With all the growth happening in and around south Richland and West Richland, the Richland School District has changed the attendance zone for White Bluffs Elementary. At last night’s meeting, the board approved this plan of action for the 2010-2011 school year: 14 housing developments in the White Bluffs zone have been reassigned to Lewis [...]

This isn’t official yet, but it’s not good news even in preliminary form. The Richland School District sent out this notice today about its expectations for next year’s budget:

In light of the current hubbub over the use of a novel in a 10th-grade class at Hanford High, this opportunity seems particularly pertinent: The Richland School District is looking for community members who wish to serve on the Instructional Materials Committee. Here’s how the district explains the IMC’s work, as well as how to [...]

Via email tonight we learn that Richland School District has selected a new superintendent: Dr. James Busey, who’s most recently served as superintendent at the Lake Chelan School District. The photo at right is from Dr. Busey’s staff bio on the LCSD web site. The RSD email includes some more background about Dr. Busey: Dr. [...]

The Richland School District has shelved three options that were on the table to reduce class time in secondary schools so that teachers could spend more time in group collaboration. We outlined the three options in our post last week, RSD May Reduce Class Time for Secondary Schools. Each option would’ve cut back on instructional [...]

If you’re thinking about attending WSU Tri-Cities, the school is hosting a “Discover WSU Tri-Cities” campus tour/event next week. It’s scheduled for Tuesday, January 26, at 11:00 am. According to the school announcement, the program “includes an overview of the academic programs for freshmen and transfer students, brief meetings with several professors, a campus tour, [...]