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Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jenyum — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:43:45 -0700

They sure do have a great looking school lunch menu:http://vashonsd.org/docs/septlunch.pdf(Pad Thai! ) The community made an investment in better school lunches:http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/vashon/vib/news/105797268.html More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jarlyons — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:35:04 -0700

I would call the school office (Vashon elementary, middle or high school) with any specific questions about the form. I can say that from experience, one issue when we went through this was to get our local school district to sign off the waiver that affectively allows the state to send the funds to the alternate (in this case Vashon ....) school district. More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jenyum — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:17:23 -0700

How did you request the transfer? Their nonresident transfer form seems to imply a limited set of circumstances to qualify:http://www.vashonsd.wednet.edu/docs/nonresident.pdfJust curious how someone would go about this. More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jenyum — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:13:23 -0700

Their middle and high school science scores are really impressive. More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

KevinFreitas — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:20:14 -0700

What a cool alternate option. Thanks for sharing @jarlyons and welcome to FeedTacoma! More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jarlyons — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:17:37 -0700

A walkon pass costs about $35 for 10 rides, or you can get a monthly pass for about $50 - $55. The school district sends a bus to pick up kids on the north end, so I assume they would do so for any kids at the south end as well. More »

Re: Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jenyum — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:10:25 -0700

Isn't the boat $15/day? More »

Events | Tacoma Schools Alternative ---> Vashon

jarlyons — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:54:44 -0700

Several years ago our daughter chose to attend Vashon for high school over all the options she had in Seattle. She commuted each day by boat with lots of similarly minded kids attending their middle school and high school. More »