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i r.< The News Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY rOn thm Intldm . . . ? Election probe, comment draw fire . . . see page 2 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N C 15" Per Copy ?*.'a ttfv#- ? *??? '?.'j'.'-i ? 'v;- ? ,? ?. .,w Tests Show Up Student Deficiencies DAN PACKARD, president of ; Asheville-WNC Better Business i Bureau, (seated) explains the. '? benefits of a course in economics and money management to !' Superintendent R.L. Edwards, left, and Madison High Principal David Wyatt, at a meeting here last Thursday. Edwards and Wyatt accepted the new program to start soon for seniors. Micro Switch of Mars Hill is assisting in the finances for materials offered by BBB at no expense to the ?choel?ystenr. See Story on Pages Title XX Program Grant Renewed A $57,978 renewal of a Title XX grant hai been awarded Mars Hill College to continue assisting the different social agencies in Madison, Yancey, Mitchell and Buncombe counties in their efforts to help individuals, families and communities become self sufficient. The grant renewal was made through the Division of Social Services of the N.C. Department of Human Resources The funds were provided to the state under Title XX of the federal government's Social Security ActoflttS. ' The grant will be used to continue a training program designed two years ago by Mars Hill and human services providers from the four counties. College faculty, working Jointly with a training advtaory committee com posed of representatives from the Title XX agencies, designed a flexible training program around the specific needs of these agencies and their workers. Title XX services are those which help individuals, and communities self-sufficient. These are usually provided county departments | i social services County health departments, mental health centers, day care programs and handi-schools are also agencies which can provide Title XX services. The provisions of the act also extend to individuals such as foster parents, who provide this type of service. The members of the ad visory committee and the agency they represent are: Polly Taylor of the Yancey County Health Department; Walter Anderson of the Adult Day Activities Program (ADAP) in Yancey County; Floyd Holt of the Yancey County Department of Social Services; Alice Mahy of the Mars Hill Handi-School; Anita Davie of the Madison County Department of Social Ser vices; Theresa Zimmerman of the Madison County Day Care Program; Faye Ramsey of Madison County's Opportunity Corp. ; Michael Norins of the Hot Springs Unaka Center. The project attracted at tention when it was started two years ago because it was one of a handful of similar projects designed around the expressed needs of rural workers. Similar programs ware utilising projects based on urban models. Dore Hansel, project ( Continued on Page ?- A ) Dorland Reunion Scheduled The annual Dorland-Bell reunion will be held this Saturday and Sunday in the Dorland Memorial Presbyterian Church in Hot Springs. Festivities will begin Saturday evening with a supper. In addition to supper, special music and bingo games will be enjoyed. On Sunday morning, wor ship service will begin at 11 and immediately after the service, the usual bountiful dinner will be served on the grounds. The Rev. William Emerson will deliver the morning message. The picnic dinner ( covered-dish buffet) is scheduled to begin by 12:30 with a business session to follow. The proposed Kenneth Burgin Memorial Fund will be discussed as well as other items. All alumni of Dorland Bell and their friends and guests, as well as others, are invited to enjoy the services and picnic dinner. Dewey Shelton is president; Elisabeth LoUar EUiotte, vice president; and Agnes Brooks Ford, secretary. "We are expecting a large crowd and unforgettable fellowship with former classmates snd new friends," Mrs. Ford said Tour To Examine Tobacco X By WILEY DaVALL ? C. Tobacco will be tte tap* of oo the Rwi rch On ?top of the tour is located on the Sam Queen Farm in Haywood County (in the dty of Wayneaville). Multipurpose chemicals Mid certain pirrv of Mack root rot on both low (Bur ley II) and Mfh Ken tucky 15) rNMfctt varieties is both Mack shank and black root rot control and abo an opportunity to view an att estant crop and diacuaa production mathodr The Roy Tht Award* lA>eh?*on is W for Man Hill CoOafla Cafatarta at 1X:?. Dr ? \ By DR. BOBBY JfcAN RICE General Supervisor Madison County Schools In the spring of 1978, a battery of achievement tests was administered to students in the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth grades in Madison County School System, as well as to students at comparable grade levels throughout North Carolina. First grade students in the Madison County Schools made the ideal score on reading for their grade level (1.7). They were on the grade level as compared to national norms. They excelled in mathematics (2.2) averaging five months above the national form. Second graders in the county fell two months behind the national level in reading, but they, too, excelled in mathematics (3.3), averaging six months above the national norm. Third grade students were tested in reading, mathematics, language, and spelling. They averaged four months behind the national norm in total test scores, but only two months below the state. Sixth grade students ex celled in spelling. They averaged four months ahead the national norm in spelling. In other areas, they were only h -a fear months beiiind grade., level. The ninth graders in the state averaged below grade level as did Madison County students. They were two months below the state in reading and mathematics Results from the tests will be used to identify students' learning strengths and weaknesses, to improve students' academic per formances, to inform parents and the general public of the progress of their children and the educational programs, and to plan and improve educational programs. A reading test and a mathematics test were ad ministered in grades one and two. They were designed to give teachers and parents detailed information about a student's performance on skills and knowledge that are emphasized at that student's particular grade level. This I information will be used to h pinpoint areas in which the t teacher, the parent, and the h student need to concentrate to h improve the student's per formance. Achievement tests in reading, mathematics, and language were administered to students at grades three, six, and nine. These tests, in contrast to the tests used at the first and second grades, were designed to obtain general measures of per formance and to compare the performance of various groups of students. These tests provide, however, enough