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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 Seaside schools seek advice on search for new superintendent Directors look for community input on desired qualities in new administrator By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — Who will take charge next fall at Seaside schools? And what qualities are residents and district staff looking for in a new leader? The Seaside School Dis- trict Board of Directors plans to meet with administrators, staff, students and the com- munity to decide on qualities they seek in a new superin- tendent. Informational ses- sions will be held through- out the day Tuesday at the Seaside High School library, with a meeting for the pub- lic at 5:30 p.m. The search team includes Greg McKen- zie and Mike Taylor of Nex- tUp Leadership, based in West Linn. Longtime Superintendent Doug Dougherty announced his upcoming retirement in November, but will continue to serve part-time as superin- tendent-emeritus to help tran- sition the new superintendent during the 2016-17 school year. Dougherty is expected to work on a new school relo- cation bond to be placed on the November ballot. Dougherty began his career with the Seaside School District as a teacher at Seaside Heights Elemen- tary School in 1982. He also worked as a teacher at Broad- way Middle School and the principal of Cannon Beach Elementary School before being hired to replace former Superintendent Harold Rig- gan in 1998. Faculty, student and staff meetings will take place throughout the day, conducted by one of the search consultants. The dis- trict hopes to have the new schools leader start July 1. “It’s not a required meet- ing for anyone in the dis- trict,” Executive Assistant Sally Fran- cis said. “It’s only if they want to come.” Admin- istrators and of¿ce staff Doug will meet Dougherty at the dis- trict of¿ce while Associated Student Body leaders will convene in the high school confer- ence room. Maintenance and food service staff from all schools will meet at the high school library. For those unable to attend a meeting, a brief online survey is available on the district’s website, www. seaside.k12.or.us, and takes about 3 to 5 minutes. The survey seeks infor- mation on what is “work- ing well” in the district and what is not. Respondents are asked to checkoff qual- ities important in a superin- tendent, for example, “good listening skills,” “empow- ering leader,” “strong core values” or “visionary.” From the information gathered at the meetings, the survey and interviews with community leaders, the district’s board of directors will “come up with an idea of what the district is look- ing for as far as qualities for the superintendent” to aid in the search process, Fran- cis said. The board plans to dis- cuss the information and adopt a set of quali¿cations at its meeting Feb. 16. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Firefighters from Astoria, Warrenton, and Lewis and Clark respond to a structure fire at the U.S. Coast Guard housing construction site. Coast Guard housing ¿re under investigation Two units damaged in un¿nished building By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian The Astoria Fire Depart- ment and Clatsop County Fire Investigation Team are looking into the cause of a ¿re that damaged an unoccu- pied building in the new U.S. Coast Guard housing develop- ment on Culp Court in Astoria Friday. At 435 p.m., ¿re crews were dispatched to 200 West Klaskanine Ave. near the un¿nished development. When personnel arrived, smoke was pouring from Building No. 2. Auto service center employee guilty of stealing $20,000 By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian An employee at a Warren- ton automotive service cen- ter pleaded guilty to stealing more than $20,000 in cash sales from the business over nine months. Brent Douglas Perry, 45, Seaside, was sentenced in Clatsop County Cir- cuit Court Thursday to ¿ve years probation. If Brent the probation Douglas is revoked, Perry he will face four years in prison. As part of his sentence, he is required to pay back $20,639.41 that he stole from Putman Pro-Lube between October 2013 and July 2014. He paid back $10,000 at the time of sentencing. Because of his cooperation, payment of half of the restitu- tion and lack of criminal his- tory, the District Attorney’s Of¿ce agreed to the probation sentence. In addition, Perry was ordered to serve 160 hours of community service and have no contact with the vic- tims or business. He was indicted in Feb- ruary 2015 on nine counts of ¿rst-degree theft. He pleaded guilty to ¿ve counts Thurs- day, before being sentenced. While working for Put- man Pro-Lube, Perry thought he found a loophole in the system that allowed him to pocket cash sales without a record. However, the busi- ness caught on and reported the theft to the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Of¿ce. Detectives came to the business undercover and paid in cash. Video record- ings showed Perry ringing up the cash sales, deleting the in- voices and keeping the money. The ¿re affected two units — 963 and 967 — in the four- unit townhouse-style dwelling and was declared under con- trol at 6 p.m. No injuries were reported. The incident was called in under unusual circumstances: The contractor happened to notice the smoke on live secu- rity camera footage from Van- couver, Washington, where he is based. “If he hadn’t noticed it on security camera and called (911), it probably would’ve been a lot more damaged than it was,” Brett Bishop, a lieu- tenant with the Astoria Fire Department, said. “It was con¿ned to the building of origin, but it could’ve very easily spread to all four of those units because it’s under construction, and it’s a lot of open material without sheet rock,” he continued. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian The contractor owns the housing development, which he will transfer to the Coast Guard once it is completed. 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