Smyrna times., 1957-01-03
PLANS FOR
NEW SCHOOL.
Building Commission Shown
Plans for Proposed Addi-
tiOn to School
FINANCIAL REPORT

wednesday, Dec. 19. 'Ihe board
met as building commission
with w. Howard Nowland, chair
man, in charge. E. William Mar
tin and his associate Don Wason
were present to show the Smyrna
commission members preliminary
building plans for the proposed
addition to the present element
ary school. The commission ap-
proved these plans in principle
and asked that Mr.. Martin and
the superintendent to present the
plans to a committee from the
State Department of Public In
struction headed by DR.. H. B.
King, for tentative approval. The
board then met in regular ses-
sion and approved the financial
report for December, showing ex-
penditures of $34,723.43 from
state funds during the month. Ex-
penditures from local funds for
the first five months of the pre-
sent school year totaled S4,828.15.
The district now has balances of
72,799.04 in state funds, $9,068.-
rs in delayed repair funds, and
S10,501.39 in debt service funds.
The superintendent pointed out
that appropriations for additional
units and for certain additions in
the salary scales have not yet
been received, and the anticipated
balances are actually larger than
shown for state funds. Present
balances would not meet antici-
pated salary needs of the district.
The board approved the purchase
of six sewing machines for the
home economics department. The
board took under consideration
certain Improvements of this de-
partment as recommended by the
teaching staff The board review
ed operating statements for the
elementary and high school cafe
terias. 1t was noted that the high
school cafeteria has been able to
operate in the black this year.
However, the elementary cafeter-
ia is still showing a loss. Both
cafeteria managers were able to
take a day to observe operation
of several other cafeterias in the
state during December. A detail
ed report of the approaching eval-
uation of the Smyrna High School
was given the board. A commit
tee of ID will spend three days
during February evaluating the
program, teaching staff and meth
DDS and school plant prior to rat
ing the school. If the school re-
ceives satisfactory rating it re-
mains as one of the accredited
high schools in the state. The
committee is composed of educa-
tors from Delaware, Maryland
and Pennsylvania. They will ar
rive in Smyrna on Sunday after
noon, Feb. 10, and observe the
operation of the school on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
that week. The Smyrna faculty
have prepared a detailed report
for the evaluating committee, and
this report will be used as a
guide. This report, following the
directions of the 'Evaluative
Criteria", a 30O-page booklet
which must be completed, COM
ments in detail on the pupil pop
ulation, the educational needs, the
educational program, the various
subject areas such as art, music,
English, mathematics, ETC., the
pupil activity program, the Ii
brary services, the guidance SER
vices, the school staff, and ad-
ministration. Data is also given
on the training experience and
ability of the present members of
the staff. The evaluating commit
tee will not only study the school
program, but will look for evil
dence of school-community COOP
Grafton. The school board asked
the superintendent to continue
work on the Board Policy Hand
book, using minutes of previous
meetings as a guide. The resig-
nation of Hazel Lockerman was
accepted by the board. Mr.. Lock-
erman, custodian, has taken work
at Dover. The Smyrna Board of
Education received several COM
munications, including one from
the Smyrna Fire Company. The
board and superintendent indicat-
ed that they felt continued CO.
operation between the school and
various civic agencies was ex-
tremely important. The installa-
ton OF a warning-fan out system
fro.t;n,,od o, paoa Efval