Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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E D. MAURICE Supt. of Schools ftoa b Dilectote o ClH$ Tletivelk @ca c) foucaticn Elected to serve os head of the board of directors of the network which is AHS was G E. Ducro, Jr. M. H. Young serves gs vice-president. They succeeded K. H Parks ond H. B. Wollender, who served during 1948. Also on the board is C. H. Sanborn. A. W. Lewis serves as clerk-treasurer and Superintendent E. D. Maurice is the board's administrative officer. The renewal of the two three-mill levies and the passage of a one-mill levy enabled the board to meet the increased cost of operations, building repair, and teachers' salaries. They also worked co-operatively with representatives of the Ashtabula Teachers' association to establish a new salary schedule which took effect January 1. To increase the stadium fund so that a stort could be made on the proposed bleachers for Bula field, the proceeds from the Ashtabula-Painesville football game were donated to the fund. Patron tickets sold for one dollar. Results of these efforts will be seen before the next grid season, as a section of seats had been prom ised by August 15. ten

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°l System School nurse, Mrs. Helen Kellogg, repairs minor injuries caused by pencil battles and hall traffic mix-ups. C. A Meister supervises the technical staff and workers. Revising script and issuing permits are a few of the many secretarial duties of Miss Phyllis Cresswell, secretary to Superintendent Maurice, and Miss Peggy Miller, secretory to Principal Gephar . In December, Miss Edna Johnsen replaced Mrs. Martha Powell as bookkeeper in the school headquarters. Office assistants, Betty Manyo and Isabelle Severa, lighten the load in the high school and headquarters offices, respectively. The odequate timing and careful guidance of the administration has made the calibre of this year's command performance superb. mne

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Troffic problems ot the corner of Elm ond Division, and Pork and Division streets were token up by the board. An extensive reconstruction program is being carried out throughout the school system to repair old buildings and replace equipment. Contracts were let to install new boilers in the central plant and new lights in the gymnasium and the home economics room of the high school Sections of land from the sidewalk to the curb in front of the school were cemented. Plans were made to install new seats in the auditorium before Spring activities took place. Silent, efficient functions of the board of directors bring about the smooth performance of the network of Ashtabula City schools. BOARD OF EDUCATION Superintendent E. D. Mourice. H. B. Wallcndcr, K. H. Parks, Vice-President M. H. Young, President G. E Ducro, Jr., C H. Sanborn, Clerk-Treosurcr, A. W. Lewis. eleven