Stuart Jenner

The Des Moines Memorial Drive Preservation Association hosted their Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Sunnydale School site in beautiful weather with a crowd of 80 attendees and participants. Highlights included music by the Cascadia Brass Ensemble, singing of the National Anthem by Kate Bysheim, and comments by American Legion

By Stuart Jenner If you missed the first installment from yesterday, read Highline's 'iReady' Data Spells Big Challenges for Literacy -Pt.1 Understanding the Districts' "Growth" Metric  The Strategic Plan Dashboard metrics show Highline did not meet its goals for growth in either

An In-depth Look at the Gathered-Data Used to Drive the Districts' Strategic Plan for English by Stuart Jenner Last fall, I had a memorable conversation with a 10th grade student taking Middle Year International Baccalaureate English at Mt. Rainier High School. I asked her what book she was reading.

After I wrote the story on the Levy and rising rates, I had conversations with some people who still were confused about property taxes. They had the impression that the rise in taxes was driven only by increases in assessed value. This is not correct in the case of school

What is the Highline School District Levy? Is it a Renewal? Is it an Increase?  The answer: both! The Highline School District’s 2027-30 operations levy on the Nov 4th ballot is both a renewal and an increase. It is a renewal of the previous levy that is expiring, but

In an unusual format, seven candidates for Port Commission and 33rd district legislative seats appeared all at the same time in a candidate forum sponsored by the SeaTac Airport Community Coalition for Justice (STACC4J) . We wrote about the forum in an earlier post, including a link to the forum information

On October 14, 2025, the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Seattle King County hosted two candidate forums at the Wesley retirement community in Des Moines. This story is about the 33rd district legislative seats, with candidates Edwin Obras and Kevin Schilling. (The other forum was for Des Moines city

On Wednesday Oct 22 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, the activist group SeaTac Airport Community Coalition for Justice is holding a candidate forum in downtown Burien and on Zoom. Registrants will learn the exact location, so please register ahead of time.  Current Port of Seattle commissioners Ryan