An $84 million renovation at South Salem High School is now complete, with a dozen new classrooms and more space for performing arts and career programs. It's the most substantial and expensive project to date in a districtwide construction package voters approved in 2018.

Reach: 61,000

Students, teachers and South Salem High School supporters on Thursday celebrated the completion of an $84 million renovation adding more classrooms and specialized space for arts and technology programs.

Reach: 61,000

As the Covid pandemic took hold, the Salem-Keizer School District expanded some HVAC improvements that had already been planned for local schools. But the district has yet to conduct a comprehensive assessment of its ventilation systems, and has earmarked most of its federal relief money for other priorities like additional school nurses and teachers.

Reach: 61,000

Kudos to Salem-Keizer schools, a letter to the editor discussing the anti-racism resolution.

Reach: 4,000,000

The Salem-Keizer School District's Covid dashboard shows cases recorded inside district schools have declined in recent weeks as the overall number of Covid cases in Oregon has fallen.

Reach: 61,000

Starting November 1st through the 30th, students can apply for an In-district transfer which if accepted, would allow for them to go to a different school.

For the second straight year, Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) was selected as one of the winners of the Electric School Bus Fund, which was started by Portland General Electric (PGE).

With the win, the Celtics put themselves in great position for their first postseason berth since 2017.

Despite not being at full strength, McNary had a chance to take over the top spot in the Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) with a win over West Salem on Friday, Oct. 15. But late in the fourth quarter, the Celtics defense couldn't get a stop when they needed it most.

With their playoff chances on the line, the McNary boys' soccer squad earned a much-needed victory against Bend.