Washougal School Board temporarily discontinues in-person meetings

The Washougal School District has reverted back to remote-only school board meetings following a disruption by audience members that resulted in police action during a May 11 meeting.

“Moving back to the virtual meetings will support meeting the safety restrictions currently in place in Phase 3 for public gatherings,” said Les Brown, the district’s director of communications and technology. “Once the COVID health restrictions and requirements are lifted per the Open Public Meetings Act and it is safe to do so, we look forward to returning to our in-person meetings. Because we don’t know the timing of the changes in the restrictions and requirements, this could happen at any time.”