Why You Should Care Mr. Crabill has found quite the acolyte in Director Chandra Hampson. In the course of discussions over SOFG, she says his name over and over, "A.J .says we...." Now that's not too surprising given the direction the district is heading and that it is Mr. Crabill's work with the Council of Great City Schools is how we got here. But it appears that Mr. Crabill is working very closely with Hampson and we know she wields some amount of power over the majority of the Board. Mr. Crabill is going to continue to work with the Board as SOFG is instituted in SPS. In fact, his role may become more public as it did at one SPS Board meeting in the spring where he was on the phone during the meeting and suggested the Board stop the meeting to "self-reflect." I also noticed that in a district in South Carolina, when things weren't going to plan, he blamed the Board for not following SOFG to the letter. Look for that to happen here if Board members w
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With Monday marking the voter registration deadline for the November general election, The Tahoma School District is making a final push to pass a proposed $195 million school bond measure.
School board members say without the new money for construction of additional space for students, they will move to start a year-round class schedule.
"It's a real possibility, not a threat," said Tim Adam, President of the Tahoma School Board.
Adam says the only way to alleviate overcrowding without more space is to start a new "track scheduling" system. Eventually, the elementary schools would move to a year-round school model with 45 days on and 15 days off. Junior and senior high schools would stagger their start times with some students starting early and some starting late.
The bond measure would fund construction of a new high school in Maple Valley. It would also be used to expand other facilities.
If approved, the bond would mean about $36 in new property taxes per month for the owner of a $300,000 home.
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