Forest Grove School District: Thursday is a snow day
The Forest Grove School District announced Wednesday that all schools and the district offices would be closed Thursday, Feb. 23 due to inclement weather.
The Forest Grove School District announced Wednesday that all schools and the district offices would be closed Thursday, Feb. 23 due to inclement weather.
All school sponsored events and activities were also cancelled.
A windstorm swept through the region overnight, knocking out power for thousands, littering roadways with debris, and closing schools in Gales Creek and Dilley.
More than 300 students from the Forest Grove High School left the school campus and walked nearly five-miles round trip to the flagpole east of Safeway and back to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Washington County.
Forest Grove High School officials were made aware of a list of 43 Forest Grove High School students and Forest Grove School District staff members on a "hit list," officials said. There is no active threat, according to police.
In response to a dip in attendance attributed to immigration enforcement fears, the Forest Grove School District (FGSD) Board of Directors approved a partnership with the Hillsboro School District Tuesday morning that will allow up to 30 FGSD students to attend school virtually.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
