A project to renovate Alameda Elementary School’s schoolyard in Ontario has been paused amid funding woes.
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Ontario board approves plan to mothball Cairo and Pioneer rural schools
Amid concerns about transparency that Ontario’s superintendent and team were pushing a plan that had not been “well thought out,” the Ontario School Board voted Monday 4-1 to approve a plan to close two rural elementary schools.
Ontario district: ‘no records’ for key elementary school claims
In her first public statement last month regarding the closure of a pair of rural schools, Nikki Albisu, superintendent of the Ontario School District, made key claims not supported by records. Meaning that the crucial decision to mothball two schools went largely undocumented by Albisu and other district executives.
Nyssa School Board gives high marks to interim superintendent
Nyssa’s interim superintendent has effectively performed on the job, according to the Nyssa School Board in a four-page evaluation of Ryan Hawkins, who stepped in as interim superintendent in late July.
Rail center plan projects no more taxpayer support, big savings for onion industry
While a trimmed-down plan aims to complete the Nyssa rail depot without taxpayer support and save local onion producers millions in shipping costs, the questions surrounding a new partner in the Midwest, freight prices, and cost cuts to the main terminal remain.
Border board approves police communications grant
Malheur County police agencies are getting their first significant communications upgrade in nearly two decades.
Builder close to printing Malheur County’s first 3D house
An Ontario builder is two months away from completing a “pilot” home using 3D printing technology, the first of its kind in Malheur County.
TVCC to name nursing center after longtime foundation member, donor
Last month, the TVCC board voted unanimously to name its future nursing center after Evelyn Dame, a longtime foundation member and donor.
Ontario board slated to take action on closing Cairo and Pioneer schools in February
Nikki Albisu, superintendent of the Ontario School District, presented a timeline to the school board that will close two elementary schools. Albisu maintains the schools are not closing but instead are being “repurposed” under a plan to put students in each grade into the same building.
Nyssa district schedules meeting to update parents on migrant education program
The Nyssa School district will hold a meeting Thursday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. at the district’s high school library for migrant parents to discuss the program’s progress and what services are offered to their children.