The INDEPENDENT, November 7, 2002
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Tuition payments for BHS students now require review of funds
Student reports were the
highlight of the Banks School
District board meeting October
14, with three students from
teacher Sarah Blackman’s
eighth grade American History
class explaining their projects.
Dayton Vaughn, Nisha Fox and
Kristin Halls told the board and
audience about the Native
American tribes they had been
studying, and how local geog
raphy affected the culture and
impacted the daily life of the
tribes. Each student also
brought a physical project,
such as a model canoe or bent
wood hut that they made.
Tuition policy under
goes change
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Responding to a question
about a proposed revision of
district policy on paying stu
dents’ tuition, high school prin
cipal Jim Foster explained that
the policy is applied in two
ways, for credit recovery and to
allow a student to take a course
not offered at Banks High
School. Foster told the board
that 4-6 students had started
courses last year and that three
or four of them successfully
completed the coursework. In
order to be reimbursed for tu
ition, Foster said, students
must bring in a transcript show
ing that the course was com
pleted.
The policy revision added
language that will allow the dis
trict to consider the availability
of district funding before granti
ng tuition payments. The policy
revision was unanimously ap
proved.
Voge told the board that the
October 9 in-service on writing
was one of the most valuable,
ever, according to staff mem
bers’ comments. A T-shirt de
sign has been chosen from a
variety of student designs and
will be sold by the parents
group at cost in an effort to in
crease school pride and identi
Principals’ Reports
junior High Principal Mark
Everett told the board that
ty-
Elementary principal Marty
Washington County needs people
to serve on Public Safety Council
The Washington County
Public Safety Coordinating
Council is seeking applicants to
fill three terms that will expire
January 1, 2003.
The application deadline is
December 3, 2002, or until all
vacancies are filled. Applica
tions may be obtained by visit
ing the website or by calling
(503) 846-8685. Descriptions
of all county boards can also be
found on the website: www.co.
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Boards, committees, and
commissions advise the Board
of Commissioners on matters
of interest to people who live
and work in Washington Coun
ty. Committees themselves do
not pass ordinances or estab
lish policy: their purpose is to
study issues and make recom
mendations.
Commission members are
volunteers appointed by the
County Board of Commission
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Serving on an appointed
board or commission is a great
way for county residents to par
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them and to learn more about
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AmeriCorp member Sam Chan
has started the after-school
program. Chan will also be
working with students in the
classroom. In January, the jun
ior high will begin a student
conflict mediator program that
is designed to build on the pro
gram in place at BES. Everett
told the board that discipline re
ferrals during the first six weeks
of this school year were re
duced by 50 percent, com
pared to the same period last
year.
High School Principal Jim
Foster told the board that all
staff members have been
trained on the “Mastery in Mo-
Dinner and bazaar
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Banks Cemetery
The 79th Annual Banks
Union Point Cemetery Turkey
Dinner and Holiday Bazaar will
be held Saturday, December 7,
in the Banks Elementary
School gym and cafeteria,
42350 NW Trellis Way. Dinner
will be served from 12:00 to
7:00 p.m. and the bazaar will
be from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Cost of the dinner for adults
is $8.00; sr. citizens (age 60
and over) $7.00; children under
age 10 are $4.00. All proceeds
go toward the care and mainte
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Director notes role
of volunteers
During the board round-table
Doug Nordholm commented on
the great involvement of parent
volunteers,
“ ...the
district
wouldn’t survive without all
those people giving their time
and effort,” he said. Ann Station
said she was very interested in
the amount of information given
in the student reports and Joe
Evers said that he was very im
pressed with the greenhouses
built by students as an Eagle
Scout project.
Christmas trees
will aid Boys and
Girls Clubs
The Boys and Girls Club
Christmas Tree Sale will be
held November 29 through De
cember 15 in the Murphy’s
Furniture Parking Lot on TV
Highway, 2962 Baseline in
Cornelius. Tree sales will bene
fit Portland Metro Area Boys
and Girls Clubs.
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CIM and CAM. He also an
nounced that BHS has induct
ed eleven new members into,
the National Honor Society.
Athletic Director Jim Smith told
the board that 115 students at
tended a KATU Sports Action
event and had a great time.
In other business, the board
approved both the Superinten
dent’s and Board goals for
2002-2003.
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