Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-10-22
County School
Heads Meet Here

Inc MdulSOn COunLy oCHOOlS
Executive Heads met in the office
of County Superintendent Rolla d.
Webster, Monday, October 18. The
following members were present:
George M. Robinson, J. Frank
Rothwell, Paul W. Boyd, John
Manson, Chester Kelso, Kimball
Howes, Glenn w. Whiteside, Rob-
ert Trehearne, Gordon E. Oxley,
Dale S. Porter and Carl Burger.
Superintendent Webster announc-
ed that there were 342 packages
of Federal Cafeteria Supplies dis
tributed in Madison County this
day.
The date on which the Madison
County Schools are to secure
War Surplus" Commodities at
the State Fair Grounds will be
sometime in November.
Our schools in Madison County
intend to dismiss in order that
teachers may attend the Central
Ohio Teachers Association meeting
in Columbus on November 5.
Each High School will submit a
list of prospective graduates, in
1855 to the County Superintendent
Immediately. Proper blanks were
distributed at the meeting.
Principal Jake Won Kanel of the
London High School and Execu-
tive Heads Carl S. Burger and
Kimball Howes of the Madison
County Schools, along with Supt.
r. D. Webster comprise the COM
mittee to conduct the Ohio Senior
Scholarship Tests in Madison
County. These tests will be given
Friday, January %, 1855.
The Importance of the weekly
Attendance Report" was mention
ed. The men all expressed approx
al concerning the arrangement
whereby the Attendance Officer
regularly visits each school at
least once a week.
The Transportation Forms T-31
were mentioned. Mr.. Webster call
ed attention to the fact that the
use of Pupil Patrol should not be
neglected. The men were told to
report traffic violations directly to
the Ohio Highway Patrol and in
some cases to the sheriff, also. All
of the School Heads were invited
to attend the Ohio Schools Trans
portation meeting in Columbus,
Thursday, October 81.
The use of Unsatisfactory Pro-
gress" reports was advised. Atten-
ton was called to the fact that it
is extremely necessary that any
pupil who may be expecting to
graduate and not having sufficient
credits should be notified. This
should be done in writing.
The men were commended for
the interest shown in Soil Conser-
vation Education and for their
work in the N.E.P.H.
The names of the officers of
each Parent-Teacher Organization
in the County was to be sent to
the County Superintendent inn
nediately.
The Importance of the coming
election was discussed.
The date of the Madison County
Teachers Association meeting was
set(tentatively) for Friday, De-
cember 10, 1854. This will be an
all day meeting. Any teacher who
desires to receive pay for Deem
Der 10 should be in attendance al
this meeting. The President, Dale
S. Porter has called a meeting OF
teachers to arrange and plan this
County meeting. Each of the fol-
lowing schools is to send one High
School teacher to serve on a com
mittee for arranging a program:
Fairfield, Mt. Sterling, Monroe
West Jefferson, Midway and Lon
don, Each of the following schools
is sending an Elementary teacher
to do similar work for the Ele.
mentary grades: Somerford, Deer.
creek, South Solon, Plain City
Canaan and London. These com
mittees are to meet in the office
of County Superintendent r. D
Webster at 4:30, Tuesday, October
26.
Mr.. Robinson gave a report oi
the Athletic Committee. Mr.
|, Howes reported from the Music
Committee.
Mr.. Webster commended the
men for having completed a very
good six weeks of school work.
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