Coquille delivers alternative studies
COQUILLE It s high school minus the drama, plus a personal program designed for each student. Its actually a place where students can just learn, said Alternative Youth Activities teacher Karen Castner. Once their walls are down students can lea...
 3.5K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 630.0 Ex-Hawaiians buy school
COQUILLE - For decades the Jefferson School building in Coquille was a spot to educate kids, but it could be homes in the future. The Coquille School District has sold the Jefferson Elementary School property to Kale and Sun Galanto of Hawaii, who re...
2.2K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 807.0 Who are we as Americans?
President Obama, in his May 21 speech at the National Archives Museum in Washington said that we can defeat Al Qaeda ...if we stay true to who we are ... anchored in our timeless ideals. A much more somber note, however, was in a warning by retirin...
4.0K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 561.0 Shrinkage creates quandary for Coquille
COQUILLE - The school district in Coquille is experiencing shrinking pains. It's not small enough to close one of its three schools, nor is it big enough to keep them all running much longer. Deciding how best to spread students and administrative of...
3.9K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 1000.0 Beth Cunningham van der Laan
At her request, there will be no services for Beth Cunningham van der Laan, 88, of Coquille. Beth was born Oct. 2, 1920, in Amsterdam, Holland, to Kornelius and Adriana (Sprangers) Kuiper. She died May 4, 2009, in Coquille. Beth grew up in The Nether...
2.3K - May. 8, 2009; scored 339.0 Myrtle Point seeks temp and permanent superintendents
The Myrtle Point School District is looking for two superintendents at the same time. School Board member Jane Snyder, who will oversee the search, said the district will be advertising for an interim superintendent and a permanent superintendent sim...
2.3K - Apr. 22, 2009; scored 600.0 District wants input on four-day school week
The Coquille School District wants to know what parents think about a four-day school week. District officials are looking into the four-day format as a possible way to save money next year. A meeting on the topic will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, at...
0.8K - Apr. 22, 2009; scored 517.0 Myrtle Point schools chief leaving
Myrtle Point schools' Superintendent Kent Klewitz is moving to another school district. The Myrtle Point School Board accepted Klewitz's resignation this week. His last day will be June 30. Klewitz has worked in the district for four years, one as th...
1.2K - Apr. 15, 2009; scored 541.0 District eyes fate of Coquille school
COQUILLE - Coquille School District leaders are moving forward with selling one former school, but put the brakes on tearing down another Monday night. District board members approved allowing Business Manager Eileen Harrington to find a lawyer to wr...
1.4K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 650.0 Coquille schools cut a principal
COQUILLE - Incoming third-graders will walk onto a new campus and Coquille schools will have one less principal starting in September. Coquille School Board members voted Monday to move third-grade classes from Lincoln Elementary School to Coquille V...
3.2K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 980.0 Coquille students and parents differ on four-day school week
COQUILLE - Some parents say they wouldn't object to a four-day week in Coquille schools as the district searches for cost-cutting options. But not everybody is fond of the idea. Beth Heatongrindel, a mother of two middle school students, said consoli...
3.9K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 709.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay Feb. 19, 7:43 a.m., a man was seen trying to get into The Bachelor s Inn, 63721 Edward Road. Feb. 19, 8:22 a.m., several vehicles were broken into in the...
3.9K - Feb. 20, 2009; scored 487.0 Coquille works to sell school
The Coquille School District is hammering out a deal to sell the former Jefferson School. Details of the potential sale are unclear, but District Business Manager Eileen Harrington said the tentative buyer intends to design a community-centered housi...
2.8K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 778.0 | 
