On July 28, Seattle City Council passed a new bill which contains two main components: consumers will no longer get grocery bags for free, and businesses will no longer be permitted to use or sell foam containers. Drafted and presented by Council President Richard Conlin, this bill mimics a similar law passed in Ireland that [...]
Last summer, custodian Jim “Animal” Pecotte was re-assigned to work at the Edmonds School District 15’s office. Students petitioned to return him to his position at Terrace, but were unsuccessful. Marketing technical education teacher Trinity Merriwood was scheduled to ship off to Iraq as a soldier in early October. She was aware of the possibility [...]
In previous years, schools throughout Edmonds School District 15 (ESD), have provided an after-school activities/athletics bus. It was transportation for people with extra-curricular involvement and went through a broad range of stops to comply with everyone’s needs. Due to this year’s budget cuts, however, no school in district has the bus. The idea to discontinue [...]
It was just another fire drill that would be over in a few minutes – or so students thought. At around 1:35 p.m. on Oct. 1, students heard the blaring sirens, which was unusual for an ordinary drill. There’ve been two drills in the past month, which could’ve been deceiving to students that there wasn’t [...]
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