School district, employees OK contract

More than one month after going into mediation over contract bargaining conflicts, the Washougal School District and its classified employees have come to an agreement.

The 2017-2019 contract, approved by the district last week and ratified by the Washougal chapter of the Public School Employees association on Nov. 27, gives a 5-percent salary increase to the school district’s non-educator employees, which include bus drivers, cafeteria workers, para-educators, library assistants, bus mechanics, custodians, groundskeepers, secretaries and other support staff