Stories by Jim Allen for the Spokesman-Review

Sports > Gonzaga women

Gonzaga’s Jill Townsend named first-team Senior CLASS Award All-American

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

Townsend, the West Coast Conference Player of the Year is 2019-20, is a two-time first-team all-WCC selection.

News > Education

New principals chosen for Ferris, Rogers, Shadle Park and Lewis and Clark high schools

UPDATED: Fri., April 2, 2021

Spokane Public Schools announced Friday the hiring of four new high school principals, all of whom have administrative experience in the district.

News > Higher education

Spokane Scholars sets virtual award banquet for Apr. 19

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

For the second straight year, the Spokane Scholars Foundation will forgo its annual live banquet and go virtual.

News > Education

Schools push toward full-time return to buildings

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

School districts in Spokane County are moving forward with plans to bring students back full time.

News > Education

Sheridan Elementary School moving forward with name change in light of general’s brutality toward Indigenous people

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

Spokane Public Schools will move forward on a proposal to rename Sheridan Elementary School over its namesake’s brutality toward Indigenous people.

News > K-12 education

Emotional support dogs in school? Animals may help grow the class menagerie in Spokane Public Schools

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

At Regal Elementary School, Lucy the golden retriever is opening hearts.

News > K-12 education

Spokane Public Schools unveils new wide-reaching boundary proposals

UPDATED: Thu., April 1, 2021

It’s been almost 40 years since Spokane Public Schools made comprehensive changes to its boundaries.

News > Education

Spokane Public Schools board will get a first look at boundary proposal Wednesday

UPDATED: Tue., March 30, 2021

The Spokane Public Schools board will get its first look Wednesday night at plans to redraw school boundaries.

News > Education

SPS board to hear proposal to rename Sheridan Elementary

UPDATED: Wed., March 31, 2021

Names are a powerful thing, especially when you’re a young Native American girl attending a school named for the man who coined the phrase “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.”

News > K-12 education

Spokane-area school districts are seeing more COVID-19 quarantines and cases after returning

UPDATED: Tue., March 30, 2021

School districts are all over the map in the war against COVID-19.

News > K-12 education

New principals at four Spokane high schools next year

Tue., March 30, 2021

By the end of this week, Spokane Public Schools expects to name four new high school principals and lay the groundwork for a “more efficient administration” at all grade levels, Superintendent Adam Swinyard said Monday.

News

Former GU cheerleaders hope to relive memories

Tue., March 30, 2021

Should Gonzaga make it to the Final Four this weekend, Jobin and Jenni Panicker will be there too.

News > Education

Spokane Public Schools may reduce punishment for sexting

UPDATED: Tue., March 30, 2021

Spokane Public Schools is considering new rules that lessen penalties for sexting, while reducing the role of principals in handling individual cases.

Sports > Gonzaga women

Tough ending capped a season of perseverance for Gonzaga women

UPDATED: Sat., March 27, 2021

The ending seemed rather unfair, given all that the Gonzaga women had endured this year.

News > WA Government

Inslee: Schools can loosen social-distancing to 3 feet

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

To follow updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the current state guidelines of 6 feet of separation can be cut to 3 feet in most settings, effective immediately, according to Inslee's office. Three feet is the minimum requirement, and schools can opt to remain at 6 feet.

News > Education

Spokane Public Schools board meetings are open to the public again, but the hybrid model may be here to stay

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Like the schools it supervises, the Spokane Public Schools board of directors is going hybrid – and it might do so permanently.

News > Education

Spokane Public Schools survey shows public division on stadium issue

UPDATED: Thu., March 25, 2021

Spokane citizens appear to be sharply divided on the issue of where Spokane Public Schools should built a new sports stadium.

News > K-12 education

Spokane Public Schools expects the state will drop student distancing requirements to 3 feet

UPDATED: Fri., March 26, 2021

As soon as Thursday, state officials may ease social-distancing requirements in schools and allow more students to return to class, Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Adam Swinyard said Wednesday night.

News > Spokane

Durham faces second L&I investigation and management changes over COVID-19 issues

UPDATED: Wed., March 24, 2021

Durham School Services is changing its local management team as the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has opened a second investigation into the safety practices of the company that provides transportation for thousands of students at Spokane Public Schools.

Sports > Gonzaga women

Gonzaga standout Jill Townsend reflects on emotionally-draining season after NCAA loss

UPDATED: Mon., March 22, 2021

The basketball season began tenuously under the cloud of the pandemic, but begin it did, feeding Townsend’s dream to get back to the tournament for the first time in 3 years.