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Radich appointed interim Newberg-Dundee superintendent; Phillips takes medical leave
The Newberg-Dundee school district will move forward with a familiar face at the helm: former Superintendent Paula Radich. Radich was unanimously approved by the school board on Tuesday evening, June 11, to serve as acting superintendent after it was announced that Superintendent Stephen Phillips will be on medical leave for two months. “Last night, right before the budget meeting, I and other board members learned that Dr. Phillips needed to...
Salem-Keizer School District plans to close longstanding centralized program for deaf students
SALEM, Ore. — A long-time program to teach the deaf and hard of hearing in the Salem-Keizer School District could soon be closing. The program allows students from Marion, Yamhill and Polk County to receive centralized education at Crossler Middle School and Sprague High School. "This was a really...
Ex-Newberg superintendent returns during money crisis
As the Newberg School District reels from an unexpected budget hole this year and a significant budget shortfall for next year, Superintendent Dr. Stephen Phillips will be on leave for at least the next couple of months.
'Where's the money?': Protesters take aim at Newberg schools superintendent, demand his resignation
With school district headquarters as a backdrop, nearly 100 protesters assembled on Monday evening, June 10, to demand that Superintendent Stephen Phillips and two of his staff resign in response to the late-May revelation that the district is facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. The rally came about in response to word, delivered by an analyst from a state agency on behalf of district staff, that Newberg schools are facing a $3.94 million shortfall just weeks before it is required by law to adopt a budget....
Acting superintendent takes over as Newberg faces end-of-month deadline to resolve unexpected deficit
Newberg-Dundee Public Schools is tackling major financial challenges under a tight deadline. And as of Tuesday, they’re doing so with a different leader at the helm. Superintendent Stephen Phillips will spend the next two months on leave, as former Newberg Superintendent Paula Radich takes over. According to school board chair Nancy Woodward, Radich is accepting the position for free. Radich will lead the district through an especially tumultuous time.
Newberg public schools send grads off in quartet of ceremonies
Although it is Newberg High School’s commencement ceremony that people think of when they picture graduation exercises locally, in fact it is just the most visible of the annual rites of passage associated with public schools. Friday evening’s June 7 commencement at Loran Douglas Field, where 241 blue-and-gold-clad youths strode across the stage to receive their diplomas, joined the culmination of education journeys at Catalyst, Chehalem Online Academy, GED recipients and the school’s students in the Support Advocacy for Independence in Life (SAIL) program. All...
West Linn-Wilsonville School District adopts 2024-25 budget
With graduations in the rearview and the end of school around the corner, the West Linn-Wilsonville School Board passed the annual budget for the 2024-25 school year on Monday, June 10. The total budget amounts to $276,577,298 for next school year; this includes the $10 million in cuts that the district signaled it would have to make in May. The general fund totals $159,040,621, the special revenue fund totals $30,412,795,...
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