Schools

Students gather in the cafeteria at View Ridge Middle School before school on May 4. With Ridgefield's bond failing at the April 26 special election -- the fifth time it's failed since 2019 -- the school district must make a series of difficult decisions on how to remedy the issue of intense population growth in the coming years without any new space to look.

Ridgefield School District redrawing elementary boundaries

May 25, 2022, 8:10pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Ridgefield School District officials on Tuesday unveiled their plan to redraw elementary school boundaries in the district to balance enrollment ahead of an anticipated boom in students entering the district in the coming years. Read story

Kindergartners and first-graders at Crestline Elementary School line up on their spot while social distancing before class on Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021.

COVID-19 infections increasing in Clark County schools

May 25, 2022, 1:53pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Schools reported 631 new cases of COVID-19 since last week, an increase from 536 cases reported in the week prior. Case totals are holding firm at higher rates not seen locally since the end of the omicron wave in February. Read story

Battle Ground Public Schools event aimed at vaping prevention

May 25, 2022, 5:50am Clark County Health Free

B.G. event aimed at vaping prevention Read story

The Evergreen Public Schools Administrative Service Center is pictured in east Vancouver.

Evergreen equity staff question cuts to department, district’s commitment to efforts

May 21, 2022, 6:51pm Clark County News

In July 2020, the Evergreen Public Schools board of directors unanimously passed a resolution committing itself as a district that prioritizes equity and inclusion. Read story

ESD 112 appoints new director for District 3

May 20, 2022, 5:34am Clark County News Free

Educational Service District 112 selected Heidi Rosenberg to serve as the director of District 3 on its board of directors. Rosenberg will fill the unexpired term of Steven Wrightson, who resigned last month after serving in the position for 18 years. Rosenberg, who lives in Battle Ground, will represent the… Read story

Students glad to be back in the running at Washington State School for the Blind

Colton McCurdy, 12, of Puyallup is all smiles while crossing the finish line during the 50-meter dash at the Washington State School for the Blind on Thursday morning. Special wires running along each lane of the track guide competitors with visual impairments from start to finish, an element not available at typical track meets.

Intermittent showers couldn’t cloud high spirits at the Washington State School for the Blind’s annual track meet on Thursday in Vancouver, where more than a hundred students with visual impairments from across Washington and the Pacific Northwest competed in running, jumping, throwing and more. Read story

COVID-19 rate in Clark County schools stays high

Clark County schools reported 536 new cases of COVID-19 since last week, continuing a similar trend that saw 560 cases the week prior. Case totals in recent weeks have risen considerably to levels not seen locally since the tail end of the omicron wave in February. Health officials have warned… Read story