Ione now a charter school
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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
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The Equine Elegance 4-H Horse Cluh rode around Heppner singing C hristmas carols Sunday.
Club leader is Liz Pettybone.
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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
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