The Sflndy Post
Editorial & Opinion
Lenchitsky leads
positive change
We strongly urge voters to m a rk th e ir ballots fo r T e rry Len
ch itsky fo r the Sandy Union High School board of directors.
F o r years Sandy High School has been the w hipping boy of
the com m unity, but in the past couple of years we’ve heard a
num ber of people com m ent that the school does indeed appear
to be headed in the rig h t direction.
In the c ity of Sandy, residents who live near the high school
thought the closed campus was a w onderful idea. Self-
described fiscal conservatives have told us they like the idea
of Sandy H igh livin g w ith the same tax rate — actually, less —
than has been in effect the past two years. Some program s
have been beefed up, and the board knows where the weak
areas are.
Len chitsky’s opponent, Roland C artisser, is an in telligent
m an, apparently a successful business person and involved in
his in d u s try ’s state organization, w hich is commendable.
Lenchitsky has im m ersed him self in local a ffa irs. For
everything the K iw anis Club of Sandy does that is reported,
they do another dozen things that nobody hears about. He was
involved in setting up the Sandy Job Club. And he has been a
p a rt of the positive changes at Sandy High School.
What hurts C artisser’s c re d ib ility , in our opinion, is his
signature on the petition asking to cut $1.9 m illio n from
SUHS’s tax base proposal.
To cut $1.9 m illio n fro m the present budget would go way
past e lim in a tin g athletics and a ctivitie s, acceptable class
sizes o r any semblance of a m aintenance program . M ore im
p o rta n tly, it is lik e ly the school would eventually be found
substandard by the state, and then the state’s funding would
be w ithdraw n.
There m ay be waste at Sandy High School, but anyone who
thinks it is in the $1.9 m illio n range is dream ing.
C artisser said he signed the petition to get the board’s atten
tion. We have to wonder if th a t’s how he would do business as a
board member.
In addition, the 12 percent cut in the vocational education
departm ent was the m ore accurate reporting of one salary
and the elim ina tion of a position when one teacher took
another job. There are two less vocational class being offered,
but shuffling students and rearran gin g classes is norm al
business fo r a school, made possible by the fact that some
teachers are c e rtifie d to teach in several diffe re n t areas.
Last year at this tim e there were 716 students in 24 voca
tional education classes. This January there w ere 740 students
in 22 vocational education classes.
There are enough lé g itim ité issues to be debated w ithout
fogging the p ub lic’s collective m ind w ith m isinform ation.
T e rry Lenchitsky has a fascinating background, a record of
com m unity involvem ent and a tru ck load of common sense.
He deserves re-election to the Sandy High School board of
directors.
Letters to the editor
Lenchitsky’s record:
budgetary increases
I would like to share my observa
tions with your readers on the two
candidates running for the Sandy
Union High School board of directors
I know Messrs. Lenchitsky and Car
tisser and find both to be quality peo
ple, active in th eir respective
business and civic organizations
Terry Lenchitsky has been on the
school board for several years and.
more recently, as chairman. In the
last 18 months I observed Lenchit
sky's voting record which has almost
consistently favored requests made
by the school administration for
various expenditures and increasing
school budgets.
Roland Cartisser has been active in
the recent high school budget making
process and questioned many expen
ditures including classes with only
four and eight students, need for in
creased instructional support, a 27
percent dropout rate, and Oregon's
high educational cost (sixth highest
in the nation).
In my view, the candidates are at
opposite ends of the field. Lenchitsky
the more liberal who would continue
the “ status quo,” and Cartisser, a
conservative with a strong desire to
control expenses and reduce the
school budget
John H King
Sandy
Lenchitsky works
with enthusiasm
We wish to express our thanks to
Terry I^enchitsky for his past and
current service to the community
and to the Sandy Union High School
District in particular. He is a hard
worker at whatever he undertakes to
do and he will do his very best to act
in a responsible capacity in serving
the public if re-elected to the high
school board
His desire to take another term
signifies his intent to continue work
ing with boundless enthusiasm tor
the good of our students and school.
