Local schools to install refuges for teachers, staff to address stress, fatigue

Teachers at about a dozen schools in the Salem-Keizer School District soon will get a place to retreat when the day’s work seems overwhelming.

Backed by a health care grant, district officials are planning to convert some school rooms into “employee wellness spaces.” They haven’t yet settled on which schools will get the special rooms.

But the idea is one answer to increasing concerns about teacher well-being.

A survey of teacherslast fall answered by…