AUGUST 27, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Chemeketa Community College's building two on the Salem campus.
One group at McNary that Farris fi r high school students in the 2021-22
mentioned the grant could help was fi rst school year.
generation students that may not be
The college was scheduled to update
aware of the opportunities available to the Salem-Keizer School Board on this
them.
grant and other partnerships at the Aug.
“When you’re a fi rst generation stu- 24 meeting, which was cancelled due to
dent, and you don't have people around safety concerns.
you that know the process, a lot of
times they can fall
through the cracks,”
said Farris. “Having
these
additional
Having these additional
positions that want
positions that want to serve
to serve this type
of community, and
this type of community,
having a representa-
tive at each school,
and having a representative
is absolutely essen-
at each school, is absolutely
tial to getting stu-
dents to college.”
essential to getting
Hastings
said
that the college has
students to college.
identifi ed
the
areas the grant
will
work
to
improve and will
begin focusing
Fmr. College & Career Advisor at McNary
on
expanding
opportunities
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