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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016
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The intent of Tuesday
night’s meeting was to
raise awareness among
those at the government
level of the movement and
concerns where improve-
ments could be made that
better support the effort.
The evening began with
a tour of BTI (Baker Tech-
nical Institute) followed by
a meal of lasagna and salad
prepared by BTI culinary
arts students and served
by the Baker High School
Leadership class.
Kevin Cassidy, Baker
School District 5J Board
Chairman opened the
meeting welcoming ev-
eryone and thanking them
for travelling in inclement
weather to be there.
He thanked staff, stu-
dents and district leader-
ship who took the time to
put the program together.
He also thanked the leader-
ship, culinary and band
students saying, “That is
why we are here tonight,
it’s about our students. It
is imperative that we con-
tinue to set education as a
top priority so our students
have the best possible op-
portunities to learn, engage
and contribute to society
in meaningful ways. Our
quality of life and econom-
ic vitality require us to take
an active approach to stu-
dent achievement. Tonight
offers us an opportunity to
have a facilitated conversa-
tion about what we feel is
important in moving the
dial for our students.”
Cassidy urged those in
attendance to share their
thoughts with those that
have a direct voice into the
policies that support the
public education system.
He noted that many had
heard that what they do is
a thankless job and while
that may be true on some
levels he said, “I argue
that helping our youth and
communities succeed is
one of the greatest things
we get to do.”
Cassidy addressed a
program the OSBA has
provided the framework
for called the Promise
of Oregon. He explained
the program and that its
purpose is to highlight
the accomplishments of
students and campaign to
adequately fund education.
Baker School District 5J
Superintendent Mark Witty
said, “It really means a lot
to me to look around and
see all the faces that are
so committed to education
and our youth to make
it count for them in their
lives. I’m pleased to see
this kind of a turnout for
these types of events be-
cause it demonstrates what
we care about in Oregon.
That video is definitely an
example of what it can be
and be for us.”
He gave a statistic
showing lower funding
creates higher class sizes
and shortages of important
programs and services but
did note that tremendous
strides had been made in
the last few years to create
more programs for student
such as the creation of BTI
around career and techni-
cal education. “We need
to keep pushing that in my
opinion,” he said.
He also made significant
note on the educational gap
that shows students in Or-
egon have nearly one year
less education than the
national average. “I would
personally argue that more
instruction of the same
doesn’t necessarily move
that dial but more instruc-
tion around other types of
opportunities definitely
could,” he said.
The group then divided
into six separate round
table groups, each led by a
government representative
with attendees choosing
the group they felt most in-
terested in being a part of.
Those six groups
included Early Learning,
Elementary, Secondary,
Post-Secondary, Career
and Technical and Federal.
Each group took about
30-45 minutes discussing
their topic and identifying
what were, they felt, the
biggest issues that needed
addressed, policy issues
and investments that would
support positive outcomes
for students in those areas.
After individual group dis-
cussions a representative
of each group addressed
the crowd as to what that
group identified as the big-
gest concerns.
The crowd was an active
part of the decision-making
by voting, on a website
that could be directly ac-
cessed by a mobile device
at the meeting, on the
concerns of each group.
Elected officials will be
taking these issues to Sa-
lem for discussion among
constituents.
A list of each group’s top
concerns and the amount
of votes received are:
Early Learning – Fa-
cilitated by Kathleen
Cathey, Senator Ron
Wyden’s Office
1. Opportunity for all –
30
2. Lack of awareness by
the general public for the
value of pre-K – 21
3. Competition for
resources vs. funding for
all – 17
4. Adequate funding for
early childhood special
education – 13
5. Diminishing partner-
ships (Mental Health, etc.)
