News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Faced with the prospect of heavy fund-raising to keep programs going, the Sisters School Board in its May 13 meeting formed a fund-raising steering committee to oversee all fund-raising activities and to set guidelines for how groups and activities should raise money.
The committee's job will be to act as a clearing house for school groups who want to raise funds. The committee will process applications for fund-raising activities to make sure they offer mutual benefit to the Sisters community and do not conflict with the needs of merchants.
The committee will coordinate fund-raisers so they do not conflict with each other and spearhead major fund-raising campaigns.
Funds raised by individual programs or groups will go solely to the programs who raised the money and donations can be earmarked for specific programs or activities. Funds that are not dedicated to specific programs or activities will be allocated administratively, subject to board approval.
A group of parents and teachers formed the idea for the committee. Pat Lamoureux, who introduced the proposal, said that one of its main goals was to "stop the constant solicitation of Sisters merchants."
According to Lamoureux, under steering committee direction, Sisters merchants could contribute once or twice a year rather than being tapped every time an activity or program needs money. Year-round fund-raising would be strictly on a "value added" basis using car washes, bake sales, performances and the like.
In other business, the board accepted the resignation of three middle/high school teachers.
Principal Dennis Dempsey reported that band/choral director Dennis Lindahl is resigning to return to North Bend, Special Education instructor Kirsten Kroner is going to China and Spanish instructor Marty Evarts is going to Alaska.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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