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REGION Thursday, June 11, 2015 PSD shuffles administrative deck Curriculum coordinator moves on, other administrators move up By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian The departure of a longtime employee and the continued effects of a $55 million bond set in motion a ÀXUU\ RI SHUVRQQHO FKDQJHV the Pendleton School District announced Monday. Roughly a half-dozen administrative positions will change hands as high-ranking employees either change work sites or take on expanded roles for the 2015-2016 school year. 7KH ¿UVW GRPLQR IHOO ZKHQ /DXUD 0LOWHQEHUJHU WKH GLVWULFW¶V FXUULFXOXP instruction and assessment coordinator, took a similar position in Washougal, Wash. 7R ¿OO WKH SRVLWLRQ WKH district turned to Sunridge Middle School Principal Matt Yoshioka, who has worked at Sunridge as a teacher and administrator for 15 years. The district then promoted Sunridge Vice Principal Dave Williams to replace Yoshioka. Williams was a teacher and athletic director at Pendleton High School until 2009, when he moved to the middle school. While the district has looked in-house for many of its administrative positions, RI¿FLDOVIRXQGWKHLU6XQULGJH assistant principal candidate at Salem-Keizer Public Schools. Jared Tesch, a middle school instructional coach for the Salem-Keizer school system, will replace Williams. 7HVFK¶V /LQNHG,Q SDJH VWDWHV he was also a social studies WHDFKHU DW /D&UHROH 0LGGOH School in Dallas, Oregon, for eight years. 7KH GLVWULFW¶V JDPH RI musical chairs extends beyond the middle school. Because West Hills ,QWHUPHGLDWH 6FKRRO ZLOO EH repurposed into a career and technical education center at the beginning of the 2016- 2017 school year, the district created a position to oversee the new program. Washington Elementary School Principal Curt 7KRPSVRQ ZLOO EH WKH ¿UVW person to hold the title of career and technical education coordinator, vacating a posi- WLRQKH¶VKHOGIRUWKHSDVWVL[ years. He will also be the head administrator at Hawthorne $OWHUQDWLYH 6FKRRO ZKLFK ZLOOMRLQVLWHVZLWKWKHFDUHHU and technical education program. ³$V ZH ORRN WRZDUG RXU CTE program at West Hills and building on our school ERDUG¶V IRFXV WR LQFUHDVH career-related opportunities for students, this is the right time to hire for this position,” $VVLVWDQW 6XSHULQWHQGHQW Tricia Mooney said in a statement. 7KRPSVRQ¶V SUHYLRXV experience includes stints as an assistant principal and a technical education teacher DW WKH KLJK VFKRRO ,Q DQ interview, Mooney said West Hills will be renamed when it changes roles in 2016. McKay Creek Elementary 6FKRRO 3ULQFLSDO $LPHH VanNice will replace Thompson at Washington. She will oversee the transition of students and staff to the new Washington building ZKHQLW¶VFRPSOHWHGE\ Prior to moving to Pendleton in 2012, VanNice was a fourth grade teacher and instructional curriculum leader in Bend. Ronda Smith, the high school assistant principal, will become the principal at McKay Creek where she began her career as a teacher in 1993. Before becoming an assistant principal at Pend- leton High School, Smith was the principal of Nixyaawii Community School. Completing the circle is Hawthorne lead teacher Chris Bettineski, who will become RQHRIWKHKLJKVFKRRO¶VDVVLV- tant principals. Bettineski has previously worked at the high school as a counselor. $OO RI WKHVH SHUVRQQHO moves come on top of the previously announced deci- VLRQ WR PRYH 3ULQFLSDO /RUL +DOH IURP /LQFROQ 3ULPDU\ School to the Pendleton Early /HDUQLQJ&HQWHUZKLFKLVVHW to open later this year. Yoshioka will act as LQWHULP SULQFLSDO IRU /LQFROQ in its last year as a school before it transitions into the GLVWULFW¶VFHQWUDORI¿FH Mooney said in an inter- view that Brenda Geisen will continue to serve as the West Hills principal, after which the GLVWULFWZLOO¿JXUHRXWDPRUH permanent solution. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0836. HERMISTON iCan Bike seeks participants, volunteers East Oregonian Children and youths with special needs can learn how to ride a bicycle this summer with the iCan Bike program. The summer camp, which includes 75-minute sessions daily from Monday, June 21 to Friday, June 26, uses adaptive equipment, trained professionals and volunteers to give participants a skill that can increase their independence and FRQ¿GHQFH ,W¶V KHOG DW$UPDQG /DULYH Middle School, 1497 S.W. Ninth St., Hermiston. $FFRUGLQJ WR D QHZV UHOHDVH percent of those who participate are able to ride a bike unassisted by the end of the week. 3DUWLFLSDQWVPXVWEHDWOHDVW\HDUV