September 28, 2022August 1, 2026

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Highline Forum 2022

This September 2022 presentation by Highline Public Schools Chief Academic Officer Jenniffer Reinig outlines the district's core promise to ensure every student is known by name, strength, and need, and graduates prepared for the future they choose. It highlights three key areas for delivering on that promise: continued partnership and innovation, a Superintendent Entry Plan, and the Highline Schools Bond. Note that this document focuses on school district academic priorities and does not contain information related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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A presentation by Jenniffer Reinig, Chief Academic Officer of Highline Public Schools, delivered at the Highline Forum on September 28, 2022. The presentation covers HPS highlights including the district’s promise that every student is known by name, strength, and need, and graduates prepared for the future they choose. It outlines three areas for delivering on that promise: Continued Partnership and Innovation, Superintendent Entry Plan, and the Highline Schools Bond.

As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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