Schools

Gause Elementary School Principal Tami Culp helps a student with her robot prototype during a robotics lesson in December. Culp has assumed leadership duties for the Washougal Learning Academy after the Washougal School District eliminated the online school's principal position due to lower-than-expected enrollment.

Enrollment decline hits Washougal School District in the pocketbook

November 4, 2023, 6:08am Clark County News

The Washougal School District has cut several positions in response to lower-than-expected enrollment figures at the start of the 2023-24 school year. Assistant Superintendent Aaron Hansen told Washougal School Board members on Oct. 24 that initial counts show the district is about 20 students short of the 2,663 students it… Read story

Teachers and their supporters hold signs, chant and rally the crowd on the first day of a teachers strike in Portland on Wednesday. The Portland Association of Teachers said its first-ever strike in the district stemmed from concerns over large class sizes, salaries that haven't kept up with inflation and a lack of resources.

Evergreen, Camas educators advised Portland teachers union before walkout

November 4, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Last month, leaders from the Portland Association of Teachers invited key organizers from the Evergreen Education Association and Camas Education Association to lend advice on how they led strikes earlier this fall. Read story

Regional business and community leaders recently honored 21 staff and volunteers as part of the Learn Here Project.

Learn Here Project honors education staff and volunteers

November 4, 2023, 5:58am Community

Regional business and community leaders recently honored 21 exemplary staff and volunteers from local schools. Read story

Brush Prairie student awarded scholarship to pursue career in construction

November 4, 2023, 5:55am Community

BRUSH PRAIRIE – The Building Industry Association of Washington and the Washington Home Builders Foundation recently awarded Ava Stewart, a graduate of Excel High School attending Washington State University, a $5,000 scholarship to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. Read story

Workers move a beam into position Thursday during a "topping out" ceremony at Clark College's Boschma Farms campus in Ridgefield. The beam is the final piece of the structure of the school's new Advanced Manufacturing Center, which will be completed next year.

Clark College’s Ridgefield campus ‘tops out,’ marks construction milestone

November 2, 2023, 6:37pm Clark County News

Oswald the Penguin celebrated a big moment Thursday. Read story

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.

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