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🌱 How Walla Walla schools will handle years of shrinking enrollment
Walla Walla, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Walla Walla! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Walla Walla schools will handle years of shrinking enrollment
- How Walla Walla figured into Decatur’s rare Final Four history
Also on today's calendar: First Friday Art Tours .
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower or two; not as warm, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 76, low: 55.
- Friday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Walla Walla Public Schools addresses enrollment decline in budget planning (yaktrinews.com) — Walla Walla Public Schools is bracing for years of declining enrollment that will shrink state funding and shape next year’s budget. District leaders say they expect to lose about 115 students next year and roughly 100 annually after that, and are using long-term financial planning to adjust staffing and spending while trying to protect classroom quality and reserve funds. 
• Decatur baseball falters in final four (federalwaymirror.com) — A look back at Decatur High’s baseball semifinal loss notes that the program’s last Final Four trip before 2014 ended with a 9–4 defeat to Walla Walla, highlighting the Blue Devils’ role in state tournament history. The story focuses on Decatur’s pitching decisions, cold bats against Eastside Catholic, and hopes that a strong returning core can fuel another deep run next season.
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- The Sweets start their baseball season on June 2nd.
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Fireworks tomorrow night. Tomorrow night (Tuesday 6/2/26) is the WW Sweets opening home game and there will be fireworks following the game. Plan… (Nextdoor Tietan Park/Wa-Hi)
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🗞 Nearby News
College Place
- College Place field house nears completion (tri-cityherald.com)
Dayton
- 84 Miami Valley veterans return home after first Honor Flight of the year (k991fm.com)
- 50-year-old dead after motorcycle crash in Miami County (k991fm.com)
- Dayton Bulldogs win first state baseball championship by knocking off top two seeds (thenewstribune.com)
Pasco
- Council splits over sales tax increase for fixing Pasco streets (tri-cityherald.com)
- A fire in Pasco destroys an RV being used as residence (yaktrinews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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