[Untitled] Garfield Bathrooms by Adrian Harwood. This it the Garfield we remember. The Central District News covered the ribbon cutting ceremony at our newly-remodeled alma mater, Garfield High School. Seeing that the remodel was desperately needed a decade ago when we were roaming the crowded halls, we say finally. But not so fast...classes start today and the final touches still don't seem to be finished.Capitol Hill Seattle poses a very important question: who is the......

Image Courtesy of the dualy talented, Jay Cox of The Sea Navy and Our Seattlest Flickr Pool Long spoken of and rarely acted upon, the renovation and remodeling of The Seattle Center was again on the docket for Monday's City Council meeting. Center officials presented a number of new design ideas for the redevelopment of the Center. Central to these are the demolishing of Memorial Stadium and The Fun Forest. Proposed uses for the......

No, Seattlest is not just a fan of alliteration and 80's slang, as the headline might suggest. Burying the beef, is the current plan of the Seattle Public School District to rid itself of 230 cases of possibly contaminated beef. The beef, provided to school districts through a USDA lunch program, came from a California slaughterhouse in the center of the largest beef recall in USDA history. Nearly two-thirds of the school districts in......

Tonight you have two options; you can either watch Super Tuesday results on the TV, or head down to Pioneer Square with Dax, T-Bone, and a handfull of beads. Since you're reading this, we can only assume which event you’ll be choosing. Yet, it’s never a good idea to completely ignore a holiday as delicious as Mardi Gras. Especially because it’s also Shrove Tuesday, which means pancakes. We’ll let Professor Wikipedia explain: "Shrove Tuesday is......

Seattlest's former elementary school, Madrona, is the leading edge of a terrifying movement in Seattle Public Schools. No matter how many Microsoft stock options you have, no matter how many Jonathan Kozol books you've read, you can't stop it. Put your child in private school now or they'll be consigned to a life of stupidity...and blackness. Nine white families withdrew their kids from Madrona Elementary this year after a series of shocking indignities. But none......

Turns out it's not so easy to outfox young and dedicated junk food consumers, such as students at Cleveland High School: Chips and cookies were replaced in vending machines with granola bars and trail mix; sugary drinks are no longer sold in schools. Cleveland fell into line with other schools, offering healthier foods in its cafeteria and vending machines. Teens such as Tikisha fell into line, too -- out the door to find their junk......

Seattle Schools Superintendent Raj Manhas announced today he'll resign at the end of the year, leaving a job opening for anyone who likes getting screamed at. Manhas has attempted to get the school district financially solvent by closing schools. It's totally sane. Unfortunately, a lot of parents aren't. Maybe Manhas will join his former spokesman, who quit in disgust after last week's rowdy public meeting (video here), where psychotic parents hurled racial epiphets and, in......

Is this how it works: Seattle Public Schools has some issues with its budget, threatens a bunch of school closures and then watches parents scramble to defend their home turf? It all gets called off until next year when they again release a bunch of school names and wait for the response. We think they really mean it this time, actually. Here's what they released after the Community Advisory Committee reported back yesterday:......

The ad in the Weekly caught our eye: Opium! Graft! Sex! Debauchery! All this printed over a picture of a moll who'd fit right in at Belltown's Whisky Bar. We're suckers for old-timey vice. We had to go on the Underworld Tour – from the people, noted the ad, who brought you the Underground Tour. So we reserved a spot on a recent Friday night tour. Turns out the Underworld Tour is basically the NC-17......

Seattlest nearly spit up our tall decaf americano (not really, we’re just keeping it folksy today) when we learned via the Seattle Times that Garfield High is fielding a grand total of 44 valedictorians this year. Granted, Garfield is a jewel in the crown of Seattle Public Schools. Founded in 1923, Garfield is the alma mater of Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Lee, and its multicultural success has done a lot to keep Seattle......

Last week Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Raj Manhas announced a plan to close ten schools and end busing to others in order to save money and cut into the district’s increasing deficit—they project losses of $20 million in 2006-7. The controversial plan has angered parents and teachers and has received front-page attention from the local media--the camera loves kids holding handmade signs. However, it still needs approval from the school board, and this in......

Seattlest hereby attempts to salvage Downer Friday with news that the Camp Fire Kids kick off their annual candy sale today. Seattlest was a Camp Fire Girl back in the day; though our memories mainly involve experiencing the pangs of homesickness while attending sleep-away camp for the first time, we do have fond memories of the mint patties. The group's mission is pretty cool, and we're glad they've opened it up to the boys.......