Spokane Public Schools continues its Engage in Real Life initiative. The message to students is: put down your phones after school and find productive things to do with other people.

"It's really a part of our In Real Life initiative for every kid every day to be active out of school, off of their device, out of their homes, doing things in community, whether it's a club or an activity or performing art. And we know in order to make that dream possible for all of our kids across Spokane, we need a wide continuum of programs,"

The district's Together Spokane partnership with the Spokane city Parks Department proposes dozens of projects designed to enhance schools and parks around the city. To fund those, the district will put a bond issue and the Parks Department a property tax levy befor

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