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TOP: Ann Lemus, with niece Treanna, stands at the entrance to the bus as Cascade View Elementary School students load. The driver is Sam McIlwain, who has been taking kids to school for about 2 1/2 years. The students call him “Mr. Mac.” MIDDLE: Ann Lemus wades through a crowd of students after rounding up stragglers who were headed for the bus stop at the La Rochelle apartments on South 144th Street. BOTTOM: Ann Lemus and Cascade View Elementary School students hear the bus coming as they wait on South 144th Street. - Dean A. Radford/Tukwila Reporter

Guardian angels keep Cascade View students safe at busy bus stop

  • Apr 17, 2014 at 2:27PM

It’s a thankless job that deserves a thanks, keeping watch over dozens of kids at a school bus stop, and, in Ann Lemus’s case, keeping them out of a muddy swimming hole.

 

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Several individuals hurt in collision that closed Grady Way in Tukwila

  • Apr 18, 2014 at 11:15AM

Several individuals were hurt in a multiple-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon that closed Southwest Grady Way for about three hours, according to the Tukwila Police Department.

Bus-stop safety is parental responsibility, not district one

  • Apr 18, 2014 at 9:00AM

Under the Tukwila School District’s bus-stop rules, students are expected to exhibit classroom behavior, which means no shoving or other disruptive behavior. They should load and unload in an orderly manner.

City to explain Friday pedestrian-safety project serving Thorndyke Elementary

  • Apr 17, 2014 at 12:35PM

The City of Tukwila is holding an informational open house on Friday, April 18, to explain the safe-routes-to-school project serving Thorndyke Elementary School.

Showalter wins prestigious state award for ELL program

  • Apr 17, 2014 at 11:19AM

Showalter Middle School has won a 2013 Washington Achievement Award for its English Language Learner program.

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