Saturday, January 24, 2009  New K-8 at Addams  A request was
made for a separate thread on what the new K-8 at the Jane
Addams building should be. Here are some choices (although I'm
not advocating for any of them, I think it would fill more
easily with a focus rather than just being a traditional K-8):
• middle school IB program   • dual language program   •
math/science magnet   • performing arts Also, while we're on
this subject, what would the name be? Call it Jane Addams K-8 to
honor the building namesake, Jane Addams? (Her name was selected
from an essay contest to name the building in 1949. She was a
noted American social worker who won the Nobel Peace Prize in
1931. She was the first American woman to win the Peace Prize.)
From the archives:  Jane Addams Junior High School was the first
secondary school constructed by Shoreline School District No.
412. At the time it was being planned, demographic studies
indicated the school would serve all junior high students in the
area for a long time. Few for