Pendleton High School and Hawthorne Alternative High School will merge

Pendleton High School and Hawthorne Alternative High School will merge

PENDLETON – The Pendleton School District has approved petitioning the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to merge Pendleton High School and Hawthorne Alternative High School into one school. Superintendent Michelle Jensen said that will save paperwork and streamline the educational process. “Because they are two separate institutions with ODE, it creates a lot of work for a lot of people,” she said. Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Ass…