New superintendent will take the reins starting this July Bend-La Pine Schools new superintendent will take the reins starting this July, replacing Interim Superintendent Lora Nordquist. Cook is currently the superintendent for the Coeur d Alene School District in Idaho and served in various leadership roles, including acting superintendent, for the Douglas County School District in Colorado prior to that. Courtesy Bend-La Pine Schools Dr. Steve Cook I am excited to come to Bend-La Pine Schools and continue to build upon the district s strong education tradition and help bring to fruition the district s efforts on equity, diversity and inclusion, while ensuring an unrivaled opportunity for innovation and an excellent education for every student, Cook shared in a press release. I look forward to developing strong relationship
Bend-La Pine Schools continues to offer free meals for remainder of the school year
Bend-La Pine Schools’ free meal services are expanding to all school sites, as schools reopen for in-person learning, Nutrition Services Supervisor Garra Schluter announced today. Schluter says the meals program is changing its practices to offer free meal options both for those students who are attending in-person school as well as offering several ‘Grab and Go’ sites for students who are learning from home. All meals served will be free of charge, through the end of the school year.
“We are excited to continue to serve our families and offer options for meals whether students are learning in-person or learning from home,” said Schluter. “We are proud of how our team has adapted over time to best serve our students. We have served nearly 1.3 million free healthy meals to local students since the start of the pandemic.”
Back in school or ‘Grab and Go,’ Bend-La Pine offers free meals through school year
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Bend-La Pine Schools’ free meal services are expanding to all school sites as schools reopen for in-person learning, Nutrition Services Supervisor Garra Schluter announced Monday.
Schluter said the meals program is changing its practices, to offer free meal options both for those students who are attending in-person school, as well as offering several ‘Grab and Go’ sites for students who are learning from home.
All meals served will be free of charge, through the end of the school year.
“We are excited to continue to serve our families and offer options for meals whether students are learning in-person or learning from home,” said Schluter. “We are proud of how our team has adapted over time to best serve our students. We have served nearly 1.3 million free healthy meals to local students since the start of the pandemic.”
Redmond School District pushes back reopening nearly 3 weeks, to Feb. 22
(Update: Bend-La Pine stays the course on reopening)
Redmond cites rising cases, more students, staff sick or in quarantine
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) A rise in Deschutes County COVID-19 cases and a growing number of Redmond School District staff and students sick or in quarantine will push back the planned reopening nearly three weeks, to Feb. 22, Superintendent Charan Cline announced Friday.
However, Bend-La Pine Schools phased-in reopening plans remain unchanged at this time, spokeswoman Alandra Johnson said late Friday afternoon The district continues to monitor the data and will provide an update at Tuesday s board meeting, she told NewsChannel 21.
Oregon, C.O. HS graduation rates rise amid tumultuous year affected by COVID-19
(Update: Adding video, comments from school officials)
Nearly all tri-county high schools show an increase in graduation rates
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Despite a number of major COVID-19-related changes to last year s school year, students and schools still found ways to increase graduation rates.
Four out of the five high schools in Bend-La Pine Schools reported an increase in graduation rates. The Bend Tech Academy at Marshall had its graduation rate increase 16.5% to nearly 63%. La Pine High rose about 6.5%, while Mountain View High rose by nearly 6% and Summit High saw an increase of nearly 4.5%.