old, have a disability, be able to walk unassisted without a cane or walker, have at least a 20-inch inseam, weigh less than 220 pounds and be able to side- step quickly to both sides. They do not have to live in Hermiston. The program also needs volunteers. To serve as a volunteer, people must be at least 16 years old, unless accompanied by an adult. Those volunteering must be able to commit to 90 minutes at the same WLPHHDFKRIWKH¿YHGD\VRIWKHFDPS ,QDGGLWLRQYROXQWHHUVQHHGWREHDEOH EO Media Group file photo Amanda Clark of Stanfield receives support from a pair of volunteers during a past iCan Bike program. Riders and volunteers are needed for the program, which runs June 21-26 at Armand Larive Middle School. to provide physical emotional and moti- vational support to their assigned rider. $OVRWKHSURJUDPUHTXLUHVOLJKWMRJJLQJ running while keeping up with riders. The camp costs $99. Registration forms are available at www.imesd.k12. RUXVL&DQ%LNH )RU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ contact icanbikeeo@hotmail.com, RU YLVLW ZZZLFDQVKLQH RUJKHUPLVWRQRU PENDLETON Boundary proposal receives pushback ahead of vote By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian $OWKRXJK WKH 3HQGOHWRQ School District originally stated the school board vote on the new elementary school boundaries would WDNH SODFH 0RQGD\ RI¿FLDOV LQVWHDGGHFLGHGWRKROGD¿UVW reading of the ordinance and hold further discussion while postponing the actual vote for the July 13 meeting. The boundaries being redrawn because the district LV FRQVROLGDWLQJ /LQFROQ Primary School and West +LOOV ,QWHUPHGLDWH 6FKRRO after the end of the next school year. $VVLVWDQW 6XSHULQWHQGHQW Tricia Mooney explained that the district formed a boundary committee comprised of parents, administrators and a Mid Columbia Bus Co. RI¿FLDO $IWHU WKH FRPPLWWHH narrowed down their options to two boundary maps, the district solicited feedback from parents at community meetings at each of the GLVWULFW¶V ¿YH HOHPHQWDU\ schools. Mooney said the meetings were sparsely attended — the 15 people that attended the West Hills meeting was the biggest turnout. During the public comment section of the meeting, district parent Hollie Chay requested they move the section between Southeast Sixth Street and Southeast 11th street that are in the Sherwood Heights Elementary School section to the Washington Elementary School section. ³,¶PKHUHWRQLJKWEHFDXVH , GLG QRW DWWHQG DQ\ RI WKH parent meetings and honestly , FRXOG SUREDEO\ JXDUDQWHH that none of the parents in my neighborhood did”, she said. “Because why would we? :H¶UHVRFORVHWR:DVKLQJWRQ School, some of the houses in that area ... can almost see Washington School.” Chay, a third grade teacher at Sherwood Heights, said she was speaking for parents and not as a district employee. When asked about parent opposition to the boundary proposal, Mooney said VKH GLGQ¶W JHW DQ\ RXWULJKW refusals but she did get some inquiries on the inter-district transfer policy. Superintendent Jon Peterson said the board was voting on a new boundary map early in the process to JLYH SDUHQWV WLPH WR DGMXVW while admitting not everyone was going to be happy with the changes. “We realize Proudly Serving Eastern Oregon, Washington & Idaho For 35 Years Blue Mountain Pathology, Inc. that boundary changes are GLI¿FXOW DQG WLPHO\ DQG you can never get them 100 percent right based on the 3,200 students we serve,” Superintendent Jon Peterson said. The board also discussed other issues, including, • While a centralized kindergarten has been one of the main selling points of WKH3HQGOHWRQ(DUO\/HDUQLQJ Center, the center was always intended to provide a variety of early childhood services under one roof. The board approved contracts with several orga- nizations to lease space at the center, which is scheduled to open this fall. The district signed a three-year contract with the ,QWHUPRXQWDLQ (GXFDWLRQ Service District and Umatil- la-Morrow Head Start while agreeing to one-year deals with Pioneer Relief Nursery, 7KH &KLOGUHQ¶V &OXEKRXVH Umatilla County Care Program and the Umatilla County Health Department. • The board unanimously approved a $91.7 million budget with a $33.9 million general fund for the 2015- ¿VFDO\HDU Michelle Jones, director of business services, said the general fund was larger than the one the budget committee approved because the district was now accounting for the extra $270,000 the school V\VWHP ZDV SURMHFWHG WR JHW XQGHU WKH 2UHJRQ /HJLVOD- WXUH¶V UHYHQXH IRUHFDVW ODVW month. • The board also held LWV DQQXDO RI¿FHU