At a Wednesday, September 12th, special meeting the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors chose Jamyan Nhangkar to fill the director position vacated in June. It was a difficult decision for the board as there were many qualified candidates.

The Everett School Board extended the deadline for submitting an application for the open board position from August 24th, to September 7th. The successful appointed school board member will serve through November 2019.

The Everett School District is now forming a plan to address Jackson High School overcrowding and is selecting a High School Growth Mitigation Committee to make recommendations.

In order to assist in the effort, a new survey has been posted online to gather public comments.

In a message he said brought him “great sadness and a tremendous sense of loss,” Superintendent Gary Cohn announced on Friday afternoon that he and the school board were informed by a letter from Director Ted Wenta of his resignation from the school board effective June 29th.

Cascade High School AP Physics Teacher Sue Wilson challenged her students to explain their understanding of physics principals to fourth and fifth graders at Monroe Elementary School.

Pairs of Ms. Wilson’s students taught the basics of pendulums, collisions, rotational motion, waves, forces, projectile motion, rotational inertia, electrical circuits, and conductivity.

Everett High School students Jocelyn Ramirez and Carlos Rodriguez earned top awards in the 20th annual ‘Yo escribo en Español’ literary contest.

The topic for 2018 was “celebrating the diversity and richness of our culture” and students from 110 schools in Washington State participated and submitted 520 essays. 

Cascade High School student Andrew Culver won the 2018 Superintendent’s Art Purchase Award with his art titled “Kenny,” which was purchased for display at the Everett Public School’s Community Resource Center.

Forest View Elementary School fifth-grader Rowan Evans was selected as one of the ten top Washington State student safety patrollers for 2018 by a panel of AAA of Washington Judges. He and the others will be honored at the May 4th Seattle Mariners game.