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July 6, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A As two principals depart, familiar faces fill new roles Staff changes at middle, elementary schools By R.J. Marx Seaside Signal Seaside School District stu- dents and parents will see some new faces next year, and some familiar faces in new roles. At the June 19 meeting, the district presented and approved a list of staff appointments. Among the new hires are a new athletic director, Aaron Tanabe and Broadway Middle School Science teacher Lynette Harthold. Principal Jeff Roberts will continue to serve as the Gulls’ head varsity football coach as well as manage administrative duties at the high school. Athletic director and teach- er Jason Boyd will take over as assistant principal at Seaside High School. Aaron Tanabe, R.J. MARX Sheila Roley and Sally Francis at the Seaside School District’s board of directors. Francis is retiring as executive secretary after 30 years with the district. formerly of Valley Catholic, will serve as athletic director, assistant coach and teach social studies and physical education. The district’s board of di- rectors accepted the resigna- tion of Seaside Heights Ele- mentary School principal John McAndrews and Broadway Middle School principal Rob- the system works, and how to advocate for themselves and others. Through workshops and trainings, they learn how to best make their voices heard by politicians and pol- icy makers, the public and influencers of the system that impacts their lives. A staggering number of children enter the foster care system every year. It’s imper- ative these youths learn what their rights are, and how to best succeed while in the system. For example, they learn what medications they can legally be given, how to not be trafficked, navigating sib- ling separation, what schol- arships are available to them to further their education and independent living. Importantly, they learn how to manage the tricky and dangerous period when they “age out” of services so they don’t wind up on the street. According to currently available information rough- ly 428,000 minors in the United States are presently in foster care. They enter the system because of parental neglect, parental drug use, their legal caretaker’s inabili- ty to cope. More than 20,000 of them age out of care each year, leaving 18-year-olds with no home, no parental figure, and no safety net. Bodner said she started the organization initially as a website after she and her husband became the de fac- to foster parents to two boys who lived next door. She said from the start, she wanted Foster Club to be informed from a youth perspective. Es- sential programs were gradu- ally developed encompassing youth leadership, national policy training, outreach, so- cial media, a help line. Foster Club is partnered with the Providence Foundation and is a model program for youth in foster care about policy work and system change. “We are now represented in more than 30 states,” Bod- ner said. “We’ve been in- strumental in the passage of several new laws regarding foster care.” ‘We’ve been instrumental in the passage of several new laws regarding foster care.’ Celeste Bodner Executive director of Foster Club The Milestones meeting began with a Native Amer- ican Yakama Tribe exercise where participants used a string they dotted with knots, each knot representing a ma- jor milestone in their lives. There was a lot of sharing, but no war stories. It was an emotional but uplifting event. It was impossible not to be moved by these young people who survived their early life experiences and have flourished. Whether you are a child welfare professional, a con- cerned citizen, a foster parent or caretaker, or a foster youth, Foster Club exists to provide life improving resources. Being placed in foster care is a chaotic and anguish- ing experience, but it doesn’t have to be crushing. For more information, log on to www.fosterclub.org. STEADY STATE STUDIOS Abigale Koch AAUW scholarship recipient Dayaan Contreras. AAUW scholarship recipient Faythe Koontz. Gearhart’s Abigale Koch is graduate Abigale Koch of Gearhart was among just over 370 graduating high school se- niors who have now joined a growing alumni base of Oregon Connections Acade- my, the state’s largest virtu- al school. Several hundred families, friends and class- mates attended the 10th Or- egon Connections Academy graduation ceremony earlier this month. The tuition-free online school held an in-per- son commencement for its 10th senior class on June 9 at the State Fairgrounds in Salem. Seaside AAUW 2018 scholarship recipients Dayaan Contreras was selected as the 2018 AAUW Scholarship recipient of $2,000 for a woman return- ing to school after a five-year absence. She is presently en- rolled at Clatsop Community College and will be seeking a law enforcement degree through Western Oregon Uni- versity. Expansion plan heads to ballot By R.J. Marx Seaside Signal OPSIS ARCHITECTURE Street view of proposed Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District building expansion. cost summary delivered by Opsis Architecture. Demolition and site devel- opment add about $1.2 mil- lion. Soft costs, including fix- tures, equipment and program materials, raise the estimate to $16.5 million to $19.2 mil- lion. Wages, tariffs and other costs could add to the project. As a result, the total cost could range from $18.6 mil- lion to $21.5 million. With a 20-year payoff peri- od and an $18 million expan- sion scenario, the tax impact to the owner of a $200,000 AAUW scholarship recipient Stephanie Mendez-Garcia. Graduations and honors for area students Faythe Koontz and Stepha- nie Menez-Garcia, two recent Seaside High School gradu- ates were each awarded the June Stromberg Scholarship for $1,000 awarded to the first female in their family to at- tend college. Menez-Garcia will attend Clatsop