A couple of Washington’s oldest schools will have their name changed.Harney Elementary School and Peter S. Ogdon elementary ...

The Vancouver school board has taken a thoughtful, well-intentioned step by voting to change the names of two elementary schools in the district. Now the board should take a second step to honor a des ...

Two Vancouver schools will don new names to separate themselves from the violent legacies of their eponymous historical ...

The Vancouver school board voted to rename two elementary schools at their Monday meeting, citing the violent histories of their namesakes.

The school is also located in Vancouver’s Ogden neighborhood. The Vancouver schools are not alone when it comes to embracing name changes in recent years. In 2021, Northeast Portland’s Madison ...