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Prairie High School graduate David Hatcher, 18, left, celebrates his accomplishments with Victor Paskar on Friday evening during a neighborhood graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 in Orchards. The students marked the occasion with a cul-de-sac graduation with nearby families as COVID-19 concerns forced the cancellation of their scheduled in-person ceremonies.

Cul-de-sac celebration: Neighborhood honors graduates with block party amid pandemic

Prairie High School graduate David Hatcher, 18, left, celebrates his accomplishments with Victor Paskar on Friday evening during a neighborhood graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 in Orchards. The students marked the occasion with a cul-de-sac graduation with nearby families as COVID-19 concerns forced the cancellation of their scheduled in-person ceremonies.

June 9, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

What greeted a dozen Orchards-area graduates Friday may not have been what they grew up imagining. But as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, one neighborhood’s celebration of its students was the best they could have received. Read story

Union High School seniors Lauryn Lopez, left, and her twin sister Ashtyn look out the windows of their Vancouver home.

Clark County Class of 2020: Graduation, interrupted

Union High School seniors Lauryn Lopez, left, and her twin sister Ashtyn look out the windows of their Vancouver home.

June 7, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

On Friday, March 13, high school seniors in Clark County and across the state left their classrooms at the end of the day. Read story

Clark County Class of 2020: graduation ceremonies and celebrations

June 7, 2020, 5:29am Clark County News

With traditional commencement ceremonies upended by the novel coronavirus, local schools are doing what they can to honor the Class of 2020 in a rapidly changing world. Here is what local schools had planned. Information was current as of June 2. Read story

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

Vancouver Public Schools seeks applicants for board seat

The Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services building.

June 5, 2020, 5:23pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools is seeking applicants for the school board position vacated by Mark Stoker, who resigned after making comments decried as racist on social media. Read story

Marchers move west on Burnside towards the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020.  Protests continued for a sixth night in Portland, demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.

Districts jettison school police officers amid protests

Marchers move west on Burnside towards the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020.  Protests continued for a sixth night in Portland, demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.

June 5, 2020, 12:44pm Latest News

An increasing number of cities are rethinking the presence of school resource officers as they respond to the concerns of thousands of demonstrators — many of them young — who have filled the streets night after night to protest the death of George Floyd. Read story

Options for reopening schools in Clark County, Washington come with complex questions of equity

June 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

As social distancing restrictions ease across Washington, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is preparing for how best to reopen schools come fall. Read story

Mark Stoker

Stoker resigns from Vancouver school board after comment on protesters

Mark Stoker

June 1, 2020, 1:42pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools director Mark Stoker resigned Monday after fallout from his tweet suggesting that fire hoses be used to quell demonstrators protesting police brutality against the black community. Read story

Mark Stoker

Vancouver school board member apologizes for urging ‘fire hoses’ at protests

Mark Stoker

May 31, 2020, 4:25pm Clark County News

A member of the Vancouver Public Schools board of directors is under fire for a comment on social media that one fellow board member decried as racist in tone. Read story