Embattled leader moves to Clackamas Education Service District May 27 2021
Oregon City Superintendent Larry Didway, under investigation by state officials, lands top job in countywide group
Oregon City Superintendent Larry Didway will become the new leader of the Clackamas Education Service District on July 1, the CESD Board announced at its May 26 meeting.
According to the new three-year contract, Didway will make $205,750 annually in the position replacing retiring CESD Superintendent Jada Rupley to lead the district providing various administrative services like printing and background checks for 10 school districts throughout Clackamas County. Didway is making $169,582 annually in his current position, having received a 3% raise in July 2020, and a 5% raise in July 2019.
Death of unvaccinated Estacada teacher, 46, alarms union May 20 2021
The Estacada school community is grieving after a longtime middle school teacher died from COVID-19.
On Tuesday, May 11, The Oregonian reported that Samantha Fox died the previous Saturday, a week after testing positive for the virus. She had not been vaccinated.
Fox, 46, had taught in the Estacada School District for more than 20 years. Her most recent role was as a sixth- and seventh-grade language arts and service learning teacher at Estacada Middle School. She is survived by her mother, husband and two teenage sons.
Fox tested positive for the virus on Saturday, May 1. Her last day teaching students on campus was Tuesday, April 27.