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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Hermiston enrollment on the rise
membership, there have
been some distinct benefits
to the growth.
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
Hermiston School Dis-
trict enrollment continues
its steady climb for another
year.
At the beginning of the
2013-14 school year, the
district had 5,104 students.
As of this August, the begin-
ning of the 2018-19 school
year, Hermiston has 5,838
students. According to data
compiled by the Hermis-
ton School District over
the past five years, enroll-
ment usually sees a jump
in the first month of the
school year before trend-
ing slightly down through-
out the year.
Interim Superintendent
Tricia Mooney said the dis-
trict contracted with Port-
land State University sev-
eral years ago to do an
enrollment study, which
predicted that the dis-
trict would see continued
growth.
“We’re increasing at the
high end of what they antic-
ipated,” she said.
She attributed some of
“Adding modulars
doesn’t give us
extra gym space,
or extra cafeteria
space. These things
can be drawbacks
to increasing
enrollment.”
Tricia Mooney,
Interim Superintendent
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Teacher Brent Parks gives a walk-though of the shop to new students during the first day
class at Hermiston High School.
the growth to the influx
of industry and jobs in the
Hermiston area. Hermiston
has seen rapid growth with
the addition of new Ama-
zon data centers, a Lamb
Weston facility, and pro-
cessing plants like Shear-
er’s Foods — as well as
indirect
growth,
from
employees who work at the
Port of Morrow but live in
Hermiston.
The district staff has
grown as a result. Mooney
said this year they added
sixth grade, third grade and
kindergarten positions, as
well as several new posi-
tions at the high school.
“That’s where we’re
really going to feel the
crunch next year,” she said.
She said with state
school funding based on
the number of students in
the district, or average daily
“We’ve been able to
grow programs,” she said.
“Obviously when we add
30 students, they’re not
all in one grade. They’re
spread out.”
She said they’ve seen
growth in the high school’s
career technical educa-
tion program, as well as
the ability to have music
and physical education pro-
grams at every level —
things schools with declin-
ing enrollment often have
to cut.
But growth has also
pressed the district up
against facilities that are
struggling to hold all its stu-
dents. The addition of mod-
ulars alleviates the need
for some classroom space,
Mooney said, but not room
for other activities.
“Adding
modulars
doesn’t give us extra gym
space, or extra cafeteria
space,” she said. “These
things can be drawbacks to
increasing enrollment.”
A failed bond in May
2017 was intended to
addressed capacity issues,
but the district will likely
consider another new bond
in the near future.
WORSHIP
COMMUNITY
Urban renewal will get own line on tax statement
County director of assess-
ment and taxation, said it
shouldn’t cause anyone’s
tax bills to go up.
“It’s not going to cost
anyone anything more,” he
said. “That’s the beauty in
all of this.”
Instead of creating a new
tax, the new taxing system
will take small amounts
from each taxing district
that overlaps with the urban
renewal districts — entities
such as Umatilla County
and Blue Mountain Com-
munity College — and real-
locate them to the urban
renewal district line.
While the other taxing
By ANTONIO SIERRA
STAFF WRITER
When Hermiston and
Pendleton residents see a
new line on their November
property tax statements, the
Umatilla County Assess-
ment and Taxation Depart-
ment doesn’t want them to
fret.
Due to a calculation
error discovered by a recent
audit, the urban renewal
districts in Pendleton and
Hermiston have never been
their own line item on a tax
statement.
Now it will, and Paul
Chalmers, the Umatilla
districts will be forgoing
some revenue, Chalmers
said it shouldn’t be signif-
icant and the amount of
money going to each urban
renewal district should be
the same.
“What’s going to the
urban renewal district is not
compromised by this devel-
opment,” he said.
Pendleton and Herm-
iston are the only cities in
the county that have urban
renewal districts, which
encompass each city’s
downtown core.
Under an urban renewal
district, the property tax
base is “frozen” for the
duration of the district.
Whatever money is made
on top of the frozen level
due to increasing prop-
erty values goes directly
to the urban renewal dis-
trict instead of being split
between the usual lineup of
taxing districts. The money
is then used for projects
designed to increase prop-
erty values in the district
even further.
Hermiston’s
urban
renewal district began in
2013 and will wind down in
2033. Projects it has funded
so far include facade grants
and the new festival street
next to city hall.
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DEATHS
Carole Janette Hamilton
Nora Ann Shipley
Hermiston
Feb. 28, 1939 - Sept. 7, 2018
Umatilla
Jan. 25, 1944 - Aug. 28, 2018
Carole Janette Hamilton, 79, of Hermiston died Friday,
Sept. 7, 2018, in Richland, Wash. She was born Feb. 28,
1939, in La Grande. A celebration of life gathering was held.
Arrangements by Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon.
Sign the condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Nora Ann Shipley, 74, of Umatilla died Tuesday, Aug. 28,
2018, in Umatilla. She was born Jan. 25, 1944, in Ontario. A
graveside gathering of family and friends will be held Sun-
day, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at Sunset Hills Cemetery, Umatilla.
Arrangements by Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon.
James D. ‘Jim’ Miller
Karen M. Jones Southmayd
Hermiston
Nov. 23, 1942 - Sept. 9, 2018
Richland, Wash.
Dec. 10, 1944 - Aug. 25, 2018
James D. “Jim” Miller, 75, of Hermiston died Sunday,
Sept. 9, 2018, at his home. He was born Nov. 23, 1942, in
Fairbury, Nebraska. Viewing will be held Friday, Sept. 14
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel in Herm-
iston. Arrangements by Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Ore-
gon. Sign the condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com.
Former area resident Karen M. Jones Southmayd, 73,
of Richland, Wash., died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. She was
born Dec. 10, 1944, in Spokane, Wash. No services are
planned at this time.
Roy A. Taylor Sr.
Hermiston
June 4, 1936 - Sept. 9, 2018
Roy A. Taylor Sr., 82, of Hermiston died Sunday, Sept.
9, 2018, at his home. He was born June 4, 1936, in Jules-
burg, Colorado. A private family celebration will be held.
Arrangements by Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon.
Sign the condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
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