
Amity schools about to undergo a major facelift
While Jeff Clark may not profess to be any kind of power lifter, the Amity School District Superintendent recognizes a heavy lift when he sees one. Polk and Yamhill County voters passed a 25-year, ...

Patton’s Reschly recognized for work with STEM students
Teacher Michele Reschly knew exactly what was coming when the school superintendent, director of curriculum, several school board members and other officials marched into the Patton Middle School ...

School enrollment near projections
McMinnville School District enrolled nearly 6,500 students when classes started Aug. 28, finance director Jason Hall told the school board Monday night. The nine schools had a total enrollment of 6,487 ...
Mac school board meets Sept. 11
McMinnville school board members will discuss the start of the school year when they meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in the district office, 800 N.E. Lafayette Ave. Classes resumed in McMinnville ...
Mac school board mulls payment option
School board members in Oregon now can receive up to $500 a month to help cover expenses for their service, such as transportation or child care, according to House Bill 2753, which was approved ...

New Dayton superintendent: Listening to students, and wearing many hats
As she prepares for her first school year as Dayton superintendent, Amy Fast has been meeting members of her staff and new community — among them, and maybe most important, the 5-year-olds ...

As a new school year starts, Grizzly grads return to teach
McMinnville and Lafayette teachers welcomed students back to the classroom Monday. For several, it was their first year of teaching, but not the first time they’ve started the school year ...
Staff gears up for start of school
McMinnville schools welcomed about 70 new teachers and other staff members Monday, and about 800 returnees Thursday, as the district gets ready for the Aug. 28 start of classes. McMinnville students usually ...
Mac school board sets goals
McMinnville School Board on Monday approved a set of goals it wants the district to work on over the next three years. Part of the conversation was new board member Lu Ann Anderson, who was sworn in by ...
School board, city council joint meeting postponed
Update: the joint sessionhas been postponed and will not happen Aug. 28. ------ McMinnville School Board will host a joint meeting with the McMinnville City Council on Monday, Aug. 28. The ...
Families look forward to pre-kindergarten
Both Myles Fletcher and Charlotte Malcomson are looking forward to starting the pre-kindergarten transition program at Wascher Elementary this month. Both have heard about the wonders of school ...
Linfield offers support to students with ties to Maui
Many Linfield University students and alumni are from or have ties to the Hawaiian islands, and when school officials heard about the devastating fires on Maui, they reached out to those students ...

The summer groove: Young students learn new skills from Mac High mentors
As they cut copper pipe, pounded it flat, heated it and formed artistic bracelets, summer school students as well as instructors were learning new skills. The middle schoolers in a fabrication ...

New principal learning in his first weeks at Mac High
David Furman is a little like the new freshman who will be starting classes at McMinnville High School next month. The new students and Furman, Mac High’s new principal, will need to learn ...

District reaches contract agreement with classified union
McMinnville School Board and the district’s classified employees have reached a new, three-year contract. Members of the Oregon School Employees Association — teaching assistants, secretaries, ...