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10A • October 30, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com District liNely will haYe to cut some programs, serYices Academy from Page 1A weighted cost per student. )or example, Nindergarten stu- dents are counted as half, and special education students, in effect, count as two students. The department determined Seaside¶s weighted rate for the purpose of ¿nancing the char- ter school to be about $7,270 per student for 20- based on state law, the academy would receiYe at least 0 per- cent of that, or $,. The district is requiring the academy to haYe a minimum enrollment of 44 students for the 2016-17 school year, which amounts to an approx- imately $256,000 contribution from district funds in the acad- emy¶s ¿rst year of operation. When the enrollment increases to a capacity of 5 students — the academy¶s goal — the dis- trict will haYe to diYert about $494,000, Dougherty said. The district is phasing in grade leYels at the academy so the other schools do not taNe as large of a ¿nancial hit at a single time. The board of directors is aware Seaside liNely will haYe to cut some programs, serYices or teach- ing positions at its existing schools. “It¶s going to giYe up some- thing,” board member Hugh Stelson said. “There is not a lot of money running around.” The Seaside School Dis- trict¶s primary source of reYe- nue is from local property tax- es collected each year. The State School )und does not contribute to Sea- side School District, only one of ¿Ye districts in the state that does not receiYe money from the fund. The department uses a complicated formula — which taNes into consider- ation reYenue sources, student ratios, poYerty leYels, trans- portation costs, transporta- tion reimbursements from the state, teacher experience and other factors — to generate an annual total formula reYenue based on equali]ation. If a dis- trict¶s local reYenue equals or exceeds the formula reYenue calculated by the state, as Sea- side¶s does, then the district does not receiYe contributions from the State School )und. “Seaside has enough, if not more, local reYenues than their formula reYenue,” said 0i- chael Wiltfong, the director of school ¿nance for the Oregon Department of Education. The Seaside district does, howeYer, receiYe reYenue from the Common School )und and state-managed tim- ber resources. Lessening the ¿nancial hit Phillips agreed that, with the arriYal of the academy, there will be some cuts, adding he does not “want to go down too far in the discussion.” The district will “looN at attrition ¿rst,” as it has when maNing reductions in the past, Dougherty said. If teachers or other staff members are retir- ing or leaYing the district at the end of the 2015-16 school year, “there are possibilities” to use that to balance the bud- get, Dougherty said. “It sort of depends on how the district is looNing from year to year,” he said. “We try to looN at all possible situa- tions within the district,” The primary reason for the district setting the academy¶s class si]e at a minimum of 22 students is to allow the district to reduce a teacher for each grade leYel at one of the exist- ing elementary schools. “If they only tooN 15 stu- dents, that would not allow the district to maNe those reduc- tions,” Dougherty said. The academy decision comes on the cusp of a special election 1oY. to determine if Seaside School District 10 will renew a local option tax for ¿Ye years starting with the 2016-17 school year. The rate is set at $0.52 per $1,000 of as- sessed Yalue. The local option tax, in place since 2000, helps fund the district¶s operations by generating approximately $1.2 million per school year. Loser was surprised to be giYen award Chamber from Page 1A /oser also Yolunteers for the ProYidence )estiYal of Trees and the 0iss Oregon Pageant. SteYe Wright, president of the Seaside 0useum and Historical Society Board, said Loser “has been an integral part of maNing Seaside¶s )ourth of -uly Pa- rade a success.” Loser helped the Seaside Police Department and Seaside Public WorNs staff place cones, barricades and routes along the 1-mile route during the day before and early morning of the eYent to blocN traf¿c from using the route, ac- cording to Wright. “Words don¶t adequately de- scribe the intricacies or physical labor entailed,” he wrote in his nomination of Loser, made on behalf of the museum¶s board. Until this year, the museum sponsored the parade. When the responsibility was transferred to a community committee, Loser “was right there to continue his commitment to the