Camas teachers seem likely to avoid a repeat of the summer of 2023, when stalled contract negotiations led to the Camas School District’s first-ever teachers’ strike and delayed the start of the 2023-24 school year by nearly two weeks.
Members of Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Washougal High School Ambassadors club love Washougal and believe in the city’s potential but hope that local leaders and community members can come together to reduce substance abuse and other activities that they feel are damaging their cherished hometown.
The state schools superintendent announced last week his agency will fund a program that provides free books to young children locally and statewide for one year after the Legislature cut the funding because of Washington’s budget deficit.
Having just completed one of the largest budget reductions in the Camas School District’s recent history, district leaders say they are on the verge of achieving a balanced 2025-26 budget and bringing the district’s reserve funds back to a more sustainable level.
In an effort to recoup sports-related costs not covered by the district’s levy funds, the Washougal School District may begin to charge admission fees at some middle school athletic events starting next school year.
The communities of Camas and Washougal celebrated more than 700 local high school graduates last week during five separate commencement ceremonies.
A Washougal school board member is calling for district leaders to study the relative benefits and costs of operating four elementary schools that are each running below their student capacities.
There are still a few kinks to work out and likely a few worried students to convince, but the Camas School District’s plan to merge its project-based learning middle and high schools into one building seems to have found a path forward that quells most, if not all, of the concerns raised earlier this year when the district first announced the creation of its first 6-12 school.
Twenty-one Clark County schools have been honored by the Washington School Recognition Program for their work in closing opportunity gaps and supporting students’ growth and academic achievement during the 2023-24 school year.
A group of Washougal High School students is diligently preparing for an upcoming forklift certification examination with the help of a newly purchased simulator, installed in the school’s construction technology classroom May 15.
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