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S ection SANDY. OREGON THURSDAY. MARCH »8 1982 The S<fndy Post Area News People Home & Garden Features Attendance b* SCOTT NEWTON are excused, while others are not, although the current policy does not John McMahan. Sandy Union High distinguish between the two. School p rin c ip al, doesn't mind McMahan's attitude is easy to peg rewriting the attendance policy pro Frankly, I don’t work with percen cedures tages I work with people, he said He’s in his third year as principal, The problem isn’t percentages, and he's rewritten them every year it's people I t ’s communication ” so far. Currently, after five consecutive, But. with eight different sets of or collective, days absent, a student s policy procedures in eight years, the parents will be called numbers reportedly remain fairly After 10 absences, a conference is constant set up with the student, parents and According to a study done between an administrator Nov 3 and Jan 18 of this year, 129 At 15 days, a student is in a position students out of about 1.250 missed to lose credit school on the average, or about 10 "Only those that w e’ve tried percent everything on are out of school," Sixty students, or 4 percent, drop McMahan said. ped out of school last year Some of Students have the right to make up them will re-enroll, and others will work, although this can cause pro take a G E D. class blems as some students wait until the Due to economic conditions, last moment to do it. McMahan feels that the dropout rate Differentiating between excused will be less than 4 percent this year and unexcused absences has in the Of that 10 percent, some absences past caused certain problems. Mt. Hood plan to be review ed It has been obvious in the past that some notes from home had been w rit ten by the student and then signed by a parent That works all right until a student tells his parents he was somewhere that he was not, and so meone at the school knows better. Then it pits the school against the stu dent and the parent. Notes also require certain " F B I kinds of work," such as checking the signature or calling the parent tor confirmation With all its drawbacks, however, it appears that the school will go back to the excused unexcused system McMahan reports having talked to about 120 parents, as well as students, teachers and others in the community Some of the changes proposed in clude an excused unexcused system, with four reasons for an excused abscence They include pre-arranged school activities, illness or an illness in the Man supports development by MICHAEL P. JONES Post Correspondent The location of the citizen review meeting for the Mt. Hood Community Plan, scheduled for tonight at 7:30 p m , has been changed to Welches Grade School. Originally, it was announced that the review was to be at the Women’s Club The informational meeting is the firs t of two which w ill allow re s id e n ts , p ro p e rty o w n e rs , developers, special interest groups and other users, an opportunity to review policies, zoning ordinances, and land-use designations, as cur rently proposed by the Clackamas County planning staff, On hand at the meeting will be resource maps prepared by the plan ning staff showing areas of proposed land use changes Please turn to Page 2. D.L. "Don" Broetje, Republican candidate for the Clackamas Coun ty Commission, would support the evaluation of the present salaries of county employees and elected officials, hxsing them on respon s ib ility and p erfo rm an ce , if elected. Broetje has been self emp.oyed most of his life. He o w rjd Dee Distributing from 1948 through 1964, was a distributor for Stan dard Oil from 1954 through 1963, and is presently owner of Winsco Inc., and Don L. and Associates. He is chairman of the Oak Lodge C o m m u n ity C o u n c il, and a representative of the unincor porated area on the Clackamas County Development Policy Ad visory Board. A member of a Clackamas Coun ty pioneer fam ily, he attended Milwaukie High School and Lewis and Clark College He is married, with three grown children and two grandchildren. He resides in the fam ily home, built in the late 1800s, As c o m m is s io n e r, besides evaluating salaries of county employees, Broejte said he would consolidate county offices to a sin g le lo c a tio n , r e h a b ilit a t e dow ntow n O regon C ity and preserve its history as a county and state seat D.L. Broetje family, an emergency, such as a death in the family, or a special parental request The special parental request could be the most troublesome. It would in clude doctor s appointments, court appearances or family vacations Except for an illness or death in the family, these absences could be ar ranged before the fact, which