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6A • March 10, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Academy startup awarded four planning grants Academy from Page 1A “We will award up to 15, $100,000 planning grants over the three-year term of our federal Charter Schools Program grant,” Donovan said. So far, four planning grants have been award- ed, she added. Simmons said the grant application detailed the school’s 5-year planning efforts, provided budget details and indicated where funds would be allocated. All costs in the application were approved. “It’s just a matter of us executing the plan and getting reimbursed,” Simmons said. “They were quite impressed with our grant, so much so they’re making our application a model for future applications.” Where money will go The largest portion of the grant funds are slated to be used for training educators in the school’s curriculum. Another $10,000 will go to three months of salaries for the director and ESL teacher. “This will really allow those two individuals to really iron out any issues with our program and prepare our program for implemen- tation,” Simmons said. As much as $30,000 will go to classroom equipment and curriculum expenses. The academy applied for the grant with the assistance of the Seaside School District, a co- operation “which is not always common,” Sim- mons said. “Oftentimes there can be friction be- tween a charter school and a district, because the district sees the charter school as taking away a source of revenue. My experience is the district, particularly within the past year, has been in- credibly supportive. They’re really trying to help us pull this off.” Fall enrollment at Academy now open Fall enrollment for Cannon Beach Academy is underway. The acad- emy opens with grades K-2 with a growth plan of one grade per year until serving kindergarten through fifth-grade classes. Cannon Beach Academy is a public, tuition-free charter school part of the Seaside School District. The academy offers a curriculum consisting of direct instruction and the core knowledge sequence. Class sizes are limited. Something ‘unique’ Enrollment at Cannon Beach Academy is limited to 22 students. “It’s offering something a bit unique,” Simmons said. Families not only in Cannon Beach but in Seaside, Gearhart and other portions of Clatsop County in the Seaside School District will ben- efit from the school’s Spanish language compo- nent and direct instruction curriculum design, he said. “If they want this curriculum, it’s open to them,” Simmons said. “It’s great for the district. It will encourage folks to move here because of this choice, I believe.” With enrollment underway, the academy’s lease agreement at 171 Sunset Boulevard is nearly complete. FILE PHOTO Cannon Beach Academy board members Patti Rouse, Barb Knop, Sally Steidel, Phil Simmons and Kellye Dewey with Jeneé Pearce-Mushen, Yohali and Alondra, at a November potluck in Cannon Beach. The academy offers Spanish lan- guage exposure and provides a focus on the arts, working with local artists to provide a rich experience. Renovations include “moving a few walls and putting some paint in there,” Simmons said, as well as meeting compliance with the Amer- icans with Disabilities Act. Improvements will begin after the lease is complete. “We’ve got a budget for it and we don’t antic- ipate any significant problems,” Simmons said. To enroll, visit www.thecannonbeach- academy.org or call 503-440-9878. Author shares legacy of Oregon pioneer Public hearing slated to pick contractor Calvin Tibbets is topic at History and Hops speaker series event Through the use of dynamic cost-control modeling, the proj- ect’s budget and expenditures are constantly updated and tracked, not only for real costs, but also for trends. The benefit of doing so, Kulkarni said, is by detecting a negative upward trend early, “you have the op- portunity to correct the course and bring it down.” Portland-based Dull Olson Weekes-IBI Group Architects is providing design and archi- tecture services for the project. The next step is finding a gener- al contractor. A public hearing will take place at the board’s next meet- ing, March 21. After approval, the board can bring a contract manag- er and general contractor on board. Selection will be a col- laborative process involving DAY CPM and school board members, staff and community members serving on a panel. “This is a very important decision for the district,” Day said. Ron White, a community outreach coordinator with DAY CPM, said the firm intends to emphasize community engage- ment throughout the project. They brought surveys to the meet-and-greet event and the school board meeting to collect input from attendees. Future engagement may in- clude town hall and neigh- borhood meetings. The firm also intends to communicate through a project website that will run through the school By Rebecca Herren Cannon Beach Gazette Portland author Jerry Sutherland’s research and discovery into pioneer Calvin Tibbets is a work in progress. He first became fascinated with Tibbets when his father, Art Sutherland, saw the name in a historical article and de- cided to do a little genealogy research given that Jerry’s mother’s maiden name was Tibbetts. No relationship was found, but Sutherland contin- ued the research into Tibbets as a man who traveled to Or- egon with a specific goal: to settle here permanently and make it part of the emerging United States landscape. Sutherland, who spoke at the History and Hops speaker series at the Seaside Brewing Co. Thursday, Feb. 23, ex- plained how sometimes the research was challenging due to the many ways the name is spelled — most commonly, he said, is T-i-b-b-e-t-t-s and T-i-b-b-i-t-s. “It wasn’t until I found documents signed by him that I knew what the cor- rect spelling was.” Oregon in 1832 When Tibbets traveled to Oregon in 1832, the area was still contested between Great Britain and the United States. Hudson’s Bay Co. had practi- cal control over the entire re- gion and its French-Canadian employees were preparing to develop farms along the Willamette River upon their retirement. “The only Amer- REBECCA HERREN/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Author Jerry Sutherland giving a presentation on Oregon’s first pioneer Cal- vin Tibbets who built the first gristmill in Clatsop County. icans in Oregon before Tib- bets were sailors, fur trappers, explorers and scientists,” he said. His book “Calvin Tibbets: Oregon’s First Pioneer” be- gins with Nathaniel Wyeth and 11 American men meet- ing Hudson’s Bay Co. chief factor John McLoughlin, who realized he had com- petition for the region, if as he suspected, Wyeth along with Hall Kelley would suc- ceed in their plans to build a colony in Oregon, a subject of dispute with the British. “Many early settlers came to Oregon to get free land and they weren’t going to get it if Britain took over because at that point in time it was all mutually owned between Great Britain and the United States,” said Sutherland. Wyeth and Kelley would fail in their ventures, but Tibbets, being one of the men they brought to Ore- gon, would become an Ore- gonpioneer by forging good relationships with his Cana- dian neighbors and native tribes, even living on a Na- tive American diet in order to pave the way for other Amer- icans to follow. Campus from Page 1A SUBMITTED PHOTO Joshua Dodson and Mike Day of DAY CPM. district’s Web portal. In other news: • Hannah Sirpless, a senior associate with Pauly, Rogers and Company, presented via conference call results from the district’s 2015-16 audit. The firm issued an unmodi- fied opinion and concluded there were no significant de- ficiencies or material weak- nesses. “In short, it’s a clean audit,” Sirpless said. As part of their report, the firm of- fered a few best practices the district could pursue to help mitigate risk in future years. Best practices are not signif- icant deficiencies, but sugges- tions on behalf of the firm, Sirpless said, adding, “it’s impossible to have everything perfect within a district, es- pecially a small district, so our best practices are just our comments and items we want the board and management to powered by Experience Family Dining in a Relaxed & Friendly Environment Serving Seafood, Pizza, Sandwiches, Espressos, Beer, Wine, Ice Cream and our Homemade Desserts We have a fabulous patio where you can enjoy the weather and your meal. “TO-GO” Orders Welcome North Coast OPEN Wednesday - Sunday for Lunch & Dinner Live Music • Wine Tasting PIG ‘N PANCAKE 223 S Hemlock 503-436-2851 7AM - 3PM Daily SERVING LUNCH & DINNER OPEN AT 11:30 Tuesday’s Open at 4pm Delightful Beer Garden • Ocean View Deck Pool Tables • Darts Full Bar ( including Bill’s Tavern brews ) but that’s not all... Smoked Pork Ribs • Steak • Seafood and much, much more! 156 N. 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