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has been a pleasure to watch
Jay9s leadership skills in
action and he9s been a good
mentor for me as a first-year
board member.=
Hedrick, whose career in
education spanned 34 years,
has served on the Sisters
School board for a total of ten
years, bringing, as Wilkins
noted, <a tremendous amount
of valuable experience= to
the board. The vote to retain
Hedrick as vice-chair was
also unanimous.
Wilkins proceeded to run
through a list of seven com-
mittee positions in need of
renewal, resulting in the fol-
lowing assignments:
" Facilities and Master
Planning: Don Hedrick and
Jay Wilkins.
" Bargaining: Don
Hedrick and Jay Wilkins.
" Sisters Country
Leadership Group: Curt
Scholl.
" Sisters
Schools
Foundation: Edie Jones.
" Mission/Vision/Equity:
Jeff Smith.
" Superintendent
Evaluation: Jeff Smith and
Don Hedrick.
" Student Calendar
Committee: David Thorsett.
The board adopted the
monthly meeting calendar
for the upcoming year and
also approved pay-to-play
fees, mileage-reimbursement
rates, per diem rates and the
substitute-teacher-salary rate.
Curt Scholl9s superin-
tendent report included an
update on the district9s focus
on equity, which will include
further work on ensuring
equity in educational access
as well as equity in light of
the national discussion on
race, culture, LBGTQ, spe-
cial education needs, and
socio-economic issues.
Scholl reported that with
the shutdown, progress on
the district9s strategic plan
halted, so he recommended
that the plan be <rebooted= as
we start the next school year.
In referring to the school
budget update, Scholl told
the board that Governor
Kate Brown has come out in
support of maintaining the
proposed $9 billion school
fund, but uncertainty remains
about the money that had
been anticipated from the
High School Success grant
and the Student Investment
Account (SIA). Scholl was
pleased to announce that
the district did receive the
Preschool Promise grant.
<The reality is that we
are not now at a full fund-
ing model based on our
approved budget,= he said.
<We are navigating that and
waiting on what comes from
the short (legislative) session
that is supposed to happen
later in July. There is a lot of
information still coming, but
we believe we will be able to
maintain our current staffing
levels.=
Scholl also said there may
be some emergency federal
funding to help state and
local governments that could
be passed along to schools
as well and that the Oregon
<Rainy Day= fund could also
come into play.
When it comes to school
reopening, there are more
questions than answers and
Scholl said he looks forward
to updates from the state
leaders. He said he remains
confident that Sisters will
be able to meet the needs of
the students in the district
but confirmed that a lot more
information and work will
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Discover the Diff erence
be needed to arrive at a final
plan.
Board discussion ensued
on the topic of reopening,
including comments from
Dr. David Thorsett about
recommendations com-
ing forth from the National
Association of Pediatricians
as well as comments that,
because Sisters is a relatively
small district, it may be able
to maneuver through the
COVID-19 challenge in flex-
ible and creative ways.
The published guidelines
for school reopening under
the <Ready Schools, Safe
Learning= are available on
the Oregon Department of
Education website at www.
oregon.gov/education.
Second readings on poli-
cies regarding sexual harass-
ment, disclosure of informa-
tion, personnel records and
student suicide prevention
were approved and closed
out the meeting.
The next board meeting
is scheduled for Wednesday,
August 12, which is the day
after the last update regard-
ing school opening from the
governor and the Oregon
Department of Education.
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