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Page 8A East Oregonian SCHOOL: Home-school students must pass the GED Continued from 1A fully accredited by the Ore- gon Department of Education that offer full-time enrollment to students anywhere in the state. There are no online to Eastern Oregon students, but academies like Oregon Connections Academy host face events for students in the region. Open enrollment In Oregon a student is al- lowed to transfer to a differ- ent school district only if both the receiving school district and the student’s home dis- trict agreed. But starting in 2012-2013, under HB3681, school districts can now choose an “open enrollment” policy, allowing them to ac- cept students whose home districts didn’t want to lose them, but also allowing their own students to leave without their permission. Area districts chose not to implement an open enroll- ment policy. The law is set to expire in 2017. Whether they choose open enrollment or not, districts are required by law to allow their students to attend char- ter schools, including online academies. Charter school Charter schools are free public schools that are grant- ed more independence and local control in exchange for being held to extra standards of accountability. They oper- ate under the umbrella of a school district but exist with- out geographic boundaries and include students from outside the umbrella district. Only two charter schools ex- ist in the Umatilla-Morrow County area. Nixyaawii Communi- ty High School is a charter school on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. It is part of the Pendleton School District but has a special focus on native culture and language. Ione Charter School, which is the only school in Ione School District, serves the district’s entire 200-plus student population from kin- dergarten through graduation. Private school A few private schools ex- ist in the area as an alternative to public education. Blue Mountain Valley Adventist School in Athena, Harris Junior Academy in Pendleton, Hermiston Junior Academy in Hermiston and Milton Stateline Adventist School in Milton-Freewater are all private schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade and run by the Sev- enth-day Adventist church. Hermiston Christian School, run by Hermiston Christian Center, offers “Bib- lically-based and academical- ly sound” classes from pre- school to 12th grade. Magnet Schools Magnet schools are pub- requirements for classes in every subject but the classes revolve around the school’s theme (for example, a magnet school for the arts might cen- ter a geometry class around taking measurements to cre- ate lighting and build sets for plays). There are no magnet schools in Umatilla County or Morrow County. Home Schooling Parents who aren’t happy with any of the above options are allowed to home-school their children anywhere in the country, including Ore- gon. Compulsory school atten- dance laws in Oregon dictate that parents who choose to homeschool must register their child with the local Ed- ucation Service District with- in 10 days of withdrawing them from school. The Inter- Mountain ESD, which covers Union, Baker, Umatilla and Morrow counties, currently has 853 home-school chil- dren in its database. Home-school students are still required to take the same state tests as their traditional Friday, January 23, 2015 OFF PAGE ONE MARIJUANA: Possessing up to 8 ounces of pot and four plants in your home becomes legal July1 Continued from 1A clear packaging, limiting pot advertising and stiff penalties for selling to mi- nors. Most participants also wanted some kind of educa- tional advertising and said the state needs to promote parents as responsible to educate children about pot. Some stressed education about marijuana should be unbiased and fact-based. Patridge, who in his day job is the district attorney of Klamath County, explained to the audience that the law gave the liquor commission the job of regulating recre- ational pot and approving retail pot sales licenses for the new market. Possessing up to 8 ounces of pot and four plants in your home be- comes legal under the state law July 1, but Patridge said Staff photo by E.J. Harris Audience members hold up green cards to show they favor an education program concerning edible marijuana products during an Oregon Liquor Control Commission listening session on the state’s recre- ational marijuana law Thursday in Pendleton. OLCC rulemaking will take place March through Oc- tober, and the commission must start approving retail sales licenses Jan. 4, 2016. “As you can see, we’re on a pretty tight timeline,” he said. Some in the crowd, in- cluding Pendleton City Councilman Chuck Wood, lamented what they saw as a backward approach of allowing marijuana before rules are in place. Thursday’s gathering ended with a question and answer session, and the big takeaway is that a lot of un- knowns remain. Patridge said there are people al- ready lobbying for a chang- es to the law in the forth- coming Legislature. Before the public ses- sion, Patridge and staff had a closed-door meeting with local law and enforcement and city leaders, includ- ing Pendleton police Chief Stuart Roberts, Hermiston police Capt. Travis Enyon and Umatilla County Sher- iff Terry Rowan. After the public session, Patridge said cops and civic heads were like the rest of Oregonians: seeking to understand what the law means. He said the OLCC will help local gov- ernments “draw clear lines” regarding the law. Bundle up this holiday season with a new iPhone and iPad. 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