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lack of safety belt or child restraint use was a factor in 32% or 119 of Between January 29th and a total 377 motor vehicle occupant February 11th, Florence Police fatalities. Motor vehicle crashes Officers used over 19 hours of fedare the leading nationwide cause of erally funded overtime to educate death for children ages one through the public about safety and child seat twelve years old. In 2021, 1,475 laws. During this overtime, 49 traffic children under twelve were injured stops were made which resulted in in Oregon traffic crashes, 16 per17 citations being issued and 51 traf- cent were reported not using a child fic violation warnings being given. restraint system. ODOT crash data for 2021 shows
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back and said, yes that’s true, we still have that affiliation and, oh The Siuslaw School District Board by the way, we intend to continue of Directors heard a Feb. 7 response having that affiliation,” Cohn- Lee from Siuslaw Valley Charter School, told the board. He called the change “essentially a bait and switch.” to a Jan. 10 warning from the disAsked about the prospective pentrict’s legal counsel. At the Jan. 10 alty for violating ORS338, Cohn-Lee meeting, attorney Rich Cohn-Lee said he was informed that the charter said, “if a district is found to be in violation of that, like I said the wanted to retain an affiliation with Hillsdale College, of Michigan, after penalty is for revocation of federal dollars, not just for that one student, the district board had approved the but for the whole district. Very sericharter’s application last October. He said the issue was flagged before ous.” During his presentation, Cohnboard approval, and it was promised Lee said, in part, “SVCS is telling us that no special needs students are to be removed, but was noted after approval that an affiliation statement going to attend this school, which is another problem…” remained on the SVCS website On behalf of the charter school At the previous meeting, CohnAric Sneddon responded at the Lee told the board that Oregon meeting, first asserting that the Revised Statute 338 mandates that charter had not removed special a public school district, which education from its curriculum, and receives public funding, cannot that it was not a religious or political approve a charter that “affiliates with a religious, sectarian or political organization. Sneddon said that while Hillsdale organization.” College does have a religious cur“As part of that dialogue, my riculum, it is produced in a separate understanding is SVCS has come
office than the kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum. “We have never entered into a point where we have wanted a religious curriculum,” he said. He said a mention of Hillsdale would be taken from the charter website following the Jan. 10 meeting. He said SVCS personnel have spoken to the board many times, and the curriculum itself has not changed from the outset. The board took no action on the issue but directed staff to write a letter to the charter on its behalf, asking that SVCS disavow affiliation with Hillsdale.
called Cohn-Lee’s presentation “misinformation,” and have asked that he correct it in writing, adding “we have filed an Ethics violation against Mr. Cohn-Lee.” She said the statement that SVCS would not have special education students was false. King also said Cohn-Lee’s statements that the district could lose almost all of its funding were false. “It was stated over and over that the district would lose funding and 92% was the talking point people were given,” she said. “Zero dollars will leave the Siuslaw School District. Zero dollars.” King echoed Sneddon’s statement that the school curriculum was not a religious curriculum. “The fact that he referred to us as baiting or switching, we did not even understand what that meant, but when you think about it, that got into the character, or the ethics or whatever of our board, and
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At a special Feb. 7 board work session for the purpose, the board heard a formal response from SVCS representative Kay King, who also introduced the rest of the SVCS board. King said the charter was “blindsided” by the presentation, saying SVCS was told the meeting was to discuss contract negotiations. King
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University of Oregon had released the names of its top students, recognizing their Academic achievements and five local students made the Deans List. According to the OSU website, students must obtain a 3.75 Grade Pont Average or higher to make the lsy and results are posted every term. About 5,000 Oregon Ducks made the 2023 Fall term list, and total undergraduate enrollment was 19,707 students. Siuslaw graduates who made the list were Sophomore Isabell Ann Below, Freshman Malia Ann Dayanan, Freshman Ryan Ray Denning and Sophomore Hayden Riley Houlihan. Also making the list was Junior Emily B. Stevens of Mapleton. Lists are released each term and searchable spredsheets can be found on the OSU website.
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