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  Renton grants help high school grads who can’t afford college

  Called the Renton Program, the new partnership’s goal is to create a new pathway to higher education for students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend.
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  Do WA schools need air conditioning? Some teachers think so amid the heatwave

  The unusually early heat wave is causing stifling temperatures in some western Washington classrooms without air conditioning.

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  As many WA districts lose students, this small-town district faces overcrowding

  Across the country, declining enrollment in public schools is forcing many districts to make severe budget cuts. But in Orting, the district has seen a near 20% spike in enrollment over the last three years — an indicator of how the education landscape is shifting in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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  What should WA schools cut? Districts face unpopular choices

  Across the Puget Sound region, districts are communicating a harsh reality — they are confronting fiscal shortfalls and they need to cut costs.
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  Expanded WA free-meal program headed to a school near you

  It may not be the universal free school meals plan that supporters originally pushed for, but a bill that would expand the program to Washington state's youngest students is heading to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk for a signature.

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  A group of Seattle school PTAs is redistributing wealth to help students

  PTAs in more well-off communities have greater fundraising power, but one Seattle group has found a way to stretch its dollars to make a bigger impact — the Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance. It flips the script on the normal PTA funding approach.
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  What hides in the records from WA Catholic Native boarding schools? Tribes may soon find out

  A spokesperson for Catholic bishops in Washington says the church has started the process to review their records of Native boarding schools. This comes after increasing calls for greater transparency from the Catholic Church.
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  Seattle PTAs redistribute the wealth

  Funding for public schools is a perennial problem in Seattle. PTAs are one solution, but they don’t work for the schools most in need of support. A group of schools in Southeast Seattle are banding together to help fix that inequity with a radical new model for fundraising... plus, they're having some fun along the way.
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  Union-led residency program aims to combat WA teacher shortage

  Starting next school year, up to 20 aspiring special education teachers will get hands-on, paid classroom experience in the Federal Way, Walla Walla, and Mukilteo school districts through the Washington Education Association’s inaugural teacher residency program.
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  Bellevue School Board to vote on school closures

  As school districts across the region and state face declining enrollment and budget shortfalls, the Bellevue School Board will decide the fate of two elementary schools on Thursday.

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