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Evergreen cuts college readiness program

May 31, 2016, 6:03am Clark County News

Heritage High School in Evergreen Public Schools will discontinue a college readiness program next school year because it no longer has a grant to pay for it. Read story

Naode Afeworki, 15, a freshman enrolled in the culinary arts program at Fort Vancouver High School, pours coffee at the luncheon for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools. Fort Vancouver culinary students prepared and served the meal at the foundation luncheon Friday.

VPS fundraiser takes on poverty

Naode Afeworki, 15, a freshman enrolled in the culinary arts program at Fort Vancouver High School, pours coffee at the luncheon for the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools. Fort Vancouver culinary students prepared and served the meal at the foundation luncheon Friday.

May 29, 2016, 6:01am Clark County News

More than 1,000 Vancouver Public Schools students are homeless. About 12,000 kids — half of the district’s students — qualify for free- or reduced-price lunch, a federal indicator of poverty. Read story

Incoming kindergartners get an early start on school inside Tammi Hoffman's classroom at Roosevelt Elementary School in August 2012.

Vancouver schools awarded $43M grant

Incoming kindergartners get an early start on school inside Tammi Hoffman's classroom at Roosevelt Elementary School in August 2012.

May 26, 2016, 11:04am Clark County News

Soon Vancouver Public Schools’ youngest students will have smaller class sizes, thanks to a nearly $43 million state grant. The district will build 88 additional classrooms in its elementary schools to allow for smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade. Read story

Seventh-grader Jasmine Erickson, 13, displays a diagram of titanium while working with fellow students including eighth-grader Mara Reese, also 13, right, at Lewis River Academy in Woodland.

Home study: An option in the middle

Seventh-grader Jasmine Erickson, 13, displays a diagram of titanium while working with fellow students including eighth-grader Mara Reese, also 13, right, at Lewis River Academy in Woodland.

May 25, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Life

WOODLAND -- Eight middle school students were learning about electrical current in Annika Dukes' science class at Lewis River Academy. Read story

Joe Siler, a plumber who works for Vancouver Public Schools, takes a sample of water on May 4 at Jason Lee Middle School. The water was tested for lead.

Clark County schools still testing water for lead

Joe Siler, a plumber who works for Vancouver Public Schools, takes a sample of water on May 4 at Jason Lee Middle School. The water was tested for lead.

May 24, 2016, 5:29pm Clark County News

Clark County school districts are still in the process of testing drinking water for elevated lead content after several Tacoma schools reported high lead content in school water last month and alarming lead levels were reported in the city water supply in Flint, Mich., earlier this year. Read story

Battle Ground Public Schools' administration offices are housed in a building at the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education.

Battle Ground schools announce administrative changes

Battle Ground Public Schools' administration offices are housed in a building at the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education.

May 24, 2016, 6:00am Clark County News

Battle Ground Public Schools announced administrative changes for the 2016-17 school year. The administrators will begin their new positions July 1. Read story

Clark College plans to add its second bachelor's degree program beginning in January.

Clark College awaits further approval of second baccalaureate program

Clark College plans to add its second bachelor's degree program beginning in January.

May 23, 2016, 6:04am Clark County News

Clark College is seeking approval to add a second baccalaureate program next year. Read story

Millie Ortiz, 11, of Centralia, left, gets a little encouragement from J.J. Isaacson of Washington State School for the Blind during the 50-meter dash Thursday at the school.

Blind athletes off, running at Washington State School for Blind

Millie Ortiz, 11, of Centralia, left, gets a little encouragement from J.J. Isaacson of Washington State School for the Blind during the 50-meter dash Thursday at the school.

May 19, 2016, 8:20pm Clark County News

Encouraging shouts of “Go! Go! Go!” and “Great job!” rang out around the track and field at the annual track meet at the Washington State School for the Blind on Thursday. Read story

Architectural renderings show the new culinary education space to be built at Clark College by summer 2017.

Clark College culinary facility gets $4 million boost

Architectural renderings show the new culinary education space to be built at Clark College by summer 2017.

May 18, 2016, 7:51pm Clark County News

The $10.5 million project to remodel Clark College’s culinary education facility has received a $4 million boost. Read story

Deputy resuscitates student at Columbia River High School

May 18, 2016, 3:16pm Clark County News

A deputy assigned to Columbia River High School resuscitated a student who collapsed in one of the school’s gyms after school Wednesday, apparently saving his life. Read story