Lake Washington School Board meetings stream online
January 31, 2009
New Jan. 31 2:00 p.m.
Forget driving to Redmond for school board meetings. The Lake Washington School District now streams its board meetings through a live video feed on its Web site.
The district debuted the multimedia feature during its Jan. 26 meeting and will be archiving the full video and audio files from each meeting on the district Web site, said Kathryn Reith, the district’s director of communications. Read more
Rachel Carson elementary celebrates Chinese New Year
January 30, 2009
New Jan. 30 10:21 a.m.
Students, teachers and parents lined the hallways of Rachel Carson Elementary Jan. 28 to celebrate the Chinese New Year. They were anticipating the emergence of a fiery dragon from the first-grade wing. Some adults held their cameras poised as children sat cross-legged on the floor and waited for their friends and siblings to parade in front of them.
Rachel Carson Elementary first grader Jake Oveson took the lead as the dragon’s head in the school’s first Chinese New Year parade Jan. 28. Photo by Christopher Huber
New elementary school permits are under way
January 29, 2009
New Jan. 29 1:01 p.m.
Issaquah School District officials have submitted building permits to the city of Sammamish for the new school building, temporarily called Elementary 15.
School officials still hope to break ground and begin work on the site, on Southeast 16th Street in the Crossings neighborhood at Pine Lake, this spring. Read more
Pine Lake Hoe Down
January 28, 2009
Pine Lake Middle School students enjoyed their annual night of dancing at the Hoe Down.
Hoax
January 26, 2009
Klahanie girl not abducted
A 10-year-old Endeavor Elementary School girl, who told authorities she was kidnapped from in front of her Klahanie home Jan. 19, admitted to police Jan. 24 that she lied.
Viaduct in Seattle could add buses in Sammamish
January 26, 2009
Car tax hike could help pay for transit on Eastside
Believe or not, Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct project might end up giving Sammamish more bus service. Read more
Parkway project should curb pollution into lake
January 26, 2009
Officials hope to avoid a repeat of the algae bloom in 1997. Contributed.
Next month, the mechanical noise of roadwork will bellow along a half-mile strip of East Lake Sammamish Parkway, introducing new pavement and sidewalk.
Normally, that kind of road construction causes extra pollution in runoff, affecting nearby tributaries and lakes.
But the parkway project will actually curb pollution flowing into the lake, according to Sammamish’s Senior Transportation Program Engineer Jeff Brauns. Read more
Teach children to stay safe
January 26, 2009
While an alleged child abduction Jan. 19 turned out to be a hoax, school district officials said child abductions do happen, and it’s best to cautious around strangers.
Sammamish Forum
January 26, 2009
Planning Commission uses faulty logic
Erica Tiliacos’ claim about 10 percent impervious surface being ideal makes the Planning Commission’s proposed reductions to 30 percent and 40 percent sound generous. Read more
Review editorial
January 26, 2009
Council office hours are a great idea
We are generally optimistic that the City Council is considering holding office hours to give citizens some time to come visit one on one. Read more
