School Board President announces she will not seek re-election
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 20, 2017
Edmonds School District Board president Susan Phillips announced last week that she will not seek re-election next year. Phillips’s term expires in December 2017, after which a new School Board president will be decided upon. Between the end of her term and the announcement of a new president, a...
Theater to raise overtime wage for manager
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 14, 2017
The theater at MTHS will change its overtime rate for the theater manager from $27 an hour to anywhere between $30-32, according to Edmonds School District (ESD) Director of Facilities Brian Harding. The increase, Harding said, is due to the district learning they have not been paying employees enough for working b...
School Board proposes alternative to “Becca Bill,” discusses McCleary Decision
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
January 27, 2016
Earlier this evening, beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Edmonds School District (ESD) School Board elected the new School Board officers for 2016, discussed an alternative to lowering the amount of truant students and the recent McCleary case. The new ESD School Board President, Susan Phillips, Vice Preside...
School Board discusses new evaluation system for ESD teachers
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
October 27, 2015
During the Edmonds School District (ESD) board meeting held on Tuesday, October 27, Executive Director of Human Resources Debby Carter and Assessment, Research, Evaluation Program Director Candace Gratama reported to the ESD board members new evaluation standards set for teachers. Carter and Gratama...
Crumb rubber field approved despite protests from community members
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
May 14, 2015
Two months after the idea was proposed, the Edmonds School District (ESD) school board voted on whether or not to incorporate crumb rubber turf field, an artificial turf made from recycled tires, into the Edmonds Heights (EH) fields. The vote was finalized to install crumb rubber turf in the new EH school...