Thur»., Apr. 12. 1978 (S c 2) SANDY (Or«.) POST - 3
Attendance problems aired
Seniors boogie
to Hot Shots
GRESHAM SENIKOR Hotshots entertained other seniors last week
at the first Golden Age Luncheon sponsored by the Boring Kiwanis
Club. About 50 seniors from the Boring-Damascus area were on hand
for the event at the Hollyview Baptist Church.
County budget to cut
ten sheriff's deputies
A proposed $37.7 million
Clackamas County budget
would slice 10 deputies from
the sheriff’s department, as
commissioners and budget
officers tighten financial
strings in an attempt to slash
$9 million from the current
budget.
The
proposal
would
m aintain most county
departments at the current
level and will not allow for
expansion, Jerry Justice,
budget officer, said.
The sheriff’s department,
which had requested 19
additional employes, found
instead that the budget trims
its staff by 12 persons, in
cluding 10 deputies.
Sheriff John Renfro said
the plan is “ridiculous,”
adding that the cuts would
eliminate responses to neigh
borhood
d istu rb a n c e s,
family
complaints
or
runaway juveniles.
Justice said cuts are
necessary because of low
revenue projections, ex
piration of federal grants and
inflation.
Among
the
program s that has had
federal funding cut is a
county transportation ser
vice for the elderly and
handicapped. Funding ex
pires June 30 and the
program is not included in
the proposed budget.
In addition, $100,000 in
county and state funds was
cut from the mental health
budget because the county
could not meet the state
match.
More than 90 employes
hired since 1976 under the
CETA program also may be
released or severely cutback
because the county does not
have the $850,000 needed to
pick up their salaries.
The county had agreed to
assume the salaries but
funds are not available,
Justice said.
Financial administration,
personnel, data processing
and a new general services
departm ent received in
creases in the budget.
Justice said the increases
will make county operations
more efficient.
Departmental meetings on
the proposed budget will
begin April 18 and continue
each Tuesday through May.
O reg o n ’s com pulsory
school attendance law came
under fire at a recent
symposium
at
the
Clackamas County Inter
mediate Education District.
Educators, counselors,
politicians, attorneys and
juvenile court authorities
agreed that the law, or its
enforcement, is lacking
“How long do we chase
kids to school?" Kelly Fried,
Milwaukie High School
adm inistrative assistant
asked, voicing what was to
emerge as a common con
cern of educators and school
adm inistrators
at
the
symposium.
According to Fried,
schools have to spend an
inordinate amount of staff
time handling student at
tendance problems. Fried
believes that time would be
better spent educating
students rather than chasing
them.
As
the
symposium
progressed, the question of
who should do the "chasing”
also was raised. Don Welch,
Clackamas County Juvenile
Court director and a member
of the symposium panel with
Fried, said he “questioned
whether the Juvenile Court
should be the enforcer for the
schools.”
It’s a truism that a juvenile
who is a “ signigicant
problem to the court is also a
significant problem to the
school,” Welch said.
“ However, a student who is a
problem to the school isn’t
necessarily a court problem.
Don Arnold, assistant state
attorney general and a panel
member along with Fried
and Welch, said that at the
state level, “attendance is
considered to be a local
problem.”
Oregon passed its com
pulsory attendance law in
1889 and there hasn’t been a
lot of change in the law since
then, Arnold said.
Attendance problems have
other,
less
visible
ram ifications, as Lake
Oswego
School
Board
m em ber Nancy Klinger
pointed out According to
Klinger, about 40 percent of
the cost of educating a
district’s students will come
from state basic school
support funds next year. The
amount of money a school
district gets is determined by
its average daily mem
bership, the average number
of students enrolled
According to Klinger,
when a school district looses
students, it also looses
money. It’s not wise to drop
a student from the school
enrollment list too soon, she
told the group, but it’s also
unfair to list students still
enrolled after they’ve quit
coming.
Most of those at the
sym posium
ex p ressed
concern for where students
go after they drop out. A
juvenile court worker, a
counselor, and a social
worker all said they felt they
were the next stop for
students who quit school.
Dian Connett, alternative
sc h o o l
d e v e lo p m e n t
specialist for the I EL) and a
member of the symposium
panel, said Clackamas
County has 12 alternative
school programs for school
dropouts. However, the 12
programs have room for
about 4oo students, while
1,100 dropouts are reported
in Clackamas County an
nually.
