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Mr. Lewis, who owns the Middlestreet Gallery in Washington, has a background in both commercial and visual art. This particular project is designed to offer both students and teachers maximum exposure to the process of creating art. Students will encouraged to observe Mr. Lewis as he paints, draws and, possibly, forges jewelry. Because of his commercial art back.ground, Mr. Lewis will also help students with posters and other commercial art projects entailing layout/and design skills.
Mr. Lewis will receive $2,000 out of the total $3,300 estimated cost of the program. .
The school board was also presented with copies of the first edition of the ‘G.T. Journal,’ a newsletter covering the school system’s designated ‘gifted anc^|plented’ students. Two teachers each from the elementary and high schools put out this first edition, but later issues will feature more involvement from the students themselves.
The first issue covers special chemistry studies by gifted and/or talented high school students, recent workshops for designated elemefitary students and a special second grade time machine project. Jt is expected that the ‘Journal’ will be a quarterly publication and copies may be obtained at the school board office.
In other business, the school board examined and approved the Special Education Six-Year Plan. The plan, which goes on to Richmond for approval, is unchanged from a year ago.
In submitting the plan to the board, Pamela Rowe of the school board office commented that the school board has “always ended up with more money than what I projected” the school would need. The issue of funds adequate for covering the school’s special education programs arose during discussion of current Congressional measures to cut federal expenditures for domestic programs.
The board also discussed procedures to alert both teachers and the public in general of the opportunity to discuss at the board’s regular meeting next month, upcdming budget recommendations to) the Countv’s Board of Supervisors. Since
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