Garfield Heights High School - Garfield Yearbook (Garfield Heights, OH)

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ADlVlINISTRATION Q llvu.9n. Mr. O. H. Schaaf Mr. Michael .Iaffrln Nlr. .lack Wilson Superintendent of Schools President Clerk-Treasurer Mr. Donald Mantel Nlr. Earl Bahm Vice President Board Member The laws of our state provide that there shall be free public schools throughout Ohio. ln order to establish and operate these schools on the most efficient basis, and in order to permit local residents to share in determining the type, quality, and extent of the educational opportunities to be provided within each community, our state govern- ment has subdivided the state into many school dis- tricts. It has delegated to the people of each district many of its responsibilities, much of its authority, and the right to finance better educational oppor- tunities than the meager ones which are guaranteed by the state. The agency through which the state conducts its educational program, in each respective school district, is the local board of education. The privilege of selecting the board members has been delegated to local citizens, who know the candidates and who, therefore, should be able to select the most capable members. The board of education ballot is non-partisan, which means that candidates run for election, not as representatives of a political party, but rather as representatives of all the people ot the community. Mr. Frank Kniola Mr. Henry Trubiano Board Member Board Member Board members must serve without pay, and they are not reimbursed for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, except for S36 a year which the state law specifies for transportation to and from meetings. The law requires one meeting each month, but'in these days when bond issues, levies, teacher short- ages, classroom shortages, and maintenance prob- lem abound, the average is likely to be two or three meetings a month. The amount of time consumed by one meeting is three or four hours. A board member has no authority except when in attendance at a board meeting, or when per- forming a duty assigned to him by the board as a whole. Therefore, citizens of the community should present their problems to the board, during its regular meetings and not to individual board mem- bers, at other times. ' ln view of the heavy responsibilities which board members must assume, for the good of all of us, and without remuneration, each of us should re- member to express our thanks to them for the good work which they do.

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1955 Garfield Pioneer Yearbook Staff :sf ' Vl' -.,k f I I fa-ek -- v o.Q Q P I!- wi' I . kr, EDITOR Florence Harrison ADVISOR Mr. Harold Kimball EDITOR Patricia Jaffrin ASSISTANT ADVISOR Mr. Ralph Witter PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR Tom Basta ASSISTANT EDITORS Marlene Gillespie Betty Jo Senyak Beve Bradler Frank Fiore Noreen Baclawski Jean Fassett Patricia Reichart Norma Holicky Norbert Owens Sharon Murray Robert Sigmund Jackie Lisy Carol Hazen Pat Mastropieri Barbara Kammerer Published by The Yearbook Staff of Garfield Heights High School 4900 Turney Road Garfield Heights, Ohio

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Q--if PRINCIPAL W ,T tv... vs' gs. -V We willingly do a great deal to get an education. What, then, can we reasonably expect education to do for us? It should make us happier, and it should enable us to make others happier. lt should equip us to employ our talents and our time-give us a firmer foundation for the future. Education should help us make a better living, but it should do more than that. lt should help us to live more abundantly. Important marks of true education are sympathy and understanding. Let us remember that education neither begins nor ends in the classroom. We say that individuals are completing their education, but in a literal sense no one ever completes an education. All life is, or should be, a process of education. lt is the sincere hope of the Principal that all of the graduates of 1955 will have secured through the excellent school opportunities provided by Garfield Heights citi- zens, the necessary skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed to carry each and every one forward in a very successful iourney through life. Charles P. Lindecamp E Principal