The D21 school board will recruit members for a bond oversight committee, a group that would, upon passage of a planned $235 million bond in November to replace most of the district’s schools, oversee expenditure of the funds.

Following an executive session, the school board Wednesday reached a consensus to pursue talks with the community college on a “facilities concept.”

North Wasco County School District will consider changes to both The Dalles Wahtonka High School’s name and its mascot at the school board meeting this Thursday, Sept. 12.

If local schools are going to meet the statewide goal of having 100 percent of students graduate from high school by 2025, Ernie Blatz thinks they need to change the way they do business.