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WORLAND — A month after asking the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees to consider early release on Friday for next year’s school calendar, Superintendent David Nicholas reported at Monday’s meeting that no calendar under consideration has early release. Last month Nicholas said he wanted to propose at least one calendar with an early release. “The thing all the teachers are looking for is collaborative time, time they can spend together in planning, working on curriculum, working on student learning, different strateg...
WORLAND – The Washakie Prevention Coalition held a lunch meeting on Thursday, to discuss a new grant to combat substance abuse, and look at ways to combine forces and grant opportunities to offer area at-risk youth pathways to healthy choices. The coalition, a group of business, health, educational and legal professionals, meet regularly to discuss community solutions to the growing substance abuse problems with youth and young adults, and seek solutions. The group was formed earlier this year. At Thursday’s meeting, representatives from the...
CHEYENNE — State school districts are learning more about their students this week, thanks to results from new statewide standardized tests. The Wyoming Department of Education on Wednesday released the first set of results from the new Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP). On average, about half of the students who took the assessment tested as proficient or advanced in math, science and English language arts, which includes reading and writing skills. Jillian Balow, state superintendent of public instruction, said, “(This) was...
WORLAND - The Worland High School volleyball team is on the road today and tomorrow to take on the Buffalo Lady Bison and Cody Fillies, respectfully. The Lady Bison have always been a tough rival of the Lady Warriors and the Fillies are enjoying a nice run in their first season in 4A and are currently ranked fourth in the WyoPreps coach's and media volleyball poll Last Saturday, in Rawlins, the Lady Warriors pushed the No. 2-ranked Lady Outlaws to four games, losing 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 26-24,...
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