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Firth names new superintendent

Brandon Hammond, principal of Boardman, Ore.-based Sam Boardman Elementary School, will start the district’s outgoing superintendent in June.

Statehouse roundup, 3.3.20: JFAC OKs 4.1 percent increase in public school spending

The budgets include funding increases for teachers salaries, the literacy initiative, social-emotional learning, support unit growth and more.

Coronavirus prompts school closures, precautionary directives

The virus had infected 18 and killed at least six in Washington State as of Monday.

Fruitland responds to federal lawsuit with details on how leaders handled harassment allegations

The district says “vague hearsay rumors” were not enough for Superintendent Teresa Fabricius to start an investigation.

Statehouse roundup, 3.2.20: Guns-in-schools bill unveiled

But time is working against any new bill, since legislative leaders hope to wrap up the 2020 session within three weeks. For example, the House Education Committee will soon turn its focus away from introducing bills.

Statehouse roundup, 2.28.20: House passes teacher pay and school elections bills

It was a long Friday of policymaking and protest at the Statehouse. Lawmakers passed a teacher salary bill and a bill to limit school elections. Meanwhile, more than 100 people — largely students — protested a series of bills limiting transgender rights.

Analysis: Whatever became of the 60 percent goal?

The State Board of Education says it isn’t abandoning a decade-long goal: convincing 60 percent of the state’s 25- to 34-year-olds to get a college degree or certificate. But the numbers aren’t moving, and state leaders aren’t talking much about this goal these days.