We encourage all who have a vote
to cast in the coming election to give
careful consideration to supporting
an experienced candidate, Terry
Lenchitsky.
Frank and Joyce Marcy
Sandy
Remember Lenchitsky vote
on book ‘Changing Bodies’
To vote intelligently we must
remember the past. I refer to the
school board member Terry Lenchit
sky He was one of the board
members that turned a deaf ear to
the concerns of the parents and tax
payers and voted to keep the book,
“Qianging Bodies, Changing Lives.”
This book was nothing more than a
how-to manual that encourages
teenagers to induldge in sexual ex
perimentation Anyone who would
vote to keep "Changing Bodies,
Changing Lives” does not belong on a
school board and should step down
We need people that will do what is
right because it is right and Terry
won’t We need a change
Bob Shaw
Sandy
Scott Newton, editor
Kimberly Nelson, Advertising representative
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Terry is now completing his first
I am writing this letter as a rebut
tal to several people in the Sandy
four-year term, but he served a sort
High School District who wrote let
of apprenticeship for two years as a
ters to the editor which appeared
member of th SUHS Budget Commit
tee before running for the board.
March 6.
There is another candidate in the
These people wrote letters suppor
race for the school board position
ting my opponent in the election for
the high school board position he
now held by Terry Lenchitsky. I ’m
pretty sure that there are folks out
presently holds. I agree that Terry
Lenchitsky has been active in many
there who condifer that the way to
“ solve all the problems" of Sandy
community affairs. However, all of
Union High School is to “ throw the
these people are very misinformed. I
rascal out" — an honored tradition in
have attended all of the high school
our republic But I think the present
budget meetings for this new propos
board and administration are m ak
ed budget and have only observed
ing significant progress, and what we
one of the people who wrote letters at
one meeting. I know who all of them
need now is continuity in a pogram
are and would recognize them if they
that has excellence in education as
its first goal, and insistence upon
had attended
value for dollars spent as its second
M r. Lenchitsky talks a good story
In the last three years. Scholastic
around the district about supporting
and the need for our vocational
Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for SUHS
students have gone up; 18 percent of
education program ; however, he was
one of four board members out of five
last spring’s graduates (a higher
who voted to increasethe district ad
percentage than ever before) went on
to college or trade school.
ministrative and support services to
The fact is that the SUHS student
where it has reached an astonishing
55 percent of the budget and cut in ex
body has a different “ profile” from
cess of 12 percent from the vocational
that of, say, Beaverton or Lake
education program for each of the
Oswego High Schools. Terry Lenchit
next two years For the people who
sky knows the difference, and will be
working to provide the kind of pro
wrote these letters of support you
missed this when the board voted to
gram the kids of our community
accept the recommendations propos
need. There is recognition of the im
ed by the administration and the
portance of career planning while
budget committee at the last budget
young people are still in school at
meeting.
SUHS; Terry Lenchitsky was one of
the organizaers of the Sandy Job
If these people want to write letters
Club, which is working with local
supporting a candidate or an issue
they need to attend the meeting
business people to give job training to
students, and job placement to young
where the person votes to find out
people who have had to drop out of
what he really believes in. To set the
record straight Jerry Swails is the
school
only member who opposed these cuts
The Job Club came about in part
because Terry Lenchitsky was presi
in the vocational program M r Len
dent of the Kiwanis Club of Sandy
chitsky has been on the board for
almost four years and our taxes con
last year, and solicited the help ot his
fellow Kiwanians in the effort. He
tinue to rise. I feel a vote for him is a
vote to increase our taxes and have it
was also one of the people responsi
ble for forming the SUHS Booster
spent in the wrong areas of our
educational system
Club, and was its first president
Roland A Cartisser
One other point is relevant to
T e rry ’s service on the SUHS board:
Sandy
he and his wife Judy are concerned
about the high school because two of
their children are graduates of Sandy
High, one is a junior this year, and a
fourth will be entering as a freshman
next fall.
Your mail ballot has, no doubt, a r
rived at your home. Take it as an op
portunity to say to Terry Lenchitsky:
I ’d like to put in a good word for "Right on!”
