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NEW: Four students and their parents filed a lawsuit against Sumner-Bonney Lake School district for allegedly ignoring warnings about former Sumner High basketball coach now facing child rape charge. @seattletimes @STWatchdog seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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1/ Today I published a story I’ve been wanting to do ever since I landed on the @seattletimes investigative team (@STWatchdog). It’s a bit of an odd one with an interesting backstory, so I ask you to bear with me and read through this *thread*.
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Former Sumner High boys basketball coach Jake Jackson pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexually abusing six players from his team. st.news/3O1Xd9l
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Six players told police their former basketball coach at Sumner High solicited more than 100 nude photos from them. But the truth has been elusive, thanks to technology that wipes the digital paper trail clean. @STWatchdog @seattletimes seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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In 2019, WA jails had the fourth highest death rate in the country. But unlike deaths in police custody, they get very little attention. A new law requires jails to submit reports on these deaths to the state, but most jails haven’t. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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King County is violating a legal agreement to protect the health and safety of people incarcerated at the downtown Seattle jail, civil liberties lawyers say.
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Washington education officials have launched an investigation of the state’s largest network of privately run schools for students with disabilities. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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More impact from our investigation into WA private special ed schools. State demanding a ton of records from one troubled school, as part of investigation, and lawmakers heard big reform bill W/ @luluramadan @STWatchdog @propublica seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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After @seattletimes reported a Tacoma police officer now facing felony charges for Manuel Ellis's death had a psychological break at the police academy and was still allowed to graduate, Washington State eyes more aggressive removal of academy recruits. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
NEW: WA state education officials are working on legislation to increase oversight of special ed schools, after our investigation found huge gaps. Agency said our stories “show us that more changes are needed” in system. #Impact w/ @luluramadan @propublica seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Decades ago, @3M developed #ForeverChemicals upon request of the US miliary.
Today, drinking water systems that serve more than 500K consumers in WA contain those substances, above levels defined as hazardous by @WADeptHealth.
By @hbernton & @mvilla1859
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THREAD: In 2010, psychiatric hospital chain Universal Health Services bought three private special education schools in Washington.
Students are “paying the price” for the acquisition, families and former teachers say. st.news/uhsschools
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
@UHS_Inc collected more than $38 million in tax dollars for special education services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide, according to a new @seattletimes and @propublica investigation. propub.li/3VUzYyH
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
“Kids seem to be a paycheck”: How a billion-dollar corporation exploits Washington’s special education system
Universal Health Services collected $38 million in tax dollars for services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide.
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Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Today the last full episode of "The Walk Home" podcast dropped. @mayowaaina_ explores how the momentum of the 2020 racial justice movement has faded among Tacoma's leaders. @KariPlog updates us on a new joy in Monet's life. From @knkxfm @seattletimes knkx.org/podcast/the-walk-ho…
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THREAD: Washington spends millions sending students with disabilities to private special education schools. But even the state education agency doesn’t know much about the more than 60 campuses that serve the students. st.news/schooloversight
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Washington's police academy warned the Tacoma Police Department about Timothy Rankine's "unjustifiable" shooting of a simulated suspect during training. Still, he was deployed on patrol, and later helped fatally restrain #ManuelEllis. From @STWatchdog: seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Washington spends millions offloading children with disabilities to an obscure network of private schools that promise therapy and tailored education.
Instead, abuse allegations mounted and complaints about a lack of academics poured in.
Our latest:
projects.seattletimes.com/20…
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Episode 6 of "The Walk Home" features a minute-by-minute account of what happened on the night Tacoma police killed #ManuelEllis. It's a gripping and painful, but important, piece of this collaboration between @knkxfm and @STWatchdog. knkx.org/podcast/the-walk-ho…
Seattle Times Watchdog retweeted
Carol Jason was convinced her rights had been violated, but no one else seemed to agree.
She'd just left a psychiatric hospital. Regulators dismissed her complaints.
But there *was* something to them: seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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