HOHFWLRQV voting Michelle Monkman chairwoman and Debbie McBee vice chair. C! Swim ming Lessons at the R A Session I • June 29 th – July 10 th Session II • July 13 th – July 24 th Session III • July 27 th – Aug. 7 th Session IV • Aug. 10 th – Aug. 21 st Small Class Sizes! Indoor facility - No cold weather! Open to members and non members We are a local laboratory serving local patient needs. Physicians - Pathologists: Lawrence J. Adams, M.D., Deepshikha Datta, M.D., Pendleton Home Office Pendleton Laboratory La Grande Laboratory Hermiston Laboratory Sunnyside Laboratory George R. Wettach, M.D. and Anirudha Halder, M.D. 434 SE 3rd Street, PO Box 1049 3001 St. Anthony Way Suite 107 700 Sunset Drive, Ste A 610 NW Eleventh Street 1016 Tacoma Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 Pendleton, OR 97801 La Grande, OR 97850 Hermiston, OR 97838 Sunnyside, WA 98944 541-966-1184 541-278-4755 541-963-8911 541-667-3578 509-837-1341 541-276-0880 1415 Southgate • RAClub.us Check out our other Summer Activities for Kids! East Oregonian Page 3A BRIEFLY 3HQGOHWRQ)RXUWKRI-XO\¿UHZRUNV fundraiser exceeds $5,000 goal 3(1'/(721²,W¶VEHHQTXLWHDWXUQDURXQGIRU 3HQGOHWRQ¶V)RXUWKRI-XO\¿UHZRUNVVKRZ $IWHURUJDQL]HUVVDLGWKHVKRZZDVFDOOHGRIILQ0D\ because no community organization had signed the requisite $10,000 deal, Pendleton City Councilwoman %HFN\0DUNVDQQRXQFHGWKHVKRZ¶VUHYLYDO0RQGD\ZLWK a more modest goal of $5,000. While the show will still be a little smaller in 2015 than it was in previous years —and moved to July 3 — the fundraiser managed to exceeded its goals. The Pendleton chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the community organization tasked with collecting donations, collected $7,000 and will not be accepting any PRUHGRQDWLRQVIRUWKLV\HDU¶VVKRZ ,QDGGLWLRQWRSHUVRQDOGRQDWLRQV0DUNVVDLGWKH 5RXQG8S$VVRFLDWLRQWKH5RXQG8S)RXQGDWLRQDQG Wildhorse Casino and Resort all made contributions large enough to raise the bar. $OWKRXJKGRQDWLRQVDUHFORVHGIRUWKLV\HDU¶VVKRZ Marks said organizers are already starting fundraising efforts for the 2016 show, with a goal of restoring it to its former scale. Oregon State Police bomb squad called LQIRUQRQZRUNLQJKDQGJUHQDGH +(50,6721 ²$ KDQG JUHQDGH WKDW WXUQHG RXW WR be harmless caused some residents at Ridgeway Village apartments to be evacuated Wednesday morning. Hermiston Police Department Chief Jason Edmiston said the Oregon State Police bomb squad was called in DV D SUHFDXWLRQ DIWHU RI¿FHUV IRXQG WKH JUHQDGH ZKLOH arresting Jacob Carson Royce Barthel, 20, of Hermiston. 2I¿FHUVFRQWDFWHG%DUWKHODW:5LGJHZD\$YHQXH after a tip that he was involved in a vandalism case. They found him in possession of an illegal knife and the grenade. The grenade turned out to be harmless and therefore not illegal for Barthel to have; however, he was cited for Felon in Possession of a Weapon for the knife. Hermiston City Council adopts $57.2 million budget +(50,6721²7KH+HUPLVWRQ&LW\&RXQFLO DGRSWHGWKHFLW\¶VPLOOLRQEXGJHWIRUWKHXSFRPLQJ ¿VFDO\HDUDWLWVUHJXODUPHHWLQJ0RQGD\ The primary revenues include $23.5 million from FDVKIRUZDUGPLOOLRQIURPHQHUJ\VHUYLFH million in transfers from other funds, $5.5 million from property taxes and $4.5 million from other agencies. The largest expenditures include $17.6 million on materials and services, $9.3 million on personnel VHUYLFHVDQGPLOOLRQRQFDSLWDORXWOD\ZLWK $9.4 million reserved for future expenditures and an unappropriated balance of $3.9 million. $FFRUGLQJWRDEXGJHWPHVVDJHIURP&LW\0DQDJHU %\URQ6PLWKWKLV\HDU¶VEXGJHWLQFOXGHVWR repaint the south water tower, $100,000 for community HQKDQFHPHQWSURMHFWVLQDUHVHUYHIXQGIRU future city hall improvements and a 2.25 percent pay increase for city employees. ,QRWKHUQHZVWKHFRXQFLODSSURYHGWKH(QKDQFH +HUPLVWRQSODQFUHDWHGE\WKHFLW\¶V&RPPXQLW\ Enhancement Committee. The committee spent about a \HDULGHQWLI\LQJSURMHFWVWRLPSURYHWKHDHVWKHWLFDSSHDO RIWKHFRPPXQLW\$VVLVWDQW&LW\0DQDJHU0DUN0RUJDQ said the plan was a starting point with conceptual ideas to assist with long-range planning and budgeting. He said approving the plan did not provide funding for any RIWKHSURMHFWVRUDFRPPLWPHQWWRFRPSOHWHWKHP Credit union sponsors shred day +(50,6721²7KHSXEOLFLVLQYLWHGWRJHWULGRI FRQ¿GHQWLDOSDSHUVWKDWQHHGWREHVKUHGGHG $&RPPXQLW\6KUHG'D\LVEHLQJVSRQVRUHGE\2OG West Federal Credit Union. People can bring items to be shredded Tuesday, June 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at 1739 N. First St., Hermiston. There is no charge. There may be some restrictions in amounts per household. For more information, call 541-564-0264.
