Category Schools
Salem-Keizer leaders seek community input for $35 million in new state school funding
Students eat breakfast on the first day of school at Bush Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The use of millions of state dollars to improve local schools rests in the hands of about three dozen Salem-Keizer community members and local educators. Salem-Keizer leaders have until…
Two volunteers needed for Salem-Keizer budget committee
The Salem-Keizer School District needs two community volunteers to weigh in on the district’s $1 billion annual budget. Two seats are currently open on the district’s budget committee, a 14-member group that meets regularly in April and May to review Superintendent Christy Perry’s budget proposal…
Kiwi berries a hit in program to get fresh fruits and veggies to Salem elementary schoolers
Bella Blessing smiles while eating a kiwi berry during her first grade class at Hoover Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Most students in Veronica Sedlacek’s first grade class had never heard of a kiwi berry. Before serving the grape-sized fruit to them as a snack…
Three more McNary students arrested after large fight on campus
McNary High School (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Five McNary High School students are facing criminal charges related to a fight that broke out after school last week. The fight happened immediately after school on Sept. 19 near the school’s gym. Two girls, ages 15 and 16,…
A few weeks into class, Salem-Keizer culinary students eager to serve
Culinary student Rebecca Tipton prepares to serve mozzarella, tomato and salami skewers at a ribbon-cutting event at Salem-Keizer’s Career Technical Education Center (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The 44 students in the new culinary program at the Salem-Keizer School District haven’t yet worked with knives or cooked…
Student test scores down across Salem-Keizer, but some schools saw big gains
Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) About 400 fewer Salem-Keizer students passed the state’s English test last year than in the previous year, according to state data released Thursday. The data shows a small…
PHOTOS: Here’s what it takes to feed 15,000 elementary school kids every day
Food service workers prepare wrapped turkey dogs to serve in Salem-Keizer elementary schools (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) In Salem-Keizer School District’s central food production kitchen, servings are often measured by the thousands. The industrial kitchen in a nondescript building in southeast Salem cooks up chili, burritos,…
August push at McKay means more graduates for Class of 2019
Ruth Langmoir, an August 2019 McKay High School graduate, gets a hug from graduation coach Ken Ramirez after earning her diploma. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It took her principal dragging her out of bed to get her there, but Angel Hance Route is now a high…
Public schools aren’t discriminating by doing business with churches opposed to same-sex relationships, state says
State officials ruled this week that Salem-Keizer School District isn’t discriminating against LGBTQ employees by holding meetings at a community center owned by a church which opposes same-sex relationships. The Oregon Department of Education’s decision comes after a Salem-Keizer employee filed a complaint through the…