The new elementary school is set to open next fall; however, due to an enrollment decline across the district, the school is going to operate for the first year as a learning and teaching lab.
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Here are a few recent highlights as remodeling and construction continue throughout the district.
See highlights of the project.
Learn about changes coming to Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and hear how Shumway Park will be affected.
Now four-and-a-half years into the active design and construction work, the bond program is more than halfway through.
See the new names for Fir Grove/Vista and the Lieser Campus!
The deadline to suggest a name is Friday, Jan. 15.
Work continues on school bond projects. Here's the latest on all of the projects to date.
Community feedback informs board deliberation on construction of two new elementary schools.
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A three-year supplemental levy for VPS is on the ballot.
The school’s location on the Washington State University Vancouver campus is unique in the state and supports iTech’s early college model with access to college classes.
With an updated enrollment forecast, VPS has developed a fourth option that the board of directors would like the public to comment on.
Ballots for the Feb. 11 special election have been mailed.
Two new elementary schools originally were identified as construction projects to be funded through the 2017 bond measure. One was designated for NE 25th Avenue south of NE 88th Street to serve the surrounding [...]
Public meetings are scheduled at several district elementary schools to give the community an opportunity to provide input on the construction of two new elementary schools. One was originally planned to be built at [...]
Learn about the supplemental levy measure on the Feb. 11 ballot.
The district intends to hold community forums at Anderson, Hazel Dell, Minnehaha, Eisenhower and Walnut Grove elementary schools.
The supplemental levy for education and operations would benefit all schools in the district.
Two additional options for a potential supplemental levy are under consideration by the school board. The options and the results of a recent community survey were shared with the board at the Oct. 22 work [...]
The new school’s two-story design, developed with input from staff members, will be located on the same site, but slightly to the east of the current structure.
Among the biggest changes is a new location.
Pending any unforeseen delays, construction is expected to be finished by fall 2020.
Several improvements will be made to the school beginning in late 2019 or early 2020.
Construction and upgrades are in progress at 28 district schools. Here's a rundown of the projects. Remodel and expansion projects Columbia River High School: Final design phase of remodel and expansion; construction scheduled to begin [...]
Following a public hearing at the Aug. 13 school board meeting, the board of directors adopted resolution 841, the budget for the 2019-20 school year. The budget reflects several actions to address a $14.5 million [...]
Seneca Christie noted that the acronym, VITA, is the Latin word for “life.”
It’s official: Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary School was selected from more than 800 suggestions.
In a May 28 letter to the VPS board of directors, the Management Task Force, a VPS advisory group, recommended that the district consider a supplemental levy ballot measure in 2019-20 as permitted by [...]
The following letter was presented to the Board of Directors at the May 28 school board meeting by John McDonagh, chair, on behalf of the VPS Management Task Force. May 28, 2019 Rosemary Fryer, President [...]
A district advisory group is concerned, however, that the use of one-time money from the state and the district’s financial reserve will result in another large shortfall for 2020-21.
The official audit released by the Washington State Auditor’s Office evaluates the integrity of district financial statements, internal controls and compliance with state and federal laws and grant funding requirements.
The project-based learning school for approximately 500 students will focus on arts and innovation.
Watch cross-laminated timber being installed at the new school, scheduled to open in winter 2019.
Photo: Concept design of the new K-5 elementary school (back right), which will be built adjacent to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Operations Center at Mill Plain Blvd. and Fort Vancouver Way. Update [...]
The education and operations levy passed with 64.49 percent support and the technology levy passed with 62.65 percent support.
Voters approved levies for technology and education/operations, according to early election results.
The two-story L-shaped building is projected to open in fall 2020.
These levies are not new taxes. If approved, they would replace existing levies that expire at the end of 2019.
