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Members of the staff of Clayton County School news at a recent
meeting where plans were developed for future issues.
The Committee on Public Re
lations of the CCEA who pub
lish this paper is under the
chairmanship of E. W. Oliver of
the Northcutt School and Joseph
Lee. Hendrix Drive School is Co-
Chairman. Mr. Lee has the major
responsibility of publishing the
teacher newsletter called “The
Dispatch”.
Jonesboro High School, Julia
Kogers; Forest Park High School.
Roy Hartley; North Clayton High
School. David Cason; Mt. View
Elementary, Anne Banke; River
dale Elementary, Mary Pharr;
Morrow, Mrs. Freeman; North
Jonesboro, Mary Ruth Wallace:
Lee Street, Tom Aust; Ash
Street, Mrs. L. Suechting and Jo
McMeakin; Maple St., Charles
Waddy; Hendrix Drive, Mary Lou
Smith and Henry Ash; J. E. Ed
monds, Martha Gastineau; Lake
City, Ethel Benson; East Clay
ton, Carl James; Forest Park. Ted
Key and Judy Hood; Jonesboro
Junior High. John Kimbrough;
J. W. Arnold School, Mrs. Velma
Griggs: W. A. Fountain, Mrs. J.
M. Thomas.
Sabin Oral Sunday
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you took, take them all as no
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dosage.
This is designed to last you a
lifetime and no charge is made
for this important health work.
Type I will be February 9 and 16.
Type II on March 15 and 22. and
Type II on April 19 and 26.
Your doctor urges you to come
and bring the family for this
great program and wipe out
polio.
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MEANS LONGER WEAR
County C of C Nears
Goal of $20,000
The Clayton County Chamber
of Commerce added 13 new con
tributions to its “Watch It Grow”
list and in doing so pushed over
the SIB,OOO mark, toward a $20.-
000 goal for a new Chamber
building.
Chamber President John Dean
announced construction of the
new building is now underway
and barring excessive inclement
weather, the Board of Directors
is shooting for a completion date
in March.
Mr. Dean stated the list of con
tributors to the fund includes
businessmen and citizens from
every area of Clayton County
and Metropolitan Atlanta. For
this we are very grateful and
their positive response to this
campaign signifies a Chamber of
Commerce at work.
As previously announced, all
contributors to this campaign
will be included on a plaque for
permanent display in the lobby
of the new building.
Teachers Meeting
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Hensley, Mrs. G. D. Pressley, Mrs.
Tommy Ward, Mr. Kenneth Fox,
Mr. Frank Senkbeil, James Petty,
Maxine Fulford, Mr. Clyde
Crump. Mrs. Virginia Ridgers,
Mrs. Clyatt. Mrs. Gurley, Mrs.
Bankston, Miss Delores Prewitt,
Mrs. Irene Davis, Miss Helen Syl
vester. Miss Patricia Phillips. Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Butler, Mr. Clif
ford England, Miss Linda Vvahl,
Mr. Jack Jennings and Mrs.
Walter Skinner.
CLAYTON COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
Clayton School System and
New Educational Program
By ED EDMONDS, School Superintendent
Governor Sanders’ Program to Improve Education is
one of the most important pieces of educational legislation
ever put before the citizens of Georgia. It has now passed
into law and financing it has been made possible by the
legislature.
The Program will reach every child from the first grade
through the post graduate level. It is as modern as today
and gives a sense of direction to tomorrow’s future. It is
essential to our existence as a first rate State.
The essential features of the program, though by no
means all, are:
1. 100 more teachers and professional service personnel
including librarians, counselors, curriculum directors and
administrative persons.
This will be of tremendous help in that the state will
now pay directly for the people concerned; whereas, before
they were included in the teacher allotment. Teachers will
be assigned on the basis of the Average Daily Attendance at
a ratio of 28-1 and service personnel will be allotted in addi
tion.
