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Parent, SLSD agree
to retirement terms
Superintendent Krista Parent will
retire June 30, fourth complaint
dropped, recommendation letter
signed
By Caitlyn May
PHOTO BY GREG LEE
Jim Gilroy, Chelsea Armstrong, Diane Hazen, Sarah Drew, Pat Ware, Julie and Tom Johns, Greg Lee pose with their awards during the 69th Annual Cham-
ber Banquet. Below, Jim Gilroy holds his award.
Businesses,
elected officials
and community
members
attended the 69th
Annual Chamber
Banquet
South Lane Superintendent Kris-
ta Parent has signed a deal with the
school district to retire after nearly
nine months of news reports concern-
ing a personal relationship between
Parent and a South Lane School Dis-
trict employee continued to circulate
leading to more than 100 SLSD em-
ployees requesting Parent be placed on administrative leave earlier
this month.
Under the terms of the agreement, Parent will continue to work as
an employee of the school district in various projects until June 30
as well as maintain her positions on several state boards including
the American Association of School Administrators National Con-
ference in February, the Oregon School Activities Association Ex-
ecutive Committee (OSAA) and the Oregon Association of School
Executives Executive Board.
Outside of the specifi c terms of the agreement, Parent’s employ-
ment will continue to be guided by her superintendent contract. The
deal also provides Parent with a letter of recommendation and strict
language preventing anyone other than the human resource director
from speaking to potential employers.
In the spring of 2016, a Cottage Grove resident fi led an offi cial
complaint with the district claiming that Parent had entered into a
personal relationship with an SLSD employee. In response to the
complaint, the school board funded an $8,000 investigation into the
matter which concluded the district did not have an anti-fraterniza-
tion policy and therefore, Parent had not violated the terms of her
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CITY CREATES
CODE OF
CONDUCT
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
PHOTO BY GREG LEE
“It’s just common courtesy.”
That’s how Cottage Grove City Manager Richard Meyers
summed up the new city policy issued by his offi ce which creates a
code of conduct for residents using public buildings.
The code, effective Jan. 18, lays out specifi c rules concerning
hygiene, sleeping, animals and soliciting inside city hall, the public
library, the armory and the pro-shop at Middlefi eld Golf Course.
Prohibited behaviors on the list include: Willfully annoying, ha-
rassing, intimidating or threatening another person, damaging a city
building, posting notices or fl yers unless authorized to do so, behav-
ing in a loud, boisterous, offensive, indecent or disruptive manner,
using a cell phone in a manner that’s disruptive, leaving personal
items in the building, failing to wear appropriate clothing includ-
ing footwear and shirts and having offensive hygiene, odor or scent
including but not limited to scented products such as colognes, af-
ter-shave lotions, perfumes, deodorant or hair sprays that constitute
a nuisance to other persons.
“If they come in we can direct them to other resources like Com-
munity Sharing, let them know they have vouchers and clothes and
when they get it taken care of, they can come back,” Meyers said.
Individuals who violate the code of conduct will be asked to
leave city property—while all offenses committed outside public
buildings on city property will still be governed by city ordinance—
and may be escorted by city police if they do not comply with the
request to leave.
Repeat offenders, according to Meyers, may be barred from city
property for a designated time period.
“We have people who come into the community center as soon
as it opens and they sit in the lobby and take over,” Meyers said.
Community members turned out in force for the 69th Annual Chamber Banquet honoring business leaders and citizens who work to make Cottage Grove a
better place throughout the year. See complete story on page A8.
EDUCATION
Crab Feed delayed
Lion's Pride returns
The annual Crab Feed will
be held Feb. 17. PAGE A10
The student-led
newspaper has a trial run
today. PAGE B9
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