Pasco Real Estate Blog

Pasco High Honored by Newsweek

Congrats to the Bulldogs! Pasco High is ranked at No. 853 in Newsweek magazine’s list of the top 1,500 high schools in the U.S. Pasco’s been on the list the past four years, but this is their highest ranking yet. Here’s how Newsweek describes the ranking system: Public schools are ranked according to a ratio [...]

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CBC Hit Hard by State Budget Cuts

Ouch. CBC has just announced what I’d call massive cuts to both staff and educational programs based on decreased state education funding. For 2010, the school’s operations budget has been cut by almost $3.5 million. Here’s what that means: enrollment will be cut by “up to one thousand” FTE students 55 staff and faculty positions [...]

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Pasco High Hires New Football Coach

I don’t think we post much sports-related stuff here on the blog, but anytime one of the high schools loses or hires a football coach, it’s big news. And today Pasco High School announced that former player Dustin Lamb, who’s now 32, will be taking over the reins of the Bulldogs varsity football team. Lamb [...]

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Pasco schools turn down money from cellular companies

The Herald ran a story this week about improved cell phone reception coming to portions of West Pasco, which is all very good and worth reading if it affects you. But the article talks about how the Pasco School District has now twice turned down cell companies who wanted to pay to place towers on [...]

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State Budget Woes to Hit CBC

Here’s the quandary we’re in thanks to poor fiscal management over in Olympia in recent years: In the current economic struggles, many people have lost jobs and are going back to school to learn new skills, trades, etc. But because the state budget is all messed up, state education funding is being cut. Nice, isn’t [...]

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CBC “Bridges” Day Next Week

CBC’s annual “Bridges” day is set for next Tuesday, with separate sessions in the morning and late afternoon. BRIDGES is the name of the coordinated 4-year degree program between CBC and WSU Tri-Cities. Students and parents can learn about the program, the schools’ offerings, and how the transfer program works. The morning session runs from [...]

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Chiawana High School Construction Moving Along

Work continues on the enormous site of Pasco’s new Chiawana High School — the home of the Riverhawks. A couple months ago, Pasco School District officials said the project was about 60% done. There’s a lot of activity on the 80-acre site, so it semms safe to assume that’s now closer to 2/3rds or even [...]

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PHS Student Mall Open House

The Pasco School District will host an open house for the new Student Mall at Pasco High on October 22nd. The open house marks the completion of Phase 1 of the high school’s renovation project. It starts at 6:30 pm with a dedication ceremony, and then tours will be given between 7 and 7:30 pm.

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