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Tibetan Buddhist monk Nawang Shakga works on a sand mandala Monday at Clark College's Cannell Library. The mandala's creation began with the outline of a small orange circle at the very center, which was then filled with a soft pink.

Tibetan monks begin weeklong construction of sand mandala at Clark College

October 3, 2023, 6:04am Churches & Religion Subscriber Exclusive

Enveloped in the studious silence of Clark College’s library, Tibetan Buddhist monk Nawang Shakga used delicate metal tools to create a small circle of fine, orange sand. Read story

Federal audit finds flaws in WA’s oversight of pandemic aid for schools

October 2, 2023, 7:44am Latest News

U.S. Department of Education officials found flaws in Washington state’s oversight of more than $1 billion in federal dollars intended to help public schools weather the pandemic. Read story

Columbia River assistant defensive coach Ruth Ingebrand, right, coaches a player Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, during football practice at Columbia River High School.

Females in Football: Kelley Dyer, Ruth Ingebrand making an impact as high school coaches

September 29, 2023, 6:00am Football

Ruth Ingebrand, an assistant football coach at Columbia River High, takes time every game day to scan the opposing sideline looking for something. Read story

Stevenson and Seton Catholic captain at Seton Catholic High School.

Seton Catholic, Stevenson come to mutual resolution following sideline incident

September 28, 2023, 3:08pm Clark County News

Administrators at Seton Catholic and Stevenson high schools have agreed to a mutual resolution regarding a player-coach sideline incident at last week’s varsity football game between the two schools. Read story

Evergreen school board members Victoria Bradford, left, and Superintendent John Boyd, right, listen to public comment Tuesday evening during a board meeting at Evergreen headquarters. Like other meetings in recent months, Tuesday's session featured testimonies from parents frustrated with unaddressed safety concerns and staffing shortages.

Vancouver parents group that formed amid Evergreen teachers strike continues advocacy

September 27, 2023, 8:28pm Clark County News

Evergreen Public Schools was closed for seven days to start the school year as teachers went on strike amid stalled contract negotiations. The closures spawned confusion, frustration and anger among parents in the community, who were left searching for answers from both the district and its teachers union. Read story

Closing Fircrest Elementary’s deaf and hard of hearing program violated students’ rights, says investigation

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center.

September 27, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

An investigation by state education officials found Evergreen Public Schools staff violated federal law by closing Fircrest Elementary School’s deaf and hard of hearing program and inadequately writing students’ individual education plans. Read story

Incident in Seton-Stevenson football game brought to WIAA’s attention

Seton Catholic sophomore Teddy Wieczorek, center, dives through Stevenson senior Jordan Waymire, left, and Stevenson junior Kasen Polzel, right, for a touchdown Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, during the Cougars’ 59-0 win against Stevenson at Seton Catholic High School.

September 25, 2023, 5:22pm Clark County News

Officials from Seton Catholic and Stevenson high schools are looking into an incident on video from last Friday’s football game — and now have gotten the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association involved. Read story

Washington recalculates math courses to students’ career relevance

Anastasha Kathireson listens to Dean of Students Rosalia Burson lead their team in an exercise on day one of a two-day Jumpstart orientation program for incoming 9th graders at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 25, 2021. About 120 students participated in the program, which is meant to help ease the transition to high school.

September 25, 2023, 6:02am Latest News

Twenty-one states across the country — Utah, Washington and Georgia among them — are part of a special initiative led by the Charles A. Dana Center in Austin, Texas, to revamp their mathematics curriculum at the high school level to better reflect students’ interests. Read story