Project coordinator Joe Bonanno shows a new career and technical education addition under construction on the south side of North Salem High School (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Want to learn more about how Salem-Keizer school officials are spending hundreds of millions on construction projects?
A citizen committee tasked with overseeing the district’s construction bond will meet Tuesday night at North Salem High School.
Salem-Keizer is in the first of five years of planned school construction, paid for by a $620 million bond voters approved in the spring of 2018.
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The committee is advisory and meets quarterly. Members don’t vote on construction plans or spending decisions, but hear updates on projects from district leaders.
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The meetings are when the most detailed project updates are shared with the public.
Anyone attending is asked to check in at the school office.
Meeting details: 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 North Salem High School, 765 14th St. N.E., Room 243.
Committee members are Lisa Harnisch, Nancy MacMorris-Adix, Mark Shipman, Adriana Miranda, Aniceto Jay Taisacan Mundo, Chelsea Anderson , Chuck Woodard, Debbie Gregg, Michelle Vlach-Ing, Megan Jensen, Nigel Guisinger, Tom Hoffert, Marty Heyen, Jesse Lippold, Leanette Mabinton.
Reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.
Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a book.
