Category SCHOOLS
In Salem, a handful of elementary school students get in-person help with school
Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) At 9:15 a.m. on a recent morning, Highland Elementary School principal Christi Cheever stood outside the school’s side entrance. The school’s online morning classes had already…
A month in, local schools report most kids are showing up for virtual classes
Miranda Lara Ruiz, 16, left, and Marina Melnychuk pick up items from their lockers at McKay High School on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon so far has little picture of how hundreds of thousands of students are faring with virtual learning this year…
School board signs off on $11 million plan to hire more reading teachers, community outreach and social workers
Jared Vergara Santana writes down research questions for his newspaper article in the Hoover Elementary School library on Oct. 29, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer schools will begin hiring more social workers and teachers this week after the school board approved a multimillion-dollar plan to…
EDUCATION ROUNDUP: More money for Salem-Keizer construction, WOU president to retire, pumpkin patch fundraiser
An expansion of the commons under ongoing construction at Waldo Middle School on May 6, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) There’s a lot going on in local schools, colleges and universities. To help keep you up to speed, Salem Reporter is launching a semi-regular roundup of…
Salem-Keizer schools will remain all-online for most students through at least Feb. 1
Teacher Kara Buchheit talks with Kristen Gough and son James, an incoming kindergartner at Kalapuya Elementary School on Thursday, September 17. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Nearly all of Salem-Keizer’s 41,000 students will continue school online through at least Feb. 1, the district announced Tuesday, citing a…
As Salem student task force nears recommendations on police in schools, conflicts erupt over process
Vinny Olivas, center, protests outside a Salem-Keizer School District building with other members of Latinos Unidos Siempre after walking out of a student task force meeting on Sept. 25 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Three months have passed since Christy Perry, superintendent of the Salem-Keizer School District,…
Excuse me teacher, you’re frozen again’ – navigating kindergarten in a pandemic
James Gough, an incoming kindergartner at Kalapuya Elementary School, laughs after making a mistake on an assessment test to gauge his alphabet comprehension on Thursday, September 17. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The twenty-one students in Emma Kubishta’s kindergarten class started with the basics: a capital letter…
School leaders select Salem-Keizer’s Christy Perry as Oregon Superintendent of the Year
\ In 2016, Heidi Sipe faced a challenging year as superintendent of the Umatilla School District. She was dealing with changes on the local school board and among staff and seeking advice for how to run her eastern Oregon district. Christy Perry, superintendent of Salem-Keizer…
SURVEY: Salem families split between cautious optimism, frustration as kids head back to school
An empty classroom at Stevens Middle School on Aug. 18, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-area residents are split on whether it’s a good idea for students to return to classrooms this fall, according to a Salem Reporter survey, but most reported concerns about the academic…