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Cascade School Board approves hires, curriculum, sports and SIA agreement; raises construction excise tax
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting the Cascade School District Board approved a slate of resolutions: a temporary music hire, a new K–12 health curriculum, adding boys volleyball as an OSAA sport, an out‑of‑state DECA trip, selection in an OSBA runoff, the SIA grant agreement, and a modest construction excise tax increase effective July 1, 2026.
The Cascade School District Board of Directors approved seven resolutions at its Jan. 12 regular meeting, endorsing personnel moves, curriculum changes, new athletics, travel and grant agreements and a small increase to the local construction excise tax.
Be it resolved language read aloud at the meeting formally approved the hiring of Jean Marie Van Bronkhorst for a temporary music assignment through the end of the school year. The board also voted to adopt K–5 health materials from The Great Body Shop and LiveWell for grades 6–12, a change administrators said will be phased in with…
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