New Faces, Big Changes for Oregon Schools | Bend News

Bend News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 20, 2026 · 1m

Governor Tina Kotek has nominated two Central Oregon leaders—Amanda Page, a paramedic and tribal member on the Redmond School Board, and Sonya Littledeer-Evans, a juvenile justice advocate from Jefferson County—to serve on Oregon’s powerful State Board of Education. This nine-member board shapes critical policies like graduation standards, curriculum, and school safety, and its new members could reshape how Oregon students are prepared for life after high school. Page, already questioning pandemic-era waivers and the effectiveness of standardized tests, vows to examine the board’s real…