Schwab hired as assistant superintendent for ESD
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Education, News, School News
Principal Greg Schwab has been selected to serve as an assistant superintendent starting next school year for the Edmonds School District (ESD). The position will go into effect July 1, for the 2017-2018 school year. ESD Superintendent Kris McDuffy made the announcement earlier today. "Gr...
Schwab selected as finalist for ESD assistant superintendent position
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 25, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News
Principal Greg Schwab was announced earlier today as a finalist for the position as assistant superintendent for Secondary Schools in Edmonds School District (ESD). The assistant superintendent oversees all principals and other administrators working in ESD middle and high schools, along with othe...
Text messages added to district-wide communication
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 19, 2017
Filed under News, School News
Edmonds School District will be adding a text message feature to their communication system, as posted on their website earlier today. Text messages will be sent to family members who sign up. The messages are optional and phone numbers must be in Skyward for anyone to receive them. According to th...
New template, changes to ESD-provided websites
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
February 2, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News
A new layout has taken to Edmonds School District (ESD) related websites, with different navigation setups and a more responsive system. The website launched Friday, Jan 27 and the last website that was turned on was the ESD official website on Tuesday, Jan 31. The content management system Schoolwires...
ESD considers putting end to laptop surplus program
By Marianne Nacanaynay, Hawkeye staff
December 4, 2015
Filed under News, School News
Put into effect by the Foundation for Edmonds School District (FESD), the laptop surplus program, is on the brink of being discontinued. Currently, the program works to distribute old and extra laptops used by the district to low-income families for free. “For whatever reason, I think this program...
Police find no explosive devices following two bomb threats
By Nick Fiorillo, Stephi Smith, and Paxtyn Merten
December 4, 2014
Filed under Featured Stories, News
Police found no explosive devices after two bomb threats caused an evacuation of MTHS earlier this afternoon. Scheduled events for tonight will go on as planned, and school will take place as planned tomorrow, according to Assistant Principal Peter Schurke. The attendance office received two calls...
Election results show ESD Propositions 1, 2 passing
February 12, 2014
Filed under News, recent, School News
Updated: Feb. 12, 6:45 p.m. As the early vote count has been updated by the Snohomish County Auditor's office, Edmonds School District Propositions 1 and 2 are currently at passing levels. Proposition 1, a vote to continue taxpayer funding for the current levy, is passing with 64.36 percent of...
Annual Celebrate Schools 5K brings in nearly $40,000 for ESD schools
October 6, 2013
Filed under Featured Stories, The425
Over 700 people participated in the Celebrate Schools 5K Fun Run on Oct. 5, raising $40,000 for the Edmonds School District. Of the 33 schools in the district, 31 were being represented by runners. With the largest turnout in the event's history, event coordinators ran out of event t-shirts. “...
Edmonds School District recognized by NAMM four years in a row
By Erick Yanzon
May 1, 2012
Filed under A&E
In all, 166 school districts and 10 schools out of 237 communities that submitted surveys were recognized. Edmonds School District is in its fourth year in a row that has been recognized, and it is the only Washington state school district on the list. The NAMM Foundation is a non-profit organi...
Bus cuts
By Megan Resler
September 9, 2009
Filed under News, School News
Starting in September 2009 the Edmonds School District will no longer be providing transportation to students who live within a 1-miles radius of their respective schools. This change, inspired by the $11.5 million worth of reductions the District was forced to make this August, cut $500,000 from t...
$100K slashed from building budget
By Megan Resler
September 9, 2009
Filed under News, School News
Due to the financial downwards spiral Washington has recently taken, the Edmonds School District was forced to cut $11.5 million from its overall budget over the summer. In order to keep cuts from affecting students directly, each school has had to decrease their annual expenditures by 66 percent- from ...