The INDEPENDENT, January 19, 2006
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Banks School Board appreciated Lions bring vision and hearing screening to Banks
The January meeting of the
Banks School Board started
with commendations, as Su-
perintendent Marv Ott contin-
ued his policy of rewarding the
positives in the district.
Special ed students Mikey
McGinnis and Tarik Abdsemeia
were issued commendations
for their joyous attitudes and
positive influence on everyone
around them. Principal Marty
Voge said that these boys meet
the obstacles in their lives with
a smile. The head of the
lifeskills classroom, Karin Buef-
fel, was also commended for
her dedication and hard work
on behalf of her students. Buef-
fel, who is in her second year
with the district, has undertak-
en many fundraisers for the
program and focuses on get-
ting her students’ experiences
in the world outside of the
school, Voge said.
In December, the board had
discussed a resolution pro-
posed by a group of school dis-
trict superintendents. The in-
tent of the resolution is to de-
velop a stable and adequate
funding proposal for Oregon
schools that will be drafted and
ready to go for the 2007-2009
legislative session. Having the
proposal in place before the
session would allow candi-
dates to establish their position
regarding it while campaigning.
It was brought back as an ac-
tion item, but the board voted
unanimously not to adopt the
resolution. Member Will Moore
explained that the board had
held a public work session be-
fore the meeting and that that
discussion was the basis for
the decision. Ott said that the
board was supportive of many
parts of the resolution but did
not agree with all of the state-
ments. Ott will continue to work
with school superintendents
around the state toward a fund-
ing solution.
The only other action item of
the evening was a resolution
allowing the district to use the
services provided by the North-
west Regional Education Ser-
vice District. The provided serv-
ices will be the same as in past
years.
The board discussed policy
updates, suggested by the
Oregon School Boards Associ-
ation (OSBA), consisting most-
ly of changes in language to re-
flect state regulations and No
Child Left Behind recommen-
dations. A few new policies
were also proposed for similar
reasons. The board had no
questions about the policies,
which will have a second read-
ing and adoption at the next
board meeting.
Ott delivered the annual re-
port to the community. He stat-
ed that the district is in compli-
ance with all standards.
January is school board ap-
preciation month so Ott also
thanked the board for their hard
work. They received certifi-
cates from Ott, mugs signed by
elementary students and wa-
tercolor thank you cards from
the high school art department.
The board members thanked
everyone involved for the gifts.
At just 13 members, the
Banks Lions Club is small but
mighty. This dedicated group
provides an impressive array of
services to the Banks communi-
ty.
Banks Lions Club member, Rebecca Clark, adjusts the hear-
ing test earphones on a Banks Christian Academy student.
Perhaps the most compre-
hensive service the group pro-
vides is annual vision and hear-
ing testing of all elementary
students in the area. The state
requires that this testing be
done and the Lions come in
and do the testing at no cost to
the school. On January 11, they
were testing students at St.
Francis in Roy, and the Banks
Christian Academy in Buxton.
They will test at Banks Elemen-
tary School later in the year.
Portland Lion Warren Heath-
man brings the self-contained
screening trailer, sets it up and
helps with the testing. School
volunteers and Banks Lions
conduct the rest of the tests.
Banks Lions Rebecca Clark
and her mother, Milli Boldman,
have many stories of these
screenings being the first indi-
cator of serious vision or hear-
ing problems. Clark stressed
the importance of catching vi-
sion problems at a young age.
After age seven, she said, the
brain is settled at whatever lev-
el of vision has been achieved.
Health screenings aren’t just
for the elementary crowd. The
Lions also periodically offer
community screening that may
include diabetes and glaucoma,
as well as vision and hearing
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