Jenkins High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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4. The Board requires a bus drill for all students. 5. Dr. Ronald Etheridge leads the Board of Educa- tion as Superintendent. 6.Students board a bus for the evacuation drill. 7. Tanis Nelson exits a rear door. S.The risk of fire or explosion requires that the stu- dents move away from the bus. BOARD OF EDUCATION 19

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WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS The Board of Education put most of its energy this year into developing and promoting a bond referendum that would change the face of the Savannah Chatham County School System. The program was to provide for magnet programs throughout the system that would eliminate the existing desegregation policy. The bond referendum would have triggered five years of construction, renova- tion, and modification of our schools. The referendum had a price tag of $187 million. After the vote in February, it appeared that property owners were not prepared to pay that price to improve the schools with this particular pro- posal. The Board returned to the drawing board to devise a more acceptable plan. Jenkins was to be major recipient of the renovations and modifications of the bond referendum. Although these changes will not be financed by the defeated referendum Jenkins will still be updated. Modifications are the re- placement of the roof, new heating and air conditioning systems, and enlarging the kitchen. Expected additions to the school grounds are a physical education building, 19 classrooms, and six laboratories. The final result will be that Jenkins will accomodate approximately 1,650 stu- dents in grades nine through twelve. It will make it easier to use teachers more efficiently and improve academic offerings for all of the students. 1 .Representative Ann Crowder lays out the Long Range Plan. 2. The Board of Education committee members urge the Jenkins’ faculty to support the bond referendum. 3. The teachers listen intently for more information about the pro- posed changes. 18 BOARD OF EDUCATION

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