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EAST WENATCHEE — Eleven years ago Lance Noell stepped into the position of principal at Eastmont High School with the hope of making a positive impact on students. The decision
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont School Board voted unanimously Monday at a school board meeting at Lee Elementary School to renew Superintendent Becky Berg’s contract through 2027.
The position will be for the same pay scale as the existing position, but it’s not clear how it'll be financed as it is not funded through the East Wenatchee Police Department.
EAST WENATCHEE â The Eastmont School District will move away from an AM/PM schedule once secondary students start coming to campus. In this new schedule, students would go to full-day school every other day instead of half-day every day with the AM/PM schedule. Currently, kindergarten to fourth-grade students attend Eastmont on an AM/PM hybrid schedule. In an AM/PM schedule, a group of students arrive in the morning, then go home. The same bus goes out in the afternoon and picks up a group for the afternoon. Cleaning of both classrooms and buses must be done between these schedules, whic...
EAST WENATCHEE â Like other school districts around the state, Eastmont is feeling the pinch when it comes to bus drivers. Some older drivers are choosing not to drive due to COVID-19 risks. âIf you look at most bus centers around the state, typically around half or three quarters are retired individuals who come back and drive,â Eastmont Superintendent Garn Christensen said. âItâs one of the few part-time jobs where you can get pretty good part-time wages, benefits.â Also, since bus driving is a split shift in the morning and afternoon, it doesnât work for ...