Showing posts with label Gregoire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gregoire. Show all posts
May 23, 2011

budget deal within sight?

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Up until now, negotiations over worker's compensation were the major holdup in Washington state's budget wrangling. No more: A pa...
May 17, 2011

smoke 'em if you have the proper permit for 'em

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The Washington State Senate has passed a bill re-legalizing indoor smoking-- in select locations. The plan would permit up to 100 cigar l...
May 5, 2011

the context of the Olympia School District RIF

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As announced yesterday, the Olympia School District is planning to send RIF notices to the 48 least senior teachers in the district. To un...
Jan 11, 2010

a taxing session

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The Washington state legislature convened again today, facing a $2.6 billion shortfall that brought the entire usual cast of characters to t...
Nov 17, 2009

how bleak is it?

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Last night's Legislative Forum had a theme: the future is bleak. How bleak? Check out The Olympian 's article about Gregoire's ...
May 19, 2009

Gregoire rides the wish-horse of reform

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Today Governor Gregoire signed a galloping reform bill. The plan would create smaller classes, full-day kindergarten and a longer high scho...
May 10, 2009

what the legislature did--and didn't--accomplish

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The Tacoma News-Tribune's Joe Turner runs down the list of legislative feats from the 2009 session . Excerpted, some of the educational...
May 7, 2009

"What's the urgency?" asks Kessler; layoffs loom

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Lynn Kessler (D-Hoquiam) said something today for reasons I can't fathom. Asked about the now defunct special session , which would have...
May 6, 2009

North Thurston slashes budget; axes 36 FTEs

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The North Thurston School Board has voted to slash nearly $5 million from their budget. The lowlights: The cuts include eliminating about 3...
Apr 29, 2009

special session coming; 3,000 to 5,000 layoffs possible

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Governor Gregoire's going to call a special session to deal, among other things, with the prospect of massive education layoffs. Gov. ...
Apr 23, 2009

close to the worst case

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The Senate and House compromise budget is ready for debate in both houses. Should it pass, and be signed by Governor Gregoire... well, let...

Olympia School District RIF update: April 23

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Pre-RIF notices are heading out to the yet-unknown number of Olympia teachers, starting today. Via the District's communication team, i...
Apr 20, 2009

Olympia officially initiates the RIF process

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We'd been hearing about it for weeks, and even received an email from District higher-ups warning that it was about to happen. Still, t...
Mar 30, 2009

playing chicken in the legislature

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The budget details from the Senate are out, and if you're an educator, or anyone who cares about educational quality in Washington... be...
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Mar 21, 2009

math WASL: one and done?

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If Governor Gregoire signs HB 1562, students who fail the math WASL wouldn't have to keep taking it and taking it. Instead, they'd h...
Feb 9, 2009

save the Naturopathic Advisory Committee!

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Governor Gregoire wants to take a machete to the Advisory Boards that have cropped up, kudzu-like, all over the budget. The move, which th...
Feb 4, 2009

Gregoire borrows from the 5/17 playbook

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Governor Gregoire has to balance a budget with a $6 billion (or so) shortfall. What to do? There's an interactive budget calculator on...
Jan 27, 2009

Capital closed again; I miss most of the fun

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This morning, I went with a group of CHS teachers to observe at Bush Middle School in Tumwater. We braved the snow and ice to watch eighth-...
Jan 6, 2009

the budget crisis gets personal

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Governor Gregoire's 2009 budget proposal includes a six percent across-the-board cut at the community college level. Since last summer,...
Jan 5, 2009

Gregoire gone; announcement coming

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Local media are in a tizzy over Christine Gregoire's mysterious absence: Gov. Chris Gregoire is out of state, but her office won't s...