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24 Wednesday, October 19, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon HUDSON: Manager has long history with Sisters schools Continued from page 1 electrical, plumbing, and other personnel. The District advertised for a project manager after the $10.7 million bond passed last spring. Hudson, 48, was selected and is classified as a District employee through the anticipated end of renovation and construction in August 2018. That classification means he receives medical insurance from the District in addition to his salary. His base salary is $81,000, said Jayel Hayden, regional human relations director for the High Desert Education Service District, which con- tracts with Sisters School District. The project manager job was advertised on the ESD website and the Oregon School Board Association website from July 6 through July 20, he said. Hudson was hired August 1 after recom- mendation by Superintendent Curt Scholl and an affirma- tive vote of the Sisters School Board. Hudson served as proj- ect manager to design golf courses and resorts for the window-manufacturing firm Jeldwen until 2008, when the economy stalled and resorts and golf courses weren’t a priority. He managed bond projects for Redmond, Crook County, and Culver school districts from 2009 until 2015, with some of that work still ongoing. He also orchestrated the Redmond City Hall renova- tion, and is overseeing the renovation of the McClay Building into a perform- ing arts center for Redmond Proficiency Academy. “I’ve been able to get all that experience with other companies and bring it back home,” Hudson said. The next step in the bond program is to hire an archi- tect. The district issued a request for proposals and received applications from four firms, Hudson said. The winning company will be named during the Wednesday, November 2 school board meeting. After that, a bidding pro- cess for a general contrac- tor and sub-contractors will begin. “Most likely there will be multiple general contractors,” Hudson said. School officials want to design a roadmap for the bond work, determining the order in which different proj- ects will be tackled. Hudson; the design committee, com- posed of District employees; the architects, when the firm is hired; and members of the bond facilities oversight com- mittee will meet together to determine that roadmap. He noted that the over- sight committee, consisting of community members, is charged with ensuring that the design of bond work is true to the intent of the bond. I’ve been able to get all that experience with other companies and bring it back home. — Brett Hudson “You want a good consen- sus group that pulls every- thing together,” he said of the group approach. The bond includes money for Americans with Disabilities Act barrier removal at every District building. In addition, all three schools’ administrative offices will be redesigned for better visibility and safety. Hudson is anticipating the coming months as Sisters School District takes the steps authorized by voters. “I love development,” Hudson said, “and I’ve always been involved with our schools.” DISASTER: Major event can strain resources across region Continued from page 3 have an opportunity for hands-on learning, we’re there!” Johnson said. “Not only does the participation of our medical/health students in disaster and active-shooter drills benefit our EMS ser- vices, it also provides expo- sure of career skills and expe- riences that ignite the passion of learning for our students. It’s a win-win for the entire community.” The opportunity for stu- dents to experience this at no cost to them was a way for students to learn about how first responders handle situ- ations such as a plane-crash, and the triage system they use. It was also a significant opportunity for Sisters emer- gency personnel. Deputy Fire Chief Tim Craig told The Nugget that even though a plane-crash is an event with a small likeli- hood of occurring in real life, the amount of busses that travel through the area means “we could end up with a pretty significant mass- casualty event similar to that.” Students training at Sisters’ fire department par- ticipate in the event, Craig said. “They got exposure to just what the system looks like,” he said. Craig himself observed the incident command set-up. “Seeing how this region does things was a beneficial thing for me,” he said. A major disaster in one area requires all the agen- cies in the region to help out, sending ambulances, fire apparatus and personnel. “It very much strains our system,” he said. Everybody, from com- manders to first repsonders to victims got a lot out of the day’s events. 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