<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Friday,  November 15 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Schools

Battle Ground Public Schools directors Troy McCoy, left and Monty Anderson, right, listen to a community member speak in opposition to the adoption of new sex education curriculum meeting on Oct. 14. About 150 people attended the first reading of the sexual health education curriculum Monday, many of whom voiced concerns about the appropriateness of the curriculum.

Battle Ground schools approve sex education option

Battle Ground Public Schools directors Troy McCoy, left and Monty Anderson, right, listen to a community member speak in opposition to the adoption of new sex education curriculum meeting on Oct. 14. About 150 people attended the first reading of the sexual health education curriculum Monday, many of whom voiced concerns about the appropriateness of the curriculum.

January 14, 2020, 5:55pm Clark County Health

Comprehensive sexual health education is making its way to Battle Ground high schools — but only as an option. Read story

Christina Smith, who is an English professor, with blue sign, joins colleagues while striking at Clark College on Monday morning, Jan. 13, 2020.

Clark College instructors strike at Vancouver school

Christina Smith, who is an English professor, with blue sign, joins colleagues while striking at Clark College on Monday morning, Jan. 13, 2020.

January 13, 2020, 9:30am Clark County News

Teachers at Clark College went on strike this morning in light of the continued stalemate over employee salaries.  Read story

A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at a clinic on Vashon Island.

School districts adjust to new state vaccine rules

A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at a clinic on Vashon Island.

January 12, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Seattle Public Schools excluded hundreds of students who couldn’t demonstrate complete vaccination records last week. Here in Clark County, the largest school districts are, for the most part, taking a softer approach to new state rules on vaccines. Read story

Clark College faculty and supporters prepare to make their way across campus during a rally for higher wages Feb. 13, 2019.

Clark College faculty say they will strike Monday morning

Clark College faculty and supporters prepare to make their way across campus during a rally for higher wages Feb. 13, 2019.

January 10, 2020, 9:59pm Clark County News

It’s official: Clark College faculty will strike Monday morning. Read story

Students walk through the common area of the new iTech Preparatory School on Friday morning. The school&#039;s middle and high school students are under the same roof for the first time in the school&#039;s seven-year history, inspiring the &quot;One iTech&quot; logo.

Vancouver’s new iTech Preparatory School ‘built around the curriculum’

Students walk through the common area of the new iTech Preparatory School on Friday morning. The school&#039;s middle and high school students are under the same roof for the first time in the school&#039;s seven-year history, inspiring the &quot;One iTech&quot; logo.

January 10, 2020, 5:19pm Clark County News

The newest building on Washington State University Vancouver’s campus may look at home in a college setting, but the students there are a bit younger. Read story

A poster signalling support for the Association for Higher Education hangs in a hallway of faculty offices in Foster Hall at Clark College on Monday afternoon. Faculty are poised to strike Jan. 13 if a deal is not reached between the union and college administration.

Clark College to cancel Monday classes if faculty strike

A poster signalling support for the Association for Higher Education hangs in a hallway of faculty offices in Foster Hall at Clark College on Monday afternoon. Faculty are poised to strike Jan. 13 if a deal is not reached between the union and college administration.

January 9, 2020, 6:36pm Clark County News

Clark College will cancel classes if its faculty go on strike Monday, the interim president announced in an email to students. Read story

A poster calling for a &quot;Fair Contact Now&quot; hangs from an office window on the Clark College campus on Monday afternoon. Clark College faculty and administrators have been negotiating for 15 months.

Clark College salary negotiations continue

A poster calling for a &quot;Fair Contact Now&quot; hangs from an office window on the Clark College campus on Monday afternoon. Clark College faculty and administrators have been negotiating for 15 months.

January 7, 2020, 6:15am Clark County News

It was business as usual at Clark College on Monday, the first day of the winter quarter. But the clock is ticking on this relative calm, and each day brings the Vancouver community college closer to a historic faculty strike. Read story

Keoni has sold more than 100 keychains to help raise money for unpaid school lunch debt his school.

Boy, 8, makes, sells keychains to help pay off classmates’ lunch debt

Keoni has sold more than 100 keychains to help raise money for unpaid school lunch debt his school.

January 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A Clark County second-grader is working to make the world a little bit kinder, one bead at a time. Read story