Karen Carlson Quotations

We did have kids driving to school. They don't belong. It's not fair to the younger kids on track and the older kids, ... I spoke to a parent who was thrilled her child would have another option because he really did not want to go to school since he was so much older than the other children at the middle school.

The production crew actually took him into custody.

Of course, officers took the threat she was coming here very seriously, as they would wherever she was going.

ROE is good for some kids, but hasn't been successful at our school,

People have spent a great deal of time getting this information. I think we should provide them with an opportunity to present the information that we've requested.

We weren't being successful. These are the kids who drop out so we don't get the reimbursement from the state, ... If we can get them in a program we think that the programs will pay for themselves within a year.

We don't run out of money as long as our programs keep going. We have capacity for quite a bit (of assistance).

We feel they need to learn English from a person and not a computer. It will be intensive, all based on English, speaking and writing,

There have been just a handful of complaints.

We are very proud, and thankful, to be recipients of the Oregon Cultural Trust. A new library will offer a way to preserve and respect our community's diversity and celebrate our community's Native American history.

The staff of the production crew noticed a person hiding out in one of the buildings and were pretty quickly able to identify that this person didn't belong there,

As of (Thursday) . . . she was conscious and able to speak with our traffic investigator. I haven't heard for sure, but I understand she didn't have a recollection of what had went on.

They have been brought to our forensics area.

Everybody should use their common sense and if it seems suspicious, it probably is. It's buyer beware.

The two groups of people knew each other and in fact, both of the 17-year-olds had been known to police in the past,

The two groups of people knew each other and, in fact, both of the 17-year-olds had been known to police in the past.

She liked first-year students because they were so eager to learn. She was really energized by that.

The investigation is ongoing but there's no one in custody right now.

I'm going to miss her humor and her insight. She had a very dry sense of humor. She would sit there with a straight face and say something that would just crack you up.

I'm a single parent. I have to work to support my family. Thanks to this program, I don't have to worry about where my child is after school and what he is doing. I know he's safe, happy and best of all, doing better in school.