The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1969 Page: 11 of 16
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Accreditation Team Calls
Rusk Schools"High Quality"
"The Rusk Independent
School District Is commended
for * high quality program of
education. Having effective
administrative leadership,
high caliber professional
suff, and community support
for the educational program,
the district substantially met
accreditation standards."
This was the finding of the
recent team from the Texas
Education Agency which in-
•pected local school facili-
ties Aprl 21st and 22nd, They
were Joe Relchert, Irene
Westmoreland and Alfred Pe-
ters. Following their official
visit, a written report was
sent to Superintendent of
Schools, Jack Martin.
Say Supt. Martin, "I am well
pleased with their findings,
end feel that It 1s a compliment
to all of us In this district."
"I think It would be very
good to share their report
with all the patrons of our
district," he added.
The team's report was as
follows;
An accreditation survey visit
to the Rusk Independent School
District was conducted In De -
cember, 1967. The current
visit was scheduled as a re-
sult of the 1967 survey visit
report.
"The Rusk Independent
School District served an area
of approximately 239 square
miles in Cherokee and Rusk
Counties. The district's fin
anclal structure was based on
taxable properties related to
lumbering, agriculture, min
eral production, small indus-
try, and utility companies.
Location of the Rusk State
Hospital and a Texas Power
and Light Company generating
plant within the district pro
vided substantial economic
benefits to the area.
'Total assessed valuation
was $13,619,172, estimated to
be 25 percent of actual val
ue. The assessed valuation
represented an increase of
$237,584 since the previous
had been Increased by ten
cents to $1.95 per hundred
dollars valuation, and was
divided to provide $1.45 for
maintenance and operation
and 50 cents toward retire-
ment of a $1,133,000 bonded
debt.
"The dlsrrlct operated a 12-
grade school program on four
separate campuses for an en
rollment of 1,36?. A pro-
fessional staff of 68 was em
ployed, 3 of whom were paid
from local funds and 3 from
ESEA, Title 1 funds. Seven
teacher aides, paid from
ESLA, Tital 1 Funds, as 1
ted teachers with the Instru
ctlonal program. The pro-
fessional staff included the
following full-time personel;
A certified librarian, a cer
tifled counselor, a supervi
sor, and a registered nurse,
'The plan of Instructional
organization was 6-2-4.
"Full-time principals were
assigned to Rusk Elementary
School and Rusk High School;
part-time principals were as-
signed to the other rwo cam
puses. All principals had
ample time for administrative
and supervisory responsibi-
written evaluation of tea-
chers performances.
''Sixteen and one-half units
of credit, excluding health
and physical education, were
required for high school gra-
duation. The length of the
school day and the number of
calendar days for Instruction
met State standards.
"Since the previous visit,
the district had considerably
enhanced Its ability to im-
plement a more effective in
structlonal program by the
completion of a new high
school complex and by the
purchase of new equipment.
The complex Include accom-
odations for a modern pro
gram of instruction and was
considered quite functional.
The small Bradford High
School had been eliminated,
and grades 9 through 12 had
been moved Into the facility
on a totally Integrated basis.
"Pupil personnel records
included information relative
to attendance, academic pro
gress, standardized tests, pu-
pil appraisal, and general
health. Health information
Included hearing, vision, Im-
munization, arid physical
growth date. Health services
were provled by a nurse on
a referral basis.
"Administrative procedures
had been developed In keeping
with accreditation standards.
Adequate leadership for the
instructional program, or-
derly and judicious budgetary
and purchasing procedure,
and a viable in-service pfo
gram for professional staff
growth and development were
provided. All staff member
appeared to understand the
nature of their duties and re
>pon.i|h||ltle . Hie coopera
Mon of the school la ft ■**'
¡•ought in formuta't'ig and • \
ecutlng th# educational plan'
for the school llstrlct. 'he
hoortl of ^hoolrrwve* ft
regularly at appoint** "me ,
•ad mirmio * of proceeding
oovo kept. The repon '*
tween the teaching staff and
administrative peronnel ap-
peared to be good. The last
system-wide self-evaluation
was made during 1968.
"Locally developed curri-
culum guides supported most
courses. However, curricul-
um guides were not observed
for courses in physical
science and band, and other
curriculum guides were In
need of revision. The teac-
ing staff in conjunction with
the local supervisor were in
the process In the updating
local curriculum guides. Tea-
chers had received training,
extended over a four months
period, in ways and means of
improving teaching methods
and techniques. This training
was directed by a professor
from an area college.
'The curriculum Included
all courses required by the
State Board of Education, and
sufficient elective courses to
meet requirements for high
school graduation. All requi-
rements relative to clock
hours of instruction were met.
The curriculum consisted of
general and college prepara-
tory and vocational courses.
It appeared that vocational
course offerings, consisting
of homemaklng, and agrlcul
ture, could be expanded In
keeping with local and area
needs. Courses and class
sections were patterned in
an attempt to meet indivi-
dual needs and abilities. Stu-
dents, In most respects, re-
ceived group and Individual
ized classroom instruction.
Differentiated teaching ma
terlals and techniquest were
used. However, it appeared
that more materials and eq-
uipment we're needed for sup-
port of the science program
in order that more diversi-
fied methods might be ap-
plied to its teachings. It
appeared that the sceince pro-
gram was inordinately based
upon textbook teaching.
"Counseling and other gui-
dance techniques were used
In an effort to fit the educa
tional program to student
needs. Teachers, adminis-
trators, and the couselor
worked closely in this re-
spect. Samples and dis-
plays of student work refle-
cted sequential progress of an
acceptable quality.
"1 lbrary services were a
vallable from central libra-
ries on all four campuses.
Balanced book collections,
consisting of more than five
books per student, were cat.
aloged and classified on open
shelves. In addition, home-
roomes housed collections of
reading materials and sets
of reference books.
"The library staff consis-
ted of a full-time librarian,
who was a major in library
science, two qualified tea-
cher-librarians, and a lib-
rary aide. A planned sch
edule was In operation
whereby the head librarian
visited each campus unit at
regular intervals to assist
with the selection of books,
displays, shelving, and dis
tribution of materials. All
library items recived were
entered in the accession book.
A review of circulation sta-
Jjstlcs Indicated that the li-._
brfties were well utilized.
Library skills and research
techniques were taught by
language arts, teachers and
the librarians. Many library
books were olda and In need
of replacement or repair. It
appeared that the library bud-
get was adequate.
"An inventory of audio-vi-
sual equipment and other in-
structional aids was availa-
ble at each school campus for
support of the Instructional
program Teachers molested
that they anticipated an in-
crease in available films and
other industructlonal medias,
particularly for matematics
and science instruction, as the
Region VII Education Service
Center becomes opperatlonal
In the district In late 1969.
The purchase of much addi-
tional equipment In the dls-
tional equipment since the
previous visit had consider-
able improved the physical
education program.
An Adult Basic Education
Center was located at the
Rusk Junior High School cam-
pus. The center provided
services for 43 adult classes
from 12 independent school
districts and 2common school
districts. Approximatelv 860
students were enrolled in the
program. Students received
instruction in language arts,
arithmetic, social studies, ci-
vil defense, medical self-help
typing and vocational job tra-
ining. The center appeared to
be well equipped and was used
during the day by classes from
Rusk Junior High School.
'The administration had
done a good job In staff dev
elopment. Most teachers
were full qualified for their
assignments. Two teachers
wee assigned on the basis
of Emergency Teaching Per -
mits, and two certified tea-
chers were assigned to tea-
ching fields for which they had
not completed approved pro-
grams of teacher education,
'The district offered a high
quality program of education.
The district's school opera
tion fulfilled legal require-
ments and, in general, met
accreditation standards.
There were, however, a num-
ber of areas to consider (or
to emphasize to a greater ex-
tent) in planning for further
improvement of the district's
total school operation as fol-
lows;
1. A plan for more realistic
maintenance of the old Brad-
ford High School building
should be developed if the
building was to continue hou-
sing a part of the instructional
program. It appeared that
better custodall care should
be provided the two elemen -
tary schools.
2. An adequate number of
safety goggles should be pro-
vided all students engaged In
laboratory activities which
pose a potential hazard to the
eyes with a means for ster-
ilizing the same when shared
by students.
3. Additional fire extinguish-
ers and storage racks should
be provided to meet needs
in the high school shop.
4. The school should continue
efforts to revise local cur
riculum guides and to deve
lop new ones for physical
science and band programs,
5. I andscaping appeared to
be needed on the two elem
entary school campuses to
bring it more in line with
that generally found in r.hp.
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THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, Ma Y 22. I1
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1969 Graduates Of The Rusk Kindergarten And Their Teachers
Kindergarten Class Gives Program On Dolls, Graduate
NO
VALUES
Graduates of the Klndergar
ten were Pamela Sue Aldaco,
Patty Ballard, Douglas Gene
Brooks, Melanie Lee Bur-
rows, Donald Wayne Cooper,
David Ray Cotton, Gary But-
ler Dobbs, Frances Gentry,
Janet Kay Gulllon, Jana Ce-
lesta Ham, James Leahman
Hassell, Beth Ann Higgins,
Donna Elaine Higgins, Mark
Ray Hudnall, David Lee Hud-
son, Laura Kay Hughes, Gina
Renee* Irwin, Jon Mark Ja
cobs, Theresa Gayle Jones,
Kelly Dan Kelt on, Kevin Lan-
ge Landrum, David Kent
Mann, Gerald Matthews, An-
ita Jo McCrary, Virginia An-
nette Montgomer, Joe Da-
vis, Debbie Posey, Julie
Evelyn Ramey, Mary Kathryn
Struhall, Doug Thompson,
Jennifer Townsend, Deana
Renae Tucker, Robin Elain
Tullis, Robert Dale Wallace,
Howard David Watson, and
Jonnie viae Weaver.
Thirty-seven Rusk Kinder-
garten students received dip-
lomas and presented a pro-
gram entitled "Dolls on Par-
gram entitled "Dolls On
Dress Parade" at their gr-
aduation ceremonies Thurs-
day, Mary 15th.
The setting for the pro-
gram was a doll shop. Fea-
tured in the program were
soldier doll, rag dolls, pa-
per dolls, French dolls, sai-
lor dolls, baby doll, collap-
sible dolls, Japanese doll,
Dutch doll, Indian doll, Es-
kimo dolls, pirate dolls, fa-
iry dolls, and an old doll;
as well as the shop woman
and a child.
The processional was play-
ed by Mrs. Webb FInley. Di-
plomas were presented by
Mrs. Knox Ray and Mrs. An-
gelien Splvey, Kindergarten
teachers.
The students presented two
musical selections, "Heigh-
Ho" and "Let There Be Peace
On Earth".
Rev. L. Allen Holley, pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church, offered the benedic-
tion.
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area.
6. A loan desk would im-
prove the program of li-
brary services provided the
Bradford Elementary School,
A bulletin board would im-
prove services at the Rusk
Junior High School.
'The Rusk Independent
School District Is commend-
ed for a high quality program
of education. Having effective
administrative leadership,
high caliber professional
staff, and community support
for the educational program,
the district substantially met
accreditation standards.
"Recommendation. It is re
commended that the Rusk In
dependent School District be
continued as full accredited
for grades l through 12.".
NO ORDINARY WIRE-Hemby Norwood dis-
plays a coil of genuine "antique" barbed
wire, found at his home on Crockett Street.
The handmade wire must have been very stout
when new, because despite the rust and time,
it's still quite tough. Mr. Norwood discussed
his "find" with several of Rusk's senior citi-
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zens, who fail to place this type wire in their
memory flies. The strong center wire is
vyapped with Individually cut and pronged,
razor-sharp pieces of metal, Mr. Norwood
reports seeing wire like this at the San Ja-
cinto monument. If you have information,
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