IT HAPPENED IN AND AROUND TACOMA THIS WEEK >>>

Last night hundreds of educators, parents and community members packed into the Tacoma School Board meeting to urge district leaders to reach a contract agreement and avoid a strike. Dozens more demonstrated outside the building before and throughout the meeting.

While the board expressed a strong commitment to starting school on time, there seems to still be a great deal of separation between the district and the Tacoma Education Association.

For Zack Powers full column on the Tacoma School board battle, plus his thought on the Tacoma Chamber scoring cheap history lessons, click here.