Holy Family Academy on Thursday, December 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem private school is under state investigation after the Oregon Department of Education concluded it violated state Covid restrictions by fully opening for regular classes in the fall. Holy Family Academy, a K-8 Catholic school serving about 70 students[Read More…]

Salem-Keizer’s Christy Perry was named one of the top superintendents in the U.S. Friday. Perry, who has led Oregon’s second-largest school district since 2014, is one of four finalists for National Superintendent of the Year, an award given annually by the School Superintendents Association. “This honor is reflective of the[Read More…]

Salem-Keizer high schools cut in half the number of failing grades students earned in the final weeks of fall quarter. But schools still recorded hundreds more students failing classes than typical. Eighteen percent of all grades high school students received were Fs for fall quarter, which ended Nov. 13, compared[Read More…]

Protestors rallied outside of the Salem-Keizer school district offices on Thursday, June 18 to urge the district to cancel their contract for police officers in schools. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer School District leaders plan to overhaul the district’s discipline and student safety programs, aiming to reduce racial disparities in the[Read More…]

The West Salem High School band performs at the OSAA 6A State Band Championships in May 2019 with director Todd Zimbelman conducting (Courtesy/West Salem High School) Ten minutes in, West Salem High School’s ninth grade band class appeared strangely silent. A dozen students had trombones, clarinets, flutes and tubas raised[Read More…]

School bus driver Tammie Jones spoons peaches into cups for grab-and-go school meals at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center on Nov. 24 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) No students are eating lunch in the oversized cafeteria, but the Salem-Keizer School District’s Career Technical Education Center in northeast Salem is full of[Read More…]

After 9-year-old Briand Hermios finally got logged on to his virtual elementary school classes, his mother noticed he was missing needed supplies. Hermios’ classmates at Scott Elementary School had whiteboards and pens to respond to the teacher’s questions live during class. He should have gotten the same items to take[Read More…]

Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of Salem students who had been getting in-person help with school will be back to virtual class this week, Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry has announced. Schools had been bringing students[Read More…]

The Salem-Keizer School Board meets virtually for a work session on July 28, 2020 (Screenshot) Members of the Salem-Keizer School Board will vote Nov. 10 on a plan to add a student advisor to their ranks while also considering a policy that would allow the board chair to cut off[Read More…]

More than 6,700 local high school students are on track to fail at least one class during the fall quarter, a result that administrators in the Salem-Keizer School District find “alarming.” They said that reflects the challenges of teaching online. At least one high school called a halt to grading[Read More…]