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Ten energy-efficient portable classrooms installed at Lake Washington elementary schools Sep   7   2018   8 : 00   AM To ensure all students in Lake Washington School District (LWSD) have space to learn, the district installed 10 SAGE (Smart Academic Green Environment) portable classrooms over the summer. SAGE portable classrooms are energy-efficient, have more natural light than traditional portables and are constructed with low-emitting building materials. The LED lights turn off automatically when no one is in the room. The HVAC systems in SAGE portables also improve ventilation and reduce noise. Enrollment in LWSD has grown 25 percent in the last decade. The district has a long-term strategy to build facilities and increase capacity. Until the long-term plan is completed, the district develops short-term plans to address immediate needs for classroom space. For fall 2018, the district installed portable classrooms at Lakeview Elementary (2), Benjamin Rush Element...

YES partners with LWSD and BSD to address mental health and substance use issues in students sooner. By  Madison Miller Monday, September 3, 2018 8:30am NEWS Redmond Reporter               This fall, Youth Eastside Services (YES) and several King County school districts will introduce a universal screening for mental health and substance use risk factors to local middle school students. According to the 2016 Healthy Youth Survey, King County�s suicide rate has increased by about 18 percent in the last decade while substance abuse rate has held steady. Through the Best Starts for Kids initiative, the Check Yourself Tool will begin screening seventh grade students for mental health and substance use risk factors in Bellevue School District and Lake Washington School District middle schools. Other King County school districts are either considering implementing it or are in some phase of implementing it in the future. The Check Yourself Tool is based...

In April 2017, the Redmond�s Community Center Stakeholder Group presented findings and recommendations about the community priorities for community centers to City Council. The recommendations included an expeditious approach to providing: ? Aquatics facility including lap and leisure pools ? Enhanced recreation facilities such as gymnasium and fitness rooms ? Additional classroom and meeting space across the city ? A Cultural Arts center that with flexible space for a variety of indoor events, performances, exhibits, and workshops. The stakeholder group recommended action within five years and encouraged partnerships and a diverse set of funding sources. Since that time, the City embarked on an energy audit of the Redmond Pool and a Regional Aquatics Partnership and Feasibility Study. Staff kept the stakeholder group together by working on some internal evaluation of site selection for the various community center types and touring pools in the region. The next meeting is scheduled fo...

Adds space for 1,380 elementary students in rapidly growing district Redmond, Wash.  � Students in Lake Washington School District (LWSD) will have a little more space to learn this fall. Two new elementary schools will open in September: Ella Baker Elementary, located in the Redmond Ridge East Community ; and Clara Barton Elementary, located in North Redmond Spaces for learning Both new schools will feature 30 standard classrooms, plus music, art/science rooms, English Learner (EL), Safety Net and Special Education spaces, a library, a cafeteria/commons, a gymnasium and an outdoor covered play area. Learning will extend beyond the walls of the traditional classroom. Sliding NanaWalls (bi-folding doors) open to shared learning spaces in each classroom wing. These flexible spaces, also included in other modernized LWSD schools, increase opportunities for collaboration and reflect an emphasis on project-based learning. New SMART interactive boards will replace Activboards. All school...

Lake Washington School District Transportation Department was awarded $560,000 for new school buses! The WA State Dept. of Ecology awarded the grant to the district. The grant�s objective is to reduce emissions by replacing older buses with newer buses, thereby reducing toxic emissions up to 99%. Read more here:  http://bit.ly/2wt N Source:  LWSD Facebook

Steve Fields (Internet} We all know that climate change is a huge issue in our country and our city.  In fact, during Council's retreat on Saturday, January 27, 2018 they voted "Green infrastructure  - Zero Emissions"  as their No. 2 priority, out of 7 priorities.   Sadly, in a Regular meeting on August 21 the council  rejected council member Steve Fields' request to represent the city in a global Green city-city conference.  All his traveling expenses will be paid by a  host city in China and a Canadian non-profit.  He was referred to the organizations by an acquaintance in the Chinese community. Regardless, Steve is going to the conference as a citizen or a public official if he is sanctioned by Council.  The conference is from 9/18 - 9/28.  After consulting with the city attorney and submitting a written report to council explaining conference benefits he requested the City sanction his participation so as not to be construed as a gif...

The "Seattle Times" publishes a "Local News Partnership" site with links to selected local blogs in Puget Sound.  For clustered cities find the local news blog map  HERE , click on Local News then   scroll all the way down to the partnership map to find over 15 local news blogs, including mine.  Click on the city link that interests you. The  Bellevue  and Shoreline blogs are especially well done. Some blogs have been discontinued.  - Bob Yoder