Highline Public Schools · Escalation Alert
Raisbeck Aviation High School & District-Wide Accountability Crisis
The district is playing semantic games with public records requests and burying their response to community concerns. We have built a bulletproof paper trail. Now we are moving the leverage completely out of their hands — into arenas where they cannot ignore us.
"The district claims they are bound by confidentiality. We challenge them to immediately waive any non-disclosure agreements or directives keeping Principal Tipton from speaking to this community.
If this transition was mutual and collaborative — let her tell the community herself."
The district's B-Town Blog response attempted to paint this as a routine, confidential HR matter. We are shifting the burden of proof directly onto Superintendent Duran. If they refuse to lift the restriction, that silence is its own answer — and the entire community will see it, right before levy season. Share this challenge everywhere: Facebook community groups, Nextdoor, school parent networks.
Principal Tipton was excluded from her own seniors' graduation. Dr. Duran attended. Staff have already told this community that his unannounced appearance at the school — in the middle of this situation — felt like intimidation. His presence at graduation, after being made aware of that, was not neutral. It was a choice. We are putting it on the record: that choice felt hostile and cruel to the educators and families who were there.