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Page 2 Cominigsioiiers Cut School Funds Quality Education? By Karen Brown and Tommy Grant Less money, fewer teachers, more students. Quality education? For the 1981-82 school year, theoretically, 177 positions will be terminated in the Greensboro Public Schools. There is a call back list, however, which consists of an uncertain number of teachers and other personnel. Why? Guilford Coimty Commissioners have allotted the same amount as last year for the school system’s budget. In light of this proposed cut. Superintendent Kenneth Newbold ^d the School Board have decided to terminate 177 first-and second-year probationary teachers and other school connected positions within the city system. Also is a proposed 25% teacher salary supplement cut. With such a drastic reduction of personnel, a blow has already been dealt to quality education. Beyond that, proposals have been made to reduce the city-wide athletic budget by $100,000. Less time for remaining teachers to spend with students and fewer extra programs offered can mean nothing but a lower educational quality. Many teachers and parents are forming a letter-writing campaign to the Guilford County Commissioners concerning this deplorable situation. The purpose of this campaign, according to Grimsley High School’s principal R.L. Glenn, is to convince the County Commissioners to reconsider the decision to allot 20% more than last year’s $15.5 million, which is Pl£m B. This is the plan for which the administration and teachers are lobbying. Teachers have a personal concern as well as an educational one. Inflation is in double digits, and the teachers have the supplement cut to consider. How are teachers going to smwive financially? Moreover, many people have had their property re-evaluated which upped the property taxes that are used for the county’s education allowance. To many teachers the hike of property taxes was the “icing on the cake.’’ One aspect of quality education is the student-teacher ratio. Presently the maximum student limit is 150 students per teacher per day in academic courses. (This is not to say that all teachers at this moment have 150 students, it will mean the ratio might come extremely closer to the 150 maximum. More students per teacher will obviously lessen the “quality of education’’ due to teachers being bogged down with more homework, tests, and papers to grade and less time to give students the individual attention needed. Teachers will “bum out’’ before the end of the year! For students this means “quality education’’ is taking a turn for the worse. The special help and tutoring the students need so desperately in high school wiU probably have to found outside of school. If this drastic cut of 177 positions is actualized, programs will suffer, teachers will suffer, and most importantly, students will ultimately pay the price. mCHUFE ^ Grimsley Seniw High Schocd 801 Westover Terrace Greensboro, N.C. 27408 Co-Editors Karen Brown, Tammy Grant Editorial Staff Borbi Prillamon (News), Leslie Berkelhammer, Kelly Ferrell (Feature), Cindy LeBauer (Asst. Feature), Brian Hoiogland, Sherri Phillips (Sports), Andrew AAiller (Asst. Sports), Mark Langston, AAorty Leary (Columnist) Reporters Tom Albonese, Lisa Berkelhammer, Roy Gay, Deirdre Harshow, Anne Henry, Brian Herndon, Trisha Houser, David Jones, Lisa Kamenetz, Sandy Kates, Vicki AAcHugh, Mark Robbins, Cameron Reece, Becky Silverstein, Steve Soltesz, CHuCk Tutterow, Liso von Aspem Business Staff Fron Tuberman (Office AAonager), Cathy Cdss (Business AAonager), Bill toCosse (Circulation AAortoger), Danny Beomer (Advertising Sales AAonager), Laurie Brodley (Advertising loyout AAonager), Amy Anderson, Alyson Hoppough, (^no Vance Typists LisoBerkelhommer, Sandy Kates, Arm Henry Artist Tim Ellis Photography Staff Beth Sykes (AAortoger, Kevin Corpenter Philip Carver, Poul Hamilton, Susan Robold Advisor lyrm Wright Termer Printed By Stone Printing Compony, Inc High Point, North Carolina HIGH LIFE May 14, 1981 ts uilcw ^ do 3 amdjumk.: System Works For 200 Years Editor's Note: The writer recently participated in CLOSE- UP, a government studies program in Washington. Washington, D.C. is a eomplished in this at- beautiful place. It is also a mosphere is a total mystery, crazy one. Your eyes love it; Sixth district Congressman your mind cannot believe it. The memorials, the museums, the Capitol, the Pentagon -breathtaking and awe - inspiring - take a backseat to Washington’s most incredible possession - the government itself. Washington is a city where everyone talks and no one listens, where everything is happening simultaneously but in dif ferent places. A represen tative can find himself wanted in three committee meetings, on the House or Senate floor, and in his of fice, all at the same time. How anything is ac- Eugene Johnson only half- jokingly suggested that the public “repeal this mess and let us start over.” Yet somehow, for 200 years, this system has work ed successfoUy. Where it does work, mainly, is in the committees. It is not so unusual a sight to find the legislatures in session and the floor almost totally emp ty. The committees are usually full, however. But not just of people. The committees practically reek of hypocrisy , idiocy, and sometimes hostility. It was my distinct pleasure to watch the House Foreign Affairs sub-committee on Latin America pass an amendment to a bill which in effect said absolutely nothing. One committee member justified his sup port of the amendment on those very grounds! It is not so much apathy that causes this mess but the tremendous presssures on the representatives. It is hard enough just to keep up with events in Washington, not to mention making them. It is easy under such pressure for a man to lose perspective of why he is there to begin with. Write your representatives and tell them how you feel. The job is too big for them to face alone. By Mark Langston Outward Bound By Cindy LeBauer Are you looking for a uni que summer experience? Do you ever look at the posters on the classroom walls? If you can answer “yes” to both these questions, this article could change your life. On many walls at Grimsley are posters with “Outward Boiind” written on them. At first that may 3eem to be just an am- oiguous statement, but ac tually Outward Bound is a fantastic program designed to give interested students the opportunity to ex- perience whitewater rafting, sailing, canoeing, hiking, or mountain climbing. No ex perience is necessary. You’ll learn everything you need to know during the coimse. Through a distinct se quence of activities , skills are developed for living in the wilderness and meeting the challenges of the environment in the first phase of the program in struction- in safety, first aid, map and compass reading, rock climbing, and rappell ing are among some of the skills taught. After learning these initial skills, the pro gram begins. A Moving Experience Along with eight or twelve other people, the program continues on an extended journey in which you apply the skills to progressively difficult outdoor situations. Outward Bound is a deliberately structured and demanding educational ex perience that develops con fidence, self-reliance, team work, and empathy for others. It is an experience' where you learn by doing. An Outward Bound course is not simple. It is physically and mentally challenging. According to Outward Bound literature, “It is per sonal achievement in the face of doubt, accomplishing takes you thought were im possible, learning to expect more of yourself than you dared before.” It is fearful people finding inner strengths, loners learning the joy of working with others. But most of all. Out ward Bound offers a chance to learn how to trust yourself and say “Yes, I can.” For more information con tact Ms. Tanner or Cindy LeBauer in Room 868. HIGH LIFE Poll: Media Center Noise Is the Grimsley Media Center in library or a student lounge? If you are disturbed by unnecessary talking and socializing and want to do something about it, fill out this questionnaire and let your opinion be known. *Do you think the librarians should make talkative groups leave? Yes ^o •Would you agree with a system denying library access for a limited time as a result of misbehavior? Yes No •Do you use the library and its resources fully? Yes No Additional Comments: Return to the HIGH LIFE box at the library front desk.
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