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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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March 14, 2019

$8 million shortfall expected next year

A member of the Camas School District’s budget committee told Camas school board members Monday the committee is addressing the district’s looming 2019-20 budget deficits.

March 14, 2019
Columbia River Gorge Elementary School students Justice LaFrance (left) and Jackson Joyce (right) work on an art project at school. (Photo by Rene Carroll courtesy of Washougal School District)

March into art

Shirley Bishop wasn’t exposed to a lot of art when she was growing up. It wasn’t until high school that Bishop, more of an athlete type, took a stained glass class, which helped her discover her creative nature.

March 14, 2019
Members of the Camas High School drama department prepare the school's stage on March 11. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" will open Thursday, March 14.

Camas High to stage ‘Hunchback’

When Sean Kelly announced last year that the Camas High School drama department would produce and perform “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” as its annual musical the following spring, his students weren’t overly enthusiastic about the choice.

March 7, 2019
Camas High School students Akash Prasad (left) and Jacob Leetham (right) talk about their project during the Southwest Washington Science and Engineering Fair, held Saturday, March 2, at Skyview High School in Vancouver.

Camas students clean up at regional fair

Camas High School students have competed in the Southwest Washington Science and Engineering Fair for more than 10 years, and in most of those years they’ve done fairly well.

February 28, 2019
The Camas School Board voted Monday to change the name of the former Lacamas Heights Elementary School, pictured here, to Heights Learning Center. Board members said the change will help avoid confusion with the new Lacamas Lake Elementary School. (Post-Record file photo)

Lacamas Heights to lose the ‘Lacamas’

The Camas School District board of directors voted to rename Lacamas Heights Elementary School during its Monday meeting at the Zellerbach Administration Center.