(The Center Square) – The Washington State Board of Education is moving closer to officially updating and expanding a 2021 resolution that established an ethnic studies graduation requirement Board members discussed “incorporating Ethnic Studies into the legislative platform, and/or addressing Ethnic Studies through the FutureReady graduation requirements initiative,” according to the agenda for Thursday’s virtual board of education meeting. According to the board’s website, FutureReady – implemented this summer – is an initiative to update
(The Center Square) – With a roundtable discussion slated for next week, several Spokane officials hosted a Thursday press conference to give more insight into the city council’s deferred homelessness ordinances. Council President Betsy Wilkerson said the upcoming meeting(s) are intended “to dispel some of the misinformation and miscommunication that is circulating in our community.” However, the city’s press release said the meetings are “to gather input on our current policies and create suggestions for
(The Center Square) – King County Parks is distributing $5 million in grant funding to 63 projects throughout the region to boost outdoor recreation and wellness programs. Highlighted projects include summer backpacking trips for underserved youth, a new synthetic baseball field in Seattle’s Central District, improvements to aquatic centers in Des Moines and White Center, and after-school sports and wellness programs in South King County cities. Out of the $5 million package, $3.5 million comes
(The Center Square) – Washington State Ferries has cancelled the sale of two decommissioned ferries to an Ecuador-based company due to “failures to meet contractual obligations and deadlines.” The 144-car Elwha and 87-car Klahowya, built in the 1960s and 1950s respectively, were decommissioned several years ago after exceeding their service life of 60 years. They were sold to Armas, which attempted to move the ferries to Ecuador, but returned them to a WSDF maintenance facility
