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Stein, Francesconi Announce North Clackamas Educator
Tapped for State Post
SUN School Sites
8 Schools Make Up First Round of Full Service
Community Centers
P o rtla n d C o m m is s io n e r Jim
F r a n c e s c o n i a n d M u ltn o m a h
C ounty C h air B everly Stein nam ed
the first round o f schools selected
to participate in the SU N (S chools
U niting N eighborhoods) initiative
A ppearing before parents, students,
school s ta ff and com m unity m em ­
bers at W hitaker M iddle School,
Stein and F rancesconi announced
funding for five S un S chool ap p li­
c a tio n s c o v e rin g e ig h t sc h o o ls
th ro u g h o u t M u ltn o m ah C ounty.
T hese eight Sun S chools represent
the inaugural round o f an initiative
that hopes to see 40 such schools
establish ed by 2004.
“ Sun Schools will be the seeds to
stronger and healthier com m unities,”
said Stein " W e ’re going to extend
the hours o f neighborhood schools
and create places for students, se­
nior, parents and neighbors to share
experience, leam new skills and en­
joy recreation together. There will
be som ething to draw every one o f us
to a Sun School
Oregon University Costs Inch Up
Despite Tuition Freeze
Undergraduates will pay more
this fall, making the freeze look
a little bit mushy around the
edges
B y R owel H ernandez
W hen is a tuition freeze not re ­
ally a freeze?
D espite extra m oney from the
L egislature, O re g o n ’s public u n i­
versities are nudging up the cost o f
attending college. R esident under­
graduates will see their college bills
go up betw een 0.3 percent and 2.8
percen t this fall.
A nnual tuition and fees begin­
ning in the fall w ill range from
$3,234 at Southern O regon U ni­
versity to $3,810 at the U niversity
o f O regon. T he added costs o f
room , board and other expenses,
how ever, could push the total up to
$12,000. In contrast, the m ost ex­
pensive p rivate colleges, such as
R eed C ollege in P ortland, can cost
up to $30,000 a year.
S till, the increase is the sm allest
o f the decade in O regon, w hich saw
tuition increases in the early 1990s.
T u itio n — but not fees — w ill stay
fro z e n th ro u g h th e 2 0 0 0-2001
school year.
T he S tate B oard o f H igher E du­
ca tio n is exp ected to approve the
in creases at its m eeting today in
C oos Bay.
T he increase in fees frustrated
som e leaders w ho lobbied legisla­
tors to h old dow n co lleg e costs.
“ W e w o rk so hard for a tuition
freeze and then we thum p the stu ­
dents ov er the h ead ,’’ said Ed D en­
nis, directo r o f the O reg o n Student
A ssociatio n , w hich rep resen ts co l­
lege students. “ T hese nickels and
dim es really ad d u p .”
A nd co m pounding the concerns
ov er co st is a national trend am ong
college stu d en ts to take longer than
four years to graduate. In O regon,
few er than h a lf o f all full-tim e u n ­
d ergrad u ates earn a fo u r-y ear d e­
gree in four years.
Students at state schools pay ex ­
tra fees for buildings, health care
and technology, som e o f w hich vary
am ong schools. Students also as­
sess them selves an "in cid en tal” fee
— usually about $400 — that pays
for student organizations and sports.
Som e schools charge extra for
students to enroll in th eir honors
program s. O reg o n S tate and P ort­
land S tate charge en g in eerin g m a­
jo rs about $400 ex tra a year. T he
UO m akes business students pay a
$300 surcharge.
A nd those add ed costs d o n ’t in­
clude the long list o f fees students
m ay pay for a v ariety o f purposes:
fie ld tr ip s , p h y s ic a l e d u c a tio n
courses, p arking and other student
services.
R oom and board costs also rose.
T he U O , for exam ple, raised its
room an d b oard p rice b y 11.6 per-
room and b o ard p rice by 11.6 p e r­
cen t to $ 5,690 a y ea r — largely
b ecau se o f a restru ctu red m eal plan
that o fficials said co sts m ore but
gives stu d en ts m ore flex ib ility .
D avid K och, a U O law student
w ho is a m em ber o f the higher ed u ­
cation board, said that m any stu­
dents find the array o f fees they are
required to pay “ d em o ralizin g ” and
a drain on students ’ thin checkbooks.
