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October 10, 2024
Fifth-graders from Columbia River Gorge Elementary School help catalog flora and fauna at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washougal in September 2024.

Washougal students explore Steigerwald refuge

Even though the Columbia River Gorge Elementary School (CRGE) fifth-graders’ recent field trip took them just one mile from their school, it brought them to a completely different world, teeming with scenic landscapes and ecosystem diversity.

October 3, 2024
A poster on a wall at Jemtegaard Middle School in Washougal thanks students for keeping their cell phones off and in their backpacks during classtime. (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

WSD: No sudden changes to cell phone policy

Washougal School District (WSD) leaders say they will focus on enforcing the district’s existing cell-phone policy rather than make any sudden changes, such as banning students from having cell phones available to them during the school day.

September 26, 2024
A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas School District facing ‘critically low’ reserves, budget cuts

Plagued by lower enrollment rates, state revenues that Camas school leaders say do not keep pace with the needs of modern school districts, the end of supplemental, federal COVID-relief dollars and increasing costs of doing business, the Camas School District is facing substantial cuts to its 2025-26 school year budget.

September 19, 2024

Washougal School Board to hold listening tours

The Washougal School District will hold five “board listening tour” sessions during the 2024-25 school year.  The district has scheduled sessions for Tuesday, Oct. 15 (4:30…

September 12, 2024
Washougal School District's interim superintendent, Aaron Hansen (right), swears in the Washougal School Board's newest member, Jane Long (left) during the Board's meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Washougal School Board appoints Hancock replacement

The Washougal School Board has appointed Jane Long, a human resources and business operations professional and mother of two Washougal elementary school students, to fill the Board seat vacated by Angela Hancock in June.