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For Latinos, a program for college prep
Seaside School
District families,
students benefit
from program
By Katherine Lacaze
For Cannon Beach Gazette
Ensuring one’s student
is adequately prepared for
post-secondary
education
can be daunting for any par-
ent or guardian. The Juntos
program’s six-week college
readiness workshop — taught
entirely in Spanish — aims to
provide local Latino families
with the right information to
support that process.
Ryan Stanley, the coast co-
ordinator for Juntos, offered
through Oregon State Univer-
sity, said the biggest benefit is
showing students and families
“what’s possible, especially
living in a smaller communi-
ty.”
Mari Mitchell, a longtime
educator in the Seaside School
District who retired two years
ago, and Leticia Campos, a
teacher at the Cannon Beach
Academy, facilitated a Juntos
workshop for Latino families
in Seaside that wrapped up
Tuesday, April 24. Over the
course of six weeks, partici-
pants learned about preparing
students for higher education,
from high school graduation
requirements and standard-
ized testing to the admissions
process and obtaining finan-
cial aid.
At its core, Mitchell said,
the course is about giving par-
ents and their students “the
keys to be able to open the
door to higher education.”
When preparing students
for college, many parents and
guardians face a language
barrier, which is why the cur-
riculum is shared in Spanish,
Mitchell said. Another issue
families face is uncertainty
about how legal documenta-
tion, or the lack thereof, af-
fects students’ opportunities.
In Oregon, there are mul-
tiple options for all students
to not only attend a post-sec-
ondary institution — whether
it be community college or a
university — but also obtain
financial aid through the Ore-
gon Student Aid Application,
institutions themselves, or
other sources, Stanley said.
Mitchell agreed many fami-
lies don’t realize how many
resources are available to
them.
Seaside workshop
The Juntos class took place
at Seaside High School, and
dinner and childcare were of-
fered. Attendance varied each
Tuesday evening over the
course of the workshop, but
Rosario Alcantar, of Seaside,
was a consistent participant.
Alcantar has a son in 11th
grade at Seaside High School,
as well as an older daughter.
When her daughter graduated
a few years ago, Alcantar felt
she was unprepared and lack-
ing in pertinent knowledge to
assist and support her, so she
signed up for the Juntos class
SANDE BROWN
Leticia Campos, instructor.
to be better informed this time
around.
When asked what was the
most important information
she’d learned, Alcantar, who
was translated by Campos, re-
plied, “everything.” To elab-
orate, she added she learned
where to apply for financial
aid; the importance of visiting
various universities before
selecting one; and the higher
education opportunities avail-
able to Dreamers or undocu-
mented students.
Also, her son was leaning
toward attending a university,
she said, but after taking the
workshop, they’re more seri-
ously discussing community
college as a valuable option.
The same applies to Alcan-
tar’s daughter, who has not
yet achieved a college degree,
but now plans to go back.
For those parents on the
fence about participating in
a Juntos program, she said,
she would encourage them
to “think about their child’s
education, because education
starts at home.”
Mitchell was compli-
mentary of Alcantar’s dedi-
cation throughout the course
of the class and for finishing
strong, as it can be difficult for
parents to add one more activ-
ity to their busy agendas.
“Was it a sacrifice of time for
her? Sure. But it is her child’s
education,” Mitchell said.
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that sector but tourist in-
dustry jobs can be seasonal.
Industrial developers, who
could provide a more stable
job base for the area, have
gotten the message that
our local government and
institutions are programmed
to tune out anything that
looks like growth, change, or
family wage jobs. Hopefully
these elections will start to
make a positive difference in
these attitudes.
There would not be a
workforce housing issue
if local tourist businesses
would reach out to our
senior community to fill
its need for seasonal help.
