COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL from A1 Pause in the past 10 days, other counties in the state have re- ported troubling increases in infection spread. Across the state, the Ore- gon Health Authority (OHA) reported nearly 100 new cas- es in a 24-hour period, with 184 cases reported Monday before jumping to 278 con- fi rmed cases of COVID-19 by noon Tuesday — marking the largest single-day spike in confi rmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic’s spread in Oregon. Tuesday, Lincoln Coun- ty, which has seen a major surge in reported cases due to an outbreak at the Pacif- from A1 SLSD $600,000 for the high school success fund which covers things like dropout preven- tion and career and techni- of which show increases — some as high as 40 percent — over the previous week. Lane County currently allows outdoor recreation, retail stores, gyms, bars and restaurants for dine-in ser- vices, and personal-care businesses such as salons and barbershops with the following limitations: • Gathering limits of 50 people indoors and 100 peo- ple outdoors. • Indoor and outdoor venues, including theaters and churches, with 6 feet of physical distancing and other measures in place, can reach a COVID-19 occupan- cy limit of up to 250. • Offi ces can begin re- opening and employees can return to workplaces with physical distancing and oth- er measures in place, though remote work is still strongly recommended whenever possible. • Increased travel is al- lowed throughout Oregon, though staying local is still recommended to prevent overloading county health systems. • Restaurant and bar cur- fews are extended to mid- night where applicable. • Many pools and sports courts are allowed to reopen under new guidance. • Indoor and outdoor activities such as bowling, batting cages and mini golf are allowed to reopen under new guidance. • Recreational sports can resume in a limited form, under strict physical dis- tancing guidance. Cottage Grove is follow- ing the guidance provided by state and Lane County Health authorities and is im- plementing required proce- dures at the county level. Lane County has a website page that is completely dedi- cated to the COVID-19 Pan- demic. Th is page includes specifi c recommendations for many types of business- es and workplaces recom- mending the best practices to be utilized, for their indi- vidual circumstances at this time. For more information, go to lanecounty.org. cal education. • A 40 percent reduction in expected funds from the Student Investment Ac- count, from just over $2.4 million to $1.5 million. • An increase of $285,000 in the Capital Projects Fund which is working to connect all district schools to fiber optic internet (recently com- pleted at London and Dore- na, but ongoing at Al Kenne- dy High School). • An initial COVID-19 response grant of $30,000 from PeaceHealth Medical Group and a letter of intent for a contract from Peace- Health with SLSD to pro- vide $345,000 over the next four years to enhance daily operations at the Family Re- source Center. The funds will primari- ly allow the center to have staffing for more hours five days per week, as opposed to the current part-time staff- ing two days per week. The budget committee ratified the changes without public comment and though the changes represent a net reduction in instructional budget of $668,600, Colley still views the changes as positive. “Really, I think they’re all positive,” Colley said in the meeting. “Because even though we approved the budget for the school im- provement act money at $2.4 million, we weren’t sure we were going to get any of that. So, a 40-percent reduction from a big number, assum- ing we still get the legislature to appropriate the full gener- al fund, those are all positive things.” New district Director of Finance and Operations Al- lison Bryson also weighed in on the district’s ongoing ef- forts to have staff, adminis- trators, committees and the board work in conjunction with as much shared infor- mation as possible in order to take on the challenges that COVID-19 continues to present. “I think that it’s really im- portant that [the board] gets detail and input into the pro- cess along the way,” Bryson said. “There’s a lot that can be done as we look forward to strategic planning and aligning the budget with the strategic plan, if it’s not already done that way … I think that’s something we can do starting next Octo- ber. We’ll have more infor- mation about COVID, more information about what that means for the budget, so we can adjust that along the way.” While Monday’s meeting was the last time the SLSD board will officially meet for this school year, their work will continue into the sum- mer as schools across the country prepare for a 2020- 21 school landscape that could look very different from what students, families and staff normally expect. The effects and challenges presented by virus concerns are near limitless, with the looming fear that any and all guidance from the Oregon Department of Education could change at the drop of a hat if and when new infor- mation emerges. But the SLSD board, along with Superintendent Yvonne Curtis, will be working through these difficulties throughout the summer — particularly in regard to how the district handles day-to- day instruction. “The timeline is set by the virus, not by the rest of us,” Curtis said. “We have to respond to individual needs and requests of fam- ilies. Some families might not want their students to come back when we can be face-to-face. And after all that planning, we also have to make sure we can pivot in a matter of hours to ev- erybody being at home on distance learning. “And the distance learn- ing cannot be ‘hold them in place.’ It has to still be moving [students] forward, which is not the kind of dis- tance learning we just went through in the spring.” 30 s Ye x a pe r rience of e Get up to $250 off when you schedule your interior or exterior repaint by July 1! Call us for a Free Quote! “We do small remodels, home repairs and decks! 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According to the gover- nor, this one-week pause will give public health offi cials time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if they need to adjust the state’s ap- proach to reopening. “I will work with doctors and public health experts to determine whether to lift this pause, extend it or make other adjustments,” Brown stated. Th e increasing number of cases Brown referred to in the governor’s press confer- ence included reports from Multnomah, Hood River, Marion and Polk County, all r Ove 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 JUNE 18, 2020 | ic Seafood fi sh and shellfi sh packaging and distribu- tion plant, became the fi rst county in Oregon to require maskwearing in indoor pub- lic spaces. Gov. 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