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WASHINGTON NEWS

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Daily Record

• CWU President Delivers 12 Diversity Awards at First In-Person Ceremony Since 2019
  

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Our Kids, Our Future

• Battle Ground Public Schools Receives Eighth Consecutive Clean Audit
  
• Students Fluent in Languages Other Than English Earn High School Credits
  
• Roosevelt Elementary School Students Design Green Home
  
• Auburn School District provided school supply kits
  

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Seattle Times

• Teens fight for the right to read with ‘banned-book clubs’ and lawsuits
  

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Sequim Gazette

• Sequim High Class of 1947 recalls fond memories
  

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Skagit Valley Herald

• Anacortes School District picks two finalists for high school principal position
  

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Spokane Public Radio

• Spokane Symphony Associates Cantabile Chapter presents "True Light"
  

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Tri-City Herald

• Here’s how Tri-City high schoolers can take college classes for free this summer
  

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Yakima Herald-Republic

• Yakima area Youth Build students get real life experience on Habitat for Humanity project
  

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More Washington Media

• North County Outlook
• Marysville School District budget cuts begin with teacher layoffs
• KNDO TV
• Finalists announced for Green Park Elementary Principal
• Lynden Tribune
• Johnson, Kettels resign from Lynden School Board
• 42 Years Ago: Twitter: Mount St. Helens - USDA Forest Service
  
• https://twitter.com/MtStHelensNVM
  

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EVENTS

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WSSDA Events

Regional Meetings

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

• May 24, 2022    DA 1 Regional Meeting - Anacortes
• May 25, 2022    DA 2 North Regional Meeting - Lake Washington
  

Virtual WSSDA Events

Below are upcoming webinars.

• TODAY: May 18, 2022 (12:00 or 5:00 pm)   
  Equity: Through the Experiences of our Students
  
• June 14, 2022   
  Advocacy Insights: Key Topics for Interim Advocacy

Other Events

• TODAY: May 18, 2022    Department of Education - Webinar
  
• Lessons from the Field - Promoting Staff Wellness in the Wake of COVID-19 and Beyond

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WSSDA NEWS

• Changes Coming To Open Public Meetings On June 1
  
• Advocacy happens year-round: Join our advocacy insights discussion
  
• Call for student performers
  
• Become a presenter at the 2022 WSSDA Annual Conference
  

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Educational Partners

• OSPI
• Superintendent Chris Reykdal’s Statement on Reported U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Decision
  
• WSDOT
• Safe Routes to School Program
  
• State Board of Education
  
• New Student to Join Board of Ed.

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Superintendent Job Postings

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

• Mount Pleasant School District
• Republic School District
  
• Taholah School District
• Valley School District

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Best of the Blogs etc.

• Edutopia
• The Role of Working Memory in the Writing Process
• District Administration
• How the last two years have changed the goals of high school graduates
• Facing Today
• Teaching in the Wake of Recent Mass Shootings
• TED
• VIDEO: How virtual reality turns students into scientists
  

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NATIONAL NEWS

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Boston Globe

• Mass. AG hopeful sues Georgia school district after Black students suspended for Confederate flag protest
  

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Dallas Morning News

• Texas schools can’t withhold student health info from parents, AG Paxton says
  

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Denver Post

• Denver Public Schools paraprofessionals rally for higher pay they say is “not a living wage”
  

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Education Week

• Case Study: The Hard Transition to 1-to-1 Computing Continues
  

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The New York Times

• With Plunging Enrollment, a 'Seismic Hit' to Public Schools
  

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Oregonian

• Oregon teen wins $50,000 international science award

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Wall Street Journal

• School Districts Are Struggling to Spend Emergency Covid-19 Funds
  

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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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