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MAPLETON from page 1A She’s amazing and we are
lucky to have her,” O’Mara
In other news from the said, pointing out that An-
meeting, O’Mara praised derson had already been
the work of the new school meeting with students
counselor, Brittany Ander- so regularly that the dis-
son.
trict needed to extend her
“I’m not sure how we hours from four half-days
ever did it without her. to three-half days and one
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Mapleton Junior and
High School Principal
Brenda Moyer said, “Brit-
tany has been clear that
she’s not a psychologist and
she says her role is more
like a guidance counselor.”
Anderson
functions
more as a sounding board
for students on a wide va-
riety of issues.
“It could be friend stuff,
it could be family stuff, it
could be issues at school,
it could be just someone
to talk to, or it could be
having issues with school-
work,” Anderson told the
Siuslaw News last month.
“There’s a ton of different
things that students will
come see me for.”
The counselor also does
small group support as
well as teach a social-emo-
tional learning curriculum
to the students.
Anderson is one com-
ponent of a wider push by
the district to bring mental
health respite to the up-
river region’s children. On
Monday, Mapleton School
District announced that
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
had hired a new Licensed
Clinical Social Worker
(LCSW) for the Maple-
ton Community Resource
Center. That soon-to-be-
open facility, which will
be located on school dis-
trict grounds, will provide
counseling for children
and teens, care coordi-
nation and referral help,
family counseling, parent
education and behavioral
assessment for students.
“I see the resource center
being an immediate sup-
port for a crisis,” O’Mara
said, explaining that dis-
trict staff will work in
tandem with the resource
center to address student
crises.
While Anderson, along
with O’Mara and Moyer,
will work with students on
individual needs through-
out the year, sometimes is-
sues arise that need clinical
help.
“Some of the crises that
we are seeing are a lot
higher and deeper, with a
Finally, Moyer gave
quicker need,” said O’Mara. ton would be able to advo-
progress on the school
“That could be anything cate for a stop.
“They’re trying to fig- district’s attempt to turn
from suicidal ideation to
the currently unused
“Being a small school, a lot of times our pro- woodshop building into
a multipurpose area that
grams are based on who we hire, their license,
could serve for a whole
their interests, their skills. ... As we hire or our host of classes, including
CTE program grows, that we could have peo- art and career-technical
ple in our community that would be willing to education (CTE) related
share their passion for welding and do a short, programs.
“It’s an interesting build-
six-week unit. So we’re trying to make sure we
ing,” said Moyer. “Over
have the facilities to orchestrate that.”
time, it’s been primarily a
— Brenda Moyer,
woodshop. There’s been
Mapleton Junior and High School Principal welding and some metals
as well. But we want to
mental health issues that ure out the stops because make it open ended.”
In its heyday, the wood-
would be immediate refer- there has to be parking
for people who get on shop was able to support
rals over there.”
In the case of a referral, the stop. They’re looking over 100 students when
the district would get par- at Buds for You, Banner the school had a strong
program,
ent permission to send the Bank or Riverview Mar- woodshop
students to the resource ket,” O’Mara said. “It’s which has since been dis-
center. While there, the pretty darn exciting, being banded.
“Being a small school, a
LCSW could work more in able to ride to Florence.”
O’Mara then presented lot of times our programs
depth with students, hold-
ing the ability to diagnosis the design options for the are based on who we hire,
issues such as mood disor- new “Home of the Sail- their license, their inter-
ders or developmental dis- ors” sign that will soon ests, their skills,” Moyer
be placed atop the high explained. “Currently we
abilities.
Although the LCSW will school. The original sign don’t have anyone on staff
not have the power to pre- had been removed due to who has woodworking
scribe medication, the so- the school’s renovation in skills, welding skills or
metalworking skills. That
cial worker will be linked the past couple years.
The two designs were doesn’t mean that in the
into the Peace Health net-
work and will be able to nearly identical to the future, as we hire or our
make referrals within the original design, sans a CTE program grows, that
network for additional different font size for a we wouldn’t have people
few words, and the only in our community that
medical support.
The Mapleton Commu- difference between the would be willing to share
nity Resource Center is designs were size — one their passion for welding
part of the Western Lane small, one big. The school and do a short, six-week
Health Network, which is board, and the students in unit. So we’re trying to
also opening a facility on attendance at the meeting, make sure we have the fa-
cilities to orchestrate that.”
the grounds of the Siuslaw preferred the larger size.
By reworking the cur-
“It’s
because
we’re
School District that will
proud!” O’Mara said with rent space, the school
have identical services.
could make room for both
But unlike Siuslaw, Ma- a laugh.
A date on when the sign CTE and other programs,
pleton hopes that its re-
source center’s services would be placed was not such as art.
“There’s going to be a
will eventually expand given.
At that point, Moy- kiln, a space for painting
to include walk-in-clinic
services, such as general er gave an update on and different artforms.
health checkups. However, the high school’s new We’re going to restructure
for the time being, the cen- Chromebook initiative. everything,” Moyer said.
But to get to that point,
ter is strictly focusing on Every high school student
is assigned a Chromebook the area is going to need to
mental health.
The next topic of dis- which they pick up in the be cleared of some equip-
cussion was a possible bus morning. Throughout the ment.
“We have funky things
route that could be coming day, they use apps such
as Google classroom that that are worth the money
through Mapleton.
“I got an email from helps with, and stores, to the right person,” Moy-
Stephanie Sarles from Siu- their homework. At the er said, presenting a list of
slaw Vision and she has end of the day, they turn surplus equipment that the
been in communication in the Chromebooks for district is looking to sell.
The list includes a bench
with the Lane Council of overnight charging.
“It’s pretty amazing,” she grinder, a utility trailer,
Governments (LCOG),
and they’re talking about said. “They do a lot of as- a radial arm saw and a
the Florence to Eugene signments on it. All of the re-saw, which the school
bus service that’s coming great academic features hopes could raise thou-
soon,” O’Mara reported, are there, so they don’t sands of dollars for the
stating that the Vision need their cell phones. schools. The district will be
had been advocating for They might disagree with selling the items through a
a stop in Mapleton with that, but it’s become more public surplus website.
“If we can get these
LCOG, which is hoping and more difficult to get
to identify a service pro- students to focus on their things out of there, we will
vider for the route, with work and not worry about be on our way to starting
to clean it up to a usable
service possibly beginning messages.”
The district is starting space, and a cool space,”
in early 2020. The service
provider will be respon- off with the high school, Moyer said.
For more information
sible for figuring out bus but are seeking addi-
stops along the route, and tional funding to obtain on Mapleton School Dis-
O’Mara and the Vision Chromebooks for the trict, visit mapleton.k12.
or.us.
were hoping that Maple- middle school.
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