detailed information to help the teacher obtain indicators of the student's strengths and learning difficulties. Test Data: Reading, and mathematics tests were ad ministered to first grade students in the Madison County School System during the seventh month of the school year. The average grade equivalent for first grade students in the nation, therefore, is 1.7. The grade equivalent scores for the average first grade student in the Madison County School System were 1.7 in reading, and 2.2 in mathematics. In contrast, the average first grade student in the state performed 1.7 in reading, 2.1 in mathematics. Reading, and mathematics tests were administered to second-grade students in the Madison County School System during the seventh month of the school year. The average grade equivalent for second grade students in the nation, therefore, is 2.7. The grade equivalent scores for the average second-grade student in the Madison County School System were 2.5 in reading, and 3.3 in mathematics. In contrast, the average second-grade student in the state performed 2.8 in reading, 3.2 in mathematics Reading, mathematics, spelling, and language tests were administered to third grade students in the Madison County School System during seventh month of the school year. The average grade equivalent for third-grade students in the nation, therefore, is 3.7. The grade equivalent scores for the average third-grade student in the Madison County School System were 2.9 in reading, 3.5 in mathematics, 3.2 in language, 3.0 in spelling, and 3.3 on the total test. In con trast, the average student in the state performed 3.5 in reading, 3.6 in mathematics, 3.6 in language, 3.8 in spelling, and 3.5 on the total test. Reading, mathematics, language, and spelling tests were administered to sixth grade students in the Madison County School System during the seventh month of the school year. The grade equivalent scores for the ( Conti nued on Page 8-A ) The Phillips Story : Off Again, On Again In a rapid change of events, the Madison County Board of Education voted Monday night to reinstate Bruce Phillips as assistant principal of Madison High School in a reversal of the principal's action naming Phillips to a teaching position. Monday night's action by the board followed a com plaint filed earlier Monday by Phillips naming David Wyatt, principal of Madison High School; Robert L. Edwards, superintendent; Donald Anderson, Dedrick Cody, R.Z Ponder, William Roberts and Emery Wallin, members of he board of education, as iefendants in a move to :hange Phillips's duties from issistant principal to a eaching position at the ichool. Monday night's action came m a motion by board member )onald Anderson after a brief itatement on behalf of Phillips >y attorney Ronald C. Brown n which the authority at the H-incipal to make the change tras challenged. Brown represented an in ormal group of parents, about 0 of whom attended the board ession held in the courthouse. Aembers of the parents group tad said before the meeting hat the demotion of Phillips tad come about because he tad given testimony at the recent state Board of Elec tions inquiry into the conduct of the May primary in Madison County. The vote calling for rein statement of Phillips was supported by Anderson, a professor at Mars Hill College, Bill Roberts and Derrick Cody. It was opposed by Bobby Ponder. ? One other board member as well as the chairman, Emery Wallin, did not vote on the motion. Phillips also is a Democrat and a former party chairman of Precinct 4 in the Greater Ivy community of eastern Madison where he resides. With the school system since the early 1960s, Phillips had been principal of the former Hot Springs High School before the consolidated Madison High School opened four years ago, and had been assistant principal there since. Brown, in addressing the board, said Philips was well liked by students and associates and had been doing an outstanding Job as assistant principal. "Friday the principal (David Wyatt) terminated that assignment and assigned Mr. Phillips five classes of English to teach. He has never taught English. His major is in history and social sciences," MAKING plans for Research on Wheels the attorney said. Brown contended that under state law the school board has complete control over school administration and policies, and asked that the board stand by its decision of last year "and put Mr. Phillips back as assistant principal." Brown added that a lawsuit was in process of being filed. After the vote the principal. Wyatt, spoke from the audience to say he now has five classes of English and asked: "Who will teach them?" When another person in the audience offered to suggest two or three qualified persons, Anderson said the problem is not that simple because "there are no more state alloted slots to fill" in the high school faculty. Another person in the crowd asked if a principal could put a non-English specialist in charge "of one of the most sensitive classes is the school." Superintendent Edwards replied that Phillips had taught English at one tim? when at Ebbs Chapel School. The school board attorney, Larry Leake Jr., had been asked by Anderson to give an opinion as to the legality of the principal's actions, and Leake stated that under the cir cumstances had the right to do ( Continued on Page 2A) Complaint Names School Officials A complaint was filed in the Madison County Clerk of Court's office Monday by James Bruce Phillips, plaintiff, vs. David Wyatt, Robert L. Edwards, Donald Anderson, Dedrick Cody, R.Z. Ponder, William Roberts and Emery Wallin. The complaint states that the plaintiff (Phillips) is a career teacher and is currently employed as the assistant principal at Madison High School and has no classroom duties. The com plaint further states that the plaintiff is in the employment of the Madison County Board of Education and that he (Phillips) has been in this capacity for four years. The defendants hold the following positions: Wyatt is currently principal of Madison High School. Edwards is superintendent of Madison County Schools Anderson, Cody, Ponder, Roberts and Wallin are currently members of the Board of Education immediate and irreparable injuiy, loss and damage. The complaint states that the plaintiff prays the court to enter a Temporary Restraining Order against the defendants from relieving the plaintiff as the assistant princiapl at Madison High School and to install and maintain the plaintiff as assistant principal until such time as the defendants comply with the provisions of G.S. 115 143 (h), and for other and further reHef as the court may deem Just and pronw Prisoner Damages Jail Here Douglas Rhodes, Il-year-oid negro student at Mars Hill
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