Nyland appointed to state math panel

Marysville schools

Marysville Superintendent Larry Nyland has been named to a state advisory panel to review Washington's K-12 math standards.

The state Board of Education selected 20 educators, parents, mathematicians and business people from around the state. The panel will review work by a private consulting firm hired to bring Washington's math standards into line with those of top-performing states and foreign nations.

The review was prompted by the failure of almost half of 10th-graders to pass the math portion of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning last spring.

Nyland is the only Snohomish County representative on the advisory panel and one of two superintendents, the other being Mike Riley of Bellevue.

The math-standards panel will review recommendations, and the board will hold public hearings around the state in July and August. A final report is due to the board by Aug. 30.

Lake Stevens schools

Westgate principal going to Hillcrest

Westgate Elementary principal Steve Burleigh is moving to the Lake Stevens School District, where he will become principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in July.

Burleigh, 39, has been a principal in the Edmonds schools for three years and was previously dean of students at two Mukilteo elementary schools. He taught third and fourth grades for nine years in Mukilteo and California.

Burleigh and his family live in the Lake Stevens area.

Coming up ...

Today: Edmonds schools Superintendent Nick Brossoit talks about capital improvements and communications strategies in the district from noon to 1 p.m. at the Educational Service Center, 20420 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood.