143RD YEAR, NO. 237
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016
TRIAGE ON
TILLAMOOK HEAD
SHELLFISH
WARS
FRIDAY EXTRA • 1C
OPINION • 4A
Brown
outlines
vision for
corporate
tax revenue
Unprecedented leverage coming
Governor would direct
money to vocational
education, tax credits
By KRISTENA HANSEN
Associated Press
PORTLAND — With the largest corpo-
rate tax hike in Oregon history likely headed
to voters in November, lawmakers have two
different scenarios to
consider for the next
two-year budget cycle:
one with an extra $6
billion in tax revenue,
and one without.
That
reality
prompted Gov. Kate
Brown on Thursday to
release her own vision
for some of that reve-
nue if Initiative Peti-
Gov. Kate
tion 28 passes this fall.
Brown
It involves cre-
ating an endowment fund for high school
vocational programs in hopes of boosting
graduation rates; expanding earned income
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
State Department of Education Deputy Superintendent Salam Noor asked Astoria High School students Thursday for feedback
about their education experience.
Stakes are high in Oregon
for education reform
See BROWN, Page 9A
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Leaders seek
reprieve for
polluted
shipyard
Yard could close
when environmental
cleanup starts
A
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria High School senior Emmanuel Goicochea, center, listens with
other students to state Department of Education Deputy Superintendent
Salam Noor during a visit Thursday.
change in federal education law will give Oregon
and other states unprecedented leverage to decide
on student assessments, accountability measures,
school improvement and educator effectiveness.
The stakes are high in Oregon, which persistently
faces some of the lowest graduation and highest chronic
absenteeism rates in the nation .
As Oregon creates an education plan to turn in to the
U.S. Department of Education in the fall, state Deputy
Superintendent of Public Instruction Salam Noor, the
highest educational offi cial under Gov. Kate Brown, has
been crisscrossing the state and asking locals to reimag-
ine education .
In meetings Thursday with educators and high school-
ers, Noor asked his audience to focus on which school
characteristics are most important, how the state should
measure success and how it can make sure all students
are successful.
Engagement
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
County leaders are asking the state
Department of Environmental Quality to
hold off for fi ve to 10 years on closing the
Astoria Marine Construction Co. shipyard
on the Lewis and Clark River.
The polluted shipyard is important to the
commercial fi shing industry and a shutdown
could be a blow to the region’s economy.
“This moratorium would save the jobs
of the skilled shipwrights on staff, maintain
the specialized older equipment to work on
wooden boats, allow emergency haul out and
repair capabilities, and keep the fi shing fl eet
repair business local,” wrote Kevin Leahy,
the director of Clatsop Economic Develop-
ment Resources.
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Deputy Superintendent Salam Noor, center, listens as, from left, fourth-grade
teacher Sena Bergquist, Knappa School District substitute Chuck Haglund, As-
toria Superintendent Craig Hoppes and Way to Wellville Coordinator Sydney
Van Dusen discuss what they want to see education in Oregon focus on.
About 15 leadership students at Astoria High School
who met with Noor Thursday in the library largely
remarked on how the personal connections they have
with teachers and staff are what help keep them engaged.
When she had family issues and her grades dropped,
said senior Kim Castro, Counselor Andrew Fick reached
out to her teachers. “We have that really strong bond,
so they know when something’s wrong, and they just
approach you in such a friendly way that you always
know that they’re there for you,” she said.
When he was ready to drop out, said s enior Dun-
can Davis, it was Principal Lynn Jackson who reached
out and gave him the option of taking classes at Clatsop
Community College, which he credits for why he’s pre-
paring to graduate.
As for helping all students be successful, students
remarked on how small class sizes with interesting
See EDUCATION, Page 9A
See SHIPYARD, Page 9A
Veteran fi nds satisfaction in the classroom
Every Wednesday and Fri-
day for the next couple of
weeks, The Daily Astorian fea-
tures an area teacher as we
head toward graduation and
summer break.
Trent Klebe
Warrenton High School,
world history and U.S. history,
10th and 11th grades
Why did you become a
teacher, and what was
your biggest surprise?
Klebe said he was injured
while serving in the U.S.
Marine Corps and had to start
looking for a new vocation.
While he looked at teaching
as a means to become a wres-
Teachers Talk About Teaching
tling coach, Klebe said his big-
gest surprise was how much
satisfaction he got from being
a teacher.
What part of the
job do you enjoy
the most?
D eveloping relationships
with students to help them
make better decisions in life,
develop a moral compass,
become responsible adults and
look at what they owe their
country, compared to what
they can get from it.
What is the most
challenging part
of your job?
Klebe said the hardest part
of his job is dealing with his
failures as a teacher, know-
ing that he cannot always
win and being frustrated
over losing children to bad
decisions. Before Warren-
ton, Klebe taught at Oceans-
ide High School in southern
California and White Pine
Middle School in Saginaw,
Michigan.
— Edward Stratton
Trent Klebe