Snoqualmie Valley School District issued cuts to nine teachers May 13. The district’s expenditure reduction plan, a blueprint for the 2009-2010 budget, required that the district shave 19.5 certified teachers, but attrition lowered the number the district had to release. Of the nine teachers, two of them were part-time. The district would not say how…
Month: May 2009
Suburban Cities Association stays neutral on I-90 tolling
To toll or not to toll? That was one of the questions facing the Washington State Legislature that was not answered when it adjourned April 26. The Legislature approved a plan to toll the State Route 520 floating bridge over Lake Washington, but it avoided making a decision on tolling the Interstate 90 bridge. This…
Judge rules for banished tribe members
A federal-court judge ruled on April 30 that the Snoqualmie Tribe violated the right to due process of nine tribe members that it banished last year. “I’m very grateful for Judge Robart. He handled the issue very well for both Indian sovereignty and for individual Native American civil rights,” said Carolyn Lubenau, who was a…