Educational Progress/Operations and Technology Levies Replacement Levies in Graph Form

As noted last month, February 13th voters living within Columbia School District boundaries will be asked to consider two ballot replacement propositions for the Columbia School District—an Educational Programs and Operations (EPO) Levy (previously known as a Maintenance and Operations Levy) and a Technology Levy. The estimated rate of $3.30/$1000 for the EPO levy remains flat for the next four years; the technology levy rate goes from estimated $.47/$1000 to $.53/$1000 and then drops over the next four years to $.48/$1000. As opposed to describing these in words, I chose to show these visually in the graph that follows. This graph shows the combined levies and bonds since 2011 and through the next four years. (This chart includes the 20-year bond that largely went to modernize our high school and expired last month; it also includes the new and lower 5-year bond that will largely upgrade our elementary school.) Since 2011, the total estimated rates for the two levies plus the bonds moves lower by more than $200/$100,000 of assessed home property value. If you have questions or want more information about the new proposed replacement levies, our school board and I invite you to attend one of the 7:00pm levy information forums (Charbonneau Fire Station: Monday, January 8; Burbank Library: Tuesday, January 16; or Wallula Fire Station: Wednesday, January 17). You may also call a board member or the school district office at 509-547-2136. Thank you! Sincerely,

Lou Gates, Superintendent

Burbank Public Library News

The Friends of the Burbank Library wish to convey their thanks for the great community support received for their Annual Holiday Silent Auction and Raffle. Money raised goes to support programming for students at the library. Our Homework Zone program will resume on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon beginning on January 4. The homework assistance program is open to children grades 1 through 8 and runs from 3 PM to 4 PM. Our “Crazy 8 Math Club” will begin a new semester and run on Mondays beginning on January 22 and go through March 19. Look for information on our Facebook page and at the library to sign your child up for the new session of this Math Enrichment Program for children in grades 2-5 (fun with math, not math tutoring).

Are you or do you know a middle school or high

school student that loves Legos? Take it to the next

level and sign up for our EV3 Robotics Workshop,

combining Legos and the science of robotics in a fun

STEM environment. Friday, January 19, from 1:00 to

3:00 PM. Sign up by calling the library at 509-545-

6549.

Resolve to Raise a Reader: Beginning January 6, the

Burbank Library will be offering Saturday morning story

times at 10:30 AM. At Baby/Toddler story times, children

enjoy stories, movement, and rhyme to help get children

ready for preschool and kindergarten.

FFA NEWS

On December 1, RDO Equipment put on a customer appreciation dinner and event. Columbia-Burbank FFA was asked to come in and help out. RDO needed students to sell raffle tickets, talk up auction items, help serve dinner, and bus tables. For their efforts they were rewarded handsomely. Thanks to RDO's generosity and desire to support the future of agriculture, all of the money that was raised in the silent auction and raffle was donated to the Columbia-Burbank FFA. In one night RDO raised $1,128.00. Although this is the first time that the Columbia-Burbank FFA Chapter was invited to this event, this is not a new event for RDO Equipment. Each year they host this event they invite a different FFA chapter from the area to help out and be the benefactors of their colossal event. The Columbia-Burbank FFA would like to thank RDO for their generosity, investment in their community and the future of agriculture . We would like to encourage all readers and members of Burbank to support the businesses that supports our students, community and agriculture. Also, please join me in welcoming Chip Lembcke to Burbank as he has recently moved into our community.

Holly Cahow, FFA Advisor

FFA Advisor

FOOD DRIVE

The CHS Honor Society would like to

thank all community members, Columbia

School District staff and students who

helped make this year’s food drive a

success. We were able to put together 50

fabulous Christmas baskets with fresh and

nonperishable items. Thank you for your

support and generous donations. We

would also like to thank Walla Walla Fire

District 5, Kennewick Fire Department and

Pasco Fire Department for all of their help

delivering the baskets.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT Mrs. Hall’s history class and Mr. Marble’s media class teamed up to enter the C-Span Student Cam competition titled “The Constitution and You.” Students were asked to select a provision of the Constitution and prepare a 5-7 minute documentary explaining why it’s important to them. Students conducted interviews with community members and used C-Span video clips to complete this project. This collaborative project challenged students to think about issues of national significance while expressing their view point on the topic. The videos will be submitted by January 18, 2018 and the winners will announced in March. Good luck to all participants.

