Education

MEDFORD, Or- In a letter to the governor, Medford School District announced its intention to lead a unified front to get students back in the classroom Last night, the Medford School District Board passed a resolution asking Governor Brown to prioritize the …

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford School District 549C recently passed a resolution asking Governor Kate Brown to allow students to return to classrooms. The district reportedly sent the following correspondence to the governor’s office on Friday, December 4: The Honorable Kate Brown, Governor …

ASHLAND, Ore. – Southern Oregon University is dropping out of the upcoming Cascade Collegiate Conference schedule and NAIA postseason competition in basketball, cross country, and volleyball. According to a December 3 announcement, the decision was made amid rising cases of COVID-19 locally …

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Oregon Institute of Technology President Dr. Nagi Naganathan is reportedly recuperating from COVID-19. The Klamath Falls-based polytechnic institute announced the following on December 2, 2002: It was shared with the Oregon Tech community today that President Nagi …

LONDON, U.K. (NBC) – As COVID-19 soars across the world, schools are attempting to find ways through the crisis. In Britain and in the United States, schools are testing staff and students weekly for the coronavirus using pooled saliva testing. In the …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – After plans were made for the return of in-person learning, Grants Pass School District 7 announced those plans are officially on hold due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The district said three weeks ago, Josephine County was …

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore.— All grade levels in the Klamath County School District went back to in-person learning on November 16th. “Boy, they were so happy to be there,” Superintendent of the district, Glen Szymoniak, said. “Typically high schoolers are like, ‘oh I …

MEDFORD, Ore. — Hundreds of Medford School District 549C students got new backpacks filled with school supplies Friday. Students from North and South Medford High School spearheaded the effort, along with school board member Cynthia Wright and the Church of Jesus Christ …

SOUTHERN OR.- At the end of October, Governor Kate Brown changed the state’s COVID-19 metrics for in-person learning. The metric change put more focus on individual county rates of COVID-19 infection instead of statewide cases. That change allowed some school districts to …

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Central Point School District 6 is scaling back in-person learning due to multiple cases of COVID-19 among students and staff. The district released the following statement on Monday morning: All District 6 schools will significantly reduce on-site learning …