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» SAND* (O r« ) rO S I Ih u r. Thurs 0«< 30. 1982 (*•<. 1) Welches PTA to consider playground fence by M IC H A E L P. JONES Pool Corm pondent How safe the playground is at Welches Grade School is a question parents and the local Parent Teacher Association have been ask ing school district officials since last year The original safety con cern of parents and PTA members was the road that runs within close proximity of the te th e r b a ll and basketball courts, near the new addition to the school Judy Donaldson, presi dent of the Association, said there have been some close calls at that locale between kids and motor vehicles She, herself, was almost involved in one of these incidents She said some students w ill chase runaway balls across the street without watching for traffic With both buses and cars utiliz ing the road, the potential for an accident exists, she contends, Donaldson said the PTA approached the school board during the 1981-82 school year and requested that a fence be installed on the north side of the playground to keep balls from rolling into the street A fte r h e a r in g no response from the board concerning this m a tte r, Donaldson said the PTA wrote the board and again requested they lake some action on their request On Oct 15 the school board discussed the I T A s recommendation of fencing the playground, which she said they rejected due to the cost In a letter to the P T A . Donaldson said Ken n e th C. B la c k b u r n , superintendent, wrote that the board had come up with New budget process initiated The budget committee for the Welches G rade School District w ill meet at 7 p m Jan 3 in the library of the school's new addi tion D ick H o ffm an, board chairperson, said that the district is using a different budget process this year He said they are currently looking at the budget from the ground floor up "Both the teachers and the adm inistration have been asked to draft three different budgets," said Hoffman. "W e wanted to see where the teachers wanted to be, and where the administration wanted to be " The first would be a basic budget, or "a starvatior Save *3“ \ \ ith This ( oupon' 1 2 -Inch Round This Coupon Good Through Jan 4, 1983 type" that just allows the job to get done The second would be a "comfortable budget," in which they would have ad ditional programs The third is to be a “ pie- in-the-sky” budget where everything they want is in cluded Hoffman said the starva tion, the comfortable and the pie-in-the-sky budgets w ill all undergo the budget process before a final one is selected Two new programs that are currently being studied for inclusion into the cur riculum include courses on computer programing and foreign languages an alternative solution to the fencing This alter native was "to re-advise the playground aides to be congnizant of traffic, which is m inim al, and kids on the playground " Donaldson said the PTA w ill once again approach the board concerning this aspect of playground safe ty. She said she feels that • 'r e - a d v i s in g " th e playground aides of the potential hazards doesn't adequately rem ove the danger of a collision bet w een p e d e s tria n s vehicular traffic and “ I, myself, speaking as a parent and not for the PTA, am not satisfied with this," said Donaldson “ W e’re not trying to make a problem out of something that isn't. " I don't think that since the traffic is m inim al that there's no problem You don't need a freeway to have a problem ” Donaldson said the PTA w ill look at various options available for the fencing This could include non This is why the PTA will be pursuing the issue fu r th er at the next P T A Applications burn in district office fire Area people who applied for part-tim e jobs at Sandy Union High School for either of two part-tim e positions with the Extend ed Day Vocational School, should resubmit their ap- meeting, scheduled for Jan 13. At that meeting "the fe n c e iss u e w ill be presented again to the general membership of the PTA, and we will decide how we will go about handl ing it.” plications L illia s C r a n e , c o o r dinator, said all applica tions that came in before Dec. 22 burned in the fire at the district office continuous fencing or even an alternative to fencing itself, which might include moving the play equipment away from the road This decision, she said, will be up to the membership Another concern for PTA members is to alleviate any p o te n tia l law su its against the district should an accident occur, said Donaldson BURGLAR FIRE SECURITY ALARMS Gresham Alarm business *»oco In -Inc. 39 373 Proctor, P.O. Box 40 668*5016 or 666-5200 -------SANDY------- CLOSED Ä FREEZER CIRCUIT T V. W ALARMS Lowest prices in town on meat, 0« 30. 1982 |S«c I) SANDY (Ore.) POST— 9 Safety of ‘Big Toy’ considered at Welches by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post Correspondent On Dec 8 what has been reported as the fourth acci dent in a two-and-a-half month period occurred on th e sam e p ie c e of playground equipment at Welches Grade School As a result of this acci dent. parents are beginning to question how safe the school's playground is. They are also concerned with how the district com pares with others in regard to safety. The accident occurred on the Big Toy," a large log structure that has been at the school for the past six years Injured in the acci dent was a first grade girl who suffered a concussion after falling from the top of th e a p p a r a tu s , w h ic h measures a distance of about eight feet At the December board of d ir e c to r s m e e tin g Dawson Hubert, one of the parents whose child has been injured on the Big Verla Rogers joins board of directors Verla Rogers was of ficially sworn in as a new m ember of the Welches School Board of Directors earlier this month Rogers was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Ron Worrell, who was forced to resigned when he was tra n s fe rre d to an o ther state by the company he works for The term of office for the board position now oc cupied by Rogers w ill ex pire on June 30 Toy, appeared before the board He wanted to know how the school stood in respect to safety on the p la y g r o u n d an d on playground equipment " A r e th e s e re c o rd s available and how do we (Welches G rade School) stand on safety,” asked Hubert K e n n e th B la c k b u r n , superintendent, responded that the most recent acci dent occurred after school during a Brownie meeting being held in the Welches Community School room He said. "There was no one supervising ( when the acci d e n t o c c u r r e d ) , as I understand " A cco rd in g to A ndrea Cabral, a troop leader for the Brownies, there was supervision when the acci- dent took place Later in his explaination. however. Blackburn, who was not present when the accident occurred, said he actually wasn't certain "if there was anyone there supervising or not.” "Sir, 1 didn't mean to a t tack." said Hubert " I f this happens to be the fourth kid hurt on the same toy, I want to know This is what I am looking for ” Blackburn said he didn't feel, in relationship to the number of youngsters who use that particular play equipment, that it has a high percentage of ac cidents. He said the school had two Big Toys, an old and a new one To determ ine which accidents occurred on this piece of equipment. HIHH " " “ t -T 3 9 even better yet or worse yet. wherever your coming fro m ," s a id H u b e rt That's the second acci dent within a month and a half that I ’ve been per sonally involved (w ith) We need to take that thing out before somebody really gets hurt." Another problem Hubert dent reports kept on file by the district He said he'd make the contents of those reports public Hubert said this was the second accident within a month and a half. The first involved his child “ If it's the old one. th at’s High school students donate cans and cash Students at Sandy Union High School donated over MOO and 3,000 cans of food to the Kiwanis Club's food drive, according to Curtis Heath, activities director The junior class won the Associated Student Body’s can contest, collecting 1,335 cans of food. Members of the student body did a "tremendous job ,” Heath said. A r ie l, a ro ck band, played Dec 21 as part of the fund raiser id e n t if ie d w ith th e playground area is the use of bark dust below the equipment instead of dirt He said the doctor who dressed his daughter's arm when she was injured had d iffic u lty rem oving the bark dust from her wound D ick H o ffm an, board chairperson, agreed and said studies have shown that dirt is safer than bark dust in play areas something about i t . " Hoffman, in an interview M onday night, said he doesn't see a problem with that particular play equip ment He said the four in juries is m inim al He said out of 310 students, about 150 s tu d e n ts use th e playground facilities on a daily basis Later. Hoffman said that other alternatives to bark dust should be explored due to the infection it causes "Not to blow anything up, I'm just saying you got to replay (the accidents)," s a id H u b e r t. 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