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QUEEN ANNE • MAGNOLIA • MADISON PARK routes available Part time drivers wanted to help distribute Queen Anne and Magnolia on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Deliver Madison Park monthly. Opportunities for other local scheduled weekly drops.
Pick up in SoDo, deliver on route while businesses are open. Competitive pay, bi-monthly with mileage reimbursement. Work from the comfort of your own vehicle!
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Eatonville School District celebrates CTE Submitted
Career and Technical Education is available to students in grades 7-12 in Eatonville School District. CTE consists of classes where students learn skills they can apply in the work world. A student taking a CTE class can take courses ranging from farm management to computer science courses to culinary arts and many courses in between. CTE courses teach to industry standards, so students will be able to apply the knowledge they learn in the classroom to the real-world. CTE classes help students prepare for the future by learning valuable skills to make them more employable. CTE courses at the middle school level help students explore many areas of interest and help them to discover what classes they would like to take at the high school. Career and Technical Education classes at the high school allow students to dive deeper into areas they are interested in. At the high school level students are able to obtain free college credits and industry certifications by taking CTE classes. By taking CTE courses students gain valuable lifelong skills that will help them for many years to come. A large crowd of parents, visitors and the School Board was treated to a showcase of Career and Technical Education displays and demonstrations from the high school, middle school and GRITS programs at the school board work study. Teachers and students were on hand to share and answer questions. This interactive event was organized by Kelly Powell, CTE director, following her power point presentation. She also highlighted the expansion of the program next year with additional opportunities for students at all levels. Powell gave a shout out to Allison Burslem who secured $9,200 for Project Lead the Way at CCA which means it is at all schools now.
CTE Director Kelly Powell at the recent fair.
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Washington counties receive $27.1M in federal funds By Timothy Schumann The Center Square
Every county in Washington will soon get their yearly injection of funds from the feds in exchange for federally-owned land within their borders. For some, this dollar amount will be as low as zero; for others, it will be in the millions. In Washington, that number totals $27.1 million for this year. Payments in Lieu of Taxes, or PILT funds, are “federal payments to local governments to help offset losses in property taxes due to the existence of nontaxable Federal lands within their boundaries” and are administered by the Department of the Interior. For the 2023 fiscal year, the number totals $578.8 million nationwide and is disbursed by county. “PILT payments help local governments carry out vital services, such as firefighting and police protection, construction of public schools and roads, and search-and-rescue operations,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney in a news release accompanying the announcement. “We are grateful for our ongoing partnerships with local jurisdictions across the country who help the Interior Department fulfill our mission on behalf of the American public.” Enshrined in Title 31, Subtitle 5, Chapter 69 of the United States Code, the DOI has disbursed over $11.3 billion in PILT payments FUNDS Page 2Æ
GRITS Farm at the CTE fair.
Ranked by dollar amount, the top five counties in the state are as follows: County Dollar Amount Federal Acres Chelan $3,648,663 1,486,892 Okanogan $3,142,410 1,564,703 Whatcom $2,254,709 846,642 Jefferson $1,769,021 705,343 acres Snohomish $1,663,329 631,793 acres And dollars received ranked by population: County Dollar Amount Population King $1,017,602 2,371,204 Pierce $950,933 958,900 Snohomish 1,663,329 862,343 Spokane $6,482 559,775 Clark $2,535 526,696