'Perfect storm' batters state, county school budgets
5/5/2008
Students and parents in Whatcom County schools likely will see larger class sizes, fewer field trips and a reduction in supplies during the next school year. But they won't be alone.
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Guest Column: Students' success begins in the belief system
6/30/2008An extraordinary thing happened last month in Granger, a small, impoverished town in the Yakima Valley where most adults and many children work in the fields cutting asparagus, picking cherries and sorting apples. More than 90 percent of the Class of 2008 -- almost all of whom are low-income -- graduated from high school on time. Another couple of students will be graduating this summer.
