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Bus drivers in Peninsula School District, some of whom complained to the school board in August about low wages and tough working conditions, are getting a 7.5% raise. “Kids have messes on buses, they throw up on buses, they rip our bus seats. There’s all kinds of stuff we deal with, but the majority of
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Story time for the youngest and a STEAM program for grade-schoolers are both held in a big field next to the library’s parking lot.
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Peninsula School District Superintendent Krestin Bahr takes charge amid a persistent surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant.
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Students will be returning to school, though in masks, five days a week: “That will be our moment of celebration,” one teacher says.
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Three new Peninsula schools will be ready for students on Sept. 7 and the fourth, Artondale, will open later in the fall.
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