Catching up and looking ahead on the education beat here at the Kitsap Sun.
Next week (Tuesday) we’ll have a story about how to pick the best kindergarten class for your child.
I’m also working on a story about special needs students and the people involved in their education. I’d like to hear from students, parents, paraeducators, special ed teachers and anyone else with thoughts on the intersection of special needs and public education.
Contact me at (360) 792-9219, christina.henry@kitsapsun.com or https://www.facebook.com/chrishenryreporter.
Now for a recap of this week’s education news:
Voting on education funding
First and foremost, did you get your ballot? Voters throughout
Kitsap and North Mason counties on Feb. 9 will decide on bond and
levy measures. In case you missed it, this story gives
a summary of measures by district.
Theler Center, school district asset or
albatross?
Following up on Arla Shephard Bull’s
comprehensive history of the Mary E. Theler Community Center and
Wetlands, North Mason School District, which owns the property,
hosted a meeting to bank suggestions about what to do with Theler
now that the trust established to support its upkeep is depleted.
Ideas ranged from
burning down the community center to starting a GoFundMe
account.
A Mardi Gras themed murder mystery fundraiser is set for 6 p.m.
Saturday at the Mary E. Theler Community Center, 22871 Highway 3 in
Belfair; 360-275-4898.
When caring parenting crosses the line
Do you meddle in your children’s business? Have you ever kept a
reminder sheet of upcoming tests? “Helped” them with a project, or,
let’s be honest, did the bulk of it yourself? Excused them from
chores because they have “so much homework?”
It’s a habit that can escalate, according to
Julie Lythcott-Haims, a former dean at Stanford and author of “How
to Raise an Adult,” who will speak on Bainbridge Feb. 3. One
college student she knew had never learned to pump gas because her
parents visited every weekend and filled the tank for her.
Although the author observed the problem of hovering parents (she
tries not to use the helicopter parent tag) as one of upper
middle-class and affluent families, it is by no means limited to
the 1 percent.
Lythcott-Haims’ talk is not limited to Bainbridge families. Here
are the details: 7:30-9 p.m. Feb.3 at Bainbridge High School, 9330
NE High School Road; Cost: $15. Register at:
raisingresilience.org.
Education tidbits
A Bremerton elementary school teacher earned her masters degree
through classes at
Woodland Park Zoo.
And South Kitsap School district will host a meeting 5:30 p.m.
Thursday (that’s tonight) at South Kitsap High School to explain
the International Baccalaureate program it hopes to bring to
schools, including the high school. We wrote
about the program last spring.
