School enrollment surge eases in Pierce County
School enrollment numbers are leveling out in Pierce County’s largest suburban districts, slowing a trend that saw these districts explode with new housing and kids in the 1990s and early 2000s while urban Tacoma’s student population steadily declined.
The Bethel School District has rescheduled three school days, to replace those lost due to bad weather in January. The school make-up days will be May 25, June 15 and June 18 – the new last day of school. There will be no school on Feb. 17. District officials said that day could not be used as a snow make-up day because of employee contract provisions.
The new Children’s Museum of Tacoma is free for all (or at least pay what you can), which should be celebration enough for those of us looking for fun stuff for our kids. The new space provides physical excitement and sensory stimulation for kids of all ages, even teenagers.
The reopening of the renovated ice arena at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway scheduled for today has been delayed a week.
Enjoy the snow, kids. It may get you out of school this week, but it also may keep you in class longer for makeup days once the weather warms up.
New Year’s Day brought a new family member and a sense of relief to Jared and Christina Matheson.
An Army medic who killed himself and his wife on Interstate 5 in April enjoyed “the manic feeling” of his bipolar disorder and occasionally skipped his medication, according to Army and police investigations obtained by The News Tribune.
Just more than a year ago, Bethel High School alumni were up in arms over the case of the disappearing mascot. Following a cleanup project at the Spanaway school before the start of the 2010-11 school year, they feared several treasured school icons – including a larger-than-life carving of a Bethel Brave – were gone forever.
Puyallup golfer Ryan Moore sees the finest aspects of golf in America while playing on the PGA Tour.
A Pierce County jury this week found that the Bethel School District was negligent, but that its actions did not directly cause the death of a 10-year-old girl who died three years ago after suffering an asthma attack at Clover Creek Elementary School.
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