Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Ike dt j (Soa b ok Mucaiion E. D. Maurice, Superintendent A. W. Lewis, Clerk-Treasurer C. L. Shay lor. President T. E. Warren, Vice-President eight

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eU ilte Pace ioi Uemociacii Members of the 1944-45 board of education ably demonstrated that when the world is at its worst, the schools can be at their best. Facing a year of shortages, they proved their competence in maintaining successfully the high standard of Ashtabula ' s public school system. Elected in January to direct the activities of the board was C. L. Shaylor who succeeded R. A. Elder as president. He is assisted by Vice-president T. E. Warren and Clerk-Treasurer A. W. Lewis. R. A. Elder, K. H. Parks, and C. H. Sanborn complete the membership of the board. Board members faced a shortage of qualified personnel, but opening day found Ashtabula ' s schools fully staffed. Improvements in the physical aspects of the school were evidenced as a new drafting room was added to the vocational building; desks and tables completed the rennovation of the fine arts department; with an eye to future redecoration, new chairs were purchased for the social room of the high school; electrical shop and other vocational classes received additional improvements. A civic-minded interest in the school was apparent as the public voted to pass the one-mill levy to increase the pay of school personnel. The pub- lic ' s response showed an awareness of the increase in the cost of living and the necessity of higher wages for teachers. The board not only kept the schools at par but also looked ahead to the post-war era. Plans were formulated for a post-war expansion and replace- (continued on page sixty-nine) R. A. Elder C. H. Sanborn K. H. Parks