Browse past news stories for Spanaway Lake High School in Spanaway, WA.

• Ballot issues mulled: Three Tacoma-area school districts won't seek new bonds (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:22:16 am
  In a tough economy, school officials hoping to modernize or replace old buildings face difficult choices. Do they try to sell the public on the idea that building now is a bargain? Or do they wait until voters are in a better mood to raise their taxes?
• Tacoma: NAACP wants federal review of rape case (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 07:24:21 am
  The NAACP office in Seattle has called a news conference Wednesday in Tacoma where it says it will ask the Justice Department to review the case of a former school principal to see if his civil rights are being violated.
• NAACP asking federal review of Tacoma rape case (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 09:03:18 pm
  Associated Press - September 7, 2009 4:55 PM ET TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The NAACP office in Seattle has called a news conference Wednesday in Tacoma where it says it will ask the Justice...
• NAACP to again ask for federal review of ex-Tacoma school principal's case (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 03:34:23 pm
  The NAACP again plans to ask that the U.S. Department of Justice review the case of Harold Wright Jr. to determine whether his civil rights are being violated.
• Court overturns Tacoma principal's rape conviction (KING5 Seattle)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 10:12:43 pm
  A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Tacoma middle school principal found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman.
• Court overturns Tacoma principal's rape conviction (KATU Portland)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 05:22:12 pm
  The court ruled Tuesday that the trial judge was wrong to allow the jury in 2007 to convict Harold Wright Jr. and another man on a lesser charge of third-degree rape. They had been charged with second-degree rape.
• Court overturns Tacoma principal's rape conviction (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 03:48:18 pm
  Associated Press - September 2, 2009 11:35 AM ET TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Tacoma middle school principal found guilty of sexually...
• Appeals court throws out rape conviction of former principal (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 08:31:08 am
  TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Tacoma middle school principal found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman at a town house.
• Tacoma ex-principal's sex abuse case overturned (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 07:23:26 am
  A state appeals court in Tacoma has overturned the conviction of a former Tacoma middle school principal found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman at a town house in Pierce County.
• SOUTH SOUND: Pierce County students learn about government (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 29, 2009 at 07:15:45 am
  Several high school girls from around Pierce County took part in the annual Evergreen Girls State seminar June 14-20 at Central Washington University, while several local boys participated in Boys State at the Ellensburg campus this past week.
• Tacoma-area high school reunions (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 12:51:29 pm
  Gatherings for this this summer.
• PIERCE COUNTY: One teen’s design will appear on library card (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 09:57:41 am
  Designs created by five student artists were selected as finalists from a field of 110 entries as the Pierce County Library System proceeds with a new library card for its 17 branches. Now the public has a chance to pick the winning design.
• All-Star Grads: ‘An inspiration to everybody’ (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 07:22:41 am
  Financial times are tough. Recessions not only pinch pocketbooks but also dampen dreams. Today’s young people know it as well as anyone.
• CWU Grad Overcomes the Odds to Walk, Deliver Speech at Commencement (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 01:27:15 am
  Nearly every graduate has a tough road and a special story, but not many have to overcome a paralyzing injury like Logan Seelye did.
• Character carries CWU student to graduation (Seattle Times)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 04:47:47 pm
  Logan Seelye cried the first time he came back to Central Washington University, only a year after the paralyzing tackle that changed his life.
• Bethel district tries to set budget record straight (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 07:17:05 am
  Bethel School District administrators wanted to set the record straight: They aren’t firing 220 teachers. And they aren’t using staff cuts as the only way to deal with declining enrollment and reduced state funding for the 2009-10 school year.
• Bethel leaders shed light on budget cuts (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 08:42:05 pm
  Bethel School District administrators wanted to set the record straight. They aren’t firing 220 teachers, they said at a public forum, and they aren’t aren’t using staff cuts as the only way to deal with declining enrollment and reduced state funding for the 2009-2010 school year.
• Washington National Guard Enlistment Increasing (Q13 FOX Seattle)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 02:47:44 pm
  More and more people are joining the Washington National Guard and there are a variety of reasons why. Chad Glasser of Bellevue is one of the new recruits. He's been hiking in the foothills near North Bend to get ready for his new life. Glasser says, "I'm doing everything I can to get in shape and go to boot camp, so that I don't sit on my butt and collect unemployment until the economy turns ...
• Youth shelter asks for help (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on March 18, 2009 at 07:17:40 am
  At least twice a week, Deborah Cozzetti takes a call asking if the new shelter for homeless teen gir
• Fund skills center, backers beg (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on March 17, 2009 at 07:09:00 am
  It’s not that there aren’t vocational skills classes in Pierce County high schools. It&#