District resolves financial debate with SJS
By Herb Swett
Correspondent, The Sun
The Sheridan School Board agreed Jan. 18 to pay Sheridan Japanese School for head count enrollment in an amount not to exceed the current count of 88 students for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years.
This action ended a disagreement between the district and SJS over state funds that the district had refused to pay the charter school for an excess of 80 students.
 The dispute was over the language in the SJS charter that says, “The total number of students enrolled at the charter school shall be about 70-80, but funding shall be determined as provided in Section 7.2.”
The Portland law firm of O’Donnell, Clark and Crew, representing SJS, had written a letter Dec. 16, advising that “about 70-80” should not be interpreted as a cap of 80 students determining the amount of state money the district was to distribute to SJS.
The money involved for the students in excess of 80 totals $64,471.81, which is not all owing, because 2010-11 is reconciled in May, so about $20,000 is owing for 2009-10, and the amount for 2010-11 could be up to $44,471.81, depending on the numbers that come out in May from the Oregon Department of Education.
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