SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 16,2005
Heppner Principal Wade Smith hired as district assistant school superintendent
continued from page one
-Thad Killingbeck,
currently assistant principal
at B oardm an Elementary
and Windy River Elementary
schools, both located in
Boardman, as principal at
Windy River,
-M ark
Jones,
longtim e R iverside High
School social studies
teacher, as RHS assistant
principal; and
-C hris
D avis,
c u rre n tly Irrigon High
School social studies and
leadership teacher, as half
time Irrigon Junior/Senior
High School principal
The changes will be
effective July 1.
Smith, who lives in
H eppner w ith his wife,
Marianne, who is a teacher
in Boardman, and two young
children, says the family
“absolutely” plans to stay in
Heppner He has been the
Heppner schools’ principal
for the past three years.
Also at the meeting,
the board heard from district
d eputy clerk R honda
Lorenz, who told them the
severity o f the financial
impact changes in the PERS
(p u b lic
e m p lo y e e s’
retirement) system will bring
on the district. According to
Lorenz, the district should
expect around $286,000 in
increased costs per year to
fund the PERS beginning
2005-06 and an additional
$800,000 per year beginning
06-07. She said there may be
an ad d itio n al im pact,
depending on the outcome
of court cases Burrows said
that the costs were the result
of a “too generous” previous
PERS board
In other business, the
board:
-voted to change the
board meeting packet from
paper to electronic Starting
with the next regular board
meeting, board members will
receive meeting notices and
the board inform ational
p a ck e t online via the
internet. Board secretary
Julie Ashbeck, who traveled
to the Fern Ridge School
D istrict to explore the
electronic method, told the
board' that the new method
could save the d istric t
$2,000 to $3,000 per year
“conservatively” on labor,
paper and mailing. She said
th at last m o n th ’s board
packet cost the district $396.
Ashbeck also commented
that the m ethod enabled
members o f the Fern Ridge
community to “truly feel a
part” o f the board and its
proceedings
From now on, notice
o f a board meeting will go
out to board m em bers
electronically. The board
members may access the
board packet via a special
ro u te
to
ensure
confidentiality or they, and
anyone who has access to a
computer and the internet,
may access the packet on the
district website The change
will also facilitate searches
for specific topics, such as
action the board has taken,
will enable archiving as far
back as three years and will
allow viewing o f the board
minutes as far back as six
months The change is also
expected to save time for the
board secretary
The board agenda
will be projected on a screen
at board meetings rather than
being available as a handout.
Anyone wishing to have a
hard copy o f the board
packet may print it out on his
co m p u ter The M orrow
C ounty School D istrict
w e b site
is
www. morrow, k 12. or. us.
-adopted the option
C calendar for the 2005-06
school year This option,
which was selected by a
majority o f district staff, calls
for a pre-Labor Day start,
with teachers beginning on
Aug 22, students beginning
on Aug. 29, two-plus weeks
at C hristm as, stu d en ts
ending on June 7 and
teachers ending on June 9.
Joel Chavez and other north-
end administrators told the
board that a long Christmas
break is preferred because
many Hispanic students and
th e ir fam ilies trav el to
Mexico during the Christmas
break, some taking as much
as a month off. By increasing
the Christm as break, the
district would not lose as
much money due to absent
students, since districts are
reim bursed by the state
depending on stu d en t
numbers
-view ed
a
d e m o n stratio n o f the
Accelerated Reader program
by a Boardman Elementary
School kindergarten student
and her dad, BJ Wilson, who
is the Boardman Elementary
principal
-heard a technology
report from Joe Buglione
who is with the Umatilla-
Morrow ESD
-heard a report from
English Language Learner
program d ire c to r Joel
C havez
as
to
how
communication between the
district and the Spanish
speaking community and
betw een the Spanish and
E nglish
sp eak in g
co m m u n ities has been
improved. Chavez has made
h im se lf av ailab le as a
tra n s la to r for m eetings,
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Campbell Road
-approved 2004-05 continued from p age one
p aren t co n fe ren c e s and now attend school in the
Saturday m orning focus newly formed lone School c o n tra c t ad m in istrato rs banjo, fiddle, and vocals; and
groups and has translated District However, he said John Sebastian, ACH; Ron Barbara Tuttle on bodhran,
newsletters and other district that the district has “mostly Anthony, IJSHS/IES; Dirk djem be,
and
o th e r
inform ation for Spanish made up” the losses to lone Dirksen, RHS; and Thad percussion instruments.
