6A — THE OBSERVER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020
ment Monday said the
state’s new metrics for
keeping schools open
allows districts to make
local decisions based on
community spread of
the virus and its effects
on school operations. If
the local public health
authority, community and
school leadership teams
indicate the district should
move to Comprehensive
Distance Learning, the dis-
trict will notify staff, stu-
dents, families and commu-
nity on Thursday.
Grades K-3, then, would
change from onsite learning
to virtual learning.
La Grande School Dis-
trict is holding a vir-
tual town hall Tuesday
to address how the new
Oregon health met-
rics impact the district
and on-site and virtual
instruction.
Colt Gill, director of the
Oregon Department of Edu-
cation, informed superin-
tendents across the state in a
letter Saturday that schools
in counties under the
pause order “must limit the
capacity to a maximum of
50 people indoors, including
staff, or the number of
people based on a determi-
nation of capacity (square
footage/occupancy), which-
ever is less,” Gill stated in
the letter.
Union, Imbler and La
Grande school districts have
reported cases among staff
over the past two weeks,
coinciding with the rise in
Oregon elections
director fi red after
he details problems
SALEM — Oregon’s
elections director was
abruptly fi red in a text
message by the secretary
of state after he pointed
out serious issues with the
state’s aging and vulner-
able technology for run-
ning elections.
Elections Director
Stephen Trout learned in
a text message Thursday
night, Nov. 5, that he was
out.
On Friday, Secretary of
State Bev Clarno, a Repub-
lican appointed to the posi-
tion by Democratic Gov.
Kate Brown, announced
the change to county clerks
and other elections offi -
cials in Oregon’s 36 coun-
ties. Election offi cials in
the state were stunned.
Steve Druckenmiller,
the veteran Linn County
clerk, said Clarno’s action
was “dangerous and so
ignorant.”
“We are still in the
election process right
now. We are reconciling,
we’re dealing with prob-
lems right now as far as
your signatures and com-
municating with voters
who didn’t sign the bal-
lots,” Druckenmiller said.
“We’re going to have to
do recounts, all of these
things. She doesn’t under-
stand elections.”
Clarno’s offi ce did not
immediately respond to a
request for comment.
Trout, in a letter
emailed on Nov. 2 to the
Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates to replace
Clarno, who did not run,
described problems with
the internet technology
side of the secretary of
state’s offi ce.
He also said federal
money had been misspent
and that $11.7 million
from the federal govern-
ment must be returned by
Dec. 31 because the Leg-
islature did not authorize
to “spend a penny” of the
funds.
— Associated Press
LA GRANDE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLINE TOWN HALL ON HEALTH METRICS
LA GRANDE — The La Grande School District will address how
Oregon’s health metrics and the recent increase in COVD-19 cases
affect the district during a virtual meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, begin-
ning at 6:30 p.m.
You can attend the town hall live at the district’s online TV website
www.lgsd.tv or via the school district’s Facebook page.
The event will be available for viewing after Tuesday on
Facebook.
There will not be a live Q&A session during the town hall. But you
can submit questions to reopening@lagrandesd.org.
District offi cials will look for trends in questions and address those
questions during the town hall.
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cases locally and statewide.
Imbler plans to remain
in-person for as long as pos-
sible, according to Superin-
tendent Angie Lakey-Camp-
bell. Union School District
Superintendent Carter Wells
said the district plans to
follow guidance from the
Oregon Department of Edu-
cation and Oregon Health
Authority.
“If we can stay open, we
plan to stay open,” Wells
said. “As long as there are
not multiple cases in mul-
tiple cohorts.”
Cove Superintendent
Earl Pettit said his district
does not plan to go back
to distance learning at this
time.
“Things can change
depending on what happens
within the school commu-
nity,” Pettit said. “We are
still operating here with no
confi rmed cases.”
Elgin School District
also is planning to con-
tinue in-person instruc-
tion, Superintendent Dianne
Greif said. District admin-
istrators will watch the case
count, but the district hopes
to keep students in class.
North Powder School
District has not reported any
cases since kindergarten
through 12th grade returned
for in-person instruction in
September.
“We are watching the
numbers,” Superinten-
dent Lance Dixon said,
“but unless we have an
outbreak in the school we
will continue in-person
instruction.”
— Observer reporter
Kaleb Lay contributed to
this report.
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