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Pullman Public Schools board members unanimously approved the historic designation of Pioneer Center during a meeting Wednesday evening.   The center will be the first school district-owned and public building listed on the Pullman Register of Historic Places, said board member Allison Munch-Rotolo.  Approximately 15 properties are on the register, Munch-Rotolo said. College Hill’s brick-paved streets...

Members of the Pullman Public Schools board unanimously approved the district’s Academic and Student Well-Being Recovery Plan during a meeting Wednesday evening.  The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction requires school districts to have an equity tool, said Assistant Superintendent Roberta Kramer. Kramer presented a draft of the district’s equity rubric at the...

Pullman Public Schools board members unanimously adopted a policy to integrate and support social and emotional learning in schools during a meeting Wednesday. Superintendent Bob Maxwell said Policy 3112 Social Emotional Climate, introduced by the Washington State School Directors’ Association in February 2021, is not essential but encouraged. He said he believed the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated WSSDA’s development of the policy.  “It provides a nice foundation to the work that we are c...

With pandemic pressures and volatile school scheduling causing more students to fall behind on their classwork than in a normal year, Moscow and Pullman school districts are making plans to use summer programming to help students catch up or keep pace. More Headlines

Pullman School Board members and teachers discussed the transition to hybrid classes and various physical education opportunities available to students during a meeting Wednesday. “Having students back has been great,” Superintendent Bob Maxwell said. “It’s exciting to see students all the way from preschool to seniors being back in person.” Maxwell said the board received a letter from a second-grader in the district expressing her excitement about returning to in-person classes and ...

Roberta Kramer, assistant superintendent of Pullman Public Schools, gave an update about current and upcoming sexual health education requirements during a school board meeting Wednesday.   Kramer said she waited until Washington Referendum 90 was passed to discuss changes to sexual health education curriculum.  Beginning in 2022, K-3 students will learn about social and emotional learning. The curriculum for students in fourth and fifth grade will include information about affirming consen...