LA GRANDE â Students in the La Grande School District are heading back to in-person learning every day of the week.
Days will remain short through the school year, however, and students enrolled at La Grande Virtual Learning Academy can continue with online learning.
School district Superintendent George Mendoza announced in a virtual town hall meeting Thursday night, April 1, the move back to more regular classes starts Monday, April 12.
âK-12 is all in, weâre going, every day, for the rest of the school year,â he said.
That also means there is no school Friday, April 9. Mendoza explained staff need the time to prepare for the influx of students and to organize lesson plans, as well as to reconfigure classrooms and bring in furniture. Also, he said, the school needs to deal with the logistics of providing meals to more students.
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March 8, 1941 - October 23, 2020
Jim Thompson, of Cove, passed away October 23, 2020, at his home with his family near his favorite elk-viewing spot. Jim was 79. A family graveside service was held at the Cove Cemetery on October 30, 2020.
James Elbert (Jim) Thompson was the youngest of three children born to John Elbert Thompson and Mary Dickerson Thompson on March 8, 1941, in Butler, Missouri, on the family dairy farm. Jim moved westward with his family to the Parma, Idaho, area in 1945 and eventually, in 1950, to the Thompson farm near the Big Bend of the Snake River area not far from Adrian, Oregon. Growing up on the farm, Jim learned the value of hard work from his parents.
IMBLER â The question startled Imbler High School wrestling coach Doug Hislop.
Hislop was riding in a vehicle in late January when he received a cellphone call from Mike Mills, IHSâs principal and athletic director.
âAre you sitting down?â Mills asked.
The Imbler athletic director then delivered stunning news. Mills told Hislop the National Federation of High School Sports named him the National Coach of the Year for wrestling.
Hislop at first thought Mills was kidding.
âI was totally amazed. To think that there are so many great coaches out there and I was selected. I am honored,â Hislop said. âIt boggles my mind. . Some great coaches must have been overlooked.â