1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (755+ words) It’s been two years since Bellingham Public Schools signed a voluntary resolution agreement with the state’s public education office over how it handled a family’s sexual harassment case. In that agreement, Bellingham agreed to a range of updates and changes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (366+ words) Former City of Bellingham employees are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their lawsuit against the city after they were fired in 2021 for refusing to receive vaccinations for COVID-19 despite a mandate. The 18 employees, including police officers, emergency medical…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1008+ words) MOUNT VERNON — “Yo digo sol, tú dices ‘sun.’ I say ‘sol’, you say ‘sun,'” Washington Elementary kindergarten teacher Flor Zamorano Beltran read aloud to her students in Spanish, then in English. “No importa cómo lo llamemos, es el mismo. But…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (587+ words) The Burlington-Edison School District’s dire financial status has triggered new fiscal oversight from the state. Superintendent Chris Pearson said at the Aug. 31 school board meeting that it will take the district “multiple years” to return to a place where it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) When students at Beach Elementary on Lummi Island start school on Sept. 3, they’ll again be greeted by two teachers instead of one. That’s thanks to community members, who in a surprise twist, stepped up for the second year in a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (167+ words) Cascadia Daily News First Day of School at Carl Cozier Elementary School A late summer breeze blew through the Carl Cozier Elementary School campus Monday morning as students, many accompanied by their parents, pulled into the parking lot and walked…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (221+ words) Northwest Indian College has bought a property on Lummi Island to serve as an educational center. Located in Legoe Bay, the new property sits next to the site of the old Lummi Indian School of Aquaculture; the school, founded in…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (498+ words) A new agreement between the Nooksack Tribe and the Mount Baker School Board commits both to working together to support tribal students, a first in the district’s relationship with the tribe. A memorandum of understanding was unanimously adopted by the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (391+ words) Cascadia Daily News Blaine schools to ask for $62M bond in February 2027 Bond would rebuild much of the middle school, improve Pipeline Athletic Complex No Q&A content found. Blaine School District will try for a third time to secure a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (794+ words) It’s almost September and for many families, that means back-to-school shopping. But buying kids clothes doesn’t mean you have to head to the mall. Across the county, thrift and consignment stores offer an easy way to outfit your elementary schoolers,…...