Shippensburg High School - Scroll Yearbook (Shippensburg, PA)

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Left to right-Miss Eleanor Duncan, Mrs. Marion Freeman, Mr. Clyde Shive, Mr. james Hockersmith, Mr. Charles Saylor, Mr, Wilbur Kuhn, Mr. Arthur Burkhart. Board Ut Directors Gur first stop in Facultyville was to meet the members of the school board. We knew that it was through their untiring efforts that this trip was made possible for us. We found one of the most vital problems facing the Board of School Directors was to pro- vide for the entire community's educational facilities for all the boys and girls. One of the ways to do this is to combine the resources of the entire area to form a joint board which will be composed of all of the school directors of all the school districts. This joint board will have the authority to build and maintain buildings, levy taxes, in fact all of the duties given to any one of the boards may be exercised by this joint board. ln exercising these duties it becomes the responsibility of the joint board to provide the best educational opportunities for all the boys and girls in the district that are possible, and at the same time use all the resources of the entire area to secure these educational facilities. Other problems confronting the board were to legislate and establish general policiesg adopt pay scalesg elect or reject employees: decide the general scope of the local educational offer- ings, approve and adopt an annual budget: de- cide what buildings shall be built, determine policies regarding age of school entrantsg and represent the community's attitude toward the kind of facilities to be provided for education. Ten Upon its members fell the responsibility of making many decisions. The group acquires new members system- atically through local elections held at regular intervals. The board's new member this year was Mr. james Hockersmith who was elected by the board to fill the unexpired term of his brother, Mr. Bruce Hockersmith, who died last summer. Mr. james Hockersmith was graduated from Shippensburg High School in l9l9, and from Eastman Haines School of Business. He is presi- dent of the First National Bank, treasurer of the Cumberland Valley Host Co., and is quite active in many civic organizations. Begular meetings were held the first Mon- day of every month. ln case problems could not be settled at regular meetings-extra ses- sions were called. The board of school directors has commit- tees which work most efficiently. These com- mittees have specific responsibilities assigned to them. As a result of our acquaintance with the workings of a school board, some of us may decide, in years to come, we would like to become a member of such an organization.