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Page 6 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Impact Aid: parents discuss district matters (Continued from page 1) The analysis (partially re- produced below) shows that close to a third of the direct expenditures are for Native students. This was based on the per- centage of students at a par- ticular school, and the amount of direct expendi- tures at the school. For in- stance: Total direct expenditures in 2013 for all students at Madras High was school was about $7.4 million. The Na- tive students made up 29 per- cent of the total, so the allo- cation to the Native students would be about $2.18 million. Or about $8,313 in general fund expenditure per student. Tribal Councilman Kahseuss Jackson com- mented that this analysis does not really give a determina- tion of actual amounts spent on the Native students. “It may be close, and I’m not saying it’s inequitable, but you can’t really tell,” he said. Molitor said that a more detailed analysis of actual amounts spent on Native American students would re- quire a considerable expendi- ture of resources, which would not seem practical. “Should we hire another ac- countant, or another teacher?” he said. Aurolyn Stwyer brought up the matter of students having to walk to the Acad- emy along roads that have no sidewalks and that could be dangerous. Molitor said the district is working on the problem. A solution require designating the area around the school as an “unsafe zone.” The state would then be able to fund buses for the students living within a mile, or mile and a half of the school (depend- ing on the student’s age). Some other stated con- cerns from the meeting: Deanie Smith said the schools situation is mostly same as it was 30 years ago. “It doesn’t seem like it’s get- ting any better,” she said. “Without some change, we’ll be here 30 years from now having the same discussion.” Marge Kalama said the incidence of student drop- out leaves young people on the reservation who are un- able to get a job. “We have jobs here, but the kids can’t meet the qualifications.” Vivian Smith, an education assistant at the Academy, said the ROOTS alternative edu- cation program in War m Springs is doing great things for young people. Academy teacher Ervanna Little Eagle said the availabil- ity of counseling is important, as some students are dealing with historical trauma. Social and emotional issues are rea- sons why some students drop out, she said. The school district also presented information on the draft evaluation report on the district Title VII Indian Edu- cation Program. The report shows improvements in some areas, and areas that need more attention (see the next Spilyay.) The Impact Aid and Title VII information is avail- able at the district website, jcsd.k12.us.or Power and Water: looking at renewables in 2015 (Continued from page 1) “We have spent most of our time looking up near Mt. Jefferson for a geothermal potential,” Manion said. The potential looks prom- ising, but the logistics to ad- vancing this potential in that area of the reservation are challenging, he said. It is a remote area, and obtaining access could be very expensive. The environ- mental requirements would be costly just to explore. “For those reasons we have shifted our attention to the Warm Springs River ba- sin area,” Manion said. “As the name ‘Warm Springs’ implies, there may be some- thing in the area that de- serves more review.” Power and Water is work- ing with a very experienced geothermal developer head- quartered in Nevada. “We have sampled the hot water spring at the Village, and the elements contained in that sample are very interest- ing. They seem to display characteristics of both low temperature and high tem- perature resource potentials.” The $320,000 grant will help to further the review. The area of focus is up around the fish hatchery on the Warm Springs River. Solar The other potential renew- able that Power and Water has been reviewing is solar. “Everyone has seen the small 200-kilowatt plant down around the Credit office,” Manion said. “That was in- stalled by an outside devel- Calving school on Thursday In preparation for the springs 2015 calving sea- son, OSU Extension live- stock specialists and vet- erinarians invite the Warm Springs and Cen- tral Oregon livestock community to calving school this Thursday, Dec. 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Central Oregon Ag- ricultural Research Center in Madras. For more information call OSU Extension in Warm Springs at 541- 553-3238. Beads, Native American Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs - ph. 541-553-1597 oper who approached the tribes last year. He installed the system using a federal tax incentive, again not available to the tribes.” With that incentive the developer will get the plant to pay him back over the next 14 years, a fairly good pay- back timeline. After that the plant will be turned over to the tribes. In the meantime the tribes receive a portion of the rev- enue generated, in the form of an annual lease payment. The solar potential is fairly good, Manion said, but the cost to install and the current rate the utility is willing to pay are not synced. This means it would cost more to build than the tribes would receive for the sale of the energy. “We hope that Congress will renew the incentives to advance renewables, and we hope that Congress recog- nizes that these incentives should be structured to allow tribes to advance their own resource without having to rely on outside developers to build. We continue to watch this market and plan on be- ing ready to present opportu- nities to the Tribal Council when the timing is right.” December 10, 2014 Cougars youth tourney coming up The Warm Springs Cou- gars 13-and-under and 10- and-under co-ed basketball tournament is set for De- cember Friday-Sunday, Dec. 26-28, at the Warm Springs Community Cen- ter. The tourney is open to the first six teams in each division. Contact Austin Greene for details: 541- 553-1953 or 553-3243. In other Warm Springs Recreation Department news: Recreation will host Christmas NDN Night Out on Monday, Dec. 22 at the Community Center. Bring your favorite dish for a 5:30 potluck, with the so- cial dance and drummers jam starting at 6:30. Simnasho planning to ring in New Year with powwow The Simnasho New Year’s Eve Celebration and Powwow will start with potluck at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Washat starts at 7 and tra- ditional powwow, social danc- ing and games start at 7:30. Specials are Mother and Baby in Baby Board Recog- nition, Men’s Round Bustle, and Musical Bench Champi- onship of the World. The Clown Dance contest is at 11 4202 Holliday St. p.m. Cash prize for first, sec- ond and third. Midnight: time to welcome the New Year with song and lay new footprints around the longhouse. Everyone is welcome to this family event, sponsored by the members Simnasho community. For more infor- mation contact Captain, 541- 553-7014. 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