| SUPERINTENDENT: On Thursday, April 12, the district | | | | -Eckstein Middle School. |
| board for Seattle Schools voted 6-0 to offer the | | | | -McClure Middle School |
| position of Superintendent of Seattle Schools to Dr. | | | | -Nathan Hale High School. |
| Maria Goodloe-Johnson. "We are delighted to attract | | | | -The New School |
| such a high-caliber superintendent to Seattle," said | | | | -Whittier Elementary School. |
| Board President Cheryl Chow. School Board Director | | | | TESTING WATER QUALITY: Seattle Schools |
| Michael DeBell, who is chair of the board's finance | | | | consider student health and safety a top priority. |
| committee, had this to say, "When Dr. | | | | Over the past several years, Seattle Schools have |
| Goodloe-Johnson stepped into the superintendent | | | | developed and implemented a national standard for |
| role in Charleston County, she inherited a budget | | | | drinking water quality in public schools. This initiative is |
| deficit," said DeBell. "Not only did Maria turn that | | | | driven by a Seattle Schools policy on drinking water. |
| situation around, but she also led her team to | | | | The policy, adopted in 2004, sets standards for the |
| examine all expenditures. This mirrors the work that | | | | maximum levels of lead, copper, iron and cadmium in |
| we have started here in Seattle Schools, and I am | | | | all of Seattle Schools drinking water. |
| confident that Dr. Goodloe-Johnson will sustain and | | | | THEATER DIRECTOR: Theater Puget Sound honored |
| enhance those efforts." | | | | Roosevelt High School Theater Director Ruben Van |
| ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS: The Seattle Schools | | | | Kempen with the 2007 Gregory A. Falls Sustained |
| system has made a major commitment to reducing | | | | Achievement Award in a ceremony on June 4 at the |
| greenhouse gases. Some of the actions the district | | | | Seattle Center. The award honors those who have |
| has taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions | | | | devoted time, energy and talent to Seattle's theater |
| include: | | | | community. Recipients also have had careers that |
| • Changing the heating and cooling set | | | | demonstrate an influence on theater, locally and |
| points to reflect a broader temperature range. | | | | beyond. |
| • Performing mechanical upgrades on | | | | LONGEVITY: Coe Elementary School celebrated its |
| operating equipment to increase efficiency. | | | | 100th anniversary this year. The school recently went |
| • Reducing garbage and recycling pick-ups | | | | through a major historic renovation, which was |
| • Adapting the time that computers | | | | completed in 2002. This Queen Anne Hill landmark |
| automatically shut off | | | | was renovated with Building Excellence I funds. |
| • Expanding the student-run composting | | | | ENTREPRENUERS: Students at the Seattle Schools |
| program | | | | Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (BOC) are |
| • More efficient irrigation schedule for | | | | learning how to speak, read and write English. They |
| Seattle Schools sports complexes | | | | are also learning how to run their own successful |
| APPOINTING NEW SEATTLE SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS: | | | | businesses by selling greeting cards featuring original |
| Before leaving office, former superintendent Raj | | | | artwork that they create. All proceeds go to the |
| Manhas appointed new principals for 8 Seattle | | | | school's scholarship fund which aims to help needy |
| Schools: | | | | SBOC graduates start their own small businesses. |
| -Aki Kurose Middle School Academy | | | | SBOC is a school for refugee and newly-arrived |
| -Alki Elementary School | | | | immigrant students. |
| -The Center School. | | | | |