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The Seattle School Board is scheduled to vote tonight (Wednesday) on three proposals parents have been watching for months: the operations and capital levies voters will see on ballots in February, and the student assignment plan that decides where students go to school based on their addresses.

Betty Patu and Kay Smith Blum have taken the lead in their races for Seattle school board.

The Seattle School District is taking a second crack at its school boundaries. The new student assignment plan will decide where students go to school based on their addresses.

On October 21st, in spite of the snow, candidates for Denver School Board attended a forum to answer questions, both prepared in advance by the community, and posed by the public at the event. Mary Seawell and Christopher Scott, who are running for the at large seat on the school board, both had to leave early, as did Andrea E. Merida, running to represent District 2. Ismael Garcia, also running to represent District 2, arrived late. Our footage of the event is presented in chapters, with each candidate s introduction, closing statement, and answers to each question, where that candidate was available. Andrea G. Mosby, Jacqui Shumway, Dr. Nate Easley, and Alton Clark, all running to represent District 4, were present for the full forum. The event was sponsored by the Latina Initiative, Jovenes Unidos, and the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR). **http://The-UpTake.groups.theuptake.org/en/videogalleryView/id/2536/

12:00 p.m. Norm Dicks Tied to House Ethics Probe Congressman Norm Dicks of Bremerton is being investigated for possible ethics violations according to a leaked document obtained by the Washington Post. We talk to the executive director of The Center for Public Integrity School Board Race: Central Seattle For the second election in a row, a Capitol Hill mother of Garfield graduates is challenging Mary Bass for her school board seat. The winner will represent central Seattle, where several high poverty schools have been closed in recent years. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher has this profile of the candidates. King County's Unopposed Election Races Election season in King County brings lots of attack ads and bitter debates between candidates. But some of this year's races aren't exactly nail biters. Most of the candidates for King County Council are running unopposed. Even so, they've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to get re elected. KUOW's John Ryan reports. 12:20 p.m. Heart of Dryness James Workman thought he knew about dealing with drought. He advised countries around the world on water policy. Then he met the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana and realized they knew more than he did. The author of Heart of Dryness joins us. 12:40 p.m. What Are You So Afraid Of? Halloween is the time to be scared or at least to pretend you're scared. But what about the fears that are real, even though they shouldn't be? Most of us have fears that we know are irrational and implausible, but that doesn't mean they're any less legitimate. What are your unfounded fears?

For the second election in a row, a Capitol Hill mom of Garfield graduates is challenging Mary Bass for her school board seat. The winner will represent central Seattle where several high poverty schools have been closed in recent years.

12:00 p.m. Boeing Dreamliner to South Carolina Boeing announced yesterday it will build its second 787 Dreamliner production line in South Carolina instead of Puget Sound. KUOW's Deborah Wang reports. School Board Race In the race for school board in South Seattle voters have a choice between UW researcher Wilson Chin and Betty Patu. Chin touts his ability to parse the district's data. Betty Patu worked for the School District for 32 years coordinating dropout prevention. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher introduces us to the candidates. Seattle Sounders FC to the Playoffs Local soccer fans are over the moon. The Seattle Sounders FC are headed to the playoffs. That's not bad for their very first year as a major league soccer team. We'll check in with the official Sounders Nerd at the Website Publicola. 12:20 p.m. Boeing in South Carolina Boeing's announcement about moving its second 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina means future jobs will be in Charleston instead of Everett. They'll be nonunion jobs instead of members of the Machinists union. What's the significance of the decision for organized labor, Puget Sound, and Boeing? Is anyone to blame? Is everyone to blame?

The Seattle School Board made some adjustments to its high school grading policy last night, but it abandoned the change that upset parents the most: Lowering the grade point average requirement for graduation from C to D. The vote to ditch that idea was unanimous, but one board member blamed her colleagues for not trusting the years of work behind the proposal.

Closing remarks by Jean and Francine. Comments by all Board members - Jeanice Garfield, Marilyn Thompson, Larry Kraft, Scott Adnams and Sam Coleman. Video by Mark Ostrom for Springfield Area Public Access Television.

The Seattle School District is rolling out preliminary maps this hour for its new student assignment plan. That's the system that determines where students go to school based on their address.

Highlights of the confrontational atmosphere at the School Board Meeting on 10-AUG-2009 in Grove City OH. For those who lack the time to view the entire meeting that is shown on our earlier show.It is especially interesting to see how a plea is treated by the Board and how a Board member explains who are the most important people to him.