Budget Hearing Postponed

The Budget Hearing for the 2025-26 School Year that was scheduled for June 24, 2025 has been postponed.  

The hearing will now be held at the July 22, 2025 Board Meeting at 7:00 PM.

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Strong Families Build Strong Schools

 Partnering with families, empowering communities, refocusing on educating children. Never underestimate the love a parent has for their children.

La Center School District stands firmly with parents. We respectfully disagree with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in their findings with the La Center School District. We will continue to advocate for policies that respect families, uphold constitutional protections, and ensure parents remain central in decisions affecting their children’s well-being.

Links to Documents:

These documents represent current policy and practice of the La Center School District involving decisions that we believe belong to the family. 

La Center’s Approach to Pronouns (October 2022) 

La Center’s Current Board Policy for Gender Inclusive Schools 3211/3211P (January 2023) 

OSPI’s Findings from their 2 year investigation (February 2025) 

La Center’s Media Release in Response to OSPI (February 2025) 

La Center’s Appeal to OSPI (March 2025)

Letter from United States Department of Education re: FERPA, Title IX in WA OSPI vs La Center School District  (April 14, 2025)

Op-Ed La Center School District (April 16, 2025)

A recent Finnish study confirms the earlier finding from the UK that suicides remain uncommon events in gender-dysphoric youth, regardless of gender transition status: https://segm.org/Suicide-Gender-Dysphoric-Adolescent-Young-Adult-Finland-2024

The Cass review states clearly that while young people with mental-health issues, including those with gender dysphoria, face elevated suicide risk compared with the healthy population, suicides remain “very rare” (pages 186–187):
https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/dispelling-the-suicide-myth/

La Center Reply Supporting Motion to Stay 04.04.25

La Center’s Objections to Order Establishing Issues 05.09.25

La Center’s Motion to Amend Notice of Appeal 05.09.25

OSPI Response/Motion to Amend Complaint 05.21.25

Order Striking Briefing Schedule from OAH Office

La Center’s Objection to 5.22.25 Order Striking Briefing and Supplementary Briefing 5.27.25

Order on Districts Motion to File Amended Application for Administrative Proceeding 5.28.25

Order Resetting Briefing Schedule 5.28.25

If you’d like to email comments, please send them to our Superintendent, Peter Rosenkranz at peter.rosenkranz@lacenterschools.org

The School Board is being kept up to date through their attorney’s guidance.  

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La Center High school students Jaydin Talbott and Lyla Howard were recognized as nominees for the Southwest Washington Rising STEM award. Paula Leach nominated these students for their work in Science, specifically for starting the La Center FFA this past year. Lyla was awarded the a scholarship as the Clark Count semi-finalist. Teacher Jill Cole was also recognized as the regional STEM teacher of the year at the ceremony hosted at ESD 112. Congrats to these Wildcats!
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La Center High School Graduation Information:

The Class of 2025 Graduation will be held tonight, Friday, June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM in the high school stadium.

Gates will open at 5:30 PM. Parking will be limited.

A shuttle service will run from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. It will pick up at La Center Elementary School, Holly Park, and the La Center Community Library.
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📣 Exciting News for Families! 📚✨

We’re thrilled to announce Right at School as our new before and after-school childcare program starting next school year, replacing the current ASK program. 🎉
Right at School offers fun, enriching activities, homework help, and a safe, supportive environment for your child—right on campus! 🏫💡
🗓️ Registration is OPEN NOW, so be sure to secure your spot early!
👉 Learn more and register here: https://www.rightatschool.com/school/...
We’re looking forward to a great year ahead with Right at School! 💙
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