate divisions. The Kent and Federal Way school districts, he said, could be evenly split into separate divisions. As for Auburn, Swaim said he expects two high school to play in one division. “We want to make it a balanced, fair league,” he said. Other elements that must be sorted out, Lutes said, are developing a financial start-up, sports commissioner responsibilities, a league handbook with rules and regulations, scheduling formats, and league administrative responsibilities. Lutes, who became Kent’s athletic director in 1990 after compiling an 81-20 record during a nine-season run as Kentwood’s first football coach, looks forward to the challenge. He said the NPSL dissolved at that time because Highline and Renton schools changed classifications. “It’s kind of nostalgic for me because I think I’m the only athletic director left that went through that in 1990,” Lutes said. “I just kind of feel like we’ve come full cycle. I’m really excited for the league.”

Monday, Jan. 18: • Boys basketball vs. Kings at 7 p.m. at ShoWare Center, MLK Classic

TAHOMA BEARS Friday, Jan. 15: •Boys basketball at Kent-

Meridian at 7:30 p.m. • Girls basketball vs. KentMeridian at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16: • Boys basketball vs. Olympia at 7 p.m. • Boys wrestling at Rick Sales Invite at Fife High School at 9 a.m.

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Kentlake Falcons Gymnastics JAN. 6 MEET AT ENUMCLAW TEAM SCORES: • Mount Rainier: vault 40.85, bars 35.9, beam 40, floor 42.4 = Total 159.15

• Kentlake: vault 41.7, bars 35.6, beam 38.85, floor 41.35 = Total 157.5 • Enumclaw: vault 40.75, bars 29.75, beam 33.95, floor 42.65 = Total 157.5 • Thomas Jefferson: vault 36.1, bars 24.1, beam 33.3, floor 34.7= Total 128.2 • White River: vault 15.6, bars 11.5, beam 12.55, floor 7.4 = Total 47.05

ALL-AROUND SCORES: • Naleia Gomes (MR) vault 9.2, bars 8.7, beam 9.45, floor 9.55 = Total 36.9 • Victoria Hernandez (E) vault 9.05, bars 8.75, beam 8.85, floor 9.6 = Total 36.25

• Avalyne Peters (KL) vault 8.45, bars 7.9, beam 8.9, floor 8.7 = Total 33.95 • Regan Hunt (MR) vault 8.4, bars 8.6, beam 8.05, floor 8.85 = Total 33.9 • Sonya Harkness (MR) vault 7.8, bars 7.3, beam 7.95, floor 8.4 = Total 31.45 • Elise Dunning (E) vault 8.5, bars 5.1, beam 8.05, floor 9.3 = Total 30.95

• Calista Webb (KL) vault 8.5, bars 6.8, beam 6.6, floor 8.8 = Total 30.7 • Cassie Padilla (KL) vault 8.35, bars 5.8, beam 8.15, floor 7.7 = Total 30 • Cieara Erikson (MR) vault 7, bars 5.8, beam 7.65, floor 8 = Total 28.45

• Tahlia Duerre (KL) vault 8.1, bars 5.2, beam 6.75, floor 8.05 = Total 28.1

VAULT • Naleia Gomes (MR) 9.2 • Victoria Hernandez (E) 9.05 • Elise Dunning (E) 8.5

• Calisa Webb (KL) 8.5 • Avalyn Peters (KL) 8.45

BARS • Victoria Hernandez (E) 8.75 • Naleia Gomes (MR) 8.7 • Regan Hunt (MR) 8.6

• Brianna Tinnel (KL) 7.9 • Avalyne Peters (KL) 7.9

BEAM • Naleia Gomes (MR) 9.7

• Avalyne Peters (KL) 8.9 • Victoria Hernandez (E) 8.85

• Cassie Padilla (KL) 8.15 • Elise Dunning (E) 8.05 • Regan Hunt (MR) 8.05

FLOOR • Victoria Hernandez (E)9.6 • Naleia Gomes (MR) 9.55 • Elise Dunning (E) 9.3 • Regan Hunt (MR) 8.85

