TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 12, 1995
What's going on with co-curricular activities?
Budget C om m ittee, and
answer your question with the
following information:
1 am recommending that all
cocurricular activities be remov
ed from the general fund
budget and placed in a separate
fund, called Fund 710, Cocur
ricular Fund. The total budget
for those activities in 1995-% is
proposed at just over $440,000.
I fully expect that amount to be
provided from outside sources,
such as the new Recreation
District.
Since we need to know
whether " u p front funding"
will be available for the start up
of fall activities before the end
of this school year, 1 have pro
posed a budgeted general fund
transfer of $140,000 that can be
By Ch u ck Starr, superintendent
of Morrow County Sch o o ls
I have read two recent
newspaper articles that have
me confused about your
budget plans for cocurricular
activities in Morrow County
Schools for 1995-%. The Her-
miston Herald says, "Athletics
and other cocurricular activities
will rem ain unharm ed by
budget cuts." The Heppner
Gazette says, "there will be
enough money to fund sports
and other cocurricular activities
next fall." W hat's going on
here? I thought you were going
to cut all cocurricular activities
and 11 teaching positions, even
if the bond issue passed.
I will do my best to explain
my recommendations to the
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used to start up the fall ac
tivities, if necessary. If suffi
cient funds are raised to cover
the start up of fall activities,
that $140,000 will not be
transferred to fund 710, and it
will not be spent in 1995-%.
If some, or all of the $140,000
is needed to cover the start up
of fall activities, I fully expect
the Recreation District to reim
burse the district, and restore
the $140,000.
We need the $140,000 to be
available as a start up "loan"
only. It must be restored
through donations and/or a
recreation levy.
The $140,000 should be car
ried over to 1996-97 to reduce
our expected staff reduction
that year. It will help save 3.5
teaching positions in 1996-97.
Even if the $140,000 was in
tended to be spent without
reimbursement (which I do not
recom m end), the 1995-96
Cocurricular fund will need
$300,000 in additional resources
to balance the $440,000 budget.
Athletics and cocurricular pro
gram s are defin itely not
"unharm ed" in this budget.
Finally, I want to say that we
will cut 11 licensed positions in
the 1995-96 budget, none of
which are elementary class
room positions. I have also
recommended that we move to
a full-time kindergarten pro
gram that will require the ad
dition of 1.5 elem entary
classroom teachers. The net
result of this proposal will be a
reduction of 9.5 licensed posi
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academic year, representing
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School board approves teacher layoff
The Morrow County School
Board Monday night, April 10,
at their regular meeting ap
proved layoffs of nine teachers
for the 1995-% year to cope
with district budget cuts. The
board had originally planned to
layoff 11 teachers, but one
teacher resigned and one other
was reassigned.
Teachers scheduled to be ter
minated are as follows: first
year probationary teachers-
Carol Knudsen, art at A.C.
H oughton Elementary and
Sam Boardman Elementary;
Pat Sherrett, music at ACH and
Columbia Junior High; Tom
Logan, science at lone; Joe Bell,
language arts at Riverside High
School; John Moody, language
arts at CJH; Laurel Timm,
home ec at RHS; and Terri
Stiefel, elementary at ACH;
tem porary teachers-M artin
Schrattenholzer, math/science
at RHS; and Trina Hellberg,
social studies at CJH.
In other business the board:
-did not approve a motion to
change kindergarten from all
day every other day to all-day
every day. The all-day every
day program was implemented
as a pilot program at A.C.
Houghton the past year and
was recommended by prin
cipals as an academic benefit to
the students.
Half-day every day kinder
garten is not possible because
state law specifies that school
districts provide transportation
to and from school and Morrow
County is unable to provide ad
ditional transportation funding.
Board member John Rietmann
abstained from voting, saying
that the move was "financial"
adding that he still supports a
five-day school week. Board
chair M arcia Kemp and
members Gary Frederickson
and Molly Rill voted for the
change to all-day every day
kindergarten. Board members
Bill Doherty, Scott Bauska and
Dwayne Carroll were absent. A
motion must be supported by
at least four board members to
pass: The meeting was not ad
journed, but recessed until the
district budget meeting Mon
day, April 17, at Riverside High
School, at which time board
members say they will bring up
the issue again.
