This collection of stories examines the financial turmoil and subsequent budget cuts that Pierce County school districts are ...

School districts in Pierce County could lose millions of federal dollars in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the ...

At a busy intersection a couple blocks from the Franklin Pierce School District office, more than a dozen parents, staff and students held colorful signs calling for district support and ...

The district plans to install field lighting, re-spray the track surfacing, add a scoreboard and flag pole, install 8-foot ...

Peninsula High School, on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in Gig Harbor, Wash. The Pierce County Council rezoned the eight parcels purchased by the district as “public institution” land at their Dec ...

“Bethel School District is a very unique school district … because we do not have municipality support [in unincorporated Pierce County],” Young said. “With the number of students in the ...

The Franklin-Pierce County School District serves more than 60% of students of color, Johnson said. Zylstra said the district shares Johnson’s concerns about staff workload and burnout and said ...

But it’s the Eatonville School District (ESD) — located in Pierce County — that’s getting attention for its work to solve its bus driver shortage. “It’s very frustrating to not be able ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There's a staffing crisis in the Franklin Pierce School District that needs to be addressed in order to keep all students in school. The district is so short on substitute bus ...