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April 22, 2021
Contributed photo courtesy Washougal School District 
 The Washougal School District is currently accepting bids to appraise and replace the roof at Washougal High School.

WSD eyes ‘big-ticket’ repairs for schools

Despite the fact that it currently doesn’t have a full-time facilities director, the Washougal School District has completed several building improvement projects during the 2020-21 school year and is moving ahead with plans to launch more “big-ticket items” in the near future.

April 8, 2021

Brewery donates barrels to Washougal schools

Washougal brewery Logsdon Farmhouse Ales recently donated four wooden barrels to the Washougal School District’s career and technical education department. “We see a lot of ‘paying…

April 8, 2021
Washogual High School junior Aidan Davis-Cosmo holds a trophy after participating on the school's Unified teams which took first and third place their division at the Special Olympics Washington's Virtual Winter Games e-gaming competition. (Contributed photo courtesy Washougal School District)

Washougal Unified teams place at esports tournament

Special Olympics Washington cancelled all Unified high school sports during the 2020-21 school year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the group encouraged schools to participate in its “Virtual Winter Games,” which included a wellness cup, a fitness heptathlon and an esports tournament.

April 8, 2021
Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell (left) speaks to Doug Hood, the district's director of elementary education, after a Camas school board meeting on April 1, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas names interim schools head

The Camas School Board voted unanimously on Thursday, April 1, to appoint Doug Hood, the district’s director of elementary education, as the district’s interim superintendent for the 2021-22 school year.

April 8, 2021
Brittni Nester, a preschool teacher at Gause Elementary School, watches student Madisyn Deaver work on a project in November 2020. (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

New 3-foot rule gives local schools reopening leeway

School district leaders in Camas and Washougal say a new COVID-19 social distancing guideline inside school classrooms will allow local elementary, middle and high schools the ability to ramp up in-person learning.

April 1, 2021
Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell (left) talks to the district's director of elementary education, Doug Hood (right) after a special Camas School Board meeting held Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas school board names interim superintendent

The Camas School Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to appoint Doug Hood, the district’s director of elementary education, as its interim superintendent for the 2021-22 school year.