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School district: Plan designed to put students on track
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As part of the fi rst step in
early 2018, the team offered
community members a vari-
ety of ways to give their
input, which generated more
than 40 pages of written
comments.
“This community is so
supportive of us, but they
also feel ownership and
want to be part of the pro-
cess and they want to con-
tribute and they want to have
a voice,” Roley said.
In February, 10 individual
focus group sessions were
held and attended by about
75 people, including district
staff, students, and parents,
as well as representatives
from public safety groups,
the healthcare community,
local businesses and non-
profi t organizations. The
district also posted ques-
tions on its website and
received responses from an
additional 70 people.
The questions asked
respondents what the dis-
trict is doing well, the areas
that need improvement
and what they personally
believe is the most import-
ant work of public educa-
tion. Team members pre-
sented the focus group data
to the school board in March.
Using the information
and insight collected, the
team homed in on a few core
values held by the commu-
nity that formed the foun-
dation of the strategic plan.
These core values state the
school district is committed
to providing equitable, safe
learning environments; an
engaging-well-rounded edu-
cation; and a focus on col-
lective wellness and com-
munity partnerships.
The strategic plan also
includes a district mission
statement: “strengthening
community, inspiring pos-
sibility, ensuring opportu-
nity.” The vision statement
further explains, “In partner-
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Helping Hands now oper-
ate 11 emergency homeless
shelter and reentry pro-
gram facilities, providing
up to 190 beds per night in
Clatsop, Tillamook, Yam-
hill and Lincoln counties.
The new Seaside prop-
erty is owned by the state
Department of Transpor-
offer information regarding
advance directives and phy-
sician orders for life-sus-
taining treatment,” she said.
“The goal is to help people
remain in their home safely.”
The interdisciplinary team
provides assistance and infor-
mation about medical alerts
and mobile medical alerts and
medications management;
transportation to doctor’s
visits; senior peer outreach;
senior peer mentoring. The
program offers safety assess-
ments to minimize the risk of
falls, as “every patient is at
the risk of falling,” she said.
Services do not include
housekeeping or laundry.
“Most of the patients
are independent people,”
French-Peterson said. “We
tation and leased for $150
a month. Repairs include
a new kitchen, bathrooms
and fl ooring, Russell said.
“We’re actually going to be
increasing our capacity at
that facility with this ren-
ovation,” she said. “We’re
trying to add as many beds
as we can to meet the needs
of the homeless in this
area.”
Katherine Lacaze/For Seaside Signal
District superintendent Sheila Roley addresses the Seaside School District board of directors
on Thursday, Dec. 13.
‘WE NEED TO KNOW OUR KIDS
IN KINDERGARTEN ARE ON
TRACK TO GRADUATE, AND IF
INTERVENTIONS NEED TO BE MADE,
WE NEED TO START DAY ONE.’
District superintendent Sheila Roley
ship with our coastal com-
munity, all of our students
pursue excellence as pas-
sionate, empowered, lifelong
learners.”
The plan only contains
two substantial strategic
goals, but as Roley pointed
out they are measurable and
feasible.
“We want things that
are focused and sustainable
and aren’t just a fl ash in the
pan,” she said.
The fi rst strategic goal is
that by June 2024, all stu-
dents will be on track to grad-
uate and be prepared with a
plan beyond high school.
“We need to know our
kids in kindergarten are
on track to graduate, and
if interventions need to be
made, we need to start day
one, because if you’re start-
ing when they’re 14 or 15
years old, there is a lot of lost
opportunity,” Roley said.
The second goal is that by
June 2024, all students will
develop the social and emo-
tional skills to be positive
community members.
“We don’t get academic
achievement without our
kids being socially and emo-
tionally healthy,” Roley
said. “Those two pieces are
equally important—you can’t
have one without the other.”
The strategic plan also
includes
implementation
goals for January through
June that include gather-
ing accurate data regarding
performance indicators and
establishing district teams
to oversee each indicator. In
August, the team will pres-
ent a more detailed fi ve-
year implementation plan
to the School Board.
“I like the fact that it’s
two goals right now —
they’re huge goals — and
I like the fact that there’s
accountability
through
responsibility in the inter-
val,” school board member
Patrick Nofi eld said.
During the life of the stra-
tegic plan, the district lead-
ership team will conduct an
annual review of progress
and revise specifi c targets
and actions, presenting a
revised fi ve-year plan to the
school board each August.
The various committees also
will periodically report to the
school board on what activi-
ties they have accomplished,
what activities they are plan-
ning, and the results. Likely
those presentation will begin
after spring break in 2019,
when the groups have more
information to share, Roley
said.
The board unanimously
approved the plan; board
members Lori Lum and
Mark Truax were absent.
Providence: Providence Home Health helps patients
manage their daily lives, medications, transit
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Helping Hands: Center
is on the move in Seaside
help them determine their
goals for their health care.”
This is accomplished by a
process she called “motiva-
tional interviewing,” taking
the time to develop a rela-
tionship of trust with patients.
Goals are ones the patient
wants to work on, not goals
set by the physician or the
visiting nurse.
Home Health’s offi ce is
maintained by French-Peter-
son and a small staff of team
assistant Carol Sumaray,
speech language pathologist
Julie Wisecup and charge
nurse Jolie Taylor, R.N.
“We’re here to alleviate
suffering, both physical and
emotional,” French-Peterson
said. “We help people learn
to control their symptoms at
home and create their own
symptom management plan.”
Chronic illness is eligi-
ble for palliative care, she
added.
Providence Home Health
is located at 3605 N. High-
way 101 in Gearhart. Con-
tact Mary French-Peterson
at Mary.french-peterson@
providence.org
or
call
503-717-7772.
The Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Center on the west
side of U.S. Highway 101 has closed. A new facility is
undergoing renovations on the east side of the road.
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