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About The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 2019)
③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨ ⑩⑦⑧ ❶❷⑨ ❸❹❶❺ ❻❼❽ ❾❿➀❽➁➂❽➁ ➮➱✃❐❒ ✃❮❰❒ÏÐ❰ÑÒ ÓÐÏÔ ❒Õ✃ ÑÒÖÑ×Ø ❮✃ÔÏÙÐÑ❒ÚÕ✃ÐÑÒ❮ School money comes with expectations ❤✆ ❤✝✞✞✟ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆ ☞✝✌✍☛✠✞ ✍✎ ✏✝✞✆✑ ✞✍✒✆✞❡ ✟☛✍✞✞ ✝✓✆ ✓✆✆✞✍✎✔ ✡✓✠✑ ☛❤✆ ✆✈✆✎☛✟ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ✞✝✟☛ ✡✆✕ ✖✝❡✟s ✍✎ ✕❤✍✐❤ ✗✆✑✠✐✓✝☛✟ ✝✎✖ ✘✆✌✙✚✞✍✐✝✎✟ ✝✔✓✆✆✖ ☛✠ ✝ ✖✆✝✞ ☛❤✝☛ ✞✆✖s ✟✕✍✡☛✞❡s ☛✠ ☛❤✆ ✌✝✟✟✝✔✆ ✠✡ ✝ ☛✝✛ ✠✎ ✐✆✓☛✝✍✎ ✜✓✆✔✠✎ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟✆✟ ☛❤✝☛ ✐✠✙✞✖ ☛✠✟✟ ✝✎ ✆✛☛✓✝ ✚✍✞✞✍✠✎ ✖✠✞✞✝✓✟ ✠✓ ✟✠ ✆✝✐❤ ❡✆✝✓ ✍✎☛✠ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆➆✟ ✢✣✤✷ ✌✙✚✞✍✐ ✟✐❤✠✠✞✟✥ ✦❤✆✓✆ ✕✍✞✞ ✚✆ ☛✍✑✆ ✞✝☛✆✓ ☛✠ ✆✛✝✑✍✎✆ ☛❤✆ ✖✆☛✝✍✞✟ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ✖✆✝✞s ✍✎ ✕❤✍✐❤ ✗✆✑✠✐✓✝☛✟ ✝✔✓✆✆✖ ☛✠ ✖✓✠✌ ✝ ✌✓✠✌✠✟✝✞ ☛✠ ☛✍✔❤☛✆✎ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆➆✟ ✈✝✐✐✍✎✆ ✑✝✎✖✝☛✆✟ ✝✎✖ ✝✞✟✠ ✒✍✞✞✆✖ ✝✎ ✠✑✎✍✚✙✟ ✚✍✞✞ ✐✠✎☛✝✍✎✍✎✔ ✝ ✈✝✓✍✆☛❡ ✠✡ ✔✙✎ ✐✠✎☛✓✠✞ ✑✆✝✣ ✟✙✓✆✟✥ ✧✎ ✓✆☛✙✓✎s ✘✆✌✙✚✞✍✐✝✎ ✟✆✎✝☛✠✓✟ ✝✔✓✆✆✖ ☛✠ ✓✆☛✙✓✎ ☛✠ ☛❤✆ ☞✝✌✍☛✠✞s ✆✎✖✍✎✔ ✝ ✡✠✙✓✣✖✝❡ ✕✝✞✒✠✙☛ ✍✎ ✕❤✍✐❤ ☛❤✆ ✏✆✎✣ ✝☛✆ ✐✠✙✞✖✎➆☛ ✖✠ ✝✎❡ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟ ✚✆✐✝✙✟✆ ✍☛ ✖✍✖✎➆☛ ❤✝✈✆ ☛❤✆ ✎✆✐✆✟✟✝✓❡ ✷② ✑✆✑✚✆✓✟ ✡✠✓ ✝ ★✙✠✓✙✑✥ ✜✎ ☛❤✆✍✓ ✓✆☛✙✓✎ ✉✠✎✖✝❡s ✗✆✑✠✐✓✝☛✟ ✕✝✟☛✆✖ ✎✠ ☛✍✑✆ ✍✎ ✌✝✟✟✍✎✔ ✩✠✙✟✆ ✪✍✞✞ ✫✬✷✭ ✠✎ ✝✎ ✤✽✣✤✤ ✌✝✓☛❡✣✞✍✎✆ ✈✠☛✆✥ ✮✘✆✌✙✚✞✍✐✝✎ ✏✆✎✥ ✯✝✐✒✍✆ ✰✍✎☛✆✓✟ ✠✡ ✏✝✞✆✑ ✕✝✟ ✆✛✣ ✐✙✟✆✖✥❝ ✦❤✆ ✑✆✝✟✙✓✆ ✍✟ ✠✎ ✍☛✟ ✕✝❡ ☛✠ ✱✠✈✥ ✢✝☛✆ ✪✓✠✕✎s ✕❤✠ ✍✟ ✐✆✓☛✝✍✎ ☛✠ ✟✍✔✎ ✍☛✥ ✦❤✆ ✚✍✞✞ ✐✝✞✞✟ ✡✠✓ ✝ ✔✓✠✟✟ ✓✆✐✆✍✌☛✟ ☛✝✛ ✠✡ ②✥✲✭✳ ✠✎ ✝ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟➆ ✔✓✠✟✟ ✓✆✐✆✍✌☛✟ ✠✈✆✓ ✴✤ ✑✍✞✞✍✠✎✵ ✍☛➆✟ ✆✟☛✍✑✝☛✆✖ ☛✠ ✝✡✡✆✐☛ ✬②s②②② ✠✓ ✟✠ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟✆✟ ✍✎ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆✥ ✦❤✆ ✶✓✟☛ ✴✤ ✑✍✞✞✍✠✎ ✍✎ ✟✝✞✆✟ ✍✟ ✆✛✆✑✌☛ ✡✓✠✑ ☛❤✆ ☛✝✛✥ ✪✙✟✍✎✆✟✟✆✟ ✕✍✞✞ ✚✆ ✝✚✞✆ ☛✠ ✟✙✚☛✓✝✐☛ ✫✲ ✌✆✓✐✆✎☛ ✠✡ ✆✍☛❤✆✓ ☛❤✆✍✓ ✞✝✚✠✓ ✠✓ ✐✝✌✣ ✍☛✝✞ ✐✠✟☛✟ ✡✓✠✑ ☛❤✆✍✓ ☛✠☛✝✞ ✟✝✞✆✟✥ ❆✞✞ ☛❤✆ ✑✠✎✆❡ ✔✆✎✆✓✝☛✆✖ ✍✟ ✍✎☛✆✎✖✆✖ ☛✠ ✔✠ ☛✠ ✢✣✤✷ ✟✐❤✠✠✞✟s ✕❤✍✐❤ ✓✝✍✟✆✟ ✝✎ ✍✎☛✆✓✣ ✆✟☛✍✎✔ ★✙✆✟☛✍✠✎ ✝✚✠✙☛ ❤✠✕ ✑✙✐❤ ✑✠✎✆❡ ✕✍✞✞ ✚✆ ✝✈✝✍✞✝✚✞✆ ✡✠✓ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆➆✟ ❤✍✔❤✆✓ ✆✖✙✐✝☛✍✠✎ ✟❡✟☛✆✑s ✕❤✍✐❤ ✝✞✟✠ ❤✝✟ ✚✆✆✎ ✙✎✖✆✓✡✙✎✖✆✖ ✚❡ ✜✓✆✔✠✎ ✡✠✓ ✔✆✎✆✓✝☛✍✠✎✟ ✎✠✕✵ ☛❤✆ ✝✎✟✕✆✓ ☛✠ ☛❤✝☛ ★✙✆✟☛✍✠✎ ✎✠✕ ✓✆✟☛✟ ✍✎ ☛❤✆ ❤✝✎✖✟ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ▲✆✔✍✟✞✝☛✙✓✆➆✟ ✚✙✖✔✆☛ ✕✓✍☛✆✓✟s ✕❤✠ ✕✍✞✞ ✖✠✙✚☛✞✆✟✟ ✚✆ ✌✝❡✣ ✍✎✔ ✐✞✠✟✆ ✝☛☛✆✎☛✍✠✎ ☛✠ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆➆✟ ✎✆✛☛ ✓✆✈✆✎✙✆ ✡✠✓✆✐✝✟☛s ✕❤✍✐❤ ✕✝✟ ✖✙✆ ✰✆✖✎✆✟✖✝❡✥ ❨✠✙➆✞✞ ✓✆✐✝✞✞ ☛❤✝☛ ☛❤✆✓✆ ✕✝✟ ☛✝✞✒ ✡✓✠✑ ✪✓✠✕✎ ✆✝✓✞✍✆✓ ✝✚✠✙☛ ✌✠✟✟✍✚✞❡ ✆✝✓✑✝✓✒✍✎✔ ✟✠✑✆ ✠✡ ☛❤✝☛ ✕✆✝✞☛❤ ✡✓✠✑ ☛❤✆ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟ ☛✝✛ ☛✠ ❤✍✔❤✆✓ ✆✖✙✐✝☛✍✠✎s ✚✙☛ ☛❤✝☛ ✕✝✟ ✕✍✖✆✞❡ ✌✆✓✐✆✍✈✆✖ ✝✟ ✝✎ ✝☛☛✆✑✌☛ ✚❡ ☛❤✆ ✔✠✈✆✓✎✠✓ ☛✠ ✞✍✎✆ ✙✌ ✌✠✞✍☛✍✐✝✞ ✟✙✌✌✠✓☛ ✡✠✓ ☛❤✆ ☛✝✛ ✡✓✠✑ ❤✍✔❤✆✓ ✆✖✙✐✝☛✍✠✎ ✠✡✶✐✍✝✞✟✥ ❆✎✖ ✍☛ ✚✆✐✝✑✆ ✐✞✆✝✓ ✆✝✓✞❡ ✠✎ ☛❤✝☛ ✞✆✔✍✟✞✝☛✍✈✆ ✞✆✝✖✆✓✟ ✍✎☛✆✎✖✆✖ ✡✓✠✑ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝✓☛ ✠✡ ☛❤✍✟ ✆✡✡✠✓☛ ☛✠ ✆✎✟✙✓✆ ☛❤✝☛ ✝✞✞ ☛❤✆ ✑✠✎✆❡ ✕✆✎☛ ☛✠ ✢✣✤✷ ✟✐❤✠✠✞✟✥ ✪✙☛ ☛❤✆✓✆ ✝✞✟✠ ✕✝✟ ☛✝✞✒ ✡✓✠✑ ✪✓✠✕✎s ✚✝✐✒ ✍✎ ❤✆✓ ✍✎✝✙✣ ✔✙✓✝✞ ✟✌✆✆✐❤ ✍✎ ✯✝✎✙✝✓❡s ☛❤✝☛ ☛❤✆ ✟☛✝☛✆ ✕✠✙✞✖ ❤✠✞✖ ✟✐❤✠✠✞ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✝✐✐✠✙✎☛✝✚✞✆ ✚❡ ✆✎✟✙✓✍✎✔ ☛❤✝☛ ➇✎✆✕ ✖✠✞✞✝✓✟ ✝✓✆ ✙✟✆✖ ☛✠ ✍✑✌✓✠✈✆ ✔✓✝✖✙✝☛✍✠✎ ✓✝☛✆✟s ✓✆✖✙✐✆ ✐✞✝✟✟ ✟✍✸✆✟ ✝✎✖ ✌✓✠✈✍✖✆ ✝ ✡✙✞✞ ✟✐❤✠✠✞ ❡✆✝✓✥➈ ✦✠ ✍☛✟ ✐✓✆✖✍☛s ☛❤✆ ✚✍✞✞ ✖✠✆✟ ✍✎✐✞✙✖✆ ✑✆✝✟✙✓✆✟ ✖✆✟✍✔✎✆✖ ☛✠ ✆✎✟✙✓✆ ☛❤✝☛ ✟✐❤✠✠✞ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✝✓✆ ✝✐✐✠✙✎☛✝✚✞✆ ✡✠✓ ☛❤✆ ✍✎✡✙✟✍✠✎ ✠✡ ✓✆✈✆✎✙✆ ☛❤✆❡➆✓✆ ✆✛✌✆✐☛✆✖ ☛✠ ✔✆☛ ✚✆✔✍✎✎✍✎✔ ✍✎ ☛❤✆ ✷②✷②✣✷✤ ✟✐❤✠✠✞ ❡✆✝✓✥✦❤✝☛➆✟ ✍✑✌✠✓☛✝✎☛ ✡✠✓ ✌✞✆✎☛❡ ✠✡ ✓✆✝✟✠✎✟s ✝✎✖ ❤✆✓✆➆✟ ✝ ✚✍✔ ✠✎✆✹ ✺✈✆✎ ☛❤✠✙✔❤ ☛❤✍✟ ✍✟ ✝ ☛✝✛ ✠✎ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟✆✟s ❡✠✙➆✞✞ ✚✆ ✌✝❡✍✎✔ ✟✠✑✆ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ✡✓✆✍✔❤☛ ✝✟ ☛❤✠✟✆ ✚✙✟✍✎✆✟✟✆✟ ✌✝✟✟ ✝✞✠✎✔ ☛❤✆ ✍✎✐✓✆✝✟✆✖ ☛✝✛✥ ✦✠ ✐✠✑✌✆✎✟✝☛✆ ✡✠✓ ☛❤✝☛s ☛❤✆ ✌✞✝✎ ✍✎✐✞✙✖✆✟ ✝✎ ②✥✷✲ ✌✆✓✐✆✎☛✝✔✆ ✌✠✍✎☛ ✌✆✓✟✠✎✝✞ ✍✎✐✠✑✆ ☛✝✛ ✐✙☛ ✡✠✓ ✝✞✞ ✚✙☛ ☛❤✆ ❤✍✔❤✆✟☛ ✍✎✐✠✑✆ ✆✝✓✎✆✓✟✥ ✩✝✞✡ ✠✡ ☛❤✆ ✑✠✎✆❡ ✓✝✍✟✆✖ ✕✍✞✞ ✚✆ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✚✙☛✆✖ ✝✟ ✔✓✝✎☛✟ ☛✠ ✞✠✐✝✞ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟s ✝✎✖ ✷②✳ ☛✠ ✌✓✠✔✓✝✑✟ ✡✠✓ ☛✠✖✖✞✆✓✟ ✝✎✖ ✌✓✆✣ ✟✐❤✠✠✞✆✓✟✥ ✦❤✆ ✓✆✑✝✍✎✖✆✓ ✕✍✞✞ ✚✆ ✖✍✈✍✖✆✖ ✚✆☛✕✆✆✎ ✡✙✎✖✍✎✔ ✡✠✓ ✐✝✓✆✆✓ ✝✎✖ ☛✆✐❤✎✍✐✝✞ ✆✖✙✐✝☛✍✠✎ ✝✎✖ ✍✎✍☛✍✝☛✍✈✆✟ ✑✆✝✎☛ ☛✠ ✌✓✆✈✆✎☛ ✖✓✠✌✠✙☛✟✥ ✗✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✕✍✞✞ ❤✝✈✆ ☛✠ ✟✙✚✑✍☛ ✌✞✝✎✟ ✝✚✠✙☛ ❤✠✕ ☛❤✆❡ ✕✍✞✞ ✙✟✆ ☛❤✠✟✆ ✡✙✎✖✟ ☛✠ ✍✑✌✓✠✈✆ ✔✓✝✖✙✝☛✍✠✎ ✓✝☛✆✟s ✖✆✐✓✆✝✟✆ ✐❤✓✠✎✍✐ ✝✚✟✆✎☛✆✆✍✟✑ ✝✎✖ ✍✑✌✓✠✈✆ ✠✙☛✐✠✑✆✟ ✡✠✓ ❤✍✟☛✠✓✍✐✝✞✞❡ ✙✎✖✆✓✣ ✟✆✓✈✆✖ ✟☛✙✖✆✎☛✟✥ ✏✑✝✓☛ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✕✍✞✞ ✶✔✙✓✆ ✠✙☛ ✕✝❡✟ ☛✠ ✍✎✣ ✈✠✞✈✆ ☛❤✆✍✓ ✟☛✝✒✆❤✠✞✖✆✓✟ ✍✎ ☛❤✆ ✐✓✆✝☛✍✠✎ ✠✡ ☛❤✠✟✆ ✌✞✝✎✟s ✝✎✖ ✕✍✞✞ ✕✠✓✒ ❤✝✓✖ ☛✠ ✓✆✝✐❤ ✠✙☛ ✚✆❡✠✎✖ ☛❤✆ ✙✟✙✝✞ ✐✓✠✕✖ ☛❤✝☛ ✝☛✣ ☛✆✎✖✟ ✟✐❤✠✠✞ ✚✠✝✓✖ ✑✆✆☛✍✎✔✟✥✦❤✠✟✆ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✕✍✞✞ ✝✞✟✠ ✍✎✐✞✙✖✆ ✚✆✎✐❤✑✝✓✒✟ ☛❤✝☛ ✐✞✆✝✓✞❡ ✟❤✠✕ ✕❤✝☛ ✌✓✠✔✓✆✟✟ ☛❤✆❡➆✓✆ ✑✝✒✍✎✔ ✮✠✓ ✝✓✆✎➆☛ ✑✝✒✍✎✔❝ ✝✎✖ ✕✍✞✞ ✑✝✒✆ ✝ ✌✠✍✎☛ ✠✡ ✐✝✞✞✍✎✔ ✝☛☛✆✎☛✍✠✎ ☛✠ ☛❤✆✑s ✓✆✔✝✓✖✞✆✟✟ ✠✡ ✕❤✆☛❤✆✓ ☛❤✆ ✎✆✕✟ ✍✟ ✚✝✖ ✠✓ ✔✠✠✖✥ ❆✡☛✆✓ ✝✞✞s ☛❤✠✟✆ ✖✍✟☛✓✍✐☛✟ ✕✍✞✞ ✓✆✑✆✑✚✆✓ ✕❤✆✓✆ ☛❤✆ ✑✠✎✆❡ ✍✟ ✐✠✑✍✎✔ ✡✓✠✑✥ ❆✎✖ ☛❤✆❡ ✕✍✞✞ ✙✎✖✆✓✟☛✝✎✖ ☛❤✝☛ ☛✝✛✌✝❡✆✓✟ ✝✓✆ ✆✛✌✆✐☛✍✎✔ ✓✆✟✙✞☛✟✥ Celebrating Oregon’s charter schools 20 Years in the Making You might not be aware of them, but there are dozens around Or- egon — they focus on lan- guages, the environment, college courses, many ex- ist on the internet. They are the state’s 132 charter schools and we should celebrate them during National Charter Schools Week (May 12-18). This is also the 20th Anniversary of Oregon’s landmark charter school law enacted by the legis- lature in May 1999. We both helped draft this law, both created char- ter schools in the years since, and now hope for a brighter future for these education innovators. The charter law creates an, “avenue for parents, educators and commu- nity members to take re- sponsible risks to create new, innovative, more ✁✂✄☎✆✁ ✝✞✟✠ ✡☛ ✁☞✌✍✞✎ - ing all children within the public school system.” According to the Oregon Department of Educa- tion, the avenue of charter schools has experienced a 62-percent net increase in the past decade. Char- ters currently serve over 34,000 students or 6% of Oregon’s total K-12 school population. After the charter law passed, we were in- trigued about the idea of establishing Oregon’s ✏✑✠✎ ✡✒✆✄✒✁ ✓✌☎✆✄✍ ✍✔✞✑✎✁✑ school to deliver class- es to students in their homes using the internet. In 2005 Oregon Connec- tions Academy became reality serving hundreds of students statewide. We spent years, joining forc- es with other advocates for charters and mak- ing compromises at the state capitol so students could have virtual char- ter schools as a choice for their education. Over the past 20 years charters did breathe fresh life into what was, and at times still is, the state’s troubled public school system. Charter schools have now become part of the fabric of Oregon’s education environment. Even though the policy and funding battles were frustrating, we are proud to be a part of Oregon’s charter school story. 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We hope parents will continue to seek school options that best meet their student’s learning needs, and sup- port school choice in Or- egon. Perhaps today’s young children growing up in the interconnected digital world will become par- ents, expecting the ben- ✞✑✁ ✠✓✁✍✄✏✍✞✆✆✟ ☞✁✒✄✁☞ ✞✒✟ SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE Subscription rates per month: wouldn’t be there today, but for those battles. The real success stories are the numerous students whose lives are trans- formed by charters in positive ways, especially the ones who’ve become lifelong learners. Online public schools have been the most ro- bust part of the charter movement in Oregon. New technology we can’t even imagine is on the horizon creating more opportunities to meet the needs of students and our changing society in the future. Our state could do much more toward innovation, charters and choice. In fact, online public schools their kids. 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