Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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Board of Education Mrs. Lillian Pearson, secretary; Walter Glavey, president; Lloyd Hilleary; Earl Hartshorn; Don Freeman; Jack Walker; Mrs. Martha Curry; Dr. W. G. D. Henderson; Dr. David Radcliffe, Superintendent; Dr. Don Woods, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction. As the new Liberty School was completed and occupied in December, and the Library-lab addition of Danville High School was gradually completed and used, the members of the Board of Education turned their attention to other needs of the district. A long-term (30 year) building program was studied and priorities were established, only to be readjusted when two of the elementary schools were hit by fire. A great many extra meetings were added to the docket by these problems. The completion of the VoTech building for the cooperating schools was also one of their concerns since Danville acted as the administrative district for the program during the construction period. Mr. Walter Glavey served as president and Mrs. Lillian Pearson was secretary for the Board. The particular study item under discussion seemed to amuse the members and the people attending this meeting. Page Twenty-nine

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Dr. David H. Radcliffe Superintendent Dr. Don Woods Assistant Superintendent for Instruction City Administration Implementing the program for equal education and overseeing the completion of the two building projects were only two of the many duties carried out by the Superintendent's office and the Board of Education. As the final approval of the equal education program was given by the state office, a series of meetings were set up for the students who would be transferred and for their parents so that they might feel more easily acclimated to the new schools they would be attending in the fall of 1974. These were set up by Dan Mash, the Community Relations Director, working directly under Dr. Radcliffe. Curtis McDaniel, who was the Director of Finances until March, also worked directly under the Superintendent's office. Dr. Don Woods, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, worked primarily in the area of curriculum updating and worked closely with the teachers to see that the Danville schools were kept up-to-date on the newest developments. A series of half-day workshops was one of the ways planned to do this, following the ideas of the teachers' committee and Dr. Woods. As the MEDLEY went to press Dr. Radcliffe announced his resignation from the Danville School system after a period of 26 years during which he had served as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent. He was to become the superintendent of the Kaneland School district. Page Twenty-eight

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This year, in which we had expected to be housed in the new addition in its entirety, became a year of great activity for the members of the administration of Danville High School. Each delay in completion caused new decisions to be made, most of which became the responsibility of Principal Arthur Mathisen and Assistant Principal Ray Grierson. Starting the year in temporary offices, as each part was completed they formulated the plans which were made and carried out. Mr. Phillip Smith who had been a member of the staff became the Dean of Men and Miss Christabel Bock continued as Dean of Girls. Their new quarters were not yet available as the book went to press. Mrs. Mary Wright the school nurse was on full time duty. We were fortunate in retaining the same capable secretarial staff who assisted greatly in the smooth running of the school. Mr. Allard's final year as Cashier was made extra busy with ticket sales.