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McNary
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
On Thursday, Jan. 23,
the Oregon Department of
Education released the 2019
graduation rates for all high
schools in the state.
The numbers showed
another year of growth in
Salem-Keizer and McNary
High proved to be a bright
spot for the district in
multiple areas.
McNary's graduation rate
in 2019 was at 90.78 percent.
It was the second-highest rate
“ When people feel attached to a
family, which is what we are trying
to create here, they are going to give
greater effort, and that’s what we
are seeing that across the board.”
— Erik Jespersen, McNary Principal
than a decade.
“The fi rst level of credit
goes to the staff that we have.
We have an amazing education
in the district and almost 11
percent higher than the state
average. It's also McNary's
best graduation rate in more
14-15
15-16
16-17
17-18
18-19
District
team that works their tails off
working with kids and their
families,” McNary principal
Erik Jespersen said. “All of our
teachers are working with all
of our kids. There’s just a really
good spirit of cooperation
among teachers and staff
members. It’s an attitude that
we’re going to do everything
we can for kids all the time.”
One of the aspects that sets
McNary apart is how they
serve students with disabilities.
McNary graduated more than
76 percent of their special ed-
Submitted by
Salem-Keizer School District
ucation students in 2019 — a
24 percent jump from 2015.
Jespersen, who is in his sixth
year as the McNary principal,
believes that the big difference
is having a system that
serves students with special
needs that is “innovative and
responsive.”
In the past, students with
a Individualized Educational
Program (IEP) would be
Please see ARREST, Page A6
Sangsters see more on
horizon after 1st Citizen
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
As far as Hersch Sangster
knew, he was attending the
Keizer First Citizen Banquet
to deliver a speech on re-
cent developments in the Sa-
lem-Keizer Area Transit Dis-
trict.
“I was going over my notes
and adding stuff and it wasn’t
until I heard Vickie (Jackson)
say bicycle that I realized what
was going on,” Hersch said.
“And I was wondering
when they were going to call
him up to give his speech,”
added Mary Ann Sangster,
Hersch’s wife of 44 years. She
was just as in the dark about
the reason the couple was
there.
While Hersch was the
named recipient of the First
Citizen award, anyone who
knows the longtime Keizer
couple will be unsurprised to
learn that they feel the jour-
ney was a joint venture. Mary
Ann is in charge of where the
clock Hersch received will be
placed in the Sangster home.
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Mary Ann and Hersch Sangster
Hersch and Mary Ann
have been involved with
school-related groups since
their oldest child was in fi fth
grade, and stayed involved
long after their youngest had
Lunch with
lawmakers
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and began screaming at her
hurling expletives attributable
regarding Ebbs’ belief about
the circumstances of the 2017
crime. Restaurant employees
and witnesses said Ebbs was
“on top of ” the second
group when describing the
interactions.
The
woman’s
father,
attempting to intervene and
defend his daughter, pushed
Ebbs away.
Security video of the
friend, Ebbs recognized the
20-year-old as the victim of
a sexual assault investigated
by a Marion County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce in 2017. Ebbs was
with the parents of the
now 21-year-old man who
was investigated and later
convicted of the assault against
the victim present at the
restaurant that evening and a
second minor, female victim.
A few minutes following
the victim entering the
restaurant, Ebbs walked to
where the woman was seated
graduated. They are a pair of
the most stalwart members
of the Salem Bicycle Club
as well as co-founders of the
Please see CITIZEN, Page A6
PAGE A14
Please see GRAD, Page A8
Teacher-coach arrested
for disorderly conduct
A former McNary High
School teacher and assistant
coach with the softball team
was arrested after allegedly
verbally assaulting a victim of
sexual assault at a restaurant in
Keizer Station.
On Friday, Jan. 24,
Trisha Ebbs was at Hop N
Drops, 6295 Keizer Station
Boulevard, at approximately
9:30 p.m. with her husband
and several other people.
When a 20-year-old woman
was seated at another table
with her father and another
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Trisha Ebbs
Task force set to wrap
up charter draft review
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Charter Re-
view Task Force is planning
to fi nish its initial review of
a revised city charter Tues-
day, Feb. 4, at between 6 and
8 p.m. Among the topics to
be discussed is Section 44, an
addition to the charter that
marginalizes members of the
LGBTQ+ community, which
was approved by Keizer voters
in 1993.
There is time for public
testimony on any issue relat-
ed to the charter during every
meeting.
Section 44 prohibits the
city from extending minority
status to individuals based on
sexual orientation and ex-
pending funds that “promote
homosexuality or express ap-
proval of homosexual behav-
ior.”
The effort to pass the mea-
sure in Keizer was a last-ditch
attempt by members of the
No Special Rights Committee
and Oregon Citizens Alliance
to put in place such language
wherever they could. After
several attempts to have sim-
ilar measures passed statewide,
the groups targeted a more
limited number of individual
cities and counties where they
thought the ideas might gain
traction. Keizer was on the
short list and didn't disappoint
the idea's supporters when it
hit the ballot box. Voters ap-
proved the measure with a 55
percent majority.
Actions by the Oregon
Legislature rendered the
changes unenforceable, but it
remains a blemish on the city.
Other cities that adopted sim-
ilar changes – Springfi eld, for
example – found themselves
losing opportunities to host
events, like conventions, as a
result of having the language
on the books.
In 2019, members of the
city council voted to con-
vene a task force to review
the charter with one of the
express purposes being to
remove Section 44. Voters
will still have to approve any
changes at the ballot box.
Please see CHARTER, Page A8
Cuffed in
Keizer
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