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Vancouver Public Schools shaves away at budget cuts

Steve Webb, Vancouver Public Schools superintendent

February 14, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools officials blame a maelstrom of factors leading to one thing: the need for multimillion-dollar budget cuts in the coming years. 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 seek pay increases

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

February 13, 2019, 7:56pm Clark County News

Clark College’s faculty union marched through campus Wednesday to support its bargaining team, which remains locked in contract negotiations with college administrators. Read story

Fourth-graders at Silver Star Elementary School react as they test out their Sphero robots during science class. These Sphero robots are funded by local levy dollars, and it appears voters have approved Evergreen Public Schools levy requests to continue this and other programs.

Results solidifying in Clark County school levies, bond

Fourth-graders at Silver Star Elementary School react as they test out their Sphero robots during science class. These Sphero robots are funded by local levy dollars, and it appears voters have approved Evergreen Public Schools levy requests to continue this and other programs.

February 13, 2019, 4:11pm Clark County News

Evergreen, La Center, Vancouver levies were passing in results released Wednesday; Hockinson levies, Ridgefield bond were failing. Read story

Teacher Mark Sterling, blue vest, and a fourth-grader at Silver Star Elementary School watch as they maneuver a “sphero”, left, in an attempt to knock down stuffed bowling pins while controlling them from across the room. A program levy and technology levy were both passing Tuesday night.

Evergreen school levies off to narrow, early lead

Teacher Mark Sterling, blue vest, and a fourth-grader at Silver Star Elementary School watch as they maneuver a “sphero”, left, in an attempt to knock down stuffed bowling pins while controlling them from across the room. A program levy and technology levy were both passing Tuesday night.

February 12, 2019, 10:30pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools voters were narrowly supporting two proposed levies as of Tuesday night. More results will be released in the coming days; but for now, district officials are hopeful about the results. Read story

Tamara Shoup, interim executive director for school supports, center left, and Christina Iremonger, chief digital officer, hug in celebration after hearing election results at the Vancouver Public Schools district offices on Tuesday night. Both the educational fund and technology levies were passing with wide margins after initial results were released.

Vancouver school levies sail to passage

Tamara Shoup, interim executive director for school supports, center left, and Christina Iremonger, chief digital officer, hug in celebration after hearing election results at the Vancouver Public Schools district offices on Tuesday night. Both the educational fund and technology levies were passing with wide margins after initial results were released.

February 12, 2019, 10:29pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools officials breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday, as voters in the west Vancouver district overwhelmingly voted in favor of two school levies that will fund programs and technology in the district. Read story

La Center School District’s 2018 bond will pay for a new middle school and to convert the K-8 building into an elementary school. Tuesday night, the district’s replacement levy was narrowly ahead, which will help the district maintain current programs after a change in the state funding model for education limited how much districts can collect from local levies.

Hockinson levies fail; La Center’s leads in early count

La Center School District’s 2018 bond will pay for a new middle school and to convert the K-8 building into an elementary school. Tuesday night, the district’s replacement levy was narrowly ahead, which will help the district maintain current programs after a change in the state funding model for education limited how much districts can collect from local levies.

February 12, 2019, 9:51pm Clark County News

Hockinson School District residents voted down two school levies, while voters in La Center came out narrowly in support of a school levy. Read story

Construction at Ridgefield High School funded by the 2017 bond is seen in January. The district ran another bond, and after initial results came out Tuesday night, the bond is ahead but not passing. A bond needs a 60 percent supermajority to pass, and it sits at 57.3 percent as of Tuesday.

Ridgefield bond trailing in early results

Construction at Ridgefield High School funded by the 2017 bond is seen in January. The district ran another bond, and after initial results came out Tuesday night, the bond is ahead but not passing. A bond needs a 60 percent supermajority to pass, and it sits at 57.3 percent as of Tuesday.

February 12, 2019, 9:50pm Clark County News

Ridgefield School District’s $77 million bond is trailing after initial results came in for Tuesday night’s special election. Read story

Students’ poems for C-Tran buses sought

February 12, 2019, 6:03am Clark County Life

The next round is open for Poetry Moves, where Clark County students can submit poetry for display on C-Tran buses. Read story