Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
Old Plan Used
To Pick Slate
County School Board
Method Unchanged
By WILLIAM L. ELyIN
BY WILLIAM J. ELyIN

Future Arlington School Boarc
members may be nominated by
the same method as in the past
even though the Moncure bill
lends election of board members
lby the people.
All successful candidates fol
the school board have been nom.
Iinees Of the School Board Nom.
mating Convention.
At least one member Of the
County Board, which will make
future School Board appoint.
ImentS would not exclude" the
convention as a future method
Iof selecting School Board candi.
dates.
A slate of nominees chosen by
the convention, as in the past
would be presented to the Coun.
ty Board, instead of directly tc
the voters. as in the past.
Selection Next. Year
The first School Board ap.
Ipointments are scheduled next
year for terms beginning in 1858
The appointment procedure
forecasts an unusually strong
fight this fall for the one County
Board seat to be vacant. George
M. Rowzee, jr., conservative Ar.
lington Independent Movement
leader. has announced he will
not run for reelection to the
County Board. The other foul
members are split, with two. con.
lservatives and two nominees oil
the liberal Arlingtonians for 9
Better County. !
The Moncure bill has passed
the General Assembly and ha.
been sent to Gov. Stanley. HI
has been expected to sign it.
Ralph Raul, ABC County
Board member, said he favors
election of School Board mem.
bers by the people-the proce.
dure killed by the Moncure bill
If the bill is signed, he said, hi
would favor selection Of Schoo
Board members who have the
support of the majority Of vot.
ers, however it can be expressed
Mr.. Raul said that one method
of determining popular support
of candidates could be a con.
Iyention. This body, he said
could present a slate to the
County Board, which would
choose appointees from the slate
David Krupsaw, also ABC, de-
Iclined to comment on the con-
|vention method. He said the
important issue now before Ar
|lington voters is to elect to the
County Board persons who "are
mot of the reactionary. radical
right who are the source of so
much of our trouble"
Wants School Views
Mr.. Krupsaw said there must
be change in the school peo-
Iple who have taken a hands-off
attitude in the County Board
race because they don't want
anything to do with politics. :"
He said they must know the
Importance of supporting County
Board candidates who will make
appointments that will "guaran-
tee the kind of school progress
that has been shown in Arlington.
Mr.. Rowzee said that, if the
County Board should call fol-
nominees. well get the pet oil
some organization" Individual
County Board members shout
seek out the best qualified per-
sons for the School Board and
let a majority of the County
Board decide on the appoint
ments, he added.
Wesley w. Cooper, board
chairman, said he won't decide
until later which nomination
method he will favor. He would
be willing to consider q conven-
ton. along with other proposals.
One other conservative board
member. Mrs. Leone Buchholz,
was not available for comment
The Nominating Convention in
the past has drawn fire from
business groups and others. They
charged the convention gave un-
due representation to individual
PTAs and prevented such groups
as the Chamber Of Commerce
from having adequate represen-
tation.
In the 1853 campaign. a riva'
convention was held under the
sponsorship Of A. !. M.