Submitted by Richard Mercier. Thank you, voters, for propelling Whitney Holz through the primaries and on to the General election. There is never a wrong time to do the right thing and now is the time to do the right thing and elect Whitney Holz to the University Place School Board. She believes, as I […]
Letters
Letter: Change Needed in University Place School District
Submitted by William Hodge, Sr., University Place. As a retiree with considerable experiences in working with various governmental and educational boards, I have watched with interest the current race for the University Place School Board Position Number 1 position, and offer the following for University Place voters’ consideration: It is important to note that both […]
Letter: Lakes High School Cross Country Invitational Canceled With Two Days Notice
Submitted by Cara Wells. Ron Banner, assistant superintendent at the Clover Park School District walked into a meeting 30 minutes late on Thursday, September 16. The meeting was regarding the Lakes Cross County team’s annual Fort Steilacoom Invite hosted and held the following Saturday Sept. 18 at Fort Steilacoom Park. He quickly declared the meet […]
Letter: The New Normal
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. For the last several months, when I take my usual route to the grocery store, I pass a makeshift memorial for someone who was murdered with a firearm; and I’m seeing these sad markers more frequently. Thinking about this, it occurred to me that over time our civic life has been […]
Letter: CPSD Board Member vs. Superintendent
Monday, I attended the Clover Park School Board Meeting for the controversial vote on Diversity & Equity. There were a great number of community comments, which were overwhelmingly weighted with input from current and past educators. Not surprisingly, the measure passed with a 4-1 vote. After the meeting I attempted to speak with board member […]
Letter: Fair treatment for children learning to play football
Submitted by Evelyn Twomey. Wondering if I am the only one who feels this way about children sports… My 9 year old great grandson, signed up for football this year on the Parkland, Spanaway team. He loves football, and loves to play, and wants to learn to be a good player. So, two weeks ago […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board: Leading from behind with predictable results
Submitted by John Arbeeny. I just finished reviewing 123 Clover Park School Board minutes from 2016 through 2021. My conclusions are based upon what typically appears to be condensed minutes which do not have a lot of detail. On significant issues, such as school reports, equity, accountability, etc. the communication appears primarily in one direction, […]
Letter: Whether The Community Or The Classroom, Revitalization Is The Same
When my first grandson was in first grade at Tillicum Elementary School, his father and I walked into that classroom – with the permission of then Principal Taj Jensen – and asked how many would like to play baseball. Every hand that went up belonged to a child who was then on the team. That […]
Letter: CPSD – Office365
I recently read a Suburban Times letter from a Candyce Hernandez. It’s about an email she sent to CPSD which was quarantined and sent to a spam folder. I read the response she posted which she stated came from Superintendent Banner which explained… since CPSD was hacked they are now using Office365 and the software […]