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Applicants sought for Moses Lake School Board seat
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the school board fo…
Othello School Board pushes back reopening start dates
OTHELLO — The Othello School Board wrestled with some tough decisions regarding school reopening during a special online meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. Preschoole…
More details emerge on Sage Point closure
It took five people coming down with COVID-19 to send all 470 students at Sage Point Elementary School home for two weeks.
MLSD closes Sage Point Elementary to in-class instruction
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District announced late Monday that all students at Sage Point Elementary would start remote learning as of Tuesday, citing the increase in COVID-19 cases and “an increase in abse…
MLSD sends all middle schoolers home for remote learning, citing staffing issues
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District is sending all of its middle school students home and will have them do school remotely for the next two weeks, saying the spread of COVID-19 among faculty and staff has …
MLSD mulls temporary return to online-only education for middle schoolers
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District is considering sending kids at its two largest middle schools — Frontier and Chief Moses — home for remote instruct…
Some familiar routines, some new requirements as Othello students went back to campus
OTHELLO — Kids were greeted with a red carpet, music and a dancing star, representing the school’s mascot, when they returned to Scootney Springs Elementary la…
Othello School District to review sex education curriculum options
OTHELLO — Othello School District officials are forming a committee to review possible materials for a new sex education curriculum.
Wahluke students will return to school next month
MATTAWA — In a decision announced Tuesday during the regular Wahluke School Board meeting, officials announced students would return to school in December.
MLSD awards construction contract
The Moses Lake School District on Thursday awarded the first construction contract related to the district’s new high school — informally referred to as Real World Academy.
A 'weird' first day of on-campus class
There was one word high schoolers used to describe the first day of classes back on campus: weird.
MLHS drama club takes on 1938 radio play
MOSES LAKE — Social distancing. Masking. Remote learning. All of it makes school difficult. And it makes extracurricular activities — like sports, music and th…
Royal schools bring some classes back to campus full time
ROYAL CITY — Royal School District kindergartners, first graders and fourth graders returned to on-campus instruction full time Monday.
Othello school officials clarify transgender policy
OTHELLO — Communicating with the parents of transgender students in the Othello School District, and how that will happen, was the subject of a short discussion at the Oct. 26 meeting of the Othello School Board.
Othello students start returning to school Nov. 4
OTHELLO — Othello primary grade students will return to campus part time Nov. 4.
Groff Elementary slowly takes shape
The concrete foundation, steel girders and blocks going up not far from the intersection of state Route 17 and Nelson Road are beginning to look like something.