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Opinion: Will there be parity at Ridgefield schools?
There are two schools on the ballot for bond funding on April 23 in Ridgefield School District.
Opinion: ‘Why is safety taking a back seat at Ridgefield School District’
Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo shares her thoughts on funding for needed band room acoustic upgrades at Ridgefield High School.
Opinion: ‘Ever-increasing teacher salaries are breaking the budgets of area school districts’
…County Today Editor Ken Vance shares his thoughts on public school funding and rising teacher salaries over the past decade.
How $20 million becomes $90 million in 14 years at Ridgefield School District
The Ridgefield School District budgeted a roughly $3 million loss for 2023-2024 and is projecting a roughly $1.3 million loss now. Ridgefield resident Heid…
Opinion: Proposed bill would cut funding to schools that do not adopt controversial state-imposed curriculum
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes one of the main reasons polls show a loss of faith in so many of our public institutions is the decline in the quality of public education and the…
Battle Ground School District levy moving closer to approval
School funding measures in Camas, Green Mountain and Woodland school districts are currently passing.
Bill tying school funding to curriculum materials moves forward in Olympia
…ashington Superintendent of Public Instruction to cut state funding for certain school districts is moving ahead in the form of House Bill 2331.
Opinion: WEA union blocks bill to provide equitable funding for charter school families
On Monday (Feb. 5), the Senate Ways and Means Committee blocked passage of SB 5809.
Opinion: HB 2494, to add more funding to amply funded public schools, will not help students
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes that what public education needs is not more money, but more common sense reforms.
Opinion: Newly elected school board members get the facts on school funding
Opinion: Newly elected school board members get the facts on school funding. Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center says the question before school board member…
Opinion: Lack of transparency in how Washington spent $1 billion federal dollars to help students
…. Department of Education which found that Washington state school officials had little oversight in how they spent student funding.
State not solely responsible for school construction, WA Supreme Court rules
…o provide monies for capital construction projects to local school districts at the same level as basic education funding.