P age A 7 T he P ortland O bserver • O ctober 2 6 , 1994 1993-94 School Report Card: A Year Of Change Oregon’s public schools made academic gains in 1993-94 despite having fewer dollars, fewer teachers and more students than the previous school year. “The 1993-94 school year marked the beginning of significant change in Oregon’s public schools,” State School Supt. Norma Paulus said in releasing the annual Oregon Re port Card on public education. “Oregon is on the leading edge of change and there is much good news to report.” But Paulus said schools cannot con tinue todo more with less. “Oregon’s fu ture depends on our willingness to invest now in public edu cation. Schools must have a guaranteed stable funding source.” In addition to funding, Paulus said schools face another problem. "Violence has erupted in Oregon’s schools practically over night. Schools cannot stop this vio lence by themselves. It’s up to local communities to help us provide a safe environment for teaching and learning.” Here are some highlights of O regon’s 1993-94 school year: • For the first time, schools o p er ated on fewer dollars - $58 mil lion fewer dollars - than the previ ous year. Factoring in increased enrollment and inflation, Oregon schools have $500 million less over the 1993-95 biennium than they need to maintain the 1991-93 ser vice levels. • The num ber of teachers dropped 2.3 percent from the previous year, from 29,021 in 1992-93 to 28,342 in 1993-94. »♦ 3 1992 93 - $58 M illion • Enrollm ent continued its record climb with 541,600 students in 1993-94, 1.3 percent more than the enrollment o f534,804 in 1992- 93. Enrollm ent increased at a slower pace than previous years but is projected to climb through the decade. • The percentage of m inority stu dents in Oregon public schools is increasing. Minority students ac count for 40 percent of additional enrollment since 1988, and three out of five of those additional mi nority students are Hispanic. • R eading and w riting p e rfo r m ance on statewide assessments improved. Mathematics perfor mance held steady in grades 3, 5 and 8 but declined slightly in grade 11. • Five high schools (Roosevelt, D avid D ou glas, C rater, W illa m e tte and C ottage Grove) pilot ing Oregon’s E d u c a tio n a l A ct for the 21st Century im proved in reading. Three C rater, Roosevelt and W illam ette - im proved in m athem atics while the other two were un changed. • M o re s tu d e n ts g ra d u a te d from Oregon high schools and fewer students dropped out in 1993-94 than in 1992-93. • O regon’s public colleges and uni versities approved a new admis sions system aligned with the high academic performance standards of Oregon’s Education Act. To receive copies o f the O r egon R eport C ard, call B arbara Slim ak, docum ents clerk, Oregon D epartm ent o f E ducation, (503) 378-3589. Officer Honored For Community Policing Central Precinct Officer Greg Hendricks has been honored by the National Association of Police Or ganizations for his work in commu nity policing. Hendricks was recognized for his innovative programs to reduce street drinking in Old Town by work ing with area merchants to stop sell ing fortified wine and large bottles of beer. Fifty-seven officers across the United Stales were selected for con sideration from hundreds of nomina tions. Hendricks received an honor able mention award as the ‘T op Cop” from Oregon. Twelve finalists were scheduled to be honored at a Washington, D C. A D V E R T IS E IN 3P n rifatti* (Dhscrncr c a ll 5 0 3 - 2 8 8 - 0 0 3 3 A L ife tim e O f M e m o rie s D u a n e L ew is, P re sid e n t 2K0K X L M a rlin l.u llie r King B ird . Portland. ( )regon 9721 I Call 503/284-8268 Huffman served as acting dean during the past year. He is known internationally as an expert in Con stitutional law, water law, natural resources and jurisprudence. He di rects the law school’s highly re garded Natural Resources Law In stitute. Huffm an replaces Stephen Ranter, who is stepping down after eight highly successful years as dean and returning to the law school fac ulty. “Under Steve Ranter’s leader ship, the Law School has achieved an entirely new level ofexcellence,” Mooney said. Student applications have more than tripled, and the quality of the student body has increased dramati cally. Entering classes are now among the top 40 in the nation. The Law School has developed one of the pre eminent environmental and natural resource programs in the country, a library that ranks second only to the University of Washington as a pri mary legal research center in the Northwest and important institutional relationships throughout the world. At the same time, the Law School’s endowment has quadrupled from $2 million to more than $8 million. "We know of no other law school that can claim such a record,” President Mooney said. “Jim is internationally re c ognized for his scholarship, is active in the local as w ell as the international com m unity and is hig h ly re sp ected by his c o l leag u es,” M ooney noted. “I am confident that under his lead er ship, the law school will co n tin u e its m arch to p re -e m i n en ce.” Huffm an received the Leo Award for excellence in teaching and the 1988 Smith Rline Beckman Bicentennial Award in Legal Edu cation from the Institute for Educa tional Affairs. He was a Distin guished Bradley Scholar at the Heri tage Foundation in Washington, D.C., in 1993 and is a member of Phi Rappa Phi. w C R U IS E N IG H T - B IL L Y WEBB ELKS LODGE 6 N. 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