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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
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Teachers don’t like Cannon Beach Academy plan
Parents also
have concerns
about charter
school
derlich’s sentiments. He said
all students need an “excellent
education” and the wants of 75
students should not be placed
ahead of the needs of 1,500.
He added that there would be
diminished quality in the district
regardless of the teachers’ skills.
By DANI PALMER
Without incentives, Gear-
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hart fourth-grade teacher Sena
Bergquist said she doesn’t see
CANNON BEACH — how Cannon Beach Academy
Teachers with Seaside School would attract the same high cal-
District 10 took the opportunity iber teachers. And with the loss
to stand and speak against a pro- RIXSWRVWXGHQWVVKH¶VDOVR
posed charter school in Cannon concerned about how funding
Beach during a public hearing cuts would “negatively affect”
this month . In a reversal of the the other schools.
August hearing, the majority of
Cannon Beach Academy
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parents, opposed the school.
Ryan Hull said he sees a reduc-
“It isn’t an ‘us vs. them,’” WLRQLQFODVVVL]HVDVDEHQH¿WIRU
parent Michelle Wunderlich Seaside schools.
said. “I’m not against the charter
After the meeting he said the
school. I’m just very much for a district would receive 20 per-
strong district for everyone.”
cent of what the charter would
She said the charter would get per student from the state if
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district. “It’s affecting the whole
Seaside Union President
pie too much for such a small John Meyer handed over a list
piece,” Wunderlich added.
of 11 points against the char-
Chuck Albright, a third- ter school signed by a dozen
grade teacher at Gearhart Ele- people, the majority of whom
mentary School, echoed Wun- were district teachers. Meyer
Doug Dougherty
said he is not comfortable with
the academy’s curriculum and
would only be OK with a school
in Cannon Beach if it is man-
aged by the district.
A sense of belonging
Hull said Cannon Beach
Academy wants to be a part of
the district. If the school district
supports the academy rather
than the state, he added, there
would be “set checks and bal-
ances.” The academy would
have to give annual reports and
could be closed if it doesn’t meet
Sheriff Bergin announces run for fourth term
and I will do my best to be
available to everyone no matter
Clatsop County Sheriff Tom the time or circumstance and
Bergin has announced plans to serve all walks of life.”
run for a fourth term.
Bergin started his law en-
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for a second term and re-elect- and patrolled Seaside until
ed to a third term in 2012.
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“I am proud to have served IRUWKHVKHULII¶VRI¿FHDVDSD
this county the last 11 years as trol deputy. He was promoted
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to serve another term starting in
Over the course of his ca-
January of 2017,” Bergin said reer, he has primarily been
in a statement. “I look forward involved with patrol and nar-
to always working with the cotics. He ran the i nteragen-
community and making sure cy n arcotics team for several
we have a safe environment years.
for all to live. Most important-
Bergin was promoted to
ly this community is my home chief deputy in 2003.
The Daily Astorian
Overall, he has more than
2,344 hours of training in law
enforcement and attended Or-
egon State and Portland State
u niversities.
Bergin serves as the Oregon
State Sheriffs’ Association rep-
resentative to the 15 Western
States Sheriff s’ Association and
also serves on several commit-
tees for both groups.
He was elected to the Ore-
gon State Sheriff s’ Association
executive board as secretary in
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and president in 2011. Bergin
was named Sheriff of the Year
in 2010 for the State of Oregon
and was also named Sheriff of
the Year for the Western States
this year .
Tips: One of the goals is to be able to
‘respond to emergencies in a better way’
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They came through the
U.S. Department of State’s In-
ternational Visitor Leadership
Program to learn more about
emergency preparedness, search
and rescue and disaster recov-
ery programs from Washington,
D.C., to Cannon Beach.
City administrator for Pasay
City, Philippines, Dennis Ber-
nard N. Acorda, said his nation
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learn from the United States.
“Our takeaway is to bring
something home so we can re-
spond to emergencies in a better
way,” he said.
Facing the threat
with Seaside 10 over the next 30
days.
“At the end of the day, my
goal is focused on getting a pub-
lic charter school for Cannon
Beach,” he said. “If that means
30 days more, we’ll take it.”
Under state law, the State
Board of Education may also
grant an extension of the time-
line “if the district has good
cause for requesting the exten-
sion.”
Superintendent
Doug
Under review
Dougherty said both parties
Under state law , the school agreed to the extension.
district has 30 days to ensure
At the end of day, what mat-
a charter’s application is com- ters is that the district can trust
plete, which it did on June 22. the academy to be safe with the
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public hearing, which occurred educational strong, Hull said. If
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ter that to render a decision. that criteria, the school should
Hull argued that the continued be approved, he added.
