Category Schools
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…
Salem-Keizer students report little social contact or academic challenge during two months of distance learning
Judson Middle School students in a seventh grade language arts on Oct. 30, 2018. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of Salem-Keizer students struggled with a hasty switch to remote classes this spring, with most saying classes weren’t academically challenging and fewer than half reporting an adult…
Thousands call on school board directors to resign as Salem-Keizer leaders discuss police in schools
The 2019 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer school board members spent much of a four-hour public meeting Tuesday night explaining they want to listen to the community about the future of police in local schools, but devoted only one hour to hearing community…
Superintendent Christy Perry rebukes school board over “discounting” experiences of students of color
Superintendent Christy Perry publicly rebuked her supervisors – the elected Salem-Keizer School Board – during a Tuesday meeting, saying she can no longer ask thousands of district employees to fight against racism without sharing how board members have discounted the experiences of students of color…