Left to right: Melody Haveluck, a board member of Friends of Historic Forest Grove, David Parker, FGSD superintendent, Kate Grandusky, Forest Grove School Board member and Gales Creek resident, Joyce Sauber, Gales Creek resident, FHFG member, and local historian prepare to lay a plaque on the historic Jennie Ranes building[Read More…]
Schools
Neil Armstrong Middle School pauses in-person learning
Forest Grove School District Superintendent Dave Parker updates the school board during a meeting held Monday, August 10 2020. Screenshot from Youtube livestream The Forest Grove School District announced that Neil Armstrong Middle School (NAMS), located on Forest Grove’s eastern edge, has joined Forest Grove High School in pausing in-person[Read More…]
Forest Grove High School to pause in-person learning
The Forest Grove High School. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Forest Grove High School will pause in-person learning, switching to online learning in the face of teacher absences due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pause will last from Tuesday, January 11 to Friday, January 21. The hope is that the school will[Read More…]
Three schools in Forest Grove, Cornelius on lockout as deputies search for shooting suspect in south Cornelius area
The Forest Grove School District central office. Photo: Chas Hundley Update: Peraza-Domenech was arrested around 3:40 p.m. and lodged into the Washington County Jail on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful use of a weapon. His bail was set at $250,000.[Read More…]
FGSD rolls out tentative schedule for a return to in-person learning
The Forest Grove School District central office. Photo: Chas Hundley In a letter to district parents, Forest Grove School District Superintendent Dave Parker laid out the district’s timeline for a possible reopening of in-person learning, but the superintendent cited a number of unknowns — the virus, the vaccine rollout, guidance[Read More…]
Gov. Brown directs Oregon school districts to close schools starting Monday, March 16
The Forest Grove High School. Photo: Brenda Schaffer Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. SALEM – Starting Monday, March 16, Governor Kate Brown will direct all Oregon school districts to close K-12 schools[Read More…]
FGSD: No plans yet to close or cancel school or activities during coronavirus outbreak
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM OREGON – Have you heard? The coronavirus, COVID-19, is in Oregon. In fact, people who have are presumed to have the coronavirus have been in[Read More…]
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