Seattle’s economy is booming, but not enough young people who grow up here are landing those high-paying jobs, according to Mayor Jenny Durkan.

New regulations are in the works for child care centers and people who run day care out of their homes. Washington state aims to align rules for different categories of child care and improve the quality of care. But some child care center owners are warning that the rules being considered will force them to charge parents more. Washington already ranks among the 10 least affordable states for child care.

Seattle Public Schools is on its way to getting its first Native American superintendent. The school board has voted to begin contract negotiations with Denise Juneau, former state superintendent of public instruction in Montana.

In his time as superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, Larry Nyland has said that it’s a “moral imperative” to ensure that every kid in Seattle gets a great education. But the district has not managed to eliminate troubling gaps that exist between white kids and students of color in things like test scores and graduation rates.

The Seattle school district is holding community meetings to get input on two tax levies that will be on the ballot next February, but there’s concern that voters are fed up with higher property taxes.

Seattle Public Schools have big disparities in test scores by race and income level . The three people competing to run the Seattle school district all say closing that gap is top priority.

The people vying to run Washington state’s largest school district will take questions from the public at a forum Thursday afternoon. One group anxiously looking for more information on the three candidates is the Seattle Education Association, the union that represents teachers, counselors, paraprofessionals and other school staff in the district.

Ever since the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in February, schools have been even more alert to the possibility of gun violence. Thursday evening, Highline Public Schools in South King County is holding the first in a series of community meetings about school safety. Other districts say they’re taking threats very seriously, as well.

A tight-knit community in SeaTac has been fighting for almost two years to stay in their mobile homes. Wednesday evening, Northwest Film Forum in Seattle will screen a short documentary about their possible displacement that was produced by three teenage girls who have grown up there.

This is a nail-biting time for high school seniors as they wait for college acceptance letters and financial aid. Twenty-two high schoolers from around the Puget Sound region already have that figured out after being selected for a scholarship program called Act Six.