The deadline to apply for the position of Ashland School District superintendent is coming up Thursday, Dec. 28. The search for a new superintendent is guided by the next superintendent criteria posted on the district website. The criteria were developed using comprehensive feedback gathered through 17 focus groups, leadership interviews, and an online community survey.
The Ashland School District middle school choir will sing “Hej Sokoly” in Ukrainian at the “Minka’s Sleigh Ride Benefit Concert” starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the gym at Ashland Middle School, 100 Walker Ave.
The Ashland School District is looking for three volunteers to serve on its Budget Committee. The committee, made up of all five school board members and five community members at large, meets two to three times each spring to review and recommend the annual budget for the next school year.
Ashland High School went into lockdown Tuesday afternoon over what initially appeared to be a potential threat but is now considered to be a hoax or prank. “Out of an abundance of caution, we went into secure (status) for about a half an hour yesterday,” said Ashland School District Superintendent Samuel Bogdanove.
“She Kills Monsters” opens a four-show run Thursday at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre with a new theater teacher at the helm. The school’s fall production involves mystery, imagination, adventure and several technical elements, said new theater teacher Shaun Hennessy.
Finalization of criteria for its next superintendent is up for discussion at a special meeting of the Ashland School District Board of Directors starting at 5 p.m. today at 320 Beach St., Ashland, and via Zoom, the district announced Monday afternoon. A draft of the Next Superintendent Criteria is available for community and public review, and the district says it welcomes feedback from the community.
Students at Ashland High School are fundraising to register for robotics team competitions in 2024, with specific plans to raise a total of $15,000 – enough funds to ensure they can compete next spring. The student-led robotics club, known as FIRST Team 3024 and also as “My Favorite Team,” has already raised $7,200 of its overall goal. The group is looking to reach its full goal by Jan. 1.
Nonprofit news: The Rotary Club of Ashland is pleased to announce our students of the month for September and October, James Dyson and Simone Starbird.
The Ashland School District Board of Directors has started its search for a new superintendent for Ashland School District, with the goal of hiring a new superintendent by July 1, 2024, and chosen a recruitment firm to help with the selection process.
The 15th annual Monster Dash Run for Education attracted hundreds of runners to Lithia Park on Saturday, in spite of chilly conditions. This year’s run, produced again in collaboration with the Ashland Kiwanis Club, is expected to raise more than $40,000 for Ashland schools.
Dozens of area residents ushered in a spirited first night of Hanukkah on Thursday, gathering on the Ashland Plaza late Thursday afternoon to light the first flames on the menorah.
Charles “Al” Huth: We can expand our potential to build true knowledge by altering what we spend time focusing on in our daily lives. In short, search for the Truth.
Herbert Rothschild: Apparently, Kissinger insisted on recording practically every word he said. His aides later commented that he needed to keep track of which lie he told to whom.
On a 4-2 vote, the Ashland City Council on Tuesday approved the first of two required readings of an ordinance to control time, place and manner of camping in Ashland. The ordinance will control occupation of public spaces and enforce behavior, rather than status, and does not seek to punish those who are homeless, the acting city attorney told the council.
Andrew Gast, general manager of the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, had hoped that this Saturday would be opening day for skiing this season, but he admitted defeat on Thursday, despite the latest snowstorm. Things are now day to day, while he, a couple hundred employees and untold numbers of skiers wait for more snow.
Oregonians who packed a legislative hearing on the state’s addiction crisis and flooded the Legislature with passionate testimony this week have vastly different viewpoints, but on one thing they agree: The status quo is not working. Some want to repeal Measure 110, the state’s voter-approved drug decriminalization law. Others say it needs to be tweaked.
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