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The INDEPENDENT, February 7, 2001 Page 9 The debt is under control, McGlasson happily tells school board Banks School District, after being so deeply in the red that special legislation was required to keep it operating, the district has completely turned around its net cash position. As a result of close monitoring of the dis trict’s expenditures, according to district auditors Jones & Roth at the January 22 meet ing, in combination with rev enue in excess of the budget, the district had an ending fund balance of $211,320 and the auditors concluded that the “fi nancial position (of the district) is much more sound” than in prior years. Superintendent Marilyn McGlasson acknowl edged the efforts of all staff members to reduce expendi tures, giving particular credit to Business Manager Tim Collier. The board also received the annual insurance report, and heard presentations about two elementary school programs that foster a positive, respectful and safe learning environment. In her report to the board Amy Waltz Hansen, of Waltz Sheridan Crawford, Inc., said that insurance is entering a “hard market” period of in creasing rates after a 14-year period of declining rates. Hansen reviewed all of the dis trict’s coverages and compli mented the district on being proactive in the areas of loss control, use of facilities, and adding coverage for junior high sports. The board requested that Hansen bring a quote for catastrophic student insurance, Now... Pellet Stoves in Stock! Wood Pellets O p en 7 D ays 8 a -6 p Linn Oil Co. - Texaco 182 N Main St., Banks 503-324-2622 which was dropped from the coverage in 2000. A flexible policy that will al low more groups to access dis trict facilities was passed. The community-friendly policy will allow small groups that might not be able to provide their own insurance coverage to use dis trict facilities. Character Counts, a pro gram recognizing positive be havior, was presented. Started five years ago in an effort to recognize students and im prove the school environment, the program is a tremendous success and gets many sup portive responses from the community. Trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, justice and fairness, caring, and citi zenship form the six pillars of character used consistently throughout the elementary school. Classroom rules are developed using these princi ples. Students receive red tick ets from teachers for positive behavior and every week six children receive candy and have an opportunity to tell the student body what they did to get their red tickets. At the end of each grading period each teacher nominates one student who exemplifies the principles of character. Af ter approval by the principal’s office, librarians, playground monitors and others, these stu dents get a very special treat. Students and their parents are invited to breakfast with the principal, in the library decorat ed with tablecloths and flowers. Students are photographed with their parents. Photos are printed in the News-Times and are displayed in the school throughout the year. Later, stu dents receive recognition in an assembly, where they also re ceive a packet of rewards. This program is funded with proceeds from the student store. Banks Elementary School Principal Ester Lee, explained the school-wide discipline pro gram. The Problem Solving Program teaches students to take responsibility for their ac tions and make improvements in their behavior. The school has high expectations for ap propriate language and behav ior and when kids “mess up” and create a problem they re ceive a referral. This gives them the opportunity to fix their problem and take responsibility for their actions. A child who re ceives a referral must use their own lunch or recess time to go to the problem solving room and meet with a neutral adult. Lee said that the children real ly respond to the chance to tell their story and develop a plan to repair their relationships with those affected by the problem. Once a plan is developed, the child receives a copy of the plan and an opportunity to call home and tell what has hap pened. A copy of the plan is also mailed to the parents. The program has a positive empha sis that is well received by stu dents and parents. The pro gram includes progressive steps for continued problems, including development of a “Success Plan” involving the student, parents and principle. A student who saw a friend waiting to go in to work on a success plan, was quoted by Lee as saying, “It’s a good Banks City Council met Jan. 19 at the Brown Derby Restau rant for a brief, get-to-know- each-other meeting of city councilors and city staff. Mayor Bob Orlowski started the evening with a State of the City address. After praising the as sets of the town, Orlowski out lined problems encountered by the city now. He also noted that the city has improved school and fire department facilities, and an expanded police de partment. Orlowski said that he and the council are committed to overcoming the deficit in the general fund. Planner K. J. Won, Attorney Jim Lucas and Engineer Dale Merrell, each gave a brief pres entation about projects com pleted in the past year as well as upcoming projects. Adminis trative employees Bob Prickett, Karen Heesacker, and Fred Evers were introduced and gave brief statements. Police Chief Daryl Crandall enter tained everyone with stories and spoke about the two full time officers, Kevin Duggan and Spencer Arrowood. Library Commissioner Jacque Her- The evening ended with mens and Librarian Denise Holmes spoke about improve brief comments from new ments in the library and intro councilors Katie Murdock and duced library employees Dana Teri Branstitre. Councilor Tim Gale, Cindy Stanley, E’Raina Hardie concluded by compli Hatch and Ann Krutsinger. menting the City for “large Byran Biehl, Planning Commis sion Chair, was also intro numbers of committed and very talented peope.” duced. Banks High School Honor Roll The following Banks High School students were named to the academic Honor Roll for the 2000-01 first semester. Achieving a 4.0 Grade Point Average were: Freshmen - Lynsey Douglas and Amy Zimmerman. Sophomores - Krista Dono- ven, Jared Hatch, Milena Her- mansky, Megan Jurasek, Ra chel Partin, Paul Trout and Re becca Wales. Juniors - Ashley Alley, Jen nifer Ballenger, Michelle Dick inson, Colin Douglas, Risa Johnson, Karin Larson, Gra ham Linn and Shawn Watson. Seniors - Bill Hatch, Chel sea Larson, Jessica Trout and Kim Vanderzanden. 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