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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
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