The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Waitsburg School District Superintendent Mark Pickel welcomed a small group of parents to a coffee hour this past Friday at the Waitsburg Elementary music room. With chocolate donuts, and fresh hot coffee, he shared recent test data from the district with the five mothers who attended. Four of the mothers had elementary and pre-school aged children, and one was a mom to a seventh grade student. The pre-schoolers in attendance added a level of industry and volume to the gathering as they rearranged the extra chairs in the room and gleefully ate the donuts.

Mr. Pickel shared state assessment...