After-school programs for students and their families are being developed for secondary schools in SeaTac, and staff has been hired to coordinate the programming. Highline Public Schools has partnered with Community Schools Collaboration of King County (CSCKC) on the project, with funding from the Seattle Foundation.
Community schools provide academic and recreational programs for students and services such as English-language classes for their parents in school facilities outside of school hours. Schools provide the space, while CSCKC provides the programming.
Three staff members have been hired by CSCKC to coordinate SeaTac programs.
Laurie Bohm has been hired as the SeaTac Director. Previously, Bohm worked with middle school students through the non-profit Treehouse, she launched a South Seattle Community College youth learning center, and she taught at Career Link programs. Laurie has an M.Ed from Lesley College and a Washington State teaching certificate for grades 4-12.
Karly Feria is the new Site Manager at the Tyee Educational Complex. Karly comes from the John Stanford Public Service Academy in Seattle where she coordinated service-learning projects and community support at Franklin High School. Prior to that she worked at Garfield High School, where she recruited and supported low-income youth as they prepared to be the first in their families to attend college, and coordinated volunteers, community partnerships, and major events. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and English from Seattle Pacific University.
Roderick Booker will be the Site Manager at Chinook Middle School. Roderick comes from Leschi Community Day School where he was the Program Supervisor for school-age and pre-school programs. Previously, he was the Youth Development Coordinator at Atlantic Street Center in Seattle where he ran the after-school and summer programs at the NewHolly site, and the co-director of After-School Programs at Garfield Community Center. Roderick has a B.A. in Sociology and is currently working toward a Masters in Divinity at Seattle University.
