Due to reduced school budgets for next year Issaquah School District
chose to layoff 158 out of its 1097 teachers. The layoffs were done
completely on a seniority basis. Dahlia’s teacher had been teaching
less than 3 years so she was included on the list of 158 teachers. It
is a tragedy that so many of the young energetic teachers will no
longer be at our school. Luckily Ms Howard was offered a kindergarten
teaching position at a private school in Seattle. We will miss her.