Area students prepare to head back to school - Lind-Ritzville Schools plan for yearlong consolidation

Students throughout the region are gearing up to head back to school in the upcoming week.

Locally, the Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools and Washtucna School District will start school on Monday, Aug. 27. Parents of Lind and Ritzville students are reminded it is late start Monday, and school will begin at 9:35 a.m.

For students in the LaCrosse and Sprague school districts, classes will resume on Wednesday, Aug. 29.

In the Lind-Ritzville Districts, there will be multiple changes occurring this school year, which is due to the upcoming remodel of Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS).

Due to the c...