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STA speaking up on Green Ridge To the Editor: The relationship between wildfires in the West and responsible forest management is a highly debated

Sisters Elementary School (SES) celebrated reading last week, with local author Joyce Burk Brown, who read her and co-author Linda Wolff’s

Oregon's special election Tuesday, May 18, 2021 included numerous school board races and local funding measures. Credit Melorie Begay / KLCC Lane County Special Election results In unofficial results, a levy to renew funding for OSU Lane County Extension has been approved by voters in Tuesday's special election. A levy to fund the Lane Fire Authority is also passing. A measure to create a special law enforcement district in the Mohawk Valley looks too close to call as of Tuesday night with 51% against it and 48% in favor. And a bond for the McKenzie School District looks to be in question wit...

Elementary school will continue in-person By Charlie Kanzig Tuesday, December 22, 2020 12:40 PM Sisters Elementary School will be allowed to remain open for “hybrid” learning under the state’s “Safe Harbor” clause, which was extended following an announcement late December 16 from the Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority. The “Safe Harbor” status had been set to expire January 4, 2021. ODE expects to publish updated information in the “Safe Schools, Ready Learners” program, including regarding “Safe Harbor” in the nex...

Not counting charter or remote one-classroom schools, there are 48 public schools in Deschutes County. And only one was open for in-person learning for much of the fall: Sisters Elementary School. Four days a week since late September, about 270 students from preschool to fourth grade have attended class inside Sisters Elementary. Many teachers, school staff and parents say their ability to learn in person has been a major benefit, academically and emotionally, for those children. “It’s so much easier to form a relationship with kids when you can see their needs, they’re sittin...