New Year, New Website Yes, the Columbia School District is revising our website. With new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) com-pliance guidelines coming into effect, the main goal of the redesign is to make the website accessible to all users while presenting a streamlined look and feel. January 17th is our switch over date to meet these new require-ments. The full website redesign will take about 12-14 weeks to complete. A temporary website will go live Janu-ary 18th while we work on the full website in the background. Basic district contact information, calendars, lunch menus, sports schedules and skyward access will still be available for the public as we work to convert all content to meet the ADA compliance guidelines. www.csd400.org will remain the school district website address and will not change.

Columbia School

District News

School Board Meeting

Regular Board Meeting

January 22, 2018

7:00 p.m.

Future Board Meeting Dates:

February 12, 2018 & February 26, 2018

For a complete list of agenda items, please visit the district website at

http://www.csd400.org/CSD/board.php

January 1, 2018 Volume 17/18 Issue 5

Columbia School District #400

755 Maple Street

Burbank, WA 99323

Administration (509) 547-2136

Elementary School (509) 547-9393

Middle School (509) 545-8571

High School (509) 545-8573

Transportation (509) 380-0145

www.csd400.org

Columbia School District does not discriminate in any

programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed,

religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military

status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identi-

ty, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or ser-

vice animal and provides equal access to the Boy

Scouts and other designated youth groups. Columbia

High School offers classes in many career and tech-

nical education program areas under its open admis-

sions policy. Lack of English language proficiency will

not be a barrier to admission and participation in ca-

reer and technical education programs. Inquiries re-

garding compliance procedures may be directed to the

school district's Title IX Officer, Joan Dove or Section

504/ADA Coordinator, Zachery Carpenter at Columbia

School District, Maple Street, Burbank WA 99323,

(509) 547-2136.

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CHILD SCREENING

Did you know that Columbia School District

offers free developmental screening for children

aged birth-five? If you are concerned about

your child’s development and would like to take

advantage of this service please contact

Chelsea Taylor, our Early Childhood

Interventionist at 509-547-2136.

BACK ALLEY BBQ DINNERS

Back Alley BBQ will be hosting dinner

at the January 6th and January 26th

home basketball games. Come out and

enjoy some delicious food and help

support Coyote Athletics!

Inclement Weather During inclement weather there are some areas that can be difficult for our school buses to navigate. Because of this, the Columbia School District may declare snow routes from time to time for Dodd Road, Iverson Road and Wallula bus routes. If you hear we are driving emergency snow routes you will need to have your students’ board and depart the bus at the Crazy Mary’s parking lot or at the Wallula Post office. Also, E. Humorist/Hilltop will board on Merry Lane.

Any time there is questionable weather please check our website scrolling banner at www.csd400.org for detailed information, or listen to KONA 610 AM or 105.3 FM or watch KNDU TV channel 25. Parents, staff and students wishing to receive Columbia School District weather closure/delay announcements via email, text message, or push notification can sign up by going to http://flashalert.net/id/ColumbiaSD.

Senior Class Coyote Apparel Fundraiser

The Senior class parent group would like to

thank the community for all of their continued sup-

port toward the Senior after-grad party. They are

getting closer to their fundraising goal which

brings them to their next set of fundraisers! They

are selling Coyote apparel at the website below as

well as hosting dinners at the Jan. 20th & Jan.

30th Home Varsity Basketball games. Check out

the website below and contact Mindy Rogers @

(509)539-6194 or mlrogers10@aol.com with any

questions.

http://xta509.com/cbh/shop/home

Free Preschool Opportunity

ESD 123's Early Childhood Education and As-

sistance Program (ECEAP) is a "whole child,"

comprehensive, family-focused preschool pro-

gram that provides FREE services and support to

eligible children and their families. The goal of

ECEAP is to help ensure all Washington children

enter kindergarten ready to succeed. We are cur-

rently accepting applications for our waiting list.

Please visit http://www.esd123.org/eceap or stop

by the elementary school office for an application.

HELP WANTED

Columbia School District is currently accepting applications for substitute FOOD SERVICE WORKERS and substitute BUS DRIVERS. If you are interested, please visit our employment web-site at https://csd400.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx or call 509-547-2136 with any questions.