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Join Us For A Community Event
Please join us at our first-annual State of the District community event! This event will provide an update on our schools, highlight key initiatives, celebrate our students and offer a glimpse into the future of education in Salem-Keizer Public Schools.
Attendees will get to offer input on district values and participate in an interactive portion of the evening. Come join fellow community members and hear from Superintendent Andrea Castañeda as she helps us reflect on our district’s progress and future direction.
Event Details
- Location: North Salem High School Auditorium
- Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Time: 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Childcare will be provided, and language support will be available.
Let Us Know You Are Coming
Please confirm your attendance by using the RSVP forms below. Your response helps us plan for a successful event–we hope to see you there!
Facing Challenges with School Attendance?
Regular attendance matters, but sometimes families and students face challenges getting to school every day.
Please take a moment to complete one of the short surveys below and help our district learn what supports our students need to attend school regularly. You can also learn more about attendance on our Attendance Matters web page.
Survey for Parents and Caregivers
Your insights are invaluable—please complete the survey to help us better understand and address the challenges families face with school attendance.
Complete the survey for parents/caregivers
Survey for Students
We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts by completing the survey and help us create the support you need to attend school regularly.
Great news for you and your students! Salem-Keizer Public Schools is participating in the federally offered Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
About the Community Eligibility Provision
This program provides all students attending a public school in the district with one healthy breakfast and one lunch each school day at no charge to your household.
The district will be part of this program for the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027 school years – throughout this time you will not be required to complete free/reduced-price meal paperwork for your students.
Schools Not Eligible to Participate
Online, virtual and some private and public charter schools within the Salem-Keizer School District 24J are not able to participate in the CEP and will continue to be responsible for funding their students’ meals.
This includes EDGE Online, Eagle Charter School, Howard Street Charter School, and Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School. If you have any questions regarding meals at these schools, please contact the school.
Contact Us for Support
If you need a letter indicating your students receive free meals at their school or if you have any questions regarding CEP, please reach out to our Food and Nutrition Services team and we will be happy to assist.
- Email: food_service@salkeiz.k12.or.us
- Phone: (503) 399-3091 ext. 2
Each year, the district distributes electronic devices such as Chromebooks, MacBooks, adapters and chargers for students to use to support their education. These devices and their distribution is overseen by each school and all students and families have a responsibility to handle these devices with care while on loan from the district.
Cost of Repairs
Students may be held responsible for any damage to their mobile/electronic device(s) including, but not limited to: broken screens, cracked plastic pieces, loss of function of the device, missing keys, etc. Should the cost to repair exceed the cost of purchasing a new device, the student may be held liable for the full replacement value. Lost items such as cables, adapters, etc. will be charged the actual replacement cost value.
Required Replacement
Families agree to pay all associated costs relating to Chromebook or MacBook (EDGE) replacement not to exceed $250.00 (per Chromebook) or $1,200.00 (per MacBook) should the device be stolen, lost, or damaged in any way. Have questions about district-loaned Chromebook or MacBook? Please contact your child’s school for assistance.
Video message from Superintendent Castañeda on YouTube.
Salem-Keizer Students, Families and Staff,
Yesterday and today were stressful for many students, staff, and families in the Salem-Keizer community. Yesterday, students and staff at South Salem High School experienced a significant lockdown connected to off-campus violence. We worked in full coordination with the Salem Police Department throughout the day and night.
This morning, we received an initially small number of tips and reports of threats. As is always the case, we thoroughly investigated the threats in conjunction with law enforcement. The original small number was duplicated and recirculated. The exponential rate at which the original threats spread throughout the community contributed to anxiety and fear.
Through all this, several things have been steady and true. First, our team prioritizes student safety above all other issues. Second, our safety protocols worked: impacted schools moved in and out of lockdown status based on conditions. Third, our district’s robust and highly-trained team maintained our district emergency operations center and worked closely with our law enforcement partners to monitor and respond.
Events like the ones we went through this week are scary. I commend our students, parents and community members who quickly reported all concerns to us. This reporting helped us immediately investigate and engage our district safety systems and local law enforcement partners.
I want to remind everyone of a few key things that you can do to help keep our schools safe:
- If you receive or see a threat online, please do not share or forward the threat online or through social media. Sharing unconfirmed threats spreads misinformation and causes panic. Instead, notify law enforcement, school officials, or SafeOregon immediately.
- School safety is serious. Talk to your students about safety and the grave consequences of their decisions, even if they are jokes.
This week has been extremely difficult for our Salem-Keizer community. We will continue to partner together to support our young people and protect the safety and wellbeing of each other both in and outside of our classrooms.
Superintendent Castañeda