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Berrow School has received a generous donation from a local business in support of their outdoor classroom development.

Berrow School is a primary school educating children between the ages of 2-11 years. The school welcome site visits from potential parents. “The donations are a very welcome addition.

The barricades she is raising money for are sold by a company formed by educators in Iowa in response to school shootings.

The nearly $12 million renovation will mostly be covered by FEMA, with the state and local government pitching in a small portion of the funds.

The town’s graduating seniors paid a final visit to the wiped out buildings in May.Now, kids enrolled in the town’s elementary and junior high schools will start their next semester learning inside an old boot factory that’s about to get an overhaul.Renovations of the facility will come at a $11.7 million price tag. Courtesy Gretchen TurnerNext school year, the site of the old Acme Boot Company factory will serve as the temporary home for Waverly's elementary and junior high schools. Students have been attending classes outside of Waverly since the flood.The renovated boot factory will host kids much closer to their homes and safely outside of the floodplain.

Sen. Gelser Blouin has heard from parents around Oregon whose schools can't provide summer staff for their child with significant needs.

We just put tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars into education, and literally the doors are being shut in the face of these children,” she said. Gelser Blouin said she feared pulling grant money from summer programs could make parents upset at students with disabilities, but in the meeting, she called for the Department of Education to do something. The group submitted a similar complaint earlier this year against Klamath Falls City School District and named the Education Department. Schools are short staffed and doing the bare minimum with barely or underqualified staff and this cookie cutter approach does not work for all children in need of summer programming, in fact it excludes the kids who need these services the most.” “The legislative intent and grant agreement is that students experiencing disability are prioritized. In an email to the Capital Chronicle she wrote, “We barely survived the school year, so I don’t think I’ll poke the bear.” I don’t see how we can agree to fund a summer program for them if they’re not providing access for all kids.” This summer, he’ll get a month for an “extended school year” so he retains skills that can be lost with too much time away from classes, she said. Gelser Blouin, who had been hearing from parents of kids with disabilities about lost class time throughout the last few years due to Covid, thought this summer enrichment money would get those students back in classrooms to catch up on their education. That was a potential violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and someone tagged Gelser Blouin in the comments, suggesting she could help. But because of staffing shortages, the Lane Education Service District could only provide him with four days of instruction per week for most of the year, she said. And to the significant investment that the Legislature made?