Terry Lenchitsky, who is a candidate
Morton Spence
for re-election to the board of direc
Sandy
tors of Sandy Union High School
District No. 2. I'm sure there is a
broad base of support for his can
didacy, because people who know
T e rry recognize th at he is a
dedicated and dependable person in
whatever he undertakes.
I t ’s easy to assume that someone
doing a good job will, of course, be a
Having known M ary Ann Burke for
shoo-in for return to public office.
12 years, I would like to endorse her
Voting for Terry Lenchitsky, though, candidacy for the Welches School
can express something more than a board, position 5.
wish that he continue his position on
As long as I have known M ary Ann
the board: it can also be a vote of con Burke she has generously offered her
fidence, and a way of saying time and talent in working with the
“ thanks" tor his service.
youth of our community.
Say right on
to Lenchitsky
Mary Ann
Burke endorsed
She and her husband Ed are the
parents of five children. Besides be
ing a qualified parent, M ary Ann is a
qualified educator and community
leader
A vote for M ary Ann Burke is an in
vestment in the future of the children
of our community.
Caryn A Priest
Welches
Number wrong
on teachers
I would lik e to correct any
misconceptions possibly created by
erroneous information printed In the
front-page article of last week's San
dy Post. The correct number of full
time teachers hired by the district is
82.8 plus 9.5 department heads and
supervisors who teach part time. We
do not have 109 teachers teaching
1,180 students as the article stated.
Georgia C. Lenon
Communications Department
Sandy Union High School
The article should have said the
Sandy High School District has 1M
employees. We regret the error.
Lenchitsky
is concerned
Terry Lenchitsky should be re
elected to the Sandy High School
board. Terry is concerned about the
boys and girls of our schools Terry Is
concerned about the taxpayers'
burden He has the knowledge and
the courage to cope with these pro
blems with fairness to all concerned.
Ivan Barker
Sandy
Marilyn Leslie
is committed
Marilyn Lealie Is running for posi
tion number 4 on the Welches School
board As a pre school teacher for the
Mt Hood Pre-School Co-op, I have
known her and her fam ily for several
y e a n since all her children have
gone through the pre-school pro
gram
Marilyn has become recognized for
her firm commitment and respon
sibility in any task she undertakes.
She has been involved in many
aspects of the community and has
earned the respect of all who have
worked with her.
I would urge you to give her your
vote for this position.
Jana Dyal
Brightwood
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Lenchitsky's record on the
school board, we find he is energe
knowledgeable, and dedicated
making Sandy High School an instil
tion of which students and pat
can be proud.
Terry deserves a vote of thanks for
his past work on the board and a vote
of confidence by re-electing him lb
the position.
When we have a person of sucji
willingness and talent, let'i
t ’s keep
him Vole for Terry Lenchitsky'
Mel and Edna Hanebeig
Sandy
Lenchitsky
man for job
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I would like to add my voice in sup
port of Terry Lenchitsky, a candidate
for a position on the high school
board.
Terry has a deep concern for the
youth of our area and it willing k>
take the time and effort needed for
the position. I have found his integri
ty to be without question, he Is en
thusiastic and la clearly the beat man
for the job
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Darrell Dempster
Sandy
Drama students
say thanks
The Cedar Ridge drama club held a
car wash at Sandy Oil Co. on Proct< r
Boulevard last weekend. Despite tl t
bad weather, the car wash was a b {
success The money raised will he >
finance the play “One Mad Nighi '
April 4 and 5, and provide for a ca t
and crew party after the final perfc -
mance. The proceeds from the pis y
will be used to reinstate the track si 1
field program at Cedar Ridge.
On behalf of the 35 students th t
participated, we would like to that k
everyone who brought their car, vi n
or truck through our car was i.
Special thanks to those who donah d
over 52 to the cost of the car wash.
A BIG thank you to Sandy Oil C i.
for donating the use of their lot si d
their automatic car wash at a coat pf
only 25 cants per car to pay for the
power used to run it.
Pam Gracia and Kate Cook
Sandy
Where to write
Senator Steve Starkovich
53 Willamette Green
Canby, Ora., 97013