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One in ten Seattle Public Schools students could be barred for lack of vaccination records

Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be excluded from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.
- Ann Dornfeld
This is why some Seattle schools didn’t allow costumes on Halloween

Yes, dressing up as a voodoo doll is cultural appropriation.
- Isolde Raftery
Lack of affordable child care costs WA $2 billion per year, report says

Paige Browning talks with child care advocate Ryan Pricco about how a shortage of affordable child care in Washington is affecting the state's economy.
- Paige Browning
Parenting in the age of Alexa? It’s complicated

This week’s episode of Prime(d) talks about the relationship between children and Alexa, Amazon’s AI-powered virtual assistant. Kids love to ask Alexa questions. And Alexa is listening.
- Joshua McNichols
If you're a mom on the night shift, where do your kids sleep?

It’s dinner time, and Tiffany Montgomery will head to work soon. But first, she drops her five kids off at child care, where they’ll spend the night.
- Kate Walters
Goodnight, Seattle. A story in pictures

At night in Seattle, There was a high-rise janitor. And a karaoke party with a night Lyft driver.
- Liz Jones
Flavored vaping banned for four months in Washington state

The Wash. state Board of Health voted Wednesday afternoon to temporarily ban flavored vaping products, including flavored THC. The decision comes after more than a thousand people have come down with a vaping-related lung illness.
- Kim Malcolm
La Conner Schools sues Juul Labs over teen vaping

The La Conner School District, an hour north of Seattle, is suing JUUL, saying the company has sparked an epidemic of vaping among school-kids.
- Gil Aegerter
Do phones belong in the classroom? Seattle Public Schools weighs K-8 student cell phone ban

Now that most middle-school students have cell phones, some teachers are embracing the technology for schoolwork and to communicate with kids. Others say it's the
- Ann Dornfeld
After three teen deaths, local schools warn families about illicit pills

After three student overdose deaths in the Seattle area, school administrators and public-health officials are warning parents to talk with their children about drugs.
- Patricia Murphy

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