TUKWILA – The Tukwila School District announced that Ethelda Burke, a longtime administrator in the Tacoma School District, will become superintendent this summer.
Burke has served as interim superintendent of the 2,640-student Tukwila district since November. The district’s Board of Directors named her to the permanent post in a special meeting Tuesday.
Burke served more than [...]

TUKWILA – Tukwila’s Foster High School was closed and students sent home Thursday while police investigated a bomb threat.
A teacher found a piece of paper with a threatening message in a classroom at 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
School officials called police, who then evacuated the building and sent students home, district spokeswoman Jan Landes said.
Police found some [...]