School board races in Spokane County this year are drawing plenty of interest – and money.

No employees at Spokane Public Schools will lose their jobs due to the statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The COVID-19 pandemic is retreating from local schools.

The former Keystone Elementary School on South McDonald Road in Spokane Valley opened Monday as a safe harbor for Central Valley School District students and families, offering everything from social workers to a food bank to laundry facilities.

Glover Middle School will host a community open house Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Masks are required.

Washington State University and the Riverside School District have teamed up to offer a class in WSU’s School of the Environment that will have students develop a forest management plan for the 97-acre Community Learning Forest on the school district’s land.

Candidates for a seat on the West Valley School Board took opposite positions earlier this year on tax proposals.

Teresa Landa’s path to a seat on the Central Valley School Board was undisputed through most of the sum.

Supporting students should be the top priority at Spokane Public Schools, board candidates Melissa Bedford and Daryl Geffken agree.

The COVID-19 pandemic is retreating, though rather slowly, at local schools.

Picture this: It’s 2031. Spokane has made many of the changes needed to begin addressing issues with climate change.

Five weeks into the new year, Spokane Public Schools is struggling with two vexing problems not of its own making: How are some children getting to school and how safe will they be when they arrive?

A Cheney School Board member with 12 years in office said her experience brings important insight when dealing with tough issues facing schools.

A longtime Nine Mile Falls School District board member faces a political newcomer in the November election.

The school year has barely begun, yet some rural districts in the Inland Northwest are already coming down with a major case of COVID fatigue.

A scaled down celebration inducted six new Rogers High School graduates into the Rogers Walk of Fame Friday. Those inducted include a World War II veteran, a retired educator and peace activist, high school teacher and Rogers head wrestling coach, retired Whitworth University English and modern language program coordinator, professional boxer and a former professional football player who is currently a drug and alcohol abuse school counselor.

Monday night’s virtual meeting of the Coeur d’Alene Schools board of trustees, its first since a crowd of protesters angry over a proposed mask mandate led to that meeting’s cancellation, avoided talk of face coverings but touched on other COVID-19 issues and the process to fill two unexpected vacancies.

Nurse practitioner BrieAnne Gray and current board member Carmen Green are on the Nov. 2 general election ballot for the Mead School District No. 5 position. Their biggest issues: COVID-19, curriculum and transparency. 

Kata Dean and Riley Smith agree on at least one thing: The Spokane Public Schools board could use some fresh perspective.