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SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2018 ❚ SIUSLAW NEWS Where Does School Money Go? Not To Teachers, Study Shows 2014 CAMARO 1994 CHEVY CAVALIER V6, Auto, chrome wheels. 4,500 miles. $18,500 541-999-8297 4 door, 107,555 miles. $1,900 obo 541-999-1968 1989 FLEETWOOD WILDERNESS 1997 PURSUIT 31’ 26 1/2’, new tires, hot water heater, furnished. Sold as is. Serious inquires only. $900 obo 541-228-0973 Premium Motor Home. 39K miles, 3 air cond. Ready to take the road. Beautiful inside! $16,000 714-235-1514 1992 BUICK JAZZY POWER CHAIR $350 541-902-9195 2003 MONACO WINDSOR D L SO Extra cab, auto, leather, all power, tow pkg., 165K mi. Adult owned-maintained, title/brand. Great buy, must see. Bargain, $2,900 541-991-6677 D IRECTORY S ERVICES 1981 MERCEDES BENZ 240-D Diesel sedan. Been in the family since orig. pur- chase. All Maint., & owner- ship documentation avail. $5,400 obo 541-590-3557 Cell: 907-518-4012 (NAPSA)—There are a little over 3 million teach- ers in America’s public schools and for the major- ity of them, interacting with children is the best part of the job. That’s just as well, since for too many, salary and working conditions are pretty poor. In fact, for more than 20 years, teacher salaries have not even been keeping up with the cost of infl ation. According to a recent report by Benjamin Scafi di, Ph.D., a professor of economics at Kennesaw State University, there’s been a great Teacher Salary Stagnation and be- tween 1992 and 2014, real average salaries for public school teachers actually fell by 2 percent. Where The Money Went While spending on edu- cation has risen in many states, instead of increasing teacher salaries, the public schools added personnel at a rate almost four times that of student enrollment growth—and these new hires were disproportion- ately nonteachers. If this increase in “other staff” had matched student enrollment growth, the schools would have saved almost $35 billion a year. That could have meant an $11,100 raise for every teacher or education sav- ings accounts (ESAs) for more than 4 million stu- dents to offset tuition pay- ments at private schools, to save for college, or to pay for other educational services, therapies, curricula and ma- terials. Essentially, taxpayers spent a lot more per stu- dent, but teachers didn’t see much of it. That may be one reason so many school systems have been seeing teacher strikes lately. If parents had a greater say in where education money goes, teachers and students would both be better off, a pro- fessor contends. What Students Got What’s more, this had no measurable positive ef- fect on students. National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trend scores for 17-year-olds fell by three points in reading and are fl at in mathematics since 1992. What Can Be Done Dr. Scafi di suggested states should expand school choice and create incentives for schools to compete for teacher talent and students. How? By empowering parents to choose the best educational fi t for their kids—and allowing the funding to follow them. This, Dr. Scafi di said, lets families, not bureaucrats, decide where and how school dol- lars are spent. And if schools aren’t paying teachers what they deserve, those teach- ers should be able to teach where they’ll be paid for their hard work. Learn More Dr. Scafi di’s research was published by EdChoice, a nonprofi t, nonpartisan or- ganization dedicated to ad- vancing full and unencum- bered educational choice as the best pathway to suc- cessful lives and a stronger society. To read the entire report, go to www.edchoice. org/Staffi ngSurge. 2001 CHRYLSER PT CRUISER Good cond., 1 owner, 5spd man., 4cyl, 34K mi., upgraded wheels. RV owners - need a tow vehicle? 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Publication Dates: June 9, 16, & 23, 2018 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Dunes City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 6:00 pm in Dunes City’s City Hall, 82877 Spruce Street, Westlake, Oregon. The Council will hear public input on Ordinance No. 247, a proposed amendment to the Dunes City Code of Ordinances relating to land use in the residential (R-1) and community commercial (CC) districts. The hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Type IV process described at Section 155.4.1.7 of the City’s Development Code, available for review at City Hall or on the City’s website at dunescity.com/City Hall/Ordinances and Resolutions and clicking on the link to Ordinance No. 182. Ordinance No. 247 amends Title XV, Chapter 155 of the Dunes City Code of Ordinances to add new Sections 155.2.1.270 and 155.2.2.220 regarding marijuana producing and processing in Dunes City. Ordinance No. 247 is available for inspection Monday through Thursday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at City Hall and on the Dunes City website. A copy of Ordinance No. 247 is also available for purchase at a cost of $0.25 per sheet. A copy of the staff report will be available for inspection at no cost at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing and will be available for purchase at a cost of $0.25 per sheet upon request. Written testimony will be accepted by the City until 3:00 pm the day of the July 11 public hearing. Written testimo- ny and evidence must be directed toward the subject de- scribed above or other criteria in the City’s Comprehensive Plan or Land Use Regulations which is believed to apply, and may be submitted to the Dunes City Planning Secretary, P.O. Box 97, Westlake, Oregon 97493, or by e-mail to planning@ dunescityor.com, prior to the public hearing. 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