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A Rainier Prep Parent’s Perspective: Our Community Needs More High-Quality Choices, Not Less
Theo quan điểm của một người mẹ tại Rainier Prep: Cộng đồng của chúng ta cần thiết nhiều lựa chọn trường công lập chất lượng cao, không ít hơn Hanh-Tam Thi Nguyen As a mother of two boys and a longtime resident of Burien, it’s important to me that our...
An Educator’s Open Letter to Legislators: Please Save Public Charter Schools
Dear Legislators: I am a Washington resident and an educator with a graduate degree in education from Stanford University who has worked in district, charter, and international schools. I am a lifelong Democrat who cares deeply about public education. I find the...
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 honor that hundreds of...
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 Supreme Court issued a...
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 announced its refusal reconsider its unfair...
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 elected officials –...
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 assuredly can’t support...
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 becoming increasingly...