June 12, 2020
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School district begins crafting reopening plans
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The Columbia Press
The state Department of
Education released plans
Wednesday to guide local
school districts in reopening
– or not – for the 2020-21
school year.
“Ready
Schools,
Safe
Learners” is meant to guide
public schools and charter
schools as they develop an
operational blueprint.
“It will be a year unlike any
year in recent history in pub-
lic education,” said Tom Ro-
gozinski, superintendent of
the Warrenton-Hammond
School District. “It’s requir-
ing a massive amount of
changes in our protocols. …
It’s like planning a new sys-
tem.”
State Superintendent of
Schools Colt Gill held a press
conference for administra-
tors and reporters earlier
in the day and Rogozinski
passed along preliminary
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF CLATSOP
In the Matter of the Estate of ARTHUR DENNIS HUGHES, Deceased
Case No.: 20PB03487
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Warrenton Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at
6:00 P.M. July 9, 2020 at the Warrenton City Hall, Commission Chambers
to consider Case No. DCR 20-1 Commercial Corridor Design Standards
Code Amendment, an amendment to Warrenton Municipal Code Section
16.12.010 Definitions, Section 16.116.030 Design Standards, and Section
16.36.050. This case will be reviewed under the procedures, standards
and criteria in Warrenton Municipal Code 16.208.060, Type IV Procedure
(Legislative and Map Amendments) and Chapter 16.232 Amendment to
Comprehensive Plan Text and Map, Rezone and Development Code.
Anyone wishing to testify on this proposal may either attend the public
hearing and speak to the City Commission, or submit written materials,
which must be received by the Warrenton Community and Economic De-
velopment Department no later than 5:00 P.M. on the day of the hearing.
Written comments may be mailed to Kevin A. Cronin, Community Devel-
opment Director, Community & Economic Development Department, P.O.
Box 250, Warrenton Oregon, 97146-0250.
Anyone wishing to review and/or purchase copies of the proposed leg-
islation and/or staff report may do so at Warrenton City Hall, 225 South
Main, or may contact Kevin A. Cronin, Community Development Director
at 503-861-0920 – cityplanner@ci.warrenton.or.us. The staff report will be
available for review at no cost at least seven days before the hearing.
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plans to the school board
Wednesday night.
School will not start on the
Tuesday after Labor Day,
as has been the tradition in
Warrenton. Instead, teach-
ers and staff members will
have four days of in-service
training the week before La-
bor Day and four days imme-
diately after to prepare for
all the changes.
Students will start school
on Sept. 14.
What the school day will
look like is a work in prog-
ress.
That the plan is fluid
“should come as no surprise
to anyone,” Gill told report-
ers. The state guidelines will
remain in effect through June
30, 2021, unless replaced by
updated guidelines.
For the next school year,
inski predicted.
On Wednesday afternoon,
the
district sent surveys by
each district and charter
email
to all parents asking
school will develop an “Op-
them
which
model they prefer.
erational Blueprint for Reen-
“We’ll
find
out the percent-
try” tailored to local needs.
age
of
parents
who feel com-
Each blueprint must ad-
fortable
sending
their kids
dress public health rules,
to
school,”
Rogozinski
said.
equity, instruction and en-
“This
is
the
beginning
of
us
gagement with family and
building
the
system.”
community.
Districts must develop a
Warrenton will be re-
communicable
disease man-
quired to post its blueprint
agement
plan
in conjunc-
online for public review by
tion
with
local public
Aug. 15. A number of
health
authorities
to
state rules on social
cover
“what
if”
scenar-
distancing will be re-
ios, such as a serious
quired.
outbreak.
The district gets to
They’ll be asked to
decide whether it will
do
more with less.
teach students on
“This
just seems like
site, through distance
there’s
a
lot of educat-
learning or through a
Jackson
ed
people
spending a
hybrid of the two.
lot
of
time
and money
Warrenton is likely to
on
this,”
school
board
mem-
choose a hybrid, as will 95
ber
Dan
Jackson
said.
percent of districts, Rogoz-
VA reaching out to nation’s newest veterans
The Department of Veter-
ans Affairs recently launched
an initiative, the Solid Start
Program, for new veterans.
Solid Start is a transition
program in which VA repre-
sentatives reach out by phone
to the more than 200,000
newly separated veterans
during the critical first year of
transition from the military
to inform them of the benefits
for which they’re eligible.
These include health care
services, mental health ser-
vices, home loans, and help
returning to the civilian
workforce.
The program was launched
in December as part of a pres-
idential executive order.
In the first year after leaving
military service, many vet-
erans experience significant
stress and pressure, said Ra-
chelle Powers, public affairs
officer for the Portland VA
Regional Office.
“It’s so important for the
VA to reach these individuals
and make them aware of all
That unidentified incoming phone call could be from the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, which recently launched a new
program to reach out to new veterans.
the benefits and services VA
provides,” she said.
Veterans within their first
year of separation from uni-
formed service commit sui-
cide at a rate nearly two times
higher than the overall veter-
an suicide rate, according to
the VA.
Newly separated service
members can expect three
calls from Solid Start rep-
resentatives during the first
year. Those who’d like to
learn more, or who have not
received calls, can phone
800-827-0611.
The North Coast VA Clinic
at Camp Rilea also can help
with resources.
To speak with a crisis line
counselor, call 800-273-8255
and press 1 when prompted
or send a text to 838255.