Community College in the fall before transferring to Oregon State University to major in forestry. Koontz plans on attending Oregon State, where she will major in elementary education. The Seaside AAUW Scholarship Foundation has grown from a simple $300 grant in the 1990s to $5,000 in scholarships awarded each year. For more information about the program and how it is helping girls and women, visit the Seaside AAUW web- site. Carmichael, Moren awarded degrees from Oregon Institute of Technology land-Metro Campus who received degrees during commencement exercises on Sunday, June 17, in Wilson- ville. Carmichael graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engi- neering. Harley Moren of Seaside was among more than 700 students who received de- grees during commencement exercises on Saturday, June 16, at Oregon Tech’s Klamath Falls campus. Moren graduat- ed with a bachelor of science degree in renewable energy property would be about $126 per year. The impact for a $400,000 property would be about double that. The bond will be decided in November by voters of the independent taxing district, who include most residents of the Seaside School District, excluding Cannon Beach and Gearhart. Board members sought to keep costs at or under $20 million. “People like round num- bers,” Mills said. “People will see a clarity in that. It seems like a fit.” Students make the deans’ list at Azusa Pacific University Morgan Brown and Sum- mer Spell, both of Seaside, were among those who made the academic deans’ list at Azusa Pacific University for a spring 2018 grade-point aver- age of 3.5 or better. They are joined by 1,760 students re- ceiving the same honor. NORTH COAST Great Restaurants in: GEARHART • SEASIDE CANNON BEACH Cody Carmichael of Sea- side was among more than 150 students from Oregon Institute of Technology Port- Construction could start in “really late 2019 or early in 2020,” with about a year to a year and a half building peri- od, Skyler Archibald, the dis- trict’s executive director, said. During construction, pool facilities would continue to operate and fitness programs and classes would move to other district facilities. “Over 70 percent of our us- ers are there to use the pool,” Archibald said. “The reason why this program makes a lot of sense is we don’t have to eliminate or reduce any of the pool operations. We can keep operating without the major- ity of the patrons seeing any consequences.” Board members will for- mally consider adoption of the bond proposal at a meet- ing July 17. The recreation center bond is among several bond requests that will go before voters in November. Bond financing will be sought for school improvements in War- renton and Astoria and an ex- panded Clatsop County Jail. engineering. DINING on the Excellence in family dining found from a family that has been serving the North Coast for the past 52 years Great Great Great Homemade Breakfast, lunch and pasta, Clam but that’s dinner steaks & Chowder, not all... menu,too! seafood! Salads! Rec district plans 20-year, $20M bond The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District has narrowed down options for an expansion of the pool and fitness center on Broadway Street. The recreation district will back a 20-year, $20 million bond plan in November to add a second-floor walking track, indoor racket courts and fitness areas, and recon- figure administrative areas, classrooms and storage space, among other upgrades. The project could start in late 2020. Board member Jeremy Mills saw the numbers as fortuitous. “Twenty for 20 in 2020 — it’s almost a slogan,” he said. The building expan- sion is estimated at $11.5 mil- lion to $13.5 million, ranging from $294 to $336 per square foot, according to the project tary School, Juliann Wozniak, who has been Gearhart Ele- mentary School principal for four years, will work from Seaside Heights and serve as principal for the district’s ele- mentary program. She will be based out of Seaside Heights until the new campus is built. Wozniak said she is “looking forward to anoth- er adventure next year.” Jeremy Katt, who worked out of Seaside Heights, will move from his position as special services director to assistant elementary principal, based in Gearhart. The district is in the process of looking for a special ser- vices director. In the office, Sally Francis is leaving as executive assistant after 30 years. “When I was a first-year school principal, she was my high school secretary. We started working together in an administrator/secretary role 21 years ago.” Leslie Garvin will assume the role of executive assistant. GRADUATE NEWS Club All Stars learn from experience Foster Club from Page 1A ert Rusk, both of whom will be taking new posts. “We’ve reconfigured the team,” school district superin- tendent Sheila Roley said at the district’s June 19 meeting. Natalie Osburn, who has served as Seaside’s High School’s assistant principal, was named Broadway Middle School principal. Steve Sher- ren will remain as assistant principal. Rusk will take a position at Seaton High School, a Catho- lic prep school in Vancouver, Washington. “I will miss you guys,” Rusk said. “Thank you so much for the opportunity — but you are in great hands with Natalie and Steve.” McAndrews heads to an el- ementary school in Newberg. “I wanted to thank you all for a really fantastic five years, from a great school commu- nity, from the board to Sheila, the administrative team, the teachers and of course the stu- dents parents have been really great. I’m going to miss the community and thank you very much.” With a coming merger of Gearhart Elementary School and Seaside Heights Elemen- Seaside • 323 Broadway • 738-7234 (Open 7 Days) Cannon Beach • 223 S. Hemlock 436-2851 (7am-3pm Daily) Astoria • 146 W. Bond • 325-3144 MAZATLAN M E X I C A N R E S TA U R A N T Phone 503-738-9678 1445 S. 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