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Salem community shows love to local schools by feeding teachers before classes start
United Way, with help from local businesses and churches, wrapped up an effort Tuesday to donate a catered meal for educators at every school in the Salem-Keizer district before classes begin.
Dental assisting program for Salem-area high schoolers opens at Willamette Career Academy
With dental assistants and hygienists in high demand, Willamette Career Academy’s new dental assisting program is doing its part to train and educate students for the much-needed roles.
Gary Hull, legendary Oregon basketball coach, out at Western Christian
Gary Hull led Western Christian to four state championships and served as the school's athletic director, working there for nearly four decades.
UPDATED: School board approves apartment tax exemption, superintendent talks priorities
At a Tuesday evening meeting, the Salem-Keizer School Board will vote to reaffirm its policy of not collecting or sharing information about students' immigration status, and consider a rewritten equity resolution.
Salem schools crack down on phone use, with Sprague the latest to issue ban
Phones have technically been banned in Salem-Keizer classrooms since a 2022 policy change, though enforcement has varied school to school.
Most laid off educators are back working in Salem-Keizer schools
Thirty-five laid off teachers are returning to local schools after being laid off, then called back after summer retirements and resignations left dozens of jobs open across the district.
14 Salem, Keizer schools will start the year with new principals
Longtime principals at Kalapuya and Yoshikai elementary schools and Judson Middle School retired at the end of the school year. Several district administrators are returning to principal jobs after a round of position cuts in the spring.
Teachers gather in Corvallis to find solutions to close pandemic learning gaps
A two-day meeting, which brought more than 700 teachers together, is the culmination of work that started in late 2023.
Salem-Keizer leaders consider levy as potential solution to school district budget gap
School district leaders are beginning discussions about seeking a property tax increase from voters to hire more educators, but have no concrete timeline to put a levy on the ballot.