JULY 1, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
ELUDE,
Board splits vote on
superintendent contract
continued from Page A1
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
The contract for Superin-
tendent Christy Perry of the
Salem-Keizer School District
was approved by a split School
Board vote Tuesday.
It takes effect today and runs
for three years. Jim Green, the
director leading the opposition,
said that although he would like
to see Perry receive more than
the $192,300 base plus cost-of-
living adjustments, he thought
the contract should be in line
with those of similar-sized dis-
tricts such as Beaverton.
Director Marty Heyen said
the salary should not match
Beaverton’s, because living costs
are much higher there than
they are in Salem-Keizer. Chris
Brantley noted that when the
district advertised nationwide
for applicants, most of them
were assistant superintendents
because most superintendents
were making more money than
the board was offering. Nancy
MacMorris-Adix, who with
Green and Brantley voted no,
said she wished Green, who
was absent from the June board
meeting, had been present so
he could have raised the point
then.
Board members asked Paul
Dakopolos, the counsel, what
Perry would earn if the con-
tract were rejected. He said that
Perry would be at her current
salary through the 2016-17
school year. Asked what fl ex-
ibility there would be if the
board approved the contract, he
said it could be changed after a
year.
Brantley said that negotiat-
ing a raise next year would set
a precedent, but he noted that
Perry’s salary under the con-
tract just approved was at least
$60,000 less than that of the
Beaverton superintendent.
Perry said she could support
a board decision either way.
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The board approved a three-
year contract for Kelly Carlisle,
assistant superintendent, with-
out discussion.
It also approved hiring Bro-
die Cavaille as assistant prin-
cipal and athletic director of
North Salem High School,
Johnie Ferro as assistant princi-
pal of McKay High School, An-
nie Mortion as principal at Jane
Goodall Environmental Middle
School, and Bridget West as as-
sistant principal of Mary Eyre
Elementary School and Four
Corners Elementary School.
In other business, the board
accepted a correction in the
taxes it had approved for 2016-
17. The fi gure of $33,990,211
for bonds was corrected to
$23,824,757.
MENACE,
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immediately to the east of the
Clear Lake parking lot.
On Thursday, June 23, a
search warrant was issued for
Offi eld's residence and executed
the next day. Police conducted a
traffi c stop on Offi eld's BMW
on Windsor Island Road North
and arrested Offi eld before
taking him back to his residence.
Police offi cers conducted a
search of the home and located
a “Ruger” 4.5mm caliber BB
gun under a nightstand in the
master bedroom.
According to a probable
cause statement released by
KPD offi cials, Offi eld admitted
to using profanity and a racial
slur. Offi eld initially denied
having the BB gun with him,
according to the statement, but
he later said he had the gun in
his lap during the conversation
with the boys. He claimed he
did not point it at anyone.
Offi eld was taken at the
Marion County Correctional
Facility where he was charged
with one count of menacing
and released.
demanding money while dis-
playing a black handgun. The
suspect fl ed the scene on foot
with an undisclosed amount of
cash. He was last seen headed
southbound on River Road
North, but was not located.
At 2:30 a.m., police re-
ceived a second report of
an armed robbery at Qual-
ity Suites. A clerk reported
a male subject entered the
lobby of the hotel confront-
ing him while displaying a
black handgun and demanded
money. The suspect fl ed the
scene with an undisclosed
amount of cash in an un-
known direction of travel. A
K-9 team from the Salem Po-
lice Department responded to
the incident and searched the
area for the suspect but he was
not located.
The suspect is described
as a light-skinned, black male
adult in his late 20s, 5-foot-11,
with a thin build and scruffy
facial hair. He was wearing
a dark gray hoodie and torn
baggy jeans at the time of the
Submitted
A video still of the suspect in a pair of armed robberies Sunday,
June 26.
robberies.
No injuries were reported
in either incident.
Anyone having informa-
SHOT: Grand jury will
decide shooting lawfulness
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the confrontation the offi cer
discharged his fi rearm strik-
ing the suspect, Andy L. Gib-
son, 50, of Canby. Gibson was
transported to Salem Health
for treatment of life-threat-
ening injuries and had not
been released at press time.
Perez was not injured.
An investigation is be-
ing conducted by members
of the Oregon State Police
and the Marion County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Offi ce. It is
standard procedure for the
Keizer Police Department to
request the Oregon State Po-
lice conduct an independent
investigation into an incident
of this nature, said Jeff Kuhns,
KPD deputy chief.
Perez, who has approxi-
mately fi ve years of law en-
forcement service, has been
placed on paid administrative
leave pending the comple-
tion of the investigation, a
standard procedure in offi -
cer-involved shootings.
Less than 24 hours earlier,
another armed robber struck
two Keizer businesss, but
Capt. Bill Fugate of the Ore-
gon State Police Department
confi rmed that the incident
at 7-Eleven was unrelated to
those robberies.
Kuhns said the outcome
of the investigation will be
reviewed by the Marion
County District Attorney’s
Offi ce and a grand jury.
“I expect a grand jury will
be convened and they will
consider if criminal charges
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tion about either armed rob-
bery is asked to contact Det.
Arsen Avetisyan at 503-390-
3713, Ext. 3492.
against the suspect are ap-
propriate, and if the use of
deadly force was justifi ed,”
Kuhns said.
The matter should appear
before a grand jury within
seven business days, but the
July 4 holiday is likely to
have an impact.
The Keizer Police De-
partment just celebrated its
32nd anniversary on May 19,
2016. This is only the sec-
ond Keizer police offi cer-
involved shooting to occur
in Keizer. The last one was in
September 1989, the suspect
in that case survived.
Anyone with information
regarding the investigation is
asked to contact the Oregon
State Police at 503-731-
3030.