Burlington High School - Oread Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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CONTROVERSY COMPETENCIES Basic competencies do some good. So many students m the past years have graduated from high school illiterate, ancJ there is really no reason tor it. Competencies can ben- efit students in many ways. Filling out an application blank for employment or writing a business letter are important skills. Competencies benefit the teacher and the student by letting the teacher know exactly what area the student IS behind m. Generally, competencies are valuable. — Steve Cunningham Competencies are a ridiculous waste of lime. Teachers spend hours giving and correcting the tests, but students learn just about nothing from them. The test also takes val- uable class time, leaving less time to do more important work. The English competencies are the real waste of time. Can you imagine having to learn how to answer a telephone, take or give a message, or how to give directions? If you don ' t know how to do these things, you might as well hang It up. To give and correct these basic tests is just a waste of time and money. — Chris Shea SENIORS SAY. Is the state basic competency program worthwhile and valuable? m 45% B 36% ■; No opinion 19% 12

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LANSING K. REINHOLZ Superintendent Of Schools 163 South Willard Street Burlington, Vermont 05401 BURLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Telephone; 802 863-4521 802 863-4707 Lansing K, Reinholz, Superintendent of Schools SUPERINTENDENT ' S MESSAGE You help everybody if you try. — Lansing K. Reinholz Ted Mable, Assistant Superintendent of Schools 14