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High Risk Returns

Just a few days after being moved to Extreme Risk, Deschutes, Crook and 13 other counties will move back to high risk.
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The Bend-La Pine Schools district will move to a modified schedule as cases among young people rise, even as Deschutes County is lowered from Extreme Risk to High Risk in the governor’s risk-protection framework. In the High-Risk category, people will be able to eat at restaurants, exercise at gyms and go to indoor entertainment establishments […]

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New Billboards Honor Class of 2020

Five billboards celebrating Bend-La Pine seniors going up in Central Oregon
Miina McCown

Since the class of 2020 won’t get a typical graduation ceremony because of closures due to COVID-19, Bend-La Pine Schools is honoring graduating high school seniors on five billboards around Central Oregon. Starting Monday, the billboards honoring the graduating classes of five of the district’s high schools will feature photos of each senior.  “We wanted to […]

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New Elementary Attendance Areas Approved

Bend-area attendance areas will take effect starting next fall
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Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Shay Mikalson approved the location of the new Bend-area elementary school attendance areas on Jan. 29. The attendance areas are meant to help with enrollment and prevent overcrowding at the schools.  “These new elementary attendance areas will balance enrollment and reduce pressure felt at the district’s overcrowded elementary schools while providing […]

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Bend-La Pine Scores High on the SAT

Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

When it comes to measures of school success, it’s not all about graduation rates. Markers such as SAT scores can also be an indication of students’ achievement — and in the case of the students in the Bend-La Pine school district, SAT scores are trending high.  According to information released by the Bend-La Pine School […]

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