Three vying for Hockinson School Board Position 1
Falling enrollment key issue for candidates
Published: July 5, 2021, 3:49pm
Share: Bill Eling, from left, Tim Hawkins and Teresa VanNatta are candidates for the Hockinson School District board. (Submitted photos)
Addressing Hockinson School District’s lower enrollment post-COVID-19 is a priority among the challengers vying for the Hockinson School Board Position 1.
Teresa VanNatta, a teacher in the Evergreen School District and Hockinson business owner, and Bill Eling, an attorney, are facing incumbent Tim Hawkins, who was appointed to the school board last September, in August’s school board primary race.
According to the most recent statewide data from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, enrollment in Hockinson was 8.4 percent lower 171 students in 2020-21 than before the pandemic.
Battle Ground primary schools to reopen for classes Feb. 1
Five-hour, twice a week in-person school days to begin
Published: January 5, 2021, 4:19pm
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All primary students in Battle Ground Public Schools will return to the classroom for in-person instruction on Feb. 1.
Superintendent Mark Ross shared the district’s reopening plans for its primary schools, which serve students in kindergarten through fourth grade, during a special board meeting Monday.
All primary school students will be in the classroom twice a week, five hours per day starting Feb. 1 to align with the district’s academic calendar. First semester ends in the district Jan. 29.