Conner Elementary School News Today

Friends and family gathered for a bubble release in memory of 8-year-old Kaden Rainwater who was killed Monday by a suspected drunk driver.

LA CONNER — With its trees adorned in garland, staff members dressed for the holidays and Christmas music blaring from a radio, La Conner Elementary School was a festive place Wednesday. The highlight of the day, however, wasn’t the decorations, but the steady stream of cars — filled with La Conner School District students — that flowed through the school’s drop-off zone. “Teachers really miss kids,” said La Conner Elementary School Principal Heather Fakkema �...