Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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Schools install district attendance rules City to expand search for interested
grade; Ricky Fay, Irrigon
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dent handbooks and other Junior/Senior High School; contractors on upstairs project
non-resident district;
-students whose parents
move from the district dur
ing a school year;
-students whose parents are
employed within the non
resident district, and where
“before and after school”
care and supervision would
create a hardship.
The initial revised policy
included the fo llo w in g
addition: “The superin
tendent’s decision or at
tendance variance request
for other reasons may be
appealed to the board. Ap
peals should be directed to
the superintendent’s office
and will be acted upon at
the next regular school
board meeting after their
receipt.”
After some discussion and
concerns raised by board
member B ill Kuhn and
Craig Miles, the board add
ed a section whereby the
superintendent is required
to report to the board the
variances he approves. “We
won’t even see it unless it’s
appealed,” said Miles, prior
to the addition. “I remain
confused on variances,”
added Kuhn.
“I haven’t seen anybody
meet them (the standards),”
said Miles, prior to the ad
dition. “I see this as being
arbitrary.”
At the meeting, the board
heard a variance request
from grandparents o f a girl
living within the Morrow
County School D istrict
who had been attending
school in Hermiston. The
grandparents said that they
requested the variance be
cause their granddaugh
ter was a talented athlete
and the Morrow County
Schools did not provide
the coaching and athletic
advantages, and subsequent
possible athletic scholar
ship opportunities that the
Hermiston school did. They
also said that she had been
attending the Hermiston
school for three years and
cited family hardships as
contributing factors. While
the request did not meet
current criteria, Burrows
told the board that it met the
criteria three years ago.
The board approved the
requested variance and
four others on the consent
agenda.
A lso at the m eeting the
board adopted a revised
district honors diploma as
follows:
-language arts-four cred
its, one credit must be
advanced/honors/college
level;
-science-three credits, one
credit must be advanced
science-physics/chemistry/
ad. life science/AP;
-math-three credits, one
credit must be at or above
algebra Ill/pre-calculus
level;
-social science-four credits,
one must be advanced area-
law, psychology/AP;
-health-one;
-career education-one;
-foreign language-two, two
credits study o f the same
language;
-technology-one, PTE/busi-
ness/ag. Science/comput-
ers;
-electives-six for Riverside
and Irrigon junior/senior
high schools for 26 total
credits;
-electives-eight for Hep
pner Junior/Senior High
School for 30 total credits
(eight-period day).
-grade point average o f 3.5
or 3.25 and 1650 SAT or 23
ACT score.
-other requirements: stu
dents must earn a state
issued CIM (reading, writ
ing, mathematics and sci
ence); receive no D or F on
transcript; pass 11 ,h-grade
benchmarks and complete
all work samples; addi
tional requirements.
“Honors diploma criteria
will be published in all ju
nior/senior high school stu-
pertinent school materials.
Students interested in at
taining an honors diploma
must begin planning with
their guidance counselors,
class advisors and par-
ents/guardians early on in
their high school careers
to insure (sic) GPA and
credit requirements are be
ing met.”
In other b u sin e ss, the
board:
-approved 2010-11 board
goals and review ed the
district strategies to achieve
the goals.
-accepted the follow ing
resignations/retirements:
David Norton, Heppner
Elementary School/Hepp-
ner High School counselor;
Ben Bonser, Riverside High
School English language
learner program; Kristen
Caldwell, RHS language
arts; Veronica Cortez, RHS
advanced math.
-approved the follow ing
employment: Joni Haw
thorne, Irrigon Elementary
School special ed; Kaira
Rysdam, A.C. Houghton
Elementary School third
Matt Wells, 1JSHS tempo
rary social studies/business
teacher for teacher on mili
tary leave; Joselyn Piper,
RHS special ed; Robin Stal-
cup, RHS science; Laura
Owens, RHS Spanish; Ty
ler Barrie, RHS advanced
math; Gerald Turner, RHS
basic math; Robert Gruber,
Windy River Elementary
School/Sam Boardman El
ementary School PE; Jen
nifer Cornelius, WRE; Kelli
LaBrmaboise, WRE.
-heard from Burrows about
a possible $ 117 million fed
eral jobs bill that could mean
about $400 thousand for the
district. However, added
Burrows, “We’ve yet to see
a federal program without
strings attached. Burrows
told the board however,
that “Schools are going to
continue to struggle finan
cially.” At the last meeting
-learned from Burrows that
the Morrow County Grain
Growers is initiating a new
program whereby MCGG
would donate $1 to the
schools in the community
when they make a propane
fill stop in that community.
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o f the city hall building at
that time, Buschke said.
In other busi
ness at the Monday meet
ing the council heard that
the Tamastslikt Cultural
Institute o f the Umatilla
Indian Reservation in Pend
leton is interested in placing
a monument at Heritage
Plaza park in Heppner. The
Institute was invited by
DeMayo to place a statue
on an empty cement pad in
the park.
“We do intend
to take action on your kind
offer as Heppner area con
tinues to be an important
cultural area to our tribes,”
Susan Sheoships of Tamast
slikt wrote in an email to
the city.
When asked what
kind o f statue would be
place there, DeMayo said
he did not know at this
time.
The council
was presented with various
costs of placing an adver
tisement in the Oregonian
Newspaper advertising the
livability of Heppner. The
ad costs ranged from $541
for a two column by three
inch ad, to $3,002 for a five
column by seven inch ad.
The council took no action,
but decided to think about it
for another month.
The council also
received the following po
lice report for the month
o f July:
-T h ree d r iv in g
complaints were received,
all minor with no property
damage.
-Three fireworks
complaints, deputies re
sponded, no property dam
age or injuries.
-One dispute was
reported, deputy responded,
no injuries.
-One fraud/forgery
reported, attempted fraud
by mail.
-O ne threat re
ported, a frustrated citizen
made veiled threats and was
contacted by a deputy and
advised comments were
inappropriate.
-One trespass in
progress reported, a deputy
responded and learned that
the subject was allowed at
the residence.
-Two harassment
reports were made, one
was by telephone and caller
was advised to stop, one
harassment call resulted in
a subject being arrested for
harassment and lodged at
Umatilla Co. Jail.
-Four missing ju
venile calls were reported,
all found okay.
-There were seven
traffic stops resulting in five
traffic citations being issued
and two traffic warnings
issued.
-Therewere ^ a n i
mal complaints in July.
-One barking dog,
two animal neglect/abuse
complaints, five dogs at
large and 12 general ani
mal complaints, six animal
lost reports and two animal
found reports.
-One burglary in
cident with the theft o f
prescription drugs.
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