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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
SEPTEMBER 4, 1967
NUMBER 1
Dr. Donald A. Rhodes
Dr. Rhodes Receives Appointment
As New Assistant Superintendent
At a special meet-
ing of the Board of
Education on August
18, 1967, the Board
approved the recom-
mendation of Super-
intendent Robert E.
Jenkins and appoint-
ed Dr. Donald A.
Rhodes from Pasa-
dena to be the new
Assistant Superin-
tendent of Elemen-
tary Schools for San
Francisco, effective
September 1, 1967.
Dr. Rhodes replaces
Miss Tennessee Kent,
who returned to a principalship at Robert Louis Steven-
son Elementary School at her own request upon the
retirement of former Superintendent Dr. Harold Spears.
The new 41-year old Assistant Superintendent, chosen
after a search inside and outside of the District for can-
didates, received his M.A. and his Ed. D. from the Uni-
versity of California, the latter in 1964.
Varied experience in Pasadena Schools
Dr. Rhodes served in the Pasadena Schools from 1950-
1958 as an elementary teacher in all grades except grade
2. He has been an elementary principal in three Pasa-
dena schools of different sizes from 1958 to 1967.
Superintendent Jenkins, who associated professionally
with Dr. Rhodes for nine years while Pasadena Superin-
tendent, describes Rhodes as "a grass roots elementary
educator and a principal's principal."
Rhodes has developed a reputation in Pasadena as an
innovator with a strong interest in electronic and com-
puterized aids to education. In addition, he has worked
closely with programs for disadvantaged children.
Chairman for League of Cooperating Schools
In 1965, Dr. Rhodes became coordinating chairman
for the League of Cooperating Schools, and in this ca-
pacity worked closely with UCLA Dean of Education.
Dr. John Goodlad. The League is carrying out many-
new concepts in education.
(Continued on Page 7)
Requirements for Teachers Exam
Announced by Personnel Division
The Division of Personnel Service announces the new
requirements for teacher employment relative to the
National Teachers Examination as follows:
1. The National Teachers Examination is now a re-
quirement for placement on elementary, secondary and
special educational services (child welfare) Eligibility
Lists for 1968-69 in the San Francisco Public Schools.
2. Teachers who wish to qualify for placement on the
Eligibility Lists in a transfer between instructional divi-
sions must submit scores from the National Teachers
Examination to the Teacher Personnel Office.
3. The National Teachers Examination will be held
on Saturday, October 7, 1967, at the following test cen-
ters: University of California at Berkeley, University of
San Francisco, San Francisco State College. San Jose
State College, and Stanford University.
4. Registration forms for the October 7 examination
must be mailed to the Educational Testing Center by
Friday, September 8, 1967: National Teachers Examina-
tion, Educational Testing Service, Box 911, Princeton.
New Jersey, 08540. The exact time and location of the
examination will be assigned by the Educational Testing
Service.
5. Regular registration fee for the common examina-
tion plus one teaching area examination is $ 1 1 .
6. Payment of an additional $3 late registration fee
will permit acceptance of registration forms up to the
late registration closing date of Friday, September 22,
1967.
(Continued on Page 7)
NEW FORMAT FOR 'NEWSLETTER'
With this issue the Public Schools Bulletin takes
on a new name, a new look, and a new format. It
will be called the Newsletter. It is the hope of the
Superintendent that every administrator, every
teacher, every clerk, and every custodian and engi-
neer in the District will become part of the Public
Schools Information Team. The new Newsletter
format is designed to keep the team informed about
developing District programs and activities of all
types during the coming school year.
Hugh E. Wire
Supervisor
Educational Information
PUtiLlO LldriARY
30CUMENTS DE.PT
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NEWSLETTER
September 4, 1967
So 51SK-
Administrative Appointments
Approved by Board of Education
Some 50 administrative appointments or assignments
were made at the end of the school year and during the
summer months by the Board of Education upon recom-
mendation of the Superintendent.
Elementary Division
Principals recently appointed include: Mrs. Millie
Liebes, Candlestick Cove; John Ward, Douglas; Mrs.
Betty Anne Dilg, Fremont; Robert Anderson, John Muir;
Mrs. Thelma Boyer, Sheridan; Mrs. Myrna Graves,
(Acting) Diamond Heights; Michael Holway, (Acting)
Golden Gate; and Tennessee Kent, Robert Louis Steven-
son.
Elementary Assistant Principals appointed include:
Frederick A. Smith, Burnett; Lila Lea, (Acting) Com-
modore Stockton; Robert Smirle, Emerson; Robert Jimi-
nez, Diamond Height and Excelsior Schools; William
Johnson, (Acting) Golden Gate; David Plyer, Grattan;
Marjorie Manko, Guadalupe; Wilma Jones, (Acting)
Hillcrest; Ben Adam, John McLaren; Mrs. Julita Mc-
Leod, McKinley; William DeAvila, (Acting) Miraloma-
Twin Peaks: Mrs. Douglas B'augh, Ortega; Noel Mer-
tens, (Acting) Sir ] rtmcis Drake; Luther Wilson, Sutro.
Junior High Division
Junior high school principal appointments include:
Henry Barsotti, Aptos; William Galant, James Lick;
Paul Gay, Portola; Frank Verducci, (Acting) Horace
Mann; and John F. Kearney, (Acting) James Denman.
Junior high assistant principals include: William Au-
bel, James Denman; Cornelius Murphy, (Acting) Hor-
ace Mann; Burl Toler, Portola; George Stokes, Benjamin
Franklin; John D. Falsarella (Acting) Everett; and John
A. Diggins, (Acting) Luther Burbank.
Senior High Division
Senior high school principal administrative changes
include: Reginald Alexander, Abraham Lincoln; Ralph
Kauer, (returning from leave) Balboa; Reinaldo Pagano,
(Acting) George Washington; Harry Krytzer, Mission;
and Paul A. Lucey, (Acting) Polytechnic.
Assistant principals include: Allen D. Torlakson, (Act-
ing) George Washington; Emil Anderson, Lowell; Har-
old Zimmerman, Mission; and James G Brown, Poly-
technic.
Adult Division
Adult assignments include: Mrs. Evelyn R. Press,
Principal of Mission Adult School; and William E.
Tresnon, Acting Principal, Fifth Adult School (750
Eddy Street).
City College
Lloyd D. Luckmann appointed Acting President of
City College of San Francisco.
Central Office
Appointments in the Central Office include: Dr. Don-
ald A. Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary
Schools; Margaret Holland, Director of Special Educa-
tion; Mrs. Alice C. Henry, Director of Pupil Services;
Margaret W. Rapson, Supervisor AA, Programs for the
(Continued on Page 8)
Many Fall In-Service Courses
Available to District Teachers
All regularly employed San Francisco teachers are re-
quired, by Board of Education policy, to satisfactorily
complete six semester units of acceptable work in order
to advance from one salary "increment block" to an-
other.
Dr. Lester Steig, Salary Coordinator of the San Fran-
cisco Unified School District, has compiled a list of the
in-service courses which will be available to teachers of
the District during the fall semester of 1967.
San Francisco public school teachers have numerous
opportunities for further studies, however, because of
the District-sponsored In-service Training Program, and
the late afternoon, evening, and weekend courses pro-
vided by many Bay Area institutions of higher learning.
Teachers benefit from many courses
Teachers of the District will have the benefit of over
500 university and college courses plus non-college in-
service courses offered by the SFUSD during the fall
term.
These courses are designed with the viewpoint of
furnishing teachers and administrators with the newest
techniques and information in various subject areas.
"Increment blocks" are defined as a period of time.
Teachers on Classification I should complete six units
every three years.
Teachers on Classification II should complete six units
during a four-year period.
Teachers on Classification III have five school years to
complete six units.
Loss of normal salary increment's
Failing to complete the required units in the allotted
time will cause the teacher to lose the normal salary in-
crements until such unit requirements have been fulfilled.
Teachers who have reached their fifty-seventh birth-
day are exempt from these requirements.
It is noted that non-college, in-service units are usable
as credit only within the San Francisco Unified School
District, and are not transferable to other districts.
(Continued on Page 6)
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 1
September 4, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Aldolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
September l, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Superintendent's August Recommendations to Board Reviewed
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins became Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School Eistrict on July 1, 1967 upon
the retirement of Dr. Harold Spears. The Board of Education convened for its first meeting on August 1, 1967, follow-
ing a July recess. Two regular and two special meetings were held in August at which the Superintendent made a
number of major recommendations, all of which were approved by the Board of Education. These are summarized
below. Future issues of the Newsletter will carry detailed stories of these recommendations.
Meeting of August 1, 1967
The Superintendent recommended:
1. Adoption of the 1967-1968 Budget of $82,371,615.
2. Authorization be granted to initiate contract nego-
tiations to study the feasibility of closed circuit television
for the San Francisco Unified School District, through
several 2500 megacycle, fixed circuit channels.
Special Meeting of August 10, 1967
The Superintendent recommended:
1. That to strengthen the instructional services to
students and to provide the faculties in the secondary
schools with additional assistance in the areas of coun-
seling, discipline control, community relations and over-
all leadership responsibilities, a third Assistant Principal
be assigned to each junior and senior high school, the
general responsibilities for each Assistant Principal to be
designated in the areas of pupil-personnel services-
counseling-discipline, instruction-classroom supervision,
and administration, respectively; that the positions of
Head Counselor for Girls and Head Counselor for Boys
be established and the present position of one Assistant
Head Counselor be discontinued in the junior high
schools and the position of half-time Social Chairman
be discontinued in the senior high schools.
It was also recommended that a second Assistant
Principal be assigned to John A. O'Connell Vocational
and Technical Institute and the position of Head Coun-
selor be discontinued.
It was further recommended that this reorganization
be phased in over a two-year period during 1967-68 and
1968-69 and that an expenditure of $126,870 be author-
ized from Undistributed Reserve to Instruction during
1967-68 to complete the first phase of this reorganization
in the junior and senior high schools.
2. That the name of the Division of Child Welfare be
changed to Special Educational Services Division. He
further recommended that the Division be reorganized
with a Director of Special Education and a Director of
Pupil Services responsible to the Coordinator.
It was also recommended that the following super-
visors be responsible to the Director of Special Educa-
tion: Supervisor, Physically Handicapped; Supervisor,
Speech, Hearing and Visually Handicapped; Supervisor,
Elementary Mentally Handicapped; Supervisor, Second-
ary Mentally Handicapped; Supervisor, Educationally
Handicapped; and that the following supervisors be re-
sponsible to the Director of Pupil Services: Supervisor,
Guidance and Counseling; Supervisor, Psychological
Services; Supervisor, Social Work; Supervisor, Attend-
ance Bureau; Supervisor, Guidance Service Centers.
It was further recommended that this reorganization
be phased in during the first and second semesters of
1967-68 and that authorization be granted to transfer
$47,113 from Undistributed Reserve to Instruction to
implement the reorganization of the Division of Child
Welfare.
3. That the heavy A.D.A. overload in the Adult
schools be reduced by establishing a fifth Adult school at
the 750 Eddy Street Building and that one of the present
Registrars be assigned as Principal and that $2,150 be
transferred from Undistributed Reserve to Instruction.
4. That the proposals of the Elementary, Junior, and
Senior High School Divisions and School Clerk Section
Committee, San Francisco City and County Employees
Union, Local 400, be adopted over a three-year period
with any appropriate modifications that might be possi-
ble with the expansion of data processing and computer
centers. As a first step, it is recommended that to provide
fourteen (14) additional clerks at the elementary level,
$59,270 be authorized from Undistributed Reserve to
Instruction to implement the recommendations for
needed clerical services in the elementary schools.
5. That the establishment of libraries in the elemen-
tary schools be implemented by adding five elementary
librarians each year until the present ratio of one librar-
ian for every fourteen schools has been reduced to a
workable operating pattern based upon our experience
over the years. It is, therefore, recommended that two
additional librarians be provided for elementary schools
during 1967-68, in addition to the three presently in the
budget.
It was also recommended that an additional half-time
library clerk be assigned to each of the secondary librar-
ies so that with the present half-time clerk designated
for each school library, the secondary schools will have
the equivalent of one full-time person in each junior and
senior high school library.
It was further recommended that $53,420 be author-
ized from Undistributed Reserve to finance these services
in 1967-68.
Meeting of August 15, 1967
The Superintendent recommended:
That authorization be granted to contract with Ham-
mett and Edison, Consulting Radio Engineers, to con-
duct an engineering study to determine the feasibility of
establishing a multi-channel instructional television sys-
tem for the San Francisco Unified School District at a
cost not to exceed $10,000 the study to be completed not
later than December 31, 1967.
Special Meeting of August 18, 1967
The Superintendent recommended:
That effective September 1, 1967, Dr. Donald A.
Rhodes be appointed to the position of Assistant Super-
intendent, Elementary Schools.
NEWSLETTER
September 4, 1967
SCHEDULE OF DATES FOR 1967 - 68 FOR STAFF USE
Following is a schedule for 1967-68 developed for the guidance of principals and
members of the Central Office administrative staff:
School Month
Dates for
Principals' Meetings
Dates for Central Office
Administrators' Meetings
Fall 1967
1. Sept. 4 - Sept. 29
2. Oct. 2 -Oct. 27
3. Oct. 30 - Nov. 24
4. Nov. 27 - Dec. 29
5. Jan. 1 - Jan. 26
Fall 1967
(a) Sept. 5 and Sept. 19
Oct. 3 and Oct. 17
Oct. 31 and Nov. 14
Nov. 28 and Dec. 12
Jan. 2 and Jan. 16
Fall 1967
Sept. 12 and Sept. 26
Oct. 10 and Oct. 24
Nov. 7 and Nov. 21
Dec. 5 and (b)
Jan. 9 and Jan. 23
Spring 1968
6. Jan. 29 - Feb. 23
7. Feb. 26 - Mar. 22
8. Mar. 25 - Apr. 19
9. Apr. 22 -May 17
10. May 20 -June 14
Spring 1968
Jan. 30 and Feb. 13
Feb. 27 and Mar. 12
Mar. 26 and (c)
Apr. 23 and May 7
May 27 and June 4
Spring 1968
Feb. 6 an Feb. 20
Mar. 5 and Mar. 19
Apr. 2 and Apr. 16
Apr. 30 and May 14
May 28 and June 11
Principals' meetings are scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of the School
Month and Central Office administrators' meetings are on the second and fourth
Tuesdays, with the exception of afternoons preceding holidays.
(a) Institute meeting followed by afternoon meetings of school faculties.
(b) Christmas vacation.
(c) Easter vacation.
Following are the dates established for report card periods for the school year
1967-68.
Fall 1967
Spring 1968
Period
Date
No. Days
Period
Date
No. Days
1st
October 20
32
4th
March 15
32
2nd
December 1
28
5th
May 3
30
3rd
January 26
29
6th
June 14
29
Total
89
Total
91
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE TABLE
September 15, 1967
YEAR OF BIRTH
DATE OF BIRTH
Jan. 1 to Jan. 31... .
Feb. 1 to Feb. 29
Mar. 1 to Mar. 31..
Apr. 1 to Apr. 30....
May 1 to May 31...
June 1 to June 30...
July 1 to July 31
Aug. 1 to Aug. 31...
Sept. 1 to Sept. 30..
Oct. 1 to Oct. 31....
Nov. 1 to Nov. 30...
Dec. 1 to Dec. 31....
1962| 19611 1960| 1959| 1958
5-8
5-7
5-6
5-5
5-4
5-3
5-2
5-1
5-0
4-11
4-10
4-9
6-8
6-7
6-6
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-0
5-11
5-10
5-9
7-8
7-7
7-6
7-5
-4
■3
■2
■ 1
-0
6-11
6-10
6-9
8-8
8-7
8-6
8-5
8-4
8-3
8-2
8-1
8-0
7-11
7-10
7-9
9-7
9-6
9-5
9-4
9-3
9-2
9-1
9-0
8-11
8-10
8-9
1957 1 1956 1 1955
10-8
10-7
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-3
10-2
10-1
10-0
9-11
9-10
9-9
11-8
11-7
11-6
11-5
11-4
11-3
11-2
11-1
11-0
10-11
10-10
10-9
12-8
12-7
12-6
12-5
12-4
12-3
12-2
12-1
12-0
11-11
11-10
11-9
1954 | 1953 |1952
13-8
13-7
13-6
13-5
13-4
13-3
13-2
13-1
13-0
12-11
12-10
12-9
14-8
14-7
14-6
14-5
14-4
14-3
14-2
14-1
14-0
13-11
13-10
13-9
15-8
15-7
15-6
15-5
15-4
15-3
15-2
15-1
15-0
14-11
14-10
14-9
INSTRUCTIONS: Locate the date of pupil's birth in the Date of Birth column at the
left. Find the year of birth at the top of the column. The pupil's age
in years and months will be found in the space where the row and
column meet.
EXAMPLES: Date of Birth Chronological Age
Jan. 24, 1961 6 years, 8 months
May 6, 1955 12 years, 4 months
Note: The above table is accurate to the nearest month only and must not be used to
determine age at Kindergarten and First Grade entrance. A table for determining
Chronological Ages as of September 1, 1967, appears in the State School Register
for Public Elementary Schools.
September I, 1967
NEWSLETTER
SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR THE 1967 - 68 YEAR
ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS
Calendar 1967-68
Fall, 1967
school
Month
1. Sept. 4 - Sept. 29..
2. Oct. 2 - Oct. 27..
3. Oct. 30 - Nov. 24..
4. Nov. 27 - Dec. 29..
5. Jan. 1 - Jan. 26
Days Holidays
Taught State Local
19
18
15
School Holidays
Labor Day, Sept. 4
Institute, Sept. 5
Columbus Day, Oct. 12
Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-24
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 18-29
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
6. Jan. 29 - Feb. 23..
7 2 1 Mid-term Recess, Jan. 29
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 22
7. Feb. 26 - Mar. 22 20
8. Mar. 25 - Apr. 19 15 .... 5 Easter Vacation, April 8-12
9. Apr. 22 - May 17 20
.0. May 20 - June 14 19 1 .... Memorial Day, May 30
91
school Days (89-4-91) 180
Institute (9/5) 1
Total Teacher Days 181
The following days are designated as minimum school days: Sept. 6, Jan.
25, 26, 30, June 13, 14.
American Education Week, Nov. 6-10, 1967
Public Schools Week, April 22-26, 1968.
Spring, 1968
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
Calendar 1967-68
Fall, 1967
School Days Holidays
Month Taught State Local School Holidays
1. Sept. 4 - Sept. 29 19 1 .... Labor Day, Sept. 4
2. Oct. 2 - Oct. 27 20
3. Oct. 30 - Nov. 24 18 1 1 Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-24
4. Nov. 27 - Dec. 29 15 1 9 Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 18-29
5. Jan. 1 - Jan. 26 19 1 .... New Year's Day, Jan. 1
91
Spring, 1968
6. Jan. 29 - Feb. 23 13 2 i
7. Feb. 26 - Mar. 22 20
8. Mar. 25 - Apr. 19 15 .... ',
9. Apr. 22 - May 17 20
10. May 20 - June 14 19 1 ...
87
School Days (914-87).... 178
Institute 2
Total Teacher Days 180
Mid-term Recess, Jan. 29-31
Institute, Feb. 1-2
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 22
Easter Vacation, Apr. 8-12
Memorial Day, May 30
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
PART-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1967-68
Summer Session, 1967
School
Month
1. July 3 - July 28....
2. July 31 - Aug. 11..
Days Holidays
Taught State Local School Holidays
.... 19 1 .... Independence Day, July 4
.... 10
29
Fall, 1967
1. Sept. 4 -Sept. 30..
2. Oct. 2 - Oct. 28..
3. Oct. 30 - Nov. 25..
4. Nov. 27 - Dec. 30...
5. Jan. 1 - Jan. 27
23
20
1 17
Labor Day, Sept. 4
Institute, Sept. 5
Admission Day, Sept. 9
Columbus Day, Oct. 12
Veterans Day, Nov. 11
Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-25
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 11-30
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
Spring, 1968
6. Jan. 29 - Feb. 24..
7. Feb. 26 - Mar. 23 24
8. Mar. 25 - Apr. 20 18
9. Apr. 22 - May 18 24
10. May 20 - June 8 17
104
Mid-Term Recess, Jan. 29
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 22
Easter Vacation, April 8-13
Memorial Day, May 30
School Days (99-
Institute (9/5)
.104).... 203
1
Total Teacher Days
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
FULL-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1967-68
Fall, 1967
School Days Holidays
Month Taught State Local School Holidays
1. Sept. 4 -Sept. 29 18 1 1 Labor Day, Sept. 4
^Institute, Sept. 5
2. Oct. 2 - Oct. 27 19 .... 1 Columbus Day, Oct. 12
3. Oct. 30 - Nov. 24 18 1 1 Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-24
4. Nov. 27 - Dec. 29 15 19 Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 18-29
5. Jan. 1 - Jan. 26 19 1 .... New Year's Day, Jan. 1
89
Spring, 1968
6. Jan. 29 - Feb. 23 17 2 1 Mid-Term Recess, Jan. 29
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 22
7. Feb. 26 - Mar. 22 20
8. Mar. 25 - Apr. 19 15 .... 5 Easter Vacation, Apr. 8-12
9. Apr. 22 - May 17 20
10. May 20 - June 14 19 1 .... Memorial Day, May 30
91
School Days (89-1-91).... 180
Institute (9/5) 1
Total Teacher Days 181
*Full-time teachers may elect to attend the September 5 Day Institute or
the Adult and Vocational Evening Institute.
In addition to the above calendar, apprenticeship training classes may be
held on the following days: November 24, December 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28,
April 8, 9, 10, 11, June 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25.
Public Schools Week, April 22-26, 1968.
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Increment and classification credits are given for in-
service courses satisfactorily completed.
"Application for approval" form should be filed
Prior to starting the in-service course or any other
college or university course for a salary credit, the
teacher should file an "application for approval" form
with Dr. Steig. This form is to be signed by the principal
of the teacher concerned.
Previously an attempt was made in the Newsletter to
publish a comprehensive list of courses offered by the
leading Bay Area institutions of higher learning. How-
ever, these lists were not always complete, due to the
inability to publish all courses offered.
To make it easier for the individual teacher, Dr.
Steig's office has sent packets of college course bulletins
to the principals of each school. In the packets are bulle-
tins from the University of California at Berkeley and
the U.C. Extension, University of San Francisco, Stan-
ford University, San Francisco College for Women, and
San Francisco State College.
Teachers are urged to contact school principals for
these catalogs.
The following in-service courses are offered by the
District during the fall 1967 semester:
Arboretum
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park.
Instructor, Gary Brackon. Course starts September 14,
1967. For elementary teachers only. Pre-registration is
required. Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
Instructors will explore with teachers the ways in which the Arboretum
can be used as an educational resource to vitalize the science, social studies,
and language arts curriculum. Content will include botany, ecology, and
horticulture as well as additional information about animals that frequent
the Arboretum; plants, their uses, history, native habitat, legends, and
literary references.
Composition
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary
School. Instructor, Edwin James Knapton. Course starts
September 13, 1967. Pre-registration is required. For
elementary teachers only. Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
Th's course is designed to assist elementary teachers to answer the
following questions about the oral and written expression of children: What
is good oral and written expression? How can weak expression be improved?
BOARD POLICY — SALARY CREDIT
"The maximum credit that will be accepted for
salary classification purposes of teachers engaged
in full-time teaching will be six semester hours, or
six quarter hours, or the equivalent, for any one
semester or quarter, exclusive of summer sessions.
A maximum of right semester hours or twelve
quarter hours, exclusive of summer sessions, will be
accepted for any one school year for salary classifi-
cation purposes. All units will be converted into
semester credits for classification and/or in-service
purposes in accordance with School Board regula-
tions."
Primary Literature
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings. Wedne:
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at 170 Fell Street, Room 10. Instructor
Rose Mary Colligan. Course starts September 13, 1967 J
For elementary teachers only. Pre-registration is re
quired. Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
A course to acquaint primary teachers with the curriculum possibilities a
the books on the Elementary Basic List and its supplements. Attention wil
also be given to the correlation of books with other instruct:onal aids, sucl
as films, filmstrips, specimens, exhibits, study prints, and field trips. Individ
ual teachers will receive help in tailoring a literature course for their specih
classroom needs.
Intermediate Literature
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays
4 to 6 p.m. at 170 Fell Street, Room 10. Instructor, Rose Qertn
Mary Colligan. Course starts September 14, 1967. Foi
elementary teachers only. Pre-registration is required
Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
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A course to acquaint intermediate teachers with the curriculum poisib'li f, 1!
ties of the books on the Elementary Basic List and its supplements. Atten
tion will also be given to the correlation of books with other instructiona
aids, such as films, filmstrips, specimens, exhibits, study prints, and fielt
trips. Individual teachers will receive help in tailoring a literature course fo
their specific classroom needs.
Intermediate Mathematics
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
nesdays, 4 to 6 p.m. at West Portal Elementary School
Instructor, Arden Ruddell. Course starts September 13
1967. For elementary teachers from Grades 3-6 only
Pre-registration is required. Call 863-4680, Extension
237.
A course in intermediate grade mathematics designed to extend and enrich
the mathematics program through the introduction of new methods and *
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Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays
4 to 6 p.m. at Galileo High School. Instructors from Lux
Laboratory Staff. Course starts September 14, 1967
For elementary teachers only. Pre-registraticn is re-
quired. Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
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Spccialists will develop content and method for teaching the
physical sciences. In addition, enrollees will have an opportun
acquainted with the Lux Laboratory after-school program for supc
mentary students.
Social Studies
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays
4 to 6 p.m. at 170 Fell Street, Room 39. Instructor, Edith
Teeple. Course starts September 14, 1967. For elemen-
tary teachers only. Pre-registration is required. Call 863-
4680, Extension 237.
The purpose of the course is to help develop background for teaching]
social science. Teachers will have an opportunity to hear resource speakers!
discuss important topics and will receive instruction in the use of a variety
of materials, newspapers, books, magazines, pamphlets, films, filmstrips,
records, study prints, and tapes.
Basic Arts
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Diamond Heights Elementary
School. Instructor, Alice Stone. Course starts September1
13, 1967. For elementary teachers only. Permission of'
instructor is required. Phone Mrs. Ruth Davis, 863-4680,
Extension 323.
Course will cover paper processes, picture making, decorative paper mak-
ing, and dimensional materials suitable for children in the elementary grades.
Includes developing skills in handling classroom art materials for special and
everyday projects.
Basic Arts
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at Diamond Heights Elementary School. In-
structor, Verla Leonard. Course starts September 14,
1967. For elementary teachers only. Permission of in-
tember 4, 1967
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ructor is required. Phone Mrs. Ruth Davis, 863-4680,
Extension 323.
Course will cover paper processes, picture making, decorative paper mak-
ng. and dimensional materials suitable for children in the elementary
irades. Includes developing skills in handling classroom art materials for
ipecial and everyday projects.
Earth Science
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Aptos Junior High School, Room
f.1 230. Instructor, Dr. York T. Mandra. Course starts
".September 20, 1967.
This course will center around the principles of earth science and their
ipplicat:on in the Bay Area. There will be study of erosion, earthquake
faults, glaciation, and ancient life in this region. Other subjects will include
jceanography, geology, the atmosphere, and weather. Dr. Mandra will ar-
1 -ange a number of field trips to locations of interest.
°s Electronics
Foi Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
T to6 p.m. at Presidio Junior High School, Room 207.
Instructor, Maxwell C. Gillette. Course starts September
14, 1967.
This course will explore the modern concepts of electricity and electronics
,vith emphasis on junior and senior high school sciences and industrial arts
zourse content. Areas covered will include current flow, basic A.C. and D.C.
;ircuits, Ohm's Law, vacuum tubes, semi-conductors (transistors), sight and
iound transmission and reception. Included also will be electrical measuring
instruments and how to use them. Experiments and demonstration units
iuitable for classroom use will be developed to emphasize and clarify lecture
:heory.
Junior High School English
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
Ho 6 p.m. at Aptos Junior High School. Instructor,
Albert L. Lavin. Course starts September 14, 1967.
The purpose of this course is to help junior high school English teachers
preDare for the introduction of the newly adopted State English textbooks
in the fall of 1S68. There will be discussion of some of the "new" approaches
n grammar and the relationship of grammar to the teaching of composi-
tion. Emphasis will be placed on classroom practice and applications.
Curriculum Development in Health, Grades 4-12
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
to 6 p.m. at A. P. Giannini Junior High School. In-
structor, Dr. Frances Todd. Course starts September 14,
1967. Pre-registration accepted. Limited to 75. Call Mrs.
Val Ryan, 863-4680, Extension 324.
Four areas of subject matter will be covered: Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs, Venereal Diseases, Alcohol, and Tobacco. The activities planned
include: 1. A study of available curriculum materials and the development
of guidelines for effective classroom use of the materials selected; 2. The de-
velopment of courses of study on each instructional level and in each sub-
ject area.
Curriculum Problems in Industrial Arts
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Herbert Hoover Junior High
School, Room 14. Instructor, Dr. Jesse Rathbun. Course
starts September 20, 1967.
The class will meet in general sessions on designated days. Study groups
will meet on a special interest basis. Section meetings will be formed in
-pecific arc~s sccord'ng to inteiests of members. Enrollment closes Septem-
ber 27, 1967. (For junior and senior high school levels.)
Techniques of Large Group Instruction in
Lifetime Sports
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Wednesdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at various schools. Various instructors. Course
starts September 20, 1967. For information contact Mrs.
Viola Mails, 863-4680, Extension 356.
Schedule September 20 and 27, Tennis, Barbara Prato, Lowell High
School: October 4 and 11, Badminton. Claudine Hodgin, Galileo High
School; October 18, Archery, Doris Mullin, Woodrow Wilson High School;
(October 25 and November 1, Golf, Louie Haas, Galileo High School;
November 8, Bowling, Norman Sui, Luther Burbank Junior High School.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Development
in the Classroom
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at George Peabody Elementary School. In-
structor, A. Donald Cross. Course starts September 14,
1967. For elementary teachers only. Call Edna Dwyer
at 863-4680, Extension 326.
Senior High School In-Service Courses
Announcements concerning the In-Service Education
being planned for the senior high schools will be included
in a later Newsletter. Principals have suggested the fol-
lowing major areas of emphasis: Reading, Bilingual
Education, Science Education, and Administrative Train-
ing.
Two Supervisory Positions Open
At a special meeting of the Board of Education on
August 10, 1967 the Child Welfare Division of the San
Francisco Unified School District was reorganized and its
name changed to the Special Educational Services Divi-
sion. Two new supervisory positions are expected to be
filled immediately — Supervisor, Social Work Services
and Supervisor, Attendance Services.
Applicants must possess either a general Pupil Person-
nel Credential or the Standard Supervision Credential
with successful full-time experience in the field of service
of the basic credential. The positions will be classified as
Supervisor A, with a beginning salary of $13,980 and a
work year of approximately 197 days.
Applications for either position must be made in writ-
ing on appropriate forms available in the Office of Per-
sonnel and returned to Milton Reiterman, Coordinator,
Personnel Division, not later than September 8. Inter-
views will be scheduled during the following week.
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Dr. Rhodes was this year's president of the Pasadena
Elementary Administrators Association and a director
of the Civitan Club. He is a member of the Phi Delta
Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa. He was one of 30 educ-
cators from the United States to have been commis-
sioned by the West German Government to attend the
Adult Education Conference in Salzberg in 1966 along
with representatives from 1 1 other countries.
The September, 1966 issue of the California Parent-
Teacher has an article by Dr. Rhodes entitled "That
Two-Way Street" in which he discusses communicating
with the PTA.
