Wednesday, November 4, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SCHOOL: Teachers
excited to see
their students
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Haney also acknowledged
the concerns and challenges
that lie ahead as reopening
takes place.
She said, <For some there
is a natural apprehension for
returning to school, given fur-
ther details from the CDC on
what an exposure means and
higher level of positive cases
in our county, but we hope to
see SMS students back in our
school sooner than later.
<That being said,= she
continued,= the safety and
well-being of our students,
staff, and community are
always at the forefront of
decision making, and as such
it will be a multifaceted,
multi-stakeholder conversa-
tion before we make final
decisions.=
(The status of the return
to school will be updated at
www.nuggetnews.com when
further information becomes
available.)
Superintendent Curt
Scholl sees Sisters as being
a bit ahead of the game in
terms of serving students
compared to many Oregon
districts.
He said, <Currently,
statewide, we are serving
less than 10 percent of our
students in any type of in-
person instruction. In Sisters
School District, with the K-3
exception and those students
that are being served in some
form of limited-in-person
instruction, we are serving
between 30 and 40 percent of
our students weekly.=
According to Warburg
and Haney, the anticipated
return date could be as early
as Tuesday, November 10.
Confirmation, along with
all other information, will
be provided to the school
community this week.
The Oregon Department
of Education (ODE) recom-
mends a measured approach
to restarting students to in-
person instruction, but it is
possible for Sisters students
in grades 7-12 to also be
returning to school in the
near future as weekly health
data comes in and plans are
finalized.
Caution is also mer-
ited based on a significant
upswing in cases throughout
Oregon, including Deschutes
County, in recent weeks.
Superintendent Scholl
said, <As we digest these
new metrics, we will com-
municate how these changes
will impact Sisters School
District, and our ability
to serve our students and
families.=
The complete updated
version of the <Safe School,
Ready Learners= document
can be found on the ODE
website.
Hummel charges seven in clash
BEND (AP) 4 An
Oregon prosecutor said
Thursday, October 29, he
will file charges against
seven people who were
involved in violent clashes
during dueling political
events at a park in Bend last
month.
Those facing prosecution
include people from both
sides of the political spec-
trum. Bend police had rec-
ommended charges against
15 people, but Deschutes
County District Attorney
John Hummel declined to
charge more than half of
them.
The district attorney
also released 200 pages of
police reports related to the
case after police Chief Mike
Krantz took the unusual step
last week of publicly releas-
ing his department9s charg-
ing recommendations.
The charges resulted
from an October 3 confron-
tation between racial justice
demonstrators and President
Donald Trump supporters at
Pilot Butte Neighborhood
Park. Police said a man
broke a $20 Trump flag off
a truck and a brawl ensued.
Hummel faulted the orga-
nizer of the Trump rally for
moving the event closer to
a previously planned pic-
nic hosted by racial justice
groups. That decision was
<provocative, ill-advised,
and was the precipitating act
that resulted in ... an awful
day in Bend,= Hummel wrote
in a statement.
Oregon
Public
Broadcasting reported that
those facing prosecution
include two men caught on
video punching people; a
man seen pointing a gun;
a woman shown macing
the man after he put the
gun away; and two women
recorded hitting officers in
the aftermath of a brawl.
Hummel declined pro-
posed charges against people
who sprayed mace to break
up the fighting or defend
themselves. He also did not
charge people who used
their bodies to block a police
cruiser from leaving the
scene or those who piled on
top of a woman to stop offi-
cers from moving her out of
the way.
Racial justice activists
who blocked traffic outside
police headquarters the day
after the incident also were
not charged.
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