As you know, the Woodland School District bond issue on the March 11 ballot received a 56% yes vote, failing to reach the required 60% super-majority. District officials and the Woodland School Board are reaching out to citizens to determine how to proceed regarding future planning to alleviate overcrowding throughout the district. Please take a moment and share your thoughts by clicking on the link below.

Bond feedback survey  

Woodland Plant SaleEvery February since 1990, Mary Ellen Vetter and her students leave winter behind to get an early start on spring. Students plant seeds and nurture the seedlings along in the Woodland High School greenhouse until the plants are ready for market.

Months of hard work culminates in May with the popular Woodland High School Plant Sale. This year's sale takes place Fri., May 2, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Woodland High School Greenhouse, 757 Park St., Woodland.

The sale will include a wide variety of plants, including bedding plants, vegetables, perennials, hanging baskets, geraniums and petunias.

Dear Woodland Residents/District Patrons,

The Woodland School District construction bond measure failed with a 54.53% yes (1180 votes yes to 984 votes no)and we have already begun the process of planning next steps. This is just 5.47% shy of the required 60 percent supermajority required for the approval of bond measures.

If passed, the bond would have resulted in the construction of a new 1,000 student high school and alleviated overcrowding at all of our schools. Most of our school buildings are at capacity, and our enrollment growth is expected to continue into the foreseeable future.

Woodland School District is now accepting applications from persons interested in serving as School Board Director for Director District Area 5. This Director area represents a large geographic area on the eastern portion of the Woodland School District. The western boundary of the Director District begins at the power line cut between the Lewis River Golf Course and Bryant Hill Road. The line proceeds north, following the power line until the line crosses Aho Carson Creek Road. North of Aho Carson Creek Road, Kalama River Road is the western boundary until it crosses Oxbow Road. Oxbow becomes the western boundary until it crosses the unnamed creek just past Ferguson Road. Then, north of the creek becomes the boundary. In Clark County, Director District 5 serves the area to the east of the Northeast Happa Road. The borders to the north, east and south correspond with the School District borders.

Applications for appointment can be found online at http://www.woodlandschools.org/. Additional inquiries may be made to Michael Green at the District Office, 800 Third Street, Woodland, WA 98674. You can also call (360) 225-9451 or email greenm@woodlandschools.org if you have any questions. A packet explaining the application process will be provided to each candidate. Please get applications in as soon as possible.

Woodland Middle School's Lego Robotics Team took home the first place title at this year's Regional Lego Robotics Competition and have now qualified to go to the Oregon State Tournament.

"I am extremely proud of what our students have accomplished and how they have accomplished it. This is an example of what our students can do with the knowledge they have gained through our public education system" says Tim Brown, the students supervising technology teacher.

The event was held in December at Salmon Creek Elementary School against 35 teams from Southwest Washington and the Portland area. Winners at the state level advance to a world competition and will receive a large trophy made entirely of Legos. Past winners of the Oregon competition have also gone on to win the world championship and even compete in Norway for the European championship.

Students from Woodland School District will be donating their time to assist in relief efforts for the victims of the recent Lewis County flood disaster. Travel expenses are being supported by lewisriver.com and Cascade Title.

Forty-two high school students and adult chaperones from Woodland Rotary will travel north on Thursday and spend about 10 hours offering support in flood areas. Students will be divided into two teams; one will work with the United Way Distribution Center distributing supplies and food to flood victims. The other team will be working on demolition and recovery in the community of Boistfort, which is about 19 miles from Chehalis.

State School Supt. Terry Bergeson applauds Woodland Intermediate as one of 86 “amazing” schools in Washington State.

Woodland Intermediate School has been named one of 86 “Schools of Distinction” by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for dramatic improvements in student reading and mathematics over the past several years.

On Wednesday, Woodland Superintendent Michael Green attended an awards ceremony hosted by Educational Service District 112 – one of nine sites throughout the state participating in a televised press event. He accepted the award on behalf of the school and returned to Woodland with a trophy and large banner that will be proudly displayed at Woodland Intermediate School, newly recognized as a “School of Distinction.”