tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post6164912862118677842..comments2024-03-17T00:28:09.854-07:00Comments on Redmond Neighborhood Blog: Lake Washington School District plans for growing enrollmentBob Yoderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17538345340147926309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post-88685115702342019202014-05-14T15:44:58.220-07:002014-05-14T15:44:58.220-07:00Ms. Reith - The $28 million in anticipated state f...Ms. Reith - The $28 million in anticipated state funding assistance was never released to the public until AFTER the elections. Bob Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538345340147926309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post-66718099617242710372014-05-12T18:01:13.993-07:002014-05-12T18:01:13.993-07:00Bob, you missed part of the sentence in the press ...Bob, you missed part of the sentence in the press release, which read: "A total of $40 million in unallocated funds is available from bonds sold from the 2006 measure as well as unspent state construction funding assistance." The $40 million is made up of $12 million unspent from the 2006 bond measure and $28 million in money received or anticipated from state construction funding assistance. The state system requires the district to provide full funding for any project, then reimburses districts after the fact.Kathryn Reithhttp://www.lwsd.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post-19249300635210166412014-05-08T18:56:13.661-07:002014-05-08T18:56:13.661-07:00Good question, Bob. I hope you will/have asked Dr...Good question, Bob. I hope you will/have asked Dr. Pierce and will post her response if she gives one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post-43811916834397732802014-05-08T10:58:55.924-07:002014-05-08T10:58:55.924-07:00I remember the district saying they would have $10...I remember the district saying they would have $10 Million left over from 2006 that could be allocated to the pool if the bond passed, BUT NOT $40 MILLION. Where did the additional $30 Million come from? Out of the blue? State funded construction?<br />The district needs to be transparent and they are not. Their lack of transparency comes back to bite them in elections!<br />Bob Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538345340147926309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485581331425169493.post-33847918344097592532014-05-07T06:02:54.985-07:002014-05-07T06:02:54.985-07:00Why the LWSD Bond Did Not Pass . . .
Why did onl...Why the LWSD Bond Did Not Pass . . . <br /><br />Why did only 20% of parents vote? It’s time for the LWSD and its school board to address why Kirkland has more school buildings with fewer kids enrolled at the elementary, middle and high school levels, yet it continues to want to spend more money there. Many parents could not in good conscience vote to rebuild Juanita High and add a new STEM school to Kirkland when the Redmond and Sammamish students are being treated like second class-citizens. It is time to begin the planning and immediate spending on these kids. <br /><br />Kirkland has 12 elementary schools averaging 400 enrolled students (Thoreau has only 280 students!) while Sammamish has only 5 elementary schools averaging 500 students and Redmond has only 10 elementary schools averaging 540 students (a 20% and 30% increase, respectively, over the Kirkland schools). I suspect Kirkland has smaller class sizes then the 30+ students in our overcrowded Sammamish and Redmond Elementary school classrooms. Kirkland has three small middle schools (with fewer than 600 enrolled students), Redmond Middle has 1,000 students, and Inglewood has over 1,100 students!. Kirkland has two high schools, each with under 1,500 students. <br /><br />Now ask how many Sammamish and Redmond kids are being educated in portables with poor ventilation and without running water or bathrooms? Evergreen Middle, Rockwell, Rosa Parks, Alcott, etc. – so many kids in so many portables! Why do the Redmond and Sammamish schools have to run two or three staggered lunches and recesses? Because there are too many students in these buildings. This is really unfair to these kids and the teachers and staff.<br /><br />The majority of the 4,000 students that the district speaks of are already here, in Redmond and Sammamish – look at the pregnant moms, toddlers, preschoolers –and not a single available classroom in these areas. Take the Juanita rebuild and the new STEM school off the bond, add 5 new elementary, a middle and even consider a high school for all the kids who are going to be coming through the pipeline–parents will stand behind the district and will vote YES!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com