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Shawn Vestal: Teachers union president explains walkout in Q-and-A

Today, 3,000 members of the Spokane Education Association will walk off the job in an effort to send a message to the Legislature that it needs to step up to its constitutional responsibility to fully fund education. As a result, nearly 30,000 students will be participating in an involuntary walkout of their own, with instructional time to be made up some mornings and at the end of the school year. The walkout has been predictably controversial, and it has raised questions even among those who support the teachers’ aims – smaller classrooms, salary increases for teachers and a reduced focus on testing. On Tuesday, SEA President Jenny Rose talked to me about the walkout and why her members felt it was necessary.
News >  Spokane

Concert organizer going out on a high note

Coordinating a concert featuring 2,600 elementary school kids blasting brass horns, blowing through woodwinds and dragging bows across stringed instruments seems nothing short of miraculous. But the annual Band and Strings Spectacular has become a “well-oiled machine” under Dave Weatherred, visual and performing arts coordinator at Spokane Public Schools, who has organized it for 18 years. He ended his role on a high note at Tuesday night’s concert by conducting a song at the event for the first and last time; he’s moving on to other administrative duties.
News >  Spokane

Five teen suicides have left ‘whole community hurting’

Five teen suicides this school year – including three in the past month – have jolted the community. It’s the highest number in the history of Spokane Public Schools, prompting parents, students and community members to ask what they can do to help. “There’s an increased need. I see the whole community hurting,” said Sabrina Votava, Spokane’s Youth Suicide Prevention Program field coordinator. “It’s affected all the schools, even districts outside of Spokane.”
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WSU moving on med school plans

Washington State University is pushing ahead with plans to establish its own Spokane-based medical school and expects to have its inaugural class of students enrolled for the fall semester in 2017. Acknowledging that it’s an ambitious timeline, WSU President Elson Floyd said Monday a national search for the medical school’s founding dean already is underway. It will be directed by a panel of academic, medical and other community leaders, mostly from Eastern Washington.
News >  Spokane

WSU searching for med school dean

Washington State University is pushing ahead with plans to establish its own Spokane-based medical school and expects to have its inaugural class of students enrolled for fall semester 2017.
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Ferris High students set statewide example on biology test

More than 2,000 Washington high school seniors might not graduate if a requirement to pass the state’s biology exam is left intact. The Washington Board of Education sent a letter recently encouraging lawmakers to abolish the requirement immediately.
News >  Pacific NW

Washington teachers receive same base pay no matter location

While many rural school districts in the United States struggle to recruit and retain quality teachers, Washington is one of just a few states where a teacher’s base salary is the same in most places, no matter the location, district size or cost of living. Large districts and those in high-cost or urban areas can supplement that base pay using local levy dollars.
News >  Pacific NW

Rural schools provide benefits to students, communities

Nestled among Eastern Washington’s rolling wheat fields and towering grain silos are the heartbeats of farm towns: small, rural school districts. Bleachers swell during high school sporting events, and multipurpose rooms fill up for plays and musical performances.
News >  Spokane

Jim Kershner’s This Day in History

From our archives, 100 years ago Dr. J.M. Gunning issued a call for a blood donor to save the life of a hemophilia patient who was bleeding to death – and was deluged with 250 volunteers.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Public Schools gets tough on vaccinations

Kids showing up at Spokane public schools on Monday without proof that they’ve had required immunizations or a signed waiver will be pulled out of classrooms. This is the first time Washington’s law to exclude children from school is being enforced in the region’s largest school district. So far, no other school district has announced plans to take similar steps.
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