Tag: Washington
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Judge rules Issaquah School District violated federal disabilities law, orders it to pay more than $160,000
This article was published on the Seattle Times by Elise Takahama on April 5, 2021. An administrative law judge has ruled that the Issaquah School District violated a federal law that guarantees educational rights to students with disabilities, and ordered the district to pay more than $160,000 to an Issaquah family who accused the district…
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Woodland’s PASS program helped transform a struggling freshman to 2021 early graduate
This article was published on The Reflector on March 22, 2021. Recent graduate Tristan Shindell graduated a semester early thanks to the Positive Academic Support System (PASS) at Woodland Public Schools. The program, which started in 2017, connects struggling first-year high school students with staff mentors who guide them through a successful academic career and…
