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Education
OSD 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.
Education
North 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.
Education
OSD 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.
Education
OSD 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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10,9,8...Olympia High students launch rocket at LP Brown Elementary
Olympia High School's 190-member Aerospace Club launched a rocket for more than 200 LP Brown Elementary students on Sunday, June 21, showcasing a three-year-old program that placed 18th nationally at the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge. Free workshops at the Hands On Children's Museum begin Wednesday, June 24.
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