Area school boards, superintendents address House Education Committee

It was like getting the same test question multiple times with only one answer required.

From Eastern Washington school districts large and small, members of the state’s House Education Committee heard Oct. 5 in Davenport that the right answer in regards to graduation requirements and that tricky issue of school consolidation is to let the locals decide.

More than 100 school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers and community members participated in the legislative work session in the DHS auditorium. Among them was Lind-Ritzville’s new superintendent, Rob Roettger, who described...