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VOL. 18, NO. 3
MIRROR
F E D E R A L WAY
DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
OPINION | Editor’s Note: Farewell, Federal Way [4] Roegner: 2016 Legislature, politics over policy [4] BUSINESS | Sound Vascular and Vein enters tattoo removal market [12] POLICE | Man brandishes weapon at family member [20]
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CALENDAR | Teacher’s Tea and Social Jan. 19 [26]
Superintendent Tammy Campbell delivers 100-day summary report Data from Campbell’s 100day entry plan will pave the way for strategic planning BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com
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he superintendent’s 100 days are up. After completing her 100-day entry plan, not-so-new-anymore Superintendent Tammy Campbell presented her summary report to the Federal Way Public Schools Board of Directors at a board meeting on Tuesday. Campbell embarked on her pre-entry plan well before she officially took her seat on July 1, which included visiting schools
and meeting board members read the research, that the most among other tasks. important thing in the overall At the meeting, Campbell sumhealth of the district to mobilize marized how she completed the and actually act on its goal is that five goals set forth in her entry partnership between the board and plan, which included: 1. develop superintendent and how key it is,” a board-superintendent relationCampbell said. “We’ve invested ship, 2. gain a deeper understandTammy Campbell that time and continue to do so.” ing of organizational strengths, 3. To gain a deeper understanding strengthen family and community of the district’s strengths, she visitengagement, 4. promote a positive, coled 39 schools, spending two hours at each, laborative constructive climate, and 5. and met with every principal and office identify critical issues and challenges. leader in a one-on-one encounter. She met Campbell and the school board spent with high school students who dropped seven days attending retreats to enhance out or were in danger of dropping out and their skills. even rode a school bus on its route. “In fact, this Saturday, we’re due up for Engaging in the community and with another six hours of learning and training families led Campbell to do a ride along together because what we know, when we with Police Chief Andy Hwang.
“I’ll tell you, that partnership has really been helpful,” she said. “For example, he’s been really helpful to help us continue to train our own security officers and he’s got some ideas on how we can continue to partner as a city and a school district.” The district also secured a grant for parent involvement. “One of the most exciting things that has come out of this work is our Deep Dive 3 success,” Campbell said. “Federal Way procured the Deep Dive 3 event where w’ere going to be working with five of our schools to train parents, leaders who are bilingual to be leaders of a parent academy for other parents and to train parents on what they want to know to be successful in helping their students be [ more REPORT page 18 ]
Supporters create petition to keep Camp Kilworth open for Scouts BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com
More than 360 concerned parents, scout leaders and members of the scouting community have signed a petition to keep Federal Way-based Camp Kilworth open after the Pacific Harbors Council of Boy Scouts of America announced its closure last month. Camp Kilworth is one of four camps and one center that will close for financial reasons due to declining membership and use, according to Scout Executive Ralph Voelker. But supporters say the camp’s closure will do more harm than good. Dane Bergman, a Federal Way resident who was on the property committee for Camp Kilworth and was a program director for Cub Scouts for about four years, said closing the camp will just contribute to the already declining membership. “If you don’t have a camp, numbers will go down,” Bergman said. “For
Cub Scouts at Camp Kilworth in July 2015. Contributed photo a lot of parents in our area, they don’t have time to drive down there.” Bergman is referring to the one camp that will remain open – Camp Thunderbird on Summit Lake in Olympia. That camp is part of the Pacific Harbors Council’s vision of a “one camp plan.” Camp Kilworth served scouters in Federal Way, Tacoma, Edgewood, Milton and Fife, Bergman added. Bergman’s son is now in Boy Scouts Troop 361 but attended Camp Kilworth every summer for four years as a Cub Scout and continued to volunteer after he got older. “It’s right in the city, it’s conveniently located for
drop off and pick up but the 25 acres and forest makes you feel like you’re in the woods,” Bergman said, adding the view of Puget Sound and wildlife, coupled with the fire bowl ceremonies and Rotary Lodge, are elements that make this camp special. However, Voelker said Camp Kilworth isn’t as centrally located as many of the petitioners believe it to be. “[The petition] says they would have to drive twoand-a-half hours to another camp,” Voelker said. “That’s not true. We have two scheduled in Gig Harbor and Tacoma … Camp [ more PETITION page 18 ]
Kiwanis Key Club
The Kiwanis Key Club Division 33 elected Rheanna Borromeo from Federal Way High School as the new Lt. Gov. Jan. 9. Photos courtesy of Bruce Honda