Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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1 W' .L , f ,zen General Superintendent Dr. Leo Bradley Superintendent of Personnel Elmer Hinkle Superintendent for Administration Wade Pogue Secretary to the Board Billy Walker Assistant Secretary to the Board Denton Murphy and President of the Board Charles Meek 222 - SCHOOL BOARD Superintendent to Business Nolan Morgan Sharpenin .B.I.S.D. S.B.l.S.D. Those initials stand for the Spring Branch Independent School District. They also represent one of the best school districts in the nation. Educators in the academic world recognize the Spring Branch School ' District as being one of the wealthiest and most advancing school districts around. As Dr. Leo Bradley, general superintendent, once said, . . . I have always regarded Spring Branch as the school district on the cutting edge. One reason the cutting edge is so shar is because of the S.B.l.S.D. School Board. lt was comprised of business men within the district who governed, made policies and evaluated the community's 25 elementary schools, 8 junior high schools 6 high schools and Career Center. The School Board approved the building of a natatorium adjacent to Spring Woods High School. The natatorium consists of one giant covered swimming pool, and exercise room and two dressing rooms. It also cost about one million dollars to build and is becoming one of the nation's outstanding facilities of swim instruction and competition. The School Board was responsible for putting Romel, the dope-sniffing dog, into action. Spring Branch was the first school district to use a dog to search out drugs on a school campus. The program was a success in Spring Branch and the School Board is proud of the pu Of course the School Board wasn't happy about the smoking problem that continued to burn principals at the high schools. Dr. Bradley and the Board couIdn't find an answer to the problem. According to one source at the administration building, the Board migh decide to designate smoking areas in th high schools, they've tried almost everything else to stop student smoking on campus. Behind the School Board was Dr. Leo Bradley. He made presentations to the Board on what he thought needed improvement or new policies. He came up with ideas through research and his employees. Then the Board decided wh should be done, the members had a lot power and authority in the district. School Board members were not paid salary for all the time they worked for S.B.I.S.D. Instead, they received the satisfaction of knowing that they were a very important part in making Spring Branch School District one of the best i the nation.