Schools

Audience members stand to show their support for testimony defending the La Center School District Board of Directors Tuesday, April 22, 2025, during a La Center School District board meeting at La Center High School. Public comment at the meeting focused on the controversy surrounding the districtÄôs policy on gender identity and preferred pronoun usage, which the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction found discriminated against students and staff. The district has appealed the ruling.

Pronoun policy supporters, opponents flock to La Center school board meeting

April 22, 2025, 10:21pm Clark County News

More than 100 people attended the La Center school board meeting Tuesday, an unusually large crowd for the small school district that has recently made national headlines for its policy on pronouns. Read story

Washington State University's Pullman campus

The government is terminating WSU students’ records that allow them to reside in U.S. legally, school says

April 21, 2025, 7:43am Latest News

Federal officials have taken action to force some international students at Washington State University to leave the United States. Read story

Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone talks aboard the Book MoBus at Helen Baller Elementary School in 2022.

Camas district cuts 38 teacher positions with more to come, as soon as next week

April 18, 2025, 9:59am Clark County News

Newer teachers in the Camas School District received bad news this week as the district continues to slash costs ahead of an expected $13 million to $16 million budget deficit for the 2025-2026 school year. Read story

The Clark College Treble Ensemble performs below blossoming Shirofugen cherry trees during the annual Sakura Festival at Clark College on Thursday.

Clark College’s Sakura Festival celebrates legacy of Royce Pollard and Bob Knight

April 18, 2025, 8:24am Clark County News

In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms represent fresh starts and new beginnings. But, as they fall, they also represent the fragility and impermanence of life. Read story

Anne Wiley, left, a multilingual specialist at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Vancouver, greets teachers and school employees as they walk into the school after a rally outside Wednesday morning. The event was held to bring attention to the recent changes at the U.S. Department of Education, which are putting a number of funding sources and programs at risk.

Washington takes ‘historic’ step toward full funding for special education

April 17, 2025, 7:40am Latest News Free

Washington lawmakers are on the cusp of eliminating a special education funding cap, which critics said was straining school finances, hurting students, and putting the state at risk of a major lawsuit. Read story

‘Do I step in?’: In Evergreen and Vancouver districts, students are asked to translate for ‘multilingual learner’ classmates

Union High School senior and student advocate Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, 17, speaks to the Evergreen school board Feb. 11. He taught himself Spanish his freshman year. By his sophomore year, he said his teachers started asking him to translate for multilingual learners.

During his freshman year, Union High School student Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, a native English speaker, asked his Spanish-speaking family members to help him learn that language, too. By his sophomore year, his teachers started asking him to translate for fellow students, he said. Read story

¿“Debería intervenir?”: En los distritos escolares de Evergreen y Vancouver, se le puede pedir a los estudiantes que traduzcan para compañeros que son “estudiantes multilingües”

Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, estudiante de último año en Union High School y defensor estudiantil, de 17 años, habla ante el consejo escolar de Evergreen el 11 de febrero. Aprendió español por su cuenta en su primer año. En su segundo año, dijo que sus maestros comenzaron a pedirle que tradujera para los estudiantes multilingües.

Durante su primer año, Caiden Mizrahi-Boyarsky, estudiante del Union High School y hablante nativo del inglés, pidió a sus familiares hispanohablantes que lo ayudaran también a aprender ese idioma. Durante su segundo año de estudios, sus profesores comenzaron a pedirle que tradujera para sus compañeros, según indicó. Read story