Category SCHOOLS
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PHOTOS: Sprague seniors celebrate graduation with car parade
Sprague High School held a senior parade for graduates on Friday, July 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Sprague High School’s graduating class took to the streets to celebrate the end of high school. With the coronavirus pandemic canceling most end-of-year senior traditions, parents instead organized a…
In-person classes will be two days per week for most Salem-Keizer students under early outline for fall
Highland Elementary 2nd grade teacher Becky Montgomery works with a student during a computer math exercise Wednesday March 13, 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Most of Salem-Keizer’s 41,000 students would attend school inside a building only two days per week under a plan being…
With smaller ceremonies and more sanitizer, graduation will go ahead for Salem-Keizer’s Class of 2020
McKay High School 2019 summer graduates wait in the West Salem High School lunchroom before the ceremony (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer’s high schools will host dozens of small in-person graduation ceremonies in August, recognizing the Class of 2020 while following health guidelines limiting the size…