Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Franklin is once again honored by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best elementary schools in the country. The rankings ...

Franklin Elementary students have dramatically improved their test scores in recent years, thanks in large part to the leadership of Principal Casie Killgore and volunteer retired teachers like Lois ...

For much of her childhood in White Salmon, Washington, Tristin Roy marked the first of May by clutching a long ribbon and twirling it around a maypole with the rest of her ballet class until an ...