Salem-Keizer School District


Salem-Keizer School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Salem and Keizer. It is the second-largest school district in the state with approximately 40,000 students and nearly 4,000 full-time equivalent employees. It serves more than of Marion and Polk counties.
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Overview

In 2009, 18% of students received English Language Learner services, 17% received Special Education, and 8% were in the Talented and Gifted Program. 59% of students were in the Free and Reduced Meal Program, indicating a high percentage of students living in poverty.
In 2008, Salem-Keizer high school students scored above the national average on the SATs. In 2009, 65% of high school students graduated with a high school diploma.
, Salem-Keizer was a growing district with a 6% enrollment growth in the previous six years. The district's facilities include 73 schools and programs in 69 locations. The average age of schools is 45 years for elementary, 32 years for middle, and 32 years for high schools.

School board

The Salem-Keizer School Board is responsible for hiring the superintendent, adopting the annual budget, and negotiating collective bargaining agreements with District staff. The seven-person board serves as an advocate on behalf of the Salem-Keizer School District, students and its constituency. All board meetings, except for executive sessions, are open to the public, and time is set aside for public comments. School board elections are held in May as members' four-year terms expire.
Though the district is broken up into zones for which one board member serves a constituency, the entire district votes on every zone. Both the chairperson and the vice chairperson are nominated and elected by the Board.
The following are the current school board members:
School District ZoneBoard Member Name
Zone 1Osvaldo F. Avila
Zone 2Marty Heyen
Zone 3Ashley Carson Cottingham
Zone 4Satya Chandragiri
Zone 5Karina Guzmán Ortiz
Zone 6Danielle Bethell
Zone 7María Hinojos Pressey

By 2021 the composition of the school board changed due to an influx of younger members from other ethnic backgrounds.

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 815 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 2.0% of students in the district.

Schools

High schools

There are also several alternative secondary school programs known collectively as Roberts High School, which includes SK Online.
Operating within the district there is a program available to junior and senior students known as CTEC (Career Technical Education Center) that aligns with high school graduation requirements as well as industry certifications and standards.

Middle schools

  • Claggett Creek Middle School
  • Crossler Middle School
  • Houck Middle School
  • Judson Middle School
  • Leslie Middle School
  • Parrish Middle School
  • Stephens Middle School
  • Straub Middle School
  • Waldo Middle School
  • Walker Middle School
  • Whiteaker Middle School

Charter schools

Elementary schools

  • Auburn Elementary School
  • Battle Creek Elementary School
  • Brush College Elementary School
  • Bush Elementary School
  • *Named after newspaper publisher and banker Asahel Bush, the school opened in 1936 as a consolidation of Lincoln, Yew Park, and other elementary schools. The 14 classroom, $192,531.83 building was the first school in Salem with an intercom. It had two 1930s murals from a program of the Works Progress Administration. The peak enrollment was in the 1952–1953 school year, 498 students. By the 1984–1985 school year the enrollment declined to 226, prompting the school district to discuss with Salem Hospital, the idea of selling the school. In 1986 the Council of Teachers of English named Bush a "national center of excellence". The Brandon Johnson Memorial Playground, named after a student who died in 1989, was the first Oregon playground customized for children who use wheelchairs; it opened in 1990. A new 12 classroom, $6.2 million campus began construction in late 2004, financed by the hospital, which agreed to purchase the original school. The previous school was demolished in 2005 after the murals were removed, and a parking lot serving the hospital was put in its place. The new school campus opened that year. The murals are now located at North Salem High School.
  • Candalaria Elementary School
  • Chapman Hill Elementary School
  • Chávez Elementary School
  • Clear Lake Elementary School
  • Cummings Elementary School
  • Englewood Elementary School
  • Eyre Elementary School
  • Forest Ridge Elementary School
  • Four Corners Elementary School
  • Grant Community School
  • Gubser Elementary School
  • Hallman Elementary School
  • Hammond Elementary School
  • Harritt Elementary School
  • Hayesville Elementary School
  • Highland Elementary School
  • Hoover Elementary School
  • Kalapuya Elementary School
  • Keizer Elementary School
  • Kennedy Elementary School
  • Lamb Elementary School
  • Lee Elementary School
  • Liberty Elementary School
  • McKinley Elementary School
  • Miller Elementary School
  • Morningside Elementary School
  • Myers Elementary School
  • Pringle Elementary School
  • Richmond Elementary School
  • Salem Heights Elementary School
  • Schirle Elementary School
  • Scott Elementary School
  • Sumpter Elementary School
  • Swegle Elementary School
  • Washington Elementary School
  • Weddle Elementary School
  • Wright Elementary School
  • Yoshikai Elementary School

Former schools

The district closed several small rural schools in the 2010s, including Rosedale and Hazel Green.
Other former schools include:
  • Bethel Elementary School, named after the Bethel Church, built in that locale by the Dunkards; now used for a Head Start program and the central Head Start office.
  • Fruitland Elementary School, now the district preschool office and Head Start
  • Garfield Elementary School, now the Old Garfield School office building
  • Hazel Green Elementary School, now Valley Inquiry Charter School
  • Lake Labish Elementary School
  • Middle Grove Elementary School
  • Rosedale Elementary School, now used by the independent private Abiqua Academy