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The town of Cathlamet in Wahkiakum County is served by Wahkiakum School District No. 200. As of 2005 the school district had an enrollment of 510 and three schools: Julius A. Wendt Elementary; John C. Thomas Middle School; Wahkiakum High School — grades 9–12; In 1999 the school board adopted a policy of "Suspicionless Urine Testing" for ...
Cathlamet in 1973 (Main Street from Columbia Street) Cathlamet was the largest, or one of the largest, villages of Columbia River Native Americans west of the Cascade Mountains, and the home of the Kathlamet people. [5] "Cathlamet was sighted in 1792 by Lt. W.R. Broughton, while verifying Capt. Robert Gray's reported exploration of the Columbia ...
In 1939, the year the Julia Butler Hansen Bridge opened, [14] ferry service ceased on the Puget Island – Cathlamet run. [11] The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge, which currently carries the route of SR 409, which will be designated in 1964, [15] [16] from Puget Island to Cathlamet, opened in August 1939.
The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge (built in 1938) carries State Route 409 across the Cathlamet Channel to connect the island to the town of Cathlamet, Washington. Route 409 crosses the island to its southern shore, where it connects with the county-operated Wahkiakum County Ferry, Oscar B, providing service to Westport, Oregon.
Wahkiakum County, with Cathlamet as the county seat, was created by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington in 1854. [ 5 ] : 126 Early settlers came from Great Britain and the eastern United States until around 1870, when they were followed by a large number of immigrants from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Dalmatia .
State Route 4 (SR 4) is a 62.27-mile-long (100.21 km) state highway, serving the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Washington.The highway, also known as Ocean Beach Highway, travels east along the Columbia River from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Johnston's Landing through Pacific, Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties to an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Kelso.
The District currently controls 15 schools; 1 Early Learning Center, 9 elementary schools, 1 K–8 STEM school, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools, Shorecrest and Shorewood. Former school buildings have been reused for many tasks, with the original Shoreline High School being repurposed for City of Shoreline endeavors as well as District offices.
As of October 2020, there were 19,545 students enrolled in the district. 100 languages are spoken in the district, with 42.5% of students speaking a first language other than English. 17.2% of students receive MLL (Multi-Language Learner) Services. 19.0% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.