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Questions loom as Inslee seeks second term collections that resulted in readjustments and credits on bills sent to thousands of drivers. • His Department of Ecology is continuing to draft clean water rules predicated in part on fish consumption that will meet federal mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency tired of waiting, wrote its own rules last year and is advancing to impose them if the state fails to act. Then there are a couple matters involving education: The state is still in contempt of a state Supreme Court directive in the McCleary school funding case and getting fined $100,000 a day. The threat of closure looms for several charter schools and parents are appealing for help from the state. Although Inslee’s authority in these is limited, he can influence the outcome as chief executive. Overall, this is not the kind of list on which a strong resume for re• election is built. At the same time, it’s too soon to calculate their potential impact but not too soon to be concerned. An Elway Poll released Wednesday shows Inslee leading Republican challenger Bill Bryant 39 percent to 30 percent with the rest undecided. The survey of 500 voters was conducted at the end of December. Bryant is widely unknown around the state and the

survey makes clear he’s got an uphill battle to find enough votes to win. Inslee isn’t sailing along either. His job performance rating dipped since the last Elway Poll in July and has declined a little every six months since January 2014. There are other findings that hint at Inslee’s potential vulnerability and need to shore up his support. To that end, Inslee has started directing the conversation away from the challenges engulfing his administration to the changes he’s looking to bring to Washington. On Wednesday, for example, he announced the launch of a statewide initiative to reduce gun• related deaths and injuries. On the same day, he put out the draft of new clean air rules that could force the state’s largest polluters to eventually reduce emissions. And last month he proposed closing some tax breaks and using the money to give public school teachers a pay hike. Those are among the policy pursuits he’ll put in bold on his resume for the coming campaign. Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360• 352• 8623; jcornfield@heraldnet.com and on Twitter at @dospueblos

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Tahoma Community News

Tahoma School District 409, serving the greater Maple Valley community School news at a glance Kindergarten registration week set for Feb. 22-26 Kindergarten registration will happen earlier than usual for the 2016-17 school year. Registration week will be Feb. 22-26, 2016. All-day kindergarten applications will be due in early March. To register your child for NLQGHUJDUWHQ YLVLW WKH RIÂżFH at the individual school he or she will attend. If you are unsure which school you are assigned to, call our Transportation Department at 425-413-3220. A lottery to select students for the available all-day kindergarten seats will take place in March and parents ZLOO EH QRWLÂżHG E\ $SULO If you know a family with a student who will be in kindergarten next school year, please share this information.

Sustainability saves energy, dollars Through the collaborative efforts of individual school Green Teams, the district’s Sustainability Committee, staff members and the district’s energy consultant McKinstry, Tahoma is in its eighth straight month of positive energy savings. In the month of October, the district saved $2,095, which is equivalent to 17 metric tons of carbon. For September, the savings was $3,842. To check out the data for yourself, visit www. peoplepowerplanet.com and then search “Tahoma School District.�

Preschool resource fair set for Jan. 28 The Maple Valley area preschool resource fair will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center. Representatives from multiple area preschools will be at the fair.

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Struggling students Ă€QG WXWRULQJ KHOS IURP ROGHU SHHUV When a student is struggling with a concept or skill, sometimes the best teacher can be another student. That’s the idea behind a new peer tutoring program at both Tahoma Middle School and Cedar River Middle School, partnering high school volunteers with students to help them in math, reading, organization and other subjects. Staff at each school unknowingly started similar programs independently this fall, then discovered they had parallel goals and joined forces. “Parents really appreciate the extra support that their students are getting,â€? said Lara Lindersmith, a district instructional coach who organized the program at CRMS. “At Cedar River, we wanted to provide extra support for sixthand seventh-graders who are in the Reading Assistance Program. Since these students get extra reading instruction during ‘Go Time’ (the last period of the day), they aren’t able to use that time to work on their homework and get help from their teachers.â€? Tutors help those students by supporting them on homework

