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November 7, 2024
Washougal school buses wait to collect students in October 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal School District receives ‘financial warning’ from state

The Washougal School District (WSD) has received a “financial warning” from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI)’s School District Financial Health Indicators Model, indicating that the district is “facing potential difficulties.”

October 31, 2024
Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone (far right) speaks to Camas School Board members (left to right) Matthew McBride, Connie Hennessey, Bamini Pathmanathan, Tracey Malone and Corey McEnry about the district’s budget shortfall and enrollment declines during a school board meeting held Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas SD budget survey open through Nov. 6

The Camas School District’s “Balancing the Budget” survey, collecting public input on the district’s need to make 10-12% budget cuts ahead of the 2025-26 school year, is live online and available to the public through Wednesday, Nov. 6.

October 17, 2024

Settlement will fund vape sensors in Camas schools

Vaping inside Camas schools is set to get even tougher thanks to a class-action lawsuit settlement with the electronic cigarette maker, JUUL, which has paid more than $1 billion to at least 45 states for marketing its addictive, high-nicotine vaping products to underage teenagers.

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…