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replied that RCHS provided one over the minimum in academic units (calculus, the fifth level of math added this year), five over in vocation (with the deletion of Home Economics 4 and S), one over the minimum two units in fine arts and only the minimum three units in physical education.
“So within the existing curriculum, there’s really no room for discussion because the state has said what we will do,” Miller concluded, adding that the school board’s only choices lay with the curriculum expansions okayed in October.
Eastham countered that the board was "overloading facilities with electives at the expense of academics.” Asked by chairman Beverly Massie for specifics, Eastham questioned if woodworking is in the same realm as math or English. “I don’t think so,” he stated, suggesting that the courses be compared in value as to the education they provided a child.
When asked by Bloomer what courses he would eliminate, however, Eastham refused to answer, maintaining that was the board’s decision, not his alone. He asked what the necessity was for offering Art 2, 3 or 10 and invited anyone in the room to explain what is taught in the RCHS course entitled “Exploring Technology.”
When James Dennis, the teacher of the class in question, tried to answer from the audience, he was ruled out of order by Mrs. Massie. *
Dennis apologized to the chairman but added “This' gentleman is tearing me up!”
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