Data and public input have been collected on Trafton School — it’s now time for the decision to be made on whether it should close.
The Arlington School Board held a final discussion on the topic on Tuesday, June 8, capping a three-month long district review of the 122-year-old school.
The Board is expected to vote June 14 on whether the school district should close Trafton due in part to an anticipated $1.5 million budget shortfall, district-wide under-enrollment and aging facilities at the school.

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Monique Howard and Andy Smith may not have shared the same path, but both are heading in the same direction.
The two Arlington students — Howard, a product of the state’s foster care system who attends Weston High School and Smith, an academic and athletic standout from Arlington High School — will be two of more than 300 area seniors graduating as part of the class of 2010.

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Colby Kavanaugh knows a thing or two about plants.
“We’ve always had a family garden growing up,” said Kavanaugh, a sophomore at Arlington High School. “Every plant has its challenges.”
Kavanaugh, who is also a member of the school’s FFA team, was among a group of 28 students in instructor Tracy Brown’s plant biology class to grow about 60 hanging baskets for the city of Arlington.

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Space camp isn’t just for students.
Elizabeth Zylstra, a Cougar Creek Elementary School enrichment teacher in Lakewood, will be participating in the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy program in Huntsville, Ala., starting June 11.

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An organization dedicated to preserving Washington’s historic places has deemed Trafton School among its “most endangered” properties of 2010.

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Michael Prihoda is hoping that a small logo will take off in Arlington.
“We want to start seeing it showing up,” said Prihoda, executive director of the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce. “Some businesses already have it. As soon as it starts cropping up, other businesses will join us.”

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Exciting usually isn’t a word that best describes chemistry experiments.
But a group of Arlington High School students have done their best to change that.

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Lakewood High School student Aaron Nech is refuting the claim that spending time with video games won’t lead to success.

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A group of Stillaguamish Valley School students recently took time out of their schedules to show their appreciation to local firefighters.

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Alan Bowers didn’t let rainy weather keep him and his sons away from Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day.
“This is the day to come — to honor those that have died,” said Bowers, who was in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and lives in Arlington.

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The Lakewood School District will soon have a new director of instructional programs and technology.

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