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Former Highline student James Jackson hosted a virtual seminar on April 29 featuring a panel of formerly incarcerated students from both Highline and The Evergreen State College.
The focal point of the seminar was on the impact of incarceration at a personal level, underscored by a panelists, who shared their experiences transitioning in and out of the system.
Driveline Baseball of Kent is where brawn meets brains, physique meets physics, and where strength meets science.
The player development facility is located only 10 minutes from Highline’s campus and exists at the junction of athletic training and scientific research.
Highline’s men’s basketball team, in any normal year, would be gearing up for the playoffs around this time of year. Everyone is well aware by now that this is not a normal year.
Due to delays caused by the ongoing public health crisis, the basketball team will play the first game of their regular season in the springtime, on April 2 at Centralia.
Highline’s golf team is ready to take a swing at their upcoming season.
Head Coach Steve Turcotte says he is excited to capitalize on the momentum gained during their autumn outing.
“They showed plenty of promise in the fall season with our three tournaments,” Turcotte said.
The spring team is identical to the one seen last fall with sophomores Ashlynn Verhaaren, Shylee McConnell, and Fails Valley joining up with freshmen Nevaeh Clancy, Mariah Mauer, and Brooklyn Grant.
The search for a new head wrestling coach is underway after Chad Beatty has opted not to return for a second season.
Beatty replaced former coach Scott Norton, who stepped down from his position after a two-decade tenure with the program. He was a high school wrestling champion out of the state of Iowa, only losing seven times in his high school career.
He wrestled with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes where he led the team to three NCAA wrestling championships.
Sound Transit’s endeavor to extend the light rail to Highline is still projected to be completed on time, even in the wake of financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Federal Way-bound project, which began in 2020 and will include a station near Highline, came to an abrupt yet short-lived halt in the early days of the ongoing global health crisis.
The Landmark on the Sound, a nearly century-old building with an uncertain fate, has caught the attention of advocacy groups hoping to prevent the building from being torn down.
Highline’s budget woes will continue into the next fiscal year due to the economic impact of the global pandemic.
Last summer, a draft of the budget showed a $3.4 million gap of expenses over revenue. Although the state revenue picture has shown some improvement, with current downward trends in funding and enrollment, Highline faces a projected deficit of about $8 million.
Sound Transit is still on track to complete their Highline-bound expansion as scheduled, even in an era disrupted by the ongoing global health crisis.
The nearly 8-mile long project broke ground in early 2020, and will include stations near Highline and in Federal Way. The expansion is still expected to be completed by 2024, as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused minimal delay.
The future of the Landmark on the Sound, a 94-year-old building located west of Highline, remains uncertain.
From 1926 through 2006, the 27-acre property, then known as The Masonic Home of Washington, served as an assisted living home of the Freemason community of western Washington.