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Questionable pasts raise concerns, cause removals The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees has removed Lowell Taylor, of Oregon, Ill., and Robert Lewandowski, of St. Ignatius, Mont., from consideration for the Superintendent position. CCSD#2 chairman Diana Berger said that board members “discovered some stuff” last week pertaining to two of the finalists. The board plans to find two qualified candidates to replace the two removed finalists. Board mem...
Editor: I understand that there are 3 finalists vying for the Carbon County 2 school district (CC2) superintendent position. I would like to suggest four questions for these individuals. Their answers will shed light on important beliefs and convictions they hold concerning the education of our children. Questions are as follows: 1. I would like each candidate to respond to the following quote from the website of Wyoming Citizens Opposing Common Core: “ Student learning is complex and impacted by many factors which i...
Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech and Debate Team members will show their gift of gab at the 2014 Wyoming High School State Speech and Debate Tournament. Taking place at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs Thursday through Saturday, teams from all over the state will converge to showcase their skills and practice. Saratoga’s individuals will enter events ranging from oratory, drama, humor, duet, Lincoln-Douglas debate and Congress. “Teams from all over the state will converge for three days to sho...
After our editorial was published in the Feb. 26, 2014 Saratoga Sun on the superintendent search, Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees Chairman, Diana Berger, called the Sun to clarify that Carbon County School District No. 2 does not have to pay the Wyoming School Board Association any money if the search does not lead to finding a qualified candidate. We are still pleased that the parents did research and contacted the Saratoga Sun with their findings. It is comforting to know that if a suitable candidate...
One candidate withdraws, one candidate resigns current position, local administrator added to prospectives The Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees have selected two new finalists for the superintendent positions. The new finalists were selected after Lowell Taylor and Bob Lewandowski were removed as finalists when questions about their pasts arose. Board Chairman Diana Berger said that the process remained the same for the selection of the new finalists — u...
Within days of deciding on three final candidates for the Superintendent of Carbon County School District No. 2, the list had dwindled to one. Even though parents were not involved in the selection process, they took it upon themselves to research the candidates listed on the CCSD#2 website. That research led to parents contacting the Saratoga Sun about a candidate who was the subject of a newspaper story for questionable ethics in handling of funds. The history of one candidate led us to research the other prospective...
Carbon County School District No. 2 worked with Carbon County School District No. 1 to host the Rawlins Outlaw Classic Speech and Debate Invitational at Rawlins High School Friday and Saturday. Approximately 185 speakers in 265 entries competed, varying from 1A 2A, 3A and 4A sized teams. Areas spanning Jackson, Green River, Rock Springs, Riverton, Casper, Douglas, Star Valley, Cheyenne and Greybull were represented. In preparation for the hosting of an upcoming novice meet in...
There was a new face on the board of trustees for Carbon County School District No. 2. At the Feb. 19 meeting, Jimmy Hinkle, of Saratoga, was voted in as a board member by the CCSD#2 board. The board said they received three letters of interest after former CCSD#2 school board chairman Greg Bartlett resigned. The Saratoga Sun made several attempts to contact Bartlett about his resignation. Hinkle said that he has no hidden agenda as a member of the board. “I’m just here to...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech and Debate Team are co-hosting the Rawlins Outlaw Speech Meet Classic on Feb. 21 and 22 at Rawlins High School. The Saratoga speech members are seeking volunteers to judge at the meet. About 100 judges are needed to judge in poetry, duet, extemporaneous speaking, congress, debate, drama, humor and oratory. Contact Saratoga Middle High School at 307-326-5246 to sign up to judge an event....
Students from all over eastern Carbon County proved their scientific knowledge at last week’s Carbon County School District No. 2 Science Fair. Young scientists in grades fourth through seventh came from Saratoga, Encampment, Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow Elementary Schools, to display and explain their projects at the Hanna Recreation Center Feb. 5. The panel of judges included district administrators, teachers, parents and other adults interested in what Carbon C...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team returned from last weekend’s speech meet with feathers in the cap. Head coach Brenda Ostendorf said she was proud of her team as they beat two 4A schools at the meet in Evanston. Ostendorf said the Evanston meet did not classify 1A/2A schools. “They had big schools and small schools, and the small schools were much bigger than ours.” Although the team did not return with a trophy they did return with some high compliments from the judges. Lydia Smith in Extemporaneous speec...
Offering insight on school emergency operations plans (EOP), Wyoming Homeland Security will present a two-day multi-hazard training program for school officials in the Platte Valley. According to Russell Clark, trainer/coordinator for the Wyoming Homeland Security Training Program, the free course at the Platte Valley Community Center will provide schools with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to refine or develop an all-hazards school EOP, and identify how to train and exercise the plan. The course, hosted by Carbon...
Windy weather forced one of the lights poles to the ground at Saratoga High School's track and football field Jan. 14. The pole was detached from its base, and the six light light reflectors were bent and the lights were smashed into little pieces. Damage to the track included a puncture hole and rip. The pole's concrete base was still intact. Josh Sandlian, Carbon County School District No. 2 Instructional Facilitator, teacher and coach, said he was notified Tuesday morning...
