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Jefferson Elementary School students, from left, Gladys Espinoza, Anahi Villa, Suri Valles, Samuel Solano, Kimberly Madera and Jizlinn Martinez-Cruz play a video they made about growing up in a bilingual world June 8 in Mount Vernon. The students hope that their stories will inspire others.

Teacher’s video highlights bilingual students

Jefferson Elementary School students, from left, Gladys Espinoza, Anahi Villa, Suri Valles, Samuel Solano, Kimberly Madera and Jizlinn Martinez-Cruz play a video they made about growing up in a bilingual world June 8 in Mount Vernon. The students hope that their stories will inspire others.

July 3, 2017, 10:57am Northwest

Judging by their eagerness to answer questions, it’s hard to tell that some students in Andy Bishop’s fourth-grade class at Jefferson Elementary School once struggled to speak English. Read story

Representatives work on the House floor Friday during discussion of a bill to fully fund education in Washington at the Capitol in Olympia. Details of a new two-year state operating budget were released Friday, the same day Washington lawmakers must vote on the plan in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S.

School officials cautiously optimistic about state budget

Representatives work on the House floor Friday during discussion of a bill to fully fund education in Washington at the Capitol in Olympia. Details of a new two-year state operating budget were released Friday, the same day Washington lawmakers must vote on the plan in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S.

June 30, 2017, 9:11pm Clark County News

The outcome of Washington’s long-awaited McCleary deal drew cautious optimism and uncertainty from local school officials, who now enter their own budget discussions with new regulations and revenue for school budgets in play. Read story

Volunteer Karen Beilsmith of Salmon Creek United Methodist Church, from left, reads to Mila Hughes, 6, with fellow volunteer and church member Karen West during Project Transformation at Vancouver First United Methodist Church on Thursday morning. The new summer day camp is designed to ease the summer learning loss children suffer over the summer away from school.

Camp wants kids to avoid summer learning loss

Volunteer Karen Beilsmith of Salmon Creek United Methodist Church, from left, reads to Mila Hughes, 6, with fellow volunteer and church member Karen West during Project Transformation at Vancouver First United Methodist Church on Thursday morning. The new summer day camp is designed to ease the summer learning loss children suffer over the summer away from school.

June 29, 2017, 8:38pm Clark County News

Reading, 10-year-old Jonathan Rojas proclaimed to a room of fellow students, is like eating chips. Read story

Sam Corio, 13, left, and Emily Rodengren, 10, make careful adjustments Tuesday to rings they made in a metal arts class at Art College, a summer camp at Clark College for students ages 9-14.

Metal arts class part of Clark College summer camps

Sam Corio, 13, left, and Emily Rodengren, 10, make careful adjustments Tuesday to rings they made in a metal arts class at Art College, a summer camp at Clark College for students ages 9-14.

June 28, 2017, 7:20pm Clark County News

This metal arts class at Art College is part of Clark College Summer Camps for Kids, for students ages 9 through 14. Read story

Rodney McKnight, Educational Service District 112 regional transportation coordinator, joins Jenny Bullard, director of specialized transportation, aboard a specialized school bus near district offices on June 16. The district failed 44.83 percent of bus inspections last summer due to since-fixed GPS devices that were improperly hung.

ESD 112 buses failed state summer inspection in 2016

Rodney McKnight, Educational Service District 112 regional transportation coordinator, joins Jenny Bullard, director of specialized transportation, aboard a specialized school bus near district offices on June 16. The district failed 44.83 percent of bus inspections last summer due to since-fixed GPS devices that were improperly hung.

June 27, 2017, 8:11pm Clark County News

About half of Educational Service District 112’s buses failed state inspections and were put out of service last summer, but the district blames unclear policy on the placement of new tracking devices for the high rate of inspection failure. Read story

Share volunteer Kari Barnes marks off the daily meal count in 2012 as children pass through the lunch line at Silver Star Elementary in Vancouver. The nonprofit Share is among the organizations offering free meals to students.

Program offers kids free lunch

Share volunteer Kari Barnes marks off the daily meal count in 2012 as children pass through the lunch line at Silver Star Elementary in Vancouver. The nonprofit Share is among the organizations offering free meals to students.

June 26, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

For Clark County families, especially those who are low-income, summer can mean accessing a patchwork of services usually offered by children’s schools. Read story

Vancouver mayor Tim Leavitt, left, thanks Evergreen Superintendent John Deeder during Deeder’s retirement celebration at HeLa High School in Vancouver earlier this month.

Evergreen school chief John Deeder retires

Vancouver mayor Tim Leavitt, left, thanks Evergreen Superintendent John Deeder during Deeder’s retirement celebration at HeLa High School in Vancouver earlier this month.

June 24, 2017, 10:25pm Clark County News

This spring and summer for Evergreen Public Schools Superintendent John Deeder have and will continue to be, like for the district’s students, full of lasts. Read story

A Pleasant Valley Middle School seventh grader logs into an online learning game on her Chromebook during study hall at Pleasant Valley Middle School, Thursday February 9, 2017.

Evergreen schools transition from paper to pixels

A Pleasant Valley Middle School seventh grader logs into an online learning game on her Chromebook during study hall at Pleasant Valley Middle School, Thursday February 9, 2017.

June 24, 2017, 8:01pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools this summer will begin shifting from paper textbooks to virtual ones. Read story