Bend-La Pine School Board
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Managing public concerns and more with leadership in Bend-La Pine Schools
by The Source Staff

School boards across the country have faced increasingly hostile public input this year over the purported inclusion of Critical Race Theory in K-12 schools, indoor masking and a host of other topics—and the school board in Bend and La Pine has definitely seen more than its usual share of this type of input. In this […]

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New Faces Coming to Local Boards

After the May Special Election, Bend-La Pine School Board will have four new members—all women. Other boards also welcome new peeps.
Chris Miller

Across Central Oregon the voters have spoken—and they’ve mostly spoken for change. The Bend-La Pine School Board will welcome four new members—and will seat a new chair after pastor Shimiko Montgomery defeated incumbent and board chair Andy High. Other new board members—all women—include Caroline Skidmore, Amy Tatom and Melissa Barnes Dholakia. “It’s humbling to follow […]

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Editor’s Note

Avatar photo Angela Switzer

These days it’s pretty busy in Bend. We still rank in the top 10 fastest growing cities in the nation. With that in mind, you may be a brand-new family to Central Oregon, having just settled in to your new environment. Welcome! With school out (almost), there is ample time to get acquainted. Reading Bend […]

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Things I’ve Learned

A Peek into the Life of Carrie Douglass
The Source Staff

Carrie has been a teacher, school & district leader, education philanthropist and national non-profit executive. She is currently opening The Haven, a coworking space and social hub “by women, for everyone.” Carrie was elected to the Bend-La Pine School Board in 2017 and is also the President of the Cascade Relays Foundation and the co-Event […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Carbon Initiatives Those who advocate the New Green Deal and other carbon reduction initiatives, such as that contemplated by the Oregon Legislature, “will bring climate change under control.” They also assert that a carbon tax or other ‘assessment’ would save the planet by 2030 and not hurt the less affluent. While such sentiment is politically […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Pay Checks, in Response to “Wolves Facing Extinction—Again” on 4/24 I would like to challenge you to ask Susan Prince and Nicole Vulcan if they are willing to give their pay checks to the ranchers who have lost livestock to wolves who have trespassed on private property?? Wolves should be controlled just like any other […]

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Vote Caroline Skidmore for Administrative School District No. 1, Director, Zone 1 (Bend-La Pine School Board)

The Source Staff

Like the race for the Zone 6 At Large position, the Zone 1 race for the Bend-La Pine School Board has three capable candidates who would all be strong advocates for schools, students, teachers and administrators in the district. Chet Liew is an IT professional working for TDS Communications, running on a platform of promoting […]

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Richard Asadoorian for Administrative School District No. 1, Zone 6 At Large (Bend-La Pine School Board)

The Source Editorial Board

Whatever the outcome of this race, voters can rest assured that whoever wins, they’ll have a qualified, experienced educator taking the reins. Each of the three candidates is a former educator with extensive experience working in schools. Dr. Michael Way spent 33 years teaching math and computers at the secondary level, as well as teaching […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Mt. Bachelor’s Management We have been visiting Mt. Bachelor for decades now and we’re no longer going to do so. They have a list of failures that a ski area of this size shouldn’t have. Today, February 25, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Only Skyliner, Sunrise, Sunshine Accelerator and Cloudchaser are open. […]

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A New Representative for Bend

Cheri Helt sits down with the Source as she begins her first term in the Oregon House
Judy Stiegler

The pomp and circumstance of the 80th Oregon Legislature began Monday with both the Senate and the House convening to swear in members-elect for each chamber, and then convening a joint session for the inauguration of Gov. Kate Brown. Central Oregon has two new legislators in the Oregon House beginning this legislative session. Cheri Helt, […]

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