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decisions, since they are the academic experts. Two examples come to mind: 1. The subject of substitute teachers at the February 20 meeting. Because Mrs. Massie didn’t know the people applying and Mr. Masterson made the statement that they are “new in the community” makes them unfit? It rings of a bit of bigotry. 2. The porposal to hire a retired dean of a local university as a $100.00 a day consultant for reading. The board with the exception of one member passed it without any questioning on the last time the man was in a classroom, or his knowledge of rural schools.
How can the teachers teach, and the administrators administrate, when their hands are tied by the school board? And who is suffering? The children.
MARY A. SCHUMAKER
“New in the Community”
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