Grad tally drops below 300 for highschools

A total of 297 seniors will receive diplomas at the county’s nine high schools in the coming week. Again, the count of graduates has declined. This year’s class compares with 319 for last year and 323 for 2011.

The county’s diploma rite will begin Saturday at five schools, Colfax, Colton, Garfield-Palouse, Pullman and Tekoa. Commencement has been slated Sunday for St. John/Endicott and Oakesdale.

LaCrosse and Rosalia have set commencement for next Saturday, June 8.

Class sizes for Pullman and Colfax, the two largest high schools in the county, dropped by a total of 41 students. Graduate counts...