-learn ed
that Killingbeck, SBE/WRE
speaking families He said
The band evolved
-ap p ro v ed
non- out o f an earlier band that
that around 20 Hispanic and B oardm an E lem en tary
Anglo students have been School is celebrating its 25th renewal for: PERS retirees, Dan was in, which played
Joyce Hesla, Karen Cooley, u n d er v a rio u s nam es,
involved in calling families, anniversary this Thursday.
-learned that a public Larry French and Kathleen in clu d in g The P red a to r
using their language skills in
all
licen sed Parasites, Violet and the
Spanish and English, and hearing o f the state S p in k s;
leg
islatu
re
R
ules
and
temporary
status
staff,
Terri Dead H usbands, The St.
both Hispanic and Anglo
E
lection
C
om
m
ittee
has
Clay, Title I, HES, Melissa C ecilia Ceili B and, and,
students have been involved
in a p ro d u ctio n o f the been set up at H eppner C oiner, m ath/PE , HHS, every St Patrick’s Day, the
musical “West Side Story.” Elementary School Friday, Forest McKinnis, alternative Upper Valley Pseudo-Irish
“Communication is what it’s April 8, beginning at 4 p m., ed, and Debbie Royer, Title String Band
all about,” said Chavez “It’s with a coffee hour to follow. I, SBE, and tem p o rary
Jessamyn joined in
the key facto r to to tal The meeting, which is open administrator Matt Combe, when she got old enough to
success o f our schools.” to the public, was arranged alternative ed
be allowed in the bars, and
-heard the following B arbara to o k up the
Chavez said that the district by the district and state
will soon begin retesting all Representative Greg Smith announcements: Boardman bodhran Jon arrived on the
-ap p ro v ed
the C om m unity E d u catio n scene in 1994, earning a
o f the district’s 701 English
second
readings
and
adopted
Committee, WRE, 7 p.m place in the band by marrying
as a Second L anguage
jo b d escrip tio n s fo r the M arch 15; Irrig o n CEC into the family. At its peak,
students
-learn ed th a t the assistant superintendent and meeting, IES, 7 p.m. March the Pseudo-Irish String Band
superintendent and board the facilities coordinator, 16; deadline to file for open had nine members crammed
m em bers met w ith the new positions created by district positions, March 17; onto one tiny stage Shortly
H ep p n er CEC m eeting, thereafter, other members o f
Irrig o n C ity C ouncil to Burrows.
- a c c e p t e d HES, 7 p.m. March 21 (may the band drifted away.
discuss disposition o f the old
Irrigon School building, resignations from: Richard be cancelled for lack o f
W hittled dow n to
w hich is ow ned by the Sm ith, A C. H oughton q u o ru m ); spring break the core family, the band
district, but is now occupied Elementary head custodian; March 21-25; end o f third played under th e nam es
by the Irrigon City Hall The D oran D eG raw , Irrigon nine weeks, March 31; board T uttle Family Band (to o
aging building is considered Junior/Senior High School w ork session, Polycom plain), and Fhideag (too hard
a liability and neither entity Spanish teacher; G eorgia betw een IJSH S and the to spell), before settling on
wanted to claim it. Burrows VanWinkle, food service district office, 7 p.m., March the name Campbell Road in
told the board th a t the director; Greg Lyons, IJSHS 31; public hearing-Rules and 1997.
Irrigon City Council now track coach for the 2004-05 Election Committee, HES, 4
Campbell Road has
p.m. April 8; next board performed at pubs, festivals,
agrees that the city and the school year
- a c c e p t e d meeting, HHS, 7 p m April Highland games, weddings,
school district are partners in
resignation
from the Irrigon 11; Oregon School Boards and
the disposition and said that
p riv ate
p a rtie s
the Irrigon mayor has agreed C om m unity E d u catio n spring regional m eeting, th ro u g h o u t th e state o f
that they will jointly pursue C o m m ittee from Kim May 2; spring election, May W ashington. T hey have
17.
a structural analysis o f the Townsend, position four
reco rd ed tw o C D s, “ By
-accepted
retirement
building and costs incurred
B lood
or M arria g e ,”
-h eard
from for Linda Padberg, Heppner Weston-McEwen released in 1997, and “Bare
School Pipe and Band
Burrows that three out of E lem en tary
Bones,” released in 2002.
secretary,
retiring
as
of Oct.
four o f the roofing projects
Both CDs feature cover art
coming to the
are completed or nearing 1, 2005.
by Dan Tuttle
- a p p r o v e d Parade
co m p letio n , w ith the
M ore inform ation
exception o f the Riverside em ploym ent fo r M ike
about the band can be found
RHS
head
High School roof. Burrows B urrow s,
H ep p n er
will at www campbell-road.com.
