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Ryan Bearden, left, hands his classmate Isabella Liddle a pair of scissors during biology glass at Vancouver iTech Preparatory school. Students were looking at the division of onion cells through microscopes.

High school end-of-course biology assessment postponed

Ryan Bearden, left, hands his classmate Isabella Liddle a pair of scissors during biology glass at Vancouver iTech Preparatory school. Students were looking at the division of onion cells through microscopes.

September 15, 2017, 8:38pm Clark County News

A law adopted by the state legislature this summer offered some relief for high school students who failed to pass state assessments. Read story

Parsons resigns from Evergreen Public Schools board

September 14, 2017, 6:48pm Clark County News

After eight years on the Evergreen Public Schools board, member Michael Parsons announced his resignation Tuesday. Read story

Wy’east Middle School sixth-graders Liz Rangel, from left, Grace Smith, Diego Ku Bauzo and Audrey Shillinger dust off fossils during Evergreen Public Schools’ dual immersion class on Tuesday morning. The students have been in the same class, where they are instructed in both Spanish and English, since 2011 when they entered kindergarten. “We’re like family,” Grace said.

Spanish-English immersion classes bear rich fruit

Wy’east Middle School sixth-graders Liz Rangel, from left, Grace Smith, Diego Ku Bauzo and Audrey Shillinger dust off fossils during Evergreen Public Schools’ dual immersion class on Tuesday morning. The students have been in the same class, where they are instructed in both Spanish and English, since 2011 when they entered kindergarten. “We’re like family,” Grace said.

September 13, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

To the untrained ear, it’s hard to follow Wy’east Middle School teacher Amy Matsumoto’s humanities class. After all, at a predominantly white school in central Vancouver, it’s not common to hear a teacher explain entirely in Spanish how to study and draw artifacts. Read story

Sixth-grade students leave a portable at La Center Elementary School, where there are a total of 18 portable classrooms to help deal with the district’s growing population. The district will put a bond up for vote in February to build a new elementary or middle school to help deal with overcrowding.

La Center schools look to address crowding

Sixth-grade students leave a portable at La Center Elementary School, where there are a total of 18 portable classrooms to help deal with the district’s growing population. The district will put a bond up for vote in February to build a new elementary or middle school to help deal with overcrowding.

September 12, 2017, 7:55pm Clark County News

Finding room for all roughly 1,700 students in the La Center School District has turned into a slider puzzle of sorts for Superintendent Dave Holmes and other district officials. Read story

Steve Webb is Vancouver Public Schools superintendent and president of the Washington Association of School Administrators.

Webb says state budget fails on McCleary mandate

Steve Webb is Vancouver Public Schools superintendent and president of the Washington Association of School Administrators.

September 12, 2017, 7:46pm Clark County News

After initially saying he was “cautiously optimistic” the state operating budget would comply with the Supreme Court’s school funding mandate, Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Steve Webb recently wrote that the budget “inadequately addresses the essential principle of the McCleary order — ample funding.” Read story

(Illustration by Mariel Abbene/The Columbian)

Income takes toll on school testing

(Illustration by Mariel Abbene/The Columbian)

September 7, 2017, 8:22pm Clark County News

Test score data released by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s office Thursday underscores the achievement gap between low-income and other students in Clark County. Read story

Father of WSU student seeks to prevent falls from windows

September 7, 2017, 9:29am Latest News

Matthew Gray was three days into his freshman year at Washington State University when he fell out the window of his second-story dorm room last month. Read story

Audit faults La Center School District’s financial reporting

September 7, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

The La Center School District’s internal controls over financial reporting showed various deficiencies, according to a report released Tuesday from the Washington State Auditor’s Office. Read story