Schools

WSU Vancouver seeks donated work clothes

January 17, 2019, 6:03am Clark County News

If binge-watching "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" on Netflix has you paring down your wardrobe, Washington State University Vancouver can take some of that. Read story

Vancouver Public Schools' central administrative office.

Vancouver school district, union dig in on contract dispute

January 16, 2019, 4:29pm Clark County News

Vancouver Public Schools Wednesday stood by its denial that the district has canceled or otherwise withdrawn from its tentative agreement with its support staff union. Read story

Supporters of the Vancouver Association of Education Support Professionals line the road during a Dec. 11 rally in front of the Vancouver Public Schools offices.

Vancouver schools, support staff contract talks hit snag

January 15, 2019, 8:38pm Clark County News

When Vancouver Public Schools staff and students left for the holiday break last month, Superintendent Steve Webb sent them off with some good news. The district and its support staff union had reached a tentative agreement, ending months of contentious negotiations. Read story

The Battle Ground Public Schools board meets during a district meeting in January.

Battle Ground to convert Maple Grove campus to address growth

January 14, 2019, 8:47pm Clark County News

Maple Grove School will be a kindergarten through fourth-grade campus next fall. That comes after a divided vote by the Battle Ground Public Schools board of directors Monday night to convert the school in order to tackle overcrowding throughout the district’s south end. Read story

Classier name? Inslee wants new moniker and new money for college financial-aid program

January 14, 2019, 9:30am Northwest

For almost 50 years, Washington has written billions of dollars in financial-aid checks to Washington college students through a program with a most uninspiring name: the State Need Grant. Read story

WSUV professor helps reveal scale of carbon in surface soils

Marc Kramer, associate professor at WSU Vancouver (Sydnie Kobza, courtesy of Marc Kramer)

A Washington State University Vancouver professor’s research has revealed the scale of carbon locked in the Earth’s surface soils and potentially found insight into possible means to capture that carbon to fight global climate change. Read story

2 Vancouver high school students win right to perform with VSO

Union High School’s Aaron Greene, 17, and the other performers at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 25th annual Young Artists Competition get their medals Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church after an afternoon of performing.

Three youth musicians, including two local high school students, won the chance to play as part of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with their performances Sunday at the orchestra’s 25th annual Young Artists Competition. Read story