Teachers change future plans
5/6/2008
Teachers in North Thurston Public Schools who received layoff notices last week are weighing their options and hoping for the best May 20, when voters will decide whether to approve a two-year, $48.9 million renewal maintenance and operations levy.
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Guest Column: Students' success begins in the belief system
6/30/2008An extraordinary thing happened last month in Granger, a small, impoverished town in the Yakima Valley where most adults and many children work in the fields cutting asparagus, picking cherries and sorting apples. More than 90 percent of the Class of 2008 -- almost all of whom are low-income -- graduated from high school on time. Another couple of students will be graduating this summer.
