By: Les Zaitz of Salem ReporterFor the Keizertimes Voters will have choices in all three races for the Salem-Keizer School Board and more candidates could join in before next week’s filing deadline. So far, only one incumbent is bidding for re-election. And so far, only…
Andrea Castañeda, currently with Tulsa Public Schools, was announced as the next SKPS Superintendent at Tuesday's school board meeting.
With talk about bringing SROs back to campus growing, SKPS introduced the Safe and Welcoming School Committee to examine what is needed for both physical and psychological safety of students.
The SKPS School Board approved the plans to purchase a hangar at the Salem Airport to house a new CTEC aviation maintenance program.
At Tuesday’s school board meeting, the Salem-Keizer School Board directors appointed Robert Salazar as the new director to represent Zone 6.
Salazar spent 45 years in education prior to retirement, serving as principal at Myers and Washington elementary schools in the Salem-Keizer district, according to his application and resume.
Danielle Bethell has resigned from the Salem-Keizer School Board a little over three years after taking office.
School board Chair Ashley Carson Cottingham announced Bethell’s resignation at the start of Tuesday’s school board meeting, saying Bethell had informed board leadership of her decision Monday night.