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December 8, 2022

Archive Gem: In 1970, Rainier Beach students created a protest group called Stop Traffic’s Obnoxious Pollution

Sometimes when you’re digging through the city archives, you stumble on some true gems. This letter I found deep in a box in the Seattle Municipal Archives is one of them. In 1970, some students from the Rainier Beach Cottage Program (a sort of alternative school program for middle and high school students housed within…
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tagged: history, rainier beach cottage program, rainier beach high school, Stop Traffic’s Obnoxious Pollution
October 26, 2015

Seattle releases unique walking and biking maps for each public school

Earlier this month, we reported on the city’s fantastic School Road Safety Plan, designed to help schools, parents, students and the city all work together to end traffic deaths and injuries near schools. Well, one cool part of that plan was to improve the existing walking maps for each school and add information to help…
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tagged: rainier beach, rainier beach high school, safe routes to school, sdot, seattle public schools, transit riders union