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The INDEPENDENT, February 16, 2006
School Board sets up two committees
The Banks School District
school board preceded their
February 13 meeting with a
public work session. The ses-
sion included discussing the
formation of a facility advisory
committee, the elementary
school principal search, the
crow’s nest building improve-
ment and football field mainte-
nance.
Interested persons are being
sought from the community to
form a long range planning
committee for district facility
planning. Information regarding
the committee will be published
in the News-Times.
An advisory committee for
the elementary school principal
search has been formed and
the timeline was discussed.
The committee includes board
members, classified and certi-
fied staff members and par-
ents. Applicants for principal
will be sought until February
24. Superintendent Marv Ott
will narrow the candidates to
10. The committee will select
five to be interviewed and then
submit the top three to Ott, who
will make a final hiring recom-
mendation to the board.
The board discussed bids
for the crow’s nest project at
the high school football field,
which came in at $10,000 more
than the budgeted $25,000.
Since that is not feasible for the
district, the board is consider-
ing narrowing the scope of
work to include only the ele-
ments that impact student safe-
ty. Replacing the existing stairs
and handrails could be done for
less than $10,000.
The condition of the football
field, and how to improve it,
was also discussed. Will Moore
noted that lots of money has
been spent on the field in re-
cent years and it was still the
worst in the league. He and the
other members discussed
whether the field’s condition is
a result of poor maintenance,
lack of water in the summer
months, or a structural prob-
lem. Gene Kelly noted that it
takes time for grass to mature
and that last year’s season was
played on young grass. The
board will continue to seek the
best solution.
The board meeting was con-
vened following the public work
session and an executive ses-
sion. Ott introduced Banks
High School junior Kelsii Dana
and asked her to talk about her
accomplishments outside of
school. Dana has been a Girl
Scout for 10 years, a 4-H mem-
ber for eight years, and a mem-
ber of the High School Eques-
trian Team for two years. She
outlined many of her successes
for the board and talked about
how these activities have
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Amy Hansen, the district’s
insurance agent made her an-
nual presentation to the board.
She noted that since there are
now two viable insurance op-
tions for school districts in Ore-
gon, insurance costs have de-
creased. She expects rates to
stay flat for the present time.
She commended the district for
their willingness to work on loss
control and also for the excep-
tional recent claims history.
New policies and updates of
existing policies that were rec-
ommended by OSBA and pro-
posed last month, were given a
second reading and adopted
with no discussion. Ott said that
the changes were part of a con-
tinuing process to update the
district’s written policies so they
conform with state laws and No
Child Left Behind regulations.
The board also voted to ex-
tend contracts for returning
teachers for the next academic
year.
Elementary school principal
Marty Voge displayed the Ex-
ceptional School Flag that he
had just received. He said that
it would be on display in the
cafeteria with the flag from last
year. He commented that
achieving this distinction was
especially impressive since the
staff continues to deal with
such large classes. Banks has
the third highest average class
size in the state of Oregon. Ott
noted that seven more students
joined the school last month.
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