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Thirty-nine-year old Elias Huizar is dead after he shot at police then turned a gun on himself Tuesday, West Richland Police said. His 1-year-old son, Roman Santos, is safe and Washington state child protective services plan to pick him up.

Tens of thousands of public school students in Washington state returned to classes this month in school buildings judged to be at risk of collapse in a strong earthquake. A new report to the state legislature prepared by state geologists and a structural engineering firm gave the lowest possible seismic safety rating to more than 90 percent of the school buildings assessed in a selective statewide survey.

Cursive handwriting may soon go the way of the card catalog and the film projector. Schools are moving to new curriculum standards that put more emphasis…