News Releases

• September 03, 2009
  Bellingham Superintendent Resigns to Accept International Opportunity, Board Appoints Acting Superintendent during Interim
  The Bellingham School Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Superintendent Kenneth Vedra and appointed Deputy Superintendent Sherrie Brown as Acting Superintendent, effective Oct. 1.
  
  
• September 03, 2009
  Teachers' Association and District Reach Tentative Agreement
  The Bellingham Education Association (BEA) – the teachers’ association – and the Bellingham School District reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday evening.
  
  
• August 26, 2009
  Whatcom County Health Department Keeps District Families, Staff Updated about Flu Prevention Strategies
  As the opening of school approaches, the Whatcom County Health Department asked that we take this opportunity to update you on the current situation with 2009 H1N1 influenza (earlier referred to as “swine flu”) and how it might affect school operations.
  
  
• August 24, 2009
  Middle, High School Athletics, Activities Information for 2009-10 School Year
  Please click here for information about program options and approved fees for 6th grade, 7th/8th grade and high school.
  
  
• August 20, 2009
  State Releases District and School WASL Scores
  Bellingham School District students outperformed the state average of students who met and exceeded standards on the 2009 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in almost every grade level and content area, according to results announced on Friday, Aug. 14.
  
  
• July 02, 2009
  Facilities Update, Summer 2009
  
  
• June 25, 2009
  School Board Adopts District Budget for 2009-10
  Following a public Budget Savings Plan process and adoption this spring, the Bellingham School District Board of Directors adopted a final budget for the 2009-10 year at the June 25 meeting. The $100 million budget includes an unprecedented expenditure reduction of about $2.5 million. Without federal stimulus funds, the expenditure reduction would be about $6.5 million.
  
  
• June 16, 2009
  Bellingham High Teacher Jamie Yoos Selected as Regional Teacher of the Year
  Bellingham High School science teacher Jamie Yoos has been named as the 2010 Regional Teacher of the Year by the Northwest Educational Service District (ESD) 189. He is one of only nine teachers in the state being considered for 2010 Washington State Teacher of the Year.
  
  
• June 15, 2009
  Central Lions Club Donates Heart Defibrillators to High Schools
  The Central Lions Club of Bellingham recently donated automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools, a gift worth $4,500.
  
  
• June 12, 2009
  School Year Calendar Updated for 2009-10
  Please click here to view the updated 2009-10 school year calendar for the Bellingham School District. Thanks to the Whatcom Educational Credit Union, families and staff will receive a magnetic version of this calendar in mid-August in the annual back-to-school mailing.