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Summit Olympus Student To Serve As Senator O’Ban Page
Katie Wilton (right) will be a Senate page this year. Katie Wilton, a founding student at Summit Olympus, will serve as a page for Washington state Senator Steve O’Ban for a week in Olympia at the end of the month. Being selected as a page is an...
Summit Sierra Parent Responds to Sen. Hasegawa’s Remarks
By Natalie Hester Listening to Senator Bob Hasegawa’s comments last week during the floor debate for Senate Bill 6194, I felt disrespected and underestimated. When he said, “This might not be the most politically correct thing to say, but I get...
A Parent’s Letter to Senator Hasegawa: Please Listen
I am a public school parent from Seattle, Washington. My teenage son Miles is enrolled in Rainier Prep, a public charter middle school in South King County. Since doors opened last fall, I’ve watched Miles learn to love school. Since the state...
WA Charters Shows Support For Schools Following Yesterday’s State Supreme Court Mandate
Yesterday, the State Supreme Court passed down its official mandate, and while we wait for the King County Superior Court to issue its final order, our nine schools are moving forward quickly with temporary stopgap measures that will enable schools...
400+ Students and Parents Held Day of Action in Olympia, Calling on Legislators to “Keep Our Public Schools Open”
With court ruling threatening to put more than 1,100 out of their public schools, group asks state representatives to "fix this mess" Olympia— Yesterday, as the Washington State Supreme Court...
Parent Perspective: A Summit Parent’s Letter to the Editor
The following letter appeared in the Northwest Asian Weekly on November 6, 2015 After the recent Washington Supreme Court ruling that said public charter schools were unconstitutional, my family was devastated. Thank you to the bipartisan group of...
Parent Perspective: Making A Non-Political Case For Charter Schools
By Linda Sikora The issue of charter schools is our state’s newest political hotbed – if you’re “for” charters, you must be Republican and anti-teacher/anti-union, and if you’re “for” public schools, well then of course you’re Democrat and most...
Parent Perspective: For the first time, my son is thriving at school
By Deanne Hilburn My son Austin is a sixth grader at Excel Public Charter School in Kent, Washington. We chose Excel because we needed an option for our son that would allow him to thrive in his academic environment. Last school year, Austin was...
Washington State legislators from both sides of the aisle urge state Supreme Court to reconsider public charter school ruling
Ruling infringes on legislative role, harms low-income students and threatens to close nine local schools | Clibborn, Magendanz, Pettigrew, Smith, Springer, Braun, Fain, Hobbs, Litzow, and Mullet step up for WA students Seattle— Today, Philip...