Category SCHOOLS
Tell Salem-Keizer how you’d spend $35 million on local students
Jared Vergara Santana, left, Evelyn Francis, right, Iris Johnson, right back and Lillyana Green, back left, write during class at Hoover Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Want a say in how $35 million is spent in local schools? Salem-Keizer School District leaders are looking to…
Superintendent says Salem-Keizer bus driver shortage “catastrophic”
School buses parked in the Salem-Keizer School District lot on Hawthorne Avenue (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Bus driver shortages are a common problem across school districts, but Salem-Keizer’s has gotten bad enough that the district soon may not be able to get some students to school.…
Seeking art, science and more, Salem teachers turn to crowdfunding
Stephanie Taylor, a behavior specialist, has used DonorsChoose.org to supply the Cubs Den at Four Corners Elementary School (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) When Monica Brillig began teaching at Myers Elementary School in 2007, her classroom came with a desk for her, tables and chairs for students,…
Blanchet debuts new turf field, just in time for homecoming
Blanchet Catholic School’s new turf field. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For the three years James Moore has played football at Blanchet High School, every game has felt like an away game. The Catholic school hasn’t had a football field, so Moore and his teammates played at…
More kids coming to school in Salem-Keizer, new state data shows
Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Hundreds more local students attended school regularly last year after a determined push by the Salem-Keizer School District to boost numbers. That’s the brightest news for local schools…
Salem-Keizer leaders seek community input for $35 million in new state school funding
Students eat breakfast on the first day of school at Bush Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The use of millions of state dollars to improve local schools rests in the hands of about three dozen Salem-Keizer community members and local educators. Salem-Keizer leaders have until…
Two volunteers needed for Salem-Keizer budget committee
The Salem-Keizer School District needs two community volunteers to weigh in on the district’s $1 billion annual budget. Two seats are currently open on the district’s budget committee, a 14-member group that meets regularly in April and May to review Superintendent Christy Perry’s budget proposal…
Kiwi berries a hit in program to get fresh fruits and veggies to Salem elementary schoolers
Bella Blessing smiles while eating a kiwi berry during her first grade class at Hoover Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Most students in Veronica Sedlacek’s first grade class had never heard of a kiwi berry. Before serving the grape-sized fruit to them as a snack…
Three more McNary students arrested after large fight on campus
McNary High School (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Five McNary High School students are facing criminal charges related to a fight that broke out after school last week. The fight happened immediately after school on Sept. 19 near the school’s gym. Two girls, ages 15 and 16,…