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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015 ✮ VOL. 124, NO. 13 ✮ WWW.PORTORCHARDINDEPENDENT.COM ✮ 50¢
Two schools among state’s best life The time of your
Spring 2015
YOUR GUIDE TO MATURE LIVING, HEALTH, FINANCES AND LIFESTYLE
Burley-Glenwood, Olalla receive Washington Achievement Awards
Burley-Glenwood Elementary School principal Darek Grant visits with students earlier this schoolyear. Burley-Glenwood and Olalla Elementary made the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s list of Washington Achievement Awards recipients for 2014.
By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Senior Reporter
Administrators at BurleyGlenwood and Olalla Elementary schools say there is a simple reason behind their success: complete buyin. Both schools made the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s list of Washington Achievement Award recipients. There were 401 schools recognized throughout the state based on an index developed by the state Board of Education. Olalla principal Charlotte Flynn said selection is based on “three consecutive years of significant growth in core subjects,” which are reading and math. That progress is based on last year’s Measurements of Student Progress exam. Flynn and BurleyGlenwood principal Darek Grant both said selection
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was the result of a combined effort of staff, students, parents and volunteers. “It’s truly a sign that more and more kids are success-
ful,” Grant said. “That’s the bottom line.” Flynn, who is in her second year at Olalla, shared similar sentiments.
“You have a situation where everyone on board is helping kids do their best,” she said. “We have a philosophy, a vision, a mission here
SEE SCHOOLS, A3
SKFR levy would renew funding for six years; on April 28 ballot
Must pay back $14,000 in disability benefits
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue will ask voters April 28 to renew a property tax levy for emergency medical services for another six years. On Jan. 22, SKFR fire commissioners approved a resolution to place an EMS measure on the April 28 ballot. Also on the ballot: a similar measure from the Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue.
By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
A Port Orchard man who was caught on video racing BMX bikes while claiming he was too injured to work pleaded guilty to stealing more than $14,000 in disability benefits, according to the state Department of Labor & Industries. Tony T. Perry Sr., 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree theft, a gross misdemeanor, in Thurston County Superior Court in Tumwater on April 16.
SEE BMX, A5
Staff report
Ballots must be postmarked April 28, or depositied into a ballot drop-
box by 8 p.m. that day. See PortOrchardIndependent. com for Election Night results. The current levy, which expires Dec. 31, is 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation annually for South Kitsap property owners. The EMS levy covers for staffing paramedics and emergency medical technicians, equipSEE ELECTION, A3
Roller derby league at home in new rink By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
After a popular Port Orchard skating rink closed earlier this year, local roller derby teams were forced to find a new place to practice and host bouts.
They didn’t have to go to far — just across Sinclair Inlet. Haeley Nunley of Northwest Derby Company said her group moved to Skateland in Bremerton. Sk8town in Port Orchard
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that every child learns — no exceptions.” Based on being Title I schools, which are classified as those with at least 40 percent of students enrolled in free- and reduced-price lunch programs, Burley-Glenwood and Olalla both are provided with support staff. Julie Davidson is among four of those teachers at
Port Orchard BMX racer caught on camera admits defrauding state Judge Anne Hirsch sentenced Perry to 364 days in jail, but suspended all but 15 days if he obeys the law for two years. She is allowing him to serve the 15 days in electronic home monitoring, according to the state Attorney General’s office, which prosecuted the case. Hirsch also ordered Perry to repay L&I $14,422, the amount Perry received in workers’ compensation wage-replacement checks from January 2012 to August 2013 while misrepresenting his physical abilities, according to L&I. L&I reported that Perry paid the full amount on April 16. The money will
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closed Feb. 8, after tenants of the Bethel Recreation Center building were given eviction notices from a bank that took ownership in December. Nunley said when SEE ROLLER DERBY, A4
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