Salem-Keizer spending plan draws pushback from teachers, support from Latino parents

Educators and parents packed a school board meeting Feb. 18, 2020 to speak about a $35 million Salem-Keizer schools spending plan. Parent Angelica Lagos, right, approaches the podium. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Dozens of educators and parents waited for more than two hours Tuesday night to have their say on a sweeping district plan to spend tens of millions of dollars to close achievement gaps in local schools.

In a lengthy meeting of the Salem-Keizer School…