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ThelNDEPENDENT, June 19, 2003
anks School District accepts budget presented by superintendent
Unlike many school districts,
where multiple meetings were
held to discuss the budget, the
Banks School District Budget
Committee concluded its work
in a single meeting, approving
reductions as presented by Su
perintendent Marilyn McGlas-
son on June 2.
In her budget message, Mc-
Glasson said that the state’s
budget shortfall has forced the
Banks district into a “position of
staving off devastation.” The
budget was developed using
two principles: First, to restore
the appropriation levels of the
original 2002-2003 district
budget as adjusted for inflation,
contractual obligations and
State mandates and, second,
using
revenue
projections
based on a state school fund
appropriation of $4.9 billion.
The difference between the
available revenue and the re
stored budget is a shortfall of
$818,000. McGlasson stressed
that the inclusion of an item on
the list of deletions or reduc
tions should “in no way be in
terpreted as a lack of value or
importance to the district."
The greatest single saving
for the district - $250,000 - re
sulted from net payroll savings
due to retirements. Another
major saving, $175,000, result
ed from reduction of debt serv
ice, because the district has
paid back the emergency loan
it received from the state a few
years ago.
Additional adjustments in
cluded a $75,000 decrease in
the Contingency account and a
20 percent reduction in sup
plies at all sites, plus a 20 per
cent reduction in activities and
athletics.
No area was left untouched
-
personnel, maintenance,
classrooms, support services,
administration and transporta
tion.
A public hearing on the
budget was held June 16, the
date of the regular school
board meeting. No comments
were received and the board
unamimously approved the
budget as presented.
In other business at the
board meeting, Sue Bailey, rep
resenting Concil on Internation
al Exchange, presented the
board with a plaque recogniz
ing the district’s support of
Anna Antropova, an exchange
student from Ukraine. Antropo
va was a participant in the Fu
ture Leaders Exchange Pro
Year-end academic honor roll names BHS students
The following Banks High
School students were recog
nized for academic achieve
ment for the second semester:
Freshmen: Adam
Herb,
Amanda Jurasek*, Amy Ander
son*, Annie Schlegel*, Cortney
Bartha, Dana Gieszler.
Emilee Booher, Eryn Cangi,
Heather Hoye, Holly McCann*,
Jack McMillan, Josh Klein,
Lawrence Hofer, Matt Miller.
Nick Daskalakis*, Rachel
Moore*, Robena Gibson*, Sara
Markham, Tiffany Gentzkow,
Tracie Lundsten*.
Sophomores: Alex Polston,
Alicia Colson*, Amanda Petti,
Annie Wood, Bethany Lippert,
Cole Duyck, Dennis Bartha.
Elizabeth Fishback*, Greta
Bradford*, Hannah Williams,
Jennifer
Oakes*,
Juliane
Kalhar*, Kadie Mailer.
Kelley Lindstrom*, Kristen
Schmidlin*, Lacie Herinckx*,
Laura Prince, Matt Vandehey,
Michial Carr, Monica Herinckx.
Samantha Kitchen, Scott
Sandoval, Tommy Bonin, Tyler
Blok, Vanessa Hancock*.
Juniors: Alex Quinones, Amy
Javorsky, Amy Zimmerman*,
Andrea Harbin*, Anna Hays,
Brooke Doner, Jaclyn Elsey.
Jeff Kutter, Jeremy Craw
ford, Justin Duyck, Kris Wood,
Lynsey Douglas, Meghan Gob-
el, Michelle Haynes*.
Mitch Coussens, Molly Pe-
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tersen*, Monica Coussens,
Nadar Shirazi, Rachel Kuiper,
Rachel Megdal-Clark, Roland
Mair, Tyler Kueber*.
Seniors: Alison Petti*, Anna
Shimer*, Ben Farley, Brandon
Anderchuk, Brittney Vanwinkle,
Cara Carr, Carolyn Murdoch.
Danielle Vandehey, Genny
Howell, Hanna Antropova,
Krista
Donoven*,
Kristen
Sandage*, Lindsey Ellis.
Ludmilla
Koch,
Megan
Jurasek*, Mory Herb, Nicole
Nordholm, Rachel Partin*,
Rachel Warkentin*.
Rebecca Wales*, Sarah
Hordichok, Sierra Ford, Tracy
Harrison*, Zac Cottam.
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the U. S. State Department to
bring high school students from
the former Soviet Union to the
United States to experience
democracy first-hand. Antropo
va was hosted by Joan & Jerry
Stevens and will remain with
them while she attends Lewis
and Clark College next year.
Ann Turner appealed to the
board to “consider the individ
ual child” and to reconsider the
denial of an inter-district trans
fer for her daughter, Elise, who
has won admission to the
Beaverton School of Fine Arts.
According to Turner, admission
is an honor and students must
meet high academic and per
formance standards. Elise
wishes to pursue a career in
dance and would like to trans
fer since Banks does not offer a
dance program. Board member
Doug Nordholm thanked Turner
for her presentation and told
her that “her passion for her
daughter’s goals is appreciat
ed.” He said that she had pro
vided a basis for reconsidera
tion of the denial of transfer.
Banks woman is one
of WOU graduates
Brandi Dawn William of
Banks graduated June 14, with
a B.S. in Public Policy and Ad
ministration from Western Ore
gon University in Monmouth.
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