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Newberg-Dundee schools face monumental budget shortfall
PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Newberg-Dundee Public Schools are in dire financial straits. The question on the minds of administrators and school patrons alike is, how did we get here? Over the past several weeks the school board, in concert with its budget committee, has repeatedly gathered to answer that question and plot a course […]
Pacific to pay over $430k in former professor's suit, found not liable for discrimination, defamation
Pacific University is on the hook for a $436,000 verdict — the latest development in the Forest Grove institution's ongoing legal battles. On Thursday, May 16, a jury found Pacific liable for inflicting emotional distress in the case of Richard Paxton, a now-deceased professor who claimed he was illegally ousted from his position. The school, however, was not found liable for employment discrimination or defamation, which the lawsuit also alleged. ...
Three NHS seniors earn coveted spots at military academies
It’s difficult to get admitted into a United States military academy, an educational institution that prepares soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines to become commissioned officers. For a sense of how hard it is, consider this: U.S. News and World Reports magazine estimates the acceptance rate for the Naval Academy at 11%, the same as the exclusive University of California at Berkley, and the Air Force Academy at 13%, the same as Notre Dame University. ...
NHS valedictorians and salutatorian chosen from ’24 graduating class
The long nights studying, pressure-filled test days and participating in extracurricular activities have paid off for a select group of soon-to-be graduates of Newberg High School. The cadre of seven valedictorians and one salutatorian is one of the smallest in recent memory at the school. That comes, according to Athletic Director Mark Brown, due to the school’s unusually small graduating class this year. Regardless, the group will join roughly 250...
Forest Grove's Harvey Clarke Elementary to welcome new principal
A new principal is stepping into office at Harvey Clarke Elementary School. The Forest Grove School District announced that Laura Christensen will take the reins at the local elementary school in a release on Tuesday, May 28. Christensen will fill the vacancy left by Troy Fisher, who announced plans to become the superintendent of the St. Paul School District next year. With years of education experience, Christensen brings a background...
New horizons: Woodburn, Linfield, Mexico & beyond
As the final few days of May 2024 ticked off the calendar, Iván Galicia-Sixto was exhausted. A pandemic-era 2020 Woodburn High School graduate, by spring of 2024 Iván had just finished up his double major – secondary education and Spanish – at Linfield University. He also just finished his duties as a student teacher at McMinnville High School, and he just barely had any time to reflect on all his plaudits of the past four years as a Ford Family Foundation Scholar, Dell Scholar, LULA...
A mindset of possibility: Resonance Ensemble and the student composers of Linfield University
“Four weeks ago I hated my piece and wrote another one in a frenzy,” said Linfield University composition student David Stephens in a May 1st telephone interview with OAW. “Then I came back to it.” And he’s glad that he did. David’s piece — Grow As...
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