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January 14, 2021
Camas hosts town hall on school reopenings
Nearly 100 people participated in a Camas School District town hall Tuesday, Jan. 12, to discuss the district’s new school reopening plans.
Nearly 100 people participated in a Camas School District town hall Tuesday, Jan. 12, to discuss the district’s new school reopening plans.
Renovation work on the historic Joyce Garver Theater in Camas hit a snag earlier this year after four remodeling bids came in more than $2 million over budget, but the final piece of the $119 million construction bond passed by Camas School District voters in 2016 is now set to be completed in September 2021.
The letter from the board president did not mince words.
Teachers union leaders in Camas and Washougal say local educators’ reactions to recent news that both school district plan to bring many students back to the classroom soon after the winter break — despite the fact that Clark County COVID-19 infections remain on an upward trajectory — run the gamut, from apprehensive to exuberant.
Camas School District leaders this week clarified a plan to bring all K-12 students back to the classroom for limited, in-person opportunities, beginning with first- and second-graders on Jan. 19, 2021.
Several dozen parents and students gathered in front of the Washougal School District office on Dec. 17 for an informal rally, waving signs in front of honking automobiles and calling for the district to reopen its buildings for in-person instruction.
Four weeks after a group of Camas parents rallied in front of school district offices to reopen schools, the Camas School Board has unanimously approved a plan to offer small-group, in-person learning to all K-12 students by the end of March 2021.
The Washougal School District estimates it is 200 students short of the 3,010 students expected to attend school in the district during the 2020-21 school year.
The Washougal School Board recently heard from several students who say the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the school district’s remote-learning situation is taking a toll on their social-emotional wellbeing.
COVID-19 may have canceled most in-person plays and musicals in Camas and Washougal this year, but a group of Washougal middle schoolers have not let that stop them from bringing the arts to the community this holiday season.