The family of a Gig Harbor High School quarterback who was seriously injured during Fish Bowl 2023 is suing Peninsula School District. Also named as defendants in the suit are Ross Filkins, coach and athletic director of Peninsula High School, as well as the PHS student who made the tackle. The suit, filed in U.S.
Gig Harbor-area students interested in exploring a career in the aviation industry will have that option close to home starting in the 2025-26 school year. Peninsula School District recently announced it will launch an Aviation Academy next year in partnership with the Museum of Flight and Tacoma Narrows Airport. Filling a skills gap The academy,
The policy establishes that the district can discipline, or even fire, employees whose off-the-clock comments have an “adverse impact on district operations.”
As K-12 schools have become a battleground for culture wars, it’s no surprise that the 2024 race for state Superintendent of Public Instruction, a nonpartisan position, is fraught with political overtones. David Olson, a longtime Peninsula School District board member, hopes to unseat incumbent Chris Reykdal, seeking a third term as head of the state’s
The Peninsula High School pool is out of commission due to multiple leaks in pipes underground. The Peninsula swim team has been practicing at Gig Harbor High’s pool, and that’s likely to continue for the foreseeable future, with repairs not yet underway, Patrick Gillespie, Peninsula School District’s facilities director, told the school board last week.
Parents of students who were victims of alleged sexual abuse by a teacher at Evergreen Elementary School are suing Peninsula School District. Pierce County prosecutors charged Jordan Roy Henderson with 12 counts of first-degree child molestation. Allegations against Henderson in court documents claim he sexually abused female students at the school over a two-year period.
The district expects to have a review of its harassment and bullying policies and practices, and where changes could be made, by December or January.
Peninsula School District is seeing a rise in online bullying, Superintendent Krestin Bahr reported to families and staff on Tuesday. Bahr, in a statement posted on the district’s website, called the trend “deeply concerning.” “Students have been posting unflattering and sometimes explicit photos of students and staff without their consent on social media sites, namely
“I’m sorry you’ll have to walk around,” a woman in a safety vest told several teens Saturday as fans arrived at Mt. Tahoma High School stadium for Fish Bowl 2024. The separation of fans — Gig Harbor Tides’ boosters on one side of the stadium, Peninsula Seahawks’ faithful on the other — was part of
It’s 9:30 a.m. Sept. 3, at Voyager Elementary School. The 2024-25 school year is less than an hour old. Office secretary Juli Williams has already wrangled the torrent of excited students pouring through the doors, directing kids to their classrooms, answering parents’ questions, helping one bewildered boy figure out who his teacher is this year.
