Secure Rural Schools funding gap shutters Columbia Gorge middle school

Secure Rural Schools funding gap shutters Columbia Gorge middle school

Stevenson-Carson School District Superintendent Ingrid Colvard stands in the shuttered Wind River Middle School on Aug. 1, 2025. (Photo by Erik Neumann/OPB)This article was originally published by Oregon Public Broadcasting. In mid-August at the Wind River Middle School in Carson, Washington, teachers would normally be prepping lesson plans for kids coming back to school. But this year, the lights are off and the hallways are stacked with chairs…