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Deshaun Adderley Scholarship Recipients Announced

A scholarship named in honor of bullied teen awarded to 16 Central Oregon students

by Jack Harvel December 8, 2021October 18, 2024

Members of the Father’s Group announced the recipients of the first Deshaun Adderley Scholarship on Thursday, awarding 16 students money in increments ranging from $100 to $1,000. The scholarship was created in honor of Adderley, who died by suicide in 2017 after being repeatedly bullied at Summit High School. Adderley’s death sparked a conversation about […]

Opinion

Reporting on Suicide has an Impact. In One Case Involving a Black Teen, a Lawsuit May Have a Bigger One.

The Source StaffDecember 18, 2019May 12, 2025

It was with heavy hearts that we learned this week of the pending lawsuit filed by the family of Deshaun Adderley against Bend-La Pine Schools. As parents ourselves, the story of Deshaun’s suicide in December 2017 hit us hard. When Deshaun’s father, Donavan, granted us an interview in the spring of 2018, Donavan’s story describing […]

News

Calls to Action on Race

As Central Oregon’s diversity increases, are local schools doing enough to address racist incidents among students and staff?

Nicole VulcanMarch 13, 2019July 23, 2025

During the 2017-18 school year, Bend-La Pine Schools’ student population was 82 percent white, according to Oregon Department of Education statistics, making the non-white student population roughly 18 percent. Compare that to the 1997-98 school year, when the district had a “minority population” of 4.3 percent, and it’s clear demographics are changing. With 18,064 students, […]

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