SCHOOLS

Salem-Keizer on schedule for massive construction push with 25 schools set for renovations this year

Ongoing construction at McKay High School on Wednesday, Feb. 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Twenty-five local schools will be renovated in 2021 as the Salem-Keizer School District enters the busiest year of its years-long construction blitz – one of the largest such efforts in Oregon history. The work, which will touch[Read More…]

The pandemic closed high schools, but these Salem students still get to do their final project: build a house.

Curtis Fisher, a CTEC construction instructor, works with senior Caleb Susee while building a wall as part of the CTEC residential construction program on Wednesday, Feb. 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Salem high schools closed abruptly last March, Reed Hamilton, 18, worried about finishing his classes online. But the McNary[Read More…]

Elementary school will be in-person five hours per day, two days per week under Salem-Keizer reopening plan

Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Elementary students in Salem are expected to have in-person classes five hours per day, two days per week when local schools begin reopening March 2. Salem-Keizer School District administrators gave more[Read More…]

As Leanette Mabinton becomes Salem-Keizer School Board’s first student advisor, she hopes adults will be open to learning

Leanette Mabinton, 15, testifies at a February 2019 school board meeting, asking the board to wait to approve a school boundary change until they can consider student input. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) One hour into a February 2019 school board meeting in Salem, tensions were running high as parents and teachers[Read More…]