Browse past news stories for Waluga Junior High School in Lake Oswego, OR.

• Schools keep basics of newspaper policy (Portland Tribune)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 07:10:14 am
  A heated community discussion on the free speech rights of a student newspaper has ended in favor of students who don’t want their free speech rights curtailed. Student journalists from Lakeridge High School said they were in favor of a retooled policy by the Lake Oswego School Board, that ...
• Schools zeroing in on 20 teaching positions (Portland Tribune)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 11:08:13 pm
  The Lake Oswego School Board cut 20 teachers plus an undetermined number of classified staff Monday. Board members said the scenario is not a worst case — in 2003, the Lake Oswego School District cut 25.5 teaching positions. The recommendations were based on the state’s early May ...
• Lake Oswego probably will lay off 34 teachers (The Oregonian)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 01:22:57 am
  Update: As of May 28, the Lake Oswego School District is modeling its projections for the next school year on the state funding education at $6 billion. That would likely result in the school district cutting about 20 teachers. The...
• State gives LO School District a glimmer of hope (Portland Tribune)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 07:09:46 am
  On Monday, Lake Oswego School District officials were holding their breath after hearing news of an increase in state funding for next year. “One of my fears is that we’ll get really excited about it and then be brought back to earth,” said Superintendent Bill Korach at the ...
• Lake Oswego schools map changes to reduce spending (The Oregonian)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 01:36:18 am
  The Lake Oswego School District has detailed where teaching positions would be cut, as well as how it would revamp the junior high and high school schedules, should state funding estimates fall near the district's worst-case planning scenario. The district...