Watervliet High School - Spectator Yearbook (Watervliet, NY)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION KNOW YOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION Members of the Board of Education are appointed by the mayor for a term of fixe years and reeeixe no gratuity or fees vshatsoex er for any serxices rendered Meetings are held on the third Monday of ex ery month unless a special session is deemed necessary The principal duty of the board is to carry out the mandates of the Unixersity of the State of New York Board of Regents Also this group is responsible for determming the sehool s sehedules effectixe after September first The raising and collecting of taxes in the Watersliet School District is still another job for which the board is responsible In addition it approx es the books used in the school system pays all bills for the main tenance of buildings and school property and regulates salaries of all those connected vs ith the system the Troy Record and Times Record LUGILNE KENNEDY former Superintendent ol Colonic shops of the D8.H THOMAS T CAVANAUGH assistant Superxisor auditor ot disbursements D8.I-I GLRALD B FIRTI-I Superxisor of gas sales Seheneetady branth ol Nixgara Moliavxlt Povser Corp and DANIEL GILMORE Superxisor Ot Publit Relations XV1terxliet Arsenrl The board is composed of President FRANK L. YORK, publisher and president ot'

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UPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE The schools of Amerrca today stand at the threshold of a new era rn therr long h1story For many decades they haxe attempted to preserxe therr tradxtlonal functlons and at the same txme add new functrons 1n recognxtron of the de mands of raprd socral change These changes have had their effect upon the schools upon thexr phxlosophy therr methods and therr responsr b1l1t1es Now they are faced wrth a cr1t1cal need whrch 1S maltmg new demands and presentmg new chal lenges to them Th1s great need of the schools appears to be the strengthemng and dexelopmg of the common purposes whnch bmd us as members of a free socrety These purposes are the arms xdeals and aspxratrons of the Amerrcan people If the schools are to perform therr full functron they wxll furnrsh the understandxng the competence and the w1ll to umfy these purposes and thus proude the dynamrc program of edu catron whrch a forward lookxng natron requlres EDWARD C DIAMOND Supenntendent of Schools v s 7 1 1 1 , . Y . . . ' 1 7 ' 9 s 2 r . 7

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