Schools

2011 Washougal High School graduate Jesse Revesz (top center) and former Washougal High counselor Christina Mackey-Greene (bottom right) gather with their families earlier this year.

Washougal High grad, counselor launch Fair Catch Foundation

July 13, 2023, 6:30pm Clark County News

Jesse Revesz endured a challenging childhood. He emancipated himself from his parents, both addicts, when he was 16 years old, and he spent most of his first three years at Washougal High School in detention. Read story

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Deaf, hard of hearing school program ends at Fircrest Elementary School in Vancouver

July 12, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Evergreen Public Schools is closing the deaf and hard of hearing program at Fircrest Elementary School next school year and moving its students to their respective neighborhood schools in the district. Read story

Battle Ground Public Schools shuffles several administrators

July 12, 2023, 5:59am Clark County News

Battle Ground Public Schools announced a handful of administrative changes for the 2023-2024 school year throughout the district on Tuesday. Each of the changes, unless noted otherwise, has already been approved by the school board as of July 1. Read story

Washington State University Vancouver's campus has been approved for a handful of new potential projects in the next few years that would transform the school as we know it, such as improved sports fields.

Washington public colleges match private schools on diversity despite affirmative action restriction

July 11, 2023, 8:54am Latest News

Washington’s public universities are just as diverse as the state’s private colleges, even though they’ve had to work under a statewide ban on affirmative action for the past 25 years. Read story

Former Camas School District administrator Aaron Smith in 2018.

Former Camas principal accuses district of wrongful termination

July 8, 2023, 6:10am Clark County News

A former Camas School District administrator known by many as “the founding father” of the district’s project based learning schools is taking legal action against the district for what he considers wrongful termination and discrimination. Read story

Washougal School District: Leaders unveil preliminary budget numbers amid ‘challenging times’

Washougal School District board members and other staff sit and answer questions Tuesday at Washougal High School. Washougal School District is holding "listening sessions" to hear feedback from community members in the wake of February's failed levy vote.

The Washougal School District’s general fund budget for the 2023-24 school year reflects the “challenging times” that the district is facing, but guarantees that “anyone who is with us now and wants to be with us next year is going to have a position,” according to Aaron Hansen, the district’s… Read story

Corpse flower at Washington State University Vancouver fades, visitation still open

Titan VanCoug, Washington State University Vancouver’s resident corpse flower, blooms Friday, June 30, 2023, at WSU Vancouver. The rare plant's bloom is fading, but visitors can still stop by the campus to take a look. The corpse flower is expected to bloom again in August.

July 4, 2023, 5:55am Clark County News Free

Washington State University Vancouver’s resident corpse flower Titan VanCoug completed its bloom on Friday, but the pungent giant flower remains on public display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in the school’s Science and Engineering building. Read story