http://snovalleystar.com/2008/07/09/broadhurst-wants-out-of-district Website for the SnoValley Star Newspaper Mon, 21 May 2012 20:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://snovalleystar.com/2008/07/09/broadhurst-wants-out-of-district/comment-page-1#comment-541 Blythe Manson Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:00:48 +0000 http://snovalleystar.com/?p=757#comment-541 A clarification regarding Kristy Sullivan's comment that they don't want to lose all of their students to Lake Washington. According to the petition process the neighborhood/areas wanting a transfer, must be contingent to both districts. In other words, they must be bordering both districts as Broadhurst does. Thus, with that requirement, there is only one other neighborhood in the Snoqualmie Valley district that borders with Lake Washington. A clarification regarding Kristy Sullivan’s comment that they don’t want to lose all of their students to Lake Washington. According to the petition process the neighborhood/areas wanting a transfer, must be contingent to both districts. In other words, they must be bordering both districts as Broadhurst does. Thus, with that requirement, there is only one other neighborhood in the Snoqualmie Valley district that borders with Lake Washington.

]]> http://snovalleystar.com/2008/07/09/broadhurst-wants-out-of-district/comment-page-1#comment-536 Nils Lahr Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:33:06 +0000 http://snovalleystar.com/?p=757#comment-536 I'm not sure Broadhurst can be called 'rural' when only 10 minutes from downtown Redmond. Perhaps it was in 1944. Additionally our understanding of kids has advanced in the last few decades for us to be ashamed of bussing kids up to two hours every day (1.5 on the best of days, but there can be traffic) to get them to school which lasts for 5-6 hours. Besides the obvious health issues, kids are having to wake up at 6am to get ready for school. Additionally there is no way they can actively participate in after school activities, let along having the parents coming together to form a strong union around the school system. I can see why the Broadhurst taxes are desired for the Snoqualmie district but can they really justify negatively altering the lives of so few children for this income? It seems that the time has come to start adjusting some boundaries based on the reality that times have changed. For the kids safety and to show them we care about their social and mental development, this should be a no brainer. I’m not sure Broadhurst can be called ‘rural’ when only 10 minutes from downtown Redmond. Perhaps it was in 1944. Additionally our understanding of kids has advanced in the last few decades for us to be ashamed of bussing kids up to two hours every day (1.5 on the best of days, but there can be traffic) to get them to school which lasts for 5-6 hours. Besides the obvious health issues, kids are having to wake up at 6am to get ready for school. Additionally there is no way they can actively participate in after school activities, let along having the parents coming together to form a strong union around the school system. I can see why the Broadhurst taxes are desired for the Snoqualmie district but can they really justify negatively altering the lives of so few children for this income? It seems that the time has come to start adjusting some boundaries based on the reality that times have changed. For the kids safety and to show them we care about their social and mental development, this should be a no brainer.

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