Luke Clifton, Esha Puri and Pranav Ramesh stand in front of South Salem High School. The three rising seniors set up the free tutoring program, Connect Oregon Students, to assist K-12 students with distance learning. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) South Salem High School seniors Esha Puri, Luke Clifton and Pranav Ramesh[Read More…]
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Adapting with industry, high school classes in welding, hairstyling and auto detailing shift online
The school district salon at the Career Technical Education Center awaits both students and customers. (Moriah Ratner/Special to Salem Reporter) As Salem-Keizer teachers and principals prepare for remote classes, Rhonda Rhodes has more unusual questions than the average administrator. She’s the principal of the district’s Career Technical Education Center, a[Read More…]
Desire for stability, health risks drive some local families to a full year of online school
A door sign on the outside of Bush Elementary School on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Nicki Marazzani’s daughter, Chloe, 12, does best in school when she has a clear schedule. When she saw the Salem-Keizer School District was offering an all-online option for the entire school year, Chloe was signed[Read More…]
As classes start online, five local schools will have new principals for 2020
New Salem-Keizer principals for the 2020-21 school year, from top left to bottom right: Chad Towe, Artonya Gemmill, Christine Bowlby, Lizi Aguilar-Nelson, Sophia Duerst, Greg Watson and Jesse Payne. Three local elementary schools will have new principals this fall as the Salem-Keizer school district shuffles administrators to run its new[Read More…]
Despite online start, Salem-Keizer superintendent promises school year will be “150% better” than spring
Salem-Keizer superintendent Christy Perry has a check-in video call with Schirle Elementary special education teacher Annie Hatzenbihler on Tuesday, April 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than 40,000 Salem-Keizer students will meet their teachers through a computer screen as classes begin in September. Superintendent Christy Perry announced Tuesday Oregon’s second-largest school[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer students won’t be back in school buildings until at least November under new guidelines
Mary Eyre Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem students won’t be back in a school building come September unless the number of new people with Covid slows dramatically in the coming weeks. Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced Oregon schools can’t hold class in person unless[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer teachers union joins call for all-remote school to start fall
Special education substitute teacher Elizabeth Adams, of Salem, protests plans to reopen Oregon schools in-person outside the state capitol on July 27, 2020. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Citing concerns about the safety of students and educators, Salem-Keizer’s teachers union is calling for Oregon’s second-largest school district to start school all online[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer teachers report fear, uncertainty about in-person school as coronavirus cases rise
Salem-Keizer school district administrators meet to plan for the upcoming school year on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Local educators are increasingly wary of returning to the classroom in the fall, with many saying they have no clear information new health protocols or what will happen when a student[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer school leaders say they’re focused on equity. Expulsion and suspension rates tell another story.
Sandra Hernández-Lomelí, director of Latinos Unidos Siempre, speaks during a protest 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) Black, Latino and other students of color are more likely to be[Read More…]
With few details about fall school clear, hundreds of Salem-Keizer families opt for all-online classes
A Salem-Keizer School District graphic outlines what students and parents should consider before enrolling in all-online school in the fall. (Screenshot from district website) Hundreds of local students have already signed up for all-online classes through the Salem-Keizer School District next year, despite scant details about what the program will[Read More…]
