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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 2004)
Ione now a charter school 11 1 1 1 • 1 11 • 1 1 1 11 11 1 11111 11 1 1 11 • 11 Bessie Wetzel 1 Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 VOL. 123 NO. 51 10 Pages The lone School Board, at their regular m eeting Monday night, adopted a resolution authorizing a charter school, to be named the lone Community Charter School The resolution authorizes the operation of the charter school by the district and incorporates the provisions for operation of the charter school The mission of the charter school is to “create an exceptional education program based upon the strong ties between the school and the community, which are already natural in lone ” According to the charter, the school will “create a true community school” and will “provide lone students with an exceptional education both academically and socially.” The charter school will be operated by the district and will “meet or exceed any content standards adopted by the State of Oregon” and will be in compliance with all state standards. All students will be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities of the school, subject to district and Oregon School A ctivities A ssociation policies Wednesday, December 22, 2004 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Santa visits Heppner Day Care Santa Clause came to visit the children of Heppner Day Care on Tuesday, Dec. 21. (Back Row L-R): Nichole Gihhs holding Bridget Winner and Mikel Jaca, RJ Skaggs; (Middle Row L-R): Tasha Hollis holding Tiffany Hollis, Faith Jones, Santa, Mekayla Kindle, Jordan Jones, Alyssa Wizner; (Front Row L- R): Tommy Bredfield, Cody Wizner, Zach Bredfield, Tim Jaca, Jacob Hines, Kevin Murrav and Rian Wizner. Horseback carolers entertain the town Support Group to create more care packages The Support Our Troops support group is meeting again, Sunday, Jan 9 at 3 p m in the Methodist Church basement in Heppner to prepare more care packages for soldiers serving in Iraq Donations received so far have been greatly appreciated Donations are still being accepted at Bank of Eastern Oregon and St Patrick’s Senior Center Money donations should be taken to BEO * The Equine Elegance 4-H Horse Cluh rode around Heppner singing C hristmas carols Sunday. Club leader is Liz Pettybone. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. TM The charter will participated, compared to become effective on Jan 18 99.7 statewide The district and will expire on June 30, had 99 3 percent attendance 2009. The charter may be for the 2003-04 school year, terminated prior to that date compared to 91 4 percent with at least 180 days notice, statewide but the board will not close Because the lone the school mid-year The Schools split from Morrow charter may be amended and County, lone’s report was may be extended by initially inaccurate, however resolution ISD superintendent Bryn Enrollment in the Browning worked with the school is open to any child state department o f eligible to attend grades education to resolve those kindergarten through 12th problems Another issue that grade According to the ISD encountered was that charter, “The district will not the state report card bases charge tuition for programs, sch ools’ “grades” on classes or courses of study improvement So, if a school that are part of the regular receives a high rating in an school program for students area for several years, it admitted to the charter would not receive as high a school.” However, “The rating as if it had improved district may charge, reduce from a lesser rating or waive tuition for non The board also resident students for whom received Brow ning’s the charter school does not administrative report as receive state school fund follows: payment The district may -students raised over charge reasonable fees for $300 toward the “Principal’s textbooks, instructional checkbook” fund to help materials, after-school disadvantaged students in programs and student the district The money will activities, in accordance with be used to buy items such as state law.” socks, coats and shoes. In other business at -the school robotics the meeting, the board team competed at LaGrande discussed the lone School and is currently working on state report card results The a community service project school received an overall to assess the tow n’s satisfactory rating, with a handicap access. The satisfactory rating in students will then create academic achievem ent/ plans to improve and modify student performance and an local homes and businesses exceptional rating in for handicapped patrons and attendance/dropout/student residents. behavior In terms o f the -the “Read improvement category, the Naturally” program is school remained about the approaching its end While same The school received many students are showing an “exceptional” rating in improvement, the majority School characteristics. will be retained for another In reading six-week period knowledge and skills: 71 -Browning and Tara percent of lone students met Proudfoot have applied for or exceeded state standards a grant to provide training in grade three, compared to for three staff members in 86 percent statewide; 83 child developm ent and percent o f grade five parenthood education -beginning second students met or exceeded, compared to 80 percent semester students will be statewide; 50 percent in held accountable for a daily grade eight met or exceeded, assignment book This is to compared to 61 percent be used by teachers as a tool statewide, and 69 percent in to communicate with grade 10 met or exceeded, parents The books will be compared to 52 percent purchased through Title I funds. statewide -also beginning In math knowledge and skills: 83 percent of lone second semester, work students in grade three met experience students and or exceeded, equal to state teacher assistants will results; 83 percent o f receive a letter grade rather students in grade five met or than a pass/fail The program exceeded, besting the state will also now include results o f 81 percent; 71 scheduled checkups with percent of students in grade Browning and the supervisor eight met or exceeded, also throughout the term, besting state results of 61 including mid-term -the lone Education percent; likewise 58 percent of students in grade 10 met Foundation has awarded the or exceeded, compared to 44 library $3,000 to upgrade the Accelerated Reader percent In writing: 50 program The grant will percent of students in grade enable the school to also five met or exceeded, below purchase STAR, which is a state results of 67 percent; diagnostic reading test to 7 1 percent met or exceeded, help teachers measure compared to 69 percent individual and class growth, statewide; 77 percent o f determine placement and students in grade 10 met or forecast results on tests AR exceeded, equaling state will not be used as a reading curriculum, but rather as a results In math problem way to motivate students to solving: 58 percent o f read In other business, the students in grade five met or exceeded, compared to 49 board -discussed percent statewide; 64 and percent of students in grade advantages eight met or exceeded, disadvantages o f seeking compared to 41 percent school accreditation and will discuss the issue further statewide One hundred percent continued page two o f the district students Wewy Ckwlum Itm MmmCounty Giaiu Gtoutm! 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