The Banks School District announced the hiring of Brian Sica as the district’s next superintendent. He will begin July 1. Sica’s credentials begin in Idaho, where he worked as a coach and teacher in the Shelly Joint School District. His dissertation lists him as a chemistry and physics instructor there[Read More…]
EDUCATION
Banks School District to host community forum with two superintendent finalists
The Banks School District will host a 45 minute forum on Monday, June 6 with the two finalists for the superintendent position that opened after current superintendent Jeff Leo announced his resignation earlier this year. Leo told the Banks Post he plans to return to a teaching position. According to[Read More…]
Washington County Farm Bureau seeks high school, college applicants for 2022 scholarships
Local students in high school and college who are pursuing an education in the fields of agriculture, education, nursing or vocational training are once again eligible for scholarships offered by the Washington County Farm Bureau this year. The deadline to apply is April 11. The scholarships, a long-time offering by[Read More…]
Banks resident admitted to United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Alumni Association & Foundation announced Banks resident Alexander Steiner is now a sworn-in Midshipman and a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Representative Susan Bonamici (D-Oregon District 1) nominated Steiner to attend the USMMA academy in Kings Point,[Read More…]
Vaccinations will be required for teachers, staff, volunteers in K-12 schools statewide
The Banks School District. Photo: Chas Hundley All teachers, staff, and volunteers in K-12 schools statewide will be required to become fully vaccinated, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced today during a press conference. Vaccines will be required by October 18 or six weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration[Read More…]
Gov. Brown will require masks in K-12 schools statewide for coming school year
File photo: Chas Hundley On Thursday, Governor Kate Brown issued a directive to the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education to create a rule to require face coverings indoors for students in K-12 schools across the state for the 2021-22 school year, citing CDC guidance. “The science[Read More…]
St. Francis rummage sale starts today in Roy
St. Francis on Wednesday, July 14. Photo: Chas Hundley A rummage sale to benefit the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Roy began today and will continue until Saturday. Running from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, the sale, located at the school at 38975 NW Harrington Rd.[Read More…]
Raymond Mott drops out of Banks School Board race
The Banks School District offices. Photo: Chas Hundley Raymond Mott has been on the Banks School Board for eight years, and that’s enough. The two-term board member withdrew his candidacy and endorsed his would-be opponent, Corissa Mazurkiewicz. “The reality is, I didn’t think anyone else was going to run,” Mott[Read More…]
Back to school for grades K through 2
A student is greeted by instructional assistant Wanda Lazott on Monday, March 8. Photo: Chas Hundley Close to 70 students returned to classrooms Monday morning at the Banks Elementary School. They arrived by car, bus, and on foot, in some cases joined by their families and a surprising amount of[Read More…]
Legislative news briefs: Redistricting deadline looms, Banks’ representative sponsors education bills
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Legislature is in danger of being cut out of the process of drawing up new legislative and congressional voting districts because 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data likely won’t be available until after July 1 — it was supposed to[Read More…]
