The 2019 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer school board members spent much of a four-hour public meeting Tuesday night explaining they want to listen to the community about the future of police in local schools, but devoted only one hour to hearing community input after more than 180[Read More…]
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Superintendent Christy Perry rebukes school board over “discounting” experiences of students of color
Superintendent Christy Perry publicly rebuked her supervisors – the elected Salem-Keizer School Board – during a Tuesday meeting, saying she can no longer ask thousands of district employees to fight against racism without sharing how board members have discounted the experiences of students of color they are supposed to serve.[Read More…]
Board director, community leaders call on Salem-Keizer school board chair Marty Heyen to step down
A screenshot of the Salem-Keizer School Board’s March 30 meeting shows board member Paul Kyllo, top center, holding a mask of former Portland Trailblazers player Cliff Robinson over his face. A school board member and others in the community calling for Salem-Keizer’s school board chair to resign over what they[Read More…]
Should police stay in Salem-Keizer schools? Here’s what local citizens are saying.
Dozens of students, parents, teachers and graduates are weighing in on police in schools as leaders from the Salem-Keizer School District plan for summer community forums to discuss the future of contracts with local law enforcement agencies. A virtual June 9 school board meeting, where board members had planned to[Read More…]
As athletes prepare for summer training, Salem high school sports plan unsettled
Players from the Sprague Little League team celebrate Saturday as they win the Northwest regional Little League tournament. (Photo courtesy Traci McHenry) A picture has started to emerge of what school might look like when classes return in the fall, but there’s still a large unknown when it comes to[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer schools grapple with transportation, clubs, childcare as they plan for fall reopening
Seen through a sliding glass door, Noah Hall, wife Jessica and children Evan, 6, and Ruby, 2, sit at the kitchen table of their Salem home on Wednesday, April 23. The Halls are both elementary school teachers who are currently teaching classes from phone via video while also caring for[Read More…]
School in the fall will include face masks, smaller classes and online learning for some students
Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem schools can resume in-person classes in the fall, but students should expect to see smaller classes, bus drivers wearing masks and logs of contacts to aid in tracing any outbreaks of the[Read More…]
Hundreds call on Salem-Keizer to end contracts for police in schools
Students organized by Latinos Unidos Siempre urged the new Salem-Keizer School Board to address the mental health needs of immigrant students and stop policies that disproportionately punish students of color at a July 2019 meeting. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Hundreds of community leaders, teachers and citizens are calling on the Salem-Keizer[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer Education Foundation to dissolve, transferring many programs to YMCA
The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation is dissolving after almost 40 years serving thousands of students in the Salem area through mentoring programs, youth sports and after-school activities. A near-total loss of revenue over the past three months as local schools have shut their doors proved insurmountable for an organization that had[Read More…]
Principal Sara LeRoy leaving North Salem High School after large gains in graduation rate
Sara LeRoy, North Salem High School principal (Special to Salem Reporter/Moriah Ratner) For the second time in four years, North Salem High School will start the year with a new principal. Sara LeRoy, a former North teacher who took over as principal in 2017 is stepping down at the end[Read More…]
