Bend-La Pine School District Explained

Bend-La Pine Schools
Established:1883
Grades:K-12
Superintendent:Dr. Steven Cook
Website:www.bend.k12.or.us

Bend-La Pine Schools is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver. The district has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students,[1] and is the fifth largest in the state as of 2016.[2]

Board

The district's school board has seven elected members.[3]

Board members 2021-22:

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 709 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 4.4% of students in the district.[4] In the 2016–17 school year there are 18,034 students enrolled district-wide.[5]

List of Teachers That Have Been Arrested in the District

Erik Duane Ekstrom - On September 15, 2022, Ekstrom was arrested for possession of sexually explicit content containing minors and grooming g a 13-year-old. Two acts of first- and second-degree encouragement of child sexual abuse and one act of grooming a child.[6] Ekstrom taught music at Highland Elementary School at Kenwood, Cascade Middle School, Pacific Crest Middle School, and Summit High School.[7]

Deborah Parker - On May 29, 2020, Parker was arrested for sex abuse charges. She had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old. Eight acts of second-degree sex abuse charges.[8]

Jason Brian Jackson - On June 6, 2018, Jackson was arrested for viewing sexually explicit images of minors. At least 100 images of minors were found in his computer, and three videos containing similar content were found. He was brought into court on 24 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse.[9]

Schools

The district has 30 schools.[10]

Elementary schools

Middle schools

High schools

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bend - la Pine Schools - Quick Facts . 2009-10-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721133024/http://www.bend.k12.or.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=2268&linkid=nav-menu-container-1-154 . 2011-07-21 .
  2. News: Fuller. Kathy. Enrollment data places Hillsboro as fourth-largest Oregon district. 14 February 2015. Hillsboro Tribune. February 13, 2015.
  3. Web site: Bend-La Pine Schools :: School Board Members.
  4. News: Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009 . . 1 . 2009-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120910202612/http://blog.oregonlive.com/education_impact/2009/09/homelessbydistrict.pdf . 2012-09-10 .
  5. Web site: Bend-La Pine Schools :: district. www.bend.k12.or.us. 2017-03-29.
  6. Web site: Bend Police Dept. news . 2022-09-28 . FlashAlert.net . en-us.
  7. Web site: 2022-09-16 . ▶️Bend teacher assigned to multiple schools arrested over explicit child images . 2022-09-28 . Central Oregon Daily . en-US.
  8. Web site: sources . KTVZ news . 2020-05-30 . La Pine HS teacher charged with abusing student nearly decade ago . 2022-09-28 . KTVZ . en-US.
  9. Web site: Bulletin . Garrett Andrews The . Former teacher gets 8 months jail for viewing child porn . 2022-09-28 . The Bulletin . en.
  10. http://www.bend.k12.or.us/schools{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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