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Sprague High School was tagged with swastikas, racist slurs and homophobic graffiti overnight, prompting an investigation into a possible hate crime from Salem police. District security discovered the graffiti overnight during a regular patrol around 4 a.m. Monday and alerted maintenance staff, district spokeswoman Lillian…

Dwight Roberson negotiates snack food options for the McKay High School Black Student Union meeting with junior Leanette Mabinton (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Dwight Roberson walked the halls of McKay High School carrying a tablet and wearing a drawstring backpack. It was the first week of…

Ruth Langmoir, an August 2019 McKay High School graduate, gets a hug from graduation coach Ken Ramirez after earning her diploma. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The percentage of Salem-Keizer students earning a high school diploma climbed again last year, marking a steady increase from five years…

Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer students improve their reading and math more than most U.S. students over the course of their education, according to a nationwide study by Stanford University. But they…

Highland Elementary fifth-grader Emma Donecker, center, shows off new Dungeons and Dragons manuals for the school’s roleplaying game club, now in its second year (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Last school year Emma Donecker and Aly Mason fought a dragon, talked to a moon goddess, adopted a…

The new Howard Street Charter School location in downtown Salem was once a grocery store, then a state building (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem’s oldest charter school gets a new home soon. Students at Howard Street Charter School will start January classes in a renovated building…

Hallman Elementary students gather during the school’s morning assembly. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Thousands of students facing challenges to succeed in school could be helped with changes proposed by parents and others in recent sessions held by the Salem-Keizer School District. Hundreds packed into…

Students eat breakfast on the first day of school at Bush Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Local students aren’t in class this week, but a dozen elementary school cafeterias will be open and serving free lunch. Salem-Keizer School District officials provide free meals to students…

Senior Julia DaSilva, playing Comic Sans, attacks sophomore Ian Madsen, playing Times New Roman, during a Font Club rehearsal (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) They’ve published zines, worn lampshades on their head in protest of district nutritional guidelines and debated typeface. Now, they’re waging a campaign to…