Weigh in: Elementary school boundary survey
March 4, 2010
NEW — 1:53 p.m. March 4, 2010
As Snoqualmie Valley School District administrators prepare to do an elementary school boundary review for the 2010-11 school year, they are asking the public for feedback through an online survey.
To learn more about the boundary review, visit www.svsd410.org and select “Elementary Attendance Boundary Study.”
The survey will be open until 8 p.m. March 5.
Snoqualmie Valley schools face dire budget cuts
March 3, 2010
NEW — 1:55 p.m. March 3, 2010
The Snoqualmie Valley School District is facing a difficult fiscal year and in a worst case scenario, would have to lay off up to 26 teachers, business director Ron Ellis said at the Feb. 25 school board meeting.
Fewer middle school students join clubs and sports teams
February 24, 2010
Schools’ new ‘pay to participate’ program could explain drop
NEW — 6:00 a.m. Feb. 24, 2010
After Snoqualmie Valley School district instated a pay to participate middle school program this year, the district saw a drop in student participation in both sports and clubs.
Snoqualmie Valley elementary schools will undergo boundary review
February 18, 2010
NEW — 10:54 a.m. Feb. 18, 2010
Out of Snoqualmie Valley’s five elementary schools, two are growing at an alarming pace. The other three, Fall City Elementary School, North Bend Elementary School and Opstad Elementary School, are losing students.
Snoqualmie Valley school levies continue to gain ground
February 11, 2010
UPDATED — 4:36 p.m. Feb. 11, 2010
According to unofficial results posted on the King County Elections Web site, Snoqualmie Valley School District’s two levies on the Feb. 9 special election ballot are both passing with 60 percent of votes counted. A levy that would protect King County Library System’s budget from substantial cuts through 2011 picked up some ground and is passing with a thin margin. 
Wildcat Court opens at Mount Si High School
February 10, 2010
Sunlight catches a Mount Si student during lunch in the high school’s new Wildcat Court, which opened Feb. 8. The airy space provides a common area for students, two storefronts for student groups and a view of the school’s rocky namesake. (Photo by Laura Geggel)
NEW — 2:37 p.m. Feb. 10, 2010
Mount Si High School students celebrated the opening of the Wildcat Court by filling the sunlit room with lunches and chatter Feb. 8.
School district misrepresented the technology levy
February 5, 2010
By Paul Houldridge
So how’s the recession working out for you? It’s not going so well for me and I know of many others in our community who are struggling as well. There are folks right here in the valley that have lost jobs or have had their pay reduced. House values in our area have dropped more than 25 percent in the last 2 years. Read more
District defends tech levy
January 27, 2010
NEW — 2:34 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010
Some Snoqualmie Valley voters are questioning the school district’s decision to run a $9.9 million technology levy, calling it a pay raise for teachers. Read more
School levy requests—both deserve yes votes
January 27, 2010
NEW — 2:22 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010
Snoqualmie Valley School District is asking for voters to approve two levy propositions — a maintenance and operations levy and a technology levy. Voters should vote yes for both levies and return their ballots by Feb. 9 Read more
School levies evolved to become vital to funding
January 20, 2010
NEW — 5:59 a.m. Jan. 20, 2010
The year was 1977 when Washington’s school levies underwent a transformation.
Until that year, school district maintenance-and-operation levies made up as much as 30 percent of some districts’ general funds. Read more
