The worries on Wall Street and "significant problems" in the municipal bond market may force the Kent School District to postpone a sale of $25 million in school bonds, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 22.
The Kent School District Board of Directors is looking for a superintendent who first and foremost has the leadership skills for the challenges of an ethnically and culturally diverse community.
That was the outcome of a meeting this past week to finalize the list of 10 characteristics that will be used to search for a replacement to Superintendent Barbara Grohe, who is retiring at the end of this school year.
Ty Leeper and Fernando Quevedo have only been playing their instruments for two years (Leeper even less as he switched to sax from clarinet), but the pair are ready to make their professional debut Saturday at Kona Kai Koffee Company in downtown Kent.
The Kent School District Board of Directors will conduct a presentation and public hearing tonight regarding the district's performance review audit.The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. during the Board's regular meeting at the Administration Center, 12033 S.E. 256th St.
A performance audit of the 10 largest school districts in the state made four best-practice recommendations to the Kent School Disrict, but did not offer any cost savings to the district.
From the outside, it looks like any other warehouse in Kent's industrial area, north of downtown (well, except for the climbing walls and train caboose out back).
But inside, the shelves are stocked with colorful bags, filled with giant inflatable toys and labeled like a kid's dream.
At the kick-off assembly for the new green schools program at Martin Sortun Elementary, the kids were excited to show off what they had learned.
As the trained pairs of students set to monitor the new three can system of garbage, recyclables and compost took their places behind their respective garbage collection points in the school’s multi-purpose room, education assistant Scott Meyer tested the rest of the student body about what they learned in preparation for Tuesday’s launch event.
The State of Washington Thursday shut down the region's only fish pedicure procedure after determining it did not meet state codes requiring all pedicure implements to be sanitized or disposed of after use.
The State of Washington Thursday shut down the region's only fish pedicure procedure after determining it did not meet state codes requiring all pedicure implements to be sanitized or disposed of after use.
Fifty Kentridge High School students were suspended this week in the aftermath of a Sept. 25 fight off campus between two students.
With 2,300 ethnically and culturally diverse students and dozens of administrators and staff, Kentridge High School has a larger population than some towns.
“It’s like a mini-city here,” says Dave Fowler, the school’s security officer.
After having cut $2.6 million from its operating budget for the 2008-2009 school year, the Kent School District is facing further cuts in the future as expenditures continue to outstrip revenues and the district’s fund balance continues to shrink.
After more than 100 years in business and as part of the local landscape, Washington Mutual filed for bankruptcy Sept. 25 and was acquired for $1.9 billion last week by JPMorgan Chase.
Wednesday was a big day at Mill Creek Middle School in Kent, with every student in the school getting a new laptop computer as part of the kent School District's One-to-One program.
There’s something fishy going on down at the Peridot Nail Salon.
Inspired by a report on NBC’s “Today” show she saw several months ago, Peridot owner Tuyet “Tweety” Bui has imported to Washington the newest fad in the health and beauty industry: Fish pedicures.
Members of the Kent Community will have their opportunity to weigh in on exactly what kind of superintendent they want in charge of their school district during a series of meetings Oct. 1 and 2 in locales around the school district.
Art students at Kentwood High School this past week were hard at work putting their thoughts about peace onto small pinwheels, which were displayed Sept. 21 as part of International Peace Day.
Students at Neely-O’Brien Elementary School had an out-of-this-world experience Wednesday when NASA Astronaut Vance Brand visited to talk about his time in space.
There's never a lack of activity at an elementary school, but the morning of Sept. 12, the first and second grade pod of Daniel Elementary was particularly buzzing.
After a year of construction and nearly a year of sitting unused, the Rite Aid at the corner of Meeker Street and Washington Avenue finally opened Sept. 11.
