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Keizer schools lag behind
state averages (mostly)
year, and 92 percent also average is 79 percent.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
high
individual
student
Here’s a school-by-school progress in addition to soaring
completed their diploma or
Of the Keizertimes
Less than half (three of earned a GED within fi ve look at scores and some of the past state averages in language
eight) of Keizer’s elementary years. The Celtics also beat state relevant circumstances:
arts and math skills. Language
schools met state averages in averages in on-time graduation
arts skills improved by 5 percent
language arts and math skills with 86 percent of students CLEAR LAKE
over the previous year and
the
state
according to report cards issued making the grade,
Clear
Lake
students
showed
math skills made an enormous
se
ou
by the Oregon Department of
’s H
r
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Ta
at
Education earlier this week.
ife
r l
e
f h
Only three elementary
l o
ro
nt
schools – Clear Lake, Gubser es for co
rch
ea
and the Optimum Learning
LANGUAGE ARTS
MATHEMATICS
n s
ee
t
r
ize
Environment at Forest Ridge
–
CL
Ke
63
71
met or exceeded Oregon
CL
averages in both categories.
Clear Lake was the high-
CL = Clear Lake Elementary
58
66
GU = Gubser Elementary
fl yer among Keizer’s elementary
OL = Optimum Learning Environment
schools with 71 percent of
OL
61
at Forest Ridge Elementary 53
students meeting or exceeding
language arts standards and
OL
67 percent doing the same in
48
56
math skills. State averages were
state average = 51%
state average = 43%
GU
GU
51 percent and 43 percent,
43
51
respectively.
FR
Regular attendance was
FR
38
46
generally up across Keizer
CU
elementary schools in 2018-19.
KY
At the middle school level,
33
41
both Claggett Creek (CCMS)
and Whiteaker middle schools
KY
28
36
showed high levels of individual
C U = Cummings Elementary
CU KZ
student progress. However,
FR = Forest Ridge Elementary
KZ
CCMS lags behind state
KY = Kennedy
Elementary
23
31
averages in both language arts
KZ = Keizer Elementary
and math skills.
WE = Weddle Elementary
18
26
McNary High School is a
bright spot for the city despite
being graded on different
13
21
standards. Ninety-two percent
WE
WE
of students were on track to
KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
graduate after their freshman
Percent of students meeting or exceeding standards
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TESTING
11 percent leap. The school’s
teachers and administrators
managed the feat with one of
the largest average class sizes
for an elementary school in
Keizer (26.5 students) and it
was in the top tier of Keizer
schools as far as average daily
attendance. Clear Lake has
the second-lowest number of
students on free or reduced
lunch programs in Keizer.
CUMMINGS
Cummings fell below state
averages in meeting language
arts and math skill standards,
34 percent and 26 percent,
respectively. Language arts
performance improved by 1
percent over the prior year
and math skill performance
fell by 5 percent. Students
did improve daily attendance
by 3 percent last year. Overall
individual student progress was
rated average in its report card.
Nearly 60 percent of students
qualify for free or reduced
lunch programs at Cummings.
Softball stars
headed to
D1 schools
PAGE A16
FOREST RIDGE
Forest
Ridge
suffered
a precipitous 12 percent
drop in language arts skills
acquisition and increased
math performance by 3
percent. Overall, 50 percent
of students met or exceeded
language arts skills, 38 percent
Breaking
ground at
Chemawa
Station
Please see BEHIND, Page A11
PAGE A5
Parade hits River
Road Saturday
A motorcycle club thunders down the road in 2018 as part of the parade.
MR. WALKER GOES
TO WASHINGTON
File photo
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Chamber of
Commerce’s Toys and Tinsel
Parade hits River Road North
Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m.,
but you should plan to arrive
early – possibly very early.
The parade has brought
as many as 40,000 additional
visitors to Keizer, but In-N-
Out will be adding to that
traffi c count throughout the
weekend. The company’s
Keizer Station location was
expected to open Thursday,
Dec. 12, at press time.
“We are encouraging
everyone to use the Salem-
Keizer Parkway to access
River Road,” said Danielle
Bethell, executive director of
the chamber.
There were no forecasts
of expected burger traffi c,
but those seeking burgers,
and those seeking the parade
and those taking part in
both are likely to snarl traffi c
throughout the city.
More of
getting to
know our
neighbors
Please see PARADE, Page A10
PAGE A8
‘The
Snowman’s
Dance’
takes the
stage
Submitted
Rep. Kurt Schrader and Jerry Walker, owner of the Salem-
Keizer Volcanoes.
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Due to a new proposal
from Major League Baseball
(MLB), the future of the Sa-
lem-Keizer Volcanoes could
be in jeopardy.
However, it's clear that the
organization, and team own-
er Jerry Walker, aren't going
down without a fi ght.
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Walker
traveled to Washington D.C.
to participate in congressional
efforts to protect the future of
the Volcanoes, as well as the
other 41 minor league teams
across the country that could
be facing elimination.
Walker started the day off
by meeting with U.S. Rep.
Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.).
Schrader was one of 105
members of the U.S. House
of Representatives that sent a
letter last month asking MLB
commissioner Rob Manfred
McNary boys
take down
McMinnville
PAGE A16
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Alisah and Iesha Brown take fl ight as part of City Dance Theater’s annual The Snowman’s
Dance at McNary High School Saturday, Dec. 7. See Page A3 for more photos.
Please see WALKER, Page A9
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