La Puente High School - Imagaga Yearbook (La Puente, CA)

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WILL La Puente High School need more science fa- cilities in the near future? Do the boys at LaPHS need new shower and locker rooms? These are iust two questions that the LaPHS Board of Trustees under the direction ot President Michael Pemberton had to face during the year. They were constantly planning and making decisions forthe rapidly ex- panding district. For instance, they spent much time going over the plans for the third increment of the new Los Altos High School with the architect after having seen to it that the second increment con- tinued under construction on schedule. ln addition to this, tor 5122930 they purchased 30 acres of land in the Otterbein area for the site of the fourth district high school. Other routine matters such as approving all purchases and payrolls tor the district schools and the hiring of school personnel took up much of their time at their monthly board meetings. Other Board members besides the president were Mrs. Louise Hillenbrand, John C. Wood, H. Dexter McKay, and John A, Rowland, Jr, Assisting the Board were Glen A. Wilson, superintendent, Princi- pals James A. Faul and Robert J. Schilling, Business Manager John J. Hamilton, and Recording Secretary, Miss Catherine Bidart. 'Y xxms .' yv i . ...A 'f IMMENSELY COMPLICATED described Michael Pemberton's work as President of the Board, steering the members through a year full of district expansion problems. Task Of Planning Qther District Schools MEMBERS OF THE LoPHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Dexter McKay, Michael Pemberton, president, Mrs. Louise Hillenbrand, John Wood, and John Rowland, Jr. -- listened intently as District Superintendent Glen A. Wilson lI.l outlined the agenda for a monthly meeting at which they planned the third increment for Los Altos High School.

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Superintendent, Board Members Faced THROUGHOUT the history of man the horizon has had a mysterious quality. We can see up to it, but not beyond. Discovering what lies on the other side has been a driving force in man's progress. Each time we have pushed back the horizon we have found a new one much wider and deeper and more intriguing than the last. Each has served as a rung on a ladder putting us within reach of the new horizon ahead. La Puente High School has had many horizons. Hav- ing completed the growth stage and reached ma- turity, the task now is to interpret the meanings of the new horizon ahead. The problems now faced may well be more difficult than were the problems of growth. Education will have an even more im- portant role than before, and our school must prop- erly interpret the needs of the future so that as we reach the goal now in sight we will be prepared for the even newer horizon ahead.

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Busuness Manager Assustea Ba Dustruct RESPONSIBLE for The smooth functuonung of The LaPHS busuness depart ment was John HamulTon Dustrucr Busuness Manager who wusely and ASSUMING The responsubuluTy of chuef admunus TraTor of The La PuenTe Unuon Hugh School Dus TrucT SuperunTendenT Glen A Wulson faced a varueTy of expansuon problems ln hus capacuTy as secreTary To The Board he kepT Them unformed on all quesfuons and carrued ouT Theur polucues He also delegaTed The auThoruTy and The Task of helpung hum guve every sTudenTs an oppor TunuTy of furTherung hus educafuon To The pruncu pals of The Three dusTrucT hugh schools and The busuness manager whule he devoTed much of hus Tume To The plannung for The expansuon of dusTrucT faculuTues ln adduTuon To Thus he ordered The Tunal landscapung aT Los AlTos Hugh He also advused The Board on The purchase of a suTe for a fourTh hugh school and conTunued wuTh hus plannung of Thurd uncremenT aT Los AlTos John J HamulTon dusTrucT busuness manager pre pared The budgeT for The dusTrucT schools as well as supervused all supplues ThaT were purchased Workung wuTh The superunTendenT and The Board he made sure ThaT all records were accurafe and was un charge of drsTrubuTung The maTeruals need ed by The Two hugh schools The year 1958 1959 saw The conTunuaTuon of long vuew plannung for The dusTrucT by The superunTendenT busuness man ager and The Board experfly handled cl! mcffers of funonce Such as The budgef DISTRICT BOOKKEEPER Mrs Lucua Roberfson wurh accuraTe com BOOKKEEPING MACHINE OPERATOR un The dusTrucT offuce Mrs EsTher Batelaan pefence made out The payroll balanced The school accounts and had charge of The dusTrucT buuldung fund amuably conferred wuTh Mrs Sharon Lou Johnson secreTcury To dusTrucT busu ness manager about umporfcunt budget maTTers o Q -lx XIX...