AUGUST 28, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
obituary
George Warren Standish
February 4, 1936 - August 21,2020
George Warren Standish, 84, (R)Robert his sons to carry the
of Brooks, Ore., got his wings name. Even more proud that as
Friday Aug. 21, 2020. He was we speak the G and R men be-
born in Bellingham, Wash., on came more than a parent could
Feb. 4, 1936, to Leo Percy and ever ask.
He was a member of the
Edna Mary Wallace Standish.
George had two sisters and one American Legion Post # 0136,
Brooks Historical Society
brother. He joined
and BCCA.
the Army at age 17,
Loving animals and
served on the DMZ
children were his being.
in Korea until 1956,
He raised many Herford
then came home with
and Angus cattle, nurs-
a Military injury.
ing all the babies
He married Sally Jo
who needed him,
Jones in which three
amazing children were G. Standish including kitties,
goats, calves and
born.
birds.
He started G&R
His grandchildren
Auto Wrecking with his broth-
er-in -law Rudy Austad, he then were his world and he
went to work for Weyerhaeuser was so proud of the
where he ended up with a se- hard working children.
rious industrial injury, and was He never missed a soft-
disabled. He was strong-willed ball, football or basketball game
was determined to not let it in which one or more grand-
children were playing.The great
beat him.
He married Dorene Isham grandchildren are what lit up
Koenig in 1978, he then started the room for him, his special
up a new G&R Auto Wreckers. name for each. “My little danc-
This being the love of his life, ing girl.” He couldn’t wait to
he always wanted (G)Gary and fi nd someone who would listen
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to how proud he was of “Joe.”
Survivors include his wife
Dorene (of 42 years), sister Lor-
raine Gesner (Royal); children
Gary Warren Standish (Teresa
Lohn) Robert Alan Standish
(Gina Goad), Lisa Hynes, and
Rob Koenig (Dawn); grand-
children: Brandon, Shannon
and Corben Standish,Megan
Maxwell,Melissa Nored, Brit-
tney Smith, Keeton Standish,
Jeremiah, Tyrel and Eden Speer,
Jamie Peterson, Michelle Da-
vis, McKenna, Joe and Madison
Hynes. Tiffany Hillman,Britta-
ny Prince, Jeff and Dakota Koe-
nig; and great-grand-
children Victoria and
Colton Standish, Rylan
Williams, Arlo and Ivey
Maxwell, Evan and
Nicholas Smith, Zayden
Standish, Knox Nored,
Brilen and Greylen
Smith, Kaylee, Mat-
thew, David, Julia and
Elizabeth Peterson, McKenzie
and Kelsey Ratzlaff, Alexa Mol-
lett, Emmett Davis, Hailee and
Conor Hillman, Anna, Emma
and Clara Prince, Owen and
Ava Koenig.
Proceeded in death by his
parents, brother Wayne Standish,
sister Annabelle Austad, daugh-
ter Cheryl Lynn Barclay, grand-
son Johnathon Standish and
great-granddaughter
Allie
Speer.
Funeral arrangements will be
held at New Harvest Church
4290 Portland Road N.E. in
Salem on Saturday Aug. 29 at
11 a.m. Viewing will be at 10:30
a.m. at the church.
Schools: ‘An opportunity
to put students in charge’
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The Salem-Keizer School
Board meeting on Tuesday,
Aug. 25 featured members of
Salem-Keizer Public School
(SKPS) cabinet discussing
school reentry planning and
curriculum updates, as well as
other topics.
While the majority of the
students in the district will be
participating in comprehen-
sive distance learning due to
COVID-19, SKPS Superinten-
dent Christy Perry estimated
that more than 6,000 students
will be active in the district’s
EDGE program — a com-
prehensive all-online learning
academy.
When in-person class-
es were canceled in March,
many students left their per-
sonal belongings at school that
they weren’t able to retrieve.
Students additionally weren’t
able to return borrowed items,
such as library books and band
equipment. Although she didn’t
have specifi c dates, Perry did
state that over the next three
weeks, schools would need to
fi gure out how to get personal
items back to students.
The Oregon Schools Activ-
ities Association (OSAA) made
the decision earlier this month
to postpone all sports until Jan-
uary. From Aug. 31 to Dec. 27,
the permission of sports and
activities will not be designated
by the OSAA, but instead be
determined by local school dis-
tricts — meaning that schools
could potentially hold practices
and workouts during that time.
SKPS, however, is electing
to stay on the conservative
side as Perry told the board
that September will serve as a
moratorium month for all Sa-
lem-Keizer high school athletic
programs.
“We need kids and coaches
to get back in school and con-
nected into comprehensive dis-
tance learning,” Perry said. “We
want to wait and see what the
metrics say as far as when it’s it
safe to return. It’s really hard to
return to practice and not have
kids return to school.”
Iton Udosenata, the assistant
superintendent for second-
ary education, gave a pair of
curriculum updates regarding
social studies and embedded
honors classes.
Starting this school year,
SKPS is striving to shift the so-
cial studies vision from study-
ing dates and events to critical
thinking, analysis and discourse.
The district will also put more
of a focus on units specifi c to
Pacifi c Islanders/Native Ha-
waiians and Native Americans.
“Our staff has been hard at
work to try to develop cur-
riculum that will be rigorous
for students but also challenge
students to be critical thinkers,”
Udosenata said.
Embedded honors, on the
other hand, allows high school
students to choose to take hon-
ors classes until the third week
of the semester before deciding
if they want to continue.
The district believes that
this method removes barriers
and encourages more students
to engage in more rigorous
coursework.
“We see this as an opportu-
nity to put students in control
of their educational pathways,”
Udosenata said. “We really
hope that this will be a struc-
ture that gives kids self-effi ca-
cy.”
The district hopes that this
new strategy will get more
students into honors and ad-
vanced placement courses.
“Our goal is to open up
opportunities early that don’t
hold any oppressive structures
that will hold kids back, so that
all kids will have access to ad-
vanced placement,” Perry said.
Kraig Sproles, assistant su-
perintendent for elementary
education, shared about how
the district is still a ways from
going to a blended learning
model — which would involve
students coming back to school
on a part-time basis.
To get back to some sort
of in-person school, Marion
County would have to see a
positive COVID-19 testing
rate at below 5% for three con-
secutive weeks — the rate is
currently at 11.2%. They also
need to have under 10 cas-
es per 100,000 people to run
blended learning — Marion
County currently has 88 cases
per 100,000 as of Tuesday.
“It’s a sobering look at our
data,” Sproles said.
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