By Dena Wood
The Times
Parents Protest Penitentiary Crew
School board hears concerns, votes to nix DOC work contract
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Washington State Penitentiary workers removed the old liner at the Waitsburg City Pool this summer.
WAITSBURG – Nearly two dozen parents – more than board chairman Ross Hamann said he'd seen in attendance in his 12 years on the board – showed up at the Sept. 16 Waitsburg school board meeting to voice concerns about work crews from the Washington State Penitentiary performing work on the school grounds.
The public comment session of the meeting was moved from the small Preston Hall Board Room to a larger classroom to accommodate the crowd.
Parent Melanie Gagnon initiated the discussion by saying she would like a letter sent home with parents, a notice in the newspaper, and a Q&A s...
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