Although neither man has children nor grandchildren in South Whidbey schools, Dick Guise and Ted Brookes have taken on the mission of getting the word out on the vital importance of the upcoming school levy.
They know they have a big challenge with February’s ballot measure, because the school district intends to ask voters for more money in May to cover the cost of combining the middle and high schools.
The South Whidbey boys basketball team (1-3) took on league-leading King’s Knights
(5-1) Friday and very nearly pulled off the upset of the year.
Several dozen people gathered Saturday for a luncheon at the Deer Lagoon Grange on Bayview Road to celebrate 100 years of service on South Whidbey.
Five South Whidbey wrestlers placed at the Lynden Wrestling Invitational tournament on Saturday.
The Falcon wrestling squad was hoping for a winning night Thursday as it welcomed the Sultan Turks to Erikson Gym.
The South Whidbey boys basketball team fought back from an early 10-point deficit to beat Sultan on Tuesday.
South Whidbey school district officials announced Wednesday that the restructuring committee charged with moving Langley Middle School students and staff onto the high school campus by the fall of 2012 will present two options on how the district will pay for the move.
The South Whidbey wrestling team joined 20 other schools — many rated 4A and 3A — at the Everett Classic over the weekend.
The South Whidbey girls basketball team was down by a single point with 18 seconds left in the game Friday against Cedarcrest.
LANGLEY — When South End community members first saw the initial $43.3 million price tag to move the middle school to the high school, they weren’t the only ones who suffered sticker shock.
This past weekend the South Whidbey Youth Soccer Club’s U-13 boys select soccer team split their first two games in the preliminary round of the Commissioner’s Cup, winning 5-1 against Mount Rainier on Saturday, and losing 6-3 against the Crossfire Football Club on Sunday.
LANGLEY — It may cost about $24 million to get South Whidbey High School ready to receive middle school students by September 2012.
Now that the Port of South Whidbey has a full complement of commissioners, it’s going to be a busy year.
