The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-18
FOUR TEACHERS
RESIGN; TWO
SCHOOLSCLOSED
Contracts Awarded For Trans.
portation of Pupils By School
Board At Regular Meeting
% ROUTES ARE LISTED

Acceptance OF designations of foul
teachers from the county teaching
staff, the closing of two rural schools
and awarding of contracts for trans
portation of school children, were some
of the items of business disposed of at
a meeting of the Board of Education
in the Court House last Thursday
July II. Walter W. Dawson, president;
Walter W. Savage, president;
Stuart F. Hamill, associate member
and F. E, Rathbun, secretary and
county superintendent, were present
designations were accepted from
Lois Williams, Accident Elementary;
C. Leonard Slaysman and Rose R. Gis-
riel, Oakland High; and Dorothy R
Weaver, Kitzmiller High.
Thelma NJ. Steyer was appointed to
the Mt. Lake Park Elementary school;
Lena NJ. Georg, to the Oakland Ele-
mentary; Fred Nebera, graduate of
West Virginia University, to Oakland
High, and Ruth M. Ault, to Accident
Elementary. Mr.. Rathbun said that
appointment Of teachers to fill vacan-
cies in Oakland and Kitzmiller High
schools would be made from list of
applicants already in his office.
The Board passed orders, in accord
ance with state school laws, closing
the Corunna school i'll election district
No. 8, and the White Rock school in
district 2. Corunna pupils will be
transported to the Red House schoo!
and high school pupils of that entire
section will come to Oakland. White
Rock pupils will be transported to
Friendsville, and high school pupils of
that section will go to Friendsville
The Board also took under advisement
the closing of the Asher Glade school
in District 2, because of the small at
tendance there. In event of closing
they would go to the Friendsville
school,
Attention of the Board was called
to legal requirement classification of
teachers certificates into first AMI
second class groups, the classification
to be made by the county superintend-
ent upon elements of scholarship, exc
cutive ability, personality and teaching
power. Only those teachers whose GER
tlticates are classified as first class
shall receive any salary increases
based on experience as provided by the
State School Law, Mr.. Rathbun stated
The Board awarded contracts for
the transportation of pupils upon the
routes named below to the party desig-
mated:
Cation to Grantsville { new equip
ment); Emanuel G.. Bittner.
Merrill to Avilton; Frank Robson.
Hartman to Accident Ito include
transportation of high and elementary
school pupils from the Rock Lodge and
Beachy school communities to Acct
dent); C. C. Goehringer.
Marshall Friends to Oakland: HUI
bert E. Martin.
White Church to Oakland; Warren
Rathbun.
Walnut Bottom to Mt. Zion; Seidel
Turner.
Pine Swamp to Terra Alta; Cloyd
Friend.
Bayard, Maryland, to Red House, in
Guiding the transportation of the
pupils of the closed Corunna school
(new equipmenD; Herbert S. Richie
Colmer's to Barton; Paul Colmer.
Groves to New Germany; Stanley
E. Grove.
Pennsylvania State Line to Acct
dent NEW equipment) Earl H. Ault
Fazenbaker's to New Germany;
Sylvester Fazenbaker
Rock Lodge to Beachy; Judson Glot-
felty
winding Ridge to Rich Hill; George
Hetz.
Fairsweep to Oakland; Dwight
Mills.
Manadier Ridge to Jennings; Verna
B. Miller.
Wright's to Salisbury Pocahontas
Road; Samuel Wright.
Meadow Mountain CCC Camp tC
New Germany; Archie Bittinger.
Hutton to Crellin; Boyd Hardesty
Swallow Falls to Oakland; Charles
+. Tusing.
Harris Bennett to Kempton, William
P. Bennett.
White Rock to Friendsville, includ
ing the pupils of the closed White
Rock school NEW equipment); Clar
ence j. Sisler.
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