White Center Now: The blog about White Center » Seattle Public Schools http://whitecenternow.com White Center news, photos, video, events, discussion Sun, 20 May 2012 07:30:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Writers to Speak about Teenage Binge Drinking – Wednesday, April 8th 7:00-8:30 pm http://whitecenternow.com/2009/04/07/writers-to-speak-about-teenage-binge-drinking-wednesday-april-8th-700-830-pm/ http://whitecenternow.com/2009/04/07/writers-to-speak-about-teenage-binge-drinking-wednesday-april-8th-700-830-pm/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:54:33 +0000 Ricardo http://whitecenternow.com/?p=2417

]]> http://whitecenternow.com/2009/04/07/writers-to-speak-about-teenage-binge-drinking-wednesday-april-8th-700-830-pm/feed/ 0 You’ll see students out and about today http://whitecenternow.com/2009/03/19/youll-see-students-out-and-about-today/ http://whitecenternow.com/2009/03/19/youll-see-students-out-and-about-today/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:54:25 +0000 Tracy http://whitecenternow.com/?p=2256 … because Highline Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and even the Vashon school district all are in no-classes mode today.

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]]> http://whitecenternow.com/2009/01/03/getting-back-to-normal/feed/ 0 Icy Tuesday, and more snow in the forecast http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/icy-tuesday-and-more-snow-in-the-forecast/ http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/icy-tuesday-and-more-snow-in-the-forecast/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:29:59 +0000 Tracy http://whitecenternow.com/?p=1499 Highline Public Schools will be 2 hours late today; Seattle Public Schools is also going to start 2 hours late. Meanwhile, a winter storm watch is up for late Tuesday through late Wednesday (forecasts here). For Metro bus updates, here’s the latest list of the ones on “adverse weather” reroutes.

]]> http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/icy-tuesday-and-more-snow-in-the-forecast/feed/ 2 White Center weather: Monday morning information http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/white-center-weather-monday-morning-information/ http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/white-center-weather-monday-morning-information/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:43:38 +0000 Tracy http://whitecenternow.com/?p=1469 Highline Public Schools and Seattle Public Schools are both on two-hour delay; those and other districts are listed on SchoolReport.org. Holy Family School is starting at 10 am; Shorewood Christian School is closed. More as we get it. Here are various info-links:

County info on snow/ice routes/procedures (including Metro reroutes)
Metro “adverse weather” service status
King County road alerts
Latest forecast
WSDOT trouble spots via Twitter

5:57 AM UPDATE: Metro has now updated its page with Monday morning info. The 128 is on its “adverse weather” routing, among other White Center/West Seattle-area routes listed here. Here’s the table:

]]> http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/15/white-center-weather-monday-morning-information/feed/ 0 No school for Highline students on Friday http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/11/no-school-for-highline-students-on-friday/ http://whitecenternow.com/2008/12/11/no-school-for-highline-students-on-friday/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:46:43 +0000 Tracy http://whitecenternow.com/?p=1433 No need for a “snow day” if the potential flakes arrive early on Friday – because it’s already a day off (“waiver day”) for students in Highline Public Schools. After that, just one more week of school till winter break, which starts Dec. 22 (classes then resume on Jan. 5 – winter break in Seattle Public Schools runs on the same schedule).

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