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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 9A SLSD board gears up for 2017 with marathon meeting ByZach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com Monday night South Lane School District had their fi rst school board meeting of the 2017-18 school year. The meeting, that was nearly two hours, went over a variety of topics including the following: Bond Update: A key aspect of the meeting was the discussion of the bond that the school board is working with. Last May, the district passed a $36 million dol- Back to school Continued from A1 CGHS head Iton Udosenata announced his departure for North Eugene. And while changes are taking place all over the South Lane School District--most notably the addition of a new elementary school that will open its doors next fall--Ingman is relying on the past to step into the future. "There's a mission statement," he said. "Teachers and faculty back in the day, got to- gether and wrote thise mission statement. When I show other educators this mission statement they say it's the best one they've ever seen." It asks that students put their best foot for- ward, be engaged and that the faculty provide a welcoming, safe en- vironment for students. They've solicited the help of technology and a new app, Spirit, to help them in their task. The app allows students and faculty to "check in" at sporting events and other school related activities. The more check ins a team has, the more points and whoever has the most points, wins. What exactly they win is still in fl ux but for now, a Dutch Bros. card for free coffee is the prize. "There's so much re- search that says when students are connected to their schools, atten- dence rates go up," In- gman said. Cottage Grove High lar bond for various improvements and upgrades around the district. The biggest hurdle that the district is facing is that the pre-bond estimate for the new Harrison Elementary School was 18.4 million but has since been pushed to 23.4 million. “The cost escalation is really diffi cult,” said South Lane superintendent Krista Parent. “Just trying to fi gure out how do we honor what the citizens voted for in terms of the bond and still stay within budget. We have to do that and we’re fi nding ways to do that but you can see that it’s taking some maneuvering of dollars to be able to do that. I think we’re going to be fi ne but we want to keep the board updated all the time about that.” In addition to the new school, the money School seniors had a nearly 50 percent chronic absentee issue last year before the district opted to with- hold prom and grad- uation from students who continued to miss class. Ingman is hoping that the new approach, getting kids involved in school, will help. "If a student is in three clubs, the atten- dence rate goes into the high 90s," he said, though admits trans- portation for after school activities re- mains a problem. Still, students can choose from lunch clubs as well. "No club interfers with another," Ingman said of the lunch sched- ule. The 720 students enrolled at CGHS this year will also bene- fi t from the $388,000 in CTE funds coming into the district from Measure 98. The funds must be used for col- lege preparation and dropout prevention as well as career training. Students will also have eight new teach- ers and a principal de- termined to make the fi rst year at his "dream job" a good one. "The school is big enough to offer things like wood shop and drama but it's small enough that everyone knows everyone," he said. "I want to create a positive school at- mosphere and connect kids to school, those are my goals." Worship Directory Cottage Grove Faith Center 33761 Row River Rd. 541-942-4851 Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett www.cg4.tv Full Childrenʼs Ministry available Service: 10:00am DRAIN: HOPE U.M.C. 131 W “A” St. Drain, OR 541-315-1617 Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen Fellowship & Song: 11:30am Potluck Lunch: 12:00pm Worship: 12:30pm COTTAGE GROVE: 6th & Gibbs Church of Christ 195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822 Pastor: Aaron Earlywine Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey Service: 10am, Sunday School: 9am for all ages Christian Education Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade www.6thandgibbs.com Calvary Baptist Church 77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290 Pastor: Riley Hendricks Sunday School: 9:45am Worship: 11:00am The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove 1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza) 541-942-6842 Pastor: Jeff Smith Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am Youth Group Bible Study Child Care 10:45am Service Only www.cgcalvary.org Center for Spiritual Living Cottage Grove 700 Gibbs Ave. (Community Center) Rev. Bobby Lee Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m. cslcottagegrove@gmail.com Delight Valley Church of Christ 33087 Saginaw Rd. East 541-942-7711 Pastor: Bob Friend Two Services: 9am - Classic in the Chapel 10:30am - Contemporary in the Auditorium First Presbyterian Church 3rd and Adams St 541-942-4479 Pastor: Karen Hill Worship: 10:00am Sunday School: 10:00am www.cgpresbynews.com Hope Fellowship United Pentecostal Church 100 S. Gateway Blvd. 541-942-2061 Pastor: Dave Bragg Worship: 11:00am Sunday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday www.hopefellowshipupc.com “FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” Living Faith Assembly 467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612 Pastor Rulon Combs Worship & Childrenʼs Church 10:00 am Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm Non-Denominational Church of Christ 1041 Pennoyer Ave 541-942-8928 Preacher: Tony Martin Sunday Bible Study:10:00am Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm www.pennoyeravecoc.com Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Philip Benizi Catholic Churches 1025 N. 19th St. 541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712 Father: Joseph Hung Nguyen Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm Sunday: 10:30am St. Philip Benizi, Creswell: 552 Holbrock Lane 541-895-8686, Sunday: 8:30am