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2A ܂ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 ܂ APPEAL TRIBUNE Address: P.O. Box 13009, Salem, OR 97309 To Place an Ad Phone: 503-399-6773 Classifieds: call 503-399-6789 Retail: call 503-399-6602 Legal: call 503-399-6789 Fax: 503-399-6706 Email: sanews@salem.gannett.com Web site: www.SilvertonAppeal.com Missed Delivery? 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Additionally, students considered economically disadvantaged in the dis trict increased by 5per centagepoints, Asian/ Pacific Islander students increased by 12percent agepoints and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island er students increased by a whopping 15percent agepoints. "To say we're incredi bly proud would be an understatement," said SalemKeizer Superin tendent Christy Perry. "All the way from ele mentary to high school, we have thousands of educators who have ded icated themselves to helping our students achieve one thing: gradu ating school prepared for successful lives," she said. "Are we satisfied with where we are now? Absolutely not. But these results invigorate us be cause we know that what we're doing is truly work ing." Decreases among Native American, Black students Though there are many improvements, a few demographic groups in SalemKeizer dropped in their fouryear gradua tion rate. American Indian/ Alaska Native students dropped by about 8per centagepoints from 68.42 percent to 60.98 percent. Black/African Ameri can students decreased by about 8percentage points from 59.52 to 51.16 percent. Multiracial and mi grant students also dropped a couple per centage points each, while noneconomically disadvantaged students as a group remained stagnant. When asked about these decreases, Perry said they were largely af fected by ninth graders' success. She said schools at all levels are beginning to intervene sooner with practices high schools are seeing positive re sults from, like individ ual mentorships for stu dents struggling to at tend regularly or stay caught up with challeng ing material. She said they will also need to work more on creating strong founda tions during elementary school and on bettering early childhood educa tion. "We're pausing to cel ebrate, but we're not done yet," she said. Salem-Keizer high school rates When looking at indi vidual high schools in SalemKeizer, each school either increased or remained stagnant for its fouryear graduation rate. Early College saw a 6 percentagepoint in crease, McKay and West each saw a 4percent agepoint increase and Sprague saw a 3percent agepoint increase. South Salem, Roberts and McNary high schools remained stagnant. West Salem has the highest graduation rate of the district's six tradi tional high schools, com ing in at 91.54 percent. And while North Sa lem saw the largest bump of about 9percentage points, they still have the lowest of the traditional high schools at 76.80 percent. North Salem Assistant Principal Carlos Ruiz said the sense of urgency to help students improve has never been higher. He and his team have worked on making sure they know every stu dent's name and their stories. Their work has resulted in hundreds more regular attenders, in addition to their rising graduation rate and de creasing drop out rate. "We want them to be lieve in themselves be cause we certainly be lieve in them," he said. Impact from boundary changes The SalemKeizer School Board will vote next month on proposed boundary changes meant to alleviate over crowding across district schools, working in con junction with approved bond projects. Superintendent Perry said the district is deter mined not to let the boundary changes affect the district's growing graduation rates. They plan to pay par ticular attention to stu PUBLIC POLICY NOTICES Public Notices are published by the Statesman Journal and available online at w w w .S ta te s m a n J o u r n a l.c o m . The Statesman Journal lobby is open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reach them by phone at 503-399-6789. In order to receive a quote for a public notice you must e-mail your copy to SJLegals@StatesmanJournal.com , and our Legal Clerk will return a proposal with cost, publication date(s), and a preview of the ad. LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE DEADLINES All Legals Deadline @ 1:00 p.m. on all days listed below: ***All Deadlines are subject to change when there is a Holiday. The Silverton Appeal Tribune is a one day a week (Wednesday) only publication • Wednesday publication deadlines the Wednesday prior LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE RATES Silverton Appeal Tribune: • Wednesdays only - $12.15/per inch/per time • Online Fee - $21.00 per time • Affidavit Fee - $10.00 per Affidavit requested dents entering high school, not just because that's already a challeng ing transition, but be cause some may be going to schools other than where they originally planned. She said the district sees high attendance and graduation rates among students who have strong ties in the schools and strong relationships with an adult there, so making sure those stu dents transitioning have those connections right off the bat will be impor tant. They want to promote one sport, one club or one activity to keep students engaged. Why graduation rates matter Though graduation rates are only one indica tor of academic success, research shows as long as graduation rates are below 100 percent, non graduates earn less and require more social ser vices, costing Orego nians hundreds of mil lions of dollars in Medi caid, lost tax revenue and incarceration expenses every year. Oregon also tracks fiveyear graduation rates and completion rates for those earning their GED or other non traditional diplomas to get a sense of who reaches the finish line, versus those who active ly drop out. The Legislature has instructed the state edu cation department to reach a 100 percent grad uation rate by 2025. During the 2019 legis lative session, state law makers, especially those serving on the Joint Committee on Student Success, will be recom mending a road map and budget package to fur ther improve Oregon's K12 education