Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 20,2006 - THREE
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student enrollment is 150
with 61 students in grades
kindergarten through five,
38 in grades six through
eight and 51 in grades nine
through 12, which is also the
projected enrollm ent for
next year. S ince the
N ovem ber
en ro llm en t
rep o rt, three stu d en ts
enrolled, five withdrew and
two more enrolled.
-heard a brief report
on the proposed w eight
room, which will be built
with donations and grants.
Board
m em ber
Joe
McElligott said that size of
the w eight room will be
limited if it is built on the old
w ading
pool
site.
Preliminary plans and cost
estimates are still pending.
-learn ed
from
B row ning
that
a
maintenance worker set off
a fire alarm in the elementary
school N ovem ber 30 and
elementary and high school
students were evacuated.
She noted, however, a delay
from the time the alarm went
off in the elementary school
to when it went off at the
high school, which prompted
a suggestion to have the two
alarms connected.
-ap p ro v ed
an
am endm ent to policy on
special academic recognition
so that courses taken at
another institution will be
weighted along with courses
taken at the lone School
District, unless those courses
were graded pass/fail.
-learn ed
from
Browning that the city of
lo n e w ill not raise the
district’s water rates from
$35 to $40 per m onth,
voting instead to maintain
current water rates for non
profit organizations.
-learn ed th at the
football field was driven on
during Thanksgiving break
and the sp orts sto rag e
container was broken into.
The district has since locked
the C herry Street access
gate. The case is under
investigation by the Morrow
County Sheriff's Office.
-learn ed that the
district is still awaiting locks
to arrive for the new entry
doors. Six e x tra doors
delivered have been returned
and the bill a d ju sted to
reflect the four that had been
ordered.
-heard a reminder to
listen to local radio and
television stations, check the
s c h o o l’s
w eb site,
www.ione.k 12.or.us, or dial
the school’s regular number,
422-7131, and then dial one
for school closure or delay
information.
-learned that teacher
Erin Heideman received a
$ 1,300 grant from the lone
Education Foundation to
take the seventh and eighth
grade students to Portland
for an overnight field trip.
The students will spend one
day in private labs at OMS1
and another at the OHSU
Primate Center.
-learn ed that the
OSU research division is
creating a program where
local students assist with
research . OSU w ould
pro v id e in stru c tio n and
students would collect, sort
and
c la ssify
in sects
according to research needs.
-learn ed that the
sixth grade class is selling
poinsettias grow n in the
school greenhouse for $15
per pot with two plants in
each pot.
-learned that the Site
C ouncil
d iscu ssed
p re lim in a ry g rad u atio n
requirement survey results
receiv ed so far. O nline
results will be available in
January.
-learn ed
from
Browning that the number of
unexcused student tardies
has decreased from a high of
16-20 in September to zero
from N ovem ber 27 to
D ecem ber 11, due to
a tte n d an c e
p ro ced u re
revisions implemented this
year. The Site Council was
credited for working on the
revisions.
-learn ed
of
numerous charitable projects
undertaken by students and
staff-elem entary and high
school students conducted a
canned food drive, at the
suggestion of a third grader;
the
Lady
C ard in als
b a sk e tb a ll
team
is
spearheading a mitten tree
where people can donate
gloves, hats and scarves for
c h ild re n ; the lone staff
bought gifts for local families
instead of holding a staff
gathering and exchanging
gifts among themselves; and
six through eighth-grade
students met at CAMP 5 (the
d is tric t's Friday activity
school) to create wreathes
that will be included in the
IC A B O
gift
b ask ets
distributed to local seniors.
-le a rn e d
that
teachers met to “brainstorm,
p rio ritize and develop a
plan” for the remaining in-
serv ice
days.
They
specifically addressed the
need for teachers to learn
Spanish as approximately 12
percent of the ISD student
population speaks Spanish as
a first language.
MCCCF
membership
The M orrow C ounty
Commission on Children &
F am ilies (M C C C F ) is
currently seeking application
for vacant positions on the
Commission. The MCCCF
works with communities and
organization to improve the
h ealth and w elfare o f
children and their families. It
conducts local planning and
serves as a policy advisor to
the Morrow County Court
Commissioner’s on a range
o f c h ild ren ’s issues. The
Commission also promotes
c itiz e n
in v o lv em en t,
volunteerism , public and
private p artn ersh ip s and
local decision making within
communities.
With the decrease in state
funding for children and
families programs it becomes
even more important that
local citizens take an active
part in deciding how these
scarce funds can be used to
make the greatest impact on
o ur
co m m u n ities.
In d iv id u als who have a
new
The North and South
Morrow County
M N f transfer stations will
be closed Sunday,
December 24th.
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stro n g in te re st in and
know ledge o f ch ild and
family issues and who are
w Tiling to assist in engaging
c o m m u n itie s to w ork
together to enhance the lives
of children and families are
e n co u rag e d to apply.
R egular atten d an ce at a
monthly evening meeting
and o ccasio n al sep arate
sp ec ia liz ed w o rk g ro u p s
meetings are expected.
In te re sted M orrow
C ounty resid en ts should
contact the MCCCF at 5 4 1 -
676-9675 for an application.
Qualified applicants will be
reco m m en d ed
for
membership by the MCCCF
and the M orrow C ounty
Court Commissioners will
make final appointments.
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