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La Center School District

State finds La Center School District discriminates against students based on gender identity

March 4, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

A state investigation found the La Center School District discriminated against students and staff based on gender identity by prohibiting teachers from asking students which pronouns they prefer. Read story

Voters approve Vancouver, Evergreen, Ridgefield levies; Battle Ground trailing while Hockinson fails

February 11, 2025, 9:38pm Clark County News

Voters approved six out of nine Clark County school funding measures on Tuesday’s ballot were passing in early returns. Read story

Adam Aguilera helps fourth-graders Mya Phanthavong, left, and Kaler Mathews, right, with a math game during class at Pioneer Elementary School in 2018 in Vancouver. The average student in Clark County is behind grade level in math and reading skills when compared to before the pandemic.

Clark County students’ math and reading skills are below grade level, according to national scorecard

Adam Aguilera helps fourth-graders Mya Phanthavong, left, and Kaler Mathews, right, with a math game during class at Pioneer Elementary School in 2018 in Vancouver. The average student in Clark County is behind grade level in math and reading skills when compared to before the pandemic.

February 11, 2025, 2:01pm Clark County News

The average Clark County student’s reading and math skills are below grade level, according to a new analysis of test scores comparing them to prepandemic academic achievement. Meanwhile, absenteeism remains higher than before the pandemic. Read story

Containers of Zyn, a smokeless nicotine pouch, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products.

Nicotine in schools is a rising concern; what are Clark County districts doing to stop it?

Containers of Zyn, a smokeless nicotine pouch, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products.

February 8, 2025, 6:12am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

The La Center School District is the latest in Clark County to revise its policy on tobacco and nicotine products as they rapidly evolve beyond old-fashioned cigarettes. Read story

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on Monday in Silver Spring, Md. As federal immigration enforcement efforts ramp up, local agencies are trying to reassure Clark County residents they are safe to attend school, church and seek help at hospitals and from law enforcement.

Law enforcement, schools, churches, hospitals in Clark County emphasize that crackdowns are federal government’s purview – not theirs

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on Monday in Silver Spring, Md. As federal immigration enforcement efforts ramp up, local agencies are trying to reassure Clark County residents they are safe to attend school, church and seek help at hospitals and from law enforcement.

February 1, 2025, 6:14am Churches & Religion

s federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigration ramp up under edicts from President Donald Trump, Clark County agencies — from police departments to schools to hospitals to places of worship — seek to assure local residents that they are not involved in immigration enforcement. Read story

A proposed second elementary school would be built near the intersection of Northeast 119th Street and 172nd Avenue by Hockinson Meadows Community Park, if Hockinson voters approve a bond on Feb. 11.

Seven Clark County school districts ask voters to approve levies and bonds in February election

A proposed second elementary school would be built near the intersection of Northeast 119th Street and 172nd Avenue by Hockinson Meadows Community Park, if Hockinson voters approve a bond on Feb. 11.

January 24, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News

Voters in seven Clark County school districts will cast ballots Feb. 11 on levies and bonds. Read story

The 2023-24 Vancouver Rotary Scholars (Photo contributed by the Community WEB ONLY Foundation for Southwest Washington)

Community Foundation for Southwest Washington accepting Vancouver Rotary Scholarship applications

The 2023-24 Vancouver Rotary Scholars (Photo contributed by the Community WEB ONLY Foundation for Southwest Washington)

November 20, 2024, 12:59pm Clark County News

The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington is accepting Vancouver Rotary Scholarship applications for the 2024-25 academic year. Read story

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

La Center High School students create prosthetic legs in class on careers in science

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

November 19, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A La Center High School teacher challenged her students to design and engineer a working prosthetic leg out of everyday materials. Read story

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

Education exhaustion: Clark County school districts see high superintendent turnover due to fatigue, uncertainty

Eight of Clark County's nine school districts have seen turnover in superintendents since the 2019-2020 school year. Some, like Evergreen, have seen three in the top job in that stretch.

July 11, 2024, 3:45pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Christine Moloney took over as the new Evergreen Public Schools superintendent last week, making her the district’s third head honcho since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Deborah Alexander, from left, and Jen Barnett, volunteers with Shared Hope International, chat with La Center School District Superintendent Peter Rosenkranz before a presentation about online safety at La Center High School on Wednesday.

Training at La Center High School helps students, parents spot online predators

Deborah Alexander, from left, and Jen Barnett, volunteers with Shared Hope International, chat with La Center School District Superintendent Peter Rosenkranz before a presentation about online safety at La Center High School on Wednesday.

April 11, 2024, 7:31pm Clark County News

A two-day training at La Center High School this week for parents and students emphasized that sex trafficking doesn’t just happen overseas or involve a man with a van offering candy. Read story