Page ZA-MIRROR-HERALD-Thursday, February 1, 1979
Board Will Update KM School Policies
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In the eyatem are considered before
thoee outside the system,"
Shields was especially concerned
with the policy which retains
students In grades six, seven and
eight If they fall math, English or
both, and urged the board to Initiate
summer school programs to help
those students.
Shields DOlnted to a case at the
Junior high where a young girl Is
making straight A’s In all subjects
except algebre, and she’s falling
that subject.
"The way the policy Is now, I’m
going to have to retain her,” Shields
said, "and that’s going to make for a
very boring year for her next year.
She’s going to have to go throu^ all
of her other programs again after
making A’s In them.”
McDaniel asked "If you have a
student making A’s In all subjects
but one, la It the student’s fault or the
teacher’s?" Shields added, "Her
teacher Is working with her after
school but she just can’t grasp It.”
Supt. Davis said he felt summer
school could be the answer because
there Is a lower student-teacher
ratio, the student would be con
centrating on just one subject and
there would not be as many
distractions."
Mrs. Liee expressed much con
cern over the fact that some sub
stitute teachers have had access to
student accumulative records.
"I know of one substitute teacher
who had access to high school
records and went around telling
parents how their children were
doing," she said.
Davis said "this Is not spelled out
In the policy, but unless It Is a very
long-term substitute, they should
not have access to such confidential
Information. It would be an unusual
situation where a substitute would
need to see the records.”
Director of Instruction Howard
Bryant noted that "Substitutes have
the same rights as regular teachers
but do not have the right to go and
tell what they’ve seen.”
Brysuit said he holds a one-day
substitute teacher workshop each
year and explains policy sind gives
out handbooks at that time. All
substitutes who are not certified
teachers exe required to attend the
workshop, and such matters are
explained, he said.
Other policies discussed Monday
Included:
— Development of School
Calendsir. Davis suggested adding a
sentence to state that "preference
for makeup days will be specified In
the calendar." At present, makeup
days are determined by the
superintendent.
— Length of school days. Davis
said regular hours call for an 8 a. m.
until 4 p. m. woricday for principals
and 8:10-8:30 for teachers. In event
of an emergency closing of school,
teachers will be dismissed at the
discretion of the superintendent. On
days when PTA or p)rofesslonal
meetings are scheduled, smd on
Fridays suid holidays, teachers may
be dismissed at 8 p. m.
— Non-Teaching duties. In cases
where a teacher’s services are
needed other than In the classroom,
assignment will be distributed
equally among all personnel.
— Assignment of ’Teachers. No
member of cm Immediate family
may be assigned to a Mhool while
another member of the family Is
principal or assistant piinclpcU.
— Reassignment. The policy will
be changed to state that If there Is a
chcmge of employment the teacher
will be notified SO days In culvance of
the beginning of school Instead of 40
days.
— Teaching conditions. In a
statement concerning construction
of new buildings, wording will be
changed to read that "prior to
construction of new buildings,
personnel will be given a chance to
make suggestions."
— Curriculum Committee. Davis
said a curriculum committee was
authorized by the boiurd In 1973 but
was never formed. He suggested
following through with the formation
of the committee and develop
guidelines to be presented at a later
date.
— Salary Supplement. A new
salary supplement established In
1976-77 called for a 10 percent In
crease over the previous one. Davis
suggested that since It will be three
years at the end of the current school
year that pololcy was updated that
the board consider replacing It
beginning with the 1979-80 school
year.
— School Pauses. ’The board
changed the policy to note that
students In grades 1-6 may have no
more ttuin two parties per school
year and students In grades 0-7 may
have no _more than one party.
— Showing movie pictures. A
policy which allowed showing of
movies at the high school will be
discontinued.
— Operation of School Owned
Vehicles. A statement which states
that arrangement for use of vehicles
be made through the assistant
superintendent will be changed to }
read that arrangement be made
through the maintenance super-
Q&A^s On ERA Proposal
(Begins On Page lA)
amendment to assure equal voting
rights for women.
Q: WIU ERA Repeal Law For Rfan
To Support Wife and Family?
A: ERA will not wipe out the
rights of a woman and her children
to be supported If she Is the
dependent spouse. It would require
that any support be written In a sex
neutral fashion and no spouse who
needs support would be denied It.
It should be pointed out that the so-
called "right" to support, when
tested, has proved to be unen
forceable because courts have
consistently refused to interfere in
an ongoing relationship. ’There Is no
law that requires the husband to
contribute any more support than he
chooses.
Q: Will ERA Coustltntlonallae
Abortion?
A: Absolutely not. Abortion laws,
which deal with the right to privacy,
tall completely outside the scope of
equal rights law.
Q: Will ’There Be Women Guards
in Male Prisons and Vice Versa?
A’ ’There already are. Passage of
ERA will not force women to take
any jobs they cannot handle
physically or any work they choose
not to take.
Q: Under ERA Would Congress Be
Powerless To Prevent Women From
Into Combat In J
Being Forced
Wartime?
A: It U abundantly clear that
Oongress would have the power to
determine the number of women
drafted, and to prohibit women from
combat If It chose, and that power
would not be questioned by the
courts vriiether or not ERA la added
to the constitutional guaranties of
the people.
Q; What Is The Strongest
Argument In Favor of ERA?
A: It Is an Idea whose time has
come. A compassionate democratic
society can no longer afford to
permit 61 percent of Its people to be
treated as second class citizens.
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MRS. PATSY MOORE
Funeral services for
Mrs. Patsy Joan Phllbeck
Moore, 86, who died
Monday, will be conducted
’Ihursday at 2 p. m. from
Shelby’s Second Biqitlst
Oiurch by Rev. BUI Daniel
and Rev. William J.
Lockaby. Interment wUl be
in Shelby’s Sunset
Cemetery.
Mrs. Moore was wife of
James Gordon Moofe, Jr.
and daughter of Mrs.
Carrie ’Teslner PhUbeck of
Shelby and the late John
Smith PhUbeck of Shelby
and the late John Smith
PhUbeck.
Surviving, In addition to
her husband and mother,
are two sons. Gene Ed
ward Hastings of Shelby
and Joey Smith of Seat
Pleasant Md.; two
daughters. Miss Diane
Smith and Miss Roxanne
Smith of Seat Pleasant,
Md.; five brothers, J. B.
and Billy Phllbeck of
Shelby, John S. and
Kenneth P. PhUbeck of
StatesvUle and John W.
Phllbeck of Oatesvllle,
’Tex.; three sisters, Mrs.
Donald Jones of StatesvUle
and Mrs. Ray Terry and
Mrs. James Dover of
Shelby.
Harris Funeral Home
was In charge of
arrangements.
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