Fewer Salem elementary school students are on track to read proficiently by third grade than one year ago, according to data shared with the Salem-Keizer School Board last week. The same data also show particular difficulties for special education students and those learning English, including…
Jessica Brenden, Hallman Elementary principal, walks down a hallway with traffic flow arrows and dividers on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Kindergarten and first graders in Salem schools will resume in-person classes on March 2, with other elementary schools added in the coming…
A bulletin board promoting masks and social distancing guidelines at Hallman Elementary on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) There is no more rug in Crystal Magee’s classroom. Stuffed animals are gone too, and bins of school supplies have been replaced with individual boxes,…
Bridget West, principal of Hoover Elementary School, looks out to a school field on Feb. 5 from a new classroom built as part of a construction project to expand the school. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Twenty-five local schools will be renovated in 2021 as the Salem-Keizer…
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.…
Students in the CTEC residential construction program work together to lift and place a wall on Wednesday, Feb. 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem high school students this week raised interior walls for the home they’re building as a final project in a residential construction program.…
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…
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…
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…