Improved Maintenance
Skills For Schools?
From cleaning floors to
repairing boilers, public
school maintenance people
are responsible for seeing that
North Carolina’s children
have a clean, comfortable
environment in which to learn.
In an effort to guarantee a
suitable learning en
vironment, the 1973 General
Assembly in its second session
passed Senate Resolution 1417
directing the State Board of
Education to study school
maintenance programs and to
bring back recommendations
for improvement.
“■ Under the direction of State
Board of Education Member
R. R. Manz of Roanoke
'Rapids, the Public School
Maintenance Study Com
mission was set up to study the
problem. It was the task of
these fifteen educators and
businessmen to make
recommendatins not only to
-standardize and improve the
'overall working conditions of
school maintenance people
■but also to upgrade and im
prove school building care
throughout the State.
Through questionnaires to
all school maintenance
people, visits to exemplary
programs, and discussions
with people acquainted with
maintenance operations, the
study commission identified
five major problem areas in
school maintenance
programs.
Maintenance people, the
commission said, need help
in: (1) financing their
programs; (2) employing and
retaining qualified personnel,
(3) training their personnel;
(4) planning and im
plementing comprehensive
maintenance programs; and
(5) using effective
management procedures.
After a complete study of
these problems, said Manz,
the commission came up with
five recommendations for
improving maintenance
programs in the public schools
of the State.
The first recommendation is
that the State fund a key
position or portion of a
position in each school unit to
provide leadership for
maintenance and custodial
operations. “We found in our
study,” said Manz, “that
having one person fully
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responsible for the main
tenance operation is essential
to an effective program.”
The second recom
mendation resulted from the
problem of inadequate
training for maintenance
personnel. The commission
suggested that the State fund
an inservice program
designed to upgrade and
improve shills of all main
tenance personnel in the State.
“This is an essential part of
any successful program,”
added Manz, “due to changing
techniques and practices in all
fields of endeavor.”
The commission also
recommended that a main
tenance and custodial
classification system and
salary schedule be established
in each school unit by July 1,
1977. This classification
system and salary schedule
would include a wide variety
of technicians and craftsmen
needed in a modern effective
maintenance program.
The fourth recommendation
called for improved
management procedures in
maintenance and custodial
programs. Such procedures
would include long-range
planning, personnel incentive
programs, cost accounting
systems, and preventive
maintenance.
“Management procedures,”
said Manz, “would guarantee
an organized system of
communication and responsoe
the varied maintenance needs
in each school unit.”
The commission made a
final recommendation to the
State Board of Education that
a legislative program be
developed which would in
clude appropriation of funds to
meet the needs of school
maintenance people in the
State.
“The members of the study
commission made special
notice as they visited school
maintenance programs
throughout the State of the
dedicated men and women
who are committed to ef
fective maintenance
programs in their school
system,” Manz emphasized.
“Unfortunately, many of
these people are working
under severely adverse cir
cumstances. We hope that
through legislation now being
drafted that the work of the
Public School Maintenance
Study Commission will
eventually mean a com
fortable and suitable learning
environment for every child in
the state.”
R. E. Lambert
Visits Naples
Navy Airman Robert E.
Lambert, son of Mrs. Louise
Lambert of Route 2, Lake
Sega Road, Brevard, visited
Naples, Italy
as a member of Fighter
Squadron 102, embarked
aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS Independence.
He is participating in
training exercises with the
squadron while deployed to
the Mediterranean, and is also
scheduled to visit Rota, Spain,
before returning to his
homeport at Norfolk, Va.
A 1972 graduate of Brevard
Senior High School, he joined
the Navy in September, 1972.
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In cooperation with the
Occupational Education
Department at Brevard High
School and the Transylvania
Community Hospital, Blue
Ridge Technical Institute will
offer training in a course for
emergency medical
technicians.
The classes will meet from
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on
Mondays and Thursdays
beginning January 13 and
continuing through May 12.
There will be a total of 25 class
meetings.
Class membership will be
limited to 25 persons. Students
will be selected according to a
preference specification
established by the North
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personnel; 3rd priority —
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personnel; 4th priority —
firemen and law enforcement
personnel; 5th priority —
other interested persons.
Mrs. Roann Balding will be
class coordinator. For further
information and
preregistration, contact Mr.
G. H. Farley, Brevard High
School, 884-4103.
The Human Condition
What About Adults Drinking Milk?
BY DR. WILLARD KREHL
Chairman of the Department
of Community
Health and Preventive
Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
A reader inquires, “Is it
really necessary for me to
drink milk? I am 55 years old
and milk gives me in
digestion.”
We state generally that milk
is a perfect, or almost perfect,
food. Indeed, almost all of the
essential nutrients that man
requires in his diet, with the
possible exception of enough
iron, are available in milk.
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Program Sunday P. M.
The North Toxaway Baptist
Church will have a Christmas
program Sunday, Dec. 22, at 7
p.m. Everyone is invited to
attend. Mrs. Dee Johnson is in
charge of the program.
Lake Toxaway Baptist
Church will also have a
Christmas program on the
22nd of December at 7 p.m.
The Lake Toxaway Men’s
Club will sponsor a Christmas
party for the children Friday,
Dec. 20 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at
the Community Center.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilde
and daughter, Fran, and Pfc.
and Mrs. Dennis Wilde visited
Patrolman and Mrs. Danny
Fisher and family in Rob
binsville this weekend.
Congratulations go to Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Miller, who
are the proud parents of twins,
Shawn and Christie. The
babies were born Tuesday,
Dec. 10, at Transylvania
Community Hospital. Mrs.
Miller is the former Miss
Bonnie Singleton.
We extend sincere sym
pathy to the family of Howard
McCall who passed away last
week in Mission Memorial
hospital at Asheville.
This writer would like to
take this opportunity to wish
the staff of the Transylvania
Times a very, Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
There are, however, in
dividuals who complain of
indigestion problems after
drinking milk. Since there are
many good substitutes on the
market, we do not advise
people to continue drinking
milk if indigestion poses a
problem. For example, a diet
containing adequate amounts
of meat and eggs, and possibiy
cheese, can sufficiently
replace the needs for whole or
skim milk.
Backsteppers
Dance Dec. 21
The Brevard Backsteppers
will celebrate the holidays
with a Christmas dance on
Saturday night, Dec. 21.
The 8 p.m. dance will be
held in the Fellowship Hall of
the Brevard-Davidson River
Presbyterian Church. Calling
the tips will be the club’s
caller, Marshall Welch,-and
during the course of the
evening homemade refresh
ments with a Christmas theme
will be served.
Club President DeWitt
Parsons said that at this
holiday season, all western
style square dancers in the
area are especially welcome
to come and swing their
partners with the
Backsteppers.
The club holds its regular
dances twice monthly on the
first and third Saturday
nights. In Feb. the
Backsteppers will present a
special dance featuring
nationally known caller Ron
Schneider.
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For certain individuals, and
in particular the black
population, there may be a
more specific problem in
volved. Certain people have
an enzyme deficiency which
affects the digestion and
utilization of milk sugar.
Under these circumstances
we find that milk sugar cannot
be digested or sufficiently
used bv the body. The end
result of this enzyme
deficiency is usually a great
deal of intestinal distress and
particularly a lot of bloating,
including loose stools on oc
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Here again we find that it is
desirable, after consulting a
physician, to select alter
native foodstuffs which will
provide the calcium protein
and other nutrients found in
milk.
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