Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Miss Marguerite Ford Mrs. Sammy Glassman Mrs. Buck Thomas Mrs. Will Davis Burgsteiner ightens Principal's Duties TOP, LEFT: All right, you may borrow a pencil, but don't forget to bring it back, says records secretary Mrs. Buck Thomas. TOP, MIDDLE: Guidance secretary Mrs. Sammy Glass- man never lets a work overload worry her. BOTTOM MIDDLE: Intense concentration enables financial secretary Mrs. W. D. Burgsteiner to balance the books of VHS amidst confusion and interruptions. ABOVE: Guidance counselor Miss Marguerite Ford clears up the mystery of SAT scores for junior Max Stephenson.

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Behind every great man, there's a great wo- man, according to an old saying. If success were directly proportional to the number of great women behind a man, Mr. Charles Green should be among the most successful of high school prin- cipals. For behind Mr. Green are four great wo- men—Miss Marguerite Ford, Mrs. Sammy Glass- man, Mrs. Buck Thomas, and Mrs. W. D. Burg- steiner. Their able assistance has helped to make Mr. Green's first year as principal a smooth one of administrative transition. Miss Ford has served as guidance counselor at VHS for fourteen years. Students seeking jobs as well as those anticipating college admission seek her advice. She is assisted by Mrs. Sammy Glass- man. In this year's administrative shuffle, financial secretary Mrs. Burgsteiner changed offices to main- tain closer communication with the new principal, whom she also serves as personal secretary. Both she and records secretary Mrs. Thomas are familiar to students and faculty as the behind-the-scenes workers who keep VHS the smooth-running institu- tion that it is. 10

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Administrative Changes, HEW Demand To add to their routine problems as policy makers, the nine elected members of the Valdosta City Board of Education this year came face to face with the demands of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare that the city cease operation of dual schools for whites and Negroes. Although many Negro children have been attending in- tegrated city schools under the freedom of choice plan, HEW was not satisfied. Faced with the possibility of losing all federal aid for the city schools. Board members finally decided that at the beginning of the 1969-1970 term all students from Pinevale High School, together with the majority of their teachers, would be transferred to Valdosta High School. Before reaching this decision, however, the Board held regular monthly meetings, closed sessions, and public discus- sion forums. In addition to dealing with this problem. Board members had to make sure that the transfer of administrative duties from one superintendent to another was handled smoothly. Mr. J. Foster Goolsby, assistant superintendent last year, as- sumed all the duties of this office after Mr. W. G. Nunn retired last June. 12