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Evergreen Public Schools superintendent John Boyd is at the center of controversy about the district's communication with parents in the wake of a shooting connected to Evergreen High School last week.

Parents criticize district response as new details in shooting outside Evergreen High School emerge

Evergreen Public Schools superintendent John Boyd is at the center of controversy about the district's communication with parents in the wake of a shooting connected to Evergreen High School last week.

October 24, 2023, 5:11pm Clark County News

A spokesperson for Evergreen Public Schools confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the teenaged suspect arrested with a firearm on school grounds Thursday was a student at Evergreen High School and that he had been in the school building before the shooting Thursday. Read story

Board members from Evergreen and Vancouver Public Schools will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

School board seats up for grabs in Vancouver and Evergreen districts on Nov. 7 ballotvideo icon

Board members from Evergreen and Vancouver Public Schools will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

October 24, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

Ballots were mailed Friday to voters in Clark County for the Nov. 7 election. Several key school board positions in the county’s biggest school districts are up for grabs. Read story

Fort Vancouver High School juniors Addison Miles, right, and Zamyrah Scott work on planting tulips. The tulips raise awareness of substance use in the community.

Fort Vancouver High School students host Red Ribbon Week event

Fort Vancouver High School juniors Addison Miles, right, and Zamyrah Scott work on planting tulips. The tulips raise awareness of substance use in the community.

October 23, 2023, 5:40pm Clark County Health

As Addie Cates plopped a tulip bulb into a small hole etched in a flower bed she made a promise to her community. Read story

FILE - In this  May 14, 2009, file photo, made from video, then-Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, left, shakes hands with Zackery Lystedt, right, in Olympia, Wash., after she signed the "Zackery Lystedt law", what is considered the nation's toughest law regulating when high school athletes can return to games after having sustained a concussion. It is named after Lystedt, who suffered a life-threatening brain injury in 2006 after he returned to play football following a concussion.

Laws and increased communication have led to schools taking concussions more seriously

FILE - In this  May 14, 2009, file photo, made from video, then-Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, left, shakes hands with Zackery Lystedt, right, in Olympia, Wash., after she signed the "Zackery Lystedt law", what is considered the nation's toughest law regulating when high school athletes can return to games after having sustained a concussion. It is named after Lystedt, who suffered a life-threatening brain injury in 2006 after he returned to play football following a concussion.

October 22, 2023, 6:00am Health

It wasn’t long ago that football pros gained cheers for delivering — or receiving — repeated, head-rattling tackles. Read story

Washington students take a series of tests each spring to evaluate their proficiency in several subjects at elementary, middle and high school levels.

Still reeling from the pandemic, Evergreen and Vancouver students struggle with math, science, English in tests

Washington students take a series of tests each spring to evaluate their proficiency in several subjects at elementary, middle and high school levels.

October 21, 2023, 6:14am Clark County News

Just over two years ago, public schools in Clark County were bracing for impact. Read story

ESD 112 awarded $1 million grant to help school mental health

October 19, 2023, 5:55am Clark County Health

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded Educational Service District 112 a $1 million grant to bolster mental health and case coordination programs in Clark County’s nine public school districts. Read story

The campus of Washington State University in Pullman.

UW is spending $340 million on an IT upgrade. It’s not going well

The campus of Washington State University in Pullman.

October 16, 2023, 7:51am Latest News

More than three months after the launch of the University of Washington’s $340 million cloud-based finance platform, many faculty, staff and others say the system is still wracked by disruptive bugs and flaws. Read story

The Washington State Capitol in Olympia.

WA Board of Education sets its priorities for next legislative session

The Washington State Capitol in Olympia.

October 13, 2023, 7:26am Latest News

The Washington State Board of Education on Wednesday adopted a legislative platform that prioritizes funding for equity initiatives and special education. Read story