Desks and chairs are stacked in a classroom at Alameda Elementary School in Ontario. The room is undergoing deep cleaning in preparation for coming school year. A new work group of officials will try to frame a new set of metrics for rural schools during the Covid pandemic. (The Enterprise/Rachel[Read More…]

After the Nyssa School District discovered its miscalculation and the extra funding that followed, it immediately reported the mistake to the state’s education department, said Superintendent Darren Johnson. (The Enterprise/Kezia Setyawan) The Nyssa School District received hundreds of thousands in excess state funding for the 2018-2019 school year after incorrectly[Read More…]

Schools will have to provide for social distancing in the fall in classrooms such as this one at Ontario Middle School. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) VALE – School administrators across Malheur County are digging into extensive rules issued by the state last week that will govern how schools will operate in[Read More…]

Malheur County students can return to school this fall, but local districts have just 60 days to devise complex plans on how that would be done. The Oregon Department of Education opened the way for going back to school, releasing on Wednesday a 46-page outline that covers everything from how[Read More…]

State and education officials are satisfied with the state’s announcement recently that Malheur County school districts will independently decide when to reopen schools in the fall, but they remain uncertain how the upcoming school year will look. On June 2, Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education, wrote[Read More…]

VALE – The Vale Alumni Association is handing out scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 to a dozen recent Viking graduates this year. The association announced the scholarship winners last week. The recipients this year are: Brianna Beesley, Sydney Bolyard, Justin Buhrig, Maycee Delong, Morgan Hager, Demia Hardin, Matthew McBride,[Read More…]

Malheur County school districts will independently decide when and how to reopen schools for the 2020-2021 school year, according to a new letter from Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education. Gill said the state won’t mandate statewide practices because of “the differing circumstances in each district” relating[Read More…]

Lisa Longoria began her administrative career as an associate principal at Ontario Middle School in 2012 and became principal the following year. (Submitted photo) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions at $5 a month help the Enterprise keep this[Read More…]

The fourth annual spelling bee will be held Thursday, March 12, at Nyssa Elementary School, and is open to the public. (The Enterprise/File) NYSSA – The annual Malheur County Spelling Bee is a big deal around here. It is a way for local students to compete in an academic setting,[Read More…]

Ontario High School. (Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Three teachers from Ontario High School resigned within less than a month, one of them alleging in his letter of resignation he was bullied and intimidated by school administration, a claim school and district officials said they were unaware of.  School and Ontario School[Read More…]