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LOCKDOWN,
continued from Page A1
there's not an imminent threat,” Jespersen said.
“Our protocol is we have to call the district
offi ce and we talk to either Ray Byrd or John
VanDreal, of Safety and Risk Management
Services, they have to release us from lockdown
because we may not be aware that something is
going on down the street. They have to check
to make sure it is indeed safe and then we let
them out, so instead of a lockdown for 3-4
minutes, it turned into 15 minutes.”
Within 30 minutes, Jespersen sent an auto-
dialer to all McNary families informing them
of the lockdown. He then sent an email to the
McNary staff, telling them to communicate
with their students why the school went into
lockdown.
“We want to communicate with our families
as fast as possible,” Jespersen said. “Once things
were done, I needed to get a very quick debrief
with everyone involved. I got my facts straight.
I had someone from the communications offi ce
write this for me, and then we went from there.
We tried to get it out as fast as we possibly could
in a responsible and clear way.”
Exactly where the gunfi re sound came from
is unknown.
Area residents went to the Keizer City
Council in the past to demand action regarding
a private shooting range across the Willamette
River from Sunset Park.
McNary golf course has an air cannon they
use to scare off geese. However, Alex Kantner,
assistant golf shop pro, confi rmed the cannon
wasn't shot on Thursday morning.
A cannon fi re sound can also be heard across
the river from Keizer Rapids Park.
The Salem-Keizer School District has three
levels of lockdowns—Condition 1, 2 and 3.
Condition 1 occurs when there is danger
away from campus. Teaching continues but
everyone is out of the hallways, doors are locked
and kids can't leave the room.
In Condition 2, the threat is not currently in
the building but is on its way. Instruction then
stops, doors, windows and blinds are closed and
locked, the lights are turned off and everyone
moves to a pre-designated safe area away from
windows.
Condition 3 is when a threat is in the
building. Doors are barricaded.
“We have formal drills a few times a year.
Our students and staff are very aware of what a
Condition 1, 2, and 3 are,” Jespersen said. “The
kids and the staff were amazing. They responded
in probably 15-20 seconds. We had 2,000
students that were where they needed to be.”
Submitted by Keith Fajer
A fence on Jakewood Court was the site of several acts of vandalism.
THREATS,
continued from Page A1
instances of vandalism, a stop
sign at the intersection of
Jakewood Court Northeast
and Horizon Ridge Drive
Northeast had the word “go”
painted on it, and a City of
Keizer Parks Regulation sign
at Country Glen Park had “Sh
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school shoot” painted on it.
Salem-Keizer
School
District
Superintendent
Christy
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released
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"Overnight, some houses in
our community were tagged
with graffi ti communicating
a threat of violence that has
impacted multiple schools.
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If you have any information
regarding the graffi ti, please
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trusting us with your children.
We take this responsibility
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APPLE: ‘It was a shock’
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it an art because he is so good
at it.”
Tiller received one of
13 Crystal Apples from 46
nominees at a ceremony on
Thursday, Nov. 2 at Salem's
Historic Elsinore Theater.
Tiller had nominated oth-
er McNary teachers for the
award in the past and when
they didn't win, Tiller didn't
think he had a chance.
“It's been so disappointing
when you know what a qual-
ity teacher they are that I was
telling myself, 'It's not going
to happen, don't worry about
it,'” Tiller said. “It was a shock
when they called my name.”
Tiller didn't have to wait
long as his was the third
name called. But he did learn
something from watching the
fi rst winner.
“The fi rst guy that was
announced as the winner
was standing up there and
he looked like he was gonna
faint and then when he start-
ed to walk off the stage, he
took his trophy and he shook
it and the apple rolled off
the base and off the stage. It
didn't break,” Tiller said. “So
when I got mine, I was hold-
ing on to it like a football,
trying to make sure it didn't
go anywhere.”
Reading the nomination
letters was one of his favor-
ite things about winning the
award.
“I'm glad I did it in private,
especially the ones from the
kids,” Tiller said. “As a math
teacher, it's not like they are
writing me essays and pour-
ing over their deepest wishes
and dreams so I know them
but not necessarily how I af-
fect them. So it was really a
cool thing to read those and
see that they had really felt
like they had learned a little
bit about me and a little bit
about math at the same time
and enjoyed the experience.”
Tiller, who grew up in
Fresno, Calif., has been at
McNary for 19 years. He's
most pleased with how the
math department has grown
during that time, from one
section of calculus with 10-
12 kids and one or two class-
es of pre-calculus to two full
sections of calculus and eight
of pre-calculus.
“I think all of our math
teachers have done such a
good job of helping the kids
feel like they can be success-
ful at the next one so they're
willing to take that risk and
try a harder class once their
requirements are all met and
that never used to be the
case,” Tiller said. “That's pret-
ty neat. For a lot of kids it's
just an elective.”
As a national trainer for
the Salem-Keizer School
District-adopted match cur-
riculum, Tiller not only
provides professional devel-
opment for the math depart-
ment at McNary but he also
travels around the western
United States assisting math
teachers.
When Salem-Keizer Pub-
lic Schools received an Equal
Opportunity Schools grant,
Tiller lead the charge in clos-
ing the access gap to AP math
courses for underserved stu-
dents.
“Mr. Tiller has always
worked to make AP Calculus
and AP Statistics a positive
experience for all students,”
former McNary assistant
principal Rhonda Rhodes
wrote.
Along with teaching math,
Tiller coached freshman base-
ball at McNary and worked
in the intramural program.
He can also be found dur-
ing his lunch or after school
working with students from
other teachers' classes.
“His reputation for be-
ing the math instructor who
understands their pain, and
his willingness to take time
to help anyone—even those
from other teachers—has
helped create a culture in
our school where teachers
see all students as theirs, not
just the ones in their classes,”
McNary assistant principal
Dan Borresen wrote in his
nomination letter. “Of all the
teachers I've ever met, he is
the most deserving of this
important award.”
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