and staying organized and on top of assignments. Students who stay after school on Wednesdays are also able to get one-on-one help with reading, Lindersmith added. The high school students volunteer between one and three days per week, and can earn community service hours for their senior requirements. More high school volunteers are needed, as there aren’t enough currently and several have had to stop tutoring due to other commitments and changing class loads. No experience in tutoring is necessary, and a one-day training will help get new volunteers up to speed on the expectations, rules, and other basics. At TMS, the idea was spurred by Student Support Coordinator Lindsay Richter thinking about the different ways students learn, and the fact that a peer tutor might explain concepts using methods that strike a chord with younger students. “It helps provide another opportunity that’s non-threatening and doesn’t take time out of their school day,� Richter noted.

Tahoma Middle School student Jillian Bumstead, at right, works on math homework after school with one of the tutors in the new program, 10th-grader Kinnera Inman. Those teens who have volun- teaching degree, possibly at the teered so far have had a variety University of Washington. “I just enjoy helping others and of reasons and reactions. Senior Steven Pettengill said he making sure that they ‘get it.’ originally signed up simply to When I was younger, I didn’t almeet the 10-hour requirement for ways have someone to ask,� she his senior project, but continued said. Last year she helped tutor at the elementary level, but really beyond that requirement. “I liked helping kids succeed. likes working with the middle It’s neat to see that,� Pettengill school students. “I prefer the oldsaid. “It’s really rewarding to er ages -- it’s a lot more focused on one-on-one help.� see when their grades go up.� Transportation is available for At the younger end of the spectrum, THS 10th-grader Kinnera high school students who would Inman said that she started tu- like to help but don’t drive yet. toring because she likes it, and They may take an activity bus, also because it’ll help establish and can even take the activity bus a longer timeline of community home afterward. Any interested service for her college applica- volunteers may contact Lindertions one day. Inman is consid- smith at llinders@tahomasd.us or ering going to college to earn a Richter at lrichter@tahomasd.us

PTA/PTO groups face volunteer shortage in key positions

Even though the school year is less than half over, parent-teacher organizations are already seeking volunteers to fill vital positions on their boards for the 2016-17 school year. “Without these positions, the PTO can’t operate,� said Jami Gallegos, co-president of the Rock Creek Elementary group this year. If the PTO doesn’t function, students and staff will

lose access to vital programs and funding, Gallegos added. All of the PTA/PTO organizations need leaders as well as other volunteers to help out with the many services provided in support of students, families and teachers. If you think you might be interested but are worried about your lack of experience, current board members are happy to

train volunteers. And, if you’d like to know just how much time a certain position requires, ask for an estimate, as some positions are less demanding than others. For information about any of the positions or groups, visit their individual Facebook pages. Or, click here for links to all Tahoma parent-teacher group websites: http://goo.gl/vFCtRi

Students vote to adopt new logo for Tahoma High Tahoma High School has seen a lot of bears come and go over the years; bear mascot logos, that is. The school used a variety of graphic images to represent its Bear mascot. Its color scheme has also varied a bit because blue and gold come in many different shades. Now, the school will have one Bear logo and one set of blue and gold colors. Students in grades 6-12 voted recently on several new bear logo designs, which will be phased in over the next two years as the school prepares to move into the new high school that is under construction in Maple Valley. The logo that was chosen comes from California designer Mondo Rosales, who submitted a design through Designcrowd.com, a web-based marketplace for

creative designs and ideas. Locally produced designs were also considered, but students liked Rosales’ work best. The guidelines for creation of the new design were established by a 20-person com-

mittee that has been working on rebranding the high school. The committee includes 15 staff members, four high school students and one community representative. The committee outlined its design ideas, then publicized the request for designs in district communications and also launched a contest on Designcrowd.com. It received more than 50 design ideas and narrowed them to VHYHQ ¿QDOLVWV 6WXGHQWV WKHQ VHOHFWHG WKH winning design. Some small adjustments will likely be made to the logo and to clearly identify the right shades of blue and gold for the school’s colors. Those changes should ocFXU VRRQ DQG D ¿QDO YHUVLRQ RI WKH ORJR DQG colors will be adopted.

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