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Rachel Jensen, 11, of Vancouver, center, watches as fellow acting students strike a pose during a class for home-schooled kids at the Firstenburg Community Center on Thursday morning. Firstenburg began offering the home-school classes in September, offering supplemental programming to students who are not in traditional school settings.

Vancouver launches supplemental classes for home-school students

Rachel Jensen, 11, of Vancouver, center, watches as fellow acting students strike a pose during a class for home-schooled kids at the Firstenburg Community Center on Thursday morning. Firstenburg began offering the home-school classes in September, offering supplemental programming to students who are not in traditional school settings.

October 24, 2019, 6:05pm Clark County News

The Firstenburg Community Center is usually a sleepy place on weekday mornings, filled with exercising senior citizens and the occasional parent with a small child frolicking in the pool. Read story

A sign for Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services outside VPS offices.

AG: Vancouver district discipline rates higher for students of color, those with disabilities

A sign for Vancouver Public Schools Administrative Services outside VPS offices.

October 23, 2019, 5:16pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools' discipline practices keep a higher proportion of students of color and students with disabilities out of school than their white and non-disabled peers, according to an investigation by the state Attorney General's Office. Read story

Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School seniors Dante Diaz, from left, Paola Terrazas and Anastasiya Kashyrna demonstrate how they learn how to count medication in their pharmacology classroom. The classrooms use pretend medicine, like cornstarch pills, or even beans and beads to mimic medication. Henrietta Lacks High offers programs in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, public health, pharmacy, nursing and patient services.

Clark Asks: How did Vancouver come to have a Henrietta Lacks high school?

Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School seniors Dante Diaz, from left, Paola Terrazas and Anastasiya Kashyrna demonstrate how they learn how to count medication in their pharmacology classroom. The classrooms use pretend medicine, like cornstarch pills, or even beans and beads to mimic medication. Henrietta Lacks High offers programs in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, public health, pharmacy, nursing and patient services.

October 19, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Life

At a time when some schools across the U.S. are rethinking their names or mascots, one high school in Vancouver is driven by its name. Read story

LEADOPTION Jayden Mwaura, 12, takes aim while playing dodgeball with friends during a new after school after-school program for middle school students at the Clark County Family YMCA on Wednesday afternoon. Evergreen Public Schools formally started the new program this year to make sure middle school students have somewhere to go on days they leave school early so staff can meet and train.

Evergreen after-school program provides kids with fun, structure

LEADOPTION Jayden Mwaura, 12, takes aim while playing dodgeball with friends during a new after school after-school program for middle school students at the Clark County Family YMCA on Wednesday afternoon. Evergreen Public Schools formally started the new program this year to make sure middle school students have somewhere to go on days they leave school early so staff can meet and train.

October 18, 2019, 9:22pm Clark County News

There’s no avoiding chaos when you invite dozens of middle school students to one place at the same time. Read story

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.

Opponents denounce proposed Battle Ground sex ed curriculum update

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.

October 14, 2019, 10:32pm Clark County News

Battle Ground Public Schools has fielded comments on its pending sexual health curriculum update for more than a year, collecting surveys, taking comments and hosting public meetings. Read story

Mechatronics instructor Larry Smith greets guests during a tour at Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus Monday. The tour was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the facility.

Columbia Tech Center celebrates 10 years

Mechatronics instructor Larry Smith greets guests during a tour at Clark College's Columbia Tech Center campus Monday. The tour was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the facility.

October 14, 2019, 7:44pm Business

When the Clark College Columbia Tech Center opened in 2009, the college was seeing peak enrollment as layoff victims of the Great Recession went back to school to bolster their skills. Read story

You have 15 days to weigh in on Washington’s new high-school graduation requirements

October 14, 2019, 10:30am Latest News

Are high-school diplomas in Washington becoming meaningless? This is the question education officials are wrestling with as they prepare to finalize new rules governing what students must do to graduate. Read story

Evergreen Public Schools candidate Bethany Rivard (top left) and incumbent Rob Perkins (top right) are vying to represent District 2 on the school board, while candidate Divya Jain (bottom left) and Rachael Rogers (bottom right) are vying to represent District 4.

Makeup of Evergreen school board could change next yearvideo icon

Evergreen Public Schools candidate Bethany Rivard (top left) and incumbent Rob Perkins (top right) are vying to represent District 2 on the school board, while candidate Divya Jain (bottom left) and Rachael Rogers (bottom right) are vying to represent District 4.

October 14, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools could see two new faces on its five-member board next year, with challengers running against incumbents in Clark County’s largest school district. Read story