communi- ty,” Wright said. Loser assisted with organi]ational tasNs, man- aged route set-up and control and offered his Nnowledge to the group. Loser “sees a need for help and he pitches in,” Wright wrote. “He doesn¶t shirN responsibility and doesn¶t asN for big Nudos. He has been a selÀess Yolunteer, throughout many years, to the Seaside 0useum and countless other organi]ations, setting a ¿ne example for us all.” SDD$ ExecutiYe Director Tita 0ontero, who submitted a nomination on behalf of the association¶s board, said Loser has been “an unfailing Yolun- teer at most of SDD$¶s numer- ous eYents for many years.” He helps with registration at the biannual Downtown Wine WalN Yolunteers for the 0us- cle and Chrome and Wheels and WaYes car shows assists in placing the Community )lower BasNets downtown and serYes as a committee member for the annual Hot 5od Classic Charity Golf Tournament and $uction Dinner, sponsored by SDD$ and Seaside .ids. “He Must pitches in for any eYent or actiYity where he sees the help is needed,” 0ontero wrote. Loser was surprised to be giYen the award, he said. He originally was not going to attend the banquet, because he planned to Yolunteer for Seaside .ids¶ annual PancaNe )eed fundraiser, also scheduled for Tuesday night. Through some “sneaNy” maneuYering, he said, the chamber staff con- Yinced him to be at the banquet instead. EYer since he can remem- ber, he has enMoyed Yolun- teering and giYing bacN to the community. In particular, he liNes “watching people enMoy themselYes” at community eYents — festiYals, car shows, golf tournaments and parades. “People enMoy what we do for the community and they looN forward to it,” he said. The Byron $ward, created in 2001, was named and dedicated to the memory of Byron 0eeN, a man “who Nnew all about Yolun- teerism,” said Sandy 0cDowell, of the chamber and a past Byron winner. “He was a man who wanted it to be a win-win in eYery situa- tion,” she said. “It¶s such a won- derful thing to be called a Byron.” $ new recipient for the award has been picNed each year since 2001 and announced at the chamber¶s banquet and awards ceremony. 0ary BlaNe was the winner last year. Seaside Chamber of Commerce 2015 award winners • Board member of the year: Robin Knoll • Volunteer of the year: Ruth Swenson • Business of the year: Sea- side Brewing Company • Corporate business of the year: Seaside Lodg- ings • Building blocks: Sea Star Gelato; Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers • Chamber ambassadors of the year: Dolores and Bob Tomasso • Lifetime member award: Don Larson Middle school introduces new bully prevention program Unite from Page 1A No more snitching During the assembly, Seaside police oI¿cer -ohannes .orpela, the school resource oI¿cer, and 5usN gaYe a pre- sentation for students that focused on three main points: students, teachers and administrators must taNe respon- sibility to Neep their schools safe re- porting is not snitching and eYeryone needs to ZorN together to build a better school and community. The middle school introduced a neZ bully preYention program this year, called the Olweus Bullying Pre- Yention Program. The program is more up to date on methods for dealing with cyberbullying and other issues preYa- lent among youth today. ³, thinN it¶s been real positiYe on our students,´ Principal -ohn 0c$n- drews said. One issue school administrators encounter is some students, and eYen parents or guardians, struggle with re- porting incidents of bullying, because snitching is stigmati]ed and the two concepts often are confused, 5usN said. $s opposed to snitching, done solely to harm someone or get them in trouble, reporting is about maNing a negatiYe behaYior stop, he said to stu- dents. “Snitching” is not a word to be used, because it¶s not used correctly, he added. “We want to maNe sure this enYironment is a happy place to be.” .orpela agreed. “Somebody has to haYe some in- tegrity and stand up and stop this,” and that¶s where reporting comes in, he said. Students haYe seYeral options to re- port: They can talN to parents, teachers or other trusted adults. They also can sticN a note in a designated, secure locNer that is checNed solely by the school counselor. The school is worNing with the local Peace Builders Club and busi- nesses to create speci¿c “Bully-)ree Zones,” where students can safely sociali]e. 0c$ndrews said they will worN with law enforcement to maNe sure the businesses are appropriate and safe settings for students. The business owners or staff mem- bers would alert the school of any inci- dents of bullying. “We Must need more reporting