Dr. Rhodes is married and has two daughters, ages 17
and 15.
. . . National Teachers Exam Scheduled
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7. The following scores must be submitted: (a) Ele-
mentary, Secondary, Juvenile Court Classes — Common
Exam and Teaching Area Exam and (b) All other areas
of Special Education Services — Only Common Exam.
8. Applicants who have taken the National Teachers
Examination within the last five years may submit these
scores to the Personnel Office, unless they wish to up-
grade their scores by retaking the test.
9. The only alternate date for qualifying for the
1968 Eligibility List will be the National Teachers Ex-
amination which will be administered on Saturday,
February 23, 1968.
NEWSLETTER
September 4, 196™
Announcements
• SAN FRANCISCO FACULTY BOWLING
LEAGUE TO START
The San Francisco Faculty Bowling League will begin
the fall 1967 season on Thursday, September 14, 1967,
at the Park Bowl, 1855 Haight Street. The league will
start promptly at 4 p.m.
ALL TEACHERS:
A new credential structure became operative on
January 1, 1964, with additional requirements.
If your credential is allowed to expire, you will
be required to meet the new standards now in
effect. You may keep your present credential valid
by completing all renewal requirements indicated
on the front or reverse side of the credential before
its date of expiration and by filing application for
renewal before midnight of its expiration date.
Credential fee is $10 per credential.
It is important that you keep your credentials
in force and record them in the Personnel Division
when renewed.
• SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS
TO HOLD AUDITIONS
Tryouts for membership in the San Francisco Boys
Chorus will be held by appointment for Bay Area boys
on Saturday, September 16, 1967, at 50 Scott Street.
Auditions are open to all boys in public, private, or
parochial schools, grades three through eight, ages 8
through 12, with good, unchanged voices.
Application forms mays be obtained from the San
Francisco Boys Chorus, 333 Franklin Street, telephone
431-5450, and must be submitted along with a written
recommendation from a school teacher, music teacher,
or choir director. .. . . ...
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 5, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial
vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male: City College, George
Washington and John O'Connell; Aptos, Luther Burbank
and Francisco Junior High; Alamo, Dudley Stone.
George Peabody and Spring Valley Elementary Schools.
2704 — School Custodian, Female; Andrew Jackson.
Excelsior, Paul Revere and Sarah B. Cooper Elementary
Schools.
• MORRISON PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS
ARE AVAILABLE
Interested teachers may secure printed programs an
nouncing the topics and dates to be featured at the
Morrison Planetarium during the 1967-1968 year by
calling the Planetarium at 221-5100, Extension 69, and
requesting them.
These schedules give teachers an opportunity to see
when a topic is offered and to plan their teaching units
accordingly. Eight special astronomical lecture-shows
will be featured from October, 1967 to June, 1968 at
1 1 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Topics will include "The Solar System," "Time andj
the Seasons," "The Universe," "The Earth in Space,:
"The Nature of the Moon," "The Sun as a Star," "Ex-
ploring the Skies," and "Satellites and Space Travel."
PRINCIPALS' MEETINGS
Your attention is called to the Board of Educa-
tion regulation R 4131.1 relative to the days to
be used by school principals for calling teachers'
meetings:
The principal shall call teachers' meetings after school hours on
the first or third Tuesday of each school month, or both,
such other times as, in his judgment, meetings seem neccssa
Except in cases of emergency, the principal shall avoid c
teachers' meetings during school hours. Unless excused by the pi
cipal. a teacher shall attend all teachers' meetings called by the
principal. Principals shall see that teachers attend meetings tc
which they are called by the Superintendent, Assistant Superintend'
ents, Directors, Coordinators, or Supervisors.
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Educationally Handicapped; Mrs. Josephine Cole, Su>
pervisor A, Student Relations, Senior High Schools
Wellington L. Chew, Supervisor A, Guidance Service
Centers; Leslie V. Russell, Principal of Court Schools
James T. Kilkenny, Assistant Principal of Log Cabir
and Hidden Valley Ranch Schools; George Moscont
(Principal of Horace Mann) on leave to Centra
Office, ESEA Title I, Supervision; George Boisson (for
XtiS') ^ "^er Principal of Horace Mann Junior High) to Super-
»M ^VygjT o ^J&isorAA, Personnel Division; Mrs. Elfrida Noland (Prin
J.ASK:iyyd3o ^ ' °IT8n<Jcipal of Golden Gate Elementary School) on leave t<
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Personnel Division Being Reorganized
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Reorganization of the District's Personnel Division and
expansion of its services to teachers, proposed during the
spring 1967 term, are being implemented and expanded
over a two-year period under the administration of Dr.
Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools.
Dr. Jenkins has stated, "A vital and effective person-
nel service division is absolutely essential if the goals of
education in a school district are to be met with dis-
tinction."
Praise . . . and determination
While praising the traditionally high personnel stan-
dards that the San Francisco schools have maintained for
over a century, including such accomplishments as the
first tenure system in the nation, Dr. Jenkins has indi-
cated that he and his assistant superintendents have all
agreed that more than ever the personnel department
should be modernized so that the divisions can devote
more time to instructional leadership, and also effect a
greater personalization of teacher recruitment and identi-
fication of specific personnel needs. The enlarged person-
nel department will coordinate the recruitment, selection,
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and Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins are seen reviewing Mayor
John F. Shelley's Proclamation setting "Welcome Teachers
Week" as September 9-15, 1967.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins extended greetings
to some 500 new teachers on August 30, 1967 in Nourse
iv|ffl Auditorium as part of the District's Orientation Pro-
gram for New Teachers.
The Superintendent told the new teachers, "I want
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and placement of certificated and classified personnel,
with the approval of the respective divisional superin-
tendent, to the end that the increasingly complex needs
of the large San Francisco school system will best be
served through a centralized personnel unit.
According to the Personnel Coordinator, Milton F.
Reiterman, the most pressing need is to increase the
number of qualified teacher applicants in order that an
adequate supply of top-flight candidates for every kind
of position will be in existence at all times. He feels that
San Francisco should begin to make known locally and
throughout the United States the many attractive op-
portunities that exist for highly competent school per-
sonnel in the District.
Key additions to staff made
In order to implement the more intensive approach
to teacher recruitment and to expand all personnel serv-
ices, a number of key personnel have been added to the
staff, as follows:
George Boisson, formerly principal of Horace Mann
Junior High School, has been appointed as Supervisor
AA to coordinate certificated employment.
Mrs. Mary Byrd, on leave as assistant principal at
Balboa High School, will work in the area of senior high
school recruitment and selection.
Dr. E. Kemp Frederick, on leave as principal of Poly-
technic High School, will be involved in the reorganiza-
tion of the operational and research aspects of the Per-
sonnel Division.
Mrs. Elfrida Noland, on leave as principal of Golden
Gate School, will be involved with teacher recruitment
and selection on the elementary school level.
Thomas Wilson, formerly of City College of San
Francisco and the Adult Division, will continue half time
in the Adult Division and will serve half time in the re-
cruitment and selection of personnel for the Adult and
Vocational Division.
Immediate and longer-range plans in the Personnel
Division include the development with the assistance of
all members of the teaching and administrative staff of
many additional functions of the Personnel Division.
These include the improvement in service to retiring
teachers, the future introduction of data processing to
increase the efficiency of all personnel operations, the
expansion of physical facilities to make possible the
handling of the increased load, and the reorganization
and consolidation of many existing and proposed serv-
ices. These will be discussed in the NEWSLETTER as
they develop.
NEWSLETTER
September 11, 1967
Data Processing Courses Held
Two in-service courses in data processing were offered to District
teachers during the summer, utilizing facilities and equipment of
International Business Machines. Mr. Al Carter, IBM systems
analyst (left), is seen demonstrating to Eldoris Cupp (Benjamin
Franklin), Arnold Jacobson (Curriculum Assistant and coordinator
of the courses), Mrs. Eileen Sorensen (Sheridan), John Chan
(Portola), and M. Marjorie Maher (District Research Assistant).
Miss Maher conducted two of the sessions.
Nine San Francisco Filmstrips
Released by Dr. Sanborn's Office
Climaxing many months of research and work, the
Division of Instructional Materials has announced the
September, 1967 release of nine (9) new filmstrips on San
Francisco. The materials are specially keyed for use
within the middle grades of the San Francisco elementary
schools. All elementary schools will be furnished with a
complete set.
The filmstrip series is entitled, San Francisco — Our
City and County, with individual filmstrips entitled:
San Francisco Profiles, Part I ; San Francisco Profiles,
Part II; Transportation In and Around San Francisco;
While San Francisco Sleeps; Utilities Serving San Fran-
cisco; Recreation in San Francisco; The Port of San
Francisco; San Francisco: Government and Community
Services; Earning a Living in San Francisco.
Developed and produced under the direction of Dr.
William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of Instructional
Materials, the filmstrips were photographed by Mr. James
Martin, edited by Mrs. Pauline K. Levie, with the assist-
ance of an elementary advisory committee including Mrs.
Gail Giovannini, Mrs. Ruth Tisdale, Mrs. Thelma Boyer,
and Mrs. Dorothy Dudley.
It is believed that these materials are quite unique
within any large city school system in the nation. Their
production is in direct response to many inquiries from
classroom teachers for local materials of this type to help
interpret San Francisco. Technical production of the
strips was by Society for Visual Education, Inc., of
Chicago.
September 5 Board Appointments
Of New Administrators Listed
The following administrative appointments or assign-
ments were approved by the Board of Education at its
September 5, 1967 meeting upon recommendation of the
Superintendent:
Junior High Division
Junior high principal appointment: Carl H. Hanson,
Jr., Everett (acting) .
Junior high assistant principals appointed include:
Joseph Johns, A. P. Giannini; Marcella J. Brosio, Aptos;
John D. Falsarella, Everett; Emile F. Fanfelle, Everett;
Raymond Del Portillo, Francisco; James A. Carroll,
Herbert Hoover; Cornelius M. Murphy, Horace Mann;
Samuel L. Edmondson, James Lick; John A. Diggins,
Luther Burbank; Leland H. McCormick, Marina; Wil-
liam P. Keesey, Pelton (on leave); William P. Cashman,
Portola; Bessie H. Schiffman, Roosevelt; Helene London,
Benjamin Franklin; Thomas F. McCarthy Jr., Horace
Mann; Arnold M. Steinbach, Aptos (acting); Peter G.
Kardassakis, James Denman (acting); Elmer A. Galle-
gos, Jr., Luther Burbank (acting); Luke Angelich Jr.,
Marina (acting); Dolores Booth, Pelton (acting); Rob-
ert S. Lustenberger, Presidio (acting); James Pravettoni,
Benjamin Franklin (acting); Marianne Cotter, Herbert
Hoover (acting); Yvon O. Johnson, Presidio (on leave);
Frank Verducci, Herbert Hoover (on leave); Edward
L. Bispo, Benjamin Franklin (on leave).
Junior high head counselor appointments include:
Ann Georgia McHugh, Francisco; Carlos V. Cornejo,
Horace Mann; Mary Kearney Murphy, James Lick;
Mildred G. Daily, Luther Burbank; Joseph R. McCaff-
rey, Marina; Matthew T. Gaffney, Pelton; Lionel C
Marcus, Roosevelt; Walter G. Phillips, Benjamin Frank-
lin; Claire Gustafson, A. P. Giannini; Elvira L. Fusco
Everett (acting); Myron Johnson, James Denman (act-
ing); Gladys E. Rolfe, Presidio (acting); Arnold M
Steinbach, Everett (on leave).
Senior High Division
Senior high principal appointment: Lewis F. Morris,
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 2
September 11, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Alan H. Nichols
Edward Kemmitt,
Vice President
Reynold H. Colvin
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
September 11, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Secondary Changes Are Underway
The Board of Education began the first phase of
mplementing the administrative reorganization of the
;econdary schools at its meeting last Tuesday night,
September 5, 1967, when it made a number of adminis-
rative appointments.
On the recommendation of the Superintendent, the
3oard earlier approved the new plan at a special meet-
ng on August 10, 1967. The plan adds a third assistant
srincipal for pupil personnel services — counseling and
discipline, and a head counselor for boys, and a head
;ounselor for girls to each junior and senior high school
)ver a two-year period.
Phase One is underway
At the high school level only George Washington,
Balboa, Polytechnic and Mission will be reorganized
vim the entire team during Phase One. The Junior
rligh Division will add only the third assistant principal
n the first phase. Total cost will be $126,870 for the two
divisions.
In addition, a second assistant principal will be as-
ligned to John O'Connell High School in Phase One.
The addition of the new assistant principals will
trengthen instructional services to students and provide
;he faculties in the secondary schools with additional
assistance in many areas including pupil personnel serv-
ces, counseling and discipline.
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Changes in the administrative organization of the secondary
schools are depicted in the chart above.
Meeting the problems
At the recent Administrative Workshop the Superin-
tendent stated that he feels this plan is tooling up to
meet the kinds of problems and to provide the kind of
administrators which insure the quality of leadership
that is so necessary in large urban secondary schools.
He added that strengthening counseling, strengthen-
ing discipline control, and strengthening the overall
leadership in instructional improvement will make it
possible for the school Principal to be a creative leader.
Administrative Applications Are Due
Phase I of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins' plan for
the reorganization of the Secondary Field Administra-
tors has already been implemented for the 1967-68 school
year. Because of this reorganization, there is a need to
augment the present administrative application lists.
Although specific vacancies are not now known, inter-
views will be held by the Personnel Division during the
month of November, 1967, for applicants for administra-
tive assignments. Deadline for filing applications is
November 1, 1967.
Available positions are listed
Applicants for the following positions will be inter-
viewed:
1. Senior High School Principal and Assistant Prin-
cipals. (Note: Senior High School Summer School Ad-
ministrators will be selected from applicants for Senior
JHigh Assistant Principals or from applicants for Head
Counselors. )
2. Senior High School Head Counselors for boys and
girls.
3. Senior High School Department Heads (in all
subjects).
4. Junior High School Principal and Assistant Princi-
pals.
5. Junior High School Head Counselors for boys and
girls.
6. Elementary Principal and Assistant Principal.
7. Elementary, Junior High Summer School Admin-
istrators.
Interview appointment is necessary
Even though an application has been submitted, it is
necessary to make an appointment for an interview at
this time if desired by applicant.
Names of those interviewed previously will be con-
sidered along with new applicants even though no inter-
view is requested at this time.
All applications on file will be considered and therefore
these applicants need not apply for an interview. Each
applicant should be sure that the information on his
application blank is up to date by actually examining the
blank previously submitted.
Minimum requirements are listed
Minimum requirements are set forth in Adminis-
trative Regulations R4131.2 available in each principal's
office. In addition to these regulations the position of
Assistant Principal, Pupil Personnel Services — Coun-
seling and Discipline will require the pupil personnel
credential as well as the administrative credential.
Applicants who do not now meet these requirements,
but who will do so by August, 1968, may request an
interview at this time if they so desire.
NEWSLETTER
September 11, 19G7
TERM REQUISITIONS ARE DUE
Spring term requisitions lists are due in the Divi-
sion of Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street, At-
tention: Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Janitorial Supplies Lists — due before September
15, 1967.
Instructional Supplies Lists — due before October
13, 1967.
• SFCTA TO MEET SEPTEMBER 18
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association's
general membership meeting will be held Monday, Sep-
tember 18, 1967, at 4 p.m. in Nicholas Hall of the
Marines Memorial Building.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, will
be the guest speaker.
The meeting will be followed by a reception for new
teachers from 5 to 7 p.m. in the 11th floor lounge of the
Marines Memorial Building. '
• ARMY FIELD BAND TO PERFORM
The famed United States Army Field Band and the
Soldiers' Chorus will perform in public concert at George
Washington High School on Tuesday, September 19,
1967, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The event is being sponsored by the District's ROTC
office.
During its more than 20-year history, the Army Field
Band, officially the only touring musical representative
of the Department of the Army, has appeared in all 50
states, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Europe,
and the Far East, using "an international form of com-
munication" to make new friends for the United States
and the Army.
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THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 19, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• UNITED CRUSADE DRIVE
District teachers will be asked again this year to par-
ticipate in the United Crusade Drive to raise funds for
the 176 health, welfare, and recreational agencies receiv-
ing United Crusade assistance.
Multipurpose pledge cards will be forwarded to all
school personnel in September providing for contribu-
tions through the School Department.
. . . New Teachers Welcomed to District
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you to feel the spirit of the organization of which you
are a part. I am determined to make this fine school
system the best in the nation. Our goal is educational
excellence."
He went on to say that he considers the principals
with whom the teachers are working to be the adminis-
trative and instructional leaders of each school.
Dr. Jenkins smilingly told the new teachers, "We have
spent a lot of time and money to find you. We don't want
a lot of turnover. All our services and resources are at
your call for you to succeed. Don't be afraid to ask for
help. The District has a wealth of instructional ma
terials."
He concluded his remarks with the admonition, "You
must be enthusiastic. You selected us; we you. Don't let
anyone dampen your enthusiasm. Keep your hopes, your
dreams, and your visions."
New teachers receive one unit of in-service credit for
salary purposes for attending the two-day session plus
six school site meetings during the semester.
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. . . Board Appointments Are Announced
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Jr., Balboa (acting).
Senior high assistant principal appointments include
M. Marjorie Maher, George Washington (on leave)
Mary W. Byrd, Balboa (on leave); Beverly H. George
Mission; Marie M. Schmidt, Balboa; John W. Welch
Polytechnic; Alice Elaine Wilson, Samuel Gompers
Celia Strauss Cain, Woodrow Wilson; Florence Cohen
Balboa (acting); Richard C. Date, Balboa (acting)
Leslie F. Burke, George Washington, (acting).
Senior high head counselors include: Richard W
Murphy, Balboa (Boys); Madeleine Gallagher, Balboa
(Girls); John D. Moriarty, George Washington (Boys)
Carolyn J. Caniglia, Mission (Girls); Beverly Eigner
Polytechnic (Girls).
Central Office
Appointments in the Central Office include: Ralpl
Kauer (Principal of Balboa) on leave, Supervisor A^
Building Utilization and Research, Division of Building;
and Grounds; Dr. George Karonsky (former Assistan
Principal Herbert Hoover) Supervisor A, Junior Higl
Division.
lN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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NUMBER 3
Data Processing Enters Second Year
During the 1966-67 school year the District embarked
>n an educational data processing program executed
hrough the Division of Research under the guidance of
Harold Weeks, director, and M. Marjorie Maher, re-
:earch assistant.
The San Francisco Regional Educational Data Pro-
:essing Center is funded under PL 89-10, the Elementary
ind Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title III. Guide-
ines for the implementation of the project have been
istablished by the State Department of Education.
During the past school year the Division of Research
las undertaken the introduction of the State-sponsored
jupil personnel package of services to two senior high
Student Activities, Athletics
Funding Needs Reviewed
At its last meeting the Superintendent reviewed
with the Board of Education the need to increase,
by a net amount of some $20,030, the District's sup-
port of the Student Activities and Athletics Pro-
gram for 1967-68 in varying amounts depending
upon the finances of the Student Associations in
each high school.
This plan will adapt the new subsidy to the
need of each school so that the eight high schools
will be able to carry on the same student activity
and athletic program. Samuel Gompers High will
receive a lower amount due to its size and facilities.
Commissioner Zuretti L. Goosby indicated that
this was another important step toward equalizing
educational opportunity in the District. With the
new subsidy each school will be able to have its
athletic teams equipped with identical equipment,
have money to stage top term plays, help with stu-
dent newspapers, and do the many other student
activities so vital to school morale.
Income from student activities has greatly de-
clined in recent years. For example, ticket sales for
athletic contests have decreased; state legislation
now prohibits profits from food vending machines
to be given to student bodies; and there has been a
general reduction in the sale of student body cards,
admissions to plays, dances, and other revenue pro-
ducing; events.
schools (Mission and Woodrow Wilson), two junior high
schools (Aptos and Pelton), and two elementary schools
( Edison and E. R. Taylor) .
Various services provided
For the secondary schools the services have included
the scheduling of pupils into classes, the printing of re-
port cards, record maintenance, and attendance account-
ing. For the elementary schools the services, to date, have
been limited to attendance accounting.
The greatest change effected has been the substantial
reduction of the clerical burden on teachers. Despite
some unreliable machine production, teachers have re-
acted in a highly favorable manner. Teachers have been
relieved of the preparation of lists of pupils and posting
of grades on report cards and on permanent scholarship
records. Advance knowledge of pupils assigned to their
classes at the opening of a new semester produces benefits
to teachers. In addition, the issuing of report cards via
data processing appears to be a less disturbing routine
within the school.
The greatest impact experienced by the pilot schools
was focused upon the administrative and clerical staffs.
Introduction of data processing shifted some burdens
from teachers to the school office, and in the changeover
from manual operation the requirements exceeded staff
capabilities.
More staff help added
To support the schools in this venture for 1967-68, the
Board of Education has underwritten, with local funds,
the addition of a full time clerk-typist to each junior and
senior high school. Further, in each of the junior high
schools, a half-time certificated person has been allocated
to provide professional coordination at the school.
Under a continuation of the Federal grant during
1967-68, the intent of the program is to carry forward
the schools and activities launched during the 1966-67
year, and to expand the pupil personnel package imple-
mentation to include all of its elements, including some
test processing and pupil scholarship record maintenance
services. Yvon O. Johnson has been assigned to the pro-
ject as a one-half time research assistant.
Frank Nardi is now coordinating the program in the
junior high schools.
During the fall 1967 term, secondary school services
will be expanded to include Abraham Lincoln and Bal-
boa High Schools. While expansion of services might
provide for all senior high schools within the next three
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NEWSLETTER
September 18, 1967
Young Audiences Concerts
Expanded During Current Year
Young Audiences, Inc. will present 150 concerts to District
school children during the 1967-68 school year, an increase of
30 over last year. Top musicians' from the San Francisco Sym-
phony introduce a wide variety of musical instruments to the
students and perform a variety of musical compositions. Above,
Roland Kohloff of the Percussion Ensemble lectures and demon-
strates to his interested audience.
An increase from 120 to 150 in the number of concerts
to be presented by Young Audiences, Inc. to District
public school children was approved by a Board of
Education at its September 4, 1967 meeting.
Under the current arrangements the District is respon-
sible for financing 120 concerts, and Young Audiences
will provide one free concert for every four purchased, or
an additional 30 concerts for a total of 150.
Young Audiences is a nation-wide, non-profit organi-
zation which presents demonstration chamber music con-
certs to school children during school hours as part of
the regular curriculum.
Purposes are outlined
Its purposes are to help children appreciate good music
as an enrichment of every day life, to encourage musical
participation by introducing a wide variety of orchestral
instruments at close range in a relaxed, intimate atmo-
sphere, and to build future audiences for symphony,
opera, and concerts.
A well-rounded program by four different ensembles
(string, wind, percussion, and brass) is presented each
season.
Many top caliber musicians of the San Francisco Sym-
phony are carefully screened and coached in the aims of
Young Audiences. They are both musically proficient and
able to speak engagingly about their instruments and
music.
For the past nine years the San Francisco schools have
benefitted from this program. Through the encourage-
ment and support of Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of
Music, it began with 22 concerts and quickly expanded
to 120. During the past school year, Young Audiences
presented 550 concerts in the Bay Area.
District to Join UC in Program
To Aid Spanish-Speaking Interns
Action was taken by the Board of Education at its last
session to help meet the needs of the Spanish-speaking
community particularly in the city's Mission District.
The Board approved a plan whereby the District will
participate with the University of California in a three-
year pilot program which is an extension of the Graduate
Internship Program of Teacher Education at the Berkeley
campus.
One of the major purposes of the new proposal is to
offer qualified Latin American professionals residing in
or near the Mission District an opportunity to utilize their
skills and talents.
Off-campus center to be established
To accomplish this goal, the University of California
will establish an Off-Campus Teacher Education Center
in the Mission District. Here some 15 qualified intern
candidates will be recruited each year from among Bach-
elor degree holders from Latin America who reside in or
near the Mission District.
The University will staff the Education Center with
two supervisors who will screen and select the applicants
subject to final approval by the San Francisco Unified
School District.
It is planned that candidates will be recruited, screen-
ed, and accepted during the early fall and that the
Teacher Education Center will operate during this com-
ing year to give successful candidates a pre-internship
period of preparation. This will be provided by the Uni-
versity at the Center with interns being paid from sup-
porting foundations or federal grants with no cost to the
School District.
Reciprocal services provided
This pre-intern preparation during this coming year
will provide the School District with significant services of
the 15 interns under the supervision of two full-time
University supervisors. In turn, the District will provide
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 3
September 18, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
Child Welfare Division Is Reorganized
I At its August 10, 1967 meeting the Board of Education
[approved the Superintendent's recommendation that the
liame of the Division of Child Welfare be changed to
phe Special Educational Services Division and that the
•Division be reorganized with a Director of Special Edu-
cation and a Director of Pupil Services responsible to
•Coordinator Martin J. Dean.
I At its August 15, 1967 meeting the Board approved
the appointment of Margaret Holland, Supervisor, Coun-
seling and Guidance, to the position of Director of Spe-
cial Education, and the appointment of Mrs. Alice C.
Kenry, Supervisor, Child Guidance Services, to the posi-
tion of Director of Pupil Services.
Responsibility is outlined
The two Directors and the Principal of the Court
(Schools, Mr. Leslie Russell, are directly responsible to the
Coordinator of the Special Educational Services Division.
t Reporting to the Director of Special Education are the
lollowing supervisors with their areas of responsibility
, jjshown :
'"l 1. Supervisor for the Physically Handicapped (Classes
for Physically Handicapped, Hospital and Home Instruc-
tion, Program for Pregnant Girls) ;
2. Supervisor, Programs for Speech, Hearing, and Vis-
lally Handicapped (Programs for Speech Handicapped,
classes for Aurally Handicapped, Classes for Aphasic,
classes for Visually Handicapped, Visual Screening
Technician) ;
3. Supervisor, Programs for Elementary Mentally Han-
licapped (Elementary Classes for Educable Mentally
Retarded, Classes for Trainable Mentally Retarded) ;
vf]j 4. Supervisor, Programs for Secondary Mentally Han-
ski T
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Martin J. Dean, Coordinator of the Special Educational Services
Division (formerly Child Welfare Division), is seen discussing
reorganization plans with Margaret Holland, who was recently
appointed Director of Special Education, and Mrs. Alice C.
Henry, who is now the Director of Pupil Services.
dicapped (Secondary Classes for Educable Mentally Re-
tarded, Development Center for Severely Handicapped,
Sheltered Workshop) ;
5. Supervisor for Educationally Handicapped (Pro-
grams for Educationally Handicapped, Reading Centers) .
Responsible to the Director of Pupil Services are the
following:
1. Supervisor, Guidance and Counseling (Secondary
Guidance and Counseling, Elementary Guidance and
Counseling, Student Records) ;
2. Supervisor, Psychological Services (School Psychol-
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5 Sabbatical Leave Reports Due District Joins Chamber Program
When a teacher or administrator takes a sabbatical
eave, a report concerning this trip must be submitted to
he Personnel Coordinator within sixty days of the per-
on's return to duty.
Board of Education Administrative Regulation R4155
efers to the sabbatical leave report as follows :
;Upon completion of the leave and within 60 days of
he teacher's return to duty, a detailed itinerary, and a
vritten report of not less than 2,500 words shall be sub-
nitted to the Personnel Division setting forth the teach-
r's reaction to the trip and a statement of the benefits
eceived from it. A description of the trip will not satisfy
his requirement. This report shall be referred to the
Assistant Superintendent of the division in which the
eacher serves, the Salary Coordinator, and the Personnel
joordinator for approval."
Every effort to complete this obligation within the time
pecified should be made, inasmuch as no extension of
ime can be allowed by the Personnel Coordinator.
The District has entered into an agreement with the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to provide a num-
ber of instructional services so as to better prepare adults
for employment upon the completion of a two-week
training program.
Course instruction will include vocational orientation
and personal development for students screened and se-
lected by the Chamber. Upon completion of the two-
week session, adults will receive on-the-job training in
Chamber-member firms.
The District's role will be to instruct the students in
such areas as grooming, employer expectations, good work
habits, and the like.
The Chamber will pay the District for the instructional
services (not to exceed $33,780) for the period Septem-
ber 18, 1967 through March 18, 1968. The program has
been developed under the provisions of the Economic
Opportunity Act by the Chamber.
The District's Adult and Vocational Education Divi-
sion is coordinating the two-week instruction sessions.
NEWSLETTER
September 18, 1967
Announcements
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial
vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Glen Park Ele-
mentary.
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
Sabbatical Leave during the spring term 1968 for
travel or study are reminded that requests are due
in the Personnel Division prior to October 1, 1967.
• TIME SHEET PICK-UP
September time sheets for teachers will be picked up at
the schools at 8:30 a.m. on September 29, 1967, for
senior, junior and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and part-
time teachers' time sheets on September 29 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools, in-
cluding the adult schools, for September 16 through Sep-
tember 30 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30 a.m.
on September 25, 1967.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the deadline
dates above to enable delivery service to keep the sched-
ule.
The number of days in September for principals and
assistant principals is 20 ; the number of days for teachers
is 19.
FILE CREDENTIAL NOW
New teachers are reminded that they must file
their credentials with the Personnel Division im-
mediately. No teacher can be paid until a credential
is on file.
• BASKETBALL OFFICIALS ARE NEEDED
Personnel interested in Basketball Officiating for the
1967-68 year are asked to contact Ron Gaggero —
Telephone 681-0346.
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THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 19, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
. . o Data Processing Program Continues
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terms, extension to all elementary and junior high schools
would probably require four to six semesters. Some minor
adaptations to the program to render the services more
efficiently in terms of local needs will be undertaken.
New center for production
This past year the actual data processing services were
purchased through the facilities of the City and County
of San Francisco, as the District's own installation does
not possess the capacity for the added production. For
1967-68 the San Francisco center has contracted with the
Santa Clara Regional Educational Data Processing Cen-
ter for the machine production.
Under the terms of the grant, the Division of Research
has the responsibility to implement specific, though limit-
ed, services designed under the guidance of the State
Department of Education. The current project does not
give the Research Office the opportunity of developing
programs unique to San Francisco, but rather proceeding
under the guidelines established by the State.
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. .-. Teacher Intern Project Approved
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a laboratory situation in which the interns' professional
preparation can be achieved.
Beginning next September the interns who are sched-
uled to teach in San Francisco will be assigned full
teaching responsibilities with full beginning teacher's pay
in schools of the Mission District or nearby schools with
a large Spanish-surnamed student population.
During the internship year, program members will
teach on the credential granted to members of recognized
internship programs. At the end of the year and upon
completion of the internship program, they will be
recommended for a regular teaching credential.
This procedure will be repeated with 15 additional
intern candidates during the three-year pilot program.
. . . Special Educational Services
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ogists, School Psychometrists, Diagnostic Clinics, Reading
Clinic, Screening Committees) ;
3. Supervisor, Social Workers (School Social Workers) ;
4. Supervisor, Attendance Services (Attendance Work-
ers, Health Services) ;
5. Supervisor, Guidance Service Centers (Guidance
Service Centers).
This reorganization will be phased in during the first
and second semesters of 1967-68. Total cost will be
$47,113.
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NUMBER 4
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Three Guidance Service Centers Operating
The District's program to establish five Guidance
iervice Centers in the city to handle pupils with extreme
ni\ lehavior problems is continuing to develop since its in-
fer eption last spring.
