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OSU-CASCADES CAMPUS
• Group can turn to state Supreme Court, but case is likely over By Tyler Leeds
down a challenge filed by
on Bend’s west side.
The Bulletin
Truth in Site, an organization
of neighbors attempting to
The ruling is likely the end of a legal saga that began
ruled in favor of OSU-Cas›
block the development of the
in early 2014, when Truth in
cades Wednesday, striking
university’s 10-acre campus
Site formed over fears about
The state Court of Appeals
the impact students would have on traffic and nearby neighborhoods. The organi› zation hired a Portland-based land use attorney to fight the development, arguing OSU-Cascades should be re›
quired to submit a long-range plan covering the 10-acre site it owns and an adjacent
46-acre property it might purchase as part of a later
expansion. SeeAppeal/A4
• All cases must now be reviewed
GOP DEBATE
Focus pulls away from Trump,back to the issues By Dan Balz The Washington Post
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.
Something unusual happened here Wednesday when the Republican pres› idential
ANALYSIS candidates met for
By Claire Withycombe The Bulletin
An analyst at the Oregon State Police Forensic Lab› oratory in Bend is being investigated on allegations of tampering with evi› dence, possibly calling into question 502 Deschutes County criminal cases,
Central Oregon students score inthe middle ofthepack The 2015 results of the Smarter Balanced test show that more than half the students in Central Oregon met the state standard for language arts with the exception of Jefferson County schools, where only 30 percent met the standard. Students fared significantly worse on themath portions of the test, with only Bend-La Pine, Sisters andCulver schools recording more than 40percent of students meeting the state standard; only 17 percent of Jefferson County students met the standard. Black Butte school was astatistical outlier because the district has fewer than 30 students. STUDENTS WHO MET OREXCEEDED LANGUAGE ARTS STUD E NTS WHO MET EXCEEDED OR MATH STANDARDS ON
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Fiorina over who was the better business executive.
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The 2015 results of the Smarter Balanced test show that students in Oregontend to improve their languagearts abilities over time. But math scores reveal that students are struggling to master more advancedmath asthey progress through school. STATEWIDE LANGUAGE ARTSRESULTS BY GRADE LEVEL S T ATEWIDE MATH RESULTS BY GRADE LEVEL H Standard exceeded H S tandard met H Standard exceeded H S tandard met H Standard nearly met H Standard not met H Standard nearly met ~ Standard not met
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Balanced test, administered Change is hard. Even more statewide for the first time
cases, it appeared that the analyst handled primarily drug cases. Each of those cases will will be retested, defense counsel will be notified,
Source: Oregon Department of Education
By Abby Spegman
the 502 Deschutes County
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of kids met," said Michael
so when it comes to standard› this spring. The new test the state adopted in 2010. "When we look at our test ized tests. aligns with the rigorous Com› The Oregon Department mon Core standards in En› scores and say ’X number of of Education today released glish language arts and math kids met (the new standards),’
McIntosh, superintendent of Redmond School District.
"Really what does this mean? That remains a mystery." See Results /A5
moving forward, Hummel sard. The analyst, who has worked at the lab since
2012, also analyzed cases from other counties. The district attorney
said that while he could file charges in Deschutes County, he will have a meeting with an official from the U.S. Department
of Justice next week to dis› cuss the investigation. Reporter: 541-383-0376, cwithycombe@bendbulletirLcom
Young migrants makeperiloustrek to Europe alone By Laura King Los Angeles Times
BERLIN
They stand out,
if one looks closely, amid the massive human wave washing its way from the shores of the
Aegean to the foot of the Ba› varian Alps. Here is a solemn-faced,
solitary boy gazing about a jam-packed train station with preternatural wariness and
calm. There, a little girl whose hair has not been brushed or combed for days. Just beyond, a group of teens dustered around the GPS on someone’ s smartphone, intently debating
travel strategy all with no adult in sight. In the parlance of aid groups and governments, they are "unaccompanied minors," chil› dren under 18 who are making the perilous thousand-mile trek across half of Europe without a parent present›
sometimes by accident, some›
presence of young refugees
times by deliberate choice,
separatedfrom theirparents
sometimes by a wrenching calculus of long-term gain for the family as a whole. While most very young children traveling without
among the masses seeking haven in Europe is reminiscent
their parents are with a guard›
States.
ian figure of some kind, the
of the flood of mostly Central American children traveling
by themselves to the United
See Migrants /A6