Many seniors need extra
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have housing. CEDR,
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MAY 2018
MEETINGS
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City Council Executive Session
City Council Regular Meeting
City Council Executive Session
City Council Special Meeting
and Work Session
Design Review Board
Planning Commission
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, Can-
celled – moved to May 8th
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING & WORK
SESSION, May 8, 2018
• Introduction of new Police Officer Jake An-
derson
• Adopted Ordinance 18-03; Amending Mu-
nicipal Code Chapter 17.38, Flood Hazard
Overlay Zone and Amending the Boundar-
ies of the Flood Hazard Overlay Zone on the
Land Use and Zoning Map of Cannon Beach,
Oregon (revised 2018 FEMA flood insurance
rate maps);
• Adopted Proclamation 18-04; Declaring May
20-26 as Emergency Medical Services Week;
• Adopted Proclamation 18-05; Declaring May
20-26 as National Public Works Week;
• Tabled Proclamation 18-06; Declaring the
Red-wind Blackbird as the official bird of
Cannon Beach until more public comment
can be made;
• Denied Request for Right-of-Way Waiver
to retain private improvements in Hemlock
Street right-of-way and directed the owner to
remove the deck within 30 days;
• Adopted timeline and evaluation form for the
6 month evaluation of the City Manager;
• Appointed Liz Beckman, Barb Knop, Jim Lith-
erland, Amy Moore, Mark Morgans and John
Nelson to the South Wind Improvements
Advisory Board;
• Discussed changes to the Municipal Code
Title 17, the Zoning Ordinance, to remove
certain barriers to the development of afford-
able and workforce housing;
• Met with the Planning Commission;
• Discussed reviewing and updating the Com-
prehensive Plan;
• Discussed changes to the contracting ordi-
nance – will consider the new ordinance at
the June 5th meeting;
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
MAYOR: Sam Steidel
COUNCILORS: Mike Benefield,
Nancy McCarthy, Brandon
Ogilvie and George Vetter
CITY MANAGER: Bruce St. Denis
Of Interest…
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steady job? How can you
afford inflated housing prop-
erty taxes when the Seaside
School District unneces-
sarily spends $100,000 per
student for school facilities
when the rest of the State
is spending $40,000? How
can you afford a house or
apartment when construction
labor costs on the north coast
are 50 percent higher than
in other rural areas of the
State? How can you afford
to pay for a house if it can’t
be built on affordable, prop-
erly zoned property because
the neighbors complain it
will create “unbearable”
traffic increases? How can
you build affordable housing
when the bulk of suitable
underdeveloped property is
zoned for commercial use
and is sitting idle because of
consumer purchasing chang-
es made by the internet?
How can government pro-
vide a safe community with
a more efficient cost-effec-
tive structure for its police
and fire?
The list goes on and can
only be solved by electing
better leadership.
John Dunzer
Seaside
5:15 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
• Discussed changes to the transient room tax
ordinance – will consider the new ordinance
after more discussion;
• The finance director presented the 3rd quar-
ter fiscal year ending 2018 (Jan-Mar 2018)
fiancé report.
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, May 16,
2018 5:00pm
City Council will meet at 5:00 for a special
meeting regarding the Friedland Settlement
Agreement.
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD – The Design
Review Board is scheduled to meet May 17th,
2018.
PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning
Commission met April 26, 2018 and discussed
SR 18-02, Cerelli request for a setback reduc-
tion in conjunction with a remodel of an exist-
ing dwelling at 595 N. Beach St. Approved.
V 18-03, O’Brien request for a parking variance
for an existing commercial building at 273
Beaver St. Continued to 5/24 Hearing.
V 18-04, Tolovana Architects request for a
setback reduction in conjunction with the
replacement of an existing dwelling at 707 N.
Laurel. Continued to 5/24 with additional
notice.
V18-05, Tolovana Architects request for a
setback reduction in conjunction with the re-
model of an existing dwelling at 132 Tanana
Ave. Approved.
ZO 18-01 and CP 18-01, City of Cannon
Beach request for Zoning Ordinance and
Comprehensive Plan text amendments up-
dating the City’s foredune management plan.
Continued to 5/24.
The Planning Commission is scheduled to
meet May 24th at 6:00pm.
CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY
MAY 28, 2018 IN OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
CITY OF CANNON BEACH BUDGET MEETINGS
The Cannon Beach City Council and Budget Committee
will be meeting Wednesdays, May 16 and 23, 2018 in
the City Hall Council Chambers for FY 2018-19 Budget
deliberations. The meetings will start at 5:30pm.
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NOTICE OF VACANCIES
CITY COMMISSIONS, BOARDS &
COMMITTEES
The City of Cannon Beach is seeking applications for the
following vacancies:
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (EPREP) COMMITTEE:
TWO (2) vacancies to fill four-year terms. The EPREP Com-
mittee meets regularly for the purpose of providing evacu-
ation planning and public education regarding emergency
preparedness. The Emergency Preparedness Committee
normally holds its regular meetings on the last Friday of
each month at 9:00 a.m. and may schedule work sessions
as needed.
To be eligible to serve on a City committee, applicants
must have resided within the city or its urban growth
boundary during the one year immediately preceding
appointment; or at the time of appointment, shall have
owned real property located within the city or its urban
growth boundary for at least one year immediately
preceding appointment. Applications with questionnaires
are available at City Hall, 163 E. Gower Street, Cannon
Beach, by email addressed to riggs@ci.cannon-beach.
or.us, or on-line at www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us. For more
information, please contact Colleen Riggs by email or
phone at (503) 436-8052.