should help solve the problem of making up work Another proposed revision is to change the 5-10-15 system to 3-6-10. In other words, parents would be called if a student misses three days of class, rather than the current five McMahan feels that they’re doing pretty well at five days Calling at three days will be more difficult, he said, but they’ll do it. Many parents would like to be call- ed the very first time their child misses a class " I don’t have the staff to do it," McMahan said. He is concerned about the amount of time spent on the problem 10 per cent rather than the 80 to 90 percent that are in class and doing well Currently there are two field counselors who check the halls, and the area, for students who should be in class Also, there are two full-time people who, during the day, p rim ari ly work on attendance, which in cludes filing records, feeding the computer, and making academic and disciplinary referrals In addition, other clerical workers make calls to parents, and a person is hired to make calls from 5-8 p m in the evenings It is difficult to get ahold of some parents, McMahan said Others, he said, tell them not to bother to call anymore “Some parents don’t take educa tion seriously," McMahan said. Even money wouldn't solve the problem, McMahan contends. "Peo ple are the problem, people are the solution," he said. The problem existed, he said, even when the school had a full time atten dance counselor, and even more staff members than they have now to deal with it. McMahan said that his goal is to direct the creative energy students use to find a way to get out of school back into the classroom He pointed out that there are schools with much more serious pro blems than SUHS Participation is essential in a democracy, he said " I t ’s the thing that makes our country great, and the place to learn it is in the school " He hopes parents and others in the community will participate in the town hall-type meeting planned for March 29 at 7 30 in rooms 50-51 of the high school McMahan said he wants to develop attendance procedures that fit the community, but people from the community need to participate, tell him what they want. Driver investigated for assault after accident on Saturday MICHAEL by M IC H A EL P. JONES Post Correspondent A sin gle-car accident, which resulted in injury to two persons Saturday, is being investigated by the Oregon State Police as a possible assault case. Trooper Bill Lewis of the OSP Portland office said that his depart ment was first notified at 6 a m Saturday by personnel of the Oregon State Highway Division He said they informed them of a small pickup “driving in an erratic manner down Tim berline Road," just east of Government Camp. Lewis said patrols in the vicinity were notified to be on the lookout for the vehicle, described as a small, red and black 4X4 At 6 30 Lewis said that the ( lackamas County Communications Center (C-COM) notified them that a 1981 LTS Datsun pickup had struck a pole. The accident occurred in front of J.J. Fox's Arco station on Highway itlllftZ in b L. A - . - ■ A ■ * 26, h z between Brightwood and Alder Creek Injured in the wreck were two Woodburn. Ore., residents, The driver, 32-year old Danny Albin Halter, had possible rib in juries and was transported to Gresham Community Hospital, and admitted Halter was listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday morning Also injured in the mishap was 20-year-old Wendy Jo Sauer She was also transported to Gresham Com munity Hospital by Alpine Am bulance She was treated for minor injuries and later released Lewis said the incident is being in vestigated by Sgt Dan E Wolf of the OSP Government Camp Outpost. He said that because Halter is suspected of being under under the influ en ce of in to xicants w hile operating a motor vehicle, and because another person was injured in the accident, under Oregon law he could be charged with assault He could also be charged with D U II Chuck Mitchell, assistant disti attorney for Clackamas County, s Tuesday no charges have yet been ed against the driver He said. "A person, if he int tionally, knowingly or wreckles causes physical injury to another c be charged with assault in the foui degree.” ’50s-60s danc< is March 27 A 50s-60s dance is being held I the Mt Hood Lions Club on March ! to raise funds The dinner and dance is open to 1 public. Serving will begin at 6:38 for tli steak and oyster dinner The danc will start at 9 There will be a I charge The dance will be held at the M Hood Lions Club building. 8 mg "tar", 0.7 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method Moreyou. : > ? " 'A * .■v-> '" IM I CIAS'A ( X AUfTIIS -, ,2 w & ’r' OO.s ' •< ¿»S Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health