Dougherty said the school
hearing on Sept. 15 went over
that alloted timeframe. Under board will look to state criteria
that statute, he said, a decision for its decision making.
The board has 30 days to is-
concerning the charter school’s
fate should have been issued by sue a decision. If it says no for a
third time, Cannon Beach Acad-
Thursday .
Despite feeling the school emy could again appeal to the
district went over the legal time- State Board of Education.
The next school board meet-
frame, Hull added that the acad-
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the academy has collected do-
nations and created a balanced
three-year budget.
Meyer read through the
charter’s proposal and said “the
numbers just don’t match,” add-
ing he doesn’t think the acad-
emy would even be able to re-
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such concerns, Hull said.
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Astoria Bridge.
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U.S. Coast Guard in Warren- near upriver of the Astoria
ton received a report around Bridge in relatively calm wa-
1:15 p.m. Tuesday of a possi- ters. They traveled downriver
ble sinking vessel.
near the St. Marys Catho-
A Clatsop County Sher- lic Church in McGowan,
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boat, also carrying a Coast became choppier, and they
Guard boarding team, di- donned their life jackets.
verted from near the mouth
A couple of waves came
of the Skipanon River. And over the bow, and the boat
the Coast Guard sent a fast started sinking. They tried to
response boat and 47-foot bail the water out with a cool-
motor lifeboat from Station er, but to no avail.
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ards on board and transport-
ed them to the marina at Chi-
nook, Washington. The Coast
Guard, arriving shortly there-
after, dewatered the vessel,
attached a tow line and took
it to a boat launch in Cape
Disappointment State Park.
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wishes to stress the point that
the Woodards had life jackets
readily available and more
importantly donned them as
soon as the situation became
hazardous, not waiting until
it was too late,” said a release
Tuesday from the sheriff’s
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Disaster risk reduction and management chief of Pasig, Philippines
on implementing underground
utilities — so far, a slow and ex-
pensive process.
Since Cannon Beach’s med-
ical clinic is in the inundation
zone, the city may need to rely
on retired doctors, Steidel said,
including a physician who lives
outside the tsunami hazard zone
and has prepared his own make-
shift clinic.
Disaster risk reduction and
management chief Ritche Van
Angeles of Pasig, Philippines,
advised the city to consider so-
lar-powered blinking signs for
potential night evacuation.
Van Angeles also suggested
identifying households requir-
ing special needs transport, a
step his city has taken.
“To be an emergency plan-
ner, you must have a big imag-
ination,” he said. “You must
think of things others wouldn’t
think of.”
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An Oregon State Universi-
ty study concluded there was
a 40 percent chance of a major
Cascadia subduction zone earth-
quake in the next 50 years.
Visitors were shown South
County evacuation maps, go
bags and emergency cache sites.
Routes outlined by the Oregon
Department of Geology and
Mineral Resources show resi-
dents and visitors where to go
in case of a distant or local tsu-
nami. In a tsunami originating
in Alaska or Japan, residents
of Cannon Beach would have
hours of warning. In a local
event, however, evacuation time
would be reduced to 15 minutes.
The city is working on adding
more evacuation route signage
for residents and visitors, Steidel
said, and practicing with events
like Race the Wave, a fun run
designed to familiarize residents
with routes to higher ground.
The city has three emergen-
cy cache sites, he said, storing
essential supplies for residents
and visitors. Barrels can be pur-
chased by those who live in the
inundation zone and want to
have access to personal items.
Go bags should hold food
and water to last for at least 24
hours, and most likely much lon-
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magnitude quake, Steidel said,
Cannon Beach could “hang out
to dry for a week.”
While trees and telephone
poles are concerns for Cannon
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lines are greater risks, according
to Police Chief Jason Scher-
merhorn. The city is working
‘To be an emergency
planner, you must have a big
imagination. You must think
of things others wouldn’t
think of.’
measurable goals.
“We’re part of the district
still,” he said. “We’re not an out-
side entity, but we are different.”
The academy would have
its own curriculum which, Hull
admitted, wouldn’t be for ev-
eryone. But it would provide
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students, he added.
Seaside’s Kevin Widener
joined Hull in speaking on be-
half of the academy. He said
Cannon Beach residents pay a
“great deal of taxes” and deserve
their own school, one he thinks
will work for students.
Cannon Beach Elementary
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reasons and fears for student
safety. The building lies in the
tsunami inundation zone. The
charter school has already been
denied twice by the district, cit-
ing lack of an adequate location
and secure start-up funds.
Hull addressed those con-
cerns in August . The school has
a conditional use permit from
the Cannon Beach Planning
Commission allowing it to mod-
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