Bend-La Pine Schools | |
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District information | |
Grades | K-12 |
Established | 1883 |
Superintendent | Dr. Steven Cook |
Other information | |
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]
The district's school board has seven elected members. [3]
Board members 2021-22:
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]
Erik Duane Ekstrom - On September 15, 2022, Ekstrom was arrested for possession of sexually explicit content containing minors and grooming 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]
The district has 30 schools. [10]
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