Two South Salem High School juniors hope you’ll join them on Jan. 10 to talk about budget cuts, school safety and other topics from a student and teacher perspective.
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Loaded gun found on Forest Ridge Elementary grounds during winter break
Someone walking on the Forest Ridge Elementary campus in Keizer over winter break found a rusted handgun on school grounds. Keizer police took the gun.
Former Salem superintendent to lead Portland schools in interim role
Sandy Husk, who led Salem-Keizer Public Schools from 2006 to 2014, will start her job as interim Portland superintendent Feb. 12.
Sensory garden, salad growing lessons and more coming to Salem schools in 2024
Twenty-one Salem teachers are taking on special projects with recent grants from the Maps Community Foundation.
Teacher union, district hopeful Salem-Keizer can reach contract without a strike
Teachers are seeking more help to address students who are violent or act out in class and more planning time, in addition to cost of living raises. Both sides said a mediation session Tuesday went well.
Here’s a breakdown of the first cuts proposed for Salem-Keizer School District
Teachers and school nurses spoke against planned cuts to health workers at Tuesday’s school board meeting. District leaders have announced they’ll spend about $31 million less this year and next on supplies, salaries and more.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: School board rejects Iris Valley charter application over financial concerns
The Salem-Keizer School Board unanimously rejected a new charter school proposal
School counselor accused of sexual abuse resigns
After more than two years on paid leave from his counselor job at McNary High School, Todd Bobeda has resigned. He faces criminal charges in Polk County alleging he sexually abused a minor.
School nurses, district administrators would be laid off under budget cutting plan
Superintendent Andrea Castañeda proposed eliminating 46 jobs to save about $5 million next year, wrapping up an initial round of proposals to balance the Salem-Keizer School District budget.
With youth overdose death rates soaring, state offers free opioid reversal medication to schools
An initiative to stock overdose reversal medication in Oregon schools comes amid a big jump in the number of teens who’ve died from drug overdoses in the last five years.