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Among the South Lane
School Board’s responsibil-
ities, the board establishes
rules that govern schools
in accordance with state
and federal laws while au-
thorizing, appropriating
and approving the dis-
trict’s budget each year.
Th e school board also hires
the superintendent and is
responsible for evaluating
the superintendent’s per-
formance on an annual
basis.
As elected members of
the community, the school
board’s work is done in
public and it serves as a
communication body be-
tween the community and
school district with board
positions up for election
every four years.
Th e Sentinel has asked
members of the South
Lane School Board to
answer some questions,
both personal and gener-
al, which will provide the
community a snapshot of
the people they’ve elected
and a window into the vol-
unteer work they do.
Th e following are an-
swers provided by SLSD
board members who were
available to participate.
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1. What inspired you to
become a school board
member?
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Sherry Duerst-Higgins,
chair —
I wanted to be involved
and engaged in education
in my community at the
time my three children
were attending schools in
South Lane. I felt it was im-
portant to become a board
member to serve my com-
munity and the students of
South Lane. Our students
are our future and our re-
sponsibility to educate and
support in their eff orts to
succeed now and in the
future. It has been my priv-
ilege serve my community
and to make the decisions
I can for our students’ ed-
ucation.
Alan Baas, vice chair —
Most of my career has
been in education-related
work, from high school
teaching to research anal-
yses to career education
to university publications
and college scholarships.
It was a no-brainer that I
apply for the school board
when I retired — I’ve seen
too much of education not
to want to keep supporting
it however I can.
Jerry Settelmeyer —
I believe that kids de-
serve the very best educa-
tion we can provide and
with my pre-retirement
experience I believe I can
help “expect and provide”
that standard through par-
ticipation and en-courage-
ment as a School Board
member.
Tammy Hodgkinson —
I have a sincere belief
that government is a par-
ticipatory activity and if we
want government to work,
then the best place to start
(outside of voting) is at the
local level. Plus, as a for-
mer kindergarten teacher, I
have a passion for the fun-
damental signifi cance of
Preschool/Early Elemen-
tary education. It’s a per-
spective that I think is crit-
ical to bring to the board.
I also have family members
who are disabled. Chil-
dren (and their families) in
the disability community
face unique challenges in
education. It can be over-
whelming and isolating to
navigate at times and one
of my goals is to be an ad-
vocate for them.
Dustin Bengtson —
I’ve been involved in
youth sports as the presi-
dent of South Valley Ath-
letics for a number of years
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Alan Baas, vice chair —
We are elected by public
vote. How can I not con-
sider the community in
everything I do as a board
member? Particularly in
these troubled times where
globally, nationally, and
locally folks are struggling
with pretty big issues. We
all have a responsibility
to see to it that our chil-
dren are equipped for the
changes that accompany
Jerry Settelmeyer —
Very important, al-
though we have not
achieved that involvement,
most likely developed
through many years of not
being engaged to function
that way.
Dustin Bengtson —
Th at the community has
an understanding of the
decisions that the district
makes. We have to be as
transparent as we can on
how we utilize public funds
and managing the resourc-
es of the district. And that
involves not only school
board, but parents and
teachers trying to articu-
late what we’re doing and
how we’re doing the best
we can with what we have
available to us.
And I do believe that
there’s room for improve-
ment in anything we do,
but there’s an awful lot of
good things happening
within South Lane School
District, so we need to
think of ways to involve
people more consistent-
ly throughout our deci-
sion-making process.
A really good example of
that recently is the work
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Sherry Duerst-Higgins,
chair —
Extremely important. I
am involved in my com-
munity through service
on several community
boards, through my busi-
ness connections and vol-
unteering in nonprofi ts. I
interact with members of
my community on a daily
basis. I listen and encour-
age interaction from my
community members. I
encourage feedback from
parents, students and other
community members on
their thoughts and ideas in
the direction of the school
district. I am elected to
hear from the community
and make decisions that
support our school district.
More specifi cally, one of
the characteristics we as
a board expressed for ap-
plicants for the upcoming
permanent superintendent
position was an “ability to
build and sustain strong,
eff ective community/busi-
ness partnerships that
impact student success. ”
Seems to me such part-
nering must include active
board participation in un-
derstanding and building
such relationships. Keep-
ing in mind the board’s role
is at the policy level and of-
ten does not touch school
operations, I don’t want
to presume to say what all
this is going to look like.
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and was a member of the
bond committee. And
really it was my involve-
ment in the bond commit-
tee that led me to want to
fi gure out a diff erent way
to support the school dis-
trict. In walking through
the community and trying
to articulate the need for
that bond investment, it
was interesting the see the
wide diff erence in opinion
of how the district was not
only performing, but uti-
lizing funds, which were
really in confl ict with my
own. So I thought maybe I
could help with that.
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