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Teacher Adam Aguilera helps fourth-grader Kaler Mathews with a math exercise in November at Pioneer Elementary School in Vancouver.

Educators of color tick up slightly in Clark County

Teacher Adam Aguilera helps fourth-grader Kaler Mathews with a math exercise in November at Pioneer Elementary School in Vancouver.

March 22, 2019, 6:04am Clark County News

Clark County’s pool of teachers of color has grown just a dash over previous years. But these teachers remain significantly underrepresented in a county where more than a third of students identify as a race other that white. Read story

(Illustration by Jennifer Luxton/The Seattle Times)

Number of teachers of color still greatly lags students

(Illustration by Jennifer Luxton/The Seattle Times)

March 22, 2019, 6:00am Latest News

An array of research shows that students of color benefit academically and socially from having teachers who share their racial backgrounds. Read story

Music teacher Shane Dittmar of the Washington State School for the Blind, left, listens carefully as beginning band students Jaymes Gummere (in back), Xavier Lopez and Olivia McGraw work on scales and rhythms.

Blind musician shares vision at School for the Blind

Music teacher Shane Dittmar of the Washington State School for the Blind, left, listens carefully as beginning band students Jaymes Gummere (in back), Xavier Lopez and Olivia McGraw work on scales and rhythms.

March 21, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Shane Dittmar, who is legally blind, clearly sees the meaning of life. The music educator, composer and singer paused during a recent rehearsal of Reprise Choir’s upcoming concert series to sum it all up, and connect it with his many pursuits, from classroom to concert stage. Read story

Mark Watrin Appointed to District 4 director position

Retired teacher fills vacancy on Battle Ground school board

Mark Watrin Appointed to District 4 director position

March 20, 2019, 8:52pm Clark County News

Battle Ground Public Schools has a full school board with the appointment of retired teacher Mark Watrin to the vacant District 4 director position. Read story

Reports of threat at Jason Lee Middle School deemed not credible

March 20, 2019, 7:23pm Clark County News

Law enforcement responded to reports of a threat at Jason Lee Middle School in the Vancouver school district Wednesday, which were deemed not credible. Read story

Katherine Shafer, a Clark College student studying addiction counseling, hoists her 3-year-old son Aiden out of the car on their way to Clark College’s on-campus child care center. Two of Shafer’s three sons are enrolled in the program while Shafer completes her degree. Clark College received nearly half a million dollars to pay for tuition and fees for families enrolled at the child care center.

Grant helps Clark College students pay for child care

Katherine Shafer, a Clark College student studying addiction counseling, hoists her 3-year-old son Aiden out of the car on their way to Clark College’s on-campus child care center. Two of Shafer’s three sons are enrolled in the program while Shafer completes her degree. Clark College received nearly half a million dollars to pay for tuition and fees for families enrolled at the child care center.

March 20, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News

Katherine Shafer’s sons hurtled into the Clark College child care facility on a recent Wednesday morning, eager to show their toys to the staff at the campus-within-a-campus. Read story

Two students were arrested after a disturbance Friday at Gaiser Middle School.

Two teens face allegations in Gaiser Middle School disturbancevideo icon

Two students were arrested after a disturbance Friday at Gaiser Middle School.

March 18, 2019, 9:00pm Clark County News

Two teenagers appeared Monday in Clark County Juvenile Court to face allegations stemming from their refusal to leave Gaiser Middle School on Friday night at the direction of law enforcement officers. Read story

Lacamas Lake Elementary School second-grader Owen Query, left, and Mason Krause, right, run along the natural play elements outside of the first-year school, which was opened to deal with increasing enrollment and more development moving north of Lacamas Lake. The district passed a 2016 bond to build the school, but changes in the state education funding model have created difficulties for schools in Washington. Camas is facing an $8.2 million shortfall for the upcoming school year and might have to make reductions to even out the budget.

Camas schools committee created to find solutions for $8.2 million shortfall

Lacamas Lake Elementary School second-grader Owen Query, left, and Mason Krause, right, run along the natural play elements outside of the first-year school, which was opened to deal with increasing enrollment and more development moving north of Lacamas Lake. The district passed a 2016 bond to build the school, but changes in the state education funding model have created difficulties for schools in Washington. Camas is facing an $8.2 million shortfall for the upcoming school year and might have to make reductions to even out the budget.

March 18, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

The Camas School District is looking at an $8.2 million shortfall in the upcoming school year, and Superintendent Jeff Snell has created a budget committee to look at potential solutions, including reductions. Read story