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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012 | Vol. 112, No. 35 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
Police lieutenant reprimanded after sleeping on the job
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BY BRIAN KELLY Bainbridge Island Review
Two lieutenants with the Bainbridge Island Police Department have been reprimanded after one lieutenant was caught sleeping on the job earlier this year. Lt. Phil Hawkins was given an oral reprimand on July 30 by Interim Public Safety Director Larry Dickerson for sleeping while on duty during a late shift in January 2012.
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Opening of Wilkes Elementary postponed
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Upon arriving at the front door, students quickly poured out, eager for their first day at Captain Johnston BOD_FirAd_BIReview_8-12.pdf 8/28/12 Blakely Elementary 1School on Wednesday.
Another officer, Lt. Denise Giuntoli, was disciplined for not reporting the violation after she had been told about it, despite repeated prompting from a coworker. In his memo to Hawkins on the incident, obtained this week via a public records request by the Review, Dickerson told Hawkins the punishment would have been more severe if the internal investigation into the
BY BRIAN KELLY AND RICHARD D. OXLEY
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At left, Bill McCoy walks with his son, fourth-grader Travis McCoy, after the pair biked to his first day of class at Ordway Elementary School. Above, Connor Sweeney, a thirdgrader, and his brother Logan, a first grader, make their way to Ordway for the start of school.
Students at Wilkes Elementary School got an unexpected extension to their summer vacations after the Bainbridge Island School District announced that the school could not open as planned on the first day of school Wednesday. District Superintendent Faith Chapel made the announcement in an email to parents Tuesday afternoon. Ongoing construction at the new school is to blame. School is now expected
to start Tuesday, Sept. 4. “While many of you and other members of the community may have wondered whether the school would open on time, we had received numerous assurances from our contractors, as recently as yesterday morning, that all would be well,” Chapel said in her email. “So, what happened to change the timeline? While the building itself was prepared for occupancy, we learned yesterday evening that SEE WILKES, A23