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Team Makes School Improvement A Philosophy BY SUSAN USIIKR An eight-member "school im provement team" began selling a new philosophical approach this week to ihcir coworkers within the Brunswick County Schools, one aimed at making local schools more c (Tec live. "II what we're doing now in the . n?r classroom is not j doing for our \ students what we want it to. -v - v then we need to stop doing it," said Supenntcn dent P.R. Hank ins, one of the * eight team members who hank'NS gently com pleted tlicir first round ol training in Raleigh. Hankms was speaking to the Brunsuiek Count) Board ol ! due anon. whuli met lor five hours Saturday at the central office Two hours was spent handling routine business, ami the balance mainly hearing from the county 's new School Improvement Team. Brunswick t'ouim is one ol 33 V school systems in North Carolina accepted in the Effective Schools project this year. County team mem bers have made a three-year com mitment to helping make local schools more effective and more eq uitable. to make them places in which all students consistently learn and achieve. It is a commitment they sa\ fellow school system employees must make as well in order for the effort to suc ceed. Commitment will mean ac cepting that each is part of the prob lem and the solution and believing thai they can change and can make a difference. Those who don't "hop in hoard." they warned figuratively. ma> get left behind or run over. In addition to I lank ins other team members include Mose l eu is. assis tant superintendent for curriculum: Gloria Yount. stall development di rector: Jix' Butler. Lincoln Primary principal: Robert Harris. North Brunswick High principal: Warren Fenton. an linglish teacher at West Brunswick Hijih: Mary (Catherine Griffith, a social studies teacher at Waccamaw Elementary; Gracie McLartv. a si\th grade teacher at Leland Middle. Saul Fcnion. "II we want to im prove WC 11UISI become more otlec liw and to do th.it wo tntist change." "Wo re not looking at this as an otlior program." ho continued. with Vmint reiterating similar points "It's a philosophy. It will sorvo as an um brella lor these othor programs wo already havo in place." Those programs include ap proaches such as otxtperativc learn ing. Reading Recovery anil Outcome Based l-ducation. The Hffective Schools philosophy requires no now money and now new personnel to implement only the commitment ol' everyone in volvod to their team and acceptance ol effective schixils research, he siiul. 1 ach school will eventually choose its own improvement team and begin mapping its own goals. "Our mission statement will be to teach all students to our fullest po tential." said Harris. "II we do that you ?ill see effective sclnxils. You will see good things." Said Lewis. "It's all going to bo a nund came. The name ol the game is change. Wo owe it to the kids. We owe it to all of us." Lew is said that instead of dictating programs U>r schools lu follow, the ccntnil oil ice stall will provide sup |hmi as needed to meet goals set by i hi* schnoK themselves hased ihi the strengths and weaknesses ol each Added Ms. Mcl-arty. "This ap proach allow s each school to heal it sell." Changed expectations for stall and students will play a major part m the new philosophy. Instead ol projecting that a certain percentage of students are hound to fail, as e.x pected with the traditional bell shaped grading curve, said Lincoln Primary School Principal Joe Butler, all stall should expect students to be able to master essential school skills \\ ith their help. School achievement w ill Iv e\|vcted to rellect more of a "J -curve." starting at a certain point and slum ing continued progress. School improvement will be mea sured on the basis ol student out comes- the skills and abilities stu dents exhibit, from achievement to citizenship and responsibility. "We're beginning to locus in the direction of school improvement," said Nankins. "I think we're getting there and that we're on the way to a belter day," said Hankins. Calabash Planning Board Fills Out Its Membership BY DORI C. Gl'RGASl'S The Calabash Planning and Zon ing Board is ju^t about ready to sc lcct a new chairman and vice -chair man. an action that will ease ihc op erations of ihe previous!) Jeopar dized gaiup. Pati Lewelhn. acting chairman of the board, said that once the mem bers all become "familiar and com fortable working with each other." that they could go about naming ad ministrative staff. The board has been working with only four members since Aug. 27 when the entire seven-member plan ning board resigned Four members finally rescinded their resignations after negotiations with the town commissioners One of the three resigning mem bers was Chairman Tom Brcndgord. Ms. Lewcllyn was vice chairman at the time, and assumed the position of acting chairman. Ms. Lewcllyn said only four members were necessary to make a quorum, and that a workshop and one regular meeting have been held since August with the members who hadn't resigned. Town commissioners, at last Tuesday's regular meeting, appoint ed Bruce Kibblehouse and Mary Lou Taylor to serve on the Planning and Zoning Board. Now with six members, Ms. Lewcllyn said she hopes the board can begin working on choosing a new chairman and vice-chairman. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Marshall Named Chairman ly graduated from the Coast Guard Training Center. During the course at Cape May, N.J . students are taught general mil itary subjects to prepare them tor further academic and on-the-job training, leading toward qualifica tion in one of the Coast Guard's oc cupational fields. Chooses Army Ronald J. Brady of Ash has enlist ed in the U.S. Army Reserve, with training to take place at the 993rd TC Company in Wilmington. Brady is a 1988 graduate of West Brunswick High School, Shallotte. Jean Marshall, executive director of Brunswick Adult Day Care Inc. in Shallotte and Southport. has been named state conference chairman for the North Carolina Adult Day Care Association. Working with \lARSH.\l.l. Association President Pat Baker. Ms. Marshall said she hopes to bring the Sept ember 1992 state conference to the local area for the first time. Reports For Duty Navy Fireman Billy D. Inman, son of Shelion and Martha Inman of Route 2. Ash, recently reported for duty with the aircraft carrier pre commissioning unit George Wash ington. based at Newport News, Va. Inman is a 19K8 graduate of West Brunswick High School in Shallotte and joined the Navy in May of this year. Completes Training Navy Seaman Recruit Chris A. Davis, son of Doris M. Davis of Southport. recently completed train ing at Recruit Training Command. Orlando, Fla. Recruits are taught general mili tary subjects designed to prepare them for further academic and on the-job Uaining in one of the Navy's occupational fields. Fireman Graduates Coast Guard Fireman Apprentice Richard S Adkins, son of Barr\ and Donna Adkins of Southport, rcccnt T rains As Marine Marine Private Jeffrey R. Ricc, son of Richard Ricc of Leland, re cently completed recruit uaining at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. S.C. Ricc participated in physical con ditioning and was taught military skills including first aid, rifle marks manship and close-order drill as well as teamwork and sclf-disci pline. Completes Training Navy Airman Recruit Ronald B. Dickinson, a 1991 graduate of Brunswick Community College in Supply, recently completed uaining at Recruit Training Command, San Diego, Calif. 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