To date, three centers are in operation. The center for
enior high school students is located in the John Adams
tn ^.dult School building, the junior high center is at 65
Borland Street, and the elementary school center is
rch Roused in separate facilities at Geary Elementary School.
itaff members of the Guidance Service Centers are observed
neeting with Wellington Chew, Supervisor. Pictured are (stand-
rig, left to right) Edward Kloster, John Freeman, Nick Brough-
101 on, Mrs. Germaine O'Brien, Neil Dunlap; (sitting) Mrs. Alberta
k iarber, Mr. Chew, Mrs. Fannie Preston, Mrs. Jannie Wu,
taymond Yesson.
Wellington L. Chew, former head counselor at Fran-
:isco Junior High School, has been appointed Supervisor,
uidance Service Centers, and is coordinating the pro-
gram which is under the Division of Special Educational
services.
Staff assignments made
There are seven teachers currently assigned to the three
:enters: two at Geary School, two at John Adams, and
:hree at the Dorland Street office. In addition, two social
workers and two psychologists have been assigned full-
:ime to the program.
The original proposal as approved last year called for
:he establishment of five centers with a total faculty as-
ignment of twelve teachers. Plans to expand the program
:o the projected number are being delayed due to a
reduction in anticipated federal funds. The program is
Deing funded under PL 89-10, the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, which has been
cut back to 80 per cent of proposed funding, and from
District funds.
The purpose of the Guidance Service Centers is to pro-
vide a rehabilitative educational experience for pupils
whose behavior in school has been anti-social in the ex-
treme and to provide the opportunity for the regular
classroom teacher to perform his educational duties with-
out disruption. The centers are geared to provide a con-
centrated therapeutic type program, utilizing specialized
personnel, facilities, teaching materials, and curriculum.
Flexibility is encouraged
The centers have been organized to allow flexibility in
working with the students. Classes have a maximum
limit of 15 students per teacher. Some pupils are seen on
an individual basis for an hour a day, while others are
programmed on a minimum day basis with allowances
for individual and small group instruction. A concerted
effort is made to determine the specific needs of each
child and to understand each child's personal problems.
Candidates for the Guidance Service Centers are
screened by a school site committee made up of at least
three of the following: the principal or his designate, a
teacher, the school social worker, the school psychologist,
the attendance worker, a counselor, the school nurse,
and/or others who have knowledge of the pupil.
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NEW HOURS FOR TEACHERS
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
The Teachers Professional Library is now open
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. This is an increase of two and
a half hours ; a half hour earlier in the morning, the
noon hour, and an hour later in the evening.
Over the years many teachers and administrators
have requested that the library extend its hours so
that they could make more extensive use of the
services. The additional half-day schedule of the
experienced clerk will enable the staff to spread
the present services over the longer hours.
For the information of new teachers in the dis-
trict, and as a reminder to all others, the Profes-
sional Library is maintained by the Board of Educa-
tion to provide a current working collection of edu-
cational materials for the needs of the personnel of
the San Francisco Unified School District. It is
located on the Fell Street side of the Court at 135
Van Ness Avenue, Central Office.
NEWSLETTER
September 25, 196'!
Teachers Eligible for Grants
To Teach in Foreign Countries
The Personnel Division has been requested by the
United States Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare to make known to the members of the staff the
availability of grants to teach abroad during the 1968-69
academic year and to attend summer seminars overseas.
These opportunities are a part of the U.S. International
Educational Exchange Program authorized by the Ful-
bright-Hays Act.
Under this program, U.S. elementary and secondary
school teachers, as well as instructors and assistant pro-
fessors at the college level, may apply to teach for a year
in a foreign country. Some of the positions involve an
exchange with a teacher from abroad, while others are
one-way placements. Americans who teach foreign lan-
guages or social studies may also apply for summer semi-
nars to be held overseas.
Interested teachers should write before November 1 to
obtain copies of the bulletin, Opportunities Abroad for
Teachers, 1968-69, and for appropriate application forms.
Their requests should be addressed to Teacher Exchange
Section, International Exchange and Training Branch,
U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202.
District Science Labs Commence
The Lux Electronics Laboratory at Polytechnic High
School, the Lux Bio-Chem Laboratory at Galileo High
School, and the Woodrow Wilson After-School Science
Program will commence their fall programs on Monday,
October 2, 1967.
All public elementary school students planning to at-
tend any of the classes must be cleared and obtain
registration forms through the office of Agatha Hogan
at 135 Van Ness Avenue.
All junior and senior high school students may obtain
registration cards by merely attending the first class
sessions.
Information concerning the science programs may be
obtained from the following:
Galileo — John Rocky — 673-6217.
Polytechnic — Al Guittard — 661-0865.
Woodrow Wilson — Chuck Oliveira — 584-6142,
Extension 19
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Membership in Professional and Employee Or-
ganizations. The Board of Education has approved
the following policies for the district covering
membership in professional and employee organi-
zations (Policies, S.F. Bd. of Ed., P4135, Art 4) :
1, Teachers and all other employees of the Board of Education
shall have complete freedom in selecting the professional or employee
organizations which they may wish to join, without coercion of any
kind from any administrative officer or other school employee.
2, Whatever courtesies are extended to any employee organization
in the schools shall be fully and unreservedly extended to all em-
ployee organizations.
3, The use of any coercion or pressure by any principal or other
administrative officer or other school employee to influence any
teacher or other employee to join or refrain from joining any or-
ganization shall he deemed to be unprofessional conduct.
To Educational Conferences
Request for Travel Procedure
Covered by District Regulation |
Within the policy of the Board of Education there i
provided a reasonable amount of absence to attend edu
cational conferences. Administrative regulation R413I
covers the procedure.
Requests for travel to educational conferences are t(
be submitted by the teacher directly to the principal
who in turn routes the request to the Assistant Superin
tendent of the Division. The principal indicates the need
for a substitute, if any. The teacher is notified of thil
disposition of the matter just as soon as possible by th<|
Division of Fiscal Control.
Board clearance is necessary
Absence from school to attend a conference must b(|
cleared by a Board of Education resolution if expensi|
to the District, such as transportation or substitute, i
involved. As an exception, the Superintendent may ex
cuse a teacher for no more than two days, to engage ii
a school related educational endeavor which seem
profitable, providing there is no expense to the District
(See p. 4150, paragraph 2.)
Travel requests are to be filed well in advance of th
conference, six weeks if possible. This schedule is neces
sitated by the bulk of work involved in preparing ane
processing the agenda for Board of Education meetings
Early application is to the teacher's advantage.
Mutual benefits are derived
Attendance at educational conferences implies return
to the School District as well as to the individual partici
pant. A report need not be written, but instead it is sug
gested that worthwhile experiences be shared later witl
other teachers as occasions arise. Thus meetings oftei
effect action as well as stimulate thought.
All City College travel requests will be cleared by Di
Lloyd D. Luckmann, acting president.
The above is applicable to administrators as well a
teachers.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 4
SeDtember 25, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilicnthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
September 25, 1967
NEWSLETTER
'64 School Building Program Moves Ahead
'?" Diamond Heights Elementary School, located at 350 Amber Drive, opened its doors to San Francisco school children for the first time
seen >n September 6. The new school was constructed with funds from the 1964 School Building Program. The new facility has two kinder-
■ garten rooms, 17 classrooms, a multipurpose room, and an instructional materials center. Mrs. Myrna Graves has been appointed acting
principal, and Robert Jiminez is assistant principal.
and Knowles, Architects) — in preliminary drawing
stage.
El Dorado Elementary School (Addition) (Maherand
Martens, Architects) — out to bid.
Visitacion Valley Junior High School (Gardner
Dailey, Architect) — final working drawings being com-
pleted.
Grattan Elementary School (Replacement) (De Mars
and Wells, Architects) — in preliminary drawing stage.
Cabrillo Elementary School (Replacement) (Clarence
W. Mayhew, Architect) — in preliminary drawing stage.
Abraham Lincoln High School, Math and Science
Classrooms (Masten and Hurd, Architects) — in work-
ing drawing stage.
The preceding does not include the modernization and
rehabilitation phases of the '64 Building Bond Program.
These aspects of the program will be reviewed in future
issues of the Newsletter.
principal,
In November, 1964, the voters of San Francisco ap-
proved a bond issue of $31,464,500 for the construction
, a Df new buildings and the modernization and rehabilita-
tion of existing schools.
The opening of Diamond Heights Elementary School
this fall marks the completion of one of the major con-
n struction projects of the 1964 School Building Program.
The Diamond Heights structure, completed at a cost
of $974,900, is but one of a number of school building
it projects included in the proposal.
rogram's progress summarized
The following is a summary of the construction pro-
jects to date:
Diamond Heights Elementary School (Corlett and
Spackman, Architects) — completed, open September,
1967.
Diamond Heights High School (Reid and Tarics,
Architects) — preliminary drawings being redesigned.
City College, Educational Services Building (Milton
T. Pflueger, Architect) — is under construction; Labora-
tory and Classroom Building (same Architect) — is
going to bid.
Potrero Hill Junior High School (Corwin Booth and
Associates, Architects) — final preliminary drawings
approved by Board of Education; working drawings now
being completed.
Paul Revere Elementary School Annex (Spencer, Lee
and Busse, Architects) — old building razed, new build-
ing under construction.
Buena Vista Elementary School (Aleck L. Wilson and
Associates, Architects) — old building razed, new build-
ing under construction.
Burnett Elementary School Annex (Schubert and
Friedman, Architects) — old building razed; out to bid.
Bret Harte Elementary School (Addition) (Hertzka
Music Instructors Elect Officers
New officers for the 1967-68 year have been elected by
the Association for Instructors in Music. They include
the following:
Norman Rubinf eld, president ; Robert Giambruno, vice
president; Barbara Dobrinen, recording secretary; Helen
Dilworth, corresponding secretary; Kow Takemoto,
treasurer.
The area representatives include Herb Welch, high
school instrumental ; Fred Wilkins, high school vocal ;
Joseph Rosenblatt, junior high school instrumental;
Robert Landis, junior high school vocal; and Richard
Shuster, elementary.
The first general meeting will be held Monday, Octo-
ber 2, 1967, at 4 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln High School.
NEWSLETTER
September 25, 1967
Announcements
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tacion Valley School at 1:45 p.m. on October 4, 1967.
Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit these to their representatives prior to September
29, 1967.
• CHORAL SOCIETY RESUMES REHEARSALS
The San Francisco Choral Society, under the direc-
tion of Helen Dilworth, has resumed its weekly re-
hearsals on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 177 at
Abraham Lincoln High School.
All interested persons are invited to attend the sessions
which are admission-free. This community choral group
is offered as a public service under the auspices of the
Adult and Vocational Education Division of the Dis-
trict. Additional information may be secured by tele-
phoning 431-4899.
• ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
The San Francisco E;-anch of the Association for
Childhood Education (ACE) announces a series of
special events for the new school year.
Present plans call for a fall art show to be held in con-
junction with a tea honoring teachers new to the District.
A "Concepts in Science" program will be presented in
the spring, and a seminar study of the classroom handi-
capped child will be scheduled near the end of the school
year. Specific dates for these events will be announced
soon.
Membership information in ACE may be obtained
from school building representatives.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet Wednes-
day, September 27, 1967, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 10,
Central Office, Building B, 170 Fell Street.
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Tuesday, October 3, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
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• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial va-
cancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Balboa and Lowell
High Schools, Herbert Hoover Junior High, and Bay-
view and Patrick Henry Elementary Schools.
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION GROUP TO MEET
The first meeting of the San Francisco Unit of the
California Association for Health, Physical Education
and Recreation will be a "Get-Acquainted Party" on
Tuesday, October 3, 1967, at Diamond Inn in Diamond
Heights.
Dr. Eula West, president-elect of the local unit, is in*
charge of arrangements. Orron Quails of Balboa High
School is the 1967-68 president.
. . . Guidance Service Centers
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Principals are asked to make every effort to find solu-
tions to problems of discipline prior to referral to the
centers. When efforts for rehabilitation have been ex-
hausted, the principal requests the District Student
Placement Committee to staff the case for placement by
completing the Request for Placement Form and for-
warding it to the proper division. The principal notifies
the parent that the pupil has been referred to this com-
mittee for disposition.
Recommendation is considered
The District Student Placement Committee considers
the recommendation of the site screening committee for
transfer of the pupil to the Guidance Service Centers
when the Request for Placement form is properly com-
pleted. The pupil will be approved for the Guidance
Service Centers if his problems fit the criteria and if there
is space available. If the child is not placed in a center,
the Special Educational Services staff will recommend
one of the following: 1.) expulsion or exclusion; 2.) ex-
emption with parent's consent; and 3.) transfer to an-
other school or another program.
Mr. Chew and his staff of teachers, social workers, and
psychologists conduct weekly meetings to appraise the
program, suggest changes, and develop innovations. This
past summer the seven teachers visited and studied other
programs in the Bay Area which work with students with
severe behavioral problems.
With the advent of recent legislation limiting the num-
ber of days of suspension for any given pupil in a school
year to a maximum of ten, the District is required to pro-
vide continuation-type classes before a long term suspen-
sion can be invoked. Prior to suspending a pupil beyond
ten days, it is felt that the pupil should have every oppor-
tunity to make an adjustment which will enhance his
learning in the public schools. The Guidance Service
Centers are an attempt to provide the specialized per-
sonnel, facilities, and programs to accomplish that end.
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OCTOBER 2, 1967
NUMBER 5
Television Feasibility Study Is Underway
Each District public school will be studied within the
lext three months to determine its ability to receive
xiicrowave television transmission. This is part of an
"■' aigineering study to determine the feasibility of estab-
ishing a multi-channel instructional television system for
the District.
On August 15, 1967, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent, the Board of Education agreed to auth-
3rize a contract with Hammett and Edison, Consulting
Radio Engineers, to conduct the study at a cost not to
sxceed $10,000, to be completed not later than December
31, 1967. The project is being coordinated through the
bffice of Dr. William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of
Instructional Materials.
Individual analysis of each school
The study, which is now in progress, will be a highly
tailored analysis of each public school's ability to receive
microwave transmission in any sort of pattern of signal
distribution. Once completed, the report will determine
whether it is feasible, quality-wise and cost-wise, for the
District to engage in a four channel, closed circuit in-
structional television system.
The survey is a very complex and complicated one.
3an Francisco presents a number of unique problems
Decause of its location and terrain. A number of physical
features present here can affect microwave transmission
in a variety of ways. Such phenomena as the tall build-
ings, the many hills and valleys, the bridges, being sur-
rounded by water on three sides, the freeways, and
atmospheric conditions all present their own problems.
Survey to be in detail
As a result, Hammett and Edison will survey every
school building to determine if it is physically possible to
receive quality television pictures with equipment now in
use. The survey is predicated on the construction of a
new television tower to be built on Mt. Sutro which the
District's channels would be able to use.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, has
indicated his interest in a system-wide, multi-channel,
microwave television system in his address to the Ad-
ministrative Workshop in August, in his speech at the
Teachers' Institute in September, and in a number of
television appearances. Dr. Jenkins has urged quick
action as the Federal Communications Commission is
running out of closed circuit channels.
Possibilities are unlimited
Dr. Jenkins has indicated that the possibilities of in-
structional television properly planned and effectively
utilized are boundless. He has cited a few examples such
as direct instruction by master teachers who can assist
classroom teachers in the inner city schools for the cultur-
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Report Reveals Elementary, Senior High Testing Results
The results of the 1966-67 State Testing Program
for the elementary and senior high schools of the
San Francisco Unified School District were released
in a detailed report at the September 19, 1967,
meeting of the Board of Education. Copies were
distributed to those in attendance and are available
to the public in the Educational Information Office,
135 Van Ness Avenue.
The summary of intelligence and achievement
scores, including a school by school analysis, was
prepared by the District's Division of Research,
Harold L. Weeks, Director. This marks the first
time such scores have been publicly released on an
individual school basis.
Immediate follow-up of the tests results was be-
gun on Wednesday and Thursday after the Board
meeting by the District's Elementary, Junior High,
and Senior High Divisions.
Dr. Donald A. Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent,
Elementary Schools, and Mr. Weeks met with ele-
mentary school principals and reviewed the test
data. Principals have scheduled meetings with their
teaching staffs in preparation for teacher-parent
conferences at which the testing results will be
explained.
Junior high school principals met on Thursday
with Mr. James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent.
An additional meeting has been planned at which
Mr. Weeks will review the test data, and staff
meetings at each school will be held. Follow-up
meetings involving teachers and parents are being
set up.
Senior high school principals met with Dr. Lewis
Allbee, Assistant Superintendent, on Thursday.
Principals will discuss the test results at subsequent
faculty meetings in preparation for future discus-
sions with parents at P.T.A. meetings.
NEWSLETTER
October 2, 1967)
Teachers May Participate
Tax Sheltered Annuity Program
Implemented by School Board
The Personnel Division has released the following in-
formation relative to Tax Sheltered Annuities :
The Board of Education on June 6, 1967 authorized
the implementation of a program of tax sheltered an-
nuities for the purpose of qualifying under the provisions
of Section 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
of the United States of America.
Under Section 403 (b) and 501-c (3) of the U. S.
Internal Revenue Code and Section 17512 of the Cali-
fornia Revenue and Taxation Code, employees of certain
non-profit organizations, including school districts, may
reduce their income with instructions for the employer
to purchase an annuity for them. Said reduction in in-
come is not subject to income tax in the year earned but
is deferred until the years after retirement.
Organizations may recommend company
Each certificated and classified employee organization
with 250 or more members is permitted to recommend
for Board approval a private insurance company or
agency from which tax sheltered annuities may be pur-
chased on behalf of their members or other interested
employees, provided, however, that employees can obtain
any broker and/or company for purchasing a tax shelter-
ed annuity.
THE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF EDUCA-
TION OF A COMPANY OR AGENCY DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION OF ANY
SUCH COMPANY, AGENCY OR PLAN, NOR DOES
IT GUARANTEE THE VALIDITY OR MERIT OF
ANY INDIVIDUAL TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY.
In order that employees may obtain information about
tax sheltered annuities, the following guidelines have been
established. These guidelines were established in order
that employees may request and receive information, and
to protect them from unrequested solicitations and insure
non-interference with regular school district business.
Guidelines are established
Each organization, insurance company and/or agency
agrees :
( 1 ) The seller's agency shall not contact an employee
except at the specific request of that employee.
(2) The use of school district telephone facilities to
arrange appointments or discuss any phase of these plans
is prohibited.
(3) Officially recognized employee organizations may,
on behalf of their members, solicit buyers through their
publications or through the school mail. The written
material may include tcar-offs requesting an appointment
with an agent of any such selling company or agency.
(4) Conferences between employees and a seller
agency may be held at the place of employment in ac-
cordance with Board Policy.
(5) Representatives of an approved company or
agency may make presentations to employee groups when
invited or requested by a recognized employee organiza-
tion.
KQED Series Will Summarize
Weekly Educational News Events
Teachers and school administrators in Northern and
Central California can keep abreast of new developments
and trends in curriculum, teaching methods and mater-
ials through a series of weekly programs to be shown over
educational television station KQED (San Francisco),
beginning October 3, 1967.
The new series, entitled Education in Motion, will
offer a 15-minute weekly summary of significant news
and events in the field of education, as well as inside looks
at many of the new teaching techniques and course ma-
terials now being explored in the expanding field of edu
cational research and development. The series will be
produced jointly by KQED and by the Far West Labora-
tory for Educational Research and Development.
Announcing the new series, John K. Hemphill, Far
West Laboratory Director, said :
"We are pleased to continue our successful relationship
with KQED, which began last Spring with our pilot
series, Perspectives for Learning. Based upon responses
from school personnel to this initial effort, we feel out
new series, Education in Motion, will provide a valuable
means whereby teachers and school administrators may
keep up with the many events and innovations in the
field of education."
Each program will be shown twice a week, initially at
4 p.m., Tuesdays, and again at 7:45 p.m., Fridays, over
KQED, Channel 9, San Francisco. Viewers outside the
KQED area should consult their local educational tele
vision station for showing times and dates.
• CREDENTIAL FEES ARE RAISED
The State Department of Education has announced]
that the fee for new credentials, credential renewals]
life diplomas, and evaluations is now $15. This inJ
crease became effective October 1, 1967.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 5 October 2, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
October 2, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Volunteers Sponsor Training Sessions
IThe San Francisco Education Auxiliary announces
that it is sponsoring a series of six morning workshop
(training sessions beginning Wednesday, October 11, 1967.
The meetings are open to all persons interested in the
school volunteer program, especially new, prospective,
1 and current members.
Co-sponsors of the volunteer training sessions include
jSan Francisco State College, the Volunteer Bureau of
'San Francisco, and the District's Adult and Vocational
: Education Division.
*Ars. Nancie Oyama, San Francisco Education Auxiliary volun-
teer, is seen working with fourth grade students at Dudley Stone
, ilomentary School. Mrs. Oyama has brought artifacts from Japan
or the students to enjoy and has presented explanatory talks
' emphasizing the cultural significance of each item. She is one of
one 300 SFEA volunteers who serve weekly in 30 District
chools.
Programs slated for mornings
Each morning's program will begin at 9:30 a.m. and
.•onclude at 12 noon. They will be held in Room 30, the
i'' 3oard of Education meeting room.
lis The schedule follows:
i«': October 11 — "Understanding the Disadvantaged or
Differentiated Child," featuring Dr. Phillip L. Shew of
_ ian Francisco State College.
I October 18 — "How Children Learn" with Dr. Lewis
I. Falik, San Francisco State College.
j October 25 — "Helping Children with Reading and
ipeech Problems," featuring Dr. Lawrence Carrillo, San
rrancisco State College, and Mrs. Mary Herman, Fred-
ric Burk School.
November 1 — "Working with Teachers in the School
Environment," presented by Dr. James E. Bixler, San
Francisco State College.
j November 8 — "One-to-One Relationships (Guides
|.nd Techniques)" with Mrs. Annabelle Markoff, San
j'rancisco State College.
November 15 — Summary and Conclusion Session.
Volunteers aid schools
The San Francisco Education Auxiliary is an organi-
ation of volunteers providing services for pupils in the
:an Francisco Unified School District. It traces its be-
inning back to 1963 when it had members working in
two schools. Through the years it has shown continuous
growth so that in 1967 its membership has risen to over
300, providing services in 30 schools.
Volunteers perform a number of services within the
city's schools under teacher supervision. They may help
in one or more of the following areas :
• relieving school personnel of non-teaching duties
• giving general assistance in the classroom, office, or
library
• extending friendship and providing academic help
for an individual child or group of children
• providing enrichment through the arts, science,
music, drama, and story telling
• arranging for lay and professional community people
to share their special knowledge by volunteering to lec-
ture, show slides, and give demonstrations in the class-
room.
• assisting with the arrangement and supervision of
field trips
• stimulating support for public schools and building
better understanding of problems facing education.
Assigned on written request
Volunteers are placed only in schools where the prin-
cipal has made a written request, and only in classrooms
where the teacher has asked for such services.
The Auxiliary has offices in Room 213-A of the Cen-
tral Office. A full-time secretary, Mrs. Fern Barney, is
present to take calls, answer questions, and coordinate
the Auxiliary's services. She can be reached at 863-4680,
Extension 386.
Mrs. Joan Reichert is president of the local organiza-
tion. She reports that the number of requests this past
year for volunteer services has greatly increased and that
more volunteers are needed to help in the schools.
Mrs. Reichert feels that the coming training sessions
can do much to prepare volunteers for their work with
the school children. She reports that Mrs. Margaret
Duffy, Registrar for Training and Education of the Vol-
unteer Bureau of San Francisco, and Mrs. Mildred
Blumenkrantz of the Auxiliary, have done outstanding
work in helping prepare the six morning sessions to be
held in October and November.
DR. TODD ON KTVU PROGRAM
Dr. Frances Todd, District Curriculum Assistant
in Family Life Education, will be one of the fea-
tured panelists on KTVU's Channel 2 production
of Doctors' News Conference on Sunday, October
8, starting at 5 : 30 p.m.
The topic for discussion is "Sex Education in the
Schools."
Other panelists include Dr. Alvin Jacobs of the
San Francisco Medical Society and member of the
Family Life Education Advisory Committee of the
San Francisco Unified School District, and Dr.
Ronald Minkler, gynecologist and obstetrician from
Oakland.
NEWSLETTER
October 2, 196"
Announcements
• PHI DELTA KAPPA TO MEET
Gamma Iota Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa will hold its
first meeting of the current academic year on Thursday,
October 5, in the A & B Dining Rooms at San Francisco
State College. It will start at 7:30 p.m. after an informal
dinner scheduled for 6 : 30 p.m.
Dr. Hobart Banks, clinical psychologist with the Deuel
Vocational Institution at Tracy, will be the guest speaker.
His topic will be Deuel Vocational Institution, a Unique
Program of Rehabilitation for Youth.
TERM REQUISITIONS LISTS ARE DUE
Spring term requisitions lists are due in the Divi-
sion of Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street,
Attention Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows :
Instructional Supplies Lists — due before Octo-
ber 13, 1967.
• TEACHERS INVITED TO CONSTITUTION PLAY
The California Bodies of the Scottish Rite of Free-
masonry has extended an invitation to District teachers
and selected civics class students to attend the Friday,
October 13, performance of Architects of Freedom.
Written by Judge Newcomb Condee of the Superior
Court of Los Angeles, the play concerns the signing of
the United States Constitution.
The performance is scheduled at the California Scot-
tish Rite Memorial Temple, 19th Avenue and Sloat
Boulevard, beginning at 8 p.m.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Mon-
day, October 9, in Nicholas Hall of the Marines Me-
morial Building, 609 Sutter Street.
Instructional Television Survey Starts
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ally diverse and disadvantaged children; direct instruc-
tion for bilingual children of which San Francisco has
two major groups, the Spanish-speaking and the Chinese-
speaking; parent education and adult basic education for
the parents of the culturally diverse and disadvantaged
children so that the home and school can work more
closely together.
He also sees great potential in individualized instruc-
tion for children of different abilities, interests, and back-
grounds at all levels of the school system; sharing of
talents of master teachers via instructional television so
that the inspiration and know-how of outstanding teach-
ers can be shared on a broader basis throughout the
entire school district ; more effective use of various kinds
of audio visual programs through the multi-channel ap-
proach; eventual tie-in of microwave with data retriev-
ing systems for the further individualization of instruc-
tion ; and in-service educational classes for teachers at all
levels from kindergarten through college.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, October 3, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• DR. RHODES TO ADDRESS AUXILIARY
Dr. Donald A. Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent
Elementary Schools, will address the San Franciscc
Education Auxiliary as part of a morning Orientation
Workshop to be held Wednesday, October 4, in Roorr
30, 170 Fell Street, at 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Rhodes will discuss "From Here . . . Where foi
Volunteers?"
• TEACHERS' UNION MEETING SCHEDULED
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers will hold it:
regular membership meeting on Monday, October 2, at
7:30 p.m. at Lowell High School. Candidates for the
office of Mayor will address the group.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of San Fran
cisco Senior High Schools will hold its first meeting o:
the school year at Abrahom Lincoln High School or
Wednesday, October 4, in the teachers' cafeteria
2:45 p.m.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE SLATEE
The Foreign Language in Elementary School Asso
ciation announces that its fall conference will be helc
Saturday, October 21, 1967, at Frederic Burk School
San Francisco State College. The conference theme i
Community and Foreign Languages. Dr. Edwin Feld
man, San Mateo school principal, will speak.
Information and reservation forms may be secure(
by contacting Mrs. Yolanda Thompson, 156 Lunadi
Court, San Francisco 94127.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians will meet at Presidio Junior Higl!
School library at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 5. A!
elementary, junior high, and senior high school libraria:
are invited. Presidio is located at 450 - 30th Avenue.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
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OCTOBER 9, 1967
NUMBER'"? 1
Burbank Installs New Officers
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby, Board of Education Commissioner (left)
[and Dr. Donald A. Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent, Elemen-
tary Schools (right), were recent guests at the installation
ceremonies for new student body officers at Luther Burbank
'Junior High School. They are seen with Michael Lind, new
\ 'Student body president.
li Liberty Bell Competition
ROTC Units Will Participate
In Columbus Day Festivities
The San Francisco High School ROTC Brigade will
parade during the city's Columbus Day festivities at 1
-Jp.m. on Sunday, October 15, 1967, with each school pro-
viding a marching unit, drill team, drum and bugle corps,
, national and school colors, and color guards.
% Immediately following the parade, the Annual Liberty
Bell Drill Competition will be held at North Beach Play-
ground, Lombard and Powell Streets, matching special
:( 'drill teams from the eight city ROTC units.
,. Major General J. F. Franklin, Jr., Deputy Command-
ling General, Sixth United States Army, will be the re-
viewing officer for this event, which is sponsored by the
si [Reserve Officers Association, Chapter 90.
Polytechnic High School has captured the coveted
First Place Award for the past two years. A victory on
October 15 would give the school permanent possession
af the Liberty Bell Trophy.
This event is one of the highlights of the San Francisco
ROTC cadet program. A cordial invitation is extended
to all school personnel to attend.
Summer Projects Aim to Improve
Non-English Speaking Program
District efforts to continually develop and improve
the program of instruction for non-English speaking stu-
dents were advanced this past summer as the result of
demonstration classes and an in-service course conducted
at the junior high school level. One objective of the sum-
mer project was to develop a bilingual and a bicultural
program.
Two demonstration classes designed to use the latest
techniques in teaching English to foreign-born students
were held at Horace Mann and Benjamin Franklin
Junior High Schools. The Horace Mann classes were for
Spanish-speaking students and enrolled 65 pupils, and
the Benjamin Franklin class was for Chinese-speaking
students and included 47 enrollees.
Horace Mann classes
At Horace Mann the students were divided into two
classes and Carlos Cornejo served as master teacher.
Florencio Ortega taught one group Spanish for Spanish-
speaking Students and English as a Second Language.
Ronald Cabral taught Citizenship and Social Studies —
the development of self-image and the appreciation of
the cultural heritage of the Spanish-speaking peoples —
and typing. All three teachers are bilingual.
At Benjamin Franklin, Aldo Disgrazzi taught English
as a Second Language to his Chinese students. At both
schools the latest equipment, books, and teaching aids
were utilized.
While these two demonstration classes were in prog-
ress, a demonstration in-service course for junior high
school teachers of non-English speaking students, A Pro-
gram for the Teaching of English as a Second Language ,
was in progress at Horace Mann.
Purposes are explained
The purpose of the course was to familiarize teachers
with techniques, materials, books and equipment used in
various ESL and bilingual programs. The teachers ob-
served the demonstration classes at Benjamin Franklin
and Horace Mann. Near the end of the course they
engaged in practice teaching sessions in which they
taught lessons to selected students from the demonstra-
tion classes. These sessions were conducted with other
course members observing so that each teacher's methods
and approaches could be constructively criticized by fel-
low teachers. The practice sessions were also taped for
self -evaluation.
The students in the demonstration classes were care-
fully screened by their junior high school counselors.
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NEWSLETTER
October 9, 1967!
. . . Programs for Non-English Speaking John Muir Displays News PhotOS
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They were tested at the beginning of the summer classes
and at the conclusion. A test was developed to determine
the Spanish and English language skills of the students.
There were ten teachers enrolled in the m-service
course, six interested in teaching Spanish-speaking and
four specializing in teaching Chinese-speaking students.
Mr. Elmer Gallegos served as instructor and coordinated
the total summer demonstration project.
