Schools

Fourth-graders Neveah Brown, left, and Sophie Whitworth eat bagels with third-grader, Andrea Vercher, during breakfast at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Vancouver. “When you’re doing the work every day with the kids you love, when kids are coming in hungry, we feed them,” Principal Janell Ephraim said.

Rep. Stonier sponsors ‘Breakfast after the bell,’ to feed more hungry kids

February 5, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

At Martin Luther King Elementary School, the cafeteria is packed with students grubbing on whole-wheat bagels with cream cheese and fruit before rushing off to class. Read story

School district set to pay half price for downtown site

February 4, 2018, 6:01am Clark County News

After Vancouver Public Schools announced its plans to build a new elementary school in the heart of downtown last month, questions remained about the financial deal the district plans to strike with the property owner to construct the urban campus. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver Chancellor Mel Netzhammer speaks at the State of the Campus address at the Salmon Creek university on Wednesday. Netzhammer addressed enrollment, construction and the campus budget in his speech.

State of the Campus: Rosy picture at WSUV despite deficit

January 31, 2018, 8:16pm Clark County News

Despite a systemwide $30 million deficit at Washington State University, Chancellor Mel Netzhammer offered a rosy picture of what’s happening at WSU Vancouver at his State of the Campus address Wednesday. Read story

Evergreen High School students involved in Upward Bound, a college preparation program for first-generation college students, work on their résumés with guidance from Upward Bound Program Coordinator Arturo Santana, center left, and Upward Bound Program Director Maria Cabrera, center right, at Evergreen High School. Students do activities such as applying for scholarships, working on their résumés and visiting colleges through the new Upward Bound program housed at Evergreen High School.

Program preps potential first-generation college students

January 30, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

There’s a hallway at Evergreen High School lined with college pennants from across the nation. Posters remind visitors of deadlines for tests and scholarship applications. A corkboard tells students, “The sky is your limit.” Read story

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

Special election ballots mailed

January 29, 2018, 6:00am Clark County News

It’s election season, which means ballots are on their way to some Clark County voters for the Feb. 13 special election. Read story

Case of shackled children revives home-school debate

Artist and author Maybeth Morales, left, leads a home school art class Friday for her grandchildren as her daughter Chemay Morales-James, right, and son-in-law Shane, center, watch in Watertown, Conn.

January 28, 2018, 9:44pm Nation & World

Just over a week after California officials found 13 siblings allegedly held captive and younger children apparently not missed by schools because they were being home-schooled, home-schooling advocates say they are bracing for calls for stricter oversight of the practice. Read story