Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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administration 121 Anne Marie Nolan will transfer from Title II language arts to high school language arts Some of six teachers may be called on to teach one or two periods a day in social studies. Burdette said Those who may have to take from their regular slots are Jean Faucetl and James Williams, phys ed; fvlary Bottcher, vocational, Lynda Basye and Ray Nichols, business ed; and Hugh OShlelds, driver ed. Each is certified in social studies. Burdette reported the system will be 6 7 teacher units over the state allocation if no more units are lost If the formula changes, we will be over more. he contin- ued. Ratliff said he had looked at figures for the state and all 127 systems have teach- ers over the allocation, some far over Of the top 25 in the state, not one is even close to the allocation, he added, saying Oneonta has a good faculty and good stu- dent performance, with far fewer over the allocation. ' LEFT, SECRETARIES STAND- ING, Arlene Logan, Gail Bel- lew, Charlotte Vick SEATED, Elaine Womack (Bookkeeper). SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. STANDING, Dr Doyle Snead, L D Bentley, Jr SEATED, Bruce Phillips, Ollen Ray Ral- lifl, Ann Payton I

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administration 120 Dealing With the Squeeze Hoping that the legislature would adopt a state education budget before the end of the session, Oneonta City Board of Educa- tion postponed until May 14 notification to teachers, required by law. whether they would or would not be offered contracts for the school year beginning next fall. Acting on Supt. Bill Burdette ' s recommendations, the board cut four from the faculty and transferred one teacher to other duties. Caught in the faculty reduction were the special education and federal projects coordinator, a second-grade teachers, and two kindgergarten aides. Burdette told the board he anticipated 40 to 50 children to be registered for kin- dergarten, And that ' s not countying any who want to register from the county (school district), he added The board has been hiring two KG aides to enable it to accomodate students from outside the city. Board member L. D. Bentley said he regrets losing the two, and Burdette said. If money should become available, he would recommend they be rehired. Speculating on next year ' s finances, board president Ollen Ratliff said, If appears that our budget for next year may be very close to what we received this year, which was prorated 10%. And there may t e yet another budget cut. He said he believes the system has an oustanding faculty and regrets having to lose some. I believe the most important place for a teacher is in the classroom, he added. ABOVE, Mr. Bill Burdette, Superin- tendent of Education and Principal.

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You Eat It Every Day! ' . . . The amount of sodium I have could blow all the water out of High- land Lake, and this chlorine gas could kill all of you in this room, but when you put them together you get table salt — what you eat every day at lunch! . , . ' All chemistry students at OHS are familiar with that famous statement. It is only one of many facts that Mrs. Williams considers impor- tant enough to repeat very often, perhaps daily. You better believe, though, her students know those facts by the end of the year. Mrs. Williams makes sure she commands the atten- tion of her students. The intensity and tone of her voice is hard to ignore . . . and get away with it. Mrs. Williams has that uncanny knack of embarrassing everyone at one time or another, but in a way that makes the students only love her more. Nu - b,, , 1 m lOS 106 B i L i i, ..« .!... 122