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IMBLER — Drawn by family ties, Imbler School District Superintendent Angie Lakey-Campbell is set to take a position as the leader of the Hansen School District near Twin Falls, Idaho.
IMBLER â A member of the Imbler School Board charged on Tuesday, June 1, the board had not been transparent while conducting its search for a successor to Superintendent Angie Lakey-Campbell, who is leaving to take a position leading the Hansen School School District near Twin Falls, Idaho.
Board member Dan McDonald made this charge prior to the board voting 4-1 to name Doug Hislop interim superintendent. Hislop, who served as Imblerâs superintendent from 2004 to 2014 before retiring, will serve as interim superintendent in 2021-22 beginning July 1.
McDonald voted against naming Hislop as superintendent because he said the selection process was not open enough. In a letter he read at the June 1 school board meeting before its vote, McDonald said he has great respect for all members of the school board but in his opinion the hiring process lacked transparency.
UNION COUNTY â Union County voters approved a levy to control weeds and elected several new members to school boards.
Turnout in the county stands at 24.8% for the Tuesday, May 18, special elections, a return of 4,708 out of a total of 18,959 ballots, according to the unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State. That s is in line with the turnout statewide, which was a little better than 24.6%.Â
The Observer will update this as results become available.Â
Fisher wins, Beck lead in race for Imbler School Board
IMBLER â Joseph Joe Fisher is taking a seat on the Imbler School Board, and and Jason Beck is in the lead to join him. Both races tightened as the night wore on.
LA GRANDE â Music teacher Carla Arnold is Central Elementary Schoolâs go-to person for many technology questions related to distance education.
The educator, who helps put on workshops on distance education technology, delights in fielding queries about the subject, just as she does teaching students online.
Make no mistake, Arnold would prefer to instruct students in person, but when she has to do it virtually, she embraces the task with a zeal befitting her glass-is-always-half-full perspective.
âThere are so many options for doing things (with distance education),â she said.
Arnold puts these options to the test each school day afternoon during meetings of the La Grande School Districtâs La Grande Fiddle Club, which is run in conjunction with the Grande Ronde Symphony. The clubâs members meet online to play the violin, cello, bass and other related instruments under the guidance of Arnold, Grande Ronde Symphony members Denise Hattan and Kathy Thim