Letters to the Editor
State budget cuts spawned Kent strike
My two daughters attended Crestwood Elementary, Mattson Junior High, Kentwood High School, and graduated from Western Washington University…
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Howard Hanson Dam woes could be finest hour for Army Corps of Engineers
One of my favorite movie scenes is near the end of “Apollo 13.” An official grumbles that this…
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VMC physician backs Miller for hospital board
As a member of the Valley Medical Center Medical Staff and Southlake Clinic, also known as Valley Internal…
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Thank years of underfunding for present Howard Hanson Dam issues
The latest in the “blame game” is the question who is responsible for allowing deterioration of the Howard…
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Now is the time to step up and help schools
To every person who has written so passionately about the strike, I challenge you to continue to focus…
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To KEA members: What about the Golden Rule?
I’m appalled to learn that homes/businesses of our Kent School Board members and superintendent were the targets of recent…
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Legislators need to shoulder some of responsibility in Kent strike
I am writing in response to Claudia Kauffman’s letter in the Sept. 9 Reporter. She tried to shirk…
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Kent School District must tap its ‘Rainy Day Fund’
The parents in Kent have demanded a plan to deal with reducing class size since April. The Kent…
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Striking teachers, school district need to resolve differences
We need to begin school in Kent. We need to put caps on class size, as many of…
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Kent School District shouldn’t have run to court
This matter is urgent. Students need to be in school and teachers want to be teaching. Stack ’em…
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Teachers chose their profession; they shouldn’t complain
One of the great things about living in these United States is that we have choices. We are…
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Letter: Teachers out of line to strike
The current strike by the Kent Education Association strike against the Kent school district shows how shortsighted and…
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Letter from a teacher: Let’s get back to priorities
I am a Kent School District teacher, and I want to go back to work, but only under…
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Teachers have full enough plate as it is
The WASL, ESL, Ritalin, overcrowding, underpaid, 15 daily work hours, lesson plans, broken homes, dysfunctional families, state standards,…
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School leadership needs to support teachers
Doesn’t the following salary scale seem a little out of balance? Washington State Governor: $167,000. Vice President of…
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Kent teachers’ strike is about money
These are just a few comments from retired homeowners on the current Kent teachers’ strike. In reading both…
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A response to injunction letter
Please know that the district’s bargaining team has negotiated in good faith since the bargaining process began in…
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Injunction not the solution
First of all, I would like to acknowledge the difficult situation that everyone on both sides of the…
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Suggestions for a more peaceful life
Amen for writer Walter Backstrom. Hopefully my thoughts might help parents to think and enable children and teens…