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February 11, 2021
Kindergarten teacher Marilyn Canfield (left) leads students at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of Camas School District)

As COVID-19 cases drop, Camas ramps up in-person learning

With Clark County COVID-19 rates falling from “high” to “moderate” over the past two weeks, the Camas School District is continuing to ramp up its school reopenings and send more students back to the classroom.

February 9, 2021
Drivers pass by signs calling for voters to cast

Camas school levies are passing

Camas School District voters are passing two replacement levies tonight, in an election local school boosters have called “critical” to the future of Camas schools.  With…

January 14, 2021
Camas High School soccer player forward Kiya Gramps scores a goal during a game at Doc Harris Stadium in October 2019. (Post-Record file photos)

Athletic directors, coaches mixed on new rules

A litany of logistical questions pop into Washougal High School boys basketball coach AJ LaBree’s mind whenever he thinks about the feasibility of high school sports teams engaging in competitive events during a deadly pandemic.

January 14, 2021
Kindergarten teacher Marilyn Canfield (left) leads students at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of Camas School District)

Camas calls for faster teacher vaccinations

Members of the Camas School Board said this week they are calling on Governor Jay Inslee, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal and the state’s department of health to ensure K-12 educators are moved up on the list of Washingtonians allowed to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

January 14, 2021
A photo (right) shows the older brick walls discovered at the Joyce Garver Theater in Camas. The Camas School District is in the process of renovating the historic theater, which needed extensive seismic upgrades. An illustration (left) shows what the renovated theater will look like in September 2021. (Contributed photos courtesy of Camas School District)

Garver Theater renovations include seismic upgrades

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.

December 24, 2020
Camas Education Association members pack into the Camas School Board meeting room on Aug. 13, 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

Teachers unions: safety is top concern

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.

December 24, 2020
Camas School Board members (from left to right) Erika Cox, Tracey Malone, Corey McEnry, Connie Hennessey and Doug Quinn discuss district business at a meeting on Aug. 25, 2019. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas sets timelines for K-12 return to classrooms

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.

December 17, 2020
Parents, guardians and their kindergarten students line up outside Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Nov. 9, 2020. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of the Camas School District)

Camas revises school reopening plan

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.