THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE WAS LIFTED LAST WEEK AS PART OF CRESWELL HERITAGE FOUNDATION’S EFFORTS IN REPLACING THE FOUNDATION AND THE FRONT PORCH OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDING. CALVIN L. LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, LLC AND HIS CREW ROLLED THROUGH AND SLOPPED THROUGH THE MUD ON MARCH 7 TO GET THE JOBE DONE. Erin[Read More…]
Education
Homeless students in our schools
As the state of Oregon faces a crisis of homelessness and a lack of affordable housing, ripple effects are cast into education, as students and their families in Creswell are dealing with its ramifications. According to data from Oregon’s homelessness count, there were 70 students in 2017-18 who are homeless[Read More…]
High school presented with $2,500 for new sound system
CRESWELL’S DEVIN PRATT, FAR LEFT, AN EMPLOYEE OF LITHIA CHRYSLER DODGE IN EUGENE AND LARRY SWARTZ OF OREGON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION POSE WITH CHS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ALAN STEARNS, FAR RIGHT, AFTER PRESENTING THE SCHOOL WITH A $2,500 DONATION FOR A NEW SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL[Read More…]
Quantifying educational quality – Part 4
Editor’s note: This is part four of a five-part series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows the Quality Education Model, and Creswell and Pleasant Hill school districts’ aspirations for the future. As the[Read More…]
Fighting Failure, part 3: Mental health’s toll
Editor’s note: This is part three of a series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows mental health’s role in student academics. A school’s primary mission is teaching and learning, but when a student[Read More…]
School Board discusses cap on open enrollment
The Creswell School Board met on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. for their regular school board meeting. The board also met for executive session, which The Chronicle wrote about on Jan. 17. Enrollment was up by three students in January, brining the total of 1,282 students in the district. Under[Read More…]
Preventing Pandemonium: What Creswell schools are doing to stay safe against possible threats
CRESWELL STAFF PRACTICES ONE OF THE ALICE (ALERT, LOCKDOWN, INFORM, COUNTER AND EVACUATE) COUNTERING TECHNIQUES DURING A TRAINING ON JAN. 11. ALIYA HALL/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE In 2018, there were 24 school shootings with injuries or death, according to an Education Week tracker of k-12 school shootings. The year was described[Read More…]
Fighting Failure, part 2: A neighboring perspective
Editor’s note: This is part two of a series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows Pleasant Hill School District test scores. Along with Creswell, the Pleasant Hill School District has also been working[Read More…]
School board dismisses complaints
During the Jan. 9 school board regular meeting, the school board held an executive session to consider the dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member or agent. The executive session is held pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(b). After executive session[Read More…]
FIGHTING FAILURE: Combatting Oregon school disinvestment
Editor’s note: This is part one of a series about the statewide problems in Oregon’s education system, and how it affects local schools in the Southern Willamette region. This week’s story follows Creswell School Board member Lacey Risdal as she advocates for change in the system. Less than half of[Read More…]
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