A 10-year-old student brought a gun on the school bus two days in a row before other students reported the weapon to teachers, according to records obtained by Salem Reporter. School and police officials didn’t disclose that information in their public announcement of the Oct. 3 event, which rattled the[Read More…]
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Sprague, Kalapuya communities make strong showing at suicide prevention march
DeLee Brown, center, mourns the death of her son, Aaron, at Salem’s Out of the Darkness suicide prevention walk on Oct. 13, 2018. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Supported by friends and colleagues, DeLee Brown held up a string of glimmering white beads as tears streamed down her face. In a crowd[Read More…]
1,000 from Sprague community pray together following student’s death
Community members circle Sprague High School in prayer during a vigil on Sunday, Oct. 7 following a student’s suicide. (Courtesy/Shelby Lauderdale) On Sunday, they stood side by side, more than 1,000 strong, holding hands in a human chain that encircled Sprague High School. They were students, staff and alumni. They[Read More…]
Thousands of Salem-Keizer students would attend different schools under boundary change proposal
New high school boundaries proposed under a draft boundary adjustment plan. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District) Thousands of local students could be affected by attendance boundary changes proposed for more than half of Salem-Keizer schools. The plan, which will take effect next year, would also shift the district’s “feeder system,” which determines[Read More…]
Thousands of Salem-Keizer students would attend different schools under boundary change proposal
New high school boundaries proposed under a draft boundary adjustment plan. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District) Thousands of local students could be affected by attendance boundary changes proposed for more than half of Salem-Keizer schools. The plan, which will take effect next year, would also shift the district’s “feeder system,” which determines[Read More…]
Gun sat unreported at Salem elementary school for hours
Chalk words of encouragement greeted students at Four Corners elementary the morning of Oct. 4, the day after a 10-year-old student brought a gun to school. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer Public Schools) An unloaded handgun sat undetected Wednesday by school officials in a student backpack for hours at Four Corners Elementary School. A[Read More…]
Salem elementary student brings unloaded handgun to school
The handgun seized from a Salem elementary school student on Oct. 3, 2018. (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) A 10-year-old student at Four Corners Elementary School brought an unloaded handgun to school Wednesday afternoon. Two other students saw the gun in the student’s backpack and reported it to an adult at[Read More…]
In a move affecting thousands, Salem-Keizer schools crafting new boundaries
Mike Wolfe, chief operations officer for Salem-Keizer Public Schools, explains how boundary review will address overcrowding at McKay High School during a meeting on Sept. 20, 2018. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It’s no secret that Salem-Keizer schools are educating far more students than they were originally built to hold. Addressing crowding[Read More…]
Salem schools lag behind state on student test scores, with gains in high school
A student works on an assignment at Highland Elementary on Sept. 7, 2018. (Moriah Ratner/Special to the Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer students lag behind their peers across Oregon on state tests, results released Thursday morning show. About half of Salem students meet Oregon standards in English and science, compared to 55[Read More…]
Swegle kindergarten students kick off year with dual language classes
Rashelle Méndez, left, and Albeiro Reyes, right, listen during a lesson on the first day of kindergarten at Swegle Elementary. (Salem Reporter/Rachel Alexander) Karina Rodríguez sounded out her name, writing each letter on the board as her students shouted out their best guesses. Then, she turned to her instructional aide,[Read More…]
