Like all the schools in our district, Cummings Elementary is focusing on Every Day 24J and the importance of regular student attendance. Principal Magda Romero at Cummings recently nominated Northwest Dental Art and Sleep Therapy as the district's Business Partner of the Month for January 2020, because of its help with increasing school attendance. Dr. [...]
The Salem-Keizer Board of Directors voted 5-2 last night to approve the boundary adjustment proposal brought forward by the Boundary Review Task Force. Directors Blasi and Lippold opposed. The boundary adjustments will go into effect for the 2019-20 school year and only apply to incoming kindergarten through third-graders, sixth-graders and ninth-graders. Students entering grades four, [...]
The West Keizer Neighborhood Association encompasses around 3,100 households in Keizer. The Association’s mission is to improve the quality of life for those who live, work and play in West Keizer. Because of all they do for the school, Principal Magda Romero at Cummings Elementary has nominated the West Keizer Neighborhood Association as our Community [...]
The school district’s budget includes bond funds and new revenue estimates from Oregon Department of Education The Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) Budget Committee tonight moved to recommend a budget totaling $1,147,797,142. The budget includes bond funds from the May 15 voter-approved ballot measure and new revenue estimates from the Oregon Department of Education. Because the [...]
At its February 13 business meeting, the Salem-Keizer Board of Education heard the first reading of the recommended elementary math adoption curriculum, Ready Math, Publisher Curriculum Associates. The instruction materials are available for community/parent review and comment at the Lancaster Professional Center, Suite 130, 2450 Lancaster Drive NE in Salem from today through March 7, [...]