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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Hermiston Education Foundation supports teachers
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston Educa-
tion Foundation recently
allocated $16,600 to eight
educators in the Hermiston
School District to enhance
opportunities for students.
The projects, including who
requested the funds and the
purpose:
HERMISTON HIGH
SCHOOL:
•Beth Anderson received
$2,440 for “Theater Students
Attend Professional Theatri-
cal Production.” Funds will
provide tickets for 50 stu-
dents to attend a production
in Yakima in the fall of 2020
and for a spring production
in 2021.
•Robert
Theriault
received $1,700 for “Mak-
ing Computer Science
Green.” A fi lament extruder
and a grinder will be pur-
chased so 3D printing mate-
rial can be recycled.
•Next
Steps
Staff
received $900 for “Bulldog
Treats,” for the purchase of
equipment and cooking sup-
plies to support the making
and selling of dog treats.
Contributed photo
Members of the Hermiston Education Foundation and Hermiston School District boards congratulate several local educators
who received grants to be used to enhance learning opportunities for district students.
ARMAND
LARIVE
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
•Cristian Mata received
$7,070 for “A Touch of Tim-
pani,” for the purchase of
two timpani for the band
program.
Vehicle pursuit
ends in arrest
The strips were suc-
cessful but Martinez con-
tinued to drive the vehicle
onto Interstate 82 across
the bridge into Washing-
ton northbound toward the
Tri-Cities.
The car came to a stop
in the middle of the free-
way overpass of Cof-
fi n Road, according to
the Hermiston Police
Department.
Martinez was taken
into custody and is cur-
rently lodged in the Ben-
ton County Jail.
Hermiston Police Chief
Jason Edmiston said that
interstate pursuits are
uncommon, but the sever-
ity of crimes committed
by Martinez justifi ed the
heightened response. He
said the pursuit will be
reviewed, like all other
pursuits, to assure that
the police department
responded within policy.
Yaktri News reported
that Martinez was arrested
on 10 felony warrants,
including one for fi rst-de-
gree rape. He is also fac-
ing charges for reck-
less driving, eluding the
police, and possession of
methamphetamine.
HERMISTON HERALD
Hermiston and Umatilla
police departments arrested
a Umatilla man wanted on
several warrants for sex
crimes Monday morning
following a vehicle pur-
suit across state lines.
Javier Noe Martinez,
29, was arrested after
Hermiston police spot-
ted a vehicle in which he
was a passenger around
8:30 a.m., according to a
news release.
Police said the vehi-
cle was being driven by
Deanna Tinker, 29, of
Hermiston.
After police spot-
ted the vehicle, Martinez
then pushed Tinker out
of the vehicle near West
Highland Avenue and
Southwest 11th Street in
Hermiston. He got in the
driver’s seat, and fl ed the
scene.
Offi cers
reportedly
requested aid for Tinker.
The pursuit left Herm-
iston, and headed toward
Umatilla where offi cers
of the Umatilla Police
Department were able to
use spike strips to blow
the car’s tires.
SANDSTONE
MID-
DLE SCHOOL:
•Sarah
Gonzalez
received $2,000 for “Sand-
stone Drama Program,”
for “Beauty and the Beast”
spring musical materials,
microphones and costumes.
HIGHLAND
HILLS
E L E M E N TA R Y
SCHOOL:
•Stacy Cooley received
$1,000 for “Elementary
Choral Festival.” Funding
will be used to bring a cho-
ral clinician to work with
a group of fourth and fi fth
graders from each elemen-
tary school. There will be an
evening performance.
ROCKY
HEIGHTS
E L E M E N TA R Y
SCHOOL:
•Megan James received
$865 for “Every Student
Reads.” Scholastic books
will be purchased for each
fi rst grader to have one book
a month to take home to
read.
WEST PARK ELE-
MENTARY SCHOOL:
•Ipolito Maloy received
$625 for “OMSI Science
Festival.” OMSI will host
six hours of science learning
labs for all West Park stu-
dents. Funding will be used
to provide materials.
The Hermiston Educa-
tion Foundation is a non-
profi t organization. Its mis-
sion is to encourage and
enhance the academic,
artistic and cultural learn-
ing experiences and oppor-
tunities for the district’s
students through commu-
nity and corporate support.
HEF hosts several fund-
raisers each year to provide
grants and scholarships.
For more information,
visit www.hermistoneduca-
tionfoundation.org or search
Facebook.
School board talks enrollment,
superintendent evaluation
By JESSICA POLLARD
STAFF WRITER
According to the Herm-
iston School District’s most
recent enrollment report,
three more students joined
the district last month, leav-
ing total enrollment at 5,757
so far this year.
It’s 21 students less than
this time last year, but admin-
istrators and board members
aren’t too concerned.
“When you look around
at 21 students across K-12,
you don’t feel 21 students,”
Superintendent
Tricia
Mooney said at the district’s
most recent board meeting
last week, on Nov.12.
The district is working
to wrap up its Continuous
Improvement Plan, which
is due to the state on Dec. 6.
All districts in Oregon must
submit CIPs in order to get
access to their allotment of
state and federal grant fund-
ing, including money from
the Student Success Act,
which passed through leg-
d
23r
islature this year and will
bring $500 million to school
districts statewide.
Assistant
Superinten-
dent Bryn Browning said
that the district could pos-
sibly see a higher alloca-
tion in Title 1C federal grant
funding. Last year, the Inter-
Mountain Education Service
District received $1.38 mil-
lion in the funding, which
goes to migrant educational
programs.
This year, the district has
191 migrant students. Last
year, there were 115.
“With that comes a
very diverse set of needs,”
Browning stated.
Also this month, the
Hermiston School District
board completed its fi rst
evaluation of Mooney, who
was offi cially hired for the
position in September, 2018.
Prior to that, Mooney served
as an interim superintendent,
starting July, 2017 after
then-superintendent
Fred
Maiocco left for active duty
in the military.
Maiocco resigned in
August, 2018.
The review addressed
Mooney’s fi rst full year as
superintendent.
The board commended
Mooney for placing a dean
of students in each elemen-
tary school, re-organiz-
ing secondary-level staff
to make room for a direc-
tor of secondary instruc-
tion. The review also stated
that Mooney helped main-
tain “sound fi scal policies”
within the district and has
enhanced community out-
reach programs for the
diverse student population.
“It’s been a real plea-
sure this last year,” said
vice board chair Ginny Hol-
thus to Mooney during last
week’s meeting. “We’re
very happy to have you.”
The school board also
presented several certifi cates
to members of the Hermis-
ton FFA, who attended the
92nd National FFA Conven-
tion in Indianapolis, Indiana,
earlier this month. Certifi -
cates were also presented to
the slow-pitch softball team
for winning districts and
placing second in state.
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