A bunch of munchers
What do you get when you put six second-grade girls in a limo and take them to pizza? Giggles. Big time. Shianne Meyer treated her second-grade friends at Madison Elementary School to a pizza party Tuesday. Not only did she win the lunch prize, but J...
 0.8K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 132.0 Hiring a little-people person
COOS BAY Ashland s loss was Coos Bay s gain, when Christine McCollom accepted the principal job at Bunker Hill Elementary School. At least that s how superintendent Bob De La Vergne sees it. She has an extensive background and experience, and she s...
2.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 132.0 Hiring a little-people person
COOS BAY Ashland s loss was Coos Bay s gain, when Christine McCollom accepted the principal job at Bunker Hill Elementary School. At least that s how superintendent Bob De La Vergne sees it. She has an extensive background and experience, and she s...
2.8K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 132.0 Obama: 'Develop your talent'
WASHINGTON Take responsibility for your education. Go to class and listen. Don t let failures define you. That s the advice President Barack Obama gave schoolchildren today in a speech that drew fire even before he delivered it. We need every singl...
3.4K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 132.0 Coos schools lag behind state
Most Coos County school districts fell below state averages this year for the number of students meeting Oregon s performance standards. The 2008-09 assessment test results, released Monday, show the majority of students in Coos County districts met ...
4.2K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 188.0 No plans to finish MHS grandstand
Question: I would like to know approximately what the cost would be to finish the south grandstand at Marshfield High School. Are there any plans to raise funds for this project? Answer: There is no current cost figure for completing the south grands...
1.4K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 132.0 CB teachers union to meet with district
The Coos Bay School District and its teachers union will resume bargaining discussions Monday. The meeting is scheduled to start at 2 p.m., with formal negotiations beginning at 3, said Superintendent Bob De La Vergne. The two sides will gather at Mi...
0.4K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 132.0 CB school board has new negotiating team
The Coos Bay School District is going back to the negotiating table with its teachers next week, though its team will be slightly different. Former school board members Kathy Murray and Don Blom ended their tenures on the school board last month. The...
0.8K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 132.0 Clinical possibilities
COOS BAY Coos Bay school officials hope they can get a new health clinic at Marshfield High School with the help of a local nonprofit group and federal stimulus funds. The district s school board agreed to a lease Tuesday with Waterfall Community H...
4.1K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 132.0 Talks lag with union
The Coos Bay School District is going down to the wire with its teachers union over a new contract. The two sides haven't met since June 2, and they won't get back together until July 20, after the existing contract expires. Salaries have been a key ...
3.2K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 132.0 Coos Bay schools postpone new budget
COOS BAY - Coos Bay school officials have postponed approving a 2009-10 budget to reconsider cuts to extracurricular programs. The delay was prompted in part by the yearbook, forensics and newspaper advisors defending their programs as well as the dr...
4.9K - May. 28, 2009; scored 230.0 Coos Bay tries to protect its core classes
Superintendent Bob De La Vergne plans to present a budget for Coos Bay schools Wednesday that will cut into academic programs as well as electives and sports. De La Vergne said it's possible more cuts will be needed, though the latest news out of Sal...
4.6K - May. 19, 2009; scored 884.0 Top-heavy schools?
Powers School District, like its neighbors, has made some tough decisions this spring. It's cut its athletic budget. It may need to look for less expensive ways to provide school lunches. But perhaps the hardest decision for Superintendent Matt Shorb...
9.4K - May. 18, 2009; scored 296.0 Top-heavy schools?
Powers School District, like its neighbors, has made some tough decisions this spring. It's cut its athletic budget. It may need to look for less expensive ways to provide school lunches. But perhaps the hardest decision for Superintendent Matt Shorb...
9.1K - May. 16, 2009; scored 296.0 District, teachers deadlock
COOS BAY - Even with a new bargaining format, Coos Bay school officials remain at odds with the district's teachers over a contract for next school year. Leaders from the teachers union met with school board members and administrators in an open meet...
4.5K - May. 13, 2009; scored 188.0 Coos Bay freezes classified school union wages
The Coos Bay School District has reached an agreement with its classified workers to freeze their salaries for the next two years. Business manager Rod Danielson said the district has agreed to increase its contributions to worker s insurance plans a...
0.8K - May. 12, 2009; scored 132.0 North Bend laments losses
NORTH BEND - Elementary school nurse Carrie Bohanan laments that only one nurse will oversee North Bend's schools next year. She's one of many employees whose job is on the chopping block to help the district adapt to a $3 million reduction...
5.7K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 230.0 Cut this, but don't cut that
COOS BAY - A retired school superintendent called on the Coos Bay School District to cut its middle school sports program. A quartet of high school juniors urged school officials to save language and advanced placement courses. But school officials w...
2.5K - Apr. 24, 2009; scored 188.0 Solving the shortfalls
COOS BAY - James Moore has a sense for what the Coos Bay School District is going through. A lumber mill worker with Georgia-Pacific, Moore has seen companies shutter their operations over the years, leaving employees uncertain about their futures. T...
4.0K - Apr. 22, 2009; scored 251.0 Coos Bay schools: What gets the ax?
The Coos Bay School District is hosting the first of two community meetings tonight to solicit comments on how to deal with a projected $4 million budget shortfall for next school year. Superintendent Bob De La Vergne will present his ideas,...
1.7K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 230.0 | 
