| Show Sch School l l' l Board Plans ans' ans Action 1 On Teacher Morale Problem The Grand District Board Doard of Education met in special meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing ng Tuesday evening to decide what action to take on a situation situation situ situ- atlon among the teaching staff of the district arising from the written protests of 40 out ofa ofa of ofa a total of 55 teachers In the system The forty protested the resignation of Miss Lillian McCormick McCormick Mc- Mc Cormick physical education instructor instructor instructor in in- here for the past seven years Miss McCormick called l by y the protestors a most highly high high- ly y regarded and qualified teacher teach er and dedicated educator had handed han l In her resignation several several several sev sev- eral weeks ago ao a o apparently after after atter af at- ter having been unable to resolve resolve resolve re re- re- re solve difficulties at the high high- high school The resignation appears to bethe be bethe bethe the crux of a situation which has ms been developing for quite some time according to mem- mem fiers of the board The protest by y forty teachers called on the board to take a definite stand standon In Insecurity In on the problem of teacher security and mounting tension among the teaching staff regardIng regard regard- lug Ing ng working conditions The Board of Education said Tuesday night that this apparent apparent ent tension insecurity and low morale had been first called to their attention by a teacher committee on March 19 1959 and that attempts had been made In the renewed teacher evalu evalu- atino program to case ease tensions then Apparently these attempts were unsuccessful A spokesman for the School Board stated Tuesday at the meeting that our methods of handling the situation have failed at the high school He lie further stated that under present conditions the board felt that maximum education was not being or could not be attained Following the first portion of the special me meeting ting the Board retired to executive session excluding excluding ex ex- eluding all aU but members to further further fur fur- ther discuss ways and means of alleviating the situation When contacted on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day morning regarding what business transpired in the executive executive executive ex ex- ex- ex meeting President Howard How flow ard Lance stated that the Board had called a meeting at the high school on Thursday afternoon afternoon after after- noon at which all high school schoolteachers schoolteachers schoolteachers teachers were to attend Present at Tuesdays Tuesday's meeting were Howard Lance Vice President Curtis Robertson Dr A A. Ray West Lester Rogers Mrs Joyce Cunningham Superintendent Super Super- Helen M. M Knight and Clerk Erma Wimmer |
