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2A ● APPEAL TRIBUNE Principals Continued from Page 1A Mr. McCarty to be princi- pal at two schools in the district that are close to each other and with a to- tal enrollment of about 300 students,” Bellando wrote. The change will cut 10 miles off McCarty’s com- mute between schools as he serves as principal of both. He is completing his second year with the Silver Falls School Dis- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 trict. The principal’s job at Silverton High School remains to be filled. Han- nan has been principal for seven years. Now, along with his principal position, for the district he’ll oversee ELL, Sec- tion 504 compliance, Me- dicaid revenue and nurs- ing services, and home- less administration, ac- cording to a district email. These staffing changes are part of the Silver Falls’ 2016-17 bud- get, currently in the revi- sion and approval proc- ess. Charter Continued from Page 1A in the area, said Jamie Runion, parent club president. “The school is not dy- ing; the school is not clos- ing,” Jim Farmer, mem- ber of the church and school board and one of the Silverton Christian School’s founders. “We have a very committed group of parents who want to keep the doors of the school open.” Runion said a group of parents is talking with other churches in town, exploring real estate op- tions and trying to form a non-profit organization. Most parents don’t attend the Friends church and were shocked to learn the financial straights being faced by the school and the church, she said. “We knew there were some rumblings of finan- cial issues, but we just didn’t know it was this se- rious,” she said. Because of Silverton Christian’s low tuition, declining enrollment and generous scholarship program, it wasn’t sus- taining itself, said Golden and Farmer. Full-day tu- ition this year is $3,600. By comparison, tuition at Salem Academy, a Chris- tian school in Salem, is $6,175 for grades 1-5 and $7,205 for middle school. Earlier this spring, three Silverton Christian teachers said they wouldn’t be teaching again next year, and the board became nervous about the school’s ability to hire replacements. Teachers there make roughly 50 percent a pub- lic teacher’s salary and receive minimal benefits, Golden said. Parents were asked by the board about their will- ingness to return to school if tuition rose and scholarships were cur- tailed. The families of 28 students committed to re- turn, she said. That didn’t pencil for a church facing financial struggles: “It became the perfect storm,” she said. For the school that be- gan with six students in 1980 as the Christian Learning Center, the way forward will unfold this summer. Over its 36-year history, its highest enroll- ment was 72 students in 1997, although the addi- tion of preschool in 2006 ballooned the total popu- lation to 93 in 2014. Started by Gene Mul- key and a group of friends that included Farmer — himself a lifelong educa- tor — the school has served hundreds of stu- dents. Its first principal was Cheryl Miller, a role then filled over the years by Ron Mulkey, Doug Shearer, Scott Miller, Ste- ven Frain, Ed Meier and Bruce Visser. Farmer served as principal for a few years too, as needed. Sara Barth is head teach- er/principal this year. “My heart is for the parents,” Farmer said. “If they step up and take over, then praise the Lord. We started this school because we want- ed to make sure the chil- dren were getting God’s word. That’s the most im- portant thing.” The Christian school’s most committed parents are chasing that reality as fast as they can, Runion said. She hasn’t enrolled her fourth-grade daugh- ter anywhere else in Sil- verton, so she’s commit- ted to the new school. It will need a new name, as Silverton Friends Church is retaining the Silverton Christian School name and the preschool. She and other parents are counting on being able to gel and collective- ly offer Christian educa- tion somewhere in Silver- ton this fall. Silverton Christian School’s annual auction, Mayfair, is still set for Saturday, May 14 at Mt. Angel’s Festhalle. Doors open at 5 p.m. As in past years, the event is meant to finish paying teachers through August and pay for end-of-year expenses, organizers said. BIRTHS The following are birth an- nouncements submitted to the Silverton Appeal Tribune. For more, go to StatesmanJour nal.com/Records. SILVERTON HOSPITAL Woodley, Sienna Rae: To Kristen and Cameron Woodley, Mt. Angel, 6 pounds 13 ounces, April 14. OBITUARIES Edwin “Bud” Bosshardt June 8, 1921 — April 19, 2016 Edwin “Bud” Bosshardt, 94, of Sil- verton passed away April 19, 2016, in Mt. Angel. Bud was born on June 8, 1921, in Todd County, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, to Edwin Henry and Lau- ra Elizabeth (Eigenbrodt) Bosshardt. He attended a one room school from first through eighth grade. Bud then attended Morris Agriculture Col- lege for two years. In No- vember 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Sea Bee. Bud served in the South Pacific Theater during WWII until his honorable discharge on Dec. 7, 1945. Bud was married to his cherished wife, Dolores Butenhoff, for 68 years. They farmed in Minneso- ta for seven years before moving to Eureka, Cali- fornia. In Eureka, he worked for Mutual Ply- wood. Farming called again in 1959 and he found a small farm in Silverton which would remain his final home. He owned and operated Bud’s Dairy un- til his retirement in 1974. He enjoyed traveling, camping, reading, needle point and cross stitch. 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