Around the state – but especially in Eastern Washington – public school districts are seeing enrollment declines as families seek other options because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning what Superintendent Adam Swinyard called a “slow and methodical” return to in-person learning, Spokane Public Schools will bring kindergartners back to school this week.
Less than a week before kindergartners are scheduled to return to its buildings, Spokane Public Schools has two confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Lidgerwood Elementary School.
In a move that will benefit students in low-income families, the state superintendent’s office has finalized contracts with three internet providers – Comcast, Ziply and Presidio – to provide free access to 60,000 students and their families.
Facing uncertain state funding because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spokane Public Schools nevertheless struck a hopeful tone this week as it looks ahead to the next session of the state Legislature.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the plight of many minority students and their families, a statewide panel of African American educators agreed during a webinar this week.
Students in Coeur d’Alene Public Schools will begin attending school in person every day beginning Oct. 5 after its board of trustees approved the move in a special meeting early Friday.
Two weeks after opening the year with the most wide-open back-to-school model in the Inland Northwest, the Lakeland Joint School District has been struck with at least 10 cases of COVID-19.
Despite beginning the year with distance learning only, the Central Valley School District has seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 among its staff and students during the past two weeks.
The Boundary County School District is moving ahead with in-person learning despite four cases of COVID-19 and the subsequent quarantining of 60 students at Bonners Ferry High School.
If history is about perspectives, a new American history course adopted this year by Spokane Public Schools hopes to incorporate as many views as possible, its curriculum coordinator said this week.