This fall term a Committee on Bilingual Education has
been formed to coordinate and further develop the Dis-
trict's program. It includes the following: Mrs. Lucille
Baker, principal, Hawthorne School; Mrs. Barbara
Brackett, instructor, City College; Mrs. Susan Chang,
curriculum assistant; Wellington Chew, supervisor, Guid-
ance Service Centers; Mrs. Rosemary Colligan, elemen-
tary school librarian; Rafael Cons, teacher, Mission High
School; Carlos Cornejo, head counselor, Horace Mann
Junior High School; Elmer Gallegos, junior high school
project head; Dr. Joseph B. Hill, curriculum coordina-
tor, chairman; Dr. Fern Kelly, teacher, Samuel Gompcrs
High School; Phillip Lum, curriculum assistant; Mrs.
Theresa Mahler, director, Children's Centers; Dr. Mary
McCarthy, supervisor, elementary schools; Ann McHugh,
head counselor, Francisco Junior High School; Ceasar
Orsini, principal, Commodore Stockton Elementary
School; and William Tresnon, principal, Fifth Adult
School. Miss Beatrice Sutherland is serving as consultant.
Mrs. June McKay, coordinator, English as a Second
Language, University of California, and Dr. Thurston
Womack, professor of English, San Francisco State Col-
lege, are advisers.
All District elementary, junior high and senior high
schools are currently taking part in a survey on bilingual
education being conducted by the Curriculum Office.
The survey will reveal by school and grade level how
many students have a native language other than English
and how many are, by reason of language, unable to
function effectively in a regular class. The survey will
also show how many students are currently in special
classes at least part of the day for instruction in English.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
October time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on October 30, 1967,
for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and
part-time teachers' time sheets on October 30 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for October 16 through
October 31 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on October 25, 1967.
Sheets arc to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in October for principals
and assistant principals is 21; the number of days
for teachers is 2 1 .
Mr. Robert Anderson, principal, and a number of students front
John Muir Elementary School ave observing a display of photo
graphs taken at John Muir on the opening day of school. The
pictures were donated to the school by the San Francisco
Chronicfe which used several in a published article on back-to-
school activities.
New Appointments Announced
The following administrative appointments or as-
signments were approved by the Board of Education at
its October 3, 1967, meeting upon recommendation ol
the Superintendent:
Junior High Division
Assistant principal appointment: Louis F. Roth
Luther Burbank (acting).
Senior High Division
Principal appointment: Lewis F. Morris, Balboa.
Assistant principal: Mrs. Florence Cohen, Balboa.
Central Office
Appointments in the Central Office include: Ross R
Miles, Supervisor A, Attendance Services; Marjorie
Anne Kuhl, Supervisor A, School Social Work Services
Elmer A. Gallegos, Jr., Project Head, Bilingual Educa-
tion Program, Junior High School.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 6
October 9, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilicnthal, President
Edward Kcmmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Uriostc
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
i October 9, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Eight Pilot Schools Prepare for Spring
Family Life Education Program Progresses
The District's Family Life Education Program for
grades K through 12 has progressed to the point where
classroom instruction is expected to begin during the
spring, 1968 term in eight pilot schools.
The schools included in the pilot program are Fair-
Imount, Jedediah Smith, and San Miguel Elementary
Schools; A. P. Giannini, James Lick, and Pelton Junior
High Schools, and Galileo and Mission High Schools.
Working closely with the program at the Central Office
JQevel are: Dr. Lewis Allbee, Mr. James Dierke and Dr.
| Donald Rhodes, Assistant Superintendents ; George Can-
l|rinus, Coordinator, Health, Physical Education, Athletics
;and Recreation; Martin Dean, Coordinator, Special Ed-
ucational Services; Joseph Hill, Coordinator, Curricu-
Jllum; Mrs. Viola Mails, Supervisor, Health and Physical
> Education, Secondary Schools; Kathleen McGillicuddy,
"Director, Homemaking Education; Mrs. Frances Miller,
j Director, Family Life Education Services, Adult Division;
and Dr. Frances Todd, Curriculum Assistant.
Spring course attracted large group
Last spring the District sponsored a Family Life Edu-
cation in-service course which attracted over 600 teach-
ers, parents, members of the clergy, medical people, and
representatives from private and parochial schools. Cur-
riculum development proceeded concurrently with the
course.
This term a Workshop in Family Life Education Cur-
riculum Development is being conducted by the District
for teachers who are participating in the development of
[courses of study and teacher-learning experiences in
family life education. Teachers from the eight pilot
schools are participating in the program.
In addition, three working committees have been cre-
mated at the elementary, junior high, and senior high
'levels as part of the larger Family Life Education Cur-
! riculum Committee.
The committees are organized
Elementary: Jane Sarlin (McKinley), chairman; Gail
'Giovannini (Central Office), co-chairman; Jean Mc-
j^Caye (Fairmount), K-2 grade chairman; Irene Gibson
i(Jedediah Smith), 3-4 grade chairman; Russell Kiernan
(San Miguel), 5-6 grade chairman; Jacqueline Young
'(Sunshine), Special Educational Services; Joseph Stal-
lone (Jedediah Smith), administration.
Junior high: Claire Gustafson (Giannini), chairman;
Even Anderson (Pelton), co-chairman; Shirley Knipe
(James Lick), and Con Dempsey (Giannini), health and
physical education; Lucille Winnett (Pelton), home-
toaking; John Freeman (Pelton), social studies; George
Taylor (James Lick), science; Verne Hall (Giannini),
.Special Educational Services; Marion Schmidt (Fran-
pisco), administration.
Senior high: Frank Ingersoll (Mission), chairman;
ifiatherine Mowbray (Galileo), co-chairman; Peggy
ikanlon (Mission) and Patricia Gillespie (Galileo), new
bourses; Harry Krytzer (Mission), administration.
: Impetus to the current program has come from the
Second District, California Congress of Parents and
Teachers, which has advocated and supported strong
family life education in the city's public schools.
Advisory Committee in operation
An Advisory Committee on Family Life Education was
established last spring, composed of teachers, administra-
tors, medical personnel, religious leaders, and parents.
This group has served as a valuable resource and has
given direction and guidance in curriculum development.
Dr. Frances Todd, Curriculum Assistant, states that
the aim of Family Life Education is self-directed, mature,
responsible behavior in personal, familial, and social rela-
tionships. She adds that sex education and human re-
production are only part of the total program.
The District has purchased the latest materials and
aids for courses of this nature, and they will be utilized
in the pilot schools.
Current emphasis is being placed in the areas of cur-
riculum development, training of pilot teachers, training
of teachers to be phased in during the coming terms, and
educating the community as to the program's aims and
progress.
District Hosts Foreign Guests
A number of distinguished visitors from foreign coun-
tries have visited the District during the month of
September. They have included the following:
From Brazil — Mrs. Sylvia Alambert, Brazilian Na-
tional Director of the Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation — visited Hawthorne and Edison Elementary
Schools; From Japan — Three teachers' union officials
— visited Yerba Buena Elementary, Marina Junior
High, and Galileo High Schools;
From Surinam — Anna Starke, principal — visited
Polytechnic High School; From Japan — Ten school
officials — visited Argonne Elementary and Presidio
Junior High Schools;
From Germany — Erica Philipps, Ministry of Educa-
tion — visited Sunshine School and Hawthorne Elemen-
tary School; From Germany — Dr. M. Bauer, Teachers'
Training Institute — visited Lowell High School; From
Iceland — Thordur Einarsson, Ministry of Education —
visited John O'Connell Vocational High School and
Central Office.
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK, NOV. 5-11
American Education Week 1967 will be observed
November 5 through 11. The theme this year is
"How Good Are Your Schools?"
District schools that are planning programs, ex-
hibits, assemblies, displays, or meetings in observ-
ance of American Education Week are asked to
notify the Office of Educational Information, 863-
4680, Extension 388 or 389, of such plans in order
that they can be announced in the Newsletter.
NEWSLETTER
October 9, 1961
Announcements
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial
vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Hancock Elemen-
tary School;
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Louise Lombard
School.
• TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The Teachers Association of San Francisco (TASF)
will meet Monday, October 16, at A. P. Giannini Junior
High School, 3151 Ortega Street, at 4 p.m.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• CAEYC CONFERENCE IS PLANNED
The California Association for the Education of
Young Children will hold its annual 1967 conference
on Wednesday, November 4, 1967, in the Gold Room
of the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
Dr. Neil Sullivan, Superintendent of the Berkeley
Unified School District, will speak on "The Key to a
Successful Curriculum for All Children."
For information and registration contact Mrs. Es-
telle Farber, 1221 Clayton Street, San Francisco
94114.
• COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
DINNER PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 10
The San Francisco Council for Exceptional Children
(Chapter 127) has scheduled a dinner for Tuesday, Oc-
tober 10, at 6 p.m. in the Statler Wing, Smith Hall, San
Francisco City College.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, will
be the honored guest and speaker. He will discuss his
views on the education of exceptional children.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Mon-
day, October 9, in Nicholas Hall of the Marines Me-
morial Building, 609 Sutter Street.
LOUISE M. LOMBARD OFFICE
AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
While the Louise M. Lombard School is closed
for renovations, Mary E. Smyth, principal, has her
office located in the Jefferson Elementary School,
1725 Irving Street, telephone 664-2368.
The faculty and students of Louise M. Lombard
are conducting classes in the auditoriums of Jeffer-
son, Lafayette, and Cabrillo Elementary Schools
until the school re-opens.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, October 17, 1967, 4:00 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB DINNER
An evening of good fellowship and entertainment ha
been planned by the San Francisco chapter of the Stan
ford Education Club. The Fall Dinner will be held at th<
Royal Room of Sabella's Restaurant on Wednesday
November 1, at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, wil
be the guest speaker. The price of the dinner is $5.00, al
inclusive. Checks should be made to the Stanford Educa
tion Club and forwarded to Michael Kittredge, 59(
Gellert Drive, San Francisco 94132.
© READING ASSOCIATION PLANS CONFERENCi
The California Reading Association announces it
second annual conference to be held November 2, 3, anc
4, 1967, in San Diego.
For detailed information contact Mr. Stan Wilson, Sai
Diego City Schools, 4100 Normal Street, San Diegi
92103. The conference theme is Reading in California
Issues and Emerging Practices.
• SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
TO MEET OCTOBER 16
The San Francisco Association of Secondary Schoc
Administrators (CASS A District No. 6) will hold
general membership meeting on Monday, October 16
1967, at Lowell High School at 4 p.m.
• 'MAGIC FLUTE' ON RADIO OCTOBER 17
Radio Station KKHI (1550 AM and 95.7 FM) wi
highlight the music from Mozart's Magic Flute at 1 p.rr
on Tuesday, October 17.
Magic Flute is the San Francisco Opera Guild studer
matinee feature this season.
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EWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
OCTOBER 16, 1967
NUMBER 7
San Francisco Symphony to Perform
Chamber Orchestra Concerts Scheduled
. District school children will benefit this year from a
teries of 30 concerts to be presented by a 40-member
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Orchestra as part of
p. program to bring fine symphonic music to the schools.
I The first concert will take place for City College of
jian Francisco in the auditorium at Riordan High School
it 1:15 p.m., Monday, October 23. This is the third con-
lecutive year the San Francisco Symphony Association
jtnd the Board of Education have jointly participated in
he program.
During a three-week period, 30 concerts plus rehears-
,1s will be presented at 15 different schools, servicing, in
.11, 25 District schools, including a number of "target
schools.
Vorkshops and Lectures Featured
" :! Workshops and lectures will be an integral part of the
"lirogram, along with participation by principal members
If the District's All-City Honor Orchestra as ensemble
Jnembers. Principal members of the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra will be soloists.
.J Tailored to elementary, junior high, senior high, and
pnjollege audiences, the programs will directly involve over
0,000 students. Mr. Verne Sellin, conductor-commenta-
(i,,,. or, will direct the orchestra.
Two concerts will be given in each school each day to
How the entire student body and those of neighboring
chools to attend. After the concerts, musicians will hold
""/orkshop sessions for instrumental students. Mr. Sellin
—•/ill also lead informative discussions on the program just
E resented.
ncrease Is Noted
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, has
oted that the pilot programs of in-school concerts,
'hich began two years ago with six concerts and last
jjjear increased to ten, has expanded to 30 this fall. Dr.
slsnkins has commented, "This program has proved so
gj|iccessful that both the scope and number of in-school
oncerts has been greatly increased. In doing so, we are
■cognizing two basics: one, that the San Francisco
ymphony Orchestra is one of the great cultural re-
)urces of this city, and, two, that the intimate contact
ith this great orchestra should be an integral part of a
lild's total education. We have every reason to feel
lat this program will be a vitally important phase of
leir total cultural experience."
Dr. Albert A. Renna, District Director of Music and
3. CI
long a leading exponent of the in-school concert concept,
emphasizes that the program is a far-reaching addition
to the fine arts program. He states, "It is important for
all children to understand and appreciate fine arts early,
not just a talented few. This plan, involving a great
resident orchestra, should eventually directly involve
every child in the San Francisco public school system,
which is our goal."
The schedule of concerts is as follows:
Monday, October 23, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. City College
Concert at Riordan High School auditorium, 175 Phelan Avenue
(across from City College.) Rehearsal in Riordan auditorium,
9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, October 24, at 1:30 p.m. and 2:25 p.m. Lowell High
School auditorium, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive.
Wednesday, October 25, at 1:25 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. Mission
High School auditorium, 3750 - 18th Street.
Thursday, October 26, at 9:55 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. George
Washington High School auditorium, 600 - 32nd Avenue.
Friday, October 27, at 10:38 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. Galileo
High School auditorium, 1150 Francisco Street.
Monday, October 30, at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Elementary Pro-
gram at James Denman Junior High School auditorium, 241
Oneida Avenue. 1 p.m. concert: Ortega (grades 6), Miraloma
(grades 5 and 6), Excelsior-Monroe (grades 4, 5, and 6), Glen
Park (grades 5 and 6). 2 p.m. concert: San Miguel (grades 4,
5, and 6), Sheridan (grade 6), Commodore Sloat (grades 5 and
6) . Rehearsal at James Denman 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Tuesday, October 31, at 9:45 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. Balboa
High School auditorium, 1000 Cayuga Avenue.
(Continued on Page 4)
Gifted Report Goes to Board
A report evaluating programs for gifted and aca-
demically talented students in the San Francisco
Unified School District for the period July 1966 to
July 1967 was presented to the Board of Education
at its October 3, 1967 meeting.
The report was written by Dr. Frederick J. Mc-
Donald, Professor of Psychology and Education,
Stanford University, and Dr. G. Wesley Sowards,
Associate Professor of Education, Stanford Uni-
versity.
Copies of the report were distributed at the Board
meeting and are available to the public in the Office
of Educational Information, Room 213, 135 Van
Ness Avenue. Copies of the 74 page report have
been forwarded to each District school.
Further discussion on programs for the gifted and
academically talented will be scheduled by the
Superintendent at future Board meetings.
NEWSLETTER
October 16, 191
New Officers Installed at Pelton
Mr. Alan H. Nichols, Board of Education Commissioner, was a
guest at the recent installation ceremonies of new student body
officers at Pelton Junior High School. Mr. Nichols delivered a
motivational message. He is viewed here with the new Pelton
officers.
Applications for Supervisor Due
In Personnel Office by Nov. 1
The position of Supervisor, Programs for the Physically
Handicapped — Special Educational Services Division of
the S. F. Public Schools — is currently vacant.
Applicants must possess the M.A. degree, Standard
Administration Credential, Standard Supervision Cre-
dential, or a General Administration Credential, teaching
and/or administrative experience with physically-handi-
capped children.
Primary responsibility will be to administer programs
for the orthopedically handicapped, homebound, and
hospitalized. The position will be classified as Supervisor
A in accordance with the Salary Schedule. The salary
range is $13,980 to $17,725 and a work year of approxi-
mately 197 days.
Applications for this position must be in writing on
appropriate forms available in the Office of Personnel
and returned to Mr. Milton F. Reiterman, Personnel
Coordinator, Personnel Division, not later than Novem-
ber 1, 1967.
Interviews will be scheduled during the following
weeks.
• A. DONALD CROSS TAKES OFFICE
A. Donald Cross, speech and hearing specialist for the
San Francisco Unified School District, began his term of
office on September 1 as state president of the California
Speech and Hearing Association, a professional organi-
zation for personnel specializing in communicative dis-
orders and employed in schools, hospitals, universities,
centers, and in private practice. It is affiliated with the
American Speech and Hearing Assn. Mr. Cross can be
contacted by telephone at 922-2072.
Twenty-two District Students
Named 1967 Merit Semifinalists
Twenty-two students in the San Francisco Unifie
School District have been named semifinalists in tl
annual National Merit Scholarship Awards competitic
for 1967.
The semifinalist group is composed of the highe
scoring students in each state and in the United Stat
territories. Each has now moved a step closer toward tl
goal of a four-year Merit Scholarship.
Winners from Finalists
At least 97 per cent of past semifinalists have becon
finalists. Winners of the awards are selected from amor
the finalist group. They will be announced in late sprir
of 1968. The exact number will depend upon the extei
of sponsor support which comes from some 340 corpor.
tions, foundations, colleges, unions, trusts, profession
associations, other organizations, and individuals.
High school grades, creative accomplishments, leade
ship qualities, extracurricular activities, and school cil
zenship of the students are evaluated along with te
scores in selecting Merit Scholars.
Four-year Awards
Each Merit Scholarship is a four-year award coverii
the under-graduate college years. The winner's stiper
is tailored to his need, up to a maximum of $6,000 f
the four years in most cases. For the student alreac
financially able to attend the college of his choice, tl
award is $400 for the four years. Winners choose the
own colleges and courses of study.
District semifinalists include the following:
Balboa: Karl G. Ruling.
Galileo: Gloria Gee.
George Washington: Mark Dukeminier, Kirk Johnso j,
Victoria Lindsay, Frances Tomsovic, Hans Van Boldri
Lowell: Barbara Becker, Wallace Chan, Joni Davi
son, Edward Dong, Marguerite Donnelly, Cheryl Fon
Kathryn Keller, Barry Kernfeld, Nathan Krumm, Ja<
Margid, Carol Snow, Georgette Takeshita, Kenne
Tani, Robert Winthrop, Susan Wright.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 7 October 16, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
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NEWSLETTER
Dn the Elementary Level
Board Approves Increase in Librarians
™t Upon recommendation of the Superintendent and
''approval of the Board of Education five additional ele-
10 nentary school librarians have been included in the
1967-68 school budget.
The proposal further calls for the addition of five
' ibrarians in each subsequent year until the 1966-67
ratio of one librarian for every 14 schools has been re-
duced to a workable operating pattern based upon pre-
vious experience. The ratio for 1967-68 has been re-
duced to one librarian for every seven or eight schools
%s a result of the Board action.
The total elementary librarian picture is complicated
by the fact that there are two categories of elementary
■ librarians by virtue of funding source. These include
sion.
1.) those hired and paid with Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, Title I, funds to serve specifically the 28
', . ESEA "target schools" and 2.) those hired and paid
with SFUSD funds to serve 62 non-ESEA elementary
ichools.
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Sixteen in '66-'67
During the 1966-67 school year, there were 16 ESEA
JP™ jlementary librarians — one assigned as Resource Li-
"brarian, one assigned by Board action to John Muir
i™ School, and the remaining 14 assigned to serve the other
"27 target schools. There were four non-ESEA librarians
serving 61 schools. Each was assigned to a "headquarters
school" and responsible for approximately 14 other
schools.
During the summer the District was advised that
available funds for hiring ESEA librarians were to be
reduced by approximately 50 per cent. As a result it
became necessary to absorb the ESEA staff within exist-
™ing programs.
In order to retain the greatest number of librarians
within funds available, the five highest salaried ESEA
librarians were transferred into the regular District
program. This permitted the continued service of nine
ESEA elementary librarians.
Field Staff of 18
Due to the reduction in ESEA funds, and irrespective
of adding five new librarians to the District program,
the overall field staff of elementary librarians is currently
18. Last year the figure was 20.
In addition to increasing the number of District-
funded elementary librarians, the Board also approved
the assignment of an additional half-time clerk to each
rf the secondary libraries so that with the present half-
time clerk designated for each school library, the second-
iry schools have the equivalent of one full-time clerk
in each junior and senior high school library.
Three resource librarians are currently assigned to
Dffer a variety of consultant services to the over-all ele-
mentary library program. Mrs. Rose Mary Colligan and
Miss Edith Teeple are resource librarians for the 62
District-funded schools, and Mrs. Helen Bowden serves
the 28 ESEA schools in this capacity as well as being
the librarian for Golden Gate School.
Reorganization in Progress
A District program to organize and reorganize all
elementary school libraries according to accepted library
standards has progressed to the point where all 28 ESEA
libraries have been reorganized, and 30 District-funded
libraries will have been reorganized by the end of the
fall 1967 term.
This reorganization takes place in a number of schools,
designated "headquarters schools," depending upon per-
sonnel available each year. This year there are eight
such libraries. Each "District" iibrarian is assigned to a
"headquarters school" and provides services for seven or
eight other schools.
In the "headquarters school" the librarian concen-
trates on the reorganization of that library for one term,
often with the help of the local Parent Teachers Associa-
tion and volunteers from the San Francisco Education
Auxiliary. Each year the "headquarters schools" are
changed so that eventually all District school libraries
will undergo the reorganization process.
A Functioning Program
The ESEA libraries have all completed this phase, and
the librarians can devote more time to the development
of a functioning program in these schools. Such a pro-
gram includes a.) preparing lists for special topics for
class use; b.) assisting to assemble materials on special
topics for classroom use; c.) suggesting ways of planning
and using the library period; d.) demonstrating ways of
stimulating children to read; e.) contributing to the
literary program of the school by story telling, film
showing, book reviews, displays, demonstrations planned
with teachers, and book talks planned with teachers;
f. ) teaching library skills. Currently ESEA librarians
are assigned either three or four schools in which they
work.
On the secondary level schools with over 1,500 enroll-
ment are assigned two full-time librarians. Schools under
this figure have one full-time librarian. A full-time clerk,
as mentioned previously, is now available in each second-
ary school.
The coordination of District school libraries is carried
out under Dr. William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of
Instructional Materials, and Miss Geraldine Ferring,
Supervisor, Libraries and Textbooks.
O FRANCISCO TEACHER'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
The summer edition of the Gifted Child Quarterly
contains an article written by Roland Demarais, curricu-
lum assistant at Francisco Junior High School, entitled
"Planning Occupational Experiences for the Culturally
Disadvantaged Gifted."
Featured in the article is a photograph of Dr. William
B. Sanborn, Director of Instructional Materials, discuss-
ing Indian artifacts with the students.
NEWSLETTER
October 16, 1967
IN-SERVICE COURSE
(The following District in-service course is sched-
uled to begin October 25, 1967, and is available to
teachers at all grade levels.)
English as a Second Language.
One unit, non-college credit. 8 meeting on Wed-
nesdays. Course begins Wednesday, October 25, 4
to 6 p.m. at James Lick Junior High School. Pre-
registration is desirable, but not required. To pre-
register, call the Curriculum Office at 863-4680,
Extension 367.
Some of the sessions will be conducted by Dr. Kenneth
Croft of San Francisco State College, with films on the
teaching of a second language supplementing the presen-
tations; in other sessions elementary and secondary teachers
will meet separately for consideration of materials and in-
structional procedures at their respective levels.
• SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Audrey Eichelberger, teacher of the educationally
handicapped at Woodrow Wilson High School, was the
recipient of the California Association for Neurologic ally
Handicapped Children (CANHC) scholarship for the
San Francisco area. Miss Eichelberger attended a special
summer program in the field of educational handicap at
San Francisco State College.
• SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
TO MEET OCTOBER 16
The San Francisco Association of Secondary School
Administrators (CASS A District No. 6) will hold a
general membership meeting on Monday, October 16,
1967, at Lowell High School at 4 p.m. State Senator
George R. Moscone will be the guest speaker.
. . . Symphony Chamber Concerts Planned
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Wednesday, November 1, at 9:30 a.m. Spring Valley and
10:30 a.m. Sherman in the Sherman Elementary School audi-
torium, 1651 Union Street.
Thursday, November 2, at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Marshall Annex
School auditorium, 1950 Mission Street.
Friday, November 3, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Elementary
Program at A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 3151 Ortega
Street 9:30 a.m. concert: Robert Louis Stevenson (grades 4, 5,
and 6), Mark Twain (grades 5 and 6), Francis Scott Key
(grades 5 and 6); 10:30 a.m. concert: Jefferson (grades 5 and
6), Lawton (grades 4, 5, and 6), Ulloa (grades 5 and 6).
Monday, November 6, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. A. P.
Giannini Junior High School auditorium, 3151 Ortega Street.
Rehearsal 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, November 7, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. James
Denman Junior High School auditorium, 241 Oneida Avenue.
Wednesday, November 8, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. Portola
Junior High School auditorium, 350 Girard Street.
Thursday, November 9, at 9:50 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Benjamin
Franklin Junior High School auditorium, 1430 Scott Street.
Friday, November 10, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. Francisco
Junior High School gymnasium, 2190 Powell Street. (Perform-
ance in Annex Building on Francisco near Stockton Street.)
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, October 17, 1967, 4:00 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS,
CONFERENCE SLATED FOR NOVEMBER
Foreign language teachers are reminded that the Cali-
fornia Conference of Foreign Language Teachers will be
held November 4 and 5, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the
International Inn of the Los Angeles International Air-
port. The importance of the conference is emphasized by
the large number of outstanding foreign language lead-
ers to be present from all parts of the United States.
The exhibits of publishers and manufacturers will be
extensive. Teachers who wish to attend the sessions of one
day only will find meetings arranged to meet their needs.
Those who wish to remain the night must contact the
International Inn directly as soon as possible. The con-
ference is the most extensive to be held in the Western
states for two years. Guest speakers include Dr. Paul
Hadley (noon), Dr. Walter Starkie (afternoon), and
Dr. Richard Barrutia (evening) .
• PRINCIPAL'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
An article by Dr. Lane E. De Lara, principal of Fran
cisco Junior High School, entitled, "What Is a Frill?" has
been published in the June, 1967 issue of the California
Parent-Teacher magazine.
The article highlights the outstanding work of Mrs,
Barbara Dobrinen, vocal music teacher.
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• TEACHERS INVITED TO LECTURE
Interested teachers are invited to attend a lecture by
Robert Langner of Marine Exchange, Incorporated, en-
titled Watch On the Golden Gate on Thursday, October
19, at 4 p.m. in the library of Diamond Heights Elemen-
tary School at 350 Amber Drive.
Mr. Langner's discussion of shipping on San Francisco
Bay will include descriptions of different types of freight-
ers and how cargo is handled at various port facilities
with emphasis on the new Army Street shipping terminal.
Valuable background material for social science classes
at all levels of the elementary school will be included.
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OCTOBER 23, 1967
NUMBER 8
Personnel Recruitment Team Plans Trip
The District Personnel Division's new program of
eacher recruitment will be further implemented next
veek when a "three-man" recruitment team departs for
he East to interview interested teacher applicants and to
amiliarize placement centers with San Francisco's needs
ind offerings.
This is the first time the District has actively engaged
n teacher recruitment as part of an organized effort to
mcourage and seek the highest quality teacher appli-
ants throughout the nation.
, The District recruitment team will leave San Francisco
>n Sunday, October 29, for a two-week trip. Team mem-
bers include Mrs. Mary Byrd, personnel supervisor, and
two additional staff members from the District.
light Major Cities Included
The cities and recruitment locations they will contact
nclude the following: Denver, Colorado — Placement
Office, University of Denver; Chicago, Illinois — Place-
nent Office, Roosevelt University; Cincinnati, Ohio
'lacement Office, Miami University; New York City
Teachers College Placement Office, Columbia Univer-
ity; Washington, D.C. Student Placement Office,
loward University; Nashville, Tennessee — Student
'lacement Office, Fisk University; Houston, Texas —
'lacement Office, Texas Southern University: Albuquer-
[ue, New Mexico — Skills Bank at Albuquerque, U. S.
department of Labor and Office of Economic OpDor-
unity.
Recruitment team members will undergo two days of
mentation at the Central Office prior to departure. The
; hree divisions — elementary, junior high, and senior
iigh — are represented by the team.
Compensatory Report Coming
A special meeting of the Board of Education will
be held Wednesday, November 1, 1967, at 4 p.m.
at which time a summary report evaluating the
compensatory education program of the San Fran-
cisco Unified School District for the period July
1966 to July 1967 will be presented to the Board.
The report was written by Dr. Philip H. Soren-
sen, senior psychologist, and Dr. Thomas C.
Thomas, operations analyst, of the Stanford Re-
search Institute.
Copies of the summary will be available at the
Board meeting and have been forwarded to each
school principal.
Much time and effort have gone into the teacher
recruiting program. A bulletin of information on the
National Teachers Examination, a District requirement,
was sent to over 150 colleges and universities in August.
Some 1,050 brochures, postcard packets, and covering
letters were sent to placement offices over the country.
Bulletins and brochures were also forwarded to Negro
fraternity and sorority national headquarters for incor-
poration in journals and newsletters and to Spanish-
surname people referred by Horizons Unlimited.
Arrangements Are Completed
In addition, the placement offices to be visited have
been contacted and interview arrangements have been
made. Letters of appointment schedules have gone out to
interested teachers in the areas on the visit itinerary.
The teacher recruitment program is one phase of the
major reorganization of the Personnel Division started
last spring, further supported by Dr. Robert E. Jenkins,
Superintendent of Schools, and approved by the Board
of Education. Mr. Milton Reiterman, Personnel Co-
ordinator, has effected the various changes to date. (The
Newsletter of September 11, 1967, contained an article
on Personnel Division reorganization.)
The District recruitment program is a two-pronged
operation: recruitment within the SFUSD and recruit-
ment outside of San Francisco. In addition to seeking
the highest quality applicants, it is attempting to attract
qualified teachers in shortage-areas in such suppiy that
the District has a selection factor in filling vacancies in
these areas. A further objective is to provide a teaching
and administrative staff for a cosmopolitan city which
reflects an integration of ethnic, geographic, and cultural
factors.
Highly Selected Areas
The recruitment teams will go to those areas which
have recognized and outstanding schools and universities
within them, and which are geographically located to the
convenience of interested applicants within areas where
teams will not be able to recruit. Qualified applicants
will now be able to arrange interviews without facing
the problem of traveling long distances to San Francisco.
To gain additional insight into recruitment planning,
Mrs. Mary Byrd and Mrs. Elfrida Noland, personnel
supervisors, recently attended a recruiters' workshop in
Olympia, Washington, sponsored by the University of
Washington Placement Services and the Northwest
School Personnel Association. The workshop theme was
"Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Teacher Re-
cruitment Programs."
NEWSLETTER
October 23, 196'
Task Force to Review Report
A Gifted Program Task Force has been formed
by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins to review and
analyze the recent report evaluating programs for
gifted and academically talented students presented
to the Board of Education at its October 3 meeting.
The report written by Dr. Frederick J. McDon-
ald and Dr. G. Wesley Sowards of Stanford Univer-
sity will be studied in depth by Task Force mem-
bers, who will make recommendations to the Super-
intendent within the next three or four weeks.
Superintendent Jenkins comments that this is
the initial application in the San Francisco public
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received wide acceptance in school districts
throughout the state and which has been recom-
mended by governmental analysts at the state and
local levels. An advisory committee is being formed
to work with the Task Force.
Task Force members include the following: Mrs.
Alyse Buchdruker and Mrs. Ruth Tisdale at the
elementary level; George Moscone and Roland
Demarais at the junior high school level; and Dr.
