Tasha Johnson, a Yelm High School teacher and the co-president of the Yelm Education Association, said she and other teachers were blindsided by the district’s decision to send layoff notices ...

Yelm High principal Brian Wharton (third from left) stands with Yelm School Board members after accepting their offer to become the district’s next superintendent on Thursday night. Courtesy ...

The WEA continued to note that members will gather at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Performing Arts Center at Yelm High School to take a ratification vote on the new ... Time for educators to plan and ...

Yelm educators plan to strike on the first day of school unless Yelm Community Schools agrees to a “fair contract settlement.” Members of the Yelm Education Association, a teacher’s union ...