Salem-Keizer Public Schools has partnered with Western Oregon Univeristy to improve the educator workforce reflecting the SKPS student body. 

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Oregon Department of Education Director Colt Gill discusses supports for Transgender students across Oregon. SKPS policies mentioned. 

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How schools are utilizing the "Salem-Keizer Threat Assessment Model" to prevent acts of violence in schools. 

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Education reporter Rachel Alexander discusses SKPS transgender policies. 

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In an 8-1 decision, a Salem-Keizer Public Schools committee has voted to deny a local group's request to ban the book "Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Anti-Racism, and You" from school libraries. 

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“Stamped (For Kids)” will remain in elementary school libraries following an 8-1 vote by a special district committee convened to review the book. SK We Stand Together, the group that brought the challenge, intends to push for changes to the district’s review process.

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Officials at bigger districts, such as Portland Public Schools and the Salem-Keizer School District said they were planning some of their most ambitious summer programs yet.

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Mary Jean Sandall, retired Salem-Keizer School District teacher and nonprofit board leader, used her podium time to lead a sing-a-long to “This Little Light of Mine,” making up her own Salem version, “Shine all over Salem.” Her contributions to education, teachers, and the charitable community are legendary.

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Middle and high school students in the Portland Public and Salem-Keizer school districts already start later. In the Beaverton School District, where Brock’s son attends class, high school starts at 7:45 a.m. and a handful of other programs begin at 7:30 a.m.

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A city of Salem work session last week featured presentations from developers, intended to help local leaders better understand how affordable housing is financed, drivers of the current housing crisis and what's needed to fill the gap.

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The Elsinore Theatre will be alive with the sound of McNary’s Celebration of Music on Tuesday, May 3, when the annual concert returns after a two-year hiatus.

McNary's AVID program received national recognition as an AVID demonstration school on Thursday, only the second in the state of Oregon. The three-year validation means that McNary will now host showcases and visits to show off the AVID program.

This school year, psychologists and educators have talked about disruptive students physically acting out in classrooms more frequently, or getting in fights on school property. There doesn’t appear to be one specific cause, but educators who have spoken to KGW agree that the pandemic has made things worse.

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Good Day Oregon covers upcoming job fairs in SKPS.

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KGW News discusses questions from families about violence in schools.

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Quitoriano (kwi-tore-ee-on-o) originally committed to Oregon after earning all-state honors in football and basketball at Sprague High School in Salem, but eventually switched to Oregon State. 

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Former South Salem High School baseball players who won the school a state championship three decades ago will reunite Saturday.

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Corban University director of athletics Sue Roth announced on Friday that Corban has hired Whitney Pitalo to serve as the new head coach of the Warrior women's soccer program. Before her coaching career, she was a graduate of South Salem High School and then a standout athlete at Pac-12 powerhouse University of Southern California (USC), serving on the Trojan back line as a team captain. 

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The Statesman Journal covers the latest look at the top track and field athletes in the Mid-Valley, by event, classification and gender.

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A transfer from Southern Oregon who sat out last season, Rickman has shown flashes of his Swiss Army Knife skill set this spring. Rickman played running back, full-back and tight end, as well as linebacker, for South Salem High School in Oregon. 

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Freshman Maile Salang has immediately produced on the field for varsity track and field, and also found herself in a leadership role with the team.

The Sprague softball team will face the Bend Lava Bears (13-0, 1-0) for the first time in nearly three years in a league doubleheader game at home on Saturday.

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Teagan Quitoriano is ready to realize his dream of playing in the NFL. The 2018 Sprague graduate, who just wrapped up his college career as a tight end at Oregon State, is training in Corvallis in preparation for the NFL Draft, which is set for April 28-30. 

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McNary graduate Junior Walling has entered the transfer portal and plans to leave Oregon State. The redshirt freshman inside linebacker posted the announcement Wednesday on Twitter. 

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Womens tennis came away with the victory in a dual meet at Mountain View High School on Monday. Matches split 4-4, but the Celtics won on sets 10-8.