The broad second-floor expanse of the big, beige Kendall Lake building on Douglas Avenue is mostly empty now. That's expected to change in a few months, when its suites become home to an enterprise wholly new to Snoqualmie Ridge—a King County divisional headquarters.
In a bid to move closer to the bulk of its permit business, the county's Department of Development and Environmental Services wants to relocate its 98-person main office from Renton to Snoqualmie, as early as this summer. The county is two months into negotiations with Kendall Lake owners Meriwether Partners of Seattle for an estimated $400,000 lease, about half of what the county pays for its current facility—a place DDES Director John Starbard likens to a gloomy DMV.
This love story is missing something. It has all the high points, from boy-meets-girl to boy-and-girl-date. It’s got all the flirting, all the blushing, all the hand-holding, giggling, and gentle words of love, too. All the meaningful looks are there, in spades. What it’s missing, though, is the awkwardness and uncertainty that usually precede all of those other things.
So, how did they get past that point, and on to the good parts?
George Summers and Betty McNeely look at each other before answering, and Betty’s cheeks begin to color. They both laugh. They can’t explain it.
The face of Snoqualmie Valley School District’s compliance with state anti-bullying requirements is not Nancy Meeks, and she’d be first to say so.
Instead, Meeks said the school district really addresses harassment, intimidation and bullying issues at the level of each individual school. “The real work is not with me, it’s with the buildings,” she said. Although she is officially the school compliance officer for the state-mandated policy 3207, she said “it's the principals and the counselors in the buildings who play the biggest role.”