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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley expresses priority for education at Clatsop County Town Hall

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Real Estate Agent with Kamali Sotheby's International Realty

 

Saturday evening we attended a Town Hall Meeting at the Warrenton Grade School.

It was well attended with at least 60 residents. State Representative Deborah Boone and State Representative Brad Witt were present and invited to speak when questions about education in Oregon were brought up.

 Katherine Carey, Warrenton Grade School Student President, took the first question for the senator. "How will you improve our education system?" He took time answering her question and summed it up by saying, "The nations that are the best educated are going to be the most productive. We need to think long term as well as short term."

Garrett Goody, Warrenton Student Body Treasurer, was concerned about what the government was going to cut in education. Here locally he said that they were considering cutting several positions and elective classes and we don't have many to cut...it is a big deal!

Emily Hughes, was one of many students representing Tongue Point Job Corps. She stressed how important the Job Corps has been important  to many young people's lives.

I was impressed at how engaged and concerned our young future was that evening.

 

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