Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right Row l Margaret E Doty District Clerk Robert .l Hartnett President Dr Hyman Geller Row ll Leonard S Welslng Superintendent of Buildings John J Feldis Russell G Booth Secretary Emllj Belsovec Treasurer C H Tunnrcllfle Jones School Attorney Dr W A Kincard Superintendent of Schools Board ol Directors OT very many of us realize the Important duties performed by the Board of Education It IS this Board that IS the governing body of the schools In our district The Board is also responsible for the adult education courses oftered here In Hempstead The Board of Educatuons main duty is to make decisions and solve the problems concernlng the schools as they arise The Board takes care of all Important matters that have to do with education The members are concerned with the school budget the purchase of school land erectlon and maintenance of buildings and the complete policy making of the school district Together with Dr W Amos Kincaid Superintendent of Schools and Margaret E Doty District Clerk the Board meets once a month The five members who make up the Board are elected by the tax payers from our school district for a term of flve years A new member as chosen each year for this term Our thanks to the Board of Education for the fine work it has done for our school our school district and the education of our students. 10

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The Bug Top Director OR many people thrrteen rs an unlucky num ber However for those of us rn Hempstead rt rs an extremely lucky one srnce Dr Klncald has now been our Supcrrntendent of Schools tor Many of us thrnkof Dr Krncard as the man who closes school when rt snows However Dr Kun card has done much more tor Hempstead stu dents than merely closrng rt doors for a day For example our excellent Gundance Depart ment got nts start because of Dr Krncard The Athletrc Department also owes ham a debt of gratrtude for bemg Instrumental rn the burldrng of the bleachers out on the field and for the enlargement of the gurls field Hempstead s now famous Musrc Department was revrtalrzed by Dr Krncard Indeed we can pornt to many bene fits that the Hempstead Publrc Schools have derived from Dr Krncard our Superintendent of Schools fl! 'of' 5561! he DR W AMOS KINCAID thirteen years. . , , I ' ,f . Q . . I . I y v I l