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TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local library is honoring a lifelong resident and teacher my keeping her name alive. Monday, family, friends and community members gathered for the ribbon cutting of the “Beverly J. Thompson” team room located in the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL). TSCPL CEO Marie Pyko told 27 News Thompson exuded […]
Martha “Marty” McLaren, a past West Seattle/South Park representative on the
Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, has died. Ms. McLaren, a Puget Ridge resident, was 76 years old. She was a longtime educator and community advocate, but her highest-profile role was that of board member. She won election in 2011 by unseating incumbent
Steve Sundquist and then four years later was unseated herself by current board member
Leslie Harris. We talked with Ms. McLaren after her election in 2011; she spoke of her teaching career following her involvement with advocacy as a PTA leader while her children were in school. More details on her life are in her obituary, which we’ve just received: