Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-03-15
Dear ,IOhn.

Dear John,
All of us with children in the
Chardon School system, and
all of us who hire the gradu-
ates of this system, are con-
cerned with the quality OF the
education these children are
receiving. A o m g with the
school administration and the
school board members, we
want to be certain this quail
ity is the very best we can
provide.
One of the most interesting
developments in recent years
aimed at improving education
generally, from kindergart-
ten through high school, is
the Educational R e a ch
Council of Greater Cleveland.
Schools from New Hampshire
to Minnesota have availed
themselves of the services of
this council. Locally about
two dozen C h ool districts
participate in this program,
including such districts as
Shaker H e i g h t. S, CleVe-
land Heights, Orange, Wick
life, all the Catholic schools
of the Cleveland Diocese and
some of the private schools
All this would indicate that
t h e Educational Research
Council of Greater Cleveland
must have considerable mer-
it, for being a participant in
wolves substantial expense.
We in Cnardon will have an
opportunity to find out Whet-
her this program would be Of
benefit to our C h o 0 ! S on
Thursday, April 5 at 800 pm
in the Music Room of the high
school. Mr.. Garfield has in
vited DR.. George H. Baird
Executive Director of t h e
Council, to explain the pro-
gram to everyone in the area
who is interested in public ed
ucation. The recently formed
Citizens Advisory Organiza-
ton to the Chardon Local
School District Board of Ed
ucation is sponsoring t h e
meeting. We feel this is too
important a development for
us to remain uniformed con-
corning the Educational Re
search program. We urge
everyone in the area to come
to the Music Room April 5 to
hear DR.. Baird.
Very truly yours,
Edwin r. Hill, Vice Chair
man Citizens Advisory Organ
ization.
Editor-Geauga Record ........ ..
The current controversy ov-
er the proposed County Plan
and the lack of local coverage
of this matter prompts this
writer to set forth in some de-
tail a few facts which the vot-
erS Of Geauga County are en-
titled to know.
Mr.. Lister and associates
have been employed by the
county since 1857. The County
Commissioners elected to pay
him the sums of $8500.00 in
1857, $13, 10000 in 1858, $248O.
90 in 1859, $2224. so in 1860 and
$1005. 90 in 1861. In 1859 a
c ou n ty Planning Director
was hired at $8000.00 per
year, which accounts for the
diminishing sums paid to Lis
ter.
AS a result of the eXpendi.
ture Of this large sum, what
does the County have? { II
1t has a set of subdivision re.
gulationS which establish st.
gulationS w h i C h establish
standards so high, which re.
quire the expenditure of sc
much money by the Subdivid
er, that building of residences
IN this county has been com
pletely throttled. In 1857 sew
enteen platS were filed which
created 624 new building lots
In 1861 three plats were flee
which created 1913 new build
ing sites. Plat filings creating
building lots have diminished
each year under planning re
gulationS. (2) 1t has a propos
ed County Plan a few pages il
length, which, as James Hun
County Commissioner, said il
Claridon last Friday night
I'VE don't know if it's legal"
Now, whether the people O
the County believe that thu
Stalling Of the building indus
try here is good or bad is no
the issue. The point is that OF
the one hand our planners are
preventing an increase in POI
ulation in the County because
of lack Of new building sites
yet on the other hand they tel
us a county plan is necessary
to yield sufficient tax money
for schools for the population