-learned
from district
business manager Shirley Lan-
dauer that the bonds from the
March 28 bond election have
already been sold. Landauer
said that the district received a
favorable interest rate at 5.125
percent and added that the
premium sales will be enough
to cover the cost of issuance.
Landauer said that the life of
the bond was able to be
shortened from 15 to 12 years,
because the interest rate was so
good. The tax rate will range
from $1.94 to $1.42 per thou
sand, lower than the $1.96 in
itially thought.
-heard a report on the
dropout rates of Heppner, lone
and Riverside high schools.
Heppner High School had two
Correction
A story about the Cub Scout
Pack #661 m eeting listed
aw ards incorrectly in last
week's Gazette-Times. Brian
Haguewood received a bear
badge and one gold arrow and
one silver arrow point and Kiel
Naims received his bear badge
and one gold arrow and two
silver points by doing achieve
ments out of their book.
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dropouts, for a dropout rate of
-declared the winners of
1.3 percent; lone had no board and advisory positions:
dropouts for 1993-94; Riverside Board-zone 3, John Rietmann;
had 40 dropouts for a dropout zone 4, Russell Morgan; zone
rate of 10.05 percent. The state 5, Scott Johnson; Heppner/Lex
average is 6.63. Riverside High ington Advisory Board-position
School assistant principal Kevin 1, Sheridan Tamasky; 3, Mar
Fry said that some of the cia Kemp (write in); 5, Rollie
students who are dropping out Marshall; Ione/Lexington Ad
are male, 16 or older and enroll visory Board-position 1, Anita
ing in U.S. schools for the first Orem; 5, George Miller; Board
time. He said it is especially dif man/Irrigon Advisory Board-
ficult for these students who position 2 Julie Weikel; 3,
may be leaving school to work. Kathy Neal (write in); 5,
However, he said that River Marilyn Acock. Kemp will be
side is seeking these students off the school board as of June
and that the special programs 30 as a result of state mandated
will help the students as well redistricting based on popula
as the community. "W e want tion. She and Dwayne Carroll
to keep this program. We need of Irrigon reside in the same
to be doing this," said Fry. district and her term expires
"W e're greeting them with before his;
open arms. We want them
-accepted the following dona
here."
tions: Apple lie computer at
-approved a change of 1996 Sam Boardman Elementary
spring break from the third from Karen Pettigrew; $300
week in March to the fourth toward scoreboard at A.C.
week to coincide with other Houghton from Lamb Weston;
high schools and colleges in the donations toward Sam Board-
state;
man Elementary scoreboard
-approved resignations of $300 from Lamb Weston, $300
Benn Houk from his position of from Columbia Youth Basket
assistant track coach at Colum ball, $50 from Ratheon, $50,
bia Junior High, effective Oregon Potato, $25, Boardman
March 23;
Farms, $20 Lindsay Ranch;
-approved employment of
-heard of the filing of an un
Lola Malmberg as assistant fair labor practice complaint
cook at Sam Boardman Ele against the district;
mentary, three hours a day,
-heard curriculum reports
replacing Barbara Broadbent; from the lone language arts
Cindy Turner, as Chapter I teacher and lone K-2 teachers
educatonal assistant at A.C. on their programs;
Houghton Elementary, replac
-approved a request from the
ing Krysta Marlow; Krysta lone senior class for a senior
Marlow, temporary extra duty trip to Lincoln City
contract to serve as assistant
-learned of the following up
track coach for this season on com ing events: A pril 12,
ly, replacing Benn Houk; Bet elementary math contest, lone
ty B ergstrom and Rudy High School, 6:30 p.m.; April
Bergstrom, as bus drivers in the 17 budget committee meeting,
south end, resulting from RHS, 7:30 p.m.; April 19 licens
resignations of Anne Bedortha ed negotiations, district office,
and Nancy Ekstrom;
7:30 p.m.; April 24, Creating
-appointed Dale Baker to fill the Future Communication
Boardman/Irrigon Advisory group meeting, HHS, 7 p.m.;
Committee position no. 3, May 1 b udget com m ittee
Boardman, through June 30;
meeting, district office, 7:30
-accepted results from March p.m.; May 8 next regular board
28 bond measure election: 1,704 meeting, district office, 7:30
yes to 1,114 no;
« p.m.
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