2. $3.00 per child for consumable instructional ma
terials. There has been no allotment for such things as
material the children use up (consumable) and buy again
each year. The new program allows three dollars per child
in a new area of support our schols have never enjoyed be
fore in Georgia.
3. Increased funds for library and textbooks. The pro
gram proposes to increase the state funds, matched on a 2
to 1 basis by the county, for purchasing books for our li
braries. It also increases the amount allotted each system
for the purchase of textbooks. Our county definitely will be
helped here in many ways.
4. Funds for additional buildings. The county will re
ceive its proportionate share of a multi-million fund set up
to build additional classrooms in areas growing rapidly such
as ours. Surveys to determine where the classrooms are
needed most will determine the way this money is spent.
5. Index salary schedule for teachers. A new salary
schedule will go into effect with Gov. Sanders already hav
ing allocated S2OO average raise, according to experience
and degree held, to the state teachers. This salary scale
will bring our teachers within range of the national av
erage over the next few years.
This program will help Clayton County to become one
of the most progressive areas of our State. Business and in
dustry follow in proportion to the investments made in the
field of education. In states where public education is ade
quately financed, we find the highest per-capita income
We strongly urge all of our people to study and to support
this program.
North Clayton Gives
College Board Exams
For the past four years stu
dents in the Clayton County
School System have been able to
take their College Entrance
Examinations at a center located
in Clayton County. North Clay
ton High School serves as the
testing center and serves not
only students in Clayton Coun
ty, but also, South Fulton, Fay
ette and Henry County.
Approximately 565 students
will be processed in this center
during this current school year.
Among the tests offered at this
i local center are the Scholastic
■ Aptitude Test which is required
। by almost all colleges in Georgia
I for admission. This examination
. covers three hours. Also given
I are the writing Sample and the
entire series of the Achievement
, Tests. These examinations are
designed to allow the colleges of
! America to receive the best in-
I formation about the applicants
who come from this area. Con
sultant for the local center is
Julian Butler, Jr., Counselor for
North Clayton High School.
Mental Health
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i Center. They hope soon to com
plete a study to be presented to
the commissioners for action as
can be had. Mr. Cherry. Coun
selor at Jonesboro Senior High,
is chairman of the group.
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The law whereby Clayton
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Safely Is No Accident
ACCIDENTS kill more children
under 14 years of age than those
who die of pneumonia, tuber
culosis, cancer, leukemia, polio
and heart disease combined.
Our schools undertake to re
duce this terrible loss of lives by
stressing safety to and from
school, crossing streets, on the
playground and on the buses.
Parents and teachers have joined
hands to encourage habits of
obedience to all safety rules and
regulations.
The policemen and women as
signed to traffic duty at our
schools must be given much
credit for the love and care they
give our children every day, rain
or shine. There is no way to
express gratitude to these people
for the devotion with which they
perform their duties. All go be
yond the call of duty at all times
in order to better protect our
young citizens.
At school teachers employ
movies, cartoons, talks, essays
and many, many other ways to
constantly impress on children
the need to be safety conscious.
The school patrols are a vital
part of the educative process in
every school to assure the safety
of all children.
This is another means of citi
zenship education that is often
overlooked. Our patrols get
more blame than they do praise
and yet there is no more dedi
cated group of workers in our
schools among the children
themselves.
The fire departments try to
give all the safety educational
time they can to our schools.
Fire drills are held monthly in
all schools. Fortunately, fires in
recent years at our schools have
occurred when no children were
present, but we must be alert.
It is imperative in our demo
cratic society that we strengthen
our program at home and school
in teaching children, while they
are very young, to think and act
wisely, to protect themselves and
others from accidents.
ley Depot and other federally
connected projects, allots to the
county $138,810 this year.
According to Senators Russell
and Talmadge we are to receive
an immediate payment of $19,433
of the amount allotted. This
money is disbursed in our school
system according to Public
Law 874 which is administered
by the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare of the
federal government.