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WASHINGTON NEWS

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Bellingham Herald

• Youth speakers lead this Mother Earth Day celebration in Bellingham
  

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Columbian

• Do standardized school tests pass or fail in Clark County?
  

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Daily Record

• Ellensburg teacher honored as a one of the best
  

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Longview Daily News

• Thanks to You -- Teachers and Administrative Professionals
• Castle Rock students, families scramble to raise graduation party funds after COVID fundraiser pause
  

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Our Kids, Our Future

• North Thurston Public Schools proudly supports students of military families
  
• Elevating student voice
  
• Two Highline students earn $40k Amazon Future Engineer scholarships
  
• New Preschool Coming to Battle Ground High School

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Seattle Times

• Praying football coach asking Supreme Court for his job back
• Meet Joey Alexander, the prodigy coming to Jazz Alley who’s releasing his 6th album — at age 18
  

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Spokesman-Review

• Cheney School Board selects new superintendent from district in Stevens County
• Five Lewis and Clark kids were among this year’s Spokane Scholars, showing ‘education wasn’t lost, it was paused’ during the pandemic
  

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Tri-City Herald

• Tri-City high schools are overcrowded. 2 districts will ask voters to fix that next February
  

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Yakima Herald-Republic

• Tuesday is deadline to turn in ballots for Grandview school election
  

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More Washington Media

• Lynwood Times
• Book signing reception for retired ESD Superintendent Dr. Nick Brossoit
• KXLY
• Cheney Public Schools names new superintendent
  

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EVENTS

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WSSDA Events

Training

Registration is open for Introduction to the Commitment to Educational Equity training.

• Eastern WA
  
  • Wenatchee: Wednesday, May 4 at 6-8:30pm
  • Spokane: Thursday, May 5 at 6-8:30pm
  • Yakima: Tuesday, May 10, 6-8:30pm
  • Goldendale: Wednesday, May 11 at 6-8:30pm
• Western WA
• Tukwilla: Thursday, April 28 at 6-8:30pm

Regional Meetings

Below are upcoming meetings. See all at wssda.org/regionalmeetings

• Apr 25, 2022    DA 5 Regional Meeting - Shelton
• Apr 27, 2022    DA 7 Regional Meeting - Quincy

State Board of Education Events

• May 3 — Student Listening Sessions About Graduation Requirements (students are welcome to speak during this session, adults will be in listening mode)

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WSSDA NEWS

• Get the spring edition of WSSDA Direct
  
• Elevating Student Voice in K-12 Education Governance
  
• InSession: Final Session Reflections
  

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Educational Partners

• State Board of Education
  
• Alignment of Graduation Requirements with the Washington Profile of a Graduate

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Superintendent Job Postings

These are the newest openings posted on the WSSDA website. See all...

• Cle Elum-Roslyn School District
• Onion Creek School District
• Skykomish School District
• Garfield School District
• Taholah School District
• Soap Lake School District
  

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Best of the Blogs etc.

• MSN Money
• Climate anxiety and high school: How young people are coping
  

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NATIONAL NEWS

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Education Week

• 'There Are So Many Issues’: Why Schools Are Struggling to Protect Student Data
• What If We Treated Public Education Like the Crisis It Is?
  

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New York Times

• A Look Inside the Textbooks That Florida Rejected
• ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
  

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NPR

• A Special Ed Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse — But One Fix Is Catching On
• The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line
  

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NSBA

• CUBE 2022 Annual Conference
  

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Washington Post

• Bowser’s vow of better middle schools falls short in poorest D.C. wards
  

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESOURCES

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Office of the Washington State Governor

• Inslee issues update to proclamation to rescind statewide face covering policy
  

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

• From Pandemic to Endemic — It’s Time to Remove the State Mask Mandate for Students
  
• School Employee Vaccination Data

WA State Board of Health

• April 13 Meeting Recap: Board Vote on the Recommendations from the TAG

WA State Department of Health

• Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools, Child Care, Early Learning, Youth Development, and Day Camp Programs
  
•  Symptom and Exposure Flowchart
  
• Supplemental Considerations to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools
  Updated Jan. 7, 2022
• K-12 COVID-19 Requirements for Summer 2021 and 2021-2022 School Year
  Updated Jan. 26, 2022
• COVID-19 Data Dashboard

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