The Richland School Board's regular meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The board usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month but moved it to accommodate board member Rick Donahoe, who is taking classes at Washington State University Tri-Cities on Tuesday nights.
The possibility of permanently moving the meetings to Wednesdays is expected to be discussed at this week's meeting, according to staff.
The regional board charged with pursuing a public project didn't make a decision Wednesday about sending an aquatics center proposal to Tri-City voters.
But the nine-member board appeared far closer to making the call after the almost two-hour meeting. A special session was set for Jan. 23, and several members said they'd be ready to decide by then.
The proposed aquatics center is "a massive project of many millions of dollars" and board members need to be "as reasonably comfortable with our decisions as possible," said Matt Watkins, president of the Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District board.
The regional board charged with pursuing a public project didn't make a decision Wednesday about sending an aquatics center proposal to Tri-City voters.
But the nine-member board appeared far closer to making the call after the almost two-hour meeting. A special session was set for Jan. 23, and several members said they'd be ready to decide by then.
The proposed aquatics center is "a massive project of many millions of dollars" and board members need to be "as reasonably comfortable with our decisions as possible," said Matt Watkins, president of the Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District board.
After months of study and discussion -- and a site-related setback that temporarily plunged plans into limbo -- the regional board charged with pursuing a public project could decide this week to send an aquatics center proposal to voters.
The Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District board is scheduled to meet at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Pasco City Hall.
The decision would cap years of work to bring a project to a vote. Matt Watkins, president of the regional board, said he's not sure his colleagues will be ready to make the call Wednesday, but it's a possibility.
The Eatonville School Board of Directors will hold a special work-study session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the regular meeting. The board will discuss the remaining allocation of bond money.
Parents of Richland elementary students have a couple weeks left to give the Richland School District their consent if they want their child considered for the district's gifted program.
Richland School Board members Wednesday gave a first round of approval to a set of changes to district policies concerning the Gifted And Talented Education, or GATE, program, which now is called the Highly Capable program.
State regulations require the district have parent consent before students are tested for the program. That means permission forms must be in by the end of this month, even though the new policy changes won't be official for two more weeks.
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