Robert Bahnsen, chairman, at the senior high
school level. The Gifted Program Task Force wel-
comes suggestions and comments from all staff
members.
In-service Course to Commence
A new District in-service course, Teaching English as a
Second Language, was announced in last week's News-
letter. The course is scheduled to begin Wednesday,
October 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. at James Lick Junior High
School, and is open to teachers at all grade levels.
The following is the schedule for the coming eight
meetings:
October 25 — Mr. Eddie Hanson, Jr., Consultant,
English as a Second Language, State Department of
Education.
November 1 through December 6 — Dr. Kenneth
Croft, Professor, Anthropology and Education,- San
Francisco State College, will conduct discussions based
on the MLA film series English as a Second Language.
This period will be covered as follows : November 1 —
The Nature of Language; November 8 — The Sounds of
Language; November 15 — The Organization of Lan-
guage; November 29 — Words and Their Meanings;
December 6 — Modern Techniques in Language.
December 13 — Instructional Materials and Proced-
ures featuring Mrs. Susan Chung, Carlos Cornejo, Elmer
Gallegos, and Philip Lum.
January 3 — Dr. Theodore Parsons, Professor, Anth-
ropology of Education, University of California, discuss-
ing Language in Culture.
One unit, non-college credit will be offered. Prercgis-
tration is desirable, but not required. Call the Curriculum
Office to preregister and for information at 863-4680,
Extension 367.
Teachers Invited to Cancer Film
A new film, showing for the first time how livin|
human lung cancer cells behave, will be previewed in thi
A. P. Giannini Junior High School auditorium at 4 p.m
on Thursday, October 26, as part of the District in
service course in health education. All teachers and schoa
personnel are invited to view this special showing.
Featuring microscopic time-lapse photos, the film alsi
documents for the first time how lymphocytes actual!
enter other cells of the body for the possible purpose o
checking on their health.
Time-lapse Photography Used
With the help of time-lapse photography, continuin
actions which take place over a period of several hour
are in some sequences condensed into a minute or less o:
the motion picture screen.
Human lung cancer cells in living tissue are shown fo
the first time on film carrying out the growth process c
multiplication, or mitotic division. Their process of divi
sion, like many of their other functions, is shown to b
defective.
Cancer Cell Behavior Viewed
One spectacular scene shows abnormal cancer ce
behavior in which the cytoplasm of the cell whirls aroun
it. Another shows an island of lung cancer cells violent!
exploding as the cells die.
The film will be shown as part of four meetings o
smoking and health being sponsored by the Interagenc
Committee on Smoking and Health. Interested teachei
are invited to attend any of the four sessions beginnin
October 26.
Future Topics Listed
Three future meetings will be held on narcotics anl
dangerous drugs starting November 30, and the subjei
of alcohol education will be covered in three meetin;
starting January 4, 1968, under the sponsorship of th
San Francisco Council on Alcoholism.
One unit of increment credit may be obtained t
attending any eight sessions of the in-service series. Aud
tors are welcome at any meeting. For more informatioi
call Mrs. Viola Mails, 863-4680, Extension 356.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 8
October 23, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
District: Tele-class Geared for Homebound
District students who are confined to their homes for
long periods of time because' of illness or injury can now
continue their schooling through a communications sys-
tem called Tele-class, a joint project of the SFUSD and
Pacific Telephone.
Miss Lulu M. Carter, teacher at Sunshine Orthopedic
J (School, instructs the Tele-class from her desk. Miss Car-
Miss Lulu M. Carter, teacher at Sunshine Orthopedic School, can
be seen operating the District's Tele-class equipment. Students
confined to their homes for extended periods of time are being
taught with the use of the lastest electronic equipment.
iter assembles her class by dialing each student from a
[console containing a card dialer. She puts a card in the
(slot in the console, presses a bar, and the number is auto-
matically dialed. When the telephone rings, students
know class is ready.
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Equipment Is Checked
When all of the children have been alerted, Miss Car-
ter makes sure all equipment is working and materials
are at hand. Each student has a headset and speaker-
phone. The speakerphone acts both as a microphone and
loudspeaker. The student can hear his teacher and the
other youngsters in the class, and they can hear him.
Usually four 30-minute classes are held daily. The
DEADLINE FOR TRANSFER REQUESTS
All permanent teachers are reminded that No-
vember 1 is the deadline for turning in requests for
transfers that will become effective at the begin-
ning of the spring semester. If such requests have
been on file two years or longer, new applications
should be submitted to the Personnel Office.
Each school should have a copy of the Adminis-
trative Regulations Manual in the principal's office.
This manual, which is printed on yellow paper,
describes the transfer procedures in detail. (See
R-4115.) Applicants are advised that "triplicate
requests shall be submitted to the Personnel Office
on forms provided by that office."
time in between is taken up by reading and homework
assignments. Tele-class provides the pupils with daily
class for which they receive full credit. Every effort is
made to keep the students up with their classmates in the
schoolroom.
Individuals Can Be Contacted
A push-button operation enables the teacher to isolate
a student and talk to him privately. During a test, the
teacher can use a "split-key" to prevent talking between
students, but allow two-way transmission between herself
and the class.
Tele-class service also provides optional auxiliary con-
ference bridges for groups of ten lines. Any number of
lines up to ten may be switched to a secondary conference
bridge. This means the Tele-class teacher can dial a re-
mote teacher and transfer selected students to that teach-
er, or, if she wishes, play taped instructions for certain
students.
Three Sessions in Operation
This permits three separate classroom sessions. For
instance, the teacher might split off one group to study
math with another teacher, split off one group to study
Spanish, and conduct a history lesson with her remaining
group.
The District is ready to incorporate additional Tele-
class facilities into the school program whenever the
number of students increases to a point where such facili-
ties are needed.
ROTC Cadets to Parade Nov. 12
San Francisco Unified School District ROTC cadets
have been invited and will participate in the Annual
Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 12, 1967.
The high school cadets will march en masse with eight
battalions, eight drum and bugle corps, and eight color
guards.
Parade units will assemble and move out on parade at
1 p.m. along the following line of march: Montgomery
to Post, Post to Grant Avenue, Grant to O'Farrell, O'Far-
rell to Polk, turn on Polk passing in review at the review-
ing stand in front of the City Hall.
This patriotic occasion is dedicated to the nation's
fighting forces and veterans, and an open invitation is
extended to all to attend this tribute to past and present
servicemen.
• PRINCIPAL'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Dr. Lane E. De Lara, principal of Francisco Junior
High School, has an article published in the September,
1967 issue of California Parent-Teacher magazine. The
article is entitled "Stimulating Attendance," and it de-
scribes the work of Mr. James F. Jaeckle in building
attendance for the Francisco Parent-Teachers group.
IN MEMORIAM
Martha Goldberg
Kathleen M. Raisner
NEWSLETTER
October 23, 1961,
IN-SERVICE COURSE
(The following District in-service course is sched-
uled to begin November 1, and is available to
teachers at all grade levels.)
Freedom and Responsibility — The Bill of Rights
One unit, non-college credit. 5 meetings on
Wednesdays plus one Saturday workshop at City
College. Course begins Wednesday, November 1,
4 to 6 p.m. in Room M 23 of George Washington
High School. Course dates are November 1, 8, 15,
29, and December 6 plus a workshop at City Col-
lege on Saturday, January 13, 1968, from 9:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. For information call Dr. Robert Bahn-
sen, 863-4680, Extension 391.
This District in-service course is being sponsored by the
California State Department of Education and the San
Francisco Council of Social Studies Teachers, using the
case study approach and designed to assist teachers in
their approach to the teaching of the Bill of Rights.
Presentations will be made by members of the San
Francisco Bar Association. Topics will cover the five
major parts of the recent State Department of Education
publication, ' The Bill of Rights — A Source Book for
Teachers. These include 1.) The 14th Amendment and
Federal Power; 2.) Equal Protection under the Law;
3.) Criminal Due Process; 4.) Freedom of Expression;
and 5.) Freedom of Religion.
Mr. Dorman Commons, president of the State Board
of Education, will be the principal speaker at the City
College workshop. Dr. Robert E. Brown, coordinator of
the Source Book project for the Department of Educa-
tion, will be one of the speakers who will cover methods
and media designed for the teaching of the Bill of Rights.
• ITALIAN CONTEST WINNERS
Four District students have won recognition in the
1967 American Association of Teachers of Italian Con-
test.
Levei II — Yolanda Vannucci. Abraham Lincoln
High, honorable mention. Teacher — Miss Lina Maini.
Level III — Anne F. Graham, Galileo High, 1st place.
Teacher — Miss Edith Catelli; Ugo Pignati, Galileo
High, 7th place. Teacher — Miss Edith Catelli; Sal
Martinelli, Galileo High, honorable mention. Teacher —
Miss Edith Catelli.
• FREEDOMS FOUNDATION SCHOOL AWARDS
The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge reminds
teachers and administrators that now is the time to start
saving samples of student work and taking photographs
of displays, exhibits, and bulletin boards for nominations
of patriotic and citizenship-building activities for the
1967-68 school year. Toward the end of the school year
the materials should be coordinated and sent to the Free-
doms Foundation before the June 30, 1968 closing date
to be eligible for the awards program.
Interested individuals may secure additional informa-
tion on this program by writing to Freedoms Foundation,
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Wednesday, November 1, 1967, 4:00 p.m. Special
meeting, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, November 7,
1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• PTA DINNER PLANNED OCTOBER 24
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, wil
be the featured speaker at the 20th annual Presidents
and Principals' dinner sponsored by Second District
California Congress of Parents and Teachers, to be helc
at 6 p.m., Tuesday, October 24, in Smith Hall, San Fran
cisco City College.
School principals will be guests of the PTA unit presi
dents, with the dinner prepared and served by student;
of City College. PTA delegates are invited to a 7:30 p.m
business meeting following the dinner.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:3(
p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, in Room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• LOWELL GIRL REIGNS AS QUEEN
Ayn Cavallini, 16 year old junior of Lowell Higl
School, was selected to reign as "Queen Isabella" ove
the Columbus Day Celebration on October 12.
Ayn was selected on the basis of a competitive contes
involving the writing and presentation of an oral essa
before a panel of judges.
• COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE ASSOCIATIOh
TO MEET OCTOBER 26 AT A. P. GIANNIN
The first general meeting of the San Francisco Coun
seling and Guidance Association will be held Thursda)
October 26, at A. P. Giannini Junior High School a
4 p.m.
The speaker for the first meeting will be Mrs. Alice C
Henry, Director of Pupil Services, who will speak o
How Organization Affects Structure. All old membeii
and prospective new members are encouraged to attend..
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OCTOBER 30, 1967
NUMBER 9
ROTC Scholarships Available
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Approximately 800 four-year scholarships will be
warded to high school seniors graduating during the
11 urrent school year as part of the Army Reserve Officers
raining Corps Scholarship Program.
The scholarships pay tuition, cost of textbooks, and
^boratory fees, and a $50 per month subsistence allow-
ance. The students may attend any college or university
ijfTering the four-year Army ROTC program.
! The students will, in addition to their normal studies,
lake approximately 360 hours of military science courses,
s'larticipate in scheduled drills, and attend a six- week
""limmer camp between their junior and senior years.
[ Upon successful completion of military science and
*«achelor degree requirements, a student will be com-
&albissioned as either a Regular or Reserve Second Lieu-
inant. The student agrees to serve on active duty for at
ast four years.
Explanatory letter and request forms for application
iuD<ackets have been sent to senior high school principals
sdafnd counselors. Applications must be completed and
objeturned postmarked not later than January 15, 1968.
Applicants should also take the College Entrance Exam-
teCfiation Board tests this fall.
<t( Interested students should see their head counselors
r application forms.
jtegro Semifinalists Are Named
) Seven District high school seniors have been named
iemifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship
""''rogram for outstanding Negro students.
They include the following:
George Washington: Robyn Amos, Hilda Frances
vllis, Sharyon Hamilton.
Mfl Lowell: Virginia Smyly.
Polytechnic: Melanie Jackson.
Woodrow Wilson: Emanuel Maxey, Gerald Norman.
The seven students are among 3,000 selected from
esi 7,000 throughout the nation who took part in the 1967
rogram.
About 1,000 semifinalists will be named finalists in
Jovember, having completed examinations in Septem-
er. They will become eligible for NASP scholarships
'hich range in value from $1,000 to $6,000.
The NASP program, financed by the Ford Founda-
on, seeks to identify, honor, and encourage superior
cademic achievement by Negro high school students.
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525 Students Participate
Neighborhood Youth Corps Age
Reduced to Include 14 Year Olds
Mr. Bryant Lane, Supervisor, Occupational Preparation, is seen
congratulating Susan Adolph, the first junior high school student
sworn into the neighborhood Youth Corps under the new lowered
age requirements. Susan is a home student attached to Francisco
Junior High School. She works eight, hours each week at Treasure
Island School, performing clerical duties. Mr. Norman Glattree,
District NYC project head, and Mr. James T. Rodman, Treasure
Island principal, were present to wish Susan well in her new
endeavor.
Junior high school students in the 14-15 year-old age
bracket are now able to participate in the District's
Neighborhood Youth Corps Program as the result of a
reduction in the minimum age limit from 16 to 14 years.
Some 105 junior high school students and some 420
high school students are currently employed as aides in
schools, school playgrounds, Children's Centers, libraries,
and the Central Office as part of the program. This is an
increase of 125 over the 1966-67 school year. Plans in-
clude placing aides in positions with the San Francisco
Housing Authority as well.
Previously, the Work-Study Program offered work ex-
perience opportunities to students as young as 15 years
old, but this program ceased operation as of June 30,
1967. The Neighborhood Youth Corps has increased its
program from 400 to 525 participants and reduced its
minimum age to 14, creating openings for junior high
school students.
Part-time Work for Youth
The Neighborhood Youth Corps is a work-training
program which provides part-time jobs for boys and girls
ages 14-21. It is funded under the Federal Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, P.L. 88-452.
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NEWSLETTER
October 30, 196 *
A Joint Effort
Board Approves Policy Changes
Relating to Maternity Leaves
Upon joint agreement of the Negotiating Council of
the San Francisco Unified School District and the Super-
intendent, a recommendation was made to and approved
by the Board of Education at its October 17, 1967 meet-
ing that the existing Board of Education policy affecting
maternity leave be changed to read :
1. Period of Leave
A certificated employee shall absent herself from duty
for a period of at least two months before the anticipated
birth of her child and has the option to return after one
month following the date of birth, and shall return not
later than six months following the date of birth. Prior to
returning to work the employee must have approval of
the attending physician. The leaving or returning date
must not fall within two weeks from the end of any
semester.
In case of miscarriage or death of the child, the leave
of absence for maternity may be abridged at the begin-
ning of any semester upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent and the approval of the Board provided
that the health certificate from the Medical Adviser
states that the teacher is physically and mentally able to
resume her duties.
. . . Neighborhood Youth Corps Expands
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Students enrolled in the program must be in economic
need. The purpose is to provide them with an incentive
to complete their high school education by providing a
situation which will offer financial assistance for work
performed. Its aim is to help enrollees become informed,
responsible, and self-supporting citizens.
Students may serve in a variety of capacities such as
audio visual, recreation, locker room, shop, teacher, or
library aides. Those of junior high school age may work
up to eight hours per week, while those of senior high
school age may work up to 15 hours per week. All re-
ceive $1.35 per hour.
Office of Occupational Preparation
Supervision of the program is coordinated through the
District's Office of Occupational Preparation. Norman
Glattree is presently serving as NYC project head. He
replaces Myron Johnson, who received an appointment
as acting head counselor of James Denman Junior High
School. Mr. Glattree has served as employment place-
ment adviser at Abraham Lincoln and George Washing-
ton High Schools.
He states that job quotas for NYC positions arc given
to District schools to be filled. To date, there have been
more applicants than jobs. He believes that the recent
lowering of the minimum age has had positive effects in
reaching more young people at a time when the pressures
of economic need become increasingly apparent.
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Gompers ROTC Program Opens
Samuel Gompers High School has embarked on
an ROTC Pilot Program effective October 24,
1967.
Under authorization of Headquarters, Sixth
United States Army, the establishment of an ROTC
Detachment for a one-year period has been ap-
proved.
If this pilot program is successful and the
strength of the cadet enrollment is such to apply
for an independent charter, action will be taken to
accomplish this end.
During the initial period and pilot test, noncom-
missioned officer instructors and senior cadets from
Mission High School will supervise and instruct
the Samuel Gompers contingent.
Red Cross Volunteers Impress
One thousand and ninety-two school students gav
67,472 hours this summer as Red Cross volunteers. Eac
principal will soon receive a report of the students in h
school who volunteered along with the service performe
and the hours expended.
The volunteer work varied from filling gift kits fc
Vietnamese children to working with hospitalized vei
erans and the aged, teaching swimming, vision screening
working at United Bay Area Crusade and the Depar
ment of Social Work Boarding Home. They worked wit
children from depressed areas and in Red Cross fc
Transportation Service, Disaster Service, Nursing Sen
ice, Red Cross Youth, First Aid and Water Safety, an
Public Information.
In Cross-Town Reach, a new program last summe
student volunteers on a one-to-one basis took childre
from Golden Gate Elementary School on eight field trif
and also worked with them on eight other days with fine1
ing ways to share their new experiences. The hours volur
teered this past summer by all students represents 3
work years.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 9 October 30, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Frnnciscn. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
< October 30, 1967
NEWSLETTER
District Transfer Regulations Are Reviewed
In the fall of 1966 revisions in the Transfer Regula-
tions were effected. They are reprinted at this time for
'the information and convenience of District school per-
1 sonnel.
Administrative Regulations Manual R 4115
ARTICLE 4 — PERSONNEL —
CERTIFICATED
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER —
PERMANENT PERSONNEL
Preamble:
The objective of this transfer procedure is to assure effective
education in the schools of the San Francisco Unified School
District by helping to promote the highest possible level of
teacher morale.
1. Initiation of Transfer Proceedings
a. Transfer may be requested by the teacher, the princi-
pal, or the head of the instructional division.
b. Teacher initiated requests. Triplicate requests shall be
submitted to the Personnel Office on forms provided by that
office. One is filed there, another with the head of the in-
structional division concerned, and one will be kept by the
teacher. A conference with the instructional division head is
recommended.
If it is a transfer-appointment from one division to another,
cards should be filed in the offices of both divisions.
Such requests may be submitted at any time. If transfer is
not accomplished within 2 years of the date submitted, the
teacher's request shall become invalid and the teacher so
advised by the Personnel Division. The teacher may then
submit an additional request if he so desires. Requests may
be removed on the written request of the teacher at any time.
A list of teachers desiring transfer, or transfer and appoint-
ment to other instructional divisions, shall be prepared by
the Personnel Division immediately following November 1,
and April 1. These lists shall show the teacher's name,
school (s) to which transfer is desired, school to which
teacher is presently assigned, subject or grade level desired
(must be in accordance with certification), and date of
transfer request. Names shall be listed in order of seniority
in the District, but probationers within a division shall be so
identified.
Copies of the transfer list shall be furnished to each instruc-
tional division head and to each elementary and secondary
principal. Any teacher may have access to the list in the
principal's office.
In staffing the schools, instructional division heads shall fill
vacancies by transfer where educationally feasible before
recommending a probationary appointment. In considering
transfer requests, recognition of tenure in the District as
well as tenure in the division will be taken into consideration.
Consultation with principals, or other supervisory personnel
may be necessary or desirable in discharging this responsi-
bility and is recommended in difficult cases.
Vacancies created by transfer should also be filled by trans-
fer, whenever educational considerations permit. Requests
for teachers whose names appear on the transfer list may be
submited by principals, but the division head shall be re-
sponsible for any transfer recommendations made.
By January 20 and June 1, a preliminary list shall be pub-
lished for distribution to the schools by division, showing the
transfers made to date.
By February 15 and September 15 a supplemental list shall
be published for distribution to the schools by division, show-
ing the transfers and/or transfer- appointments made.
The teachers may have access to such lists in the principal's
office.
c. Teacher transfers requested by principals. When a
principal concludes that the transfer of a teacher is required,
he shall submit a written request for the teacher's transfer
to the head of the instructional division concerned.
If the services of the teacher have been unsatisfactory, the
request shall take the form of an evaluation of teaching
services which will set forth the nature of the unsatisfactory
services, and such report shall be discussed with, and signed
by, the teacher in question.
If the services of the teacher have been satisfactory, this
request shall be made in writing and a copy of the letter
shall be furnished the teacher, setting forth the reason for the
transfer.
d. Teacher transfers initiated by instructional division
heads. When such transfers are made, the teacher shall be
notified by the principal or the instructional division head,
in writing or in conference, concerning the reason for the
transfer, except during a period when a teachers is on leave
of absence.
Teachers on leave of absence, whose positions have been
transferred during their absence, shall be notified by the
Personnel Division of the transfer and may request, in writ-
ing, re-transfer to a position in the school to which assigned
at the time the leave was granted. Such requests will be ap-
proved whenever possible.
e. Transfer within schools. Transfers of teachers to other
subjects or grades may be made by the principal of the
school, with the approval of the appropriate instructional
division head. Certification regulations must be respected in
all cases.
Probationary teachers in the junior or senior high schools
are required to serve at least 50 per cent of their assignments
in the subject field (s) in which they were originally ap-
pointed. Upon completion of the probationary period, they
may be reassigned in accordance with certification and the
administrator's discretion.
2. Transfers between Divisions
a. Teachers may qualify for transfer between instruction-
al divisions by placement on an appropriate eligibility list.
b. When no eligibility lists exists, a transfer may be
effected by recommendation of the head of the division to
which transfer is desired.
c. Not more than 4 per cent of the teachers in any in-
structional division may be transferred and appointed to any
one division in any school year. Exceptions are placement on
the eligibility list and agreement by the heads of the two
divisions concerned.
d. Teachers shall have the right to a conference regard-
ing transfer procedures with the principal, instructional
division head, and/or other administrative/supervisory per-
sonnel, and if desired, may utilize the grievance procedures
of the District.
e. If the head of the instructional division to which trans-
fer and appointment is desired approves the qualifications of
the teacher desiring the change, he must recommend, prior
to June 1 or December 1, the transfer and appointment of
the teacher, notifying the head of the instructional division
from which transfer is being recommended of his action.
3. Balance among Schools
It is recognized that it is the responsibility of the division
head to maintain at all times a balance of instructional serv-
ice among the schools of his division.
• STATE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
Mr. James J. Hamrock, principal of Luther Burbank
Junior High School, has been invited to serve on the
State Department of Education - San Jose State College
Innovation Practices Committee for the 1967-68 school
year.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS
Because the Personnel Service Division is in the
process of reorganizing its files, all administrative
applications which have been submitted prior to
January, 1965 will be removed from the active file.
Applicants who wish to be considered for admistra-
tive positions should confirm their interest by noti-
fying the Personnel Administrative Secretary, Miss
Mildred Dold, in writing, by 4 p.m., Friday, No-
vember 3.
Applicants should also make a separate applica-
tion for each category for which they are interested.
NEWSLETTER
October 30, 1967 1
Announcements
• FEDERATION OF TEACHERS TO MEET
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers will hold
its regular monthly membership meeting on Monday,
November 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lowell High School
cafeteria, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive. Members will be asked
to ratify the list of proposals contained in Achievement
'68.
• MICROBIOLOGY CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
The Bay Area Biologists Society and the American
Society of Microbiology will sponsor A Conference on
Microbiology in Science Education on Saturday, Novem-
ber 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at California State
College in Hayward.
For information and reservations contact Arlene Chin,
22100 Princeton Street, Hayward 94541.
• ELEMENTARY SUPERVISORS CONFERENCE
Dr. Mary C. McCarthy and Miss Agatha Hogan,
Supervisors, Elementary Schools, will attend the Eighth
Conference for Supervisors of Elementary Education in
Large Cities on November 13-15 in Washington, D.C.
They will serve as chairmen of several major confer-
ence sessions.
• CAEYC CONFERENCE ON NOVEMBER 8
The California Association for the Education of Young
Children will hold its annual 1967 conference on Wed-
nesday, November 8, in the Gold Room of the San Fran-
cisco Sheraton- Palace Hotel.
For information and registration contact Mrs. Estelle
Farber, 1221 Clayton Street, San Francisco 94114.
• PHI DELTA KAPPA
A presentation of candidates for Mayor of San Fran-
cisco will highlight the joint meeting of Golden Gate
Field Chapter and San Francisco State College Campus
Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa at 6 : 30 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 1, 1967. The meeting will be held at the Sig-
mund Stern Lodge, Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue
and Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco.
The menu will include barbecued New York cut steak
with all the trimmings. The cost will be $1.85.
Interested members who have not sent their reserva-
tions should phone John Falsarella at 558-0213 or Carlos
Ruling at 334-5860.
NATIONAL TEACHERS EXAMINATION
The National Teachers Examination, which is a
requirement for placement on the San Francisco
Unified School District Eligibility Lists, will be next
administered on Saturday, February 3, 1968. This
will be the last examination from which applicants
who are interested in qualifying for the 1968-69
eligibility lists may submit scores.
Application blanks may be obtained from the
Educational Testing Service, Box 911, Princeton,
New Jersey 08540. Regular registration closes on
Friday, January 12, 1968. Late registration with a
$3 penalty closes on Friday, January 19, 1968.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Wednesday, November 1, 1967, 4:00 p.m. Special
meeting, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, November 7,
1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• CITY COLLEGE TO PRESENT 'SAINT JOAN'
The drama department at City College of San Fran
cisco announces its presentation of George Bernard
Shaw's Saint Joan on four nights, Wednesday through
Saturday, November 1-4, in the College Theater.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. Tickets sell for one dollar. They
may be obtained at the door or by calling the box office
at 587-7272.
Walter Krumm is directing the production, Paul
Crowley has designed the sets, and Margaret Aff alter has
created the costumes.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of San Francisco
Senior High Schools will meet on Wednesday, November
1, in the teachers' cafeteria of Balboa High School at
2:45 p.m.
• URBAN LEAGUE SEEKS TEACHER AID
The Bay Area Urban League is seeking the aid of a
volunteer teacher of Business English for a group of ter
to twelve young women, one night per week, for a pro.
gram lasting approximately six months. The women are
training to become legal secretaries in a program spon-
sored by the Urban League, the San Francisco Bar Asso.
ciation, and the San Francisco Legal Secretaries Associa-
tion.
Any teacher with a background in business or Englisl
with one free night a week to spare who is interested ir
and knowledgeable about the problems of minority per
sons is asked to contact Pat Reycraft, Bay Area Urbai
League, 2505 Bush Street, 567-1835.
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NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 39
NOVEMBER 6, 1967
NUMBER 10
Schools Observe American Education Week
Schools across the nation join together this week in The same evening at 7:30 p.m., James Lick Junior
Ibserving American Education Week, November 6-10. High will offer "Latin American Night," a program
The theme "How Good Are Your Schools?" lends itself sponsored by a representative committee of parents,
j p the preparation and presentation of a number of ac- faculty, and students. The theme, "Getting to Know
ftvities involving the school, the home, and the commun- You . . . Better," will feature the Latin American com-
ty. munity and will highlight its many cultural contributions.
Other schools reporting programs include the follow-
ing:
Bret Harte — Thursday, November 2 — PTA program
in auditorium featured Reverend Richard Veehuizen as
speaker and musical presentation by students of Sonja
Soehnel and Harold Greenleaf. Parent-teacher confer-
ences followed in the auditorium and cafeteria.
Clarendon — Friday, November 10, 9:30 a.m. — Stu-
dent body meeting featuring several musically talented
parents, followed by classroom visitations.
Columbus — Wednesday, November 8, 7:30 p.m. —
Auditorium meeting in which a panel of faculty mem-
bers will outline the term's program, to be followed by a
question and answer period.
Douglas — Wednesday, November 8, 8 p.m. — PTA
meeting and Open House.
Emerson — Wednesday, November 8, 12:30 p.m. —
PTA meeting and Book Fair.
Francis Scott Key — Thursday, November 9, 7 p.m. —
Back to school night and a display of Japanese children's
art work.
(Continued on Page 2)
he culminating activities of the San Francisco Symphony
hamber Orchestra Concerts in the public schools will take place
uring American Education Week, November 6-10. Mr. James
ierke. Assistant Superintendent, Junior High Schools, will make
ic introductory comments at today's concerts at A. P. Giannini
iinior High School. Pictured above reviewing the Chamber
rchestra's 30-concert schedule are (left to right) Dr. Robert E.
snkins. Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Verne Sellin, Conductor-
lommentator; Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music; and Mr.
hilip S. Boone, President, San Francisco Symphony Association.
Many District schools have contacted the Central
~" Office, indicating that they will present programs, meet-
lgs, and exhibits during the week showing how good
'E ,ieir schools are.
ymphony Concerts Continue
One of the highlights of the week's activities will be
lie culminating concerts in a number of schools by the
:an Francisco Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Mr. James
)ierke, Assistant Superintendent, Junior High Schools,
/ill deliver the introductory remarks at today's concert
;t A. P. Giannini Junior High School. Other concerts
lis week will be given at James Denman, Portola, Ben-
imin Franklin, and Francisco Junior High Schools.
The various schools of the Central Section Parent
'eachers Association will join together at Mission High
chool at 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 1967, to
bserve a program, "Mission High Tells Its Story."
reneral discussion, classroom visitations, and a tea will
allow.
IMPORTANT AUDIO VISUAL NOTICE
The Bureau of Audio Visual Education an-
nounces that it is experiencing exceptionally heavy
requests for materials.
With the limits of materials and available staff,
the Bureau is able to ship (outgoing) 300 motion
pictures per day. With the 300 that are being re-
turned from the schools, this means a daily turn-
over of 600 films.
The Bureau has been forced to operate with a
smaller staff than last year since some ESEA staff-
funded positions were eliminated in September.
As of this date, the Bureau will be unable to book
any additional materials for a Monday, Wednes-
day, or Friday, until about the first of February,
1968. In other words, the daily "quota" of 300
films is completely filled by prior confirmed requisi-
tions.
NEWSLETTER
N3\er.i"er G. 193'
. . . American Education Week Programs Special Courses for Unemployed
(Continued from Page 1)
Frank McCoppin — Wednesday, November 8 — Dem-
onstrations of regular classroom work will be presented
throughout the day.
Garfield — Wednesday, November 8, 7 p.m. — Open
House program with Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superin-
tendent of Schools, as guest speaker.
Lafayette — Monday, November 6, 7 p.m. — Open
House featuring student work and meetings with teach-
ers.
Madison — Wednesday, November 8, 9:20 a.m. — Liter-
ature program in auditorium for all primary grades,
"American Authors and Illustrators," featuring Mrs.
Doris Bloom, teacher; Thursday, November 9 — Art
program in auditorium for all upper grades, "Art and
Techniques," featuring Jean Halpert Ryden, Society of
Western Artists.
Sheridan — Tuesday, November 7, 12:30 p.m. — PTA
meeting followed by classroom visits; Wednesday, No-
vember' 8, 7 p.m. — Schools in the Community Educa-
tion Planning Project will attend an enrichment pro-
gram in music at James Denman Junior High School.
Starr King — November 6 .through 10 — Parent and
teacher meetings scheduled each afternoon.
Sunnyside — Monday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. — Open
House program, "Getting to Know You," featuring visits
to the school's classrooms.
Aptos — Thursday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. — Back to
school night in which parents will follow their child's
daily program through abbreviated periods.
Herbert Hoover — Wednesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Back to school night in which parents will meet teach-
ers and go through the daily schedule.
