After years of discussion, debate and decision-making by district officials, the issue is now before the voters: Will the Island endorse Vashon Island School District’s request for $75.5 million to restore and rebuild a high school many say is in desperate need of a makeover? Or will Vashon voters, known for their historically strong support of public education, send the district a different message, asking officials to repackage their proposal and come back with something that costs less?
The Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, with help from County Councilman Dow Constantine’s office, plans to survey Vashon’s registered voters to determine if Islanders would like the library to remain at Ober Park or move to the proposed K2 Commons.
The Vashon school board has selected six candidates with extensive experience in school district administration as semifinalists in its search for a new superintendent for the Island’s 1,500-student district.
When Islanders rallied with government officials and residents of other waterfront communities in Olympia last Wednesday, they brought a unified message to state lawmakers: Washington State Ferries need help.
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More than 100 people, most of them Vashon Islanders, descended on the State Capitol Wednesday morning to make some noise about the state ferry system.
Residents of various ferry-served communities turned out to hear legislators, activists, businesspeople and community organizers speak.
In a spirited debate last Wednesday over Vashon Island School District’s bond measure, Bob Hennessey contended that the seven-building high school is crowded, substandard and horribly inefficient while Hilary Emmer countered that the district’s proposal amounts to “run-away spending.”
Park officials passed a resolution Feb. 10 stating unequivocally that they want the library to stay put.
Nearly 30 administrators in public education — including superintendents, assistant superintendents and principals from around the region — say they’d like to leave their current posts to helm Vashon’s 1,500-student school district.
A payday loan and pawn shop that will also sell luxury tobacco and snuff is slated to open March 1 at the former site of the 070 Gallery, according to a news release issued last month.
The vision of a small group of people concerned about the future of Washington’s ferries is beginning to come into focus in the form of “Plan C,” an alternative to the long-range proposals put forth by Washington State Ferries. Its preliminary draft was released Monday.
On Feb. 10, the Vashon Park District board unanimously threw its support behind the Island’s upcoming school bond proposal.
The average Vashon property owner will see his or her property taxes increase by nearly 4 percent this year, from an average tax bill of $4,166 to an average bill of $4,328, according to the King County Assessor’s Office.