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1 in 7 Lake City High School students in quarantine

Wed., Oct. 14, 2020

COVID-19 cases are climbing in area schools and have forced hundreds of students into quarantine for possible exposure.

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Kindergartners at Spokane Public Schools are returning full-time. What about everyone else?

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 14, 2020

Spokane Public Schools will continue to take a measured approach to reopening schools, Superintendent Adam Swinyard said Tuesday.

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COVID-19 surges in Coeur d’Alene schools; two new cases at Spokane Public Schools

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 9, 2020

There were 16 people who tested positive for COVID-19 this week in the Coeur d’Alene School District, resulting in 171 people being quarantined.

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Spokane libraries will reopen, but likely not until early November

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 8, 2020

Spokane’s libraries are likely to open by early November albeit under strict pandemic guidelines announced this week by Gov. Jay Inslee.

News >  Education

Teaching music during a pandemic is about the journey

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 10, 2020

Life hasn’t been the same since the bandemic struck University High School.

News >  Education

‘Nervous’ and ‘excited’: Kindergartners are back in Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 7, 2020

Even during a pandemic, some things never change.

News >  Education

Enrollment drops significantly in Spokane Public Schools and other local districts, especially in kindergarten

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 8, 2020

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.

Sports >  Gonzaga women

Gonzaga women’s basketball to open WCC schedule in Los Angeles

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 7, 2020

For the fourth time in five seasons, the Gonzaga women’s basketball team will open the West Coast Conference schedule on the road.

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Kindergartners return to Spokane schools

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 6, 2020

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.

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SPS takes another look at how board members are elected

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 6, 2020

The Spokane Public Schools board will take another look Wednesday night at how its members are elected.

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Kindergartners return to classes at Central Valley

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 5, 2020

Call them baby steps, but the kindergartners at Broadway Elementary School took a giant step forward Monday morning.

Sports >  NCAA

For Gonzaga women, the only uncertainty is the schedule

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 7, 2020

After an offseason like no other, the Gonzaga women know only one thing for sure: There will be basketball this season.

News >  Education

Two test positive for COVID-19 at Lidgerwood Elementary with kindergartners’ return days away

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

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.

News >  Education

OSPI launches free internet access for Washington students, families

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 1, 2020

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.

News >  Education

SPS discusses legislative priorities

Sat., Sept. 26, 2020

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.

News >  Education

African-American education leaders address inequalities

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

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.

News >  Education

CdA schools moving to full-time in-person learning

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 25, 2020

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.

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COVID-19 outbreak strikes Lakeland school district

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 24, 2020

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.

News >  Education

Like it or not, schools are moving forward

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 24, 2020

The first step is often the hardest, especially when you’re walking a tightrope in front of a skeptical audience.

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Central Valley, Deer Park, Coeur d’Alene school districts report COVID-19 cases

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

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.

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Kindergartners to return soon at Spokane, Central Valley

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

Thousands of kindergartners will soon be back in class in Spokane County.

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Mead finally begins the school year

Tue., Sept. 22, 2020

Even during a pandemic, some things never change.

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Bonners Ferry schools mandate masks after 4 positive COVID-19 tests

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 21, 2020

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.

New SPS history elective is inclusive, not “indoctrination,” district says

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 22, 2020

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.

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New SPS board member Aryn Ziehnert brings passion, credentials

Mon., Sept. 21, 2020

The Mead High School graduate holds a doctoral degree in psychology and is a lecturer at Eastern Washington University.