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P a g e lO T h e INDEPENDENT¿March202002 Banks elementary students learn how to deal with peer conflicts Role-playing by elementary school Conflict Managers de lighted the Banks School Board at their March 11 meeting. The board also heard a presenta tion by a representative of the Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD). Leslie Sipp, Family Re source Assistant, presented the elementary school problem solving and conflict resolution program. A group of 12 stu dents, who have each been nominated by four or five teach ers, has received 15 hours of training in what Sipp describes as “getting along skills.” These students, having earned the ti tle of Conflict Manager, are em powered to help other students generate solutions to typical playground problems. When students are having a problem, such as fighting or bullying, the Conflict Manager will go with them to a quiet place on the playground to dis cuss the situation and try to help them find a solution. If they are unable to reach a solution, the students are referred to the principal’s office. Superintendent Marilyn Mc- Glasson praised the work of Sipp and elementary principal Marty Vogel in establishing clear disciplinary policy. After having a new principal each year for the last four year, the school’s disciplinary policies were beginning to become un clear to students. ESD services explained Sally Bunnell, the district’s representative to NWRESD, and Jerry Jones, NWRESD As sistant Superintendent, gave the annual presentation of ESD services to the board. Accord ing to Bunnell the district uses ESD services in four main ar eas; special education (includ ing speech and language, emo tionally disturbed, autistic, Eng lish as a Second Language), Cascade Conservation Corp (alternative school), outdoor school, and technology ser vices (internet connections, ac counting, etc.). These are just some of the services that can be provided by NWRESD. NWRESD will become the largest ESD in the state during this academic year. Composed of all the school districts in Washington, Columbia, Clat sop and Tillamook counties, the ESD serves approximately 30 districts. Providing a variety services allows each district to tailor the services they use to the needs of their district. Jones talked briefly about ESD funding. Provided through the state school fund, the ESD receives money in much the same way as school districts do. However, while school dis trict funding has been equal ized throughout the state over the last few years, ESD funding had not been. The 2000-2001 legislative session voted to be gin a five-year process that will equalize funding for ESDs. Al though equalization was fought hard by ESDs such as Mult nomah, which received nearly four times the amount received by NWRESD in the 1999-2000 year, the legislature passed measures to equalize funding for all students throughout the state over a five-year period. The legislature also required that 90 percent of funds provid ed to the ESDs be used for stu dents, allowing only 10 percent to be used for ESD administra tive costs. McGlasson compli mented Jones on the work he has done in the last year to re align programs and set up ac countability systems for each program. Assessment Director Gary Hartman told the board that statewide assessments would begin in April after Spring Country Kitchen & Pizza BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER Soup & Salad Bar • Pies & Pastries Break. All students will be test ed, but students in grades 3, 5, 8 and 10 will be taking the mul tiple tests required by the state benchmarks in order to mea sure progress towards the Cer tificate of Initial Mastery. Ele mentary Principal Vogel "• sports teams. Wrestling, swim ming, dance and drill, and cheerleading all competed and placed in the top ten of 3A state competition. Smith, Principal Jim Foster, and several direc tors had high praise for the spring musical. praised the work of Becky Cot- tarn on the annual “Battle of Books,” which involved 188 students this year. 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