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with such views by all board mem
bers present.
The committee diligently pro-
ceeded to its task, and at an early
meeting of the committee there
was evolved a method Of using q
coded QUESTIONABLE to be dis
tributed among certain admins
trative associates Of the superin-
tendent in order to ascertain in
formation that the committee
thought proper and germane to-
their task. It is of interest that
all members of the board who were
present know of this plan of using
the QUESTIONABLE method, but in
fairness it must be stated that at
least two members withheld ap-
proval. and several were concerned
with its effectiveness.
When the news leaked out that
such a QUESTIONABLE was being
used, there was an instant opposi-
ton from some Of the public press
and certain groups as to its char
acter and utilization for the as
signed purpose of review and
evaluation. For purposes Of the
record, it can be stated that the
president Of the board and several
other members interviewed and ad.
vised with the personnel commit
tee; and after full discussion at
the committee meeting. the per-
sonnel committee, Withdrew any
further use of the method Of send
ing out further questionnaires and
ordered all copies destroyed that
had been received, together with
the code. No. member Of the per-
sonnel committee or any other
member of the Board of Education
has seen a QUESTIONABLE that was
filed out and returned, nor did
members know the key to the code
that was to be used.
Questi0nnaires Broken Down.
The questionnaires that had
been returned were broken down
and collated by the secretary OIL
the board as to the subject matter
contained in the QUESTIONABLE
and bore no identifying marks,
names, or other information as toI
the identity of the writer. BY de-
cision of the Personnel Committee,
it was ordered that the question
naire and the code be completely
destroyed by fire by the secretary
of the board, and I am glad to re-
port that this duty was irnmedi-
ately performed by the secretary
Thereupon the committee onI
personnel proceeded with its work
Of reviewing and evaluating the
present term Of the superintend-
ent, and at each succeeding meet
ing of the committee nearly all
the members of the Board Of Ed
ucation were present and took an
active part in the open and free
discussions concerning the admin
istration Of the public schools
during the present term of the
incumbent superintendent. In
fact, at one of these meetings. the
superintendent was invited to at
tend the meeting and at its con-
clusion, he expressed his gratifi-
cation and pleasure to every one
for the fine constructive helpful
ness in having such an opportunity
to freely and comparatively dis
cuss board matters together in
private assembly.
A meeting Of the Personnel Com
mittee was set for December Is,
1851, to which all members, as has
always been the practice, were in
vited and to which the superin-
tendent was also invited. I am in
formed that, at this meeting, the
superintendent did present his
views concerning his work achieved
as superintendent during his pres
ent term and presented a full
record Of his accomplishments as
he personally reviewed them.
Confined to Home Since.
Unfortunately, I was taken i'll
on Friday night, December IL.
1851. and have been confined to
my house since that time; and I
was. therefore, unable to attend
the meeting Of the Personnel Com
mittee on Saturday, December is,
1851. I was, therefore, not ac-
quainted with what transpired at
that meeting, at which time the
superintendent, I am informed,
was given ample time to freely
express his position and his
record. Thereafter, a special
meeting of the Board Of Educa-
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