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View MoreOSD board meets Thursday as school-closure comment window narrows
The Olympia School District board meets Thursday, Aug. 27, in the last regular session before Superintendent Patrick Murphy delivers his school-closure proposal Sept. 17; public comment sign-ups close Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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View MoreSPSCC student's sour saison becomes program's first capstone beer sold to public
South Puget Sound Community College's Craft Brewing & Distilling program sold its first student-developed capstone beer to the public Aug. 14 — a sour saison created by military veteran Martin Lee and produced at the Percival Creek Tasting Room in Tumwater.
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View MoreOSD board expands contract access for minority- and veteran-owned firms
The Olympia School District board adopted revised Policy 6925 on Aug. 13, adding language that commits the district to maximizing procurement opportunities for minority-, women-, veteran- and disadvantaged-owned businesses competing for school architecture, engineering and construction contracts.
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View MoreTumwater school board approves 2026-27 budget with 6% reserve
The Tumwater School District Board approved its 2026-27 budget on Tuesday, Aug. 11, maintaining a 6% fund balance for financial stability while funding staff, equipment and supplies across 14 schools.
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View MoreThurston kindergarten measles rate falls below outbreak threshold
Thurston County's kindergarten measles vaccination rate fell to 90.6% last school year, below the 95% outbreak-prevention threshold, as the Board of Health declared August Immunization Awareness Month and announced free clinics ahead of the new school year.
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View MoreOSD sets Nov. 12 vote on school closures after fall hearings
Olympia School District Superintendent Patrick Murphy presented a timeline on Aug. 6 calling for fall public hearings and a Nov. 12 board vote on school closures, giving families a concrete calendar for when decisions about their neighborhood schools will be made.
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View MoreOSD board meets Thursday as school closure, bond decisions loom
The Olympia School District board holds a work session Thursday, July 30, at City Hall as the district navigates Superintendent Murphy's proposal to close elementary schools and pursue a February 2027 bond vote, with the Bond Planning Committee application deadline falling the next day.
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View MoreNorth Thurston loosens high school phone rules in contested 4-1 vote
North Thurston Public Schools' board voted 4-1 on July 14 to allow high school students to use cellphones during lunch and passing periods, drawing objections from the teachers' union president who called it "the easy way out" as state leaders push for stricter phone bans.
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View MoreOlympia school board meets Thursday; public comment sign-ups close Wednesday
The Olympia School District Board of Directors meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, for the first regular session since the June budget vote that included significant spending reductions, with public comment sign-ups closing Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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View MoreFree paint recycling drop-off coming to Griffin School on Saturday, July 11
Thurston County is hosting a free drive-thru paint recycling event at Griffin School in northwest Olympia on Saturday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., accepting latex and oil-based house paint, stains, and primers up to five gallons per container.
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View MoreWashington youth survey: 10th graders report rising hope, falling substance use
The 2025 Healthy Youth Survey shows 75% of Washington 10th graders report strong hope and substance use continues to decline, but LGBTQ+ and Native students still face bullying at nearly twice the rate of peers. Thurston County results are available online at AskHYS.net.
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View MoreOlympia School Board adopts budget with $3.5M in cuts with future reductions
The Olympia School District Board of Directors voted Thursday, June 25, to adopt a 2026-27 budget that includes approximately $3.5 million in spending reductions driven by declining enrollment, with officials warning that $3.4 million more in cuts are planned for 2027-28.
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