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March 20, 2025

Washougal schools’ finances improve

The Washougal School District no longer falls in the state’s “financial warning” category, a measure used to determine the financial health of a school district.

March 6, 2025
Columbia River Gorge Elementary School student Dexter Mitchell constructs a toolbox with the help of Washougal School Board President Sadie McKenzie at the school Feb. 25, 2025. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Fifth-graders nail lessons with toolbox project

With the rhythmic sound of banging hammers filling Columbia Gorge Elementary School’s cafeteria, Washougal High School woodshop teacher Brent Mansell smiled while watching the school district’s latest community project come to life.

March 6, 2025
Camas student Kai Boswell holds a

Camas students protest merger

Dozens of students walked out of class Wednesday, Feb. 26 to protest the Camas School District’s plan to combine Odyssey Middle School and Discovery High School into one campus at the start of the 2025-26 school year.