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-
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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.
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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. The question, due to
the timing of requirements to
place something on the ballot,
would not appear until the May
2018 election.
"None of this is real until
we fi le that paper work next
month," she said.
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