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( under way since last May. AS Mr.
Sharpe called the meeting to or
der. he announced there would b,
no speeches. adding: IF any on.
: tries to rise to speak. I'll have te
rap him down."
DR.. Corning then reviewed the
facts in the case. He pointed ou4
that the boundaries between the
i two schools were changed last
i May. which necessitated the trans
fer of the 80 children. in order to
relieve the overcrowding at La
fayette.
Parents Had Appealed.
After the children were trans
ferred, their parents appealed to
| the School Board for a hearing
and it was granted. The board
told Dr. Corning to restudy the
matter. take whatever action he
desired and report back to the
board only if he so desired. The
protests continued and after
school opened, the board ordered
another restudy. It's Buildings
and Grounds Committee brought
| in a report last Wednesday up
holding Dr.. Corning.
However, DIR. johnson and
Mr.. Sharpe Withdrew their ap-
proval of the committee report
and the reversal Of DR.. Corning
became official board action.
DR.. Corning then recommended
that the board reconsider his
original proposal and allow the
transferred children to stay at
Murch School.
II
After DR.. Corning spoke, Mr..
Sharpe chided parents of La
Ifayette pupils for a very unseen
| ly thing" which came to his at
tention over the week end. He
was referring to the PLANNED sit
down strike which some Of the
parents had scheduled for Mon
day to prevent the removal of
three toilets and other plumbing
from the teachers room.
Such conduct, If in reality a
fact, was not good" Mr.. Sharpe
declared. "It was impeding the
legal action of this board"
He said it made it necessary for
him to suspend the contemplated
plumbing removal.
Mr.. Sharpe then read a letter
from the Lafayette Home and
School Association, asking the
transfer Of the children to Murch
be upheld: a telegram from the
Murch Home and School Associa-
ftion's Executive Board requesting
that the pupils not be sent back
to Lafayette. and a letter from
Isadore Mendelsohn. one Of the
parents objecting to the transfer
of the children to Murch.
The School Board then en-
barked on an hour half
discussion marked by involved
parliamentary situations.
DR.. Cannon started off by mov-
ing the action Of the last meet
ing be rescinded. Mr.. Lee OBJ
jected. saying that some one who
voted for the motion would have
to move to rescind.
1T is an unusual and danger
GUS situation" Mr.. Lee said. 1--WE
are embarking on a program of
sitting as board of appeals on
our own actions"
Mrs. Williams said she was will
ing to review the situation but
was not inclined to rescind the
action Of the board so suddenly
with so many factors involved.
isn't 1t a fact we are here to
talk about rescindment?" DR..
Cannon declared. "We need a
motion before the house"
Disliked Critical References.
The board members spent some
time making it quite clear that
they were not interfering with the
administrative functions Of DR..
Corning and that the whole ques-
ton had come to the board when
the citizens appealed and DR..
Corning asked for ruling. They
seemed upset over critical REFER
ences in the press to their action
of last week.
"The board was asked by DR..
Corning to pass on this admins
trative detail, the board didn' t
inject ITSELF" Mr.. Lee said.
Mr.. Williams, one of the men,
bers who changed his mind, said
several days after the previous
board action he began to feel that
the November deadline for shift
ing the children back to LAFAYETTE
was sudden" He also pointed
out that some parents didn't favor
the shift back to Lafayette. 1.
| Letters Are Cited.
/ Mr.. Sharpe said he had six let
ters from parents whose children
had been transferred to Murch
who wanted them to stay there
DR.. Carl F. Hansen, associate su-
perintendent, said he had eight
such requests, some Implications
of those received by Mr.. Sharpe.
Protests from Lafayette parents
. |also apparently had something te
do with the resentment. Mr.
Sharpe said he had been bonn
barded with telephone calls, Wis.,
Iitors and kilograms all week end
Il Mrs. Phillips said she felt the
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