Snow and snow-covered roads prohibited the Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team from traveling to Worland for competition Friday. Results from the Jan. 3 and 4 competition were reported. Head coach Brenda Ostendorf reported that Becca Treat placed fourth in poetry at the Jan. 3-4 competition. Treat and Kaylyn Wessel placed third in duet, with Wessel earning a third place nod in poetry. Nina Ford competed in the Lincoln-Douglas debate and earned fourth place. Aleck Freeman enter the semi-finals in drama. “The exciti...
Janssen awarded lifetime achievement award for his work in spine surgery Dr. Mike Janssen, owner of Saratoga Resort and Spa, was awarded the Life-time Achievement Award in Spine Surgery for the world by AOSpine in November. Janssen said he had mixed feelings about the award. At first he was excited, but then he said he was sad, realizing life-time achievement awards sometimes indicate someone is at the end of their life or after they have passed on. "Most people are...
George Robert Aydelott, 90, formerly of Rawlins, died Jan. 1, 2014, at Life Care Center of Cheyenne. He was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Duluth, Minn., to Vergal and Mayme (Clausson) Aydelott. When he was three years old, his family left Minnesota and settled in Encampment. George graduated from Encampment High School on 1942. In September of that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was later being detached to the Eighth Air Force Medical Corps. His service career was spent in Central America, mostly Panama, but...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team went into winter break as 1A/2A champions and started off 2014 with a 1A/2A championship. On Dec. 20 and 21, the speech team traveled to Cheyenne East High School Tournament to compete against 30 schools and 1100 team members from Wyoming, Colorado and Georgia. The members were evaluated by 225 judges comprised of college professors, former upper level varsity competitors and accomplished community members according to head coach Brenda Ostendorf. The duet team of Becca...
Carbon County School District No. 2 held their final meeting of 2013 on Monday. Board members devoted a large part of their discussed financials of the 2013 calendar year. The district announced they have spent an average of $40,385 a day on district expenditures and have been able to keep these expenditures in check with their revenues without having to draw from reserve funds. Approximately 35 percent of expenditures went to elementary education, nine percent went to the...
2 years ago Dec. 19, 1912 Basketball at Encampment Friday night the S. & E. ran a special train from here to Encampment for the benefit of the basketball game that night. About 70 people went from here and all report a good time. The Rubes and Giants played a one-sided game of 5 to 25 in favor of the Giants. The girls played against the Encampment girls and the results were 10 to 4 in favor of the Saratoga girls. The games were followed by a dance which lasted until train time Saturday morning. Supper was served at...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Head Speech Coach Brenda Ostendorf is looking forward to the speech season to begin. At the novice speech meet in Cheyenne several weeks ago, the novice duo of Dylan Baxter and Tylr Kozelisky placed sixth against the bigger schools. "For a novice team to go up against big guns like Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East and South is pretty amazing," Ostendorf said. Friday, the rest of the team will find out how they placed against other speech...
The Platte Valley’s high school basketball season is ready to begin this weekend with the two-day Carbon County Classic. This tournament is the first area high school basketball competition of the 2013-14 season, and will feature Saratoga’s, Encampment’s and HEM’s basketball teams. The first day of the tourney begins at 9 a.m. in H.E.M. High School. Saturday, the tournament moves to Encampment School with a start time of 9 a.m. Both the boys and girls high school teams f...
The wind is blowing. Again. Here in Carbon County there is a lot of wind, and as many of you know, it is proposed that a wind farm be put in south of Rawlins. Known as the Chokecherry Wind Farm, it would produce electricity for about a million people and would generate about half a billion dollars in tax revenues over the next 20 years. Wind energy is a great idea; however, the people in the Valley need to take a close look at how much we really benefit from this project. Though the wind farm is projected to provide...
School board members are aiming for July 1 to have a new superintendent. Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, after consulting with the Wyoming School Board Association, will use the organization in a nationwide search for a new superintendent. According to a tentative timeline, CCSD 2 may have a replacement for current superintendent Bob Gates by July 1, 2014. Executive director of WSBA Mark Higdon said the first step in the search will gather feedback from...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech team competed in its first meet during the weekend. Tylr Kozelisky (Encampment) and Dylan Baxter (HEM) earned sixth place in duet finals, head speech coach Brenda Ostendorf, said. Kat Hytrek (Saratoga) and Becca Haywood (Saratoga) received two firsts and a second with their preliminary duet. Leam Engel (Saratoga) earned a third place in oratory finals. Nina Ford (Saratoga) and Bradley Killion (Saratoga) earned a win in their third round of Public Form debate. Ostendorf said she...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) implemented a new online forum, which can be found on its website. The new forum allows community members, teachers, administrators and others interested in CCSD 2 to provide feedback on a list of topics. "We have to have some kind of avenue where we can put out an idea and collect input on that idea," said Superintendent Bob Gates. The open forum currently has five topics: activities, student attendance, food services, gifted and...