Community Invited To Battle Ground Public Schools Levy Information Night - 09/28/26

Voters with questions about Proposition 11, the student safety and academic support levy for Battle Ground schools, are invited to attend an upcoming event where they can learn about the levy and ask questions ahead of receiving their ballot. This event is open to the public and child care will be available for kids ages 1 and older.

Participants will:

• Hear how students have been affected by budget cuts made over the past year

• Learn how the levy amount was set and what it would pay for if approved

• Get information from a representative from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who will discuss the state's role in overseeing school districts facing significant financial challenges

• Have an opportunity to ask questions about the levy

Date: Thursday, Oct. 8

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Location: Battle Ground High School (300 W. Main St., Battle Ground)

More information about the levy is also available on the district website.

About state financial oversight

Over the past two years, BGPS has made $34 million in budget cuts due to the loss of levy funding. Use of the district’s savings (fund balance) to sustain operations is projected to drop the district’s financial health score from 3.35 out of 4 in the 2023-24 school year to 1.25 out of 4 by the end of the 2026-27 school year. A lower score means less financial stability, placing the district within the state's financial warning range. As a school district’s financial condition worsens, state control increases. Local school districts do not receive more state funding as part of the oversight process and lose the ability to make financial and program decisions that affect students.

Pleasant Valley Schools To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Current Campus - 09/15/26

Pleasant Valley schools have a long legacy of learning. First, there was Pleasant Valley District No. 60 in the mid-1800s. That district was consolidated into the Battle Ground School District in 1957. Community-approved bonds later financed the current Pleasant Valley campus, which opened in 1976.

Although the school was not fully furnished at the time of its opening, that temporary inconvenience did little to slow the work happening inside the classrooms. Pleasant Valley’s teachers made sure their students understood that learning could continue even without all the usual supplies and materials, setting an early example of the care, commitment and dedication that would come to define the school community.

Now, several decades later, Pleasant Valley primary and middle schools will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the current campus.  All alumni, families, staff and community members are invited to this event, which will include memorabilia, music and connections with past and present staff, students, families and community members.

Organizers are seeking community participation in several ways. Alumni musicians are invited to volunteer to join an alumni band, while former students, staff and community members can submit memories or participate in interviews for a memory wall display commemorating Pleasant Valley’s history. 

“Pleasant Valley has shaped the history of its community,” said Amy Pace, a current teacher at the school and Pleasant Valley alum. “We look forward to telling the history of this campus and writing the next chapter of Pleasant Valley schools.”

About the event

Friday, Sept. 25

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Open to the public

14320 NE 50th Ave.

Vancouver, WA 98686