Salem schools will lose thousands of students over next 5 years
About 4,500 fewer students will attend school in the Salem-Keizer School District by 2030, according to a new district forecast. The new report will inform plans for school renovations and potential closures over the coming years.
The report predicts enrollment will continue to decline at a steady pace, losing the equivalent of a full elementary school worth of students each year.
By 2030, schools in the state’s second-largest district will enroll about 32,000 students —…
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This article mentions that families are choosing homeschooling or private schools, but it does not mention charter schools, which are a very common alternative. As a parent of a child who will be entering kindergarten next year, we’ll be choosing a virtual charter school and doing learning at home. Honestly, I’d rather send my child to traditional school, but with over 3/4 students not being able to read on level and over 4/5 not being able to do math on level, they have shown that they are not capable of meeting the needs of their students and families. They are addressing the reading issue, (somewhat, although ineffectively) but are not even attempting to address the math issue at an elementary level currently. I will not be sending my children to schools that are failing.
Maybe if the district would listen to those in the classroom rather than corporate sold “educational” products, there would be fewer parents opting for private or in home schooling. Kids learn by doing far better than by reading about most anything. From Pre-k to Middle school, the more actual doing that makes the reading mean something, the better the scores and attendance…
Given the extremely poor education children receive in English and Math, it’s not surprising that parents choose alternatives to the public schools in the Salem-Keizer district.
I can’t send my son to a failed system. I saw tampons in a boys bathroom at the Lebanon wrestling meet… nope I’m good.
This sounds like a great opportunity for smaller class sizes.