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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 Drill: Weather led to cancellation of tsunami evacuation route walk Continued from Page 1A dived under and clutched on as the warning announcement came over the loudspeaker. Seaside School District is one of 580,000 organizations reg- istered for the 2017 Great Ore- gon ShakeOut, a worldwide event that encourages partic- ipants to practice earthquake preparedness techniques . This is the second year schools in Seaside — vulner- able to the Cascadia Subduc- tion Zone — have performed the drill . Like last year, the drill was also supposed to be paired with a tsunami evacua- tion route walk, but was can- cel ed due to safety concerns associated with rainy weather and high wind warnings. “As one of the four schools in Oregon within the inunda- tion zone, it is critical to be prepared. Failing to prepare is preparing for failure,” Sea- side High School Principal Jeff Roberts said. “While we hope there’s not an event like this, we want to know students can respond appropriately.” One of the main concerns in Seaside is whether certain roads and bridges that lead people to higher ground will be intact in the event of a major earthquake and tsunami. But from Roberts’ point of view, the school district is doing all Students at Seaside High School watch a presentation about earthquake safety guidelines. Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Students at Seaside High School crawl under a table on Thursday during the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. that it can to be prepared. “We can’t change infra- structure issues. We can’t rebuild bridges. All we can do is educate and prepare our kids to know how to respond,” he said. “The best thing we can do is move the kids out of danger to the new school site, which doesn’t change how we prepare, but is overall a better plan.” For Kruger, knowing a new school campus out of the inundation zone is on its way is a major source of relief as a teacher. “We are prepared, but no matter what we do it is going to be chaotic getting that many kids to safety,” she said. Kruger has taught for Sea- side School District since 2003. She said a day hasn’t passed where she hasn’t con- sidered how a seismic event would affect her and her two daughters. When she goes to bed, she takes mental notes of where she leaves her glasses and her shoes in case she needs to evac- uate in the middle of the night. She thinks about how she would connect with her daugh- ters if a disaster happened while they were separated. “Thinking about these things is half the reason I run — to prepare,” she said, laughing. When Kruger is teaching her students how to prepare for a seismic event, she thinks of her own children and what she would want them to know. “All of these kids are some- one else’s beloved child,” Kru- ger said. “I just hope to com- municate what they need to know to be safe.” The drill itself was rela- tively lighthearted in the class- room. Students giggled to fi ll the silence as they had to scrunch together under their small tables. But Kruger said her stu- dents know what is at stake . “There was a lot of dis- cussion about disasters when the school was trying to pass a bond for the new cam- pus,” Kruger said. “Some stu- dents came out of that as a lit- tle fatalistic — if it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen. But there’s another strand, like the ASB (Associated Stu- dent Body) students who really energized the effort to do this drill. A lot of them were think- ing of their younger siblings at school in the inundation zone. They were thinking about keeping them safe.” Schools: Goal is around 10 percent Dogs: Stars on Instagram visited pool Continued from Page 1A “I think we need to get ourselves around 10 per- cent,” Hoppes said of his goal for the district’s chronic absenteeism . At a school board meet- ing Nov. 8, he said, admin- istrators from each school will discuss strategies used to improve attendance. Hop- pes will talk about the atten- dance policies of other school districts. Statewide, the number of chronically absent stu- dents has continually crept up from 17.4 percent a few years ago to nearly 20 percent last school year. The state is implement- ing a chronic absenteeism plan, including $7.4 mil- lion invested in the two-year budget by the Legislature to improve attendance and grad- uation rates. The Legislature has also invested $170 million in Measure 98, passed by vot- ers last year to expand dual- credit and career-technical courses and dropout preven- tion in high school. “We know that students who attend school regu- larly have more opportunity to learn, so tracking chronic absenteeism is critical,” said acting state Deputy Superin- tendent Colt Gill in a state- ment . “There is a direct link between high instances of chronic absenteeism and low graduation rates. This is why chronic absenteeism is one of our school accountabil- ity measures in our Oregon Plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act and why Gov. (Kate) Brown and the Legis- lature have invested in pro- grams to address the issue.” Continued from Page 1A Emma Starr stood with 4 -month-old puppy Drake, get- ting a quick towel dry between swims. “He’s a little hesitant, but he likes it,” Starr said. Paul and Stephanie Buff- ington brought Jamie, a gold- en doodle, and Ginger, a golden retriever puppy. The dogs skil- fully navigated the deep end taking turns gracefully balanc- ing a jolly ball. “We had a pool when we lived in California so they love the water,” Paul Buffi ngton said. The Buffi ngtons, recent Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Several dozen dogs and their owners showed up at the Sunset Empire Recreational Center in Seaside on Thurs- day for the dog swim event. arrivals to Gearhart, have an Instagram account with nearly 57,000 followers. 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