Happy second week of school! One of our principals (thanks Meagan!) emailed me some first day quotes (see below) and it鈥檚 inspired me to ask you to send me your favorite back to school quotes. I look forward to reading your quotes and comments. From Meagan Dawson, Kulshan Middle School principal. From a…
Election day is less than one week away, and I wanted to address one of the most聽common questions I receive about the bond: what is the聽financial impact? With past levies and bonds, it’s been easier to explain to voters what will happen with their property tax rate.聽 Due to the new changes happening at the…
Sept. 25, 2017 Update: Thank you for your feedback. Please take a moment to read my update about athletics, activities and arts.聽 As part of our work to expand opportunities for students, The 一本道app guides us to look at the whole child, including our athletic and activity programs. For decades, research has shown that…
You may have seen that Bellingham was part of a feature that King 5 News aired on May 18 about school districts in our region and how many of them, including ours are changing (or in some cases, have changed) their approach to school lunches. It鈥檚 a great story that shows Bellingham Public Schools鈥 multi-year…
I鈥檓 here. This is what I鈥檝e been taking away after meeting with some of our immigrant students and students who are part of our LGBTQ+ community recently. In the current national political climate, our message to our children locally in Bellingham Public Schools stems from The 一本道app that all children are loved. Their presence…
I recently received a set of recommendations from the High School Schedule Implementation Advisory Group and wanted to share my current thinking and next steps regarding our new high school schedule, which will go into effect next school year, 2017-18. As always, I would love to hear from you and feel free to comment on…
You may remember we announced in April that our high schools would be moving forward with an eight-period schedule for the 2017-18 school year at the same time our new start and end times go into effect. The eight period schedule is also known as a 4 x 8 schedule, which consists of an eight-class…
As we get ready聽to embrace autumn, we鈥檙e also looking ahead to the election, because Bellingham Public Schools is running a school bus levy in聽November. I鈥檓 happy to answer any of your questions in the comments section. If this is the first time you鈥檝e heard this, you may want some background. An聽advisory group聽made up of students,…
Throughout the past few years, I鈥檝e found that Walking in the Shoes of our students and staff gives me unique perspectives about our schools. For Walking in the Shoes, I typically spend the day shadowing a student or staff member. Last school year, I walked in the shoes of a few students with special circumstances.…