APRIL 27, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
FIGHT,
continued from Page A1
Bowlby said. “It's hard because
you have fi rst graders who
have 30 minutes and they're
having to get their lunch and
they're having to wait. We have
kids who won't even get back
to the room after 15 minutes
so then they're ending up with
10 minutes to eat. It makes it a
real challenge.”
The Salem-Keizer School
District estimates that the
lost instruction time for
elementary schools that do
not have a cafeteria is about
nine days over the course of a
school year.
Since Keizer Elementary
doesn't have a dishwasher,
trays and silverware are boxed
up and shipped off everyday to
be cleaned and then returned
the next day.
Both Keizer and Gubser
are growing at rates so fast
that they've already passed
projections
by
Portland
State University's Population
Research Center.
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Gubser
was
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Keizer Elementary students wait for condiments in a hallway at the school. Keizer Elementary is
one of two elementary schools in Keizer that were built without at cafeteria.
projected to have 568 students
in a building designed for 467
by 2035, the school is already
at 605 students and Bertholf
is planning for 620 kids next
school year.
While
Gubser
would
be one of the fi rst schools
to be renovated under the
bond, with construction
possibly beginning as early
as fall of 2018 and fi nishing
the following September, a
portable with two classrooms
will be installed next school
year since classrooms are
already at 31-34 students.
“We can't wait,” Bertholf
said.
Along with a new cafeteria
and kitchen, Gubser would
get three new classrooms, a
relocated covered play area
and improvements to its gym
and HVAC system through
the bond.
Keizer,
the
largest
elementary school in the
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city, was projected to have
736 students by 2035 but has
already surpassed 740.
With
construction
scheduled to begin in 2022,
Keizer would get four new
classrooms, a multipurpose
fi tness
room,
additional
parking and reoriented drop-
off lanes. The school would
also see improvements to its
plumbing, increase visibility
of main entry from the offi ce
and library improvements.
Both schools would also
get partition walls replaced,
intercom and card access
system upgrades and expanded
wireless capacity.
Gubser was scheduled for
construction before Keizer
because of a rapid increase
in enrollment this school
year which led to a lack
of classrooms. Keizer also
experienced growth and while
overcrowded, has been able
to accommodate the student
body for the time being.
Cummings
Elementary,
which is just under its
capacity at 430-plus students,
would get its existing cafeteria
expanded as part of its
$1.8 to $2.8 million. With
construction beginning in
2020, Cummings would also
see sidewalk additions on
Delight Street, heating and
ventilation
improvements,
seismic improvements and
increase visibility of the main
entry from the offi ce.
Clear Lake would receive
$175,000 to $225,000 for
music room and site drainage
improvements as well as
removal
or
replacement
of
end-of-life
portable
classrooms.
Weddle
would
get
$850,000 to $1.6 million to
replace its roof and to improve
its music room.
Forest Ridge, the newest
of the Keizer schools, built in
2002, would receive $75,000
to $125,000 for improvements
to its HVAC system. All
schools will get intercom and
card access system upgrades
as well as expanded wireless
capacity.
Ballots were mailed out
Wednesday, April 25.
If passed, the $619.7 million
proposed bond would increase
the current property tax levy
rate by an estimated $1.24 per
$1,000 of assessed property
value.
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Aside from the accomplish-
ments, Ryan said there are other
issues she wants to bring to the
forefront of the public con-
science. First among those is
fi nding a way to incorporate a
domestic violence advocate into
the Keizer Police Department.
Ryan said she has been working
closely with Sgt. Andrew Co-
peland on the matter and took
part in ride-alongs with KPD
offi cers twice a year to get a
better handle on the need.
“I've taken the time to try
to understand the department
and we occasionally use ser-
vices provided by Salem Police
Department, but I want to see
someone working alongside
our offi cers,” she said.
In some ways, her attempts
to create space for a domestic
violence advocate took a back
seat to the larger issues of fund-
ing – and now hiring – addi-
tional offi cers, but she can see
opportunity on the horizon.
“It could be a volunteer po-
sition or there are grants we can
apply for,” Ryan said.
Sticking with the public
safety theme, Ryan said fi nding
a way to round up more vol-
unteers and stable funding for
KPD's annual BLAST camp is
another priority.
The other major issue Ryan
hopes to tackle is bringing the
city's various youth athletic
organizations together for a
Kumbaya session.
“I want to put all the ath-
letics leaders in the same room
with Cathy (Clark's) support
to bring people together and
make unity happen,” Ryan said.
“We have a lot of organizations
and not everyone is communi-
cating.
“And I will always be a voice
for businesses in Keizer. That
was one of the main issues I ran
on, but I feel like I've become a
strong voice for the community
overall,” she said.
Voters will determine if
Ryan gets another term on the
council in November.
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