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New school board chairman anticipates challenges and achievements

As John Wendland steps into the role of Lake Oswego School Board chair, he is anticipating both great challenges and major achievements.

Wendland is entering his third year on the school board and his first as board chair, which is a one-year commitment.

'I'm a big proponent of the district,' he said. 'We live in a great district.'

Wendland has been active in the district in various capacities for years, serving on site councils, parent organizations and program and budget committees.

He grew up in Lake Oswego and returned as an adult eight and a half years ago with his wife and two daughters, Katy, 19, and Sara, 18. His children both graduated from Lake Oswego High School.

'Education is important to people inleading to several general strikes as well as large mobilisations of miners, workers in heavy industry, public sector workers, and farmers.

Since then, the number of EREs has multiplied, reaching tens of thousands and affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. A record number of 451,893 workers were affected by them in 2012, of which 75,644 lost their jobs.

The Bank of Spain’s new proposals have nothing to do with creating jobs. The Spanish government along with the “troika”—the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund—want to force the unemployed in Spain to accept rock-bottom wages and degrading conditions to lower all wages in order to compete in the world market.

The Bank of Spain’s call comes two months after European Union (EU) commissioner for economic and monetary affairs Olli