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EDUCATION
Philomath’s Next Steps preschool to go ‘full tilt’ in 2024-25
A preschool program in the Philomath School District will be fully funded for 2024-25, Superintendent of Schools Susan Halliday announced last week during a Philomath School Board meeting. Next Steps Kindergarten Readiness, which is coordinated by Strengthening Rural Families, is available to children born between Sept. 1, 2019 and Aug....
School Board to meet in closed session Tuesday
The Philomath School Board plans to meet for a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday with the evening beginning in executive session. Following the closed meeting, board members could possibly announce a final decision in an open meeting on a complaint that had been brought against the district. The executive...
OSU to receive $5.5M for marine energy research
Oregon State University will receive $5.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support its Pacific Marine Energy Center operations in Corvallis. The $5.5 million award will be issued through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office. The funding will assist the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a university consortium with Oregon State University, University of Washington, and University of Alaska Fairbanks, establish marine energy strategy, development and implementation. The award that’s part of the $14.7 million overall to the consortium will also support...
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