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‘Forum From Page 1-A eed to devise programs to cater to seach student,” he said. "Deal with “the child first, not numbers." {" Hord pointed out that recent i SAT results showing North Carolina ranking last in the nation 8 is not fair to North Carolina stu- #8" dents. "In some states, only five to #8 110 percent of the students take the SAT and in our system about 80 4 percent of them take it," he said. "The SAT shouldn't be used to & compare schools but should be ‘used to point out strengths and weaknesses." ik Hawkins said the SAT places too "8 "much pressure on teachers and stu- * dents. "There are too many vari- ables," he said. "A student can only learn so much. We need to use the SAT to identify areas we need to (isteach in.” ms 1 Davis said the state "believes ev- ‘ery child should be taught" and that test scores "are the instrument to “determine where a child should be | with a certain subject.” ! Mauney said the SAT is neces- | | sary for students to attend certain i Weolleges. "We need to study ways 0% o¥make them more effective and spend more time teaching skills to ‘prepare for tests,” she said. "Bennett said he had "mixed emotions" about test scores. He “said it is not an adequate measure for "one system against another” but some agencies base their fund- ing on SAT scores. "That's not in the best interest of the kids," he said. 2 Miller, a teacher in Charlotte- ‘Mecklenburg, said test scores don't * measure "full achievement...but do ho indicate norms compared with the 3! rest of the country.” li Asked if they'd support more L# school buses and better transporta- tion for the system, most candi- dates said more buses would be good but buses are allotted each system by the state. # "Less time on a bus is less time “with anxieties," Houze said. "To be "able to take a shorter ride would be encouraging" to students. Hawkins said as long as Kings Mountain has a community schools _ iconcept more buses would not nec- * lessarily be the answer to the time ‘spent on buses. "Maybe centraliza- jon of schools is the answer," he " Bennett said a long bus ride is nore harmful to young children “than to older ones.."We could see that more buses are allocated to the glementary schools," he said. Asked if they felt that there is a frue picture of equality shown in ie Kings Mountain School ystem, most candidates said bud- geted funds are allocated equally k on a per-pupil basis, however, be- J case each community is different ind some PTOs are more active \ than others, and some facilities are \newer than others, it is impossible for all individual schools to be equal. ® Miller said Kings Mountain "doesn't have equality in its hiring ¥ practices. "Over 25 percent of our “students are black, but I don't think > % =u i RX £8 4 i B BBs Mode Two month Special Pay a reasonable ‘price for a great look... 739-9466 or 739-2877 Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday by appointment only Thursday & Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm rnD November 2 thru December 2 I ! L 1 Perm n' Cut $1 Shampoo n' Set Cut $4.00 all Modern Day Salon, we have 25 percent black princi pals or administrators, and we don't have any blacks on the school board," he said. Houze said school 1 in many ways " \ ill have quality in all of our schools. All of our teachers do a good job. There ought to be a way to bring all things into balance but it can't be done overnight." On the question of differentiated pay, which will be allowed under Senate Bill 2 if a majority of teach- ers approve it, Hawkins said he fa- vored it and most other candidates said they would favor it if there could be a fair way of administer- ing it. "There has been much discus- sion about merit pay, but local school boards aren't going to have anything to say about it," Hawkins said. "It's going to be up to the state of North Carolina. But I do favor it. I favor more pay for good teachers. If you do a good job you should be rewarded and if you do poorly you should be 2 for doing poorly. I cannot see ing people to do a poor job." Davis said there is already a pay scale which allows teachers to re- ceive more pay. "In any b CSS there are those who really do a top job and some who don't do their best and get the same pay, and that bothers me." "Merit pay is a good idea. As to how you would apply it I have no idea,” Bennett said. "If you have a bad teacher, get rid of him." Miller, who said he has seen merit pay first-hand as a teacher in Charlotte, said it is a good idea to reward teachers who have done a good job. "But when another one who hasn't done a good job re- ceives it, that bothers me," he said. McDaniel said funding for dif- ferentiated pay is "short-lived" and questioned where the funds would come from after the state stops funding it. "It would have to come from local taxes which ar high enough. And I would the end resul good of the student?” "If it can build the teacher to do a better job, it's good," said Houze. "But it needs to be decided by the teachers. If they can live with it, it'll be a great thing." Hord said teachers must decide about differentiated pay. "As for ICCOgZ pay- ERICEIRA B 4 From Page 1-A Community Center, a total of 2,697 voters are registered and at West Kings Mountain, where voters cast ballots at The Armory, a total of are registered. Several elections will be at the same time at mos polling places. City and county © ficials remind voters to get the proper amot 0c votes in ¢ race Mountain city, Gro Cleveland County Sanita under- roy way SR Thad int of bailo CER BW A FH Gd § BB, “od uP For Se > RRR LL » » pd SE i ‘ as \v HR RR LT CITY COUNCIL ICOUNCIL, ON NOVEMBER 7 a wo fon - IO , 1989. GILBERT (PEE WEE) + § nerit pay, there's no doing it," he said. In answer to a question about the cy, which pre- fair way ot board's nepotism poli sim he AN OCH immediate immediate school board member's family to an administrative posi- tion, Bennett said he wholehearted- ly supported the policy. MR My 1 r assistant in ain and will be gr: g next June from Belm n Kings Mount ati Abbey with a degree in eleme education,” 1 {Iam ed to the scl work in the King School system. I n family memt dates said the "the best persc cases. McDa niel <a the board in any way." The candidates listed drugs, weapons, apathy, discipline, securi- ty, drop-outs, insufficient funding, Sure, a ombination classes as some of the major problems fac- ing education. Asked what their priorities for any extra local funds would be, tt and Houze said they would favor putting them into the class- rooms; Miller said he would put I higher teacher supple- ments; McDaniel said he would put them e they would do the stu- dents the most good; Hord said he would want to use them to elimi- combination classes, then to rk wit p-outs and pay high- ; Hawkins said he tam into qual yunties, and to assist the drop-out prevention and t programs; Davis said p 1g higher fauney sr Otis Falls Insurance Life, Health, Home Owners, Medicare Supplement, & Rest Home Care Thursday, November 2, 1989-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 13A ARERR Compare Our Major-Medical With Other Programs. Kings Mountain 739-5392 Scott's Satellite Television Complete line of Receivers 10ft. and 12 ft. 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