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The school board responds favorably to the free exchange of ideas, he says.
Being a small system is a mixed blessing when new ideas are introduced speedily into practice, says Klass. George Mason can respond quickly to major changes in curriculum because it’s a small school. Parents sitting on advisory committees can see their suggestions take fruit “with a great deal of speed,” he says, adding that “this can be positive with good things, but there’s also a rapidity of new ideas some of which eould have stood more testing.” But then, small schools can correct mistakes more quickly, too.
In a small school, there’s also a more caring relationship between staff members, Klass added, of 90 possible full and part-time teachers employed by the city schools eligible for membership in the educational association, 82 actually belong. Approximately 40 of them work with him at George Mason.
This small group becomes intimately aware of each other’s illnesses or family problems and pitches in with “good words or whatever.”
Klass says he was especially touched when his colleagues took up a Christmas collection to help pay hospital bills when one of his children was suffering from spinal meningitis. Yet he says it’s typical of the camaraderie of a close-knit community.
Truly Studious, Too
Principal George Thoms frequently wanders the halls hesitating here and there to make friendly remarks to students.
Student council president Denise Shuster is taking a make-up test outside
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