“Every $50 or $100 does count,”
Koch said. “A lot o f us live from finan­
cial-aid check to financial-aid check.”
T he situ atio n is still b etter than
ju st a few years ago. W h en M ea­
sure 5 passed in 1990, the L eg isla­
tu re sla sh ed fu n d in g fo r p u b lic
h igher education. O reg o n u n iv e rsi­
ties b o o sted p rices m o re th an 80
p ercen t to m ake up for cuts.
T he cost o f public h ig h e r ed u ca­
tion g en erally has sta b ilized across
the co u n try after years o f b ig in­
creases. C a lifo rn ia is k eep in g in­
creases u n d er 1 p erc en t n ex t fall.
V irginia is actually reducing prices.
M ost states are raisin g tu itio n at
least a few p ercen tag e points.
O v erall. O re g o n ’s b ig u n iv ersi­
ties are ch eap er th an C a lifo rn ia ’s,
about the sam e as W a sh in g to n ’s
and p ricier than A riz o n a ’s.
O regon puts a priority on making
college m ore affordable for O regon
undergraduates. But nonresident stu­
dents. who already pay three tim es
w hat residents do, w ill see their tu-
Christie School Seeks Past Residents,
Staff And Volunteers For Celebration
Oregon's Oldest Children's Agency Has it's 140th Anniversary
The Christie School Oregon’s oldest
children’sageney.isinsearchofindividu-
als from its past to help celebrate its 140*’
birthday. Located at its present site in
Marylhuist. Oregon since 1908, Clinsûe
School served as a home for mans of
Oregon’s orphaned children for die first
107years(1859-1966).Inl966,theagency
reorganized as a psychiatric residential
treatment center tor emotional 1> disturbed
children. With this reorganization, the
emphasis changed to caring for children
overcoming severe trauma typicallycaused
by physical and sexual abuse, neglect and
multiple foster placements
“Christie School has a long history
ofcaring for Oregon’schildren in need,”
said William M. Powers, Executive
Director, “thousands ofOregonians have
played a part in the history o f Christie -
as residents, staff, volunteers and other
supporters. As we celebrate this land-
mark year, we hope to reconnect with as
many o f these people as possible. Their
participation in our celebration will help
bring our history to life and bring to­
gether many o f the people that made
Christie School the leader in children’s
services that it is today.”
An on-campus celebration is sched­
uled for Sunday, October 17 from
1:00 - 5:00 PM. The celebration is
sponsored in part by N W Natural,
also celebrating their 140"’ anniver­
sary this year. For more information,
call Christie School, 675-2220.
has continually risen, w ith Senate
President Brady A dam s suggesting
$4.6 billion, and the C onfederation
o f O regon School A dm inistrators
reporting that a survey o f their m em ­
bers show ed $4.76 billion w as a “no-
cuts" budget.
The voters have three tim es, with
B allot M easures. 5, 49 and 50, af­
The O regon H ouse o f Represen­
tatives on W ednesday evening passed
HB 5018, the K-12 Education Bud­
get. The m easure, w hich allocates
the single largest general fund ap­
propriation in the entire state budget,
passed the floor w ith a 33-24 vote.
As passed by the House, HB 5018
appropriates $4.811 billion form the
state’s general fund revenues to edu­
cation. The figure has steadily risen
as debate has continued in Salem. In
Ja n u ary th e g o v e rn o r p ro p o sed
$4.548 billion, a then record-setting
amount. Since that tim e the figure
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m un ities that h a v e n ’t sh ared in
O regon's business, livable com m u­
nities and partnerships.
U nder the "new directions" ap­
proach, the department now focuses
it efforts and resources on assisting
distressed com m unities that h aven’t
shared in O regon’s econom ic boom
and diversification and m aking sure
the state’s business climate helps
O regon business com plete globally.
It also helps com m unities cope with
growth concerns and promotes sus­
tainable and federal entities.
SB 1128 also renam es the agency
as the Oregon Econom ic and C om ­
m unity D evelopm ent Department.
The new nam e more accurately re­
flects the departm ent’s role in help-
firm ed their m andate that Oregon
fund its public schools using income,
not property taxes. This has shifted
the funding responsibility aw ay from
local governm ent to the state, caus­
ing alm ost h alf o f O regon’s $ 11 b il­
lion budget be directed to K -12 edu­
cation w hile still balancing the needs
o f other critical state programs.
