Editing Arlington, Washington (section)

==Education==
[[File:Arlington, WA - old Arlington High School 01.jpg|thumb|left|The former [[Arlington High School (Washington)|Arlington High School]] building, vacated in 2002|alt=A three-story tan-and-beige building on the side of a road.]]

Public schools in Arlington are operated by the Arlington School District, which covers most of the incorporated city and also includes the outlying areas of [[Arlington Heights, Washington|Arlington Heights]], Bryant, [[Getchell, Washington|Getchell]], and [[Sisco Heights, Washington|Sisco Heights]].<ref name="SDMap">{{cite map |date=March 23, 2015 |title=Arlington School District Boundaries |url=http://www.asd.wednet.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3164237/File/District%20Map/SchoolDist_36x24_15.pdf |publisher=City of Arlington |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702013942/http://www.asd.wednet.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3164237/File/District%20Map/SchoolDist_36x24_15.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref> The district had an enrollment of approximately 5,528 students in 2014 and has nine total schools, including one high school, two middle schools, four elementary schools, and two alternative learning facilities.<ref name="ComprehensivePlan"/>{{rp|9{{hyphen}}17}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Public School District Directory Information: Arlington School District |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&ID2=5300240 |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072131/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&ID2=5300240 |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the school district opened four new schools to replace other facilities as part of a $54 million [[bond measure]] passed by Arlington voters in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=September 4, 2006 |title=Arlington's new Haller Middle School will ease crowding |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/arlingtons-new-haller-middle-school-will-ease-crowding/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154311/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/arlingtons-new-haller-middle-school-will-ease-crowding/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> The Smokey Point neighborhood is served by the [[Lakewood School District (Washington)|Lakewood School District]], which is in unincorporated North Lakewood and served the area prior to its annexation by Arlington.<ref name="SDMap"/><ref>{{cite news |date=August 28, 2008 |title=This week in history from The Arlington Times archives |url=http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/this-week-in-history-from-the-arlington-times-archives-23/ |work=The Arlington Times |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072415/http://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/this-week-in-history-from-the-arlington-times-archives-23/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>

Arlington is located approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} away from the [[Everett Community College]], its nearest post-secondary education institution, situated in northern Everett.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Navigator: Results for 98223 |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=WA&zc=98223&zd=20&of=3 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510210639/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=WA&zc=98223&zd=20&of=3 |archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |date=August 2014 |title=Everett Community College&nbsp;— District 5 |url=https://www.sbctc.edu/resources/documents/our-colleges/district-05-everett.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges]] |access-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510211329/https://www.sbctc.edu/resources/documents/our-colleges/district-05-everett.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> The college has offered basic skills and job training courses at Arlington's Weston High School since 2016, including a branch of its Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Kari |date=February 10, 2017 |title=EvCC brings manufacturing training classes to north county |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/evcc-brings-manufacturing-training-classes-to-north-county/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

In 1966, the Smokey Point area was proposed as the location of a four-year public college, with {{convert|645|acre}} offered by the city of Arlington to the state government.<ref>{{cite news |last=Angelos |first=Constantine |date=August 1, 1966 |title=2 Communities To Make Bids For College |page=18 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The [[Washington State Legislature]] decided to build the college instead in [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], becoming [[The Evergreen State College]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cornfield |first=Jerry |date=March 3, 2007 |title=Is it finally our turn for a college? |work=The Everett Herald |url=http://heraldnet.com/stories/07/03/04/100loc_a1college001.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307111226/http://heraldnet.com/stories/07/03/04/100loc_a1college001.cfm |archive-date=March 7, 2007 |access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> The Smokey Point area was again offered by Arlington and Marysville as the site of a [[University of Washington]] branch campus in the 2000s,<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=August 17, 2005 |title=Push for 4-year college revs up |page=H18 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/education/2002442337_4year17n.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073436/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/education/2002442337_4year17n.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> but the project was put on hold and later declined by the state legislature in favor of a [[Washington State University]] branch campus in Everett.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 2008 |title=UW Snohomish County campus plans delayed again |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/UW-Snohomish-County-campus-plans-delayed-again-1293359.php |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123357/http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/UW-Snohomish-County-campus-plans-delayed-again-1293359.php |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Long |first=Katherine |date=May 24, 2011 |title=WSU branch campus one step closer for Everett |page=A1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015129940_wsu24m.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073035/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015129940_wsu24m.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>