October 2017
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Schools Committee sponsors tech gathering at Stephens Creek Crossing
By Jack Rubinger
The Southwest Portland Post
The first SWNI Schools Committee
meeting of the 2017/2018 school year
was kicked off by brainstorming ideas
for tools each participant may bring
along to get things accomplished.
One exciting schools committee
project is the Tech Equity Project
that began in 2015. With Office of
Neighborhood Involvement small
grants, the committee has connected
resources with schools, families,
individual students and neighbors
who do not have students in schools.
A Resource-Full Gathering is
scheduled for Oct. 19, at Stephens
Creek Crossing, 6719 SW 26th Ave.
starting at 6:30 p.m.
This gathering is intended to
integrate input from recent
community conversations with
technology related enrichment
activities and partner connections.
Parents, neighbors, school leaders,
teachers and residents of Stephens
Creek Crossing may attend, share
a free catered meal and get to know
each other.
Whether it is about connections to
high speed internet, online safety or
coding discussions and after school
access, the Schools Committee and
partners have pulled together to
engage and enrich students and
parents who are willing to gather
and discuss technology related
education support.
Partners include Neighborhood
House, Multnomah County Library,
Portland Jewish Academy, Free Geek
and Home Forward.
Maripat Hensel, SWNI Schools
Committee Chair, is prepared for
anything the Schools Committee
may want to embrace.
Hensel remembers details, faces,
personalities, anecdotes, and stories
that make committee goals seem fun
and exciting.
H e r t o o l s f ro m t h e s e s s i o n
brainstorming – a knife and spoon.
Her key for Schools Committee
outreach? Active listening.
The committee’s purpose is to
promote the best possible schools for
all students in Southwest Portland
through strong neighborhood
involvement.
The committee has worked for
nearly 12 years and has an Annual
Action Plan. This written plan is a
roadmap for the year and available to
share at a moment’s notice.
While neighbors may not be as
well versed with this committee
as they may be with public safety,
land use and transportation, regular
members of the committee are actively
working with school administrators
and teachers to facilitate community
involvement projects.
Members also meet with community
partners, including representatives of
the Multnomah County Library, SUN
School Programs and City of Portland
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bureaus to integrate outreach
and education efforts.
This committee strives to
increase visibility for what they
do, who they help and how
they can be reached. The idea
is to enhance communications
between public and private
schools and neighborhoods.
Members address issues such
as school boundaries, the role
of school property as open
space, school closures, sale
of school properties, school
events and partnerships with
neighborhood associations and
other organizations.
SWNI empowers citizen
action to improve and maintain
the livability of Southwest
neighborhoods. The schools
committee is a standing
committee of Southwest
Neighborhoods which is a
coalition of 17 neighborhood Maripat Hansel is chair of the SWNI Schools
Committee. (Post photo by Jack Rubinger)
associations.
Hansel carries a background
in business and experience with non-
with community members and
profits to her leadership role with the
committee members were held to
schools committee.
listen and understand the services
Committee members and volunteers
and support that may be needed. By
feel her passion and excitement about
asking “what do you need?” schools
making things happen for students in
members get people engaged. Then,
the community.
this group figures out how to create
Hensel continues to work toward
replicable, meaningful support and
getting the community to know each
connections.
other better by maintaining consistent
Guests are always welcome to
touch points.
attend regular school year meetings.
This past summer, conversations
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