The line for chromebook rentals from SKPS extended down Chemawa Road, reaching River Road N. Traffic from the pick-up line also backed up Delight Street N.
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Agenda for April 6 Keizer City Council meeting
CITY OF KEIZER MISSION STATEMENT KEEP CITY GOVERNMENT COSTS AND SERVICES TO A MINIMUM BY PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN A COORDINATED, EFFICIENT, AND LEAST COST FASHION AGENDA KEIZER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION Monday, April 6, 2020 7:00 p . . . You have reached content available exclusively[Read More…]
Remaining school year will likely lean on virtual learning
SKPS School district It’s becoming more likely that Salem-Keizer Public Schools won’t be re-opening before the end of the school year. On Monday, March 30, the Oregon Department of Education shared that students might not be returning to classroom this school year due to the spread of COVID-19. Because of[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer taps new assistant superintendent
Iton Udosenata has been named Salem-Keizer Public Schools’ newest assistant superintendent. Udosenata, currently serving as North Eugene High School’s principal, will be taking over the responsibilities currently held by Assistant Superintendent Linda Myers. Myers announced her resignation from the district earlier this month, prompting a search for her replacement. She[Read More…]
Keizer church helps bring truckload of food to MPFS
Marion County Food Share employee Mitch Baysinger unloads a palette of beef chunks from a truck carrying more then $40,000 worth of donation food from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Marion Polk Food Share (MPFS) is used to getting food donations from the community, they don’t[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer schools not likely to open again, shift to ‘distance learning’ coming
Third-grade student Levi Black cuts out a shape during an art lesson at Salem Heights Elementary School on Oct. 18, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Students in Salem-Keizer are expected to return to class, though virtually and not in schoolhouses, after the state Monday night announced a major shift in strategy.[Read More…]
Raffle party canceled, drawing to be live-streamed
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the Rotary Club of Keizer and the Keizer Rotary Foundation have decided to cancel the 2020 Raffle Party, originally scheduled for April 4. However, the raffle drawing will be held via live stream at 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, on the club’s Facebook[Read More…]
Man crashes into Keizer home
A man charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants crashed through the fence and into the home of a Keizer family Saturday, March 28. At approximately 6:40 p.m., Keizer Police officers were dispatched to the 5100 block of Courtlyn Street Northeast to several reports that a motor vehicle had[Read More…]
SKPS offers Chromebooks to students in need of devices
All Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) students in need of devices for supplemental learning will be able to rent Chromebooks at no cost from the district for the duration of the emergency school closure. Devices will be made available at each of the district’s six traditional high schools – McKay, McNary,[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer board will meet virtually Monday to hear the latest on local school closure
The 2019-20 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School Board will hold a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to hear updates on the district’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Board members will vote on two items related to the pandemic. The first would suspend an existing board policy requiring[Read More…]