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Newly sharpened pencils await students in Washougal at the district’s new K-8 campus.

Washougal teachers vote down contract

Newly sharpened pencils await students in Washougal at the district’s new K-8 campus.

September 6, 2017, 1:31pm Clark County News

Washougal teachers will return to their classrooms Thursday without a new contract, after a ratification vote on a new pact failed. Read story

An outdoor common area at the Washougal School District’s new K-8 campus features string lights and boulders found during the construction process. The area also has tables so students can eat outside, or it can be used by teachers who want to take their classes outside.

Washougal School District’s new K-8 campus designed with future in mind

An outdoor common area at the Washougal School District’s new K-8 campus features string lights and boulders found during the construction process. The area also has tables so students can eat outside, or it can be used by teachers who want to take their classes outside.

September 6, 2017, 6:03am Clark County Life

When planning the new K-8 campus in the Washougal School District, school officials noticed they could fit six additional classrooms on the west of the building that they wouldn’t technically need when the two schools open on Thursday. Read story

Ridgefield awards three staffers for their service

September 6, 2017, 5:59am Community

At Ridgefield School District’s convocation on Aug. 23, the district honored three staffers with Exemplary Service Awards. Read story

Lake Shore: Columbia River High School junior Symphony Koss, far right, spent four weeks in Washington D.C. this summer as part of National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. After a performance on day, she and her chamber group ran into Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont.

Columbia River student earns trip to D.C. for music program

Lake Shore: Columbia River High School junior Symphony Koss, far right, spent four weeks in Washington D.C. this summer as part of National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. After a performance on day, she and her chamber group ran into Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont.

September 6, 2017, 5:59am Community

Symphony Koss, 16, spent part of her summer in Washington, D.C., after earning a a full scholarship to attend the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute at the John F. Kennedy Center. Read story

Grass Valley: Volunteers at Evergreen School District foundation’s Stuff the Bus Event, which collected school supplies and backpacks for students throughout the district.

Evergreen’s Stuff the Bus collects supplies for students

Grass Valley: Volunteers at Evergreen School District foundation’s Stuff the Bus Event, which collected school supplies and backpacks for students throughout the district.

September 6, 2017, 5:05am Community

The Evergreen School District Foundation’s Stuff the Bus event allowed volunteers to deliver 60 boxes of school supplies to the district’s middle and high schools and seven boxes of backpacks distributed among seven elementary schools without family and community resource centers. Read story

Washington schools 2nd worst in U.S. for chronic absenteeism

September 5, 2017, 10:25am Northwest

A new report shows nearly 17 percent of students in Washington are chronically absent from school, meaning that each misses at least 18 days of instruction. Read story

Gracie Stenlund, a student at Hockinson Intermediate School, waits to depart after school on Thursday. Enrollment in the Hockinson School District has declined since the housing market crashed, which means it receives less state funding. The district staggered school schedules to cut the number of bus runs to save $250,000.

Clark County schools open; some activities postponed for ash, weather

Gracie Stenlund, a student at Hockinson Intermediate School, waits to depart after school on Thursday. Enrollment in the Hockinson School District has declined since the housing market crashed, which means it receives less state funding. The district staggered school schedules to cut the number of bus runs to save $250,000.

September 5, 2017, 10:17am Clark County News

All Clark County schools are open as normal in light of the Eagle Creek Fire now burning in Skamania County Read story

Poor air quality has forced many Clark County high school athletic teams indoors.

High heat, air quality impacting some Tuesday prep events

Poor air quality has forced many Clark County high school athletic teams indoors.

September 4, 2017, 4:11pm Latest News

High temperatures and unhealthy air quality from regional wildfires is forcing area high school coaches to modify practices and sending student-athletes indoors to start the week. Read story