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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 12, 2015 11A Polk County Education SCHOOL NOTES Registration due for camp on Friday DALLAS — Registration is due Friday for LaCreole Middle School’s sixth-grade orientation camp, to be held Aug. 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The camp will help incoming sixth-graders get to know their new school building, practice opening lockers and ask questions of teachers and other students. Those attending are asked to wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle. Lunch will be provided through the dis- trict’s summer lunch program. Tuition for the camp is $20, though partial scholarships are available. To sign your sixth-grader up, fill out a registration form and return it to LaCreole, 701 SE LaCreole Drive, Dallas by Friday. For more information: 503-623-6662. plies will be given to kids in the Falls City area from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at George Kitchen Upper Park. This also is a time for families to register for school. For more information or to donate to the event: Salvation Army Polk County office, 182 SW Academy St., Suite 220. Registration for Talmadge to begin INDEPENDENCE — Registration for Talmadge Middle School runs Tuesday through Aug. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. and again from 5 to 7 p.m. each day. Sixth-grade registration is Tuesday. Seventh-graders register on Aug. 19. Eighth graders may register on Aug. 20. For more information: Talmadge Middle School, 503-606- 2252. DHS, LaCreole to hold registration LCFC supply giveaway on Tuesday DALLAS — Dallas High School and LaCreole Middle School are open for student registration starting next week. DHS, 1250 SE Holman Ave., Dallas, will begin registering stu- dents entering their senior year this fall on Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Tuesday, incoming juniors may register from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is slated for sophomores. The final day of registration, Aug. 20, is reserved for freshmen from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For those unable to make those times, registration is open 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 20. Families with more than one student attending DHS may register all on the day designated for the oldest stu- dent. Students who are new to the district may register on any day. LaCreole Middle School, 701 SE LaCreole Drive, Dallas, will reg- ister returning in-district students on Tuesday and Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. Students new to the district can register on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information: Dallas High School, 503-623-8336; LaCreole Middle School, 503-623-6662. INDEPENDENCE — Life Center Foursquare Church will host a school supply giveaway at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Henry Hill Park in Independence. Supplies will be available to the first 250 Central School Dis- trict students in grades K-12. Children and youth must be pres- ent to be eligible for the supplies. For more information: Life Center Foursquare Church, 503- 838-6507. Free supplies to students Thursday FALLS CITY — The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Social Services, in partnership with the Falls City Christian Church, will host its annual Tools for Schools backpack and supply distribu- tion. About 175 backpacks filled with all the necessary school sup- County to hold immunization clinics DALLAS — Polk County Public Health is holding four immu- nization clinics to prepare children for back to school. Appointments must be made in advance for the clinics. School immunizations will be available on Aug. 19, Aug. 26 and Sept. 9 from 8 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. at the agency’s Dallas clinic, 182 SW Academy St. Suite 302. On Sept. 9 a clinic also will be held in Independence from 1 to 4 p.m. at Oregon Child Development Coalition, 535 G St. For more information: 503-623-8175. Got a school note or story idea? Send it by Friday at noon to ionews@polkio.com. Decision on tax stalled by board By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The Dallas School Board took com- ments Monday on its option to adopt a construction ex- cise tax, or school construc- tion system development charge (SDC). If adopted, a fee would be collected on new construc- tion within the district. The maximum the district could collect in the 2015-16 school year is $1.20 per square foot on residential construction and 60 cents per square foot on commer- cial construction. About a third of the districts in the state have adopted the charge. Dallas sent letters out to home builders and real es- tate agents in the area, in- forming them the charge was under consideration. Most comments offered Monday were regarding the possible negative effects of charging the fees. Gene Henshaw, represent- ing the Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce’s public policy committee, said members of the committee had con- cerns. “Some of the members of the public policy committee of the chamber have not been really enthused that there is going to be a small number of folks who are going to be paying this for the entire school district,” he said, referring to new home buyers. Henshaw also said com- mittee members believed implementing the charge could negatively affect the district’s chances of passing another levy and could sup- press economic activity. Jim Williams, also a mem- ber of the committee and a longtime lobbyist for the c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y, shared those worries. He said cities and school district that adopt the charges aren’t considering the tax base value increase new con- struction brings. The board didn’t make a decision Monday and will bring the topic up for more discussion. “We will consider the in- formation we’ve received tonight, both from the school district and our guests, and move this to our agenda next meeting,” said Board Chair- woman Lu Ann Meyer. Music in the Park Main St. Park • Monmouth A Division of Ernst Irrigation • CCB# 185365 • Residential Electrical • Agricultural Electrical • Well Pump Service and Replacement • Solar Water Pumping • Variable Frequency Drives Brock Blacklaw , Electrician Mobile: 503.757.8382 • Phone: 503.633.1111 • Fax: 503.633.1122 PO Box 490 • 20179 Main St. NE, St. Paul, OR 97137 www.ernstirrigation.com Every Wednesday through August 26 ~ 6:30pm MUSIC, FOOD, BEER & WINE GARDEN Look for Music in the Park Series on Face- book for more in- formation about this year’s artists. 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