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ition costs increase by m ore than 5
percent. T hat could put a strain on
schools such as UO that depend on
the extra out-of-state m oney.
G rad u ate stu d e n ts, b o th re si­
dents an d n o n resid en ts, w ill see
prices go up as w ell.
At the UO law school, for ex ­
am ple, resident students can expect
to pay $10,898 next year, a 6.5 p er­
cent increase above last year — the
largest percentage increase o f any
classification o f student in the state.
“W hen you add up all y o u r fees
an d costs, it can really add u p,"
said R o b ert H o llid ay , a sophom ore
at S o u th ern O reg o n U n iv ersity in
A shland. “ B ut w hen it com es dow n
to it, an y freeze is n ic e .”
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Charter Schools
May Open Soon
Supporters o f charter schools in
Oregon have reason to celebrate.
G overnor John K itzhaber and the
Republican legislative leadership
have reached an agreem ent on the
last big stum bling block regarding
the schools. The problem had to do
with using teachers w ho did not hold
Oregon teaching licenses. The gov-
d is tric t’s three high sch o o ls an d in
five o th e r C lack am as C o u n ty high
sch o o ls. D istan ce learning cou rses
in h e a lth o ccu p atio n s and law en ­
fo rc em e n ts are d eliv ered to stu ­
d en ts in 30 O reg o n school d istrict.
D exter began his education ca­
reer as a science teacher at M adison
H igh school in Portland. He was
v ic e p rin c ip a l o f L in co ln H igh
School in Portland and principal of
C am as High School in W ashington.
He holds b ach elo r’s and m aster’s
degrees in secondary education from
P ortland State U niversity and a do c­
torate in supervision and cu rricu ­
lum from O regon State U niversity.
K-12 Education Budget Clears House
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em or agreed to allow them to teach, .if
they undergo background checks.
The agreem ent also requires the 2001
legislature to look at the use of unli­
censed teachers.
Some say the first charter schools
could open as soon as this fall. Charter
schools operate outside the normal pub­
lic school system, but use public money.
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Bill Will Help Redefine Oregon’s
Approach to Economic Development
A bill signed into law W ednesday
by G overnor John Kitzhaber will help
redefine O reg o n ’s approach to eco­
nom ic developm ent.
Kitzhaber signed Senate Bill 1128
into law on July 14. The bill, a m ajor
rew rite o f the sta te 's econom ic de­
velopm ent statutes, w as the result o f
a yearlong effort by the O regon Eco­
nom ic D evelopm ent C om m ission
and the 1997 legislatively appointed
Interim W ork G roup on Econom ic
and C om m unity D evelopm ent.
A prim ary objective o f SB 1128
was to capture the “new directions"
initiative envisioned by the com m is­
sion in its 1995-97 biennial report.
“N ew directions" focused on rural
and econom ically distressed com-
v alu e to th e last tw o y ea rs o f a
stu d e n t’s h ig h sch o o l ex p e rien c e
by fo cu sin g on th e ap p lica tio n o f
sk ills an d k n o w led g e.
“ R on has been trem en d o u sly
su c ce ssfu l in p ro v id in g stu d en ts
w ith p ro g ra m s that allo w them to
ap p ly w h at th ey learn in the cla ss­
room to p o ssib le c a reers, ’ said
B unn. “ W e are d e lig h te d to have
R on av a ila b le to do to r stu d en ts
sta te w id e w h at h e ’s d o n e for stu ­
d en ts in N o rth C la c k a m a s.”
T he S ab in C e n te r p ro v id es 16
p ro fe ssio n a l tech n ical p ro g ra m s—
from h e a lth o cc u p atio n s to g rap h ­
ics te c h n o lo g y — to stu d e n ts in the
R on D ex ter, d ire c to r o f the n a­
tio n a lly re c o g n ize d S abin S k ills
ce n te r at N o rth C lack am as S chool
D istrict, w ill b eco m e A ssociate Su­
p e r in t e n d e n t fo r P r o f e s s io n a l
T ech n ical E d u catio n at the O reg o n
D ep artm en t o f E d u catio n . H is a p ­
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