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Updated 3 days, 21 hours ago

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…

Updated 6 years ago
Facilities plan recommends remodeling Quincy Middle School within eight years

QUINCY — Quincy School District patrons should be thinking about remodeling or replacing Quincy Middle School sometime in the next five to eight years. That was one of the recommendations in a new master facilities…

Updated 6 years ago
Youth mental health also a key concern amid the pandemic

As discussions rage over the best ways to protect the physical health of students returning to school amid a global pandemic, many also worry about the effect that the coronavirus had had and will continue to have …

Updated 6 years ago
Quincy School District purchases property

QUINCY — The Quincy School District’s Innovation Academy and distance learning programs will get a new home sometime this fall.

Updated 6 years ago
MLSD OKs $123.8 million budget

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board unanimously passed its $123.8 million operating budget for the 2020-21 school year at an online meeting Thursday.

Updated 6 years ago
MLSD makes high school classes all online

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board voted Thursday to alter its high school opening plan, with all students starting online instruction full-time when school begins on Sept. 9.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Red Rock Elementary gets set to welcome students back

Staff at Red Rock Elementary School in Royal City worked to wrap up final preparations on Thursday before students returned today. Boxes were unpacked, soci…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Buses ready for students to return with new measures

The Royal School District Transportation Department spent Thursday deep-cleaning the buses and making sure new measures were ready to go with students beginnin…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Parents of children with special needs work to navigate options with school returning

MOSES LAKE — Parents and families are preparing children as the school year nears. Parents of children dealing with special needs face a number of challenges a…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
MLSD urged by 23 health care providers to reconsider in-person classes

MOSES LAKE — An open letter signed by 23 local health care providers urges members of the Moses Lake School Board to reconsider its decision to move forward with an in-person education option despite public health …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
MLSD enrollment to drop; 1/3 expected to choose all instruction in person

MOSES LAKE — The largest portion of students in Moses Lake School District will be learning all-online when the school year begins, according to numbers provided by Superintendent Josh Meek.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Big Bend nursing students excel through difficulties

MOSES LAKE — Pam Kortness knew she wanted to be a nurse since she was a child.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
MLSD enrollment begins

MOSES LAKE — Registration began on Monday for the Moses Lake School District’s Fall 2020-21 school year.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
School nurses to face new challenges in districts with in-person education

School nurses, at the front lines of the fight against the virus in classrooms this school year for districts that opted for in-person education, will face new challenges in the coming months.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Soap Lake, Wilson Creek schools opt for online instruction

GRANT COUNTY — Superintendents from both the Soap Lake and Wilson Creek school districts have announced that classes will begin all-online in September, according to videos posted to social media.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Online instruction planned in Warden schools

WARDEN — The first four weeks of instruction in the Warden School District will be online, but district officials hope to provide instruction at school for some students.