I heard that (due to having a large budget shortfall) Tacoma Public Schools is shutting down Foss HS (or plan to). Foss is next to Cheney Stadium, and has had a few violence related issues in the last few years. They also won the State Basketball tournament when I was there. Foss is also the only public school in Tacoma that offers the IB Diploma program. The IB program is much like Advanced Placement (AP) classes, except it’s much harder and very competitive.
Students commute into Foss from all around Tacoma; there were even a few students from Vashon Island.
If you think shutting down Foss is a bad idea, tell the Superintendent. Send an email, write a letter, or give them a call.
Superintendent Arthur O. Jarvis
Email: ajarvis@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Phone: 253.571.1000
Address: Central Admin Building, P.O. Box 1357, Tacoma, WA 98401
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Jan 18, 2011 at 9:56am, Kathleen Cooper says
Hi Dave, I’m a reporter at The News Tribune. I came to this post via Feed Tacoma. I thought you and your readers might like to know more about the Foss situation. You can check out my colleague Debbie Cafazzo’s news story about it here: http://bit.ly/g5wkQL. She was covering the school board study session on Saturday and broke the news about Foss. Have a great week!
Jan 18, 2011 at 10:15am, tacoman says
Whoaaaaa talk about jumping the gun. They have made no decisions. I heard they’re considering it , but no action has been taken.
I would still send a letter.to take it off the list. The best letters also address the issue of the multi million dollar shortfall and how to fund keeping Foss open.
Jan 18, 2011 at 11:38am, Dave says
Kathleen -
Thanks for weighing in. I’ll be the first to admit that my knowledge of this is second or third hand - at best. First hand info is extremely useful, so thanks for leaving your comment and link. I’ll change it into a proper link so people can click through and read more on the TNT site.
tacoman -
Thanks for clarifying that they haven’t made any decisions yet. The info that was passed along to me was that, while it wasn’t totally official, it was pretty much a done deal. You’re also correct about the budget shortfall. We’re just now seeing the results of the November election. Many services that we’ve come to rely on might have to be cut because the State’s budget and tax crisis.
I wonder if the outcome of the election would be the same if we voted today, knowing exactly what would get cut from the budget.
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