C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty
C o m m is s io n e r
R alp h
Groener, said he felt part of
the problem could be solved
by hiring, then keeping the
best classroom teachers.
However, he added, that to
get the best teachers, schools
will have to pay them what
they are worth
“Teachers today are also
expected to be mother,
father, babysitter, and social
worker, then when a kid goes
wrong, they end up taking
the blame,” Groener said.
“ It’s time we started shifting
the responsibility back
where it belongs, back to the
parents and society.
“ Teachers
give
the
community their best shot at
doing a nearly impossible
job, and look what we give
them in return. If we paid
them what we pay a baby
sitter, 50 cents an hour times
30 kids times ten months,
most of them would make
more money,” he asserted.
I ED Counselor Consultant
Paul Lam bertsen, who
organized the symposium,
says he is pleased with the
results, even though “most
of the time was spent venting
our frustrations.
“ I think it’s good that we
vented
some of our
frustrations,” Lambertsen
said. “ Now that we have
kind of cleared the air, I
believe we can settle down to
working on some solutions.
He added that plans are
under way for follow-up
meetings to start taking
some positive actions
Club ra te d in top ten
The Sandy Livestock Club
was among the top ten clubs
at the recent 4-H livestock
judging
contest
at
C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty
Fairgrounds.
The 4-Hers judged beef,
sheep, swine, hog. meat cuts
and feed ingredients during a
three-hour session.
Placing in the top ten for
interm ediate judging was
Michael McMahon, of the
Sandy Livestock Club.
authority dropped in
urban growth boundaries
LCDC
Substantial portions of the
Mt. Hood Corridor and
several other towns in
Clackamas County have
been designated Immediate
Growth Areas by the Land
C o n s e rv a tio n
and
Development Commission
(LCDC).
the request of the Columbia
Region Association of
Governments (CRAG) which
has sought local jurisdiction
over the areas in question
The decision was made at
The
purpose
of
establishing the Immediate
Growth Area is to determine
land suitable for urban
development in the near
future. Some of the land had
previously been preserved
by LCDC for agricultural
use.
In the Mt. Hood area.
LCDC restrictions have been
lifted from Government
Camp in sewer-served areas,
parts of Welches with 50
percent development and
areas in Rhododendron that
are commercially developed
Sandy,
Canby
and
Estacada also had areas
removed from the LCDC’s
authority.
Local jurisdictions will
now apply to these areas with
regard to planning, zoning
and other land-use actions.
Good posture theme of contest
Fifth and sixth graders in
Sandy, Welches, Bull Run
and Cottrell elem entary
schools will have a chance to
make a stand for good
posture
Sandy chiropractor Dr.
H H. Hazelett will award a
$25 U S. Savings Bond to the
winner of the “ Posture
TOPS elect
officers
TOPS Club 546 (Taking Off
Pounds Sensibly) has a new
slate of officers
Beginning their new term
at the April 1 meeting were:
Kathy Mohr, leader; Colleen
Cunningham, co-leader;
Mary Remmick, secretary;
Barbara Boswell, treasurer ,
Norma
House, weight
recorder; and Florence
Unger, ‘assistant weight
recorder
Club members donated
hand-made items for a table
at the Sandy Senior Center
Flea
Market
April 7.
Proceeds will help sponsor a
trip to Bend May 5 and 6 for
the annual TOPS conven
tion, according to Virginia
Rada. _
Shirley Nielson. Sandy
was winner of an afghan at
the flea market drawing
TOPS is open to all per
sons who need help with
weight problems. For more
information, phone 668-4802.
Poster Contest” sponsored
by the Oregon Association of
Chiropractic Physicians and
the American Chiropractic
Association.
The winning poster will be
judged in Hazelett’s office on
April 25. Selected posters will
be forwarded for district,
state and national judging,
according to the doctor.
“All entries should be to
my office prior to noon, April
25,” said Hazelett.
“ The purpose of the
competition is to bring
student and community
attention to Correct Posture
Month (May) as a means of
emphasizing the importance
of correct posture to good
health, and physical and
mental accomplishment,” a
representative from the
chiropractic associations
said.
Posters should be based on
the theme, “Good posture
does more than just make
you look good.”
For further information,
phone 668-6524
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