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Third grade students from Crestline Elementary School get a first look at Riverview Elementary School through foggy windows of a school bus Thursday February 7, 2013 in Vancouver, Washington. Riverview Elementary welcomed 93 Crestline third-graders, teachers and administrators after their school burned down.

Volkswagen settlement to help pay for 41 school buses

Third grade students from Crestline Elementary School get a first look at Riverview Elementary School through foggy windows of a school bus Thursday February 7, 2013 in Vancouver, Washington. Riverview Elementary welcomed 93 Crestline third-graders, teachers and administrators after their school burned down.

January 28, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

Money from carmaker Volkswagen’s settlement with the state will help pay for 41 school buses for Clark County schools and two C-Tran buses, while grant applications for the state’s $112.7 million share of federal settlement money will open in coming weeks. Read story

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals voted Friday to ratify a three-year contract with Vancouver Public Schools. Yvette De La Cruz, center, Washington Education Association staff, shares high-fives as members leave the meeting.

Vancouver support staff ratify three-year contract

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals voted Friday to ratify a three-year contract with Vancouver Public Schools. Yvette De La Cruz, center, Washington Education Association staff, shares high-fives as members leave the meeting.

January 25, 2019, 6:51pm Clark County News

It’s finally over for Vancouver Public Schools and its support staff union as, after months of bargaining, the union agreed to a contract. 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.

Vancouver, Evergreen school levies: Mission ‘critical’

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.

January 25, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Sitting on the floor of her fourth-grade science classroom at Silver Star Elementary School, 9-year-old Makenna Burrows held up three fingers. Read story

Mark Lugliani appears for a plea hearing Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. The former Evergreen Public Schools substitute teacher pleaded guilty to third-degree child molestation after he sexually abused a physically disabled female student.

Ex-substitute teacher pleads guilty to molesting disabled student

Mark Lugliani appears for a plea hearing Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. The former Evergreen Public Schools substitute teacher pleaded guilty to third-degree child molestation after he sexually abused a physically disabled female student.

January 24, 2019, 9:12pm Clark County News

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of crimes that some readers may find disturbing. Read story

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff. The union will strike Friday if a deal is not reached overnight, closing schools for the second time this year due to labor action.

Vancouver Public Schools students may wake up to strike

Members of the Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals wave signs outside Vancouver Public Schools district offices Thursday, as the union and district continued to negotiate a contract for support staff. The union will strike Friday if a deal is not reached overnight, closing schools for the second time this year due to labor action.

January 24, 2019, 8:30pm Clark County News

Friday was supposed to be a day off for Vancouver Public Schools students. That is, until teacher strikes in August took them out of school for four days and the district decided to cancel a previously planned day off to make up for it. Read story

Dr. Doug Harris carries an electronic tuner while members of the Clark College Jazz Band tune up their instruments before beginning rehearsal on a recent Friday afternoon. Left: They still play the classics. During rehearsal on a recent Friday afternoon, the Clark College Jazz Band worked on “Fly Me To The Moon,” a song first released in 1954.

New band director set for first Clark College Jazz Festival

Dr. Doug Harris carries an electronic tuner while members of the Clark College Jazz Band tune up their instruments before beginning rehearsal on a recent Friday afternoon. Left: They still play the classics. During rehearsal on a recent Friday afternoon, the Clark College Jazz Band worked on “Fly Me To The Moon,” a song first released in 1954.

January 24, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Life

Strangely enough, the very moment when Doug Harris knew his mission in life would be music education was a miserable one. Read story

Snacks and student handbooks are seen during the first day of classes at Clark College on Monday morning. Though enrollment is declining overall on campus, some areas of the college are growing, like its online classes and Running Start program.

Clark College faculty union seeks pay hikes

Snacks and student handbooks are seen during the first day of classes at Clark College on Monday morning. Though enrollment is declining overall on campus, some areas of the college are growing, like its online classes and Running Start program.

January 23, 2019, 8:39pm Clark County News

If you thought it was only K-12 public schools affected by ongoing union negotiations, guess again. Read story

Jamie Carstensen, a paraeducator at Hudson’s Bay High School, left, speaks with Chipo Sowards, a library Clerk at Hudson’s Bay High School, shortly before a strike vote during a Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals meeting on Tuesday night. The VAESP represents more than 700 classified staff, including paraeducators, clerks and secretaries.

Teachers vow to support Vancouver schools support staff

Jamie Carstensen, a paraeducator at Hudson’s Bay High School, left, speaks with Chipo Sowards, a library Clerk at Hudson’s Bay High School, shortly before a strike vote during a Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals meeting on Tuesday night. The VAESP represents more than 700 classified staff, including paraeducators, clerks and secretaries.

January 23, 2019, 8:01pm Clark County News

The pressure is on for Vancouver Public Schools and its support staff to reach a tentative contract agreement before union members strike on Friday, a move that could keep kids out of class for the second time this school year. Read story