Your recent article on Washington State gun law is well written and informative. The highest legislative priority ought to be to train staff in our schools to carry pistols and be prepared to respond tactically (as volunteer first responders) with deadly force in the event violent attacks occur in the schools. Such preparations will take a great deal of commitment by legislators, school districts and other policymakers at many levels of state and federal governments.
I see that the reaction to my article on diversity (“Diversity and the FW School Board,” June 18) was what I expected.
I asked a simple question: How does a diverse school board improve education, specifically, improve standardized test scores?
Did I get an answer? No. There are just more calls for The Mirror to stop printing my writings.
I see that the reaction to my article on diversity (“Diversity and the FW School Board,” June 18) was what I expected.
I asked a simple question: How does a diverse school board improve education, specifically, improve standardized test scores?
Did I get an answer? No. There are just more calls for The Mirror to stop printing my writings.
In the very astute Angie Vogt’s column (“City must keep control of Knutzen Theatre,” July 5) she informs us that the city and the Arts Commission are considering transferring management of the Knutzen Family Theatre to Centerstage Theatre (a private group) for $75,000 a year!
The costs incurred by the police for issuing fireworks citations, including vehicle, overtime and related overhead costs should be offset by the income from the citations themselves. And maybe a 50 percent surcharge just because.
Letters from readers of the Federal Way Mirror.
Here’s an interesting twist on sexuality education: Sex ed for seniors.
Federal Way Chamber CEO Tom Pierson’s encouragement to “buy local” (June 25) is really hard to do when Federal Way merchants don’t stay open long enough for residents to get home from work.
Lately this paper has published a spate of harsh words about immigrants, especially by Marjorie Seavers (“Learn English or go back to Mexico,” letters to the editor, June 11).
Letters from readers of the Federal Way mirror.
In 2006, our adult daughter, due to some major health issues, became eligible for and required the financial assistance from…
Letters from readers of the Federal Way Mirror.
I just want to make a comment about the Federal Way police officers. Recently, we had need to contact them…
I am writing in response to the letter submitted by Bill Pirkle (“Human sundae makes mockery of education,” June 14)…
Diversity on the school board In his most recent essay, guest columnist Bill Pirkle writes: “If there is a link…
Letters from Federal Way residents on a variety of issues.
Please attend this meeting to learn more about the proposed charter changes, and to thank the charter commission for their work.
Please help me start a groundswell of support for the judicial election of Jim Ferrell. This eminently qualified individual who, as a Federal Way City Council member, has always endeavored to give us his best support.
So I pick up The Mirror today (June 11) and I see the principal of Nautilus Elementary School having ice cream and chocolate sauce poured over her head. It seems she told her students that they could do this if they read some books.
She said that she would do anything to get them to read. Really “anything?” Would you go so far as impose discipline and require them to read these books? I doubt if she would go that far.