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• Spokane Schools chief leaving in June

  December 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Nancy Stowell announced her resignation at the school board meeting Wednesday night. Her last day will be June 30. Stowell has worked in the district for … 10

• SPS won’t increase class sizes or cut special ed assistants

  June 22, 2011 in City Spokane Public Schools’ officials agreed to a 2011-12 preliminary budget Wednesday that does not increase any class sizes, but there’s still work to be done. About $1 million remains to …

• Principals agree to pay cut; remaining staff recalled

  June 15, 2011 in City Spokane Public Schools principals have agreed to a 3 percent pay cut, a move that will help the school district offset a $13.1 million budget shortfall. 8

• Teachers union protests administrative pay raises

  October 13, 2010 in City Hundreds of Spokane Public Schools employees sent a message to the school board Wednesday night: “We’re angry.” Union members packed the board of directors meeting to express disappointment the elected … 6

• Central Valley considers athletic, activities fees

  April 29, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Students in the Central Valley School District would pay to participate in athletics and activities during the 2010-’11 school year – $25 for middle school students and $55 for high …

• School board hears wish list

  March 27, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 An interim report by the Central Valley School District Capital Facilities Committee includes recommendations for a new elementary school and returning kindergarten center students to their neighborhood schools. The committee …

• School board OKs contract

  November 28, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The East Valley school board approved a long-awaited contract with its teachers union at Tuesday’s meeting. The two sides have been negotiating for months, and at times progress was slow. …

• Freeman, Liberty school board races appear decided

  November 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S18 Freeman School Board election results came down to the wire as two challengers waged a campaign for an empty seat and an incumbent was unseated in the Liberty School District. …

• School seats contested in Freeman, Liberty

  October 15, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S7 The Freeman and Liberty School Districts are a mix of contested and uncontested races in the ballots being mailed out this week for the November election. In Freeman the field …

• Write-in candidate seeks District 2 seat

  October 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V4 When the filing period for the November elections ended in early June, it appeared that three West Valley School District members were running unopposed for re-election. Since then, however, Jeff …

• CVSD ponders plans for cuts

  April 30, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Field trips, extracurricular activities, activity buses, all-kindergarten para-educators, 20 teaching positions and some bus routes are on the chopping block in the Central Valley School District because of a $3.4 …

• April 13 deadline for trustee races

  April 5, 2007 in Idaho on Page B2 Anyone interested in running for a seat on North Idaho school boards has until April 13 to apply. Zones 2 and 3 in the Coeur d’Alene School District, as well …

• Problems? Board Should Be All Ears

  December 14, 1995 in City on Page B6 Moments before Coeur d’Alene Trustee Tim Olson and two colleagues voted to muzzle a parents’ group Monday, he wondered aloud why the district had such trouble passing bond elections. Amazing. …