custodian,
replacing
Jerry
said the d istric t is not
welcome Weston-McEwen’s
dissatisfied with the work B air; M ark Jo n es, RHS
City Council
Pipes and D rum s to the
being done on the RHS roof, assistant principal, replacing
G reat G reen P arade on cuts police hours
but is unhappy w ith the Mike Stuart; Chris Davis,
Saturday, March 19. Thirty
half-time IJSHS assistant
contined from p age one
speed o f the project
to
forty members will travel
principal,
rep
lacin
g
Bill
-h eard
from
here to perform, not nearly
coverage to 80 hours per
B urrow s that the RHS DeBoard
as far as their planned trip to
-approved extension
week, which would have
m u ltip u rp o se room is
Scotland later in the year
o f 2004-05 licensed contract
cost the city $147,775 per
essentially completed.
Rob
M cIn ty re,
status
staff
for
2005-06;
year,
but decided that would
-learn ed
from
director, said the first set o f
renewal
o
f
2004-05
licensed
not be enough coverage.
Burrows that architectural
bagpipes arrived in Athena in
In other business, the
plans for the Irrigon Junior/ probationary status staff for
1959 and no one knew how
council:
S enior
High
School 2005-06, including: Jean
to play them T his was
-ap p ro v ed
the
technical building are on Collins, language arts; Petra slow ly
tu rn ed
into
Elguezabal,
Spanish;
Mark
vacation
o
f
an
alley
between
track and the d istric t is
knowledge and by the early
expected to go out for bids Dowdy, counselor/social 1960s there were four sets Gale and Highway 207, and
granted a variance to City
on the project around the stu d ies; D ieter W aite,
o f pipes with a girl from each
end o f th e m onth, with biology; K resim ir Waite, class studying piping. Steve Manager Gerald Breazeale,
groundbreaking planned for m ath; Josh B row ning, Pyle, now retired, who has who lives in the area, to
May and completion o f the language arts; and Bobby played in the H ep p n er construct a garage on the
p ro je c t
p o ssib ly
by Rice, music, all Heppner parad e and d u ring the property
High School
-learned that the city
September
a fte rn o o n C eili, began
-
a
p
p
r
o
v
e
d
insurance
policy will most
-heard from board
forming the Pipes and Drums
probationary
administrators;
likely
cover
m ost o f the
C hair John R enfro, who
in 1968, know n as the
d isp u ted
in fo rm atio n Wade Smith, HJSHS/HES, Lassies. Finally in 1980 the damage to the grade school
p u blished
in
“ The who will become a contract first m ale pipe m em ber from a backed up sewer two
weeks ago. Water apparently
Oregonian” listing Morrow administrator; BJ Wilson, joined
SB
E/W
R
E;
Jack
Johns,
damaged some sheetrock
County as one o f the big
H ear these young
district
programs
director;
and flooring in the school
losers in the state in terms of
people perform during the
No dollar amount was given.
student population, with a and Joel C havez, ELL
Cruz-In and in the parade on
-endorsed efforts by
three percent loss Renfro director, who will all be third Saturday from 12 noon until
year
adm
inistrators,
and
the
fire
department to look
said that the Morrow County
2 p.m.
Daye
Stone,
HJSHS/HES
for
“independent”
funding
School District actually had
We
Print
for c o n stru ctio n o f new
“ m odest g ro w th ” and who will be a second year
Business Cards
buildings.
attributed the data to the loss administrator.
H eppner G a zette
-heard th at the
o f lone area students who
Willow Creek G olf Course
has voted to be included in
CeleWetfe S f . Payf ricic s
the
U rban
G row th
Boundary The council voted
O tre]a*r\4! (fH a*rc k 17 - 2 0 )
unanimously to move ahead
with an intergovernmental
V R r
See oil the “ Greens” !
agreement with the county
^
Shamrock plants are here!
to begin the p ro cess o f
extending the UGB
lRish gifts And
Dor.> miss C A StnO ntG H T!
-ag reed to move
ahead with a plan to refund
pARry suppdes. p(us
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water and sewer deposits to
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people with a good payment
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history. The deposits are
Purchase yo u r Cucky S t. P a tric k 's Dutton ($ 3 ) $ 130 and the city has been
holding some o f the money
for 3 chances to w in $100!
since 1994.
-learned that there
are four vacancies at the St.
P a tric k ’s Senior C enter.
Council also voted to raise
the rents by $20 per month
at the center
-a p p o in te d K eith
We have a great select,Ion Lewis to
the city budget
217 North Main • Heppner
committee He will replace
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