Horace Mann — Thursday, November 16, 7 p.m. —
Evening program for parents featuring Edward Sharkey,
State Adjutant of the American Legion and presenta-
tions by the school's instrumental, vocal music, and
speech groups; Friday, November 17 — Assembly pro-
gram for students commemorating Veterans' Day and
American Education Week.
Roosevelt — Thursday, November 9, 8 p.m. — Musical
program featuring each of the three advanced music
groups — orchestra, band, and chorus.
Samuel Gompers — November 7, 8, and 9 — Student
representatives from Social Studies, English, and Busi-
ness Departments will meet with Student Council to
discuss "How Good Is Our School — A Speakout."
Discussion findings will be reported back to the class-
room. Dr. Fern G. Kelly and Mrs. Janice Isaly are co-
ordinating the program.
• YOUNG CITIZEN AWARD PROGRAM
For the third consecutive year Cable Car Clothiers has
announced that it will sponsor the San Francisco Young
Citizens Awards in the city's senior high schools. The
awards arc based on outstanding performance in school,
community, and civic activities.
The first student honored this year is Charlcen Ber-
naucr of Abraham Lincoln High School.
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The Adult and Vocational Education Division of thi
San Francisco Unified School District is again cooperat
ing with the San Francisco Retailers Community Rela
tions Group, the Human Rights Commission, th<
Greater San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and thi
Youth Opportunity Centers in developing a special train
ing and employment program for unemployed out-of
school youth between the ages of 17-21.
The program is designed to provide some 200 unem
ployed young people with intensive training in retailinj
in order to qualify them for employment during th(
Christmas season.
Course of Instruction
The District's role is to train the youth in a 20-houi
course of instruction. Two sessions of the course will b<
offered: Session 1, November 6-17 and Session 2, Novenv
ber 20 - December 1. Courses will be given at Missior
Adult School from 6 : 30 to 9 p.m.
Course content will include such topics as persona
grooming, application forms, job interviews, telephoni
use, salesmanship techniques, basic math review, use o:
the cash register, to list a few.
Various instructors will cover the different topics. The;
include store managers, business teachers, and counselors
Wide Program Support
The San Francisco Retailers Community Relation
Group will provide the jobs, assisted by the Humar
Rights Commission, the Youth Opportunity Centers, anc
San Francisco merchants. The Youth Opportunity Cen
ters will coordinate the placement of the students upor
completion of the course.
John F. Harrington, work experience adviser, is co
ordinating the project for the District. He states, "Thi!
project will be patterned after the Christmas Training
Program developed last year. Hopefully, a number o!
these people will be offered permanent positions at thf
end of the Christmas holidays."
"Kick-off" ceremonies for the program were conducteci
last week in the Mission auditorium with representative
from the cooperating groups present.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 10
November 6, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Alan H. Nichols
Vice President
Reynold H. Colvin
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
November 6, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Compensatory Report Presented to Board
Better patterns of education for minority and disad-
! vantaged youngsters will be found when special education
programs in poverty areas are more concentrated and
planned to answer specific questions.
This was the main recommendation of a report by a
! Stanford Research Institute study team that has been
1 evaluating the results of San Francisco's Compensatory
J Education Program for the past 18 months. The report
I was made at a special board meeting last Wednesday,
(November 1, 1967.
"In the first year and a half, the compensatory educa-
| tion program presented a wide variety of projects —
almost literally something for everyone," noted Philip
'Sorensen, SRI psychologist. "The value of some of the
'projects is quite clear. In other projects, however, the
[objectives are so broad and the variations from school to
Ischool and teacher to teacher are so great that we can't
J lyet sort out for sure which practices are most effective."
Special Board Meeting
Dr. Sorensen's remarks were made Wednesday at a
special meeting of the Board of Education assembled to
[Jttiear an evaluation of how effective the compensatory
,education program has been in raising the levels of aca-
demic achievement among minority and disadvantaged
[school children.
Jl The compensatory education program had a budget
|for the school year 1966-67 of about $3.7 million from
■ Federal and State sources. About half the money goes
, |toward reducing class sizes, decreasing pupil-teacher
ratios and providing specialized teachers in 28 elemen-
Ikary schools, 12 junior high and 5 high schools in the
I so-called "target areas." Also included are 13 non-public
. schools in the "target areas" and 17 public schools out-
, side of the "target areas" that receive pupils bussed from
i ^he "target areas". The other half of the budget provides
prekindergarten centers, improved library services, a
, .reading clinic, speech and hearing specialists, in-service
. training for teachers, community teachers, social workers,
leld trips for pupils, and instructional equipment and
.materials.
Major emphasis of SRI's oral report was on how these
1 expanded services have affected pupil achievement in
-eading. The findings were summarized by Dr. Sorensen
ind Dr. Thomas Thomas, SRI operations analyst. High
6iB3oints of the presentation were as follows:
; High Points Summarized
1. Kindergarten pupils who attended prekindergarten
ADMINISTRATIVE INTERVIEWS
Appointments for administrative interviews will
be scheduled by the Personnel Coordinator in the
office of the Personnel Service Division. All appli-
cants will be notified by that office of the date and
time for their interviews.
Administrative interviews will begin in Novem-
ber and will continue into December and January.
in 1966 did better in tests of reading readiness in the
spring of 1967 than did kindergartners who had not par-
ticipated in the prekindergarten program. The program
was especially helpful to youngsters from homes where
English is not the first language.
2. Four different tests of verbal and non verbal intelli-
gence given to pre-kindergarten children in the "target
areas" indicates a higher level of ability among children
in disadvantaged communities than is often assumed.
While one test showed an average IQ of 84, three other
tests showed average IQ's between 94 and 102. The pop-
ulation average on IQ tests is 100.
3. In the four schools receiving the most concentrated
extra services and class size reductions, mean scores in
reading at grades 1 and 2 were significantly higher in
1967 than in 1966. By contrast, the other 24 schools
which received fewer services showed little or no differ-
ence in reading ability between 1966 and 1967. At grade
3, however, reading ability in both groups of schools was
higher in 1967. This was probably due to the fact that at
the third grade the concentration of services was about
the same for all 28 target area schools, the study team
pointed out.
4. In grades 4 through 12, the median gain in reading
achievement for students in a special reading program
was 5 months during the school year. Most of these stu-
dents assigned to the program are considerably below
grade level in reading ability. The range of improvement
among individual students was very wide. One fourth of
the students gained 1 2 months or more during the school
year.
5. Poor readers seem to experience substantial losses in
reading ability during summer months, causing a portion
of the school year to be spent in "catching up" to the
level they had attained at the end of the previous school
year. The study team suggested that the Board give
serious consideration to an enlarged summer program,
even at the expense of cut-backs elsewhere in the pro-
gram during the school year.
6. Pupils in grades 4 through 6 from 4 schools were
bussed to schools outside their neighborhoods so that class
sizes could be reduced in the lower grades. These trans-
ferred students performed as well as students receiving
special services in their regular target area schools. At
the same time, youngsters regularly enrolled in the re-
ceiving school performed as well as ever by gaining an
average of a month in reading achievement for each
month in school.
"Although many parts of San Francisco's compensa-
tory education program have demonstrated their value,
results from the program's major effort are most difficult
to judge," Sorensen and Thomas said in summary. "At
present, half the total funds go to reducing class sizes and
increasing the number of teachers. If we really want to
find out how much class size affects pupil performance,
the question should be approached like an experiment.
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NEWSLETTER
November 6, 1967
DINNER FOR MARGARET V. GIRDNER
The University of San Francisco announces a
special dinner honoring Margaret V. Girdner,
founder and co-director of the Library Science
Program, on the occasion of her 50th year in library
work.
The dinner will be held Friday, November 17, at
8 p.m. in the University Commons, preceded by a
social hour at 7 p.m. Dinner reservations are $6.
Reservations and information may be secured from
the Alumni Association, University of San Fran-
cisco, San Francisco 94117.
Miss Girdner will be remembered by District per-
sonnel for her years as teacher and librarian at
Commerce and Galileo High Schools, and Director,
Libraries and Textbooks, for the District.
• COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATIVE WOMEN
The National Council of , Administrative Women in
Education will hold its fall dinner meeting on Wednes-
day, November 15, at Giovanni's in Ghirardelli Square.
A social hour will start at 6 p.m. followed by dinner.
Reservations may be secured by sending checks for
$5.40 to Miss Marjorie Maher, Division of Research,
Room 2-A, 135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 94102
or to 15 Poplar Drive, Kentfield, California 94904.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday,
November 13, in Nicholas Hall of the Marines Memorial
Building, 609 Sutter Street.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visita-
cion Valley School at 1 : 45 p.m. on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 8, 1967. Principals having items for discussion are
requested to submit these to their representatives. .
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians will meet on Thursday, Novem-
ber 9, at 4 p.m. in the library of Presidio Junior High
School, 450 - 30th Avenue. All elementary, junior, and
senior high school librarians are invited.
. . . Compensatory Report Summarized
(Continued from Page 3)
With present resources, this probably means more inten-
sive efforts in fewer schools. It would also mean that
some pupils would be taught in radically smaller classes
while others would be taught in larger groupings by vari-
ous combinations of teachers and aides. We must be both
more bold and better disciplined if we hope to find those
innovations that rnake the most difference."
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 7, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
O ASSOCIATION FOR HANDICAPPED TO MEET
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children will meet
Thursday, November 9, at 8 p.m. at Aptos Junior High
School. The speaker will be Dr. Robert T. Elliott, con-
sultant in Education of the Educationally Handicapped
Bureau for the Educationally Handicapped of the State
Department of Education.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE MEETING
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 3C
p.m., Wednesday, November 8, in Room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• ACE TO HOST NEW TEACHERS
The San Francisco branch of the Association for Child
hood Education will host new District teachers at a toui
of the San Francisco Museum of Art on Monday, No
vember 20, at 4 p.m.
Robert A. Whyte, education curator of the Museum
will conduct a guided tour and present a film. The pro
gram is designed to offer significant implications for th(
teaching of art in the schools.
Experienced teachers as well as new teachers are in>
vited to attend the presentation. The Museum is locatec
at McAllister and Van Ness Avenue. For additional in
formation please contact Mrs. Barbara Webber (Norieg;
Home School) or Noel Mertens (Sir Francis Drake).
• FEDERATION OF TEACHERS TO MEET
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers will hold
its regular monthly membership meeting on Monday!
November 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lowell High Schoo ,i;|
cafeteria, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive. Members will be askec
to ratify the list of proposals contained in Achievement I
'68.
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VOLUME 39
NOVEMBER 13, 1967
NUMBER 11
Conductor Gunther Schuller
Visits Lowell Symphonic Band
™ Members of the Lowell High School Symphonic Band
were given a rare treat last week when Mr. Gunther
ia! chuller, noted composer and conductor, paid a visit to
keir 7 : 50 a.m. class. Mr. Schuller is in San Francisco to
ionduct three performances of his opera The Visitacion,
'eing performed by the San Francisco Opera Company.
, Mr. Schuller visited the early morning class as Mr.
ack Pereira, Lowell instrumental music instructor, was
. shearsing the students in one of Mr. Schuller's composi-
ons, Meditation, for concert band.
and Performs
' The opera conductor listened to the band play his
imposition and then addressed the music students. He
>ent some time commenting on their performance and
, fferiner constructive criticism. He concluded the session
m .
' y conducting the band as it played his work, comment-
. fig, encouraging, and criticizing as the group progressed.
■ Mr. Schuller's visit to Lowell was arranged by Mr.
"pseph Alessi, music instructor at City College of San
rancisco and long-time friend of the conductor, and
jr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music for the San
rancisco Unified School District. Mr. Schuller and Mr.
oltllessi played together in the Metropolitan Opera Com-
bjany Orchestra in New York.
■ owell Concert Planned
led Meditation will be featured by the Lowell Symphonic
mi&nd as part of an evening concert to be presented
'ednesday, November 15, which will also feature the
owell Orchestra. Student John Foreman will be the
~~'md soloist on Sonatina for Timpani by Tcherpnin.
—•he orchestra will play the complete Firebird Suite by
I ■ ravinsky, and student Michael Asher will be the soloist,
(Continued on Page 4)
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RETIREMENT FOLDERS ARE AVAILABLE
The State Teachers' Retirement System an-
nounces the publication of three information
pamphlets designed to answer specific questions
relating to the Retirement System.
The titles of the pamphlets are Selecting a Plan
of Retirement Payment, Service Retirement Allow-
ances and Options, and Refunds and Deposits of
Member Contributions.
The pamphlets will be mailed to members upon
request. The address is as follows: State Teachers'
Retirement System, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento,
California 95814.
"Operation Forethought"
City College Summer Program
Attracts High School Students
An experimental program conducted at San Francisco
City College this past summer brought 222 high school
students to the City College campus to participate in
regular summer session classes.
Dubbed "Operation Forethought," the program's over-
all purpose was to discover if appropriate pre-planning
and counseling can lead to more realistic selection of a
vocational and educational objective. Students, who are
now in their low and high senior year, were allowed to
enroll in two of the college's semi-professional courses, an
elective, and two group counseling courses. Joining the
students in the program were 29 high school counselors
who attended workshop and evaluation sessions.
The experiment was conceived by Dr. Louis Batmale,
Coordinator of Semi-Professional Education, and Thomas
Nesbitt, Dean of Instruction. Dean Nesbitt supervised
the program. The two counseling courses were concerned
with study habits and orientation to college and were
conducted by Howard Schoon and Kenneth Meitz.
Two Funding Sources
The program was funded through grants made to The
Foundation of City College by the Hebrew Technological
Institute of New York and the local Miranda Lux Foun-
dation.
It was a concerted effort to determine to what extent
meaningful pre-planning would reduce the college drop-
out rate and reduce the time lost by switching of majors,
based upon a thorough exploration of options and possi-
bilities. It also attempted to discover to what extent such
pre-planning would provide students with, motivation to
achieve in high school, in preparation for their college
courses.
The degree of success of the program cannot be mea-
seured until the participants have completed their senior
year in high school and have begun their college courses.
Preliminary Results
Dean Nesbitt has indicated that some results of the
summer phase of "Operation Forethought" suggest that
there is reason to believe the program will have positive
results. Of the 222 who began the program, 192 com-
pleted it. Those 192 earned 719 units and 1913.5 grade
points for a grade point average og 2.66. None of the
students received an "F". Their performance in college
classes compared favorably with that of regular students,
(Continued on Page 4)
NEWSLETTER
November 13, 1967;
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Mrs. Lilienthal, Dr. Goosby
Win Voter Approval to Board
San Francisco voters confirmed Mayor John F. Shel-
ley's nomination of Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal and Dr.
Zuretti L. Goosby to the San Francisco Board of Educa-
tion in the November 7 city election. They will assume
their new five-year terms in January, 1968.
Mrs. Ernest R.
Lilienthal began her
first term as a new
member of the
Board of Education
in January of 1958.
She served as Presi-
dent of the Board in
1961.
Mrs. Lilienthal
began her second
five-year term in
1963 and is serving
as president for the
second time in 1967.
An active leader
in both civic and
educational affairs,
she has served as President of the League of Women
Voters, on the Board of Directors of the American Can-
cer Society, and on the Board of the World Affairs
Council.
Mrs. Lilienthal attended Madison Elementary School
and is claimed by alumni of the former Girls' High School
as one of the school's illustrious graduates. She is a
graduate of the University of California.
Dr. Zuretti L.
Goosby, San Fran-
cisco dentist, was
sworn in as Board
of Education Com-
missioner on May 9,
1967. Dr. Goosby is
completing the un-
expired term of Mr.
James Stratton to
January, 1968.
A native of Oak-
land, California, he
is a graduate of the
University of Cali-
fornia and of the
U. C. Dental Col-
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby lejre
He has served on the Human Rights Commission
since his appointment in 1964 and was a member of the
Mayor's Task Force on Education. During World War
II he served in the U. S. Air Force from 1943 to 1944,
and in the Korean conflict he served in the Dental Corps
from 1953 to 1955.
Dr. Goosby's new appointment will mark the beginning
of his first full five-year term as a Board Commissioner.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
November time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on November 28,
1967, for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and
part-time teachers' time sheets on November 28 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for November 16
through November 30, will be picked up at the
schools at 8:30 a.m. on November 22, 1967.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in November for principals
and assistant principals is 20; the number of days
for teachers is 20.
Foreign Guests Visit Schools
The District has served as host to a number of out-of-
town visitors during the month of October. They havt
included the following:
From Mexico — Mrs. Maria Amelia Escalante, ele-
mentary teacher — visited Hawthorne Elementary
School; From Japan — 12 visiting educators — visitec
Lafayette Elementary School and George Washingtor
High School; From Japan — Mr. Saburo Eguchi anc
Mr. Yohten Kuwano, principals — visited Marina Jun
ior High School;
From Japan — Mr. H. Ibayashi, graduate student —
visited Sunshine Orthopedic School; From Indonesia
Miss Guus Bakarbessy, program assistant — visitec
Woodrow Wilson High School; From South Africa —
Mr. Anton Murray, headmaster, St. Alban's College
visited Lowell High School;
From Scotland — Dr. Elizabeth A.M. Dougary, schoo
counselor — visited Everett and Horace Mann Junio:
High Schools, Mission High School, and the Centra
Office; From England — Miss Hilda Mary Eastwood
headmistress — visited Galileo Hisrh School.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 11
November 13, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Puhlished each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
November 13, 1967
NEWSLETTER
Superintendent's Message
The Pursuit of Excellence- Dream or Reality
by Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
All large cities seem to
share the same general
problems of urban growth
and leading school systems
are seeking the "new" ways
to meet head-on the multi-
tude of educational prob-
lems of the large city.
New and bold ways must
be found to stimulate,
motivate and better pre-
pare our young people to
meet the tremendous chal-
lenges in this age of new
dimensions.
Where and how do we get this "best mix" of teaching
curriculum materials and instructional aids?
From California to New York to Florida there are a
few exciting "lighthouse schools" operating on the basis
of individualized instruction. Each student has the op-
portunity to have the kind of education that most bene-
fits him. They bring into practice the theory of taking
each student as far as he can go in accordance with his
abilities and talents.
The goal of these "model or experimental schools" is
the maximum development of each student's talents no
matter how unequal these talents may be. This is equal
opportunity. As the leaders of the unique Nova schools
which I recently visited in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
have said, "Exposure of young people to exciting teach-
ers, in an exciting method, creates exciting minds among
teachers, students and parents."
The inspiring concept in some of these experimental
schools leads me to reshare with all of you some of the
ideas that I was privileged to present at the California
Advisory Council on Educational Research at the
Eighteenth Annual State Conference on Educational
Research here in San Francisco last November, and
which I have also emphasized in recent talks in San
Francisco.
As we think about the future of education, these
thoughts have even more meaning when we recognize
the persistent importance of two basic principles:
1. The individualization of teaching and learning is
more vital than ever as a motivating force to help
each child grow to his maximum.
2. Flexibility is essential in order that we may cope with
and take advantage of rapid change.
Following these principles are several hypotheses which
need to be studied, researched, and evaluated as we build
tomorrow's schools today:
1. Age may be the least reliable of all criteria for group-
ing students. As more and more elementary and high
schools operate on an ungraded basis with large
blocks, such as primary, intermediate, junior high,
and senior high, more students may be able to learn
more effectively at their own rate in a much more
individualized type of program.
2. Not all lessons or subject areas may require the same
amount of time for all students. Flexible scheduling
and the short time-module are opening up new possi-
bilities for improving instruction.
3. Class size may be varied according to lesson and
subject. Large groups, small groups, and independent
study may be ways of better utilizing the creative
abilities of teachers and may provide better learning
opportunities for children and youth.
4. Teachers have unique and varied abilities and all
may not be equally capable, even in the same area of
knowledge. This means that more and more schools
may find it effective to have some teachers serve as
team leaders, some as instructional members of the
team, and others as associate teachers or teacher as-
sistants.
5. In an age of technology, resourceful and effective
teachers may find that the newest technological and
electronic aids can greatly strengthen the teacher's
effectiveness and improve learning. Television, listen-
ing-viewing centers, the computer, and data retriev-
ing centers may have unusual possibilities.
6. Memorization of facts may need to be subordinated
to the use of facts, to the understanding of principles
and concepts, to knowing when and how to get facts
quickly. This means that more and more we may find
a need for libraries to be expanded into educational
media, or knowledge resource centers, with individual
study carrels located near data retrieving centers that
will give the student ready access to a wealth of
information.
Dream or Reality? Elements of every one of these prin-
ciples and hypotheses are now being carried out in some
school districts in California. With planning, research,
and development we will find the answers. We will find
the most successful ways to individualize instruction and
to provide the finest educational opportunities for every
student. This is truly the pursuit of excellence.
• ROTC FIELD DAY AND SEMINAR
San Francisco Unified School Eistrict ROTC cadets
and their regular Army officers and non-commissioned
officer instructors will conduct a field day and seminar at
Ft. Barry - Cronkite (Marin County) on Saturday and
Sunday, November 18 and 19.
The Commanding Officer of the Presidio and the 91st
Infantry Division (Reserve) are making this overnight
field trip possible by providing transportation, billets, sub-
sistence, and facilities for use by the cadet brigade during
the entire period.
The program planned includes cadet officers' seminar,
training classes, and recreation. Intra-mural competition
in basketball, volleyball, and softball between the eight
battalions from each high school will be part of the pro-
gram.
NEWSLETTER
November 13, 1967
Announcements
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial
vacancies :
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Pacific Heights
Adult, Balboa High, Hillcrest, Hawthorne, Woodrow
Wilson High (nights), Aptos Junior High (nights).
2726 — School Custodian Sub-Foreman — James Lick
Junior High, James Denman Junior High, Jedediah
Smith.
• COACHES TO MEET NOVEMBER 13
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its first general
meeting of the fall term Monday, November 13, at 7:30
p.m. in Room B-4 of Abraham Lincoln High School.
. . . Summer Program at City College
( Continued from Page 1 )
and in many instances, their instructors were not aware
of their special status.
The 26 who withdrew totaled 11.7% of the group, a
figure comparable to the regular student pattern for
summer session.
Counselors who participated in the program included
the following: Milton Axt, Polytechnic; Mrs. Doradia
Banuet, Central Office; Mrs. Ruth Berg, Abraham Lin-
coln; Frank Bradbury, Balboa; Mrs. Mary Byrd, Central
Office; Ivor Callaway, Samuel Gompers; Carolyn Canig-
lia, Mission; Vito Ciarfaglio, Portola; Gerald Cohn,
Galileo; Ray Del Portillo, Francisco; Jean Devich, Poly-
technic ; Donald Diety, Woodrow Wilson ; Mrs. Kathleen
Erlich, Presentation; Mrs. Beverly Eigner, Polytechnic;
Edgar Fielding, Abraham Lincoln; Mrs Alice Frederick,
Lowell; Mildred Fusco, James Lick; Yvonne Gaul, Bal-
boa; Eleanor Holland, Polytechnic; Vincent Levon,
Samuel Gompers; Pat McGuigan, Pelton; Louis A.
Meyer, Sacred Heart; Joan Monte, George Washington;
Mrs. Doris Mullin, Woodrow Wilson; John A. Rossi,
John O'Connell; Paul Rusanoff, John O'Connell;
George Sutherland, Polytechnic; Catherine Wood, Sam-
uel Gompers; and Catherine Williams, Cathedral.
. . . Lowell High Music Concert
(Continued from Page 1)
playing the Piano Concerto in B Flat by Mozart. The
Lowell program is open to the public and starts at 8 p.m.
Mr. Schullcr, who is also president of the New Eng-
land Conservatory of Music, expressed pleasure at the
reception and attention given him by the Lowell students.
His interest in young people and their music was evi-
denced following the rehearsal as he took time to speak
with students individually and answer their questions.
His concern was further enforced when he said, "If
composers don't write for our students, how can we
expect them to play modern music."
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 21, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
The San Francisco chapter of the Council for Excep-
tional Children will meet Thursday, November 16, at 4
p.m. at A. P. Giannini Junior High School. The guest
speaker will be Dr. Helen Gofman of the University of
California Medical Center. Dr. Gofman will discuss
Screening Neurological Deficits in Children.
• ARCOSS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 18
The Bay Area Association for Retirement Credit for
Out-of-State Service will meet Saturday, November 18,
from 9 to 12 at Rossmoor Leisure World, Walnut Creek,
Clubhouse 1. Mr. Hall Stannard will be present to re-
view present and future plans. All interested individuals
are asked to attend.
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• TEACHERS ASSOCIATION WILL MEET
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will hold
its regular meeting on Monday, November 20, at 4 p.m.
at A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 39th Avenue and
Ortega Street.
• ACE TO HOST NEW TEACHERS
The San Francisco branch of the Association for Child-
hood Education will host new District teachers at a tour
of the San Francisco Museum of Art on Monday, No-
vember 20, at 4 p.m.
Experienced teachers as well as new teachers are in-
vited to attend the presentation. The Museum is located
at McAllister and Van Ness Avenue. For additional in-
formation please contact Mrs. Barbara Webber (Noriega
Home School) or Noel Mertens (Sir Francis Drake).
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday,
November 13, in Nicholas Hall of the Marines Memorial
Building, 609 Sutter Street.
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NEWSLETTER
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NOVEMBER 20, 1967
NUMBER 12
Activities Are Varied
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Ten Community Teachers Serve in District
At the present time there are ten community teachers
erving some 27 ESEA "target area" schools and 1 1 re-
eiving schools within the District.
One of their primary aims is to establish and maintain
jositive and wholesome lines of communication between
chool and community.
How the ten community teachers work to accomplish
■his goal can best be seen by examining some of the
ctivities in which they are involved. The following is
ot intended to be a complete listing but examples of
urrent services being performed.
Parent Association Activities — attending Execu-
ive Board and regular PTA meetings, helping plan such
neetings, assisting with PTA membership drives, work-
ing with PTA committees.
• Parent Involvement in School — coordinating the
hools' parent workshop programs, assisting in the
f Ij. lanning, implementing, and conducting of courses for
tjifj arents, enlisting parent volunteers for class trips, kin-
dergarten registration, and library service.
• Individual Parent Contacts — assisting parents with
idividual school problems and referrals to appropriate
:hool authorities, making home visits on referral from
■rincipal, alerting parents to opportunities for adult
h ducation, helping make contacts with school social
|i 'orkers, assisting when called upon to interpret and
ni xplain to individuals or groups reports and programs,
ach as the 1966-67 State Testing Program results and
; ne SRI Compensatory Education Report.
_J. • Community Involvement — participating in meet-
lgs of community organizations, preparing surveys of
, ammunity resources and personnel for school use, mak-
y-
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Mrs. Margaret Baikie, 1st grade teacher at Raphael Weill School,
has been taking part in meetings with parents to discuss the
school program as it functions at the classroom level. The meet-
ings were followed up with individual conferences whenever
possible to discuss the children's progress. The program was
effected through cooperative efforts of administrators, faculty,
parents, and the community teacher.
ing contacts with local civil rights groups, assisting the
community in founding youth groups, helping form
community relations committees of parents, professional
staff, and neighborhood associations, participating in
community-sponsored fairs, art shows, and programs.
• Involvement with School Personnel — developing
human relations committees, helping plan for teachers'
orientation to the community, arranging faculty discus-
sion sessions, conferring with teachers.
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Recruiting Team Returns from Trip to Eight Major Centers
The San Francisco Unified School District's initial
•:cruitment trip to interview prospective teacher appli-
"jints has been called ". . . an historic program because
was the first of its kind in the long history of San
iiEirt rancisco's public schools" by Milton F. Reiterman,
ersonnel Coordinator, in a report to the Superintend-
it's Cabinet last Monday.
The recruitment team visited the following centers:
'enver, Colorado (University of Denver) ; Chicago,
linois (Roosevelt University) ; Cincinnati Ohio (Miami
(niversity at Oxford) ; New York (Columbia Univer-
ty) ; Washington, D.C. (Howard University) ; Nash-
ville, Tennessee (Fisk University) ; Houston, Texas
(Texas Southern University) ; and Albuquerque, New
Mexico (Skills Bank, Office of Economic Opportunity).
Interviewers from District
A total of seven interviewers from the District partici-
pated at one or more of the centers. Three people were
at all eight. This latter group included Mrs. Mary Boyd,
Personnel Supervisor; Sylvester Kelly, principal of Roos-
evelt Junior High ; and Bernard Branco, elementary
teacher at Patrick Henry School.
Mrs. Elfrida Noland, Personnel Supervisor, partici-
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NEWSLETTER
November 20, 1961
. . . Community Teacher Role Explained
(Continued from Page 1)
Mrs. Anita Provist, 2nd grade teacher at Jedediah Smith Annex,
meets with a group of parents to better acquaint them with the
school's program and the activities within her classroom. Some
224 parents visited Jedediah Smith and Jedediah Smith Annex
recently to participate in such meetings with faculty members.
In many respects the community teacher functions as
an extension of the school site principal. He helps orient
the school to the community and the community to the
school.
A current example of an activity involving the com-
munity teachers in improving school-parent understand-
ing is the series of meetings being held at Jedediah
Smith, Jedediah Smith Annex, Raphael Weill, and
Golden Gate Schools.
Through cooperative efforts of administrators, teach-
ers, and community teachers, meetings with parents at
the classroom level have been going on to explain the
school program and how it functions.
The classroom teachers have been describing course
content, showing books and materials used, explaining
standards of work and conduct, indicating how parents
can help the teachers to do the best possible job in edu-
cating their children, reviewing the meaning of report
card marks, and answering questions raised by the par-
ents in attendance.
It is hoped that such sessions will help parents become
more knowledgeable about the school, develop a better
understanding and closer working relationship between
the home and school, and increase cooperation with the
school staff.
In terms of operation, there are three centers to which
the community teachers are assigned. These, and the
schools the teachers are responsible to, are as follows:
Jedediah Smith Center - - Ellen Benjamin (Bret
Harte, Jedediah Smith and Annex, Burnett, Hunters
Point I and Hunters Point II); Marvin Gentz (Sir
Francis Drake and Annex, Bessie Carmichacl, Lincoln,
Irving M. Scott, and Bayview).
Golden Gate Center — Kelly Husbands (Golden
Gate, Raphael Weill, Hancock, Redding); Mrs. Mae
Threadgill (John Swett, Anza, Fremont); Ann Lacher
(John Muir — full time); Mrs. Joyce Clay (Lawton,
Francis Scott Key, Miraloma, Laguna Honda, and Dud-
ley Stone).
Patrick Henry Center — Bernard Branco (Marshall
Annex, Buena Vista, Patrick Henry); Nora Haymond
(Marshall, Bryant, Emerson, Daniel Webster, John Mc-
Laren); Mrs. Leonia McQuillister (Fairmount, Lake-
shore, Robert Louis Stevenson, Parkside, and Haw-
thorne).
Rosemary Chan is not assigned to one of the centers,
and she is serving as community teacher at Commodore
Stockton, Garfield, and Washington Irving.
The community teachers are funded under the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I
They were under the Special Educational Services Divi-
sion until this term when they were transferred to th(
Human Relations Division under Dr. William L. Cobb
Assistant Superintendent. Junius Camp, Field Represent
ative in the Human Relations Office, is supervising tfo
work of the teachers. Each teacher is requested to pro
vide a schedule and weekly log of activities to help as ai
on-going evaluation of the program.