St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050 Rev. Lawrence Crumb “Church with the fl ags.” Worship: Sunday 10:30am All Welcome Seventh-day Adventist Church 820 South 10th Street 541-942-5213 Pastor: Kevin Miller Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 pm Trinity Lutheran Church 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373 Pastor: James L. Markus Sunday School & Adult Education 9:15am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur 5:00pm TLC Groups tlccg.com United Methodist Church 334 Washington • 541-942-3033 Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen Worship: 10:30am Comm. Dinner (Adults $5, Kids Free) 2nd & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm cottagegroveumc.org “VICTORY” Country Church 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913 Pastor: Barbara Dockery Old Time Gospel Fellowship Worship Service: 10:00am Message: “WE BELIEVE IN Cottage Grove Bible Church 103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999 MIRACLES” Pastor: Jim Edwards 1200 East Quincy Avenue Sunday Service: 10:00am 541-942-4771 Join us in Traditional Pastor:Bob Singer Christian Worship Worship 11am Sunday School:9:45am AWANA age 3-8th Grade, Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm www.cgbible.org Church of Christ 420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 Sunday Service: 10:30am from the bond is going to a number of projects and with each project, the price is changing for how much it will cost. One element is for safety and security which was initially for a new Lincoln Middle School front offi ce and some renovations to the middle school. This was going to cost 1.4 million dollars but because of the changes, now it will just focus on the offi ce which will save the district 700,000 dollars which will then go to the new school. Parent noted that there are various other proj- ects that have been cut down, but not eliminat- ed, to save money including the Kennedy High School, Harrison Elementary property reuse and upgrades to technology. Those projects will save over 500,000 dollars. The money is also going to an early learning center that was initially going to be one million dollars but is now priced at 1.8 million. Other money from the bond is going to the pool, fees, permits and equipment. “When we built Cottage Grove High School 14 years ago, it was just the school. We didn’t have all these other projects so it makes it a little more challenging this time,” said Parent. School Board Goals: The school board continued to work on their goals for the current school year and are going to work to fi nalize the wording in them next meet- ing. “From the superintendent’s perspective, the way I want to see goals happen in this district is I want all of the goals aligned. So principals do goals, teachers do goals, the board does goals, the superintendent does goals. And typically what happens is I suggest goals for the year, they give input to that, and that kind of sets the tones for principals and everybody to build off of,” said Parent. Parent and the board keyed in on three main goals of focusing on the bond, community en- gagement and communication. Various board members noted that these are all working with the ultimate goal of helping students learn. New Hires: Director of Human Resources and Staff Effec- tiveness Brian McCasline gave a brief presen- tation on the new hires who are now part of the district. McCasline noted that there were 46 new hires around the district in varying positions. There were 18 new certifi ed teachers brought on (fi ve at bohemia, four at Latham, three at Harrison, two at Lincoln and one at CGHS, Dorena, Kennedy and London) in addition to the 28 classifi ed hires. The classifi ed hires include 16 education assis- tants, fi ve food service positions, four bus drivers and one counselor, administrator and supervisor. McCasline highlighted the success of the summer trainings with these groups. Additionally, over 60 math teachers across the district took part in a workshop going over the new math curriculum this summer in preparation for the school year. Air Quality Because of the wildfi res around the state, su- perintendent Parent went over how the district is dealing with changes in the air quality. To deter- mine both athletic contests and outdoor recess, Parent is using the guidelines that the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) sent out last week. Every two hours throughout the day the district monitors the air quality index to deter- mine how to proceed. Drain Continued from A1 ground and is hoping that, with the aid of an attorney, the group can do what the Novem- ber 2016 ballot measure failed to do: fund the library. The group is planning on pro- posing a 40 cent per $1,000 of assessed value tax--four cents less than the one proposed in November. "It would follow the school district boundaries because you have the problem of people outside the city and that would take care of it if it followed the school district," Johns said. The group reportedly had fi rst intended to created a fi ve year rate but after speaking with an attorney, was directed to a per- manent rate. Solutions to the library crisis in Douglas have been varied and in some places around the county, non-existent. Volunteers have stepped forward to run the library in places like Yoncalla but services fall short of what they had been when the library was open under county funding sources. And in some commu- nities, like Drain, the buildings still lay shuddered. "We have a small enough vol- unteer base that we can't divide our efforts," Johns said of possi- bly opening the library with the help of volunteers. The group went before the Drain City Council on Monday, September 11 to present its plan and see what the city would be willing to offer. According to city administra- tor Steve Dahl--who noted he could not speak for the coun- cil--the city would be willing to offer the same package it did to the county in regards to the library. It would include the building, sewer and water and wifi and Internet access. While the group has the sup- port of its volunteers and the city, Johns said the effort is far from over. 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