Brownstown High School - Bomber Yearbook (Brownstown, IL)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION In naming the Board of Education the Senior Pilot f the B C H S Bomber, the staff is hoping to give credit where due Too often in thinking of the school's relation to the board of education all of us forget the xxk and res ponsibility of the school board Just as the pilots, bom bardiers, and gunners of bombers get the praise while the designers and bullders of the plane get little credit, it is with the school and board of education The board of education is responslble for providing the building equipment and personnel of the school The principal and teachers cannot conduct a good school without adequate building and equipment just as the pilots and bom bardier cannot return safely from a raid without a first class plane Members of the board of education serve without pay Their only compensation is the satisfaction of seeing a job well done One of the chief functions of the board, in lection of a capable executive as head of the school They select the employees of the school with the advice of the Principal The board establishes definite policies on the relationship of the school and community The board inter prets the school to the community and keeps the people in formed about the policies of the school All actions of the board have as their objective the promotion of the educa tional interests of the boys and girls of the community The present board consists of two members, H M Brown and J J Feezel, who have served since the community dis trict was organized Samuel Schaub has served two years Herbert Smith and Willard Owen have served one ynr with Mr Owen finishing the unexpired term of Stanley Schwarm who is in the armed forces The Community owes a vote of thanks to these men for the work they do and the splendid job they have cone thus far since our district was organized o ' . so 1 y ' addition is providing building and equipment is the se-