Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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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

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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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 eep Board Members Busy OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP, LEFT: Board mem- bers John Howell; Bobber Tillman; Lamar Newbern, chairman; and Mrs. Christie Pat- tersom learn that HEW has turned down another of their proposals. OPPOSITE PAGE, FAR LEFT, MIDDLE: Dr. Robert Quattlebaum and Mr. John Howell, with their work cleared away, try to look on the bright side of the Board's many prob- lems. OPPOSITE PAGE, NEAR LEFT, MID- DLE: Dr. Jerome Cox, director of instruc- tion for the city schools, files information received from a publishing firm OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM: Mr. J. Foster Goolsby, superintendent of Valdosta City Schools, is the man in the middle between the Board, representing the citizens of Valdosta, and the schools. ABOVE: Dr. J. Ralph Thaxton looks grim; Mrs. Veran Blackburn looks sad; Mr. Goolsby strokes his chin in con- templation; and Mr. Reuben Yancey, be- hind Mr. Goolsby, gives the business be- fore the Board his legal scrutiny. LEFT: Mr. Charles Green, principal of Valdosta High School, receives keys, a firm handshake, and best wishes from Mr. Howard Bridges, who retired as principal last June. 13