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Page 16 The INDEPENDENT, October 17, 2002_________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Fire alarm s in schools found in need of repair or replacem ent From page 1 repairs and overdue mainte Funderburg also told the nance activities now under con board that he and Fire Chief Paul sideration. Strand responded Epler had attempted to conduct that the board has the condition fire drills from the pull stations. of school facilities on “the front Among the difficulties encoun burner.” tered were many stations are an At the start of the meeting, older type that cannot be re-set., Mist Grade School students Kait and the discovery that the sta lyn Carr, Nora and Megan Hi- tions are not routed through the eronimus and Joe Benes ex district’s alarm company, ADT. plained the school’s activity in re According to Funderburg, it is not membrance of September 11th. required that the fire alarm go Willie Hansen, now an eigth- through the alarm company, then grader at WGS, gave the board to county emergency dispatch. an amusing look at “what it’s like Pull stations and alarm controls being an eighth grader.” Hansen will be updated where needed told the board that the change and future fire drills will be con from the 25-student Mist School ducted from pull stations, rather to WGS, was “unbelievable” and than by triggering the alarm from that the worst thing about the the office. school was the old, worn-out Michele Blum asked when the lockers. He told the board that he board was going to pick up the enjoyed the presentation of Rat question of the failed bond mea tling Thunder (A Run for the Arts sure and how long the district Program) even though the would continue to “throw money singing “didn’t sound like singing” down a black hole,” referring to to him. the lengthening list of required Natalie Rombach, a Vernonia High School student from Mist, gave the board a run-down of ac tivities planned for Homecoming Week, October 14-19. Principals Kirk Sherrill and Mike Durbin concluded the school reports by informing the board of the WGS Homework Club and Twilight School at VHS. In other business the board: • Hired Justin Ward as Junior High Language Arts Teacher, Brent Eagleson as Maintenance Custodian and Allen DeWeber as VHS Custodian. • Approved policy revisions for payment of vacation days and the staff complaint procedure. • Set October 24 for a hearing on a staff grievance. • Received comments of ap preciation from Marie Botchie and Michelle Blum for the open forum, tolerance of questions and interaction with the public. • Noted that district enrollment of 735 students at the end of the first quarter, is a slight reduction from the expected enrollment of 740. Annual Halloween PartyH 1 Grand Prize* for Best Costume! 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