By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com When classes resumed this week, Lincoln County school administrators faced the unprecedented situation of hoping they have enough employees to keep the operation running. That’s primarily because the county’s public schools are groaning beneath the weight of severe, pandemic-related staffing shortages that has teachers and administrators scrambling every day to patch […]
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As COVID-19 cases level off in Lincoln County, health officials begin to worry about a winter surge from holiday gatherings
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After a steep decline from this summer, the number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County leveled off in November and now health officials worry that holiday gatherings could cause a spike in December and January, similar to last year. There were 334 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County during November, slightly […]
Slumping Oregon economy could jeopardize big infusion of money, programs for Lincoln County schools
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com An Oregon economy expected to be devastated by the coronavirus pandemic could also delay or derail the infusion of $4.5 million into Lincoln County schools. School districts around Oregon, including the Lincoln County School District, have been working for months on how to use an anticipated windfall in state money under […]
Lincoln County schools scrambling to adapt to impact of closing schools for six weeks
Lincoln County School District administrators and staffers are scrambling to adjust to the state-ordered six-week shutdown of all schools – including how to figure out credits for graduating seniors to continuing to provide meals to its 5,500 students. Superintendent Karen Gray said Wednesday that while many issues are in flux, educators had this week […]
Waldport school closed Thursday and Friday for tests of building issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Waldport’s only elementary school is closing for two days this week so a state agency in charge of workplace safety can help the Lincoln County School District determine the source of noxious fumes bedeviling parts of the school. The district moved parent-teacher conferences at Crestview Heights Elementary School to Wednesday and […]
Waldport High students selling their tiny house
Want a tiny house? Students at Waldport High School may have a deal for you. Students in the school’s manufacturing and fabrication class designed and then built the shell for a tiny house. Now it’s sitting in the school parking lot and ready to be sold. The sale is by sealed bid. Details of the […]