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Polk County Education
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • May 3, 2017 13A
Central: Milligan, Mann up for zone 5 SCHOOL NOTES
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Zone 5
Steve Milligan was ap-
pointed to fill the seat for
Zone 5 after Kathy Zehner re-
tired from the board in July.
At the time, he said he
did not plan on running for
election to the spot — Milli-
gan was a Monmouth city
councilor and running for
mayor at the time. He has
since been elected to
mayor.
When Superintendent
Buzz Brazeau announced his
retirement, that changed,
Milligan said.
“Once he decided to retire
and we looked at hiring a
new superintendent, I want-
ed to continue (on the board)
so we could continue with
the same school board who
hired the superintendent,”
Milligan said. “So we could
continue with the same
school board leadership at
the same time we had a new
superintendent.”
Milligan wants to see the
momentum continue.
“I see some really positive
growth in the school district,”
he said. “With the transition
of a new superintendent, the
school board that hired her,
keeping that together as
much as possible would be to
the benefit of the school dis-
trict.”
Milligan said he has seen
some challenges in the dis-
trict, while on the board, but
also for many years sitting on
the budget committee.
“There’s always felt like
there’s some conflict between
teachers and administra-
tion,” he said. “Now I see a
chance for that to change and
some healing coming on. I
don’t want to see a misstep in
that. I want us to get healthi-
er.”
Milligan said the district
has started collecting data
and turning that into out-
comes for kids.
Kristina Mann is a parent
in the Central School District
and is eager to be involved.
“I have the support of lots
of friends and family, who are
also parents in the district,”
Mann said. “I have a history
in public service. To me, this
is the next step, to be in-
volved in the board and po-
lices.”
She said that with her per-
spective, being someone
who’s in the schools, going to
conferences or sporting
events or theater events, she
is representative of a lot of
people in the community.
Mann said her first goal is
to get an understanding of
how it works and to be in-
volved in policy.
“I really would like to be an
advocate for better commu-
nication between the board
and the community, the
schools and the parents,” she
said.
Mann said, as a parent of
students in the district, she
often feels like she is missing
out on important informa-
tion.
“I think about our Lati-
no population,” she said.
“If I don’t feel like I’m get-
ting the information, it
concerns me about that
other half of our popula-
tion. Are they getting the
information they need?”
Mann said she is excited to
work with Jennifer Kubista,
the new superintendent who
will begin work leading the
district on July 1.
“I think that’s going to be a
good, clean start for the
board,” she said.
Mann has the endorse-
ment of the Central Educa-
tion Association.
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Once released from their
classrooms at the begin-
ning of the drill Thursday,
students walked to Valley
Life Center and filed into
the church’s sanctuary and
other rooms.
They waited with their
classmates for their par-
ents to pick them up.
School officials did not
warn students or parents
that the drill was taking
place to make it as real as
possible.
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Drill: Dallas sets example
for other districts, agencies
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Shortly after the drill
began, school officials were
having to direct parents to
the other side of the building
to check in. Cars started to
back up on Miller, so offi-
cials had to start directing
traffic.
Dallas police, the Polk
County Sheriff’s Office, the
Dallas Fire Department and
representatives from other
school districts were there to
observe and provide feed-
back.
“They are really doing
some good stuff,” said Bob
Maca, Salem-Keizer School
District emergency manage-
ment specialist. “It’s new for
them. It is a learning experi-
ence.”
Finding out about issues
during a drill, when the
strongest reaction was
minor annoyance, will make
the process better when an
actual emergency does hap-
pen, Johnstone said.
The district ran a similar
drill at Lyle Elementary
School and used lessons
from that to design Thurs-
day’s drill.
She said a lot of the feed-
back from families indicated
they thought the drill was
useful.
“They said, ‘I’m glad we
have a process, and as a par-
ent, I know what that looks
like,’” she said.
Johnstone said district of-
ficials will talk about what
worked and what needs to
be changed, and analyze
feedback from observers to
improve the process for
when the real thing hap-
pens.
Thursday, the feedback
was positive.
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“I think they are doing a
good job,” said Jodi Dresch-
er, Silverton High School’s
assistant principal, who is
also in charge of safety and
security. “They are going to
find things that they need to
fix, but I think it’s a good
thing that they are doing.”
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