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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 honor that hundreds of...
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 offended when people...
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 stay open and...
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 Talmadge, former...
Summit Public Schools Washington: Board of Directors’ open letter to the state Supreme Court
As the members of the board of directors of Summit Public Schools in the State of Washington, we were of course highly disappointed by your 6-3 decision last month to shut down Washington charter schools. By going against the will of the voters in our state and...
Parents, Community Members and Policy Makers Celebrate Seattle’s First Public Charter High School
Before an energetic crowd on Wednesday, Summit Sierra ninth graders, parents and educators talked about the first month of school, the community they have built and their disappointment over the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the state charter law is...
State Supreme Court Grants Extension to File Motion for Reconsideration to October 23
Last Friday, the State Supreme Court granted a request by the Washington State Charter Schools Association (WA Charters) to extend the deadline to file a Motion for Reconsideration to October 23. This additional time gives WA Charters and our member public charter...
Letter from State Superintendent Randy Dorn to Charter School Parents
Today, Randy Dorn, Superintendent of Public Instruction, sent the following letter to public charter school parents across the state—reassuring them that the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is committed to ensuring that there will not be a...