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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Leaver, Zadow run for school board
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Longtime Sisters physi-
cal therapist Greg Zadow and
educator and school budget
committee member Lachlan
Leaver have both thrown their
hat into the ring for Postion 2
on the Sisters School Board.
Greg Zadow
Greg Zadow has had three
children in Sisters schools
and he figures it’s time to
give back.
“I’ve reaped the benefits
of having a good school dis-
trict, and I thought it was time
to do my bit to pay back,” he
says.
Friends encouraged him to
run, and “I couldn’t think of a
good excuse not to,” he says.
“I don’t have any experi-
ence; I don’t have a particu-
lar agenda other than to make
our schools and our commu-
nity as strong as they can be,”
he says.
Though Zadow hasn’t
been directly involved with
district policy, his work helps
him keep his finger on the
pulse of the community’s
attitude toward their schools.
Folks talk to him, and they’ve
expressed some “trepidation”
regarding finances.
People are concerned,
Zadow says, “about whether
the school (district) can keep
up its appeal and level of
expertise. I think people are
a little worried about whether
we can keep up that high
standard.”
To ensure the best out-
come in troubled times,
Zadow believes, the district
needs to “set very firm, spe-
cific objectives for what it
wants to achieve.”
Zadow is willing to do
his part to set those objec-
tives and create plans to meet
them. Specifically, he is sup-
portive of efforts to recruit
students in from outside the
district.
Lachlan Leaver
Lachlan Leaver and his
wife, Jenn Noble, moved
to Sisters from Bend a
year ago. Jenn works at the
school-based health center
and on contract with Sisters
Elementary School as a coun-
selor, so the move made sense
logistically. But more signifi-
cantly, they wanted to be in
the Sisters School District.
“One of the important
things for us was to put down
roots,” Lachlan said.
With three kids in Sisters
schools, the district has lived
up to their expectations.
Leaver describes the past
year in Sisters schools as “far
better than what we experi-
enced in Bend.”
He says that teachers in
Sisters really know their
students.
“They know when to push,
when to ease off, when to
make accommodations,” he
says.
And, he says, they recog-
nize the “huge importance”
of being attentive to students’
mental-health needs.
That’s something Leaver
is acutely attuned to. Lachlan
teaches at J-Bar-J Youth
Ranch, with at-risk kids.
“There are so many ele-
ments that make it really hard
to be a kid growing up,” he
says. “We’re responding to
that need.”
Leaver notes that students
in Sisters have “rich, rich
experiences,” thanks in part
to a strong arts connection
with the community, which
he thinks is very valuable.
He wants to be part of the
effort to preserve and enhance
the programs and qualities
that set Sisters schools apart
— aspects of Sisters educa-
tion the district cannot afford
to see degraded or lost.
“It’s easier to main-
tain them than to recreate it
again,” he says. “If you’ve
got something good, feed
it, nourish it … put your
resources toward it.”
Ballots are in vot-
ers’ hands. The election is
May 19.
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