Several hundred Ashland High School students and other community members participated in the Ashland Youth Climate Walkout and Rally on Friday, March 10, to demand that adults, local elected officials and community leaders join them in taking immediate action to address the climate crisis and announced the launch of the Ashland Youth for Electrification Campaign.
Police in Southern Oregon received several anonymous phone calls Tuesday reporting school shootings that turned out to be false, including a call at about 8:33 a.m. claiming that a shooting had occurred at Ashland High School, prompting a lockdown for about 15 minutes.
Oregon’s high school graduation rate edged up slightly last year to the second highest in state history. Last year nearly 38,000 students graduated in four years — a rate of 81.3%. Ashland High School’s rate remained flat at 91.2%.
The Ashland School District has backed off a plan compelling students to switch grade schools following public outcry against the proposal. In an announcement Jan. 20, the district thanked the community for its feedback and said, in an update to the proposed policy, K-5 students within the boundary changes could voluntarily switch schools.
Many parents are speaking out against a plan by the Ashland School District to redraw the boundaries for local grade schools in an effort to equalize enrollment after large changes in student attendance. Opponents of the plan say moving students arbitrarily, especially after disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic and Almeda Fire, places an unnecessary emotional burden on young children who need to feel safe at school.
A conservative watchdog has leveled claims of racial discrimination against the Ashland School District, alleging student clubs focused on minority cultures illegally exclude students of other races and backgrounds.
Ashland High School students have come together to support a fund drive to raise funds for a wheelchair-accessible van for fellow student Luke Hogan Laurenson by appearing in a new YouTube dance video to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.”
The Ashland Schools Foundation awarded $47,019 to the Ashland School District earlier this month, with donated funds supporting “35 unique projects and initiatives across Ashland school sites,” according to a news release.
The Rotary Club of Ashland’s latest students of the month called “outstanding,” “uniquely motivated” by their teachers
After months of renovations and new construction, TRAILS Outdoor School celebrated its grand opening Thursday, Nov. 17, unveiling the space in an open house that evening, about a month after Ashland Middle School celebrated the completion of its renovations.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced Monday the nonprofit’s six on-screen film lineup as a documentary showcase coming April 14-20 to the Varsity Theatre. Each Varsity feature will be paired with a short documentary directed by a local filmmaker.
Oregon drivers who for decades have been banned from touching gas pumps could soon have the right to fuel their own cars, under a bill the state House overwhelmingly approved Monday.
After announcing last week that the ski-snowboarding area broken its all-time season attendance record, Mt. Ashland Ski Area managers announced Sunday that its season has been extended to April 23, adding two weekends on to a schedule that typically would have ended on April 9.
During a visit to Central Point Sunday, Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, announced $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. Joining her were U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and Mike Shaw, chief of fire protection at ODF.
A procession celebrating spring wound its way from the ice rink on Winburn Way to the Ashland Plaza on Saturday afternoon, drawing an estimated 150 participants with a like number of spectators.
Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.
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