Exploring the old school records of the State Archives

September 12, 2018 Secretary of State's Office

It’s September and the start of a new academic year, so the branches of the Washington State Archives are abuzz with new and returning student interns. This inspired us to think about about school records, so let’s explore what Archives’ school collections encompass. Some of the records we have are from either the state or county levels, including: maps for school boundaries, bus routes, teacher contracts, superintendents’ reports, school annual reports, county school district audit examinations, school censuses, yearbooks, and…

Gregoire proposes massive cuts for November session

October 27, 2011 Secretary of State's Office

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, responding to the state’s continuing economic woes and a huge state budget deficit, is proposing a laundry list of deep spending cuts across all areas of state government. At a televised news conference at the Capitol, she laid out ideas totaling over $3.8 billion and endorsed nearly $1.7 billion of those for the budget rewrite she’ll release in November. The governor officially issued a call for an unusual November-December emergency session of the Legislature to adopt…

Don’t mock this

April 29, 2010 Secretary of State's Office

We just got some exciting news from the other Washington (D.C.): We are one of 14 organizations to receive grants from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to support mock elections and educate students about voting. The EAC announced this week that it has awarded $40,000 to the Office of Secretary of State to provide schools with opportunities to participate in “online voting,” election-related educational activities, and two televised segments co-sponsored by TVW, Washington’s public affairs broadcast network. The segments will…

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