Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson announced last night that the district is no longer considering closing a traditional high school during this round of school closures--and it sounds like she's not terribly interested in pushing for the relocation of Aki Kurose middle school students and/or the Center School program into Rainier Beach High School as planned either. This is either testament to the power of a vocal group of people to affect The System's machinations, or it is proof that the school closure list is more mutable than the central Puget Sound weather forecast. more ›

The proposed school closure list has been changed, yet again! The big news is that Rainier Beach High School (previously announced as considered for a merger with Cleveland High School, to the chagrin of almost everyone) is off the closure table. Instead, the plan is to either move Aki Kurose middle school students into the RBHS building or to close down the Center School Program and request that those high-schoolers attend Rainier Beach. more ›

• Capitol Hill Seattle has taken on an important question regarding the almighty hamburger. Which has the better burger, Quinn's or the Lunchbox Laboratory? The argument's raging in the comments.
• Subterfuge Seattle has successfully identified "Seattle's most socially relevant person," and they're kind enough to share not only the guy's name and bio information, but a photo as well!
• As usual, The Sable Verity has the inside scoop on all matters South End--this time, she's calling out the Seattle Public Schools superintendent for marking Rainier Beach High for closure before Goodloe-Johnson was even in charge. Ouch.

Facing a $37.1 million dollar budget shortfall, the Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools announced her updated plans for school closures: Summit K-12 will shut its doors entirely, rather than moving to Rainier as had been previously discussed, and Cleveland High School and Rainier Beach High School will merge. Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson's presentation from last night's meeting can be found online here [pdf], and here's the summary [pdf] of what will probably be final recommendations for closures. Someone (or a group of someones, more likely) is bound to be unhappy about whatever solution is suggested, but we're concerned about the gap left by the Summit closure in alternative, arts-friendly education in our district. more ›

• The Magnolia Voice wonders if Nickelsville organizers will still face fines regarding the encampment, despite reaching an agreement with the city.
• MyBallard is still a reliable source for all things quirky and Scandinavian; so we trust them when they say that today is Leif Erickson Day and the appropriate way to celebrate is by donning some sort of Nordic sweater.
• Franklin High School's football team was robbed during a recent match at Rainier Beach High School. Not like robbed on the field of a win, but robbed like their personal property was stolen. The Rainier Valley Post has all the details.

When Amazon.com announced Amazon Fresh last week, it piqued some bloggers' curiosity, but we didn't spend much time thinking about it. Grocery delivery? Interesting, but we weren't going to dive in. more ›

Shortly before our car exploded, we were looking for a new place to rent. After our car exploded, our apartment search took a back seat to car shopping. But in the last few weeks, once our new car was settled, we returned to scanning Craigslist and strolling through neighborhoods. After spending all of our time in Seattle living above the cut (Wallingford, Wedgwood), we were hoping to move to the Rainier Valley (better work commute)... more ›

CASTING CALL: Local director Garrett Bennett is looking for extras to cast in his independent film The Spy & the Sparrow. more ›

Seattle's the most well-educated city in the country, says the AP. 51% of Seattle residents graduated college, more than any other U.S. urbanoland. And yet we built two giant sports stadia right next to each other! Go figure. more ›