Noted Composer Visits Schools
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Noted composer-conductor Gunther Schuller (far right) was
recent guest-visitor at Lowell High School and City College >
San Francisco. Mr. Schuller was in San Francisco to conduct thre
performances of his opera, The Visitation. Mr. Schuller spent
session working with the Lowell Symphonic Band in preparatic
for a school concert. On hand to greet the guest were (left
right) Joseph Alessi, City College; Jack Pereira, Lowell; and D
Albert A. Renna, Director of Music.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 12
November 20, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt,
Vice President
Reynold H. Colvin
Adolfo de Urioste
Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Alan H. Nichols
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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I November :J0, 1967
NEWSLETTER
1 i "Freedom and the Law'
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Junior High Forensic League Begins Season
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Ready and anxious to begin another year of service to the speech activities of the San Francisco Junior High School Forensic League
rare the various school sponsors and officials (Top Row, left to right) Clement Zannini, Herbert Hoover; John Shankel, Horace Mann;
I Jean Sheridan, James Denman; Rene French and Nadeen Johnson, Luther Burbank; Sherry Heakin and Mary Lee, James Lick; David
» Cooper, Aptos; James Keolker, League Co-ordinator; (Bottom Row, left to right) Fred Romagnolo, Roosevelt; Harry Warren, Pelron;
j Harvey Samuels, Portola; Gerald De Ryan, Marina; Thomas Heafy, A. P. Gianm'ni; Leo Lowe, Francisco; Eugene Block, Everett. Absent
were Carole Hartgogian, James Denman; Tom Palmer, Benjamin Franklin; Joe Tanzi, Marina; Mrs. Pauline Levie, League Consultant;
[land Dr. George Karonsky, League Chairman.
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Freedom and the Law is the provocative topic chosen
fjjby the sponsors of the San Francisco Junior High School
'/ II Forensic League for the fourth annual Public Speaking
I Contest to be held at Luther Burbank Junior High
,■' -ill School, Wednesday, December 13.
The contest has earned the reputation as one of the
jllmost successful local school activities due to the partici-
H pation of all 15 junior high schools, interested speech
.J educators who act as judges, the Lions Clubs of San
■ Francisco, and the San Francisco Barristers Club, the
I latter two assisting in the sponsorship of League awards.
BjThe contest is divided into three categories: original
Ml *»| oratory, oral interpretation, and extemporaneous speak-
'JJl, ,ing. Freedom and the Law will be the topic used in all
jrspeijicategories.
. i.,! Spring Debate Tournament
"'" j League sponsors are currently at work preparing
lidebate teams for the ninth annual Spring Debate Tourn-
! ament, another of the League's speech activities. Students
lare presently beginning research on a topic related to
freedom and law enforcement, "Resolved: That the
Federal government should regulate possession and use
i,19ii! of fire arms." The tournament will be held in May, 1968,
~~"j and the finals will be telecast on KRON-TV, Channel 4.
', — J Mr. James Keolker, Luther Burbank Junior High
\riil School, has been chosen League Co-ordinator for this
i year's program. He is being assisted by Dr. George
Karonsky, Supervisor, Junior High Schools, League
Chairman, and Mrs. Pauline Levie, Bureau of Audio
Visual Education, League Consultant. Advanced plan-
ning is organized by the League's Steering Committee
comprised of local judges, barristers, and community
groups interested in furthering public speaking activities
in the junior high schools.
In hopes of expanding activities to be an even broader
>ase, Mr. Keolker has asked the League to consider the
possibilities of an annual dramatics contest to provide
even greater opportunities for students who enjoy and
need public performance. Plans are being considered for
the spring semester.
The League began with a modest invitational debate
program in 1959 when Mr. James Dierke, Assistant Su-
perintendent, Junior High Schools, felt there was a
definite speech need to be filled. Since that time, the
League has consistently grown in size and scope under
Mr. Dierke's guidance.
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EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT
A person retired for service may be authorized
by the State Retirement System to serve as a substi-
tute in a position requiring certification qualifica-
tions, or as a curriculum writer, a consultant in a
field in which he is especially qualified, or as a
teacher in a rest home for the aged, or in a com-
munity center operated exclusively for the aged.
This employment may not exceed 90 days in a
fiscal year nor may the earnings therefrom exceed
$1,800 within that period of time.
A retired teacher who is serving as a substitute is
responsible for determining that his service and/or
salary does not exceed the limits explained above.
Any service which is rendered after that point,
or any substitute service which is rendered by a
retired person without proper authorization as ex-
plained above, shall be ruled invalid. The teacher
may not accept salary, or must return salary which
has been paid, for service which has been ruled
invalid.
NEWSLETTER
November 20, 1967
«:
Announcements
• ELEMENTARY ADMINISTRATORS
The San Francisco Elementary Administrators Asso-
ciation has called a special meeting for Monday, Novem-
ber 20, at 3:30 p.m. at Robert Louis Stevenson Elemen-
tary School.
Guest speaker will be Mr. Milton Reiterman, Person-
nel Coordinator, who will discuss the reorganization of
the Personnel Division. He will explain personnel pro-
cedures as they affect teachers and administrators and
will answer questions from the audience.
SABBATICAL LEAVE NOTICE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
sabbatical leave during the fall term 1968 for travel
or study are reminded that requests are due in the
Personnel Division Office prior to March 1, 1968.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES:
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial vacan-
cies:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Burnett and
Douglas Elementary Schools, Herbert Hoover Junior
High.
2727 — School Custodian Foreman — Lowell High
School.
• TEACHER AID REQUESTED
The California League for the Handicapped, Inc. an-
nounces a need for home economics teachers to donate
one or two Saturdays to teach a group of blind teen-agers
cooking and the use of household appliances. Interested
teachers are asked to contact Rose Resnick, Executive
Director, at 776-3022.
• TEACHERS ASSOCIATION WILL MEET
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will hold
its regular meeting on Monday, November 20, at 4 p.m.
at A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 39th Avenue and
Ortega Street.
. . . Recruiting Team Returns Home
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pated through Washington, D.C.; Mr. Reiterman and
Bryant Lane, Supervisor of Occupational Preparation,
joined the tour at New York; and George Boisson, Per-
sonnel Supervisor, took part in Albuquerque.
A total of 162 applicants were interviewed; 32 per
cent were representatives of minority ethnic groups.
Outstanding Applicants Interviewed
The recruiting team believes that many outstanding
applicants were interviewed. All have either taken the
National Teachers Examination or must arrange to do
so. Each must fulfill all of the steps to employment as
prescribed by the Board of Education.
The purpose of the recruitment trip was to provide
the necessary interview and thus save the applicants the
expense of costly trips to San Francisco for that purpose.
Additional recruiting efforts will be scheduled from time
to time throughout the year.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 21,
1967,
7:30 p
m.
Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
FINAL 1967
School
1. Benjamin Franklin
2. Everett
3. Horace Mann
4. Marina
5. Presidio
6. Francisco
7. Roosevelt
BASEBALL
Division A
Won
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
STANDINGS
Lost
2
2
2
2
4
4
5
Per666age W
.666
.666
.666
.333
.323
.166
Division B
School
Won
Lost
Percentage
1.
Herbert Hoover
6
1
.857
2.
James Denman
6
1
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3.
Luther Burbank
4
3
.571
4.
A. P. Giannini
4
3
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5.
Portola
3
4
.429
6.
James Lick
3
4
.429
7.
Pelton
1
6
.142
8.
Aptos
1
6
.142
Division A Playoffs
School
Won
Lost
Percentage
1.
Everett
1
0
1000
2.
Horace Mann
1
0
1000
3.
Benjamin Franklin
0
1
.000
4.
Marina
0
1
.000
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Championship Playoffs
School Won Lost Percentage
1. Herbert Hoover 2 0 1000
2. James Denman 1 1 .500
3. Everett 0 1 .000
3. Horace Mann 0 1 .000
• FREEDOM CONFERENCE CALLED
A conference jointly sponsored by the California State
Board of Education, the Constitutional Rights Founda- pi
tion, and the California Teachers Association entitled
Challenges to Freedom in Our Schools will be held Sat-
urday, December 2, at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, anc "'!'
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby, Board of Education Commission
er, are conference participants. Dr. Jenkins will extenc
welcoming greetings.
Additional information may be secured from the Cali-
fornia Teachers Association, 1705 Murchison Drive
Burlingame 94010.
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VOLUME 39
NOVEMBER 27, 1967
NUMBER 13
n-Service Course Draws Crowd
Vif
onsiderable interest has been shown in the District's in-service
>urse English as a Second Language as evidenced by the fact
lat some 160 teachers enrolled in the course being offered
ach Wednesday afternoon for eight weeks at James Lick
unior High School. Teachers from all grade levels are taking
art. Pictured above at one of the course meetings are (left to
ight) Mr. William Galant, principal of James Lick; Mrs. Regina
ebre, teacher at Samuel Gompers; Louise Lyman, teacher at
bhn Adams Adult; Dr. Kenneth Croft, professor of English and
nthropology at San Francisco State College and one of the
>urse instructors; Barbara Gee, teacher at Commodore Stock-
in; Beatrice Sutherland, consultant for the District; and Dr.
sseph B. Hill, curriculum coordinator.
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Vide Interest Is Expressed in
Jan Francisco Filrcistrip Series
Reaction to the filmstrip series entitled San Francisco
■ Our City and County, which was developed and pro-
uced under the supervision of Dr. William B. Sanborn,
(irector, Division of Instructional Materials, has been
ighly favorable.
Many requests to purchase these new filmstrips have
een received from other school districts and teacher
•aimng institutions.
The District has entered into an agreement with the
ociety for Visual Education, Inc., the firm which did
le technical production of the filmstrips, whereby the
ociety will assume all costs of production, canning,
.beling, packaging, and merchandising of the filmstrips
rid pay a royalty to the School District of ten per cent
f the selling price.
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From the Personnel Office
Teachers Retiring This Semester
Should Take Appropriate Action
Those teachers who contemplate retirement at the
close of the current fall semester should initiate action in
the near future in order that retirement payment may
not be delayed unnecessarily.
It is suggested that teachers seeking to initiate retire-
ment proceedings should, if possible, submit a letter to
such effect by December 15, 1967, to Mr. Milton Reiter-
man, Personnel Coordinator.
It is suggested that teachers follow this procedure:
1. Submit a letter to the Personnel Coordinator indi-
cating your intention to retire, and the proposed date of
retirement. Copies of this letter should be submitted to
the appropriate assistant superintendent.
2. Write to the State Teachers' Retirement System,
1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento 95814, notifying that
office of your intention to retire and requesting the neces-
sary forms.
3. Notify the City Employees Retirement System, 450
McAllister Street, of your intention to retire.
4. Make requests to both the state and city retirement
systems for assistance in determining which retirement
program will be more advantageous in your circum-
stances.
5. If you determine that the State Retirement System
will provide greater benefits in your case, you should sub-
mit a letter to the Personnel Coordinator resigning from
the School District. This is necessary in order that you
may withdraw your funds from the local retirement sys-
tem for deposit in the State Retirement System.
Because processing of applications take some time, it is
important that they be submitted sufficiently in advance
to enable a proper consideration period, and to be sure
the first retirement check is received on time.
Teachers of Art Elect New Officers
The San Francisco Teachers of Art announces its new
officers for the 1967-68 school year as follows: Frank
Lillef , Abraham Lincoln, president ; Daniel Froloff , Mis-
sion, vice president; Emily Heron, James Denman, secre-
tary; and Venita Lobdell, treasurer.
The group's first meeting was held at the San Francisco
Museum of Art and was hosted by Robert Whyte, educa-
tion curator.
NEWSLETTER
November 27, 196V
Sarah B. Cooper and John Hancock
Schools Hold Educational Fai
An "Educational Fair" was held on a recent evening for the
parents of children enrolled at Sarah B. Coop:r and John Han-
cock Elementary Schools. The school program was explained to
the parents, and a number of displays and demonstrations were
presented. Above, Miss Cecil Casey, assistant principal (left),
and Mrs. Vicki LaBarr, second grade teacher (right) of Sarah B.
Cooper, are seen with a group of primary children using a tape
recorder in their reading program. The students are Laurie
Williams, Julie Gee, and Elaine Dekker. Mrs. Patricia E. Crocker
is principal of both schools.
Supplies Purchase Expedited
Changes in policy which will greatly expedite the
purchase and delivery of supplies and materials
were approved by the Board of Education at the
November 7, 1967 meeting.
The changes, recommended by Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins, are designed to minimize delays
created by the processing of papers in School Dis-
trict and city offices.
The Board action sets in motion the following
changes :
1 . That requisitions requiring Board approval be
submitted daily to the Purchasing Department and
then covered at a subsequent Board meeting.
2. That the ceiling on requisitions requiring in-
dividual authorization by the Board be raised from
$500 to $3,000. (The original ceiling was $250,
which was subsequently raised to $500, and is now
set at $3,000.)
Since the Board normally meets twice monthly,
the former procedure resulted in delaying requisi-
tion transmittal until Board action had been taken.
Now such transmittal will be effected daily. The
raising of the ceiling on requisition amounts requir-
ing Board approval will also eliminate holding
many orders for Board approval.
Supervision Scholarship Offered Loca, studentS' Poems Are Pub,ished
The California Association for Supervision and Cur-
riculum Development announces that applications for
the 1968 Helen Heffernan Scholarship are being ac-
cepted.
The purposes of the scholarship are to recruit qualified
and successful teachers into the field of supervision and
curriculum development and to encourage members of
the profession to engage in graduate study.
The scholarship consists of a gift in the amount of
$1,000. A loan of $1,000 is available in addition to the
gift and is interest free, to be paid back over a four-year
period. The scholarship was established in recognition of
the educational leadership of Helen Heffernan, Chief,
Bureau of Elementary Education, California State De-
partment of Education.
Application forms may be secured by contacting
Margery Fessier, Chairman, Helen Heffernan Scholar-
ship Committee, 604 South Tamarind Street, Compton,
California 90220.
A folio of poems by San Francisco poets aged 12 to II
years has been published in a limited edition by th>
Friends of the San Francisco Library. It is called Priz
Poems 1965-1967.
The young poets were finalists in three annual poetr
contests sponsored by the Friends in April of 1965, 1966
and 1967 as part of National Library Week.
The 32-page folio may be ordered at cost from th
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Mail
Library, Civic Center, San Francisco 94102.
• LOWELL MUSICIANS ON RADIO
Radio stations KKHI AM and FM Stereo will feature
performances by the Lowell High School Orchestra and
the Symphonic Band on Saturday morning, December 9,
from 9 to 10 a.m. as part of the station's Our Youth in
Concert series.
The groups, under the direction of instructor John
Pereira, will perform Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and
Sonatina for Timpani by Tcherpnin.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
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Vol. 39, No. 13
November 27, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Puhlished each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo dc Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
I November 37, 1967
NEWSLETTER
I j Foi Information Purposes
{Grievance Procedure
For the information and convenience of District school
I personnel the Grievance Procedure Policy adopted by
[the Board of Education in the fall of 1966 is reprinted at
this time.
i Policy Manual P 4130
ARTICLE 4 — PERSONNEL,
CERTIFICATED
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Introduction
Teachers are encouraged to ask the principal for assistance
, I on any matters that relate to their school duties. The school
1,1 llproblems of a teacher should first be taken to the principal and
.-■; j (afterwards, generally with the approval of the principal, to other
supervisory or administrative officers in the District. Nothing in
this regulation should be construed as denying to any teacher
lithe opportunity to consult with any supervisory or administra-
tive officer in the District.
JjTo Implement a Spirit of Good Working Relationships, the
ii.i. Following Procedure Has Been Established:
Mi 1. Definitions
! a. Problem — A problem is a complaint or misunderstanding
on the part of a professional staff member which arises from
in the application and interpretation of Board of Education policies
jjsj. land/or administrative regulations.
I ; b. Grievance — A grievance is an unresolved, aggravated
'' 'problem which becomes a grievance when either party to a
III1 disagreement states that a grievance exists and requests that the
ijir. i (procedures contained herein be invoked.
;„„ j c. Conferee — A conferee is a fellow faculty member, depart-
ment head, supervisor, administrator, or professional organiza-
tion representative.
— I [2. Procedure
1 I a. Problems shall be discussed by private conference between
] the parties involved without conferees.
(1) At least one private meeting between the parties
-'" to a disagreement shall take place before the grievance
In i procedure is invoked. More are ordinarily expected.
( 2 ) The parties shall seek to adjust the difficulty at the
point of origin by:
(a) Obtaining advice from any appropriate division
of the Central Office Staff and/or
(b) Consulting with conferees,
b. If the problem is not resolved at private conference, then
either party may declare that a grievance exists and the follow-
ng procedure invoked,
rincipal's Level (Level I)
a. Any certificated employee may present a statement of
grievance in writing to his principal within ten school days
ollowing the act or condition which is the basis of his com-
olaint.
b. The principal shall communicate his decision to the em-
ployee in writing within ten school days after receiving the
:omplaint.
c. Either party to the grievance shall have the right to re-
mest a personal conference with conferees in order to resolve
he grievance. If both parties agree, conferees may also be
>resent.
d. Should either party deem it inadvisable to have such a
neeting, or to hold a meeting at which conferees attend, the
;rievance shall then move up to the Assistant Superintendent's
..evel II.
Vssistant Superintendent's Level ( Level II )
a. An employee may appeal in writing this decision to the
Assistant Superintendent within ten school days after receiving
t. A copy of the appeal shall be furnished by the principal, who
i hall forward a report to the Assistant Superintendent.
| b. The Assistant Superintendent shall investigate and confer
'ith the employee within a reasonable period of time. The
mployee, at his discretion, may bring in a conferee of his
hoice.
i c The Assistant Superintendent shall communicate the out-
ome of the conference (s) to the principal and the employee in
' friting within ten school days.
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3,
Pr
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Policy is Reviewed
Superintendent's Level (Level III)
a. The employee may appeal this decision to the Superin-
tendent within ten school days after receiving it, and may re-
quest a meeting. A copy of the appeal shall be furnished the
Assistant Superintendent, who shall forward a report to the
Superintendent.
b. The meeting shall be held within ten school days, at which
time the employee may bring in a conferee of his choice.
c. The Superintendent shall communicate his decision to the
employee in writing within ten school days after the meeting.
Copies shall be sent to the Assistant Superintendent and the
principal.
Board of Education Level (Level IV)
a. The employee may appeal this decision directly to the
Board of Education in writing, within ten schoo: days after the
receipt of it. A copy of the appeal shall be furnished the Super-
intendent.
b. Upon receipt of the appeal, the Superintendent shall with-
in ten school days furnish a full report to the Board of Educa-
tion. This report shall include the teacher's statement of com-
plaint and other pertinent materials.
c. The Board of Education shall determine whether or not
a hearing shall be granted. If a hearing is granted, the nature
and extent of the hearing shall be determined by the Bojrd of
Education. The decision of the Board shall be communicated
in writing to the employee, with copies to the Superintendent,
Assistant Superintendent, and principal. The de'is'on of the
Board of Education shall be binding to the extent (hat no rights
of the aggrieved to further legal action are abrogated.
Grievances of Certificated Personnel Not Under the Supervision
of a Building Principal.
The procedures outlined in Levels I through IV shall apply
to all certificated employees except that where a staff member's
superior is someone other than a building principal, that person
shall constitute authority at Level I. Where the Assistant Super-
intendent is the aggrieved's immediate superior, the procedure
shall begin at Level II.
"Indians of North America" was the theme of a recent program
in the World of Art series at Lawton Elementary School. Dr.
William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of Instructional Materials
(on the left), was the guest speaker, and he presented an illus-
trated talk on "American Indians, Fact and Fantasy." Mrs.
Helen Dahlgren (on the right) is coordinating the program for
the school, while Mrs. Verla Leonard, Art Supervisor, directs the
program. Dr. Sanborn is showing a California Indian basket to
students Duane Walker, Melanie Brazil, Lori Wiimoth, and
Wayne Ogi. Mrs. Marion Heimsoth is the principal of ELawton.
NEWSLETTER
November 27, 1967
Announcements
• COACHES' BOWLING TOURNAMENT
The annual Bowling Tournament and Play Day for
the San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will be held on Friday,
December 15, at 4 p.m. at the Westlake Bowl in Daly
City. A buffet dinner will follow the day's activities.
Reservations for the occasion may be made with Curtis
Decker or Ernest Domecus at San Francisco City College.
• DRIVER EDUCATION ARTICLE
The Summer 1967 issue of Analogy magazine contains
an article entitled "Questions from the Community —
Answers from the Experts" in which five authorities in
the field of traffic safety answer eight questions often
asked of driver education programs.
One of the five educators questioned in the article is
Robert Perussina, head of the driver instruction program
for the San Francisco Unified School District.
• MUSEUM CHRISTMAS TOURS
Beginning December 4, special Christmas tours will
replace the general public tours in the European wing
of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. The tours
will feature "The Christmas Story," as expressed in the
paintings and sculptures of the Museum, augmented by
76 prints and drawings from the Achenbach Foundation
for the Graphic Arts of the California Palace of the
Legion of Honor.
These drawings and prints, some of which are owned
by the de Young Museum and are on loan to the Achen-
bach Foundation, were selected by Dr. E. Gunter Troche,
curator for the Foundation.
The one-hour tours, scheduled at 11 a.m. and 2:30
p.m. daily (except the holiday weekends) will be pro-
vided by the docents from the Docent Council of the
Museum, sponsored by the Junior League of San Fran-
cisco, Inc. These special tours will not affect the tours in
the Asian wing of the Museum.
The Christmas tours will be offered by appointment to
groups and school classes on weekdays only. Appoint-
ments for either 10 a.m. or 1 : 30 p.m. tours may be made
by calling the Docent Council office at 387-5922. The
special Christmas tours will be offered up to January 5.
. . . District Filmstrips Are in Demand
(Continued from Page 1)
There are nine filmstrips in the series which are keyed
for use within the middle grades of the elementary
school. Each District elementary school will be furnished
with a complete set.
Dr. Sanborn reveals that this is the first of a number of
series which will be developed by the Division of Instruc-
tional Materials.
The San Francisco series was photographed by James
Martin and edited by Mrs. Pauline Levie with the assist-
ance of an elementary advisory committee including Mrs.
Gail Giovannini, Mrs. Ruth Tisdale, Mrs. Thclma Boyer,
and Mrs. Dorothy Dudley.
• HORACE MANN, BALBOA HOST VISITORS
Horace Mann Junior High School and Balboa High
School served as hosts to some 41 visiting social studies
students last week from Hill Junior High School in
Novato, California.
The students were accompanied by their teacher, John
F. Burgoa, and spent the morning at Horace Mann and
the afternoon at Balboa. Mr. Ron Cabral and Mr. Gene
Phillips handled the arrangements at their respective
schools.
The Novato students were interested in meeting stu-
dents from an urban school system and in exchanging
ideas on a variety of topics. At both District schools an
orientation program was planned, including a tour of
the school plants.
The visitors sat in on classes and were able to ask and
answer questions related to urban and suburban prob-
lems, school programs and offerings, recreation and lei-
sure activities, and a number of topics of concern and
interest to young people.
The guests and hosts will follow up on the visit by
holding class discussions at their respective schools on
what they learned from the day's proceedings.
i
e PTA NARCOTICS MEETING
The Presidio Junior High School Parent Teachers
Association in a joint effort with the George Washington
High School unit will present a program Narcotics —
Effect on Youth on Tuesday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Presidio auditorium at 30th Avenue and Clement
Street.
Featured speakers include Lt. Norbert H. Currie of the
Narcotics Bureau, Dr. Richard Leonards, pediatrician
and Mrs. Frances Miller, Director, Family Life Educa-
tion Service, SFUSD. The meeting is open to all inter-
ested persons.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians will meet Thursday, Novembei
30, at 4 p.m. in the library of Presidio Junior Higl
School, 450 - 30th Avenue. All elementary, junior anc
senior high librarians are invited to attend.
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DECEMBER 4, 1967
NUMBER 14
lurvey Indicates Needs
Bilingual Program Summarized in Report
I A report on the status of bilingual education in the
.. [an Francisco Unified School District was presented to
i he Board of Education at its November 21 meeting by
j |)r. Joseph B. Hill, Coordinator of Curriculum.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins had directed that a
urvey be taken by the Curriculum Office to reveal by
l .chool and grade level how many students have a native
1 anguage other than English and how many are, by
eason of language, unable to function effectively in a
legular class.
As a result of the bilingual survey, the Board approved
ipie recommendation of Dr. Jenkins to appoint two full
.me project coordinators to work with the problems of
t-* ie Chinese and Spanish-speaking students in the Dis-
„ rict. Both coordinators will work under the direction of
°>>.Hill.
mer
roject Coordinator Announced
oftbj! The Spanish Project Coordinator will be Elmer Galle-
riciaijos, currently working in this area at the junior high
Ql'C ree planting ceremonies were held recently at Patrick Henry
lementary School as part of the city-wide street beautification
rogram. Students from the primary and intermediate grades
:>served as trees were planted along Vermont, 1 9th, and Rhode
land Streets. Mr. Norvell Gillespie of the Anti-Litter League
Jdressed the group, which included Dr. Mary C. McCarthy and
Ir. Wilbert Vestnys from the Central Office and various civic
id community officials. Above, Miss Peggy O'Brien, chairman
'■ Trees for the City, helps Elizabeth Hernandez, Patrick Henry
: udent body president, and Duncan Reid, a first grader, in the
:tual planting.
school level. His work will be expanded to cover all levels
of instruction.
A Chinese Project Coordinator will be appointed as
soon as possible.
Each coordinator will form an advisory committee in
his area to help in planning and implementing a pro-
gram of action.
The problem is particularly pressing in the Chinatown
area in view of the fact that some 1,000 school-age youth
are arriving here from Hong Kong each year.
Report Shows Totals
The Bilingual Report presented to the Board shows
totals by grade going from Children's Centers, Pre-
Kindergarten and Kindergarten to the 12th grade. New
students were listed as "beginning" — those whose native
language is not English and who are in their first year of
instruction in the English language; and "others" —
those who are beyond the beginning level, but who need
more work in English to be able to do well in a regular
class.
The survey lists 917 Chinese in the "beginning" cate-
gory and 1.539 listed as "others." The Spanish group
shows 831 listed as "beginning" and 1,059 as "others."
In addition to the two major groupings, there are 730
District students who speak some 40 different languages
and all needing special English instruction.
English as a Second Language
District classes in which the governing objective is to
help students learn to communicate in English are known
as English as a Second Language or ESL classes. Instruc-
tion in these classes is carefully planned, in the same way
that foreign language instruction given to English speak-
ing students is planned. The audio-lingual approach is
the one followed, with understanding and speaking given
first emphasis and reading and writing following in due
course.
While emphasizing the learning of English, ESL pro-
grams also recognize the importance of the student's
native culture and include in the content of instruction
relevant material drawn from that culture. The appro-
priate use of field trips, resource persons, and current ac-
tivities and events in the community are included.
In ESL classes English is the medium of instruction
and the native language is used, if at all, only for neces-
sary explanations. This helps insure that the main objec-
tive, mastery of English, be achieved as rapidly as possi-
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NEWSLETTER
December 4, 1987;
Valor Award to Lowell Student
Lowell High School ROTC Cadet Lt. Colonel Rich-
ard L. Hayes has been announced as the recipient of the
Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement Award.
The award will be conferred at special ceremonies on
Tuesday, December 5, at 8 a.m. on the Lowell High
School football field.
The award is presented by the Legion of Valor of the
United States of America, Inc., a society composed of
winners of the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, the Navy Cross or the Air Force Cross.
The purpose of the medal is to recognize cadets of the
ROTC who have achieved scholastic excellence in both
academic and military subjects and who have demon-
strated outstanding leadership ability.
The Bronze Cross is presented annually to one out-
standing cadet selected from the 47 high school ROTC
units located in the XV United States Army Corps Area
— California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Richard is the fourth Lowell student to be so honored
in the past five years.
. . . Bilingual Report Reviews Program
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ble. A 1967 amendment to the Education Code permits
that "The governing board of any school district and any
private school may determine when and under what cir-
cumstances instruction may be given bilingually."
Spanish Offerings Noted
The report notes that Spanish as a language is offered
at all grade levels from 6 through 12, and suggests that
the Spanish classes can be a useful vehicle in reinforcing
pride of Spanish-speaking students in their native back-
ground and culture. Classes in Mandarin Chinese, pro-
viding like benefits, are offered in two elementary schools,
two junior high schools, and four senior high schools.
A committee representing all instructional levels was
formed in September to review programs being carried
on by the School District. The committee has recom-
mended that the District should compare and evaluate
the programs and approaches in the bilingual program
to determine their relative productiveness as a guide for
future development.
The committee also suggested that the District con-
tinue to develop materials for use by the teachers of ESL
classes, search for new and innovative procedures in the
teaching of ESL classes, provide in-service courses, and
develop additional units on the contributions and culture
of the groups represented in the schools.
• CITY COLLEGE CONCERT
The City College of San Francisco Symphonic Band
will perform in concert Sunday, December 10, in the
Lowell High School auditorium at 5 p.m.
The concert will feature Paul Renzi as guest soloist
and Jack Pereira as guest conductor. Tickets are $1 for
adults and 50 cents to student body card holders.
Conductor Joseph Alessi announces that proceeds from
the concert will be used for music scholarships.
A District1 Requirement
National Teachers Examination
Scheduled for February 3r 1968
The Division of Personnel Service announces the re
quirements for teacher employment relative to the
National Teachers Examination as follows:
1. The National Teachers Examination is now a re-
quirement for placement on elementary, secondary anc
special educational services (child welfare) Eligibility
Lists for 1968-69 in the San Francisco Public Schools.
2. Teachers who wish to qualify for placement on th<
Eligibility Lists in a transfer between instructional divf
sions must submit scores from the National Teacher:
Examination to the Teacher Personnel Office.
3. The National Teachers Examination will be helt
on Saturday, February 3, 1968, at the following tes
centers: University of California at Berkeley, Universit;
of San Francisco, San Francisco State College, San Josi
State College, and Stanford University.
4. Registration forms for the February 3 examinatioi
must be mailed to the Educational Testing Center fa-
Friday, January 12, 1968: National Teachers Examina
tion, Educational Testing Service, Box 911, Princeton
New Jersey 08540. The exact time and location of thi
examination will be assigned by the Educational Testins
Service.
5. Regular registration fee for the common examina
tion plus one teaching area examination is $11.
6. Payment of an additional $3 late registration fe
will permit acceptance of registration forms up to th
late registration closing date of Friday, January 19, 196f
7. The following scores must be submitted: (a) Ele
mentary, Secondary, Juvenile Court Classes — Commo:!
Exam and Teaching Area Exam and (b) All other area,
of Special Education Services — Only Common Exam.
8. Applicants who have taken the National Teacher
Examination within the last five years may submit thes
scores to the Personnel Office, unless they wish to up
grade their scores by retaking the test.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 14 December 4, 1967
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
Technical Track' Is Integrated
Into District's ROTC Program
Department of the Army has given to the San Fran-
1 cisco Unified School District the authority to establish
[| "Technical Track" ROTC, a new concept, that will be
integrated into the present ROTC program.
This form of ROTC offers the interested male student
ROTC credit for selected technical courses that he is
j|now pursuing in his established program. The selected
I courses must be of a type that will fit into Army specialty
technical areas such as clerical, automotive, welding,
printing, woodwork, electronics, chemical and other such
I technical courses now being taught in senior high schools.
Course Content Listed
In addition to the student taking and earning ROTC
i (credit for the technical courses mentioned above, the
[(student cadet will take a minimum of ROTC courses to
Bfulfill his ROTC requirement. The ROTC courses will
{include leadership, courtesy and discipline, drill, map
t ireading, teaching methods, rifle marksmanship, first aid
and military history among others.
The two programs are not separate but are integrated,
ljand the privileges, rank, and promotions within the
1 'Cadet Brigade are equally available to all regardless of
J whether a cadet is enrolled under the academic track or
Itechnical track ROTC.
