Snohomish County News
Everett High
celebrates 100 years
Doug Ramsay photo
Everett High School alumnus Betty Larsen–Hammer (class of 1950) of Marysville points to a photo of her aunt as Lyle Goodrich (class of 1938) of Mountlake Terrace checks out a copy of the yearbook from his senior year at the 100 anniversary celebration of the school’s main building Jan. 30. More than 2,000 former and current EHS students and guests gathered to reminisce about their high school days and to see former classmates, many of which had not seen each other for years. Among the former students was at least one from the class of 1922. Each decade was represented with a classroom filled with photos and yearbooks from that decade as well as books and photos in the school’s library. The feature of the day’s event was a slide show and presentation by EHS alumnus and local historian Larry O’Donnell, which attracted a standing-room only crowd in the school’s Civic Auditorium.
Everett asks voters to renew school levy Feb. 9
EVERETT - The Everett School District, like many districts in Snohomish County, is asking voters to renew its maintenance and operations levy, which covers 20 percent of the district’s operating budget.
The special election is Feb. 9. Ballots were mailed late last month.
The levy would fund items not fully covered by the state, such as teacher salaries, textbooks and supplies, athletics and other student activities and staff training.
The current levy expires at the end of this year, and voters are being asked to renew the levy another four years. The levy will cost about $2.52 per $1,000 assessed property value in 2011 and collect $169 million over four years.
The district is also asking voters to approve a building repair and technology levy to pay for facility modernization and new technology. The six-year levy will cost about 50 cents per $1,000 assessed property value, and raise $48 million over six years.
By TRIBUNE STAFF
Published Feb. 3, 2010