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Vancouver Public Schools on Thursday issued layoff notices to 30 clerks in the district, alerting them that their positions will be eliminated for the 2019-2020 school year.
The affected employees include 19 media clerks at all school levels, seven counseling clerks and four wing clerks who are assigned to individual wings of the Skyview High School campus. The district, which is facing a $17 million budget shortfall, expects the cuts will save $1.35 million.
Battle Ground Public Schools announced further specifics of expected budget cuts, including the elimination of more than 40 staff positions.
The 13,000-student school district, like others in Clark County, is facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Districts blame compounding factors for the cuts: declining enrollment, capped local levy dollars and increasing labor costs, in part, driven by last year’s contract negotiations.
Clark County’s Young Marines are on the search for a new home.
The Lewis & Clark Young Marines, a unit of about 100 young people between 8 and 18, is on the move after negotiations stalled between leaders and its landlord, the Vancouver Elks Lodge in the Riveridge neighborhood of Vancouver.
The unit sprawled throughout the basement of the Elks Lodge at 11605 McGillivray Blvd., Vancouver. The Marines used permanent office and storage space, as well as parking for its two motor coach buses, utility trailers, a short bus and other equipment. The group would gather every other Saturday for drills and on Thursday nights for a study hall.
Sexually transmitted diseases continue to spread in the United States and Clark County.
Clark County Public Health Director Dr. Alan Melnick said there’s a variety of reasons why infection rates are increasing for gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia.
“I think there’s all kinds of challenges in terms of dealing with and addressing sexually transmitted disease,” Melnick said. “The stigma. The way the symptoms present. The populations that are affected. The lack of resources to interview cases, identify cases, track down contacts, and make sure they get treated all presents a real challenge.”
Why: Frontier Public House in Hazel Dell is a neighborhood pub serving made-from-scratch, Southern-inspired comfort food for lunch, dinner and brunch on the weekends. Live music fills the house a few times a month.
What I tried: My dining companions and I tried the chicharrones and smothered fries to start. I also had the beet, goat cheese and apple salad. For entrees, we had the po’ boy sandwich made with oysters, the chicken ‘n’ dumplings, and the fish and chips.
