Community members interrupted the August 25 South Whidbey School Board meeting by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Board member Damian Greene was the only board member to stand and join in. Board Member Brook Willeford pointed out that it was a disruption to interrupt the meeting while they were discussing...
The North Whidbey Pool, Park and Recreation District commissioners voted to authorize Commissioner Jay Cochran to sign a contract with Northwest Thermal Hydronics, LLC to replace the 39-year-old boiler for the Pool. However, the commissioners have not yet figured out how to fund the $152,460 price tag. Commissioner Cochran said...
The Black Lives Matter banner that hangs on the South Whidbey High School fence has been stolen for the second time. The theft was reported on Monday, August 2. School board members did not address the theft during their public workshop on August 11. Most board members maintain that the...
United Student Leaders, an activist group of children attending South Whidbey High School, removed a controversial post about School Board member Damian Greene from their Facebook page. The post insinuated that Greene, and his wife Maureen, had something to do with the theft of a Black Lives Matter banner that...
South Whidbey School Board member Damian Greene is threatening to take legal action against United Student Leaders, USL, which is a local youth activist organization comprised mainly of South Whidbey High School students. The USL Facebook page contains a post that indirectly accuses Greene and his wife Maureen of being...
South Whidbey School District board members reviewed the district’s threat assessment procedure at the July 14 public meeting. Some community members expressed concern that some threats were not immediately communicated to law enforcement officials. Commenters referred to a recent incident where a threat was posted online but the school did...
Hundreds of demonstrators were present in front of South Whidbey High School to voice their support for or opposition to the saturation of Critical Race Theory into the school’s curriculum and the presence of a Black Lives Matter banner on a school property fence. The issue of South Whidbey School...
A Black Lives Matter banner hanging on a fence for over a year at South Whidbey High School has been stolen. Superintendent Josephine Moccia said the school plans to replace the banner and that “It is very disappointing that our graduates were disparaged in this way” She also said “(The...
