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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
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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.
See OBITUARIES, Page 3A
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