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I'll never stop calling the Sound "the ocean" and no amount of pedantry will stop me.

On Wednesday, Portland City Council is expected to pass a 8am-8pm ban on street camping -- to be in alignment with a new state law. Yet those who helped frame the law say this wasn't the intent: “It certainly didn’t require this particular update." https://t.co/U5Z0B9GolO

Access to swimming and water safety classes can be challenging for low-income kids and children of color. The Swim Seattle initiative aims to make it easier. @ayoonhendricks https://t.co/W1tqGPxYJG

WA lawmakers deadlocked as drugs ravage Snohomish County, rest of state https://t.co/2WBaTyFruE (w/ @SeaTimesFotoKen)

We have a great job opening here at @seattletimes. We are looking for our next metro editor. Come be a leader in this excellent newsroom.

Hey, you should come work in my newsroom and be our Metro Editor, a great job for someone who loves news and management and working with cool people. https://t.co/CHFnDHCGzq

Here's a recording if you missed this event (bad choice, but don't worry):

But there is an example of hope: One school district in Washington has found a way to close the graduation gap between housed and unhoused students. Learn how:

Housing is one of the biggest predictors of whether a student will be suspended or expelled from school in Washington. The consequences reach into adulthood, yet state officials have done nothing to directly remedy the problem.

Thousands of students in Washington and tens of thousands nationally are not even being counted by school districts as homeless, meaning they miss out on essential services.

@seattletimes @publicintegrity While Washington has one of the highest populations of homeless students, it receives the lowest amount of McKinney-Vento funding per student. McKinney-Vento is the law that mandates that students must have access to education, regardless of housing.

The best virtual event you'll attend all week is about to start in 10 minutes. Join @seattletimes and @publicintegrity for a discussion about the impacts of homelessness on students and whether federal requirements are being upheld:

NEW: The Washington state Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would allow duplexes or fourplexes in most neighborhoods in most cities throughout the state, regardless of local zoning rules. https://t.co/amL0PFseJ7

This winter, we examined how homelessness impacts K-12 students in Washington and the U.S. We found homeless students face higher rates of discipline and lowers rates of graduation. @publicintegrity found that thousands in WA, U.S. are uncounted, missing vital services.

@timeshomeless @annaleapatrick Hey, remember when a Seattle councilmember said he had started raising private and public money to double the number of tiny homes in a year? And how that didn't happen? Well @annaleapatrick does and tells you why:

“More than 2 years since its reveal and more than a year since its deadline, there’s little to show, other than social media posts promoting the effort and a webpage explaining the proposal on the city’s website.” ⁦@annaleapatrick⁩ is doing the work.

@timeshomeless @annaleapatrick Last year, we reported that fewer than half of the glut of promises made during the pandemic had been kept: