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The district is recommending Core Knowledge Language Arts, and not the controversial Wit & Wisdom, as its elementary English curriculum.
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The city Design Review Board asked developers to back off a request to reduce buffers but approved use of up to 60,000 cubic yards of fill material.
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Peninsula School District’s HIB report shows reports of racist and homophobic bullying increased dramatically in the past three years.
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It’s the first time Gig Harbor won the academic competition, in only its third year of competing at state.
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The district says the principal changes will bring fresh perspectives into schools and will help leaders grow. Many parents and staff say they felt “blindsided.”
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At the annual future chefs competition, elementary students learn about nutrition, cooking techniques — and making yummy food.
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Carolyn Bick tagged along with Harbor WildWatch on a recent low-tide beach walk on Fox Island. Here’s what they saw.
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Bob Marshall, a former PSD teacher and the current principal at North Kitsap High in Poulsbo, will take over from Michele Suiter.
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A funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
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The project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
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