Othello School District officials worked to make it clear that gang-related activity would not be allowed in the district, and that effort has paid dividends, OSD officials said. The district office is pictured.
October 24, 2023
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October 24, 2023 5:38 p.m.
Othello schools work to weed out gangs
OTHELLO — Amy Parris, director of student services for the Othello School District, said district officials faced a challenge at the start of the 2021-22 school year — gang activity was starting to seep back into Othello schools. “What we did last year was take a pretty hard stance. ‘We’re not putting up with that here,’” she said.