The Banks School District announced the hiring of Brian Sica as the district’s next superintendent. He will begin July 1. Sica’s credentials begin in Idaho, where he worked as a coach and teacher in the Shelly Joint School District. His dissertation lists him as a chemistry and physics instructor there[Read More…]
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Watch the Banks High School graduation live online
For those who can’t make tonight’s Banks High School graduation ceremony, a livestream on the district’s Braves Youtube channel will host the event starting at 7 p.m., and will be available to watch again after the stream ends. “Thank you BHS FAD students for providing this service for our families[Read More…]
Corissa Mazurkiewicz is running for position 2 on the Banks School Board
Corissa Mazurkiewicz, photo courtesy Corissa Mazurkiewicz Corissa Mazurkiewicz, a Pacific University professor, lives outside of Banks’ city limits, and is running for the Banks School Board in position 2. Mazurkiewicz has lived in the region for the last 15 years, and said she grew up visiting family in Banks every[Read More…]
Leslee Sipp is running for position 1 on the Banks School Board
Leslee Sipp in 2020. Photo: City of Banks Leslee Sipp and her family have lived in the Banks area since 1974, living in the same home outside city limits. She’s worked on again and off again for the Banks School District for decades, and said she is retired, but still[Read More…]
Banks School Board candidate forum with two candidates planned April 29
Schlegel Hall in Banks. File Photo: Chas Hundley A Banks School Board candidate forum is expected to draw two candidates to Schlegel Hall in Banks on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. Karen Schmidlin, who is helping with the organization of the event with a handful of others in the[Read More…]
Banks School District, unions gear up for school year start
Banks School District. Photo: Chas Hundley As the start to Banks’ school year — September 8 — draws closer, the Banks School District administration has met at least three times already with the Banks Education Association, a union representing 58 teaching staff members in Banks, to hash out items of[Read More…]
Fall sports season moved to spring, seasons condensed
Sports fields in Banks on August 5, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – The fall sports season will be shifted to spring 2021, seasons will be condensed, and out-of-season coaching restrictions will be waived, the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) said in a Wednesday, August 5 press release issued after[Read More…]
Banks School District, employees sued for $2.5 million
The Banks Post does not publish the names of minors involved in sex abuse lawsuits, nor information that could identify a minor involved in such a story. As such, the names of the family involved in the lawsuit have been withheld. BANKS – The Banks School District and four current[Read More…]
Banks School District: No plans yet to close or cancel school or activities during coronavirus outbreak
Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Have you heard? The coronavirus, COVID-19, is in Oregon. In fact, people who have are presumed to have the coronavirus have been in Hillsboro, in Lake Oswego, Walla Walla and probably elsewhere throughout the state and county. In Washington, 9 people have died from COVID-19,[Read More…]
Banks School District to remain open May 8 amid calls for education funding
Banks Middle School. Photo: Chas Hundley BANKS – The Oregon Education Association has asked teachers across the state of Oregon to join a walkout on May 8 to demand more significant education funding for public schools and community colleges, with some school districts closing due to anticipated low staffing levels.[Read More…]
