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Bend Source
As Return to Silver Rail Approaches, Parents Question Safety, Supports
Four weeks after a deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary, hundreds of families are preparing to send their children back to class, while some are looking for other options. When students return for the first day back on Nov. 12, they’ll have a dedicated School Resource Officer, a handful of extra substitute teachers and at […] The post As Return to Silver Rail Approaches, Parents Question Safety, Supports appeared first on The Source - Bend, Oregon .
The Register-Guard
Serbian immigrant turned PE teacher named Oregon's best in elementary
After earning his teaching license in the U.S., Ratko Pavlovic told his wife he wasn't sure if he could teach, worrying about his English skills. While the two were in the car, his wife assured him his teaching skills and the representation he could offer as an immigrant are both needed in schools. "She talked to me about how, for many kids, maybe English is not their first language, and how many different cultures we have (in the U.S.), and it would be really great to have someone to represent," Pavlovic, 37, said. "That's the reason why I wanted to do elementary." Pavlovic was born in Yugoslavia, now modern-day Serbia. He earned his teaching license at the University of Niš in Serbia and began teaching physical education, a profession that has always called to him. In 2016, he immigrated to the U.S., seeking a new adventure and experience while settling in Wyoming. He met his wife, who is from Oregon, and they moved to Eugene in 2019. Pavlovic now teaches physical education in Bethel School District. For the past six years, he has been known to Bethel students and staff alike as Coach P. The walls of his gymnasium at
centraloregondaily.com
Silver Rail families praise Boys & Girls Clubs support during school closure
Families affected by the Silver Rail Elementary closure say the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon provided critical childcare and stability during a difficult period. The school is set to reopen Nov. 12 as the emergency program comes to an end.
KTVZ News Channel 21
Return to Silver Rail: Students prepare to walk back in 28 days after tragedy, other schools have varied
Update: KTVZ's Claire Elmer toured the school with officials ahead of students' return. BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Silver Rail Elementary School students are scheduled to return to their school Thursday, November 12th, for the first time since four people were killed in the mass shooting there 28 days earlier. Across the country, communities have made The post Return to Silver Rail: Students prepare to walk back in 28 days after tragedy, other schools have varied appeared first on KTVZ .
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Bend Source
As Bend-La Pine Parents Call for Increased School Safety, Funding is a Major Question
Even before a school shooting happened in Bend, Bethany Hillier had what she called intrusive thoughts when dropping her child off at school: It would be too easy for someone with ill intent to hop the fence and carry out a violent attack. “As it turns out, these were not intrusive thoughts; they were […] The post As Bend-La Pine Parents Call for Increased School Safety, Funding is a Major Question appeared first on The Source - Bend, Oregon .