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The INDEPENDENT, April 21, 2005
Port Orford man is selected for superintendent of Banks schools
Banks School Board an-
nounced, at their April 11 meet-
ing, the selection of Marv Ott to
replace Marilyn McGlasson as
district superintendent. The su-
perintendent search, which
started in December, 2004, at-
tracted 23 candidates. Ott, who
is currently superintendent and
principal at Port Orford-Lan-
glois, will officially begin July 1.
According to Ott, his
strengths include creating op-
portunities for recognition and
encouragement of both stu-
dents and staff. He enjoys
working directly with students
and never misses a home
game. Food featured promi-
nently in several of his ideas, in-
cluding lunch with students, and
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staff meetings that serve bar-
beque. “I like to take every op-
portunity for everybody to get to
know each other,” he said, so
when difficult issues arise they
know what to expect from each
other. Ott said he would wel-
come the public into the schools
and added that, in his current
district, senior citizens use
school computer facilities.
Ott received his undergradu-
ate degree at Oregon College
of Education and a master’s
degree in interdisciplinary stud-
ies from the same institution,
with a new name, Western Ore-
gon University. He earned his
administrators license at Uni-
versity of Oregon. Ott has five
children and nine grandchildren
scattered through the Willa-
mette Valley, and Banks is sev-
eral hours closer to them than
the southern Oregon coast.
Banks High School Principal
Jim Foster, who was one of the
finalists for the superintenden-
cy, told The INDEPENDENT
that he has no plans to change
jobs because “I really like what
I’m doing.” Foster has been at
Banks High School since 1979,
as a history teacher for the first
fourteen years, assistant princi-
pal for seven years and princi-
pal since 2000.
In his administrator’s report,
Foster told the board that Zoe
Garza was named to All State
Dance and Drill Team following
the team placing fifth in state
competition. At the state FFA
Convention, Monica Herinckx
and Krystina Petersen earned
their State FFA Degrees, and
the chapter was recognized as
a Superior Chapter.
Gary Hartman continues to
put Banks at the cutting edge of
technology implementation. Ju-
nior high and high school stu-
dents (and their parents) can
access attendance, assign-
ments and grades via the Inter-
net. This month he introduced a
service that will allow students
to begin writing at school, save
the document to the web, then
access it and continue working
on the report at home. They will
be able to save their work and
have it waiting for them when
they arrive at school.
Marty Voge reported that the
elementary school has created
a primary level literacy team to
coordinate efforts to have every
child reading at grade level by
the third grade. All kinder-
garten, first and second grade,
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be held Friday, May 6 from 3:00
to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, May
7 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at
the Banks Public Library, 111
Market Street, Banks.
This annual fundraiser sup-
ports special programs includ-
ing story time, summer reading
programs and this year has an
additional goal of raising staff
salaries to county standards.
This primarily indoor sale is
exploding with quality shrubs,
trees, perennials, ornamental
grasses, climbing vines, bam-
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North Plains plant
sale benefits library
The North Plains Garden
Club will hold a plant sale Sat-
urday, May 7, 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. at 11052 NW 309th
Avenue, to benefit the North
Plains Public Library Project.
Cash or checks will be accept-
ed.
The Garden Club’s goal is to
raise $3,000 for the Friends of
the North Plains Library. Li-
brary ground breaking will be
April 30, and it is expected to
open in November. The Library
must operate without public
funds for the first two years.
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Of course, what would a Li-
brary Benefit Sale be without
books! This is a great opportu-
nity for people to stock up on
bags full of gently used books
without going broke. The price
is just amazing; $0.50 for each
paper back book and $1.00 for
each hard back book.
Tax deductible donations
and Friends of the Library mem-
berships will be accepted at the
sale. Cash and checks will be
accepted. The Artfull Garden in
Hillsboro and the Brown Derby
in Banks will each offer 10 per-
cent discounts to customers
May 6 and 7 who show their re-
ceipts from either the Banks or
the North Plains sales.
McGlasson told the board
that the firefighter program,
which was highlighted for the
board at their January meeting,
would be featured on Good
Morning Oregon on April 28.
She also reported that
$52,985 will be spent over the
summer in the second year of a
five-year roofing plan, and the
grandstand crow’s nest and
roof access will be improved at
a cost of $22,015. Funds for
capitol improvements come
from the sale of the Buxton
School property.
Updating the board on the
progress of the budget, Mc-
Glasson told the board that she
is developing a budget based
on the governor’s proposed
$5.0 billion for the state school
fund. The legislature is expect-
ed to increase the level of fund-
ing to at least $5.2 billion,
which, McGlasson said, would
allow for the next level of needs
assessment.
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Title I and Special Education
teachers will meet regularly to
assess, diagnose and imple-
ment strategies for various stu-
dents’ level and learning style.
Voge told the board that the
Oregon School Counselor As-
sociation selected DD Stillson
as Elementary Counselor of the
Year.
Mark Everett, Student Ser-
vices and Junior High Principal,
told the board that staff has
been meeting to discuss transi-
tioning students from one build-
ing to the next. They will review
projected staffing, identify stu-
dent needs and insure that cur-
riculum is in place to meet
those needs. The goal is to
have a smooth transition for
every student, including a visit
to their new building before the
end of the year if possible.
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