HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

School bond and the price of mocha?

Written February 29th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

An advisory committee last year worked up a plan for repairing, expanding or replacing buildings and related facilities in the Greater Albany Public Schools with a price tag of $117 million. In that connection, somebody in one of the committee discussions last fall mentioned the price of a Starbucks beverage, and that worries me a […]


Plastic turf and other school ideas

Written August 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Here’s what the new artificial turf for South Albany’s football field looks like up close. It looks the way it feels: artificial. Chances are it will appear more like a natural surface once tons of sand have been spread in between the blades of plastic grass.


An empty school, sad to see

Written April 12th, 2013 by

In a world full of sadness, an empty schoolhouse may not be the saddest thing you ever see, but it’s still pretty sad. This lament is prompted by the sight of Fir Grove Elementary School in North Albany, vacant since 2011, when the school board was forced to close it as part of a range […]


 
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