Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Spokane Public Schools avoids further cuts

  May 31, 2012 in City on Page A7 Spokane Public Schools’ budget situation for the 2012-’13 school year is better than it has been in almost a decade, meaning there will be no layoff notices or agonizing decisions …

• Spokane schools officials’ pay frozen

  May 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 Spokane Public Schools central administrators’ pay will remain unchanged for the 2012-’13 school year, district officials announced Monday. The decision comes as the district’s upcoming budget is being finalized. 18

• Spokane Schools wants to charge for public records

  February 8, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Faced with a rapidly growing number of requests for public records, Spokane Public Schools wants to charge the public for the cost of locating and preparing those records. … 15

• Campaign-limit trend shifts to smaller races

  October 25, 2011 in City on Page A6 Campaign contributions for elected offices in state, county and city governments are limited to a maximum of $1,600. But smaller political races, such as school board, fire commissioner, park board … 4

• Board votes unanimously to move Jefferson Elementary

  September 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 After a year of analysis, traffic and home sale surveys and hundreds of public comments, the Spokane Public Schools board unanimously voted Wednesday to rebuild Jefferson Elementary School on the … 7

• Rogers candidate for historic registers

  September 23, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 When John R. Rogers High School was built in the early 1930s, the school board ordered old desks to be refinished and all of the new building materials to be … 3

• District narrows Jefferson Elementary relocation to 2 sites

  September 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 The options for relocation of Spokane’s Jefferson Elementary School have been narrowed to two – one east and one west, according to a recently released report prepared by Spokane Public …

• Walla Walla Foundry helps sculptors bring imaginations to life

  August 26, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Heat emanating from molten metal poured at the Walla Walla Foundry makes a sweltering summer day seem cool. But the result of that 2,000-degree work is well worth the sweat.

• Jefferson plans weighed

    April 29, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 There was no escaping neighborhood opposition when Spokane Public Schools held an open house about the remodeling and possible relocation of Jefferson Elementary in the school’s gymnasium Tuesday evening. Poised …

• Schools hope to stave off cuts

  January 24, 2008 in City on Page B6 Early budget forecasts show Spokane Public Schools may be looking to fill a gap of more than $2 million next school year. But the district is hoping to stave off …