NOVEMBER 3, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Disirici lags in reading,
maih scores for mosi
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
Progress in student achieve-
ment was reported to the Sa-
lem-Keizer School Board on
Oct. 24.
Lisa Harlan, middle school
level director, noted that not
all the annual state-submitted
fi gures are up to date, because
some of them come out in
January, refl ecting the previous
school year.
The elementary school
report showed that reading
scores were consistently a
few percentage points behind
those of the state as a whole,
but that they also consistent-
ly rose from the third to the
fourth to the fi fth grades.
Elementary math scores
were dropping somewhat,
however, and Sandie Price,
elementary level director, said
that the schools were starting
to focus more on math as a
result.
In 2015-16, 17 elementary
schools in the district were
receiving coaching. In 2016-
17, 42 elementary schools re-
ceived it.
Offi ce discipline referrals
dropped sharply from 2015-16
to 2016-17, Figures for Sept.
4 through Oct. 19 for both
school years, broken down by
school days, showed decreases
from 32 to 16 Mondays, 54 to
12 Tuesdays, 62 to 17 Wednes-
days, 48 to 23 Thursdays, and
43 to 18 Fridays.
Middle school reading
scores for those two school
years were slightly lower for
the district than statewide un-
til the eighth grade for 2016-
17 showed a barely higher
score for the district. Middle
school math scores showed a
similar pattern.
At the high school level,
the district slightly outper-
formed the state for the 11th
grade in both school years. For
11th-grade math scores, the
state had the edge in 2015-16
but the district was ahead in
2016-17.
Unemployment up slightly
The Salem metropolitan statistical area’s
(MSA) unemployment rate edged up to 4.9
percent in September from 4.7 percent in Au-
gust. Over the past 12 months, Salem’s season-
ally-adjusted unemployment rate has declined
by a 0.5 percentage point. Oregon’s statewide
unemployment rate in September was 4.2 per-
cent, essentially unchanged from its revised
August rate of 4.1 percent. The national unem-
ployment rate was 4.2 percent in September.
Salem’s September employment gains were
more than normal. Total non-farm employ-
ment increased 2,800 jobs in September when
an increase of 2,400 jobs was expected. Salem’s
employment was 10,340, or 6.7 percent above
its pre-recession employment peak, which oc-
curred in February 2008.
Employment in the Salem MSA grew 2,300
over the past year, a 1.4 percent increase. Sa-
lem’s growth was outpaced by the state, but it
has outpaced the nation. Oregon’s employment
grew 2.0 percent over the past year. Nationally,
employment was up 1.2 percent over the past
12 months. Salem’s private sector added 2,400
jobs over the past year, growing 2.0 percent.
The public sector lost 100 jobs over the year, a
decrease of 0.2 percent.
The fastest-growing major private-sector
industries over the past year included: con-
struction (added 1,000 jobs, or 9.9%); trans-
portation, trade and utilities (added 1,100 jobs,
or 4.1%); and other services (added 200 jobs,
or 3.7%).
Couriesy of ihe Oregon Employmeni Deparimeni
puzzle answers
Man sought in Keizer
burglaries arrested
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A man suspected of
burglarizing three Keizer
homes was under arrest less
than 24 hours after police
requested the public’s help in
identifying him.
On Wednesday, Oct. 25,
at about 3 p.m., the Salem
Police Department received
a call from three people who
thought they spotted a suspect
described in connection
with a string of burglaries in
Keizer on Oct. 22. At least
two of the witnesses had seen
photographs of the suspect
that were released by the
Keizer Police Department
and published on social
media. At the time of the
call the suspect was inside the
Walmart store on Lancaster
Drive in Salem along with
a female who accompanied
him.
The responding offi cer
from the Salem Police
Department
arrived
at
Walmart and immediately
made contact with the male
individual and detained
him while Keizer offi cers
were called to continue the
investigation.
After talking with police,
30-year old Noah Daniel
VanDeventer, of Salem, was
arrested and taken to the
Keizer police station where
he was interviewed by police.
He was eventually charged
with
robbery,
burglary,
attempted assault, menacing,
unlawful entry into a motor
vehicle and theft.
N. VanDevenier
Police
offi cials
said
additional charges may be
forthcoming.
The
fe-
male who ac-
companied
Va n D e ve n t e r
at Walmart was
identifi ed
as
25-year-old
Kyla
Renae
Hurn, of Sa- K. Hurn
lem.
Hurn,
VanDeventer’s girlfriend, was
taken into custody and later
charged with possession of
methamphetamine and pos-
session of burglary tools or a
theft device. Both were taken
to the Marion County Cor-
rectional Facility.
At 5 a.m., on Oct. 22,
Keizer offi cers were called
to the scene of a burglary
in the 5800 block of Kate
Lane Northeast. Investigating
offi cers learned a suspect had
entered the garage rummaged
through two vehicles that
were parked inside.
At 6:20 a.m., Keizer
offi cers responded to the
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dependency clinical supervi-
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clinical supervisor at Clear
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Clear Paths, Bridgeway’s
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organization,
provides outpatient chemical
dependency
services
in
Keizer.
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the counselors
at Clear Paths,
while providing
his own direct
clinical services.
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counselor, coach, and trainer
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and community partners.”
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report of a theft from a vehicle
in the 6200 block of 11th
Avenue Northeast. A resident
awoke to fi nd a man inside
his vehicle parked in his front
of his home. The resident
confronted the suspect and
a physical altercation ensued,
both men were injured in
the scuffl e. The suspect fl ed
on foot and eluded a police
search. Further investigation
found that the suspect had
entered the dwelling and
burglarized it.
At 7 a.m., while offi cers
were still on the scene at
11th Avenue, KPD received a
report of another burglary in
the 1200 block of Harmony
Drive Northeast.
All three burglaries took
place within a fi ve-block
area on the west side of the
Gubser neighborhood. The
suspect in the burglaries later
entered the 7-Eleven at 5550
River Road N. and police
were able to obtain security
footage from the store and
release the images for the
public’s help in identifying
him.
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information
about
the
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