2A ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2020 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE
BRIEFS
Silver Falls hires new
superintendent
After conducting a
seven-month search and
considering 28 candi-
dates, Silver Falls School
District’s board has cho-
sen a new superinten-
dent. Scott Drue is leav-
ing the Beaverton School
District to take Silver
Falls’ top administrative
job on July 1. He’ll replace
interim Supt. Paul Peter-
son, who was hired in Au-
gust after longtime su-
perintendent Andy Bel-
lando resigned.
The search for a per-
manent hire began with a
survey of school commu-
nities last fall and ended
with Drue’s hiring on May
11. Drue brings 22 years of
experience in a variety of
educational roles.
Since 2007, he has
been the principal of Alo-
ha-Huber
Park
K-8
School in the Beaverton
School District, a job he
took after serving as the
school’s assistant princi-
pal. Before that, he was
the categorical programs
advisor and an elemen-
tary teacher in the Los
Angeles Unified School
District.
“From the minute I
started learning about
the Silver Falls School
District, the more enam-
ored I have become,”
Drue said. “The suppor-
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Once the garden can
re-open, organizers plan
to host some free days for
Silverton residents, po-
tentially with a limited
number of timed tickets
to ensure proper social
distancing.
“We are trying to be
creative and look at ways
to invite the community
into the garden for free,
to get a breath of fresh air
after this is all over,” said
Kitchen. “We know this
has been hard on every-
tive community; a focus
on building strong, trust-
ing relationships with
students and staff; a fo-
cused strategic plan; and
a unique organizational
model are just a few of
the many reasons why I
leaped at this opportuni-
ty.”
Drue has a Master of
Arts degree in education-
al administration from
California State Univer-
sity Dominguez-Hills. He
completed his adminis-
trative licensure program
at Lewis and Clark Col-
lege. In 2015, he was Ore-
gon Principal of the Year
and the National Distin-
guished Principal.
“We are extremely ex-
cited to have Mr. Drue
joining the district,” said
Board Chair Jonathan
Edmonds. “His ideals, ex-
perience, and back-
ground make him an ex-
cellent fit. He has a pas-
sion for K-8 schools and
his remarkable track rec-
ord speaks for itself.”
Relief grants going
out, more donors
sought
On the first day Silver-
ton’s Small Business Re-
lief Fund began accepting
applications, 20 local
businesses asked for aid
totaling $36,000, orga-
nizers said. The fund is
pushing $50,000 after
being seeded last month
with $10,000 from the
one, and we want to pro-
vide a beautiful place to
escape to, as soon as we
can.”
Overall, the garden
has been hit hard by the
pandemic, like so many
other businesses, leaders
said. The organization
laid off or furloughed 80
percent of staff and has
been without volunteers
since officially closing in
March. Between missing
staff and volunteers, the
property has lost 500
hours of labor each week
since closing and has lost
about $1,100 of revenue
daily.
“Gardens need to be
Rotary Club of Silverton
and bolstered by Silver-
ton City Council’s dona-
tion of a $15,000 county
grant. Organizers hope to
grow the fund from
$50,000 to $75,000. De-
signed to help local busi-
nesses stay afloat as they
experience financial loss
from enforced closures
related to COVID-19, the
relief fund is meant to
supplement governmen-
tal aid.
Starting next week,
the fund’s committee is
expected to give away a
number
of
$1,000-
$3,000 grants. The first
wave of business appli-
cants had until May 15 to
file requests for aid. A
second wave of applica-
tions can be turned from
now until May 29. Busi-
ness owners seeking fi-
nancial aid can apply on-
line
at
https://
share.hsforms.com/
1jv2ipaPsQuexZfnWm-
gYGwg4fxk5 There are
three ways to donate.
Mail a check to Silverton
Rotary Foundation c/o
Relief Fund, P.O. Box 132
Silverton, Oregon 97381;
donate online via PayPal
at
silvertonro-
tary@gmail.comhttps://
www.paypal.me/silver-
tonfund; or go to Face-
book
at
https://
www.facebook.com/
groups/119926
684706408/.
maintained continuous-
ly, whether we’re open or
not,” said Kitchen. “We
are doing our best with a
handful of staff on limit-
ed hours, and we’re plan-
ning how to get our
40,000 annuals in the
ground. We know our
volunteers are eager to
get back to work, and
we’re eager to have them
back, as soon as it’s safe.
We’re also really looking
forward to having visi-
tors in the garden again,
and want it to look great
for them.” For more infor-
mation, log on to https://
www.oregongarden.org/
membership/.
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