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  Tyler Wayne Patterson sees silence as a cousin of cowardice. He says he and his senior classmates at Tacoma’s School of the Arts have the will, skill and purpose to improve the world.

• Tacoma school board members elected in November take oath

  Tacoma school board members elected in November take oath

  The changing of the guard for Tacoma Public Schools was completed Thursday, as two new school board members took an oath of office and Carla Santorno was designated to serve as secretary to the board – part of her new role as interim superintendent that starts in January.

• 8 Pierce County schools make state list of low-performing schools

  8 Pierce County schools make state list of low-performing schools

  Eight Pierce County schools are on the state’s annual “persistently lowest-achieving” list, a label based largely on graduation rates and state test scores in reading and math. Four are Tacoma schools; there’s one each in the Clover Park, Bethel, Franklin Pierce and White River school districts.

• Tacoma School of the Arts adds freshman class, enrollment cap

  Tacoma School of the Arts adds freshman class, enrollment cap

  Tacoma School of the Arts will welcome its first-ever freshman class in the fall.

• Four Tacoma schools, and four others in Pierce County, named as low performers

  Four Tacoma schools, and four others in Pierce County, named as low performers

  Eight Pierce County schools are on this year's list of persistently low-achieving schools – a list that includes 57 schools across Washington. Four are Tacoma schools; there’s one each in the Clover Park, Bethel, Franklin Pierce and White River school districts.