system. Additionally, Gov. Brown has proposed a nearly $2 billion invest ment budget in educa tion, which would allo cate $794 million to re duce class sizes in early grades and lengthen the school year, $133 million to fully fund the High School Success program, known as Measure 98, $7.7 million for Native American student pro grams and a $6 million increase for the African American/Black Student Success program. "How our state pro vides for the needs of our children is a marker of who we are as a commu nity," Brown said in a statement. "Every stu dent in Oregon deserves an education that sets them up for success and helps them graduate from high school with a plan for their future." See the latest data and find more information at www.oregon.gov/ode/ reportsanddata. Contact reporter Nat- alie Pate at npate@StatesmanJour- nal.com, 503-399-6745 or follow her on Twitter @Nataliempate or Face- book at www.Facebook.com/ nataliepatejournalist. The Appeal Tribune encourages suggestions for local stories. Email the newsroom, submit letters to the editor and send announcements to sanews@salem.gannett.com or call 503-399-6773. 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River Continued from Page 1A are willing to pay be tween $2 million and $3.6 million to avoid cur tailment of some uses of water, though those numbers would rise if water rationing was mandatory for all uses. ܂ NORPAC Foods esti mates if it reliability of being able to use water from the river for cooling at its Stayton facility, it would cost between $2 million to $3 million to find alternative sources. ܂ Research by econo mists at Oregon State es timate for every foot of drop in water level below full pool at Detroit Lake, visitor days decline by 2 percent. The report cites fish counts from the Upper and Lower Bennett Dams, which are owned by Salem and the San tiam Water Control Dis trict, that show wild chi nook are down year overyear to 411 in 2018 from 1,630 in 2014, and wild steelhead were down to 401 from 943 in the same span. The estimated value of the hydropower gener ated at Detroit Dam and Big Cliff Dam is $7.8 mil lion. But the dollar value placed on the annual val ue of avoided CO2 emis sions is $19.8 million. The estimated value of municipal water that cities including Salem, Stayton, Turner and Gates is $66 million per year based on the amount customers pay to use the water. That doesn’t include water used by Jefferson, Alba ny and Millersburg, which also draw some water from other sources as well as the North San tiam. “The effects of the state and federal actions really do have an effect on the viability of those communities,” said Dan ielle Gonzalez, director of economic development for Marion County. The study says 234,910 people live with in the watershed and about 6 percent of Ore gon’s population gets its drinking water from the river, and the population is up from 155,439 in 1990. Salem is the largest municipal water user with 49,304 connections using 16,253,000,000 gallons of water a year. NORPAC’s processing facility in Stayton uses half of the city’s water, 319,037,000 gallons per year. At least 23,867 acres of land in Marion and Linn counties are irrigat ed with water from the North Santiam. The an nual value of those crops is $53.9 million. There are 1,473 jobs tied directly to the river in industries such as The North Santiam River below Big Cliff Dam near Mill City is know to Steelhead anglers as the best spot for wrangling the fish. STATESMAN JOURNAL FILE manufacturing (679), government (253) and hospitality (236). Waterbased recrea tion is estimated to bring in $36.5 million each year. If something goes wrong, a lot of people – and a lot of money – is impacted. “I always think that the value of water is more, but I think that this is a good starting point,” Gonzalez said. “If we have a project that is go ing to cost $100 million, we know why.” The report states cli mate change will impact the river by water supply availability, flows and ecosystems. A Willam ette Water 2100 project study found average sur face temperatures could rise between 2 and 13 de grees from current tem peratures. In addition, warmer air temperatures are ex pected to precipitate a decline in snowpack, which is expected to have a greater impact on the North Santiam River and McKenzie River than the rest of the Willamette River basin. The ECONorthwest report states the rise in temperatures and in creased nutrient deposi tion may increase the frequency and magni tude of toxic algae blooms, such as the one at Detroit last summer. The ECONorthwest report states the value people place on the re covery of Willamette Riv er Steelhead and Upper Willamette River Spring Chinook over 50 years is estimated at $621 mil lion, calculated on a per household willingness topay over 10 years of $401.96 per household. Among the other fac tors not assigned a mon etary value such as aes thetics for property own ers along the water – in cluding Mill Creek in Salem – cultural and tribal values and health and wellbeing. “This is just a first step,” McCoun said. “I think deeper analysis will be needed to be done. “If you think about it, it should be done on all the water sources. It should be done on the Clackamas and the McKenzie rivers. In my mind, it’s really the water budget.” A stakeholder meeting to discuss the ECONorth west report led by report author Sarah Reich will take place at 10 a.m. Feb. 19 in the conference room at the Marion County Public Works building at 5155 Silverton Road NE, Salem. bpoehler@Statesman- Journal.com or Twit- ter.com/bpoehler Six numbers from the ECONorthwest report on the North Santiam River $621 million: The val ue Oregonians place on recovery of Upper Wil lamette Chinook in 50 years. $66 million: The amount customers pay for water from the North Santiam each year. $53.9 million: The an nual value of crops pro duced with water from the North Santiam. $36.5 million: The es timated value of water based tourism along the North Santiam each year based on 500,000 visits a year. $7.8 million: The val ue of hydropower pro duced at Detroit Dam and Big Cliff Dam. 2 percent: The drop in visitors at Detroit Lake for every foot below full pool.