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Your Schools:
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Bend-La Pine Schools is the seventh largest school district in the state. More than 16,300 students attend Bend-La Pine Schools and programs.
Bend-La Pine Schools boasts 28 schools: 17 elementary schools, two K-8 schools, one charter (6-8) school, five middle schools and five high schools.
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Thanks to the passage of the November 2006 school bond, three new elementary schools have been constructed and opened to students and more than 170 much needed projects were completed and are benefitting students.
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Bend-La Pine Schools bus drivers transport more than 5,000 students to school each day, and return more than 5,500 home each afternoon on 120 daily bus routes.
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The Bend-La Pine Schools Nutrition Services team serves more than 15,000 meals each school day and more than 2.5 million meals every year.
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The Bend-La Pine Schools maintenance team manages 2.21 million square feet of school building space.
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The Bend-La Pine School attendance area spans more than 1,600 square miles.
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The Bend-La Pine Schools was established in 1883.
La Pine and Sunriver joined in 1961.
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In 2011-12, community groups spent nearly 43,000 hours hosting events at school facilities.
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In 2010-11, volunteers spent nearly 75,000 hours working with our students.
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Bend-La Pine Schools is the second largest employer in Central Oregon.
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For the 26th consecutive year, we received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association and the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials.
Your Teachers:
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Percent of teachers who have a masters degree or higher 71%.
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Average new-hire teacher salary $42,769. Average new-hire teaching experience is 5.89 years.
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Average teacher salary $53,862. Average teacher experience is 13.45 years.
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Your Students:
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Since 2000, students in Bend-La Pine Schools have continually scored higher on SAT tests than their peers nation- and statewide. Students taking the SAT earned an average score of 1615, 115 points higher than their peers nationwide in 2011.
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More than 1,100 new kindergartners started school this fall.
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Students met or exceeded statewide averages in every category measuring student performance and academic achievement in the 2006 State School Report Card.
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The five Bend-La Pine Schools high schools average dropout rate during the 2009-10 school year was 1.6%; substantially lower than the statewide average of 3.4%.
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18 of our schools earned the state's highest rating, "Outstanding" Oregon's School Report Cards last year.
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More than 80% of Bend-La Pine Schools students continue their education within five years of graduation.
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The class of 2011 was awarded more than $5 million in scholarships.
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Student athletic, performing arts, and clubs collect many state, regional and national awards each year.
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Bend-La Pine Schools students speak more than 25 languages.
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The percentage of students enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program in October 2011 was 47%.
Your Staff:
During the 2010-11 school year, more than 1,700 staff members worked to educate thriving citizens at Bend-La Pine Schools.
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880 Certified staff - including teachers, counselors, school nurses.
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795 Classified and Confidential staff - including secretaries, educational assistants, custodians, bus drivers, and technology support.
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68 administrators and supervisors - including building principals and assistant principals at our schools and our transportation, nutrition services, maintenance, business office, and support services professionals.
Bend-La Pine Schools is proud to have:
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Oregon's Elementary Principal of the Year
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Oregon's High School Principal of the Year
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Oregon's Art Teacher of the Year
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Oregon's Journalism Teacher of the Year
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Oregon's Culinary Teacher of the Year
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a Presidential Award winner for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching
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as well as many other state and national award winners - working among our ranks, for your students.
Updated: October 4, 2011
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