The INDEPENDENT, October 3, 2002
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Next Vernonia school board meeting will be at Mist
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and the security system at the
high school appears to be inad
equate. The committee recom
mends fixing the fire alarm sys
tem as required, and purchas
ing a key system for the district.
The key system would allow
Lewis to re-key all outside
doors and the only source for
replacement keys would be the
district’s maintenance office.
In other action the board
agreed to:
• Hold the October 10 busi
ness meeting at Mist School.
• Consider adding a proce
dure to the staff complaint and
grievance policy similar to that
attached to the public griev
ance policy.
• Consider adding language
to the vacation and holiday pol
icy to limit the number of vaca
tion days that an employee can
be compensated for in the
event they leave the district to
five days.
• Take no action on a re
quested change in the trans
portation contract. The contract
will remain in place until 2004.
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• Ratify
Hatity a contract with ad-
ministrators that moves the
$1500 compensation offered to
administrators in June (to reim
burse for the cost of atten
dance to a national convention)
to offset employees PERS con
tributions. The contract in
cludes no raises and covers
only the 2002-2003 school year
with the understanding that a
longer-term contract will be ne
gotiated with the administrator
group before March of 2003.
• Set Monday, October 7, for
an executive session hearing
on a staff complaint.
• Noted that the fee for the
annual Oregon School Board
Association meeting has been
waived this year in recognition
of the financial difficulty of dis
tricts across the state.
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Harvest Festival at Rock Creek campus
The Harvest Festival returns
to the Rock Creek Campus of
Portland Community College,
on Saturday, October 26, from
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Parking
is free.
Free pumpkins from the
campus pumpkin patch will be
featured, along with plenty of
entertainment, including live
music, hayrides to and from the
Washington County Historical
Museum, pumpkin painting and
much more.
Search for the perfect pump
kin, from a 1,600 mound pump
kin patch as long as the supply
lasts. A photo booth will be set
up for pictures with your pump
kin. A number of contests are
also planned.
The Rock Creek campus is
located at 17705 N.W. Spring
ville Road, off Highway 26 at
the 185th Avenue exit,
For more information, call
Mandy Ellertson or Loretta
Dike at 503-614-7261.