Jon Duff, left, discusses his biology grade with North Salem science teacher Daniel Ortiz at summer school (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) When Briana Ender failed English her freshman year of high school, delayed making up the class so she wouldn’t have to tell her father, who never finished high school. Ender,[Read More…]
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Marty Heyen, Jesse Lippold, to lead school board
Marty Heyen, left, and Jesse Lippold, right, take new seats during a Salem-Keizer School Board meeting after being unanimously elected chair and vice chair for the 2019-20 school year. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A northeast Salem school board director who won re-election in May will lead a relatively inexperienced school board[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon approves average 1.5% increase in individual insurance rates for 2020
2020 individual health insurance rates approved July 15, 2019 by the Department of Consumer and Business Services An average Oregonian will pay slightly more for individual health insurance next year under rates approved this week by state regulators. Monthly health insurance premiums on Oregon’s individual market would rise an average[Read More…]
Uncategorized IKE Box now staying put as YMCA, Salem First Presbyterian consider land sales
The IKE Box building, on the corner of Cottage Street and Chemeketa Street, was used as a funeral home for decades before being transformed into a coffee shop. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem’s IKE Box won’t be moving after all. The coffee shop, housed in a century-old building that once served[Read More…]
State faults Salem-Keizer for failing to investigate staff injuries caused by students
The Salem-Keizer School District failed to report or investigate staff injuries caused earlier this year by students at Mary Eyre Elementary School and now faces state penalties. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration found evidence of two serious workplace safety violations and a third minor one, according to an[Read More…]
Uncategorized AGENDA: Salem-Keizer board to elect new chair, swear in new members
A July 16 meeting will be the first for newly elected school board members Satya Chandragiri and Danielle Bethell. They’ll be sworn in and the board will elect a new chair and vice chair for the 2019-20 school year. Board members will consider a safe and healthy schools plan and[Read More…]
Migrant summer school brings Mexican culture into the classroom for Salem students
First-grade teacher Alvato Centeno reads a story to students during migrant summer school at Scott Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A dozen third-graders stepped in two lines, moving one hand back and forth as if holding a shaker. “Turn!” yelled teacher Antonio de los Santos as the students pivoted, then paired[Read More…]
Uncategorized Across Oregon, unhealthy air caused by wildfire smoke on the rise
Smoke from the 2015 Canyon Creek wildfire in Douglas County, Oregon (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Forestry) Unhealthy air conditions caused by wildfire smoke are on the rise across Oregon, even in urban areas located far from burning fires. That’s the conclusion of a Department of Environmental Quality report released recently, which[Read More…]
At career camps, middle school students get hands-on experience with CPR
In mid-July, Sprague High School appears mostly deserted. But one basement classroom teemed with excitement Monday as 20 students practiced chest compression, hooked up defibrillators and tried to listen to heart monitors over the din of people screaming, “I have an emergency!” It was the first day of health services[Read More…]
Uncategorized High school construction student lands internship on Salem police station build with JE Dunn
Ethan Libby stands across from the Salem police station under construction on Division Street on July 8, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Ethan Libby was on vacation with his family in Florida when he found out about his summer job. The Sprague High School student heard his mom having a serious[Read More…]
