By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. May 28--Mae Lovern is finishing her 50th consecutive year as a public school teacher. At 83, she has no plans to quit.

By Steve Maynard, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Nov. 15--The Federal Way School District finalized an agreement Wednesday to open a technology-based academy at a middle school in September.

By Emily Heffter, Seattle Times Nov. 14--Seattle Public Schools rejected a deal with a local nonprofit to start a technology-based school -- not once, but three times since 2005.

By Steve Maynard, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. May 11--A Twin Lakes Elementary music teacher arrested on suspicion of molesting an 11-year-old student had been suspected of sexual misconduct at his previous school district in Nevada, Federal Way school officials said Thursday.

By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Mar. 14--Students at Sacajawea Middle School in Federal Way were detained in the gymnasium for 45 minutes Tuesday because of a bomb threat posted on the social networking site MySpace. com.