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Page A—2 Shelton-Mason Journal Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020
Superintendents Will talk about reOpening
By seas; Weeks
gordon @masoncounty. com
The superintendents of the seven
Mason County school districts will
meet Friday to discuss forming a
plan to safely reopen schools when
the pandemic allows it.
Shelton School Superintendent
Alex Apostle made that announce—
ment Tuesday evening at the Shelton
School Board’s regular meeting. Dr.
David Stein, Mason County’s health
officer, will also attend the meeting,
Apostle said.
The seven school districts all start-
ed the school year this month with
students learning online from home.
“I know everyone is anxious to
bring our students back to school -
parents, teachers, administrators,
myself, the school board, the entire
community wants to see our students
back in school, face to face, but it is
very important that we maintain the
safety and security of our staff, our
parents,” he said.
Apostle said it was his recom—
mendation that the seven superin-
tendents gather to begin developing
a “comprehensive and consistent”
reopening plan, that will include
“closely monitoring the COVID pan-
demic in our planning.”
Apostle said he will meet with
union leaders and the staff at each
school beginning next week to hear
what staff needs to make reopening
happen.
“The end goal needs to be that
when we bring our kids back to
school, we need it to be in a very
harmonious manner, and productive
manner,” he said.
Board meetings and community
forums will give everyone the op-
portunity to share their thoughts, he
said.
Shelton School District superintendent Alex Apostle, right, stands with
district and Shelton High School administ-
ration during a 2019 graduation ceremony at St. Martin’s University in
Lacey. Apostle announced Tuesday he will
retire at the end of the school year. Journal file photo by Gordon Weeks
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parade and luminaria Saturday in
downtown Shelton.
Everyone is invited to add their
car, truck, vintage automobile, fire
truck, police car and emergency
vehicles to the parade, with par-
ticipants gathering in front of the
Mason County Courthouse at 11:30
a.m. The parade will begin at noon
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and wind through town for 30 to 45
minutes.
Organizers plan to host a walk—
through or drive—by luminaria
celebration around the courthouse
after the parade. Attendees can buy
a luminaria bag in the memory of
friends and family members who
have died from cancer, or are surviv-
ing the disease.
Board member Keri Davidson
said her two daughters, who attend
Olympic Middle School and Oak-
land Bay Junior High School, are
receiving “excellent” instruction.
Neely said the district is working
to make the instruction moré con-
sistent. Teachers are required to be
on—camera while giving lessons, but
the students do not have to have
their faces on the screen, she said.
Kathryn Ward, director of the
district’s food service program, re-
ported meals are being distributed
by two buses and between 10:30
a.m. and 12:30 pm. at Shelton
High School, and Evergreen and
Bordeaux elementary schools. On
the first day of school, the district
distributed 2,18 meals, and now av-
erage about 500 meals a day, she
said.
Brenda Trogstad, the district’s
finance director, said 4,216 stu-
dents are enrolled, 91 more than
the 4,125 projected. That means the
district will get about $7,000 more
from the state for each student.
“I’m happy to be above budget,”
she said. ’
Apostle said Shelton is one of
the few districts in the state with
enrollment above prgjections, with
year with hundreds of fewer stu-
dents. “was
On May 30, a handful of members
of the Shelton Relay for Life team
made what turned out to be a trial
run as Central Mason Fire,& EMT
led a small car parade around town.
People who want to participate
can call Vickie at 360—229-1442 or
Kaila at 360-490-9900.
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