Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 28,2012
IONE SCHOOL BOARD
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE
Rudolf concerning the coop
erative agreements between
schools for sports programs,
p rim arily betw een lone
and Heppner. Rudolf said
that the agreem ents have
created opportunities for
kids to participate in ath
letic program s that they
would not have been able
to take advantage of..H e
said that no negative issues
have arisen, no money has
changed hands and neither
has transportation been an
issue.
“ B o th d i s t r i c t s
have benefited,” said Ar
cher. “1 think it’s a good
opportunity for kids. And
it’s nice to give kids op
portunities.”
“I think its a won
derful opportunity for kids,”
added Mulvihill. “My only
concern is the cost.”
-learned that with
the hirin g o f new, less-
experienced teachers, lone
has lost some state funding
based on teachers’ experi
ence.
-learned from Ar
cher that lone has been
selected to participate in
a civil-rights survey. He
said he is in the process
o f gathering data for the
report. Mulvihill remarked
that educational statistics
concerning African-Amer
ican males, especially with
regard to suspensions, are
“pretty alarming.”
“ W e’re o ffe rin g
equal opportunity,” said
Archer.
-learned that Mid
Columbia Bus Co. is in the
process o f instal I ing camer
as on school buses. Archer
said that it would cost the
d istrict in the neighbor
hood o f $9,000; however,
the state would reimburse
the lone School District 90
percent o f transportation
costs.
-learned from Mul
vihill that the Oregon Edu
cation Investment Board,
a new education board ap
pointed by Governor John
Kitzhaber, has approved
the education service dis
trict K-12 “ ESD Achieve
m ent C om pact W orking
Draft.” The three categories
in the com pact include
completion o f high school
and career readiness; pro
gression tow ard college
and career readiness; and
equity o f student popula
tions. He said that lone was
“well positioned” on these
criteria. Since Kitzhaber
w as e le c te d , the s ta te ’s
e d u c atio n focus is now
geared toward proficiency
and perform ance and the
target has expanded to in
clude children from birth
through college. The state
has petitioned the feds to be
released from the “No Child
Left Behind” law.
M ulvihill, who is
on the OEIB, said that ad
ditional funds that small
and remote schools, such
as lone, receive has become
a contentious issue at the
state level with the majority
o f the population in urban
areas. He said that small-
school funding rem ains
intact for now, but added,
“It was not a pretty battle.”
He also told the board that
the state wants to know the
amount o f money raised
by schools above and be
yond state formulas, such
as funding received from
local option taxes.
“We need to know
if districts are getting mon
ey beyond the formulas,”
he said.
lone School Board
m em bers feared that this
information would be held
against the schools receiv
ing these funds, whereby
the state would offset the
amount the districts receive
from these other funding
sources by reducing state
school funding; however,
M ulv ih ill said this was
not the case. He also said
school districts' practices
o f maintaining large end
ing fund balances may also
become an issue.
-received the fol
low ing financial update
as o f Feb. 29 from Beth
O 'H anlon with the ESD:
the general fund collected
$128,359 in basic school
support, $3,527 in prop
erty taxes and $5,426 in
federal forest fees; the up
dated basic school support
estim ate for the 2011-12
year is $38,596 less than
the previous estimate, due
to a reduction in the 2010-
11 estimate. The average
daily attendance figures and
lone’s teacher experience
were adjusted to the actual
figures.
“The 2011-12 es
tim ate also updated the
current school year’s ADMr
(average daily membership)
and teacher experience,”
said the report. “ As this
calculation continues to
be lower than the 2010-11
school estimate, the state
is paying basic school sup
port based on the higher
2010-2011 w e ig h tin g .”
T his y e a r ’s A D M r was
167.80, versus the estimat
ed 172. Other revenues in
clude $3,661 from cafeteria
operations and a $40,000
Wind Energy Grant for the
science program. O ’Hanlon
said the state is readjust
ing lone’s ADMr and that
the district will see a sub
sequent decrease in state
school funding starting this
month.
-a p p ro v e d a r e
vised school district budget
calendar as follows: April
11-publish first notice o f
budget committee meeting;
April 18-publish second
notice o f budget committee
m eeting; April 24-budget
com m ittee m eeting with
election o f officers, pre
sentation o f budget m es
sage and budget document,
citizen input and review o f
budget document, 7 p.m.;
May 22-final meeting target
date for approval o f budget
by budget committee; June
19-publication o f notice o f
budget hearing and sum
- THREE
mary o f budget and funds;
June 26-budget hearing.
4:30 p.m ., regular board
m ee tin g , ad o p t b u dget,
m ake appropriations and
levy tax.
-approved 2012-13
budget com m ittee m em
bers as follows: Bob Ball,
Mike Garrett, Tim Holtz,
Jason Proudfoot and Linda
LaRue and the five board
m em bers-Lisa Rietm ann,
Bill Jepsen, Anne Morter,
Bink Ramos and Joe McEl-
ligott. Mulvihill is the bud
get officer.
-approved surplus-
ing o f an above-ground fuel
tank.
-heard the follow
ing announcem ents-April
24 b o ard m ee tin g w ith
the work session at 3 p.m.
and the board meeting at
4 p.m .; M ay 23-C rystal
Apple Awards, Pendleton
Red Lion.
-held an executive
session to discuss labor
negotiations.
Community lunch menu
Nazarene and Seventh-Day Adventist church
members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, April 4 at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include leg of
lamb or ham, au gratin potatoes, orange beets, green salad,
hot rolls and cake. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
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