Salem-Keizer School Board to vote on superintendent contract, new science curricula - Salem Reporter

Salem-Keizer School Board to vote on superintendent contract, new science curricula - Salem Reporter

The Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday will vote on adopting new curricula for science, social science and world languages, the latest in a multiyear effort to modernize the materials teachers use in the classroom. Board directors will also vote on a new three-year contract with Superintendent Andrea Castañeda, which would tie a raise of her current $285,000 salary to the raise given to district teachers this summer. View the agenda here. To …

Salem-Keizer budget proposal calls for more help for behavior issues

The Salem-Keizer School District will add 66 employees next school year despite declining enrollment and escalating costs, a change Superintendent Andrea Castañeda said is needed to create “a safe and supportive learning environment” by adding educators in special education and to help with challenging student behavior. Castañeda presented her $1.15 billion budget proposal Tuesday evening to the school district’s budget committee, sounding a fam…