hap- pening,” 5usN said. The rise of cyberbullying Social media, cellphones and the ,nternet are notorious Yenues through which young people bully others or engage in illicit or dangerous behaY- ior, because they are easily accessible and dif¿cult for authority ¿gures to monitor. .orpela and 5usN went to a training in Eugene earlier this year and also re- searched their own material on Internet safety to share with students. The pre- sentation was meant to educate students on the risNs associated with social me- dia serYices, as children¶s Internet ac- cess is increasing, .orpela said. 0ore and more students haYe smartphones, which are functionally tiny computers. While websites, applications and cellphones help people build friend- ships, connect with others, networN and explore shared interests, they also can lead to inappropriate texting, gossip, cyberbullying, inYasion of priYacy, ha- rassment and eYen more serious conse- quences. Because of the nature of technolo- gy — others can screen-shot pages and pictures or saYe texts and online chats — correcting mistaNes is dif¿cult, and completely erasing the information from memory is impossible. ³Once it goes out there, it¶s there,´ 5usN said, adding later, ³a lot of stu- dents don¶t reali]e once they submit something, it lasts foreYer´ in some form. $lso problematic is the degree to which it is easier to threaten or insult oth- ers online, either because of anonymity or the sense of not haYing to physically face consequences, 5usN said. ³It¶s easier to do it online, than per- son-to-person,” he said. .orpela addressed how negatiYe on- line or technological behaYior can be- come criminal. What some people see as harmless comments or actions could be prosecuted as defamation of charac- ter, disorderly conduct or inYasion of priYacy. /aw enforcement of¿cers can obtain search warrants to reYiew eYery aspect of a person¶s online pro¿le — including seemingly priYate messages or deleted content, .orpela said. +e told students haYing a criminal record as an adult often maNes it more dif¿cult to get a Mob, go into the mili- tary, play sports on scholarship in col- lege and other actiYities. +e urged the students to not create situations that re- quire him or other law enforcement of- ¿cers to get inYolYed and press charges. 0c$ndrews said the students need to understand that message to help preYent them ³from maNing mistaNes that might negatiYely impact them in a big way in the future,” he said. Increasing parent involvement Students are banned from using their phones during instructional time throughout the school day, which means they can use them only before classes start and after they end. “The school will handle a situation if it¶s affecting a student at school,” 5usN said. Other than that, administration and teachers want to worN closely with parents and guardians to preYent or stop problems that taNe place at home. $uthority ¿gures face the dif¿culty of Neeping up with what social media sites or applications are releYant and used by youth. “EYery weeN there is something new,” .orpela said. Police of¿cers get inYolYed in sit- uations as soon as a teacher or parent calls the department they do not wait for someone to formally press charges, .orpela said. 5arely does law enforce- ment step in at the elementary school leYel. 0ore problems tend to arise at the middle school and high school leY- els. “It gets a little more serious as the teens get older,” he said, adding neg- atiYe behaYiors haYe more impact and greater consequences. In general, .orpela maintains a presence at the schools and contact with the students so they feel they can come to him with a problem or report an incident of bullying. “$ lot of what I do is informal,” .orpela said, adding the assembly pre- sentation was one of the more formal actiYities he has done for students. +e and 5usN plan to do a similar presentation at Seaside High School at some point this school year, but with information and topics tailored for that age group, such as sexting, send- ing or posting graphic photos or being aware of online predators to preYent Nidnapping. MARKETPLACE Signal T o pla ce a cla ssified a d ca ll 503-325-5561, log on to w w w .sea sidesign a l.com or stop in a t 1555 N . Roosevelt in Sea side | D ea dlin e is M on da y a t n oon 61 B ANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY $250 25 Years Experience. (503)440-0281 / (503)678-7939 70 H ELP W ANTED Cannon Beach Property Mgmt. currently has opportunities for Vacation Home cleaners to join our team. Flexible hours. 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