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Kaiser grants will address absenteeism in schools

February 15, 2018, 5:57am Clark County News

Kaiser Permanente Northwest awarded $1 million in grants to address high absenteeism rates in Southwest Washington and Oregon schools. Read story

Third graders eat lunch in a crowded classroom at Pleasant Valley Primary in March. The school is among those the Battle Ground Public Schools hopes to replace with a bond measure in April.

Battle Ground schools appear to again fail to pass bond measure

Third graders eat lunch in a crowded classroom at Pleasant Valley Primary in March. The school is among those the Battle Ground Public Schools hopes to replace with a bond measure in April.

February 13, 2018, 10:44pm Clark County News

It’s disappointment again for Battle Ground Public Schools, where voters appeared to be turning down a $224.9 million school bond that would replace facilities the district has said are desperately in need of repair. Read story

Elizabeth Schalk, from left, administrative assistant to Evergreen Superintendent John Steach, Steach’s wife, Heather, and Sue Steinbrenner, director of facilities for Evergreen Public Schools, wait to hear the results of the district’s $695 million bond measure from John Steach, on phone, while at Hopworks Urban Brewery in Vancouver on Tuesday. Steach was on the phone with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, learning that 60.12 percent of voters supported the construction bond, which would replace schools, build a new school and make districtwide improvements.

Close vote on Evergreen schools bond measure

Elizabeth Schalk, from left, administrative assistant to Evergreen Superintendent John Steach, Steach’s wife, Heather, and Sue Steinbrenner, director of facilities for Evergreen Public Schools, wait to hear the results of the district’s $695 million bond measure from John Steach, on phone, while at Hopworks Urban Brewery in Vancouver on Tuesday. Steach was on the phone with Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, learning that 60.12 percent of voters supported the construction bond, which would replace schools, build a new school and make districtwide improvements.

February 13, 2018, 10:24pm Clark County News

It was too close to call for Evergreen Public Schools’ bond resolution Tuesday night, when voters were only narrowly approving hundreds of millions of dollars in schools facilities spending over the next two decades. Read story

Students play near one of the many portables at La Center School District’s K-8 campus in January. Initial results from Tuesday night’s election show the district’s $48 million bond measure is passing. Most of that money will be used to build a new middle school and transform the K-8 campus into only an elementary school.

La Center school bond jumps to strong lead

Students play near one of the many portables at La Center School District’s K-8 campus in January. Initial results from Tuesday night’s election show the district’s $48 million bond measure is passing. Most of that money will be used to build a new middle school and transform the K-8 campus into only an elementary school.

February 13, 2018, 10:06pm Clark County News

The La Center School District could be on its way to building a new school for the first time since 1993. Read story

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

Evergreen, La Center bond measures passing, Battle Ground uncertain

Supporters of the Evergreen Public Schools bond measure gather Tuesday night and await election results. Early returns show Evergreen's bond so far passing, but many votes remain uncounted.

February 13, 2018, 8:23pm Clark County News

Bond measures in the Evergreen and La Center school districts appeared to be passing in Tuesday night's special election, but the first wave of results shows the Battle Ground bond measure passing but a few percentage points short of the supermajority needed for approval. Read story

Two Camas School Board members resign

February 13, 2018, 9:52am Clark County News

The Camas school board is without a president and vice president after Julie Rotz and Casey O'Dell resigned at the board's Monday night meeting, both due to new job opportunities. Read story

Fourteen eggs sit in an incubator under a live camera feed at Orchards Elementary School on Feb. 6. None of the eggs hatched.

Orchards first-graders’ eggs fail to hatch

Fourteen eggs sit in an incubator under a live camera feed at Orchards Elementary School on Feb. 6. None of the eggs hatched.

February 12, 2018, 10:26pm Clark County News

A valiant attempt at “project-based learning” — a bit of educational jargon encompassing hands-on projects — got a bit too real for Orchards Elementary School. Read story

Voters use a drive-up collection box to cast ballots.

Bonds, levy on the line in Tuesday vote

Voters use a drive-up collection box to cast ballots.

February 12, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

Time is running out to vote in this month’s special election. Read story