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Grad Rates Set Record

Bend-La Pine Schools’ on-time graduation rate is the highest ever; rates for students of color jump up
Chris Miller

Students in Bend-La Pine Schools graduated on time, percentage-wise, at a higher rate during the 2016-2017 school year than any other year on record—with 82 percent of high school students graduating on time. According to a report from the Oregon Department of Education, all the high schools in the district saw increases in graduation rates. […]

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A New Kid Gov for Oregon

Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Oregon has a female in the governor’s office—and as of the start of this year, the state also can boast having one in the kid governor’s “office.” During a ceremony on Jan. 8, Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson named fifth grader Erikka Baldwin of Eugene as Oregon’s Kid Governor. The program, modeled after a […]

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Bend-La Pine Schools Invites Public to Review Attendance Area Options

Two open-house type meetings set for Dec. 4 at Sky View Middle School and Dec. 6 at Pacific Crest Middle School
Chris Miller

The Bend-La Pine Schools’ Attendance Area Review Committee is inviting interested parents and other community members to give input about three potential elementary school attendance area maps this December. According to Bend-La Pine Schools, the new boundaries will define the new, 600-seat elementary school attendance area in north-central Bend set to open in the fall […]

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School Start Time Changes: The Domino Effect

Another component of changing school start and end times: Changing times for before and after school programs
Jaclyn Brandt

Bend-La Pine Schools announced new school start times last month—a change the district’s been considering for years. The new times have less to do with convenience, and more to do with studies showing that adolescents learn better when they start their days later. The process of changing school start times took the district two years […]

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Haunted History

Where to find actual haunts in Bend
Avatar photo Keely Damara

The Deschutes Historical Museum organizes a special ghostly version of its Heritage Walking Tour, only available for two days leading up to Halloween. During those recent seasonal tours, listeners get an earful of history and learn about ghostly encounters that some say they’ve experienced in Bend’s historic downtown. As a TV ghost show junkie with a […]

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The Times They are a Changin’

Bend-La Pine Schools start times will flip starting next year
Chris Miller

Starting next school year, the start times for elementary and secondary schools in Bend-La Pine Schools will flip, meaning grade school kids will be in their seats at around 8am, while middle and high school students will start at about 8:45am. “Because our students’ physical health, emotional well-being and academic success are our priorities, the […]

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Vote Cheri Helt for House 54

The Source Staff

Our endorsement interview session for the Oregon House District 54 race included just one candidate, Cheri Helt. For that and myriad of other reasons, we are endorsing Helt in this race. Democratic candidate Nathan Boddie—who’s been absent from every debate and public forum in this race since July—declined to attend our interview. Amanda La Bell […]

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Schools to Change Boundaries

Bend-La Pine District seeks volunteers for its boundary committee
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

If there’s anything more emotion-inducing than seeing your little one go off to kindergarten, it may be knowing that this may be the last year she’ll go to that school. Changing school boundaries can be a heated issue, no matter what grade level. School boundary changes can even become a political touchpoint, pointing out divisions […]

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Cafeteria Talk

Local schools offer differing takes on the daily lunch menu
Danielle Meyers

The school year starts this week, and with it, kids will find themselves returning to school cafeterias for lunch. I still remember my elementary school lunch lady at Amity Creek Magnet School in Bend. Her name was Peggy. I’d see her every weekday, twice a day, for breakfast and lunch. The French toast sticks were […]

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NKOTB

It’s tough being a kid—especially when you’re the new one in a new school
Avatar photo Keely Damara

According to the U.S. Census, Bend’s population grew by an estimated 3,408 people between July 2016 and 2017, reaching an estimated 94,520 people. In the 2018-19 school year, 72 students were approved to transfer to a school within the Bend-La Pine School District, while 41 were approved to transfer outside of the district. That’s more […]

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