– 11
Elementary – Facili-
tated by Representative
Cliff Bentz
1. Social and emotional
problems among students
– 39
2. Attendance issues due
to poverty – 28
3. Differentiating
instruction for all needs
from SPED (special educa-
tion) to TAG (talented and
gifted) – 20
4. Community awareness
– resources for families
– 16
5. Creating an under-
standing among public of
how money is spent – 3
6. Lack of CCSS (com-
mon core state standards)/
SB (site base) knowledge
– 1
Secondary – Facilitated
by Senator Ted Ferrioli
1. Funding for infra-
structure – 44
2. No 11% cap on SPED
(special education) funding
– 28
3. PERS (public employ-
ee’s retirement system)
reform – 14
4. Access to updated cur-
riculum – 10
Post-Secondary – Fa-
cilitated by Kevin Pur-
nell, Adrian High School
Principal
1. Expand dual credit
opportunities – 47
2. More post-secondary
opportunities in our region
– 33
3. Connect natural
resource agencies with our
schools – 17
4. More money for post-
secondary education – 5
Career and Technical –
Facilitated by Represen-
tative Greg Barreto
1. Sustainable fund-
ing – reduce CTE (career
and technical education)
program credits from
3 to 2 – 49
2. Teachers/programs
support HB (house bill)
3166 CTE certification,
incentives for businesses
– 46
3. Accountability- can
CTE classes be reported on
report card? – 17
Federal – Facilitated
by Jorden Noyes, Con-
gressman Greg Walden’s
Office
1. More Federal funds
reaching classrooms – 44
2. Capital improvement
funding – 27
3. Increase in percent of
funding to states – 23
4. Increased number of
unfunded mandates – 6
5. Promotion of vouch-
ers – 2
Witty said, “It starts with
early learning; what kind
of programs are offered
to preschool kids. It’s not
something we’re directly
involved in but it directly
impacts us. The better we
can do with the 0-4 popula-
tion the better chances
we all have. There are
programs out there to assist
parents with that. Take spe-
cial education for example,
there are some kids that are
as young as two years-old
that are identified to have
some major issues. There
aren’t enough resources in
every system to work with
every family, every kid and
so it is kind of is the ones
that make the most noise
get the most support. I’ve
seen kids that have gotten
that real early interven-
tion piece at two or three
years old and because their
minds are clear open, they
can do some training at
that point. It makes a dra-
matic difference on their
outcome vs. if they didn’t
get that training. (They
can) be horrendously
behind. Same with a learn-
ing disability, some people
think, ‘Well, you’re just
not very intelligent.’ No,
it just means your mind
works in a different way
and we gotta figure out
how to manage that. So the
earlier they can get invest-
ment on that the better.”
He added, “It’s an op-
portunity for people to talk
to their legislators about
issues of education, it’s up
to them what they want to
say but it gives them an
opportunity to come say
it. I feel if we can invest in
that early education, K-12
over the long haul we can
really make a difference in
a lot of areas.
“Obviously, we need to
be efficient with our dollar
but as I am trying to point
out Oregonian’s don’t
recognize that they aren’t
investing at the same level
as other states are which
I think over the long haul
can put us at a competitive
disadvantage. So I think
we’ve got to be care-
ful about that not to just
invest.
“You’ve got to have
rational reasons as to
what you’re going to do
with programs you can’t
just throw money at the
problems. If we had more
money summer schools
would pop up all over
the place we’d do more.
There are just ways that
you could provide more
opportunities for kids to
get the base education
or enhance their educa-
tion, which makes a better
workforce, which makes a
better economy to support
Baker County better.
“We’ve got to look at
how we are serving all kids
and create opportunities
for all kids. Quite frankly,
some of the technical skill
pieces actually pay more
than say a social services
degree or whatever. These
skills pay. The more you
can embrace the differ-
ences in people, and sup-
port that in a community
the better off you’ll be.
Studies have shown places
that do embrace those
things are more economi-
cally viable than those
that don’t. We’ll see what
the outcomes are. I don’t
presuppose what the top is-
sues, outcomes will be. We
had a pretty good turnout
considering the weather.”
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