Kent residents now have one-click online access for city departments, schools and more! Only one name/URL to remember for each organization.

Each follows this format:  www.NAMEHERE.tel. For example, City of Kent is www.cityofkent.tel.

City of Kent

Kent Parks

Kent-Meridian HS

Kentwood HS

Kentridge HS

Kentlake HS

Mill Creek Middle School

Preps Sports Network

Washington Huskies

The clinic is available for students from preschool through grade 12. Students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to receive immunizations. The students must also bring their immunization records.
Available immunizations include:

• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
• IPV (polio)
• DtaP (diphtheria, tetanus)
• Td(tetanus, diphtheria)
• Varicella (chicken vaccine)
• Hepatitis B
• Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria)

Kent School District has teamed with Public Health – Seattle and King County to provide the free clinic. A portion of the funding for the clinic is from a Group Health Foundation grant.

UPDATE–Monday, August 31, 2009, 4:53 pm – School is delayed until further notice. More info on KSD’s website here.

UPDATE–Monday, August 31, 2009, 5:27 am – Today was supposed to be the first day of school for students in the Kent School District, but instead, anxious parents and students are wondering how long the strike will continue.

According to the Kent Education Association’s blog, an agreement had not yet been reached between teachers and the Kent School District, delaying the need for a vote on Sunday, August 30 as planned.  Instead the teachers scheduled a candlelight vigil for Sunday evening in downtown Kent.

Despite reports and rumors that this strike is all  about pay raises, there are greater issues at stake here, including classroom sizes and administrative meetings, both of which reduce the amount of time students and teachers spend together. In a story on the Kent Reporter website, the Kent School District won’t put a cap, or limit, on the number of students per classroom.

Though it is not clear how the two sides will come to an agreement on these and other issues, one thing is clear…picketing resumes on Monday while parents and students wait anxiously for news.

Find more information about the strike here:

Associated Content
Kent School District
Kent Education Association (KEA)
KEA Blog
Kent Reporter

To read a copy of the latest response from the KSD to the KEA about outstanding issues, click here.

The Kent School District has posted its calendar for the 2009-2010 school year.

Highlights:

8/31:  First day of school

11/26 – 11/27:  No School, Thanksgiving Break

12/21 – 1/01/10:  No School, Winter Break

2/15 – 2/19/10:  No School, Mid-Winter Break

4/5 – 4/9/10:  No School, Spring Break

6/18/10:  Last Day of School (dependent on snow days to be made up)

Subject to change. Please see the school district’s online calendar for changes and up-to-date information.

The Kent School District’s Spring Break is just around the corner. Students, teachers and administration will have the week of April 6 through 10 off.

For more news on KSD, including the community’s input on potential budget cuts, visit the KSD site online.