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Last year, the School Board approved new modular classrooms at Lafayette Elementary School to ease the increasing enrollment. The structure is similar to the one installed at Periwinkle last summer.

The classrooms will be ready for students in September. This work was approved prior to the passage of the May 2017 construction bond, which will add classrooms at schools around the district. The project is funded out of district operating funds.

The building will have six classrooms, restrooms and a common area. Eight of the 16 building sections have arrived at the campus and the remaining eight will come in groups of four by Monday. On Tuesday, a crane will begin placing the classroom sections.

Workers are placing the beams that will be part of the foundation. Each vertical piece rests on a poured concrete pad.

Superintendent Jim Golden has announced the following changes to the GAPS administrative team”

North Albany Middle School Principal Jon Dilbone has been hired as the District’s new Data and Technology Coordinator. Jon has worked at NAMS for the past four years both as Assistant Principal and as Principal. Jon previously worked at South Albany High School as a science teacher, along with other assignments.

District leadership is pleased to announce the selection of Marshall Jackson as the next Principal of North Albany Middle School. Marshall interviewed for the Assistant Principal position at NAMS, but it was clear that he was a high quality candidate for the Principal position. He has served as the Principal of Sisters Middle School for the past four years. Prior to that, he held administrative positions in the Bend-LaPine School District at Bend High School, Sky View Middle School, and High Desert Middle School. He received both his BS and MS degrees from Southern Oregon University, and received his administrative certification through Lewis and Clark College.

Additionally, we are pleased to announce the selection of Kathie Bergsma-Glenn as the Assistant Principal at North Albany Middle School. Kathie comes to us from the International Christian School in Hong Kong, where she has worked as a teacher and technology coach for the past fourteen years. Her previous experience includes middle school teaching in the Gresham-Barlow School District and elementary teaching experience in the Moorpark Unified School District in Moorpark, California. She received her BS from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, her MA from State University New York in Buffalo, and her administrative certification through the University of San Francisco.

We look forward to Marshall and Kathie bringing their experience, knowledge and passion for students to the GAPS administrative team and the North Albany community.

Last night, the School Board approved bell schedules for each school. The times will be posted this week on school websites.

Find school start and end times for each school. 

Albany Options School celebrated the commencement of 57 students on Monday, June 12th in the Russell Tripp Performance Center at Linn-Benton Community College. This was the fifth year since AOS began holding their graduation ceremony in the venue, at the time boasting 33 graduates.

Students Jaushua Jung and Luis DeSantiago were the class speakers and shared how their experience at AOS shaped, changed, and saved them.

An additional 43 students earned their GED at Albany Options School this school year.

The Class of 2017:

School is out for summer break. School offices will be closed for the month of July. Check your school website for office hours.

Registration times have been posted. Find the date and time for your school. 

Check back this summer for back-to-school resources.