. Main Difference Noted
The main difference is that the student cadet taking
|lthe technical track will receive a lesser amount of in-
.1 structional hours in military subjects since the majority
J of his time is devoted to technical courses as explained in
f paragraph 3. Another difference is that the technical
Jitrack student cadet will have opportunity to earn but
five credits per school year while the full time ROTC
J "academic" track cadet now earns ten credits per year.
The new program of ROTC technical track now opens
J .the door to all male students desiring ROTC but who
(heretofore could not take advantage due to their already
1 programmed courses. Now they can count that selected
technical course, take a minimum number of ROTC
H hours and receive credit for both. The Army instructors
will utilize the morning "O" period, 7:55 a.m. to 8:50
lia.m., two or three periods per week for those student
:adets who wish to include technical track ROTC in
g their present program.
" Additional Opportunity
[^ The revitalized concept offers a great opportunity for
r :he student to not only take ROTC along with his present
.chedule but earn five additional credits with little
•hange in his present program.
Student athletes will be particularly interested since
H 'his early morning program will not interfere with their
Activities and will allow them to participate in both of
hese exciting, interesting, and competitive courses, RO-
— TC and athletics.
Apprentice Programs Discussed
District assistant principals in charge of pupil personnel, head
counselors, and vocational counselors took part in a recent pro-
gram presented by the San Francisco Labor-Management Joint
Apprenticeship Committee. The subject of the meeting was a
general discussion of apprenticeable trades and allied job clusters.
Pictured are a number of the participants: (standing, left to
right) George Harter, Executive Manager, S. F. Electrical Con-
tractors; Bernard Miles, Secretary-Treasurer, Machinists JAC;
James Brooks, Consultant, Division Apprenticeship Standards;
Edward Hibbert, General Supervisor of Personnel, American Can
Co.; Gil Davidson, Area Supervisor, Area A; Al Figone, President,
Carpenters Union No. 483; (seated) Mrs. Alice Henry, Director
of Pupil Services; and Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Assistant Super-
intendent, Adult and Vocational Education.
Everett Students in Food Drive
Students at Everett Junior High School recently com-
pleted their 12th Annual Thanksgiving Box Drive in which
each homeroom decorated a box and collected nonperish-
able food items to fill it. On the final day of the drive, a
frozen turkey was added to each box, and, with the help
of the Everett Parent Teachers Association, the boxes
were distributed to deserving families of Everett students,
resulting in a happier Thanksgiving for both the givers
and receivers.
Another successful Everett activity was an "Olympic
Warm-Up" program, which featured the Everett music
department and various talented students. Everett's
theme for the year is "Olympic — brotherhood of people
and peaceful competition." Several hundred parents and
guests attended the program, which also included art-
work and displays from the school's art classes.
IN MEMORIAM
Evangeline Powell
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE CORRECTION
The November 27, 1967, issue of the Newsletter
contained a reprint of the District Grievance Pro-
cedure Policy. In part "a" under Assistant Superin-
tendent's Level (Level II) the wording should
read : "A copy of the appeal shall be furnished the
principal, who shall forward the report to the As-
sistant Superintendent." This eliminates the word
"by" from the phrase ". . . furnished by the prin-
cipal. . . ."
NEWSLETTER
December 4, 1967
Announcements
• BILL OF RIGHTS WORKSHOP
The California State Department of Education and
the San Francisco Social Studies Council will sponsor a
one-day workshop, Freedom and Responsibility — The
Bill of Rights, on Saturday, January 13, 1967, from 9:30
a.m. to 2 : 30 p.m. at City College of San Francisco.
The morning program will consist of sections devoted
to investigations of media and methods in the teaching
of Constitutional Rights. Sections will be divided by
teaching level to cover all grades, K through 14.
The afternoon program will consist of a luncheon
meeting and will feature introductory remarks by Dr.
Laurel Glass, Board of Education Commissioner and
Trustee of the Constitutional Rights Foundation. The
luncheon address will be given by Dr. Dorman Commons,
President of the California State Board of Education.
For information and reservations contact Norman
Durieux, 1390 Skyline Drive, Daly City 94015. Registra-
tion deadline is December 12.
• MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FILM
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers announces
that the 30-minute color film, What's the Tallest I Can
Grow?, about the More Effective Schools Program can
be obtained for showing to faculty and community
groups by contacting the office of the Federation, 4349
California Street, telephone 387-1000, or the San Fran-
cisco Federation of Teachers Elementary Committee
Chairman, Mrs. Constance Benz, 4421 - 19th Street,
telephone 626-1493.
• PHI DELTA KAPPA MEETING
The December meeting of the Golden Gate Field
Chapter Phi Delta Kappa will be held on Tuesday,
December 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Board of Directors
Room, Fosters Restaurant, Golden Gate Avenue and
Polk Street.
Mr. Robert H. Mendelsohn, San Francisco supervisor-
elect, will speak on the topic "A Supervisor Looks at Our
Education System."
• DEPARTMENT HEADS MEETING
The Department Heads Association of San Francisco
Senior High Schools will meet on Wednesday, December
6, in the teachers' cafeteria of Galileo High School at
2:45 p.m.
• CITY COLLEGE WINTER LECTURE SERIES
City College of San Francisco announces three winter
evening lectures as part of a series dealing with urban
problems. The lectures will begin at 8 p.m. in the Col-
lege Theater. There is no admission charge.
Monday, December 4 — Mayor-elect Joseph Alioto
will discuss "What City Hall Can Do."
Monday, December 11 — Supervisor Terry Francois
will highlight "Urban Renewal."
Monday, January 15 — Board of Education Commis-
sioner Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby will talk about "Solutions
Schools Can Provide."
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, December 5, 1967, 4:00 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
The San Francisco Association of Secondary School
Administrators (CASS A, District 6) will hold a Yule-
tide Reception in honor of all newly appointed secondary
school administrators on Friday, December 8, from 4:30
to 6 : 30 p.m. at the White Whale Restaurant.
ALEMANY ADULT SCHOOL
Upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins and with the approval of the Board of
Education the fifth adult school at 750 Eddy Street
has been officially named Alema'ny Adult School.
The facility was formerly under John Adams
Adult School and listed as John Adams Annex.
• TASF PLANS DECEMBER 11 MEETING
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will hold
a regular meeting on Monday, December 1 1, at 4 p.m. at
A. P. Giannini Junior High School.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tation Valley at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6.
Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit these to their representative prior to the meeting.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces its Second Annual Winter Fun Trip to South
Shore Lake Tahoe on January 13-14, 1968. Included are
the round trip transportation via Greyhound bus, ac-
commodations at a Stateline motel, dinner on Saturday
night and brunch on Sunday morning, shuttle service to
the casinos, and other extras. Total cost is $26.50 per
person (for twin-bedded rooms; $5 extra for single
rooms) . A $7 cash refund reduces the total cost to $19.50.
Reservations deadline is December 15. Checks should be
made payable to Stanford Education Club of San Fran-
cisco and sent to the Stanford Snow Trip, 2346 - 43rd
Avenue, San Francisco 941 16.
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•QLUME 39 «^»® DECEMBER 11, 1967 NUMBER 15
Cinema* 1967!
a jWes&age of ?|ope
• That the true spirit of Christmas will fill our hearts
and minds with good will for today and tomorrow.
• That the fear and disillusionment of these troubled
times will give way to courage and confidence.
• That we will have a renewed faith in ourselves and
in each other, and faith in the beliefs that we hold
most dear.
• That we will be ever mindful of the blessings that
are ours as free men in a free land.
•
That this will be a joyful time for you and yours with
a future filled with happiness and success.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Superintendent of Schools
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December 11, 196'
Symposium on Handicapped Set
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children will pre-
sent a symposium, Learning Disabilities — A National
Dilemma, on Friday evening, January 12, and Saturday,
January 13, at the Scottish Rite Memorial Temple, 2850
19th Avenue.
The symposium has been planned for professionals in
the field and for parents concerned with educationally
handicapped children.
Speakers and their topics during the two-day sym-
posium include the following:
Friday evening, January 12, 1968 —
7:30 p.m. — Jean E. Lukens, M.S., Coordinator of the
Perceptual Development Program, Oakland Schools,
Michigan — "A Public School Program in Action"
Saturday morning, January 13 • —
9:30 a.m. — Richard L. Masland, M.D., Director,
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blind-
ness, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
— "Children with Minimal Brain Dysfunction — A
National Problem"
10:45 a.m. — Naomi Zigmond, Ph.D., Language
Pathologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston — "Auditory and Visual
Learning Disabilities — Diagnosis and Prescription"
Saturday afternoon, January 13 —
12 noon — Luncheon — Lloyd D. Luckmann, Ll.B.,
Ed.D., Acting President, City College of San Francisco.
1 :30 p.m. — Sam D. Clements, Ph.D., Director, Na-
tional Project on Minimal Brain Dysfunction in Chil-
dren, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Wel-
fare; Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Direc-
tor, Child Guidance Study Unit, University of Arkansas
Medical Center, Little Rock — "A New Look at Learn-
ing Disabilities"
2:15 p.m. — Lester Tarnopol, Sc.D., Vice President,
California Association for Neurologically Handicapped
Children; Research Director, Delinquency Control Pro-
ject, San Francisco, U. S. Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare; City College of San Francisco —
"Learning Disabilities and Delinquency — Some Causes
and Effects"
3 p.m. — Sidney J. Adler, M.D., Chief of Staff, Chil-
dren's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California —
"The Pediatrician and Drug Therapy for Children with
Learning Disabilities"
Robert T. Elliott, Consultant, California State De-
partment of Education, Bureau for Educationally Handi-
capped and Mentally Exceptional Children, and Martin
J. Dean, Coordinator, Special Educational Services Di-
vision, SFUSD, will welcome the two sessions.
• NEW DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Mr. Martin J. Dean, Coordinator, Special Educational
Services Division, announces that the State Department
of Education has approved the establishment of a second
Development Center for Handicapped Minors. This
facility will be located at the Francis Scott Key Annex
site.
Applications Are Being Accepted
For Three Supervisor Positions
The Personnel Division announces that application:
are being accepted for three positions which have re-
cently been established and are currently vacant in th(
Special Educational Services Division. The positions anc
their requirements are as follows:
Supervisor, Psychological Services — Applicants mus
possess the doctorate or equivalent, certification as <
school psychologist in California, and a Standarc
Supervision Credential, Standard Administrative Cre
dential, or General Administrative Credential. Primar
responsibility will be the supervision of a staff of schoo
psychometrists and school psychologists and the develop
ment and expansion of psychological services for stu
dents in various and general special education programs
Supervisor, Guidance and Counseling — Applicant
must possess the doctorate or equivalent, certification a
a school counselor in California, and a Standard Super
vision Credential, Standard Administrative Credential
or a General Administrative Credential. Primary respon
sibility will be the supervision of a staff of school coun
selors and administrators and the development and ex
pansion of Pupil Personnel Functions for students in th
elementary and secondary schools.
Supervisor, Programs for Secondary Mentally Handi
capped — Applicants must possess at least the Maste
of Arts degree, certification as a teacher of the mentall
retarded in California, and a Standard Supervisio:
Credential, Standard Administrative Credential,
General Administrative Credential. Primary responsi
bility will be the supervision of teachers and departmer
heads of the Secondary Mentally Handicapped prograr
and the improvement and expansion of educational an
vocational opportunities for students of this program.
All three of these positions have been classified
Supervisor AA in accordance with the Certificated Pei
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
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NEWSLETTER
Pre-Kindergarten Centers Fill Many Needs
Four-year-old are going to school regularly today in
[seven elementary schools in the District. As part of San
[Francisco's ESEA project, financed by Federal funds, the
'first prekindergarten centers were opened in February,
'1966, in the target areas of the city. Today in twelve
llclassrooms a total of 480 children, ranging from three
I years and nine months to kindergarten age, are attending
la special program designed to help compensate for the
lidisadvantages of a culturally deprived background.
Each classroom enrolls a morning and afternoon group
Kof twenty children for a 2^ -hour session and is staffed
iwith two professional teachers, specially trained for this
Learly childhood education project. In addition, each
(class has an aide to assist the teachers, and the services
pf a nurse, doctor, social worker, speech therapist, and
■psychologist. A hot meal is served to each group, either
| breakfast or lunch.
Curriculum Emphasizes Special Needs
The prekindergarten curriculum is drawn from long-
established nursery-school practice, with emphasis on
the special needs of these children. Children are given a
maximum of individual attention and provided with a
, wide range of experiences, all with the intention of build-
ing self-confidence and stimulating cognition. Where
IjEnglish is not the home language, a variety of activities
,s offered to develop verbal skills.
Their parents, too, are continuously involved in the
i'3rekindergarten program in the hope that establishing a
j dose school-parent relationship may serve as a motivating
['actor for the remainder of the child's school career.
! Specifically, the prekindergarten daily program con-
sists of a number of carefully designed free-choice activi-
ties intermixed with appropriate teacher-directed ex-
Deriences. The room environment — which in pre-
kindergarten is the fundamental "textbook" — is
jlanned to encourage the child's participation at his
wn pace. The curriculum includes the following leam-
'ng experiences:
Creative Arts: Painting, drawing, finger painting,
>aper construction, and collage, working with crayons,
"halk, paint, brushes, scissors, paste, glue, clay, and tem-
>era in order to encourage creative expression.
• Dramatic Play: Acting out real life roles and fantasies,
itilizing such playhouse equipment as stove, refrigerator,
; ink, telephone, pots and pans, dress-up clothing and
■ nany household accessories to develop a sense of ident-
Table Toys and Games: Manipulating with a large
,iumber and variety of put-togethfr materials, building
T'ets, puzzles, and games, to teach and relate concepts of
ize, number, quantity, and sequence.
Children's Books: Making books available so children
■am their use and value and have the experience of
,Dcusing attention and being able to handle books freely.
- Nature Study: Experiencing natural phenomena di-
:ctly by introducing live animals, growing plants, food
xperimentation, aquariums, pictures and charts, and
mple science tools to satisfy and stimulate the child's
uriosity about the physical world.
Teaching Aids: Using tape recorders, phonographs,
slides, flannel boards, and cameras to reinforce the many
learning experiences.
Following periods of individual free-choice activity,
the children participate in short periods of activities in-
volving group contact and outdoor play. Here the teach-
ers introduce games, conversation, or songs which stimu-
late the use of language. Excursions in and around the
school building and out on field trips to other parts of
the city help to broaden experience with the real world.
Through these and other means the teachers encourage
the development of vocabulary and concentration, stim-
ulate intellectual growth, and attempt to overcome the
lack of experience that in the past has put these chil-
dren at such a disadvantage in the elementary grades.
Center Locations Listed
A prekindergarten center is located in the school
buildings of Commodore Stockton, Dudley Stone, Haw-
thorne, Hunters Point I, John Swett, and Raphael Weill;
another center is adjacent to John McLaren. The serv-
ice is available to children residing in the designated
poverty areas of Chinatown, Hunters Point-Bayview,
Mission, and the Western Addition. At present there are
waiting lists for nearly all the classes.
Mrs. Madelon Halpern is serving as project head of
the prekindergarten program, under the direction of
Theresa S. Mahler, Director, Children's Centers Divi-
sion.
Diamond Heights To Be Dedicated
The newest San Francisco public school. Diamond Heights Ele-
mentary School, will be officially dedicated on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 12, in special ceremonies. The facility is one of a number of
school building projects included in the 1964 School Building
Program. The school is located at 350 Amber Drive and opened
its doors for the first time this fall semester.
Formal dedication ceremonies for the new Diamond
Heights Elementary School will take place Tuesday, De-
cember 12, at 10 a.m.
The opening of the school at 350 Amber Drive on
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NEWSLETTER
December 11, 1967
Announcements
• POLY TOTS CHRISTMAS PARTY
Santa will be arriving early for the little brothers and
sisters of Polytechnic High School students. He will be in
the cafeteria on the last day of school before Christmas
vacation, December 15, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. to give the
youngsters a Poly Holiday greeting. Committees of stu-
dents are handling the party arrangements, including
invitations, publicity, decorations, entertainment and re-
freshments. The afternoon's highlight will be the opening
of the presents under the tree. The Polytechnic students
will see that each little guest begins the Holiday Season
with a happy heart.
• ELEMENTARY ADMINISTRATORS
The third general meeting of the San Francisco Ele-
mentary Administrators Association will be held Mon-
day, December 11, at 3:45 p.m. in the cafeteria of A. P.
Giannini Junior High School. All members are encour-
aged to attend.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
The San Francisco Classroom Representative Council
will meet Monday, December 11, at 4 p.m. in Nicholas
Hall of the Marines Memorial Building, 609 Sutter
Street.
. . . Diamond Heights Dedication
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September 6 marked the completion of one of the major
construction projects of the 1964 School Building Pro-
gram.
Completed at a cost of $974,900, the Diamond Heights
structure has two kindergarten rooms, 17 classrooms, a
multipurpose room, and an instructional materials cen-
ter. Myrna Graves is the acting principal and Robert
Jiminez is serving as assistant principal.
Honored guests at the ceremonies will include Mrs.
Ernest R. Lilienthal, President, Board of Education; Dr.
Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools; Dr. Don-
ald Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent, Elementary
Schools; and Mr. Wilbert Vestnys, Assistant Superin-
tendent, Buildings and Grounds.
The Diamond Heights Glee Club, August Padula di-
recting, will be featured in several selections.
. . . Applications for Supervisor Due
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sonnel Salary Schedule. The salary range is $16,850-
$19,925 and the work year is approximately 231 days.
Application for these positions must be in writing on
appropriate forms available in the Personnel Division
Office and should be returned to Milton Reiterman,
Personnel Coordinator, Personnel Division, not later
than January 22, 1968.
Interviews will be scheduled after the application has
been filed.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, December 19, 1967, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
December time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on December 15,
1967, for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time
teachers' time sheets on December 15 and part-
time teachers' time sheets on December 27 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools for December 16
through December 31 will be picked up at the
schools at 8: 30 a.m. on December 22, 1967.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in December for principals
and assistant principals is 1 1 ; the number of days
for teachers is 1 1 .
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is hereby given of the following custodia
vacancy:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Alvarado Elemen
tary School.
• PORTOLA RETIREMENT DINNER
The Portola Junior High School faculty announces
retirement dinner honoring Mrs. Frances Moore anc
Miss Alicia Unger on Friday, January 19, 1968, at thi
Presidio Officers' Club. A social hour will commence a
6:30 p.m. with dinner being served at 7 : 30 p.m.
Persons interested should make checks in the amoun
of $7.50 payable to Clarence Meltesen, Portola Junio
High School, 350 Girard Street, San Francisco 94134
Checks should be mailed before January 10, and par
ticipants are asked to indicate a steak or lobster dinne
preference. Gift contributions are invited from those un
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
JANUARY 1, 1968
NUMBER 16
Community Forums to Consider Alternatives
Report Stresses School Equality/ Quality
A number of imaginative and innovative proposals de-
signed to provide equality and quality in education for
San Francisco schools were presented by Superintendent
'Robert E. Jenkins to the Board of Education at the De-
cember 19, 1967 meeting.
The proposals were contained in a detailed report en-
titled Educational Equality / 'Quality , Report #1 . . .
'Program Alternatives.
In commenting on the report, Dr. Jenkins stressed that
, all San Franciscans should be provided an opportunity to
, discuss the alternatives for improving racial balance and
educational quality in the schools.
He proposed that in the next three months a series of
community forums be held to consider the measures, and
that representative citizens, teachers, and administrators
be asked to review, study, and evaluate them.
Recommendations to Be Made
At the conclusion of these activities, the Superintend-
ient will present his recommendations to the Board of
Education. Dr. Jenkins emphasized that decisions will
have to be made soon, and that only as a result of com-
munity response to the proposals and alternatives will
;the priorities for action by the Board and schools be
determined.
He explained that the title of the report stemmed
from his belief that it is not enough to propose measures
to improve racial balance unless the quality of education
is improved as well.
The report was submitted in response to the Board's
request that the Superintendent evaluate the alternative
plans proposed by the Stanford Research Institute, re-
gained by the Board in 1966 to determine ways in which
racial balance could be improved in the District. It was
suggested that the Superintendent and staff select ap-
proximately three of the twelve plans for further con-
sideration.
i Besides fulfilling this goal, the report also offers eight
.idditional program alternatives for educational equality
imd quality. It further establishes five components which
lave evolved from the consideration of equality and
Quality objectives, each component calling for a re-
mentation of either the roles to be filled by professionals
,n the classroom, or of the services performed by the
;chool system, or of the content and methods of the in-
structional program.
"io Comprehensive Solutions Offered
Dr. Jenkins indicated that none of the alternatives
)roposed by the Stanford Research Institute provides a
comprehensive solution to the problem of imbalance in
the San Francisco schools. The three plans chosen for
consideration and further study involve all the major
alternatives the Institute analyzed. They have their
strengths and weaknesses which must be considered
carefully.
The first (B-3) would revise attendance boundaries
and would bus 2,270 elementary and 3,840 secondary
students. It would not improve racial balance to any
significant extent.
The second (C-3) would reorganize elementary schools
as K-l-2-3 or K-4-5-6, would revive attendance bound-
aries, and would bus 2,770 elementary and 3,640 second-
ary students. It would result in a fair increase in racial
balance.
The third (D-2) would reorganize elementary schools
as K-l-2-3 or K-4-5-6, would combine into pairs some
with extreme imbalance, would bus 6,930 elementary
and 8,440 secondary students, would make Lowell a
comprehensive high school, would close Polytechnic, and
would make Benjamin Franklin the academic high
school. It would result in a good increase in racial bal-
ance, but involves extensive busing and high costs.
Eight Innovative Approaches
The eight innovative approaches to improve quality
and extend integrated experiences which go beyond the
specific SRI studies on racial imbalance as outlined by
the Superintendent include the following:
1. All-Year Outdoor Education Program — Students
in the fifth and sixth grades would spend a school week
in a camp outside the city. They would experience learn-
ing opportunities in such areas as astronomy, geology,
meteorology, plants and animals, conservation, marine
biology, map and compass, personal hygiene, social liv-
ing, arts and crafts, music, and outdoor recreation. Each
field experience would be preceded and followed by a
reading, language, and mathematics lesson directly re-
lated to the child's experiences. Social contacts would
involve children of various races and from many neigh-
borhoods.
2. Outdoor Science Resource Center — This facility
would be located in an outdoor area of the city. It would
provide an opportunity for students from various schools
to participate on a daily basis in intensive science instruc-
tion which would include the newest techniques and pro-
cedures in the life sciences and physical sciences. It
would also provide for in-service training of elementary
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NEWSLETTER
January 1, 1968
. . . Alternative Plans Proposed
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teachers who could observe and participate in exemplary
science programs for elementary children.
3. High School Resource Centers — Each compre-
hensive high school in the city could serve as a Resource
Center for an exemplary, in-depth educational program
in an academic, pre-technical or fine arts area. The
Center in each school would provide unique opportuni-
ties for students from any area in the School District to
take regular courses in their resident high schools and
to elect to attend resource centers for two hours a day.
An exchange student program would make it possible
for students to attend the high school or Resource Center
of his choice on a full-time basis. The designated high
schools would offer a particular curriculum not avail-
able in any other school.
4. Supplementary Educational Center — This Center
would provide a common teaching-learning facility
which could be used by all elementary pupils of the Dis-
trict. It would offer in-depth and extended learning
through media that are not available in established
schools, in museums, or permanent exhibits, or by way
of television or radio. The Center would include a variety
of technical, scientific, cultural and civic displays, and
would have large conference rooms where resource lead-
ers from the community could meet with students.
5. A "Garden School" Complex — In connection
with current planning for redevelopment of a large tract
in the Hunters Point area, the proposal has been made
by the Director of Redevelopment that the District par-
ticipate actively in rehabilitation of the area as an inte-
grated neighborhood through the building of an attrac-
tive, innovative "Garden School" complex as well as
another elementary or junior high school. The complex
of buildings would serve various functions such as child
care, nursery school, elementary instruction from K
through sixth grade, teacher training and counseling,
and adult education and community service during after-
school hours and evenings, including a community cre-
ative arts program.
6. The Exemplary Model School — Such a school
should reflect total educational planning for the most
effective combination of promising and proven educa-
tional innovations. It could include an ungraded instruc-
tional program with team teaching, large group-small
group instruction and independent study, multi-media
resources with new technological aids, and learning re-
source centers. The new Bayview Elementary School is
already in the planning stage with a school-community
committee and State Department consultants working
with District staff on plans for an exemplary model
school. This will be a malleable, flexible building de-
signed to serve an innovative educational program when
it opens.
7. An Educational Complex in the Southeast Area —
A large area in the southeast corner of the city offers
the opportunity to develop an educational complex in-
corporating some of the features included in the Educa-
tional Park concept. The four-square-mile section en-
compasses Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, Bayview,
McLaren Park, Bret Harte, Sunnydale, Portola, and
Silver Terrace. There are 21 public school buildings
situated in this compact area, with two additional build-
ings nearly ready to go out for construction bids. The
completion of these buildings in about two years would
provide the additional school housing required for the
reassignment of students to effect better racial balance.
8. Educational Park — This concept provides large,
modern flexible facilities which provide opportunities for
the use of a wealth of innovative techniques, with a con-
centration of students in each grade level at elementary
and/or secondary levels. The Educational Park can
draw students from many areas, thereby providing op-
portunities for the student population to include various
ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The
District is currently negotiating for the acquisition of a
portion of the Army property at Fort Mason. An area
consisting of 35.2 acres was requested in the District's
application, with highest priority being placed on a 16.5
acre parcel at the southwest corner. Galileo High and
Marina Junior High are in close proximity, and thel
Galileo-Marina-Fort Mason complex would be a protO'
type for others in San Francisco, a teaching and re
search laboratory, and a demonstration of the possibili
ties for school integration in this city.
Selected Component's for Quality Education
In addition to recommending the three SRI alterna
tives and suggesting the eight innovative approache:
summarized above, Dr. Jenkins listed five component:
for increased quality of education to stimulate furthej
community and school analysis and evaluation.
The components are related to two fundamental con
siderations: Availability (How much time must be al
lowed before the component could be effective in
school or classroom?) and Resource Requirement;
(What types of investments are called for in order t(
implement the component?)
The five components and some of the examples of eacl
follow:
1. Personnel Roles and Responsibilities — increase!
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 16
January 1, 1968 !
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, President
Edward Kemmitt, Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
January 1, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Superintendent, Board Discuss Class Size
The subject of class size was reviewed by Superintend-
;nt Robert E. Jenkins and the seven members of the
Board of Education in the first of a series of proposed
alanning sessions in which the Board met as a commit-
tee of the whole on December 13, 1967.
This first planning meeting in an informal setting
jave the Superintendent and the Board an opportunity
:o discuss all aspects of the topic. No action on the mat-
ter was taken by the Board, and Dr. Jenkins will review
;he various proposals presented in the Class Size Report
iind will make his own recommendations later.
At the opening of the meeting Superintendent Jenkins
lummarized the proposals in the report and indicated
hat there were several important points to be made in
'elation to the reduction of class size.
Vital Points Listed
■ They included: 1.) reduction of class size must be ac-
■ompanied by a strengthening of quality education; 2.)
'eduction of class size must increase individualized in-
truction and creativity in the classroom; 3.) reduced
■■lass size must be related to new staffing problems in-
volving small, medium, and large sized groups; and 4.)
educed class size and staffing pattern should reflect a
areful use of a balanced budget.
Present District policy does not specify class sizes. It
issigns teachers to schools on the basis of the number of
mpils enrolled. At the elementary level one teacher is
Allotted for each 27 kindergartners, one for each 26
irst-graders, one for each 31 second and third graders,
nd one for each 34 fourth, fifth, and sixth-graders.
' The School District presently allots a teacher for
very 27 students in junior high schools of 1,099 students
t less and a teacher for every 29 students in the larger
chools. At the high school level a teacher is provided
,or every 29 students in high schools over 1,500 and for
very 27 students in schools under this figure.
Vide Cost Range
The Class Size Report presented to the Board contains
Toposals to reduce class size that would range in cost
ram $1,025,000 to over $19,000,000. The least expensive
if the plans would add 121 teachers, while the most
xpensive would add 1,488 staff members, including
)me administrative and supporting personnel.
Since a tax increase of approximately 5 cents is re-
uired to raise $1,000,000, the plans submitted would
wolve tax increases ranging from about five cents to
bout 99 cents.
The proposals considered by the Board were submit-
:d by four advisors to the Board's Curriculum Com-
littee. They included Mrs. Florence Rawson Cohen,
[ead of the English Department at Balboa High; J.
l/esley Huss, a certified public accountant; Dr. Bernard
1. McKenna, Associate Dean of the School of Educa-
on, San Francisco State College; and Donald G. Moss,
:acher at West Portal Elementary School.
ther Reports Submitted
In addition, reports were submitted by the San Fran-
sco Federation of Teachers, the San Francisco Class-
ram Teachers Association, the San Francisco Elemen-
tary Administrators Association, and Dr. Lewis Allbee,
Assistant Superintendent for Senior High Schools.
Mrs. Cohen recommended adoption of the plan put
forth by Dr. Allbee. It pertains solely to high schools
and would add 121 teachers, ranging in cost from $1,-
025,000 in the first year to $1,476,000.
It calls for class sizes based on subject matter and in-
cludes recommendations for some 20 kinds of classes.
Among other suggestions, it proposes a range of 25-30
students for classes in English, social studies, mathe-
matics, foreign languages, science, art, and business.
Ratio Plan Suggested
The most expensive plan was proposed by Dr. McKen-
na. His plan proposes a ratio of 60 professional persons,
mostly teachers but including administrators and sup-
porting staff, for every 1,000 pupils. This would add
1,488 staff members to the District; the present District
ratio on this basis is about 44 per 1,000 students. The
cost is an estimated $19,635,000.
He also proposed an alternate plan that would add 841
teachers so that no classroom would be larger than 25
pupils and no classroom in kindergarten through third
grade would be larger than 22. This alternate proposal
would cost $6,846,000 the first year, when teachers were
paid beginning salaries, and $11,056,000 in two or three
years as teachers moved up the scale.
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers recom-
mended a plan that would add 765 teachers. It would
range in cost the first year from $6,276,000 to $8,923,000
when the teachers drew average salaries. The plan
recommends a maximum class size of 25 pupils in kin-
dergarten and first grade, 28 in second and third grades,
and 32 in grades four through six.
Achievement Factor Considered
In schools where half the pupils were achieving one
year or less below their grade level, the classes would be
smaller with no more than 20 in kindergarten and first
grade and not more than 25 in second through sixth
grades. For secondary schools the recommendation was
for class sizes based on the subject matter taught.
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association plan
would add 1,007 teachers at a beginning cost of $8,213,-
000 with a later average cost of $11,651,000. It recom-
mends maximum class sizes of 18 in kindergarten, 24 in
first and second grades, 25 in third grade, and 30 in
fourth through sixth grades.
It recommends special sizes for schools with a high
percentage of culturally disadvantaged students. In "poor
achiever" schools the maximums would range from five
to six pupils less per classroom. In secondary schools the
maximums would be 30 in junior high and 35 in senior
high. A limit of 24 in junior high and 28 in senior high
"poor achiever" schools would be set.
Elementary Adminstrators' Plan
The San Francisco Elementary Administrators Asso-
ciation's plan was for elementary schools only and would
add 358 teachers and range in cost from $2,875,000 to
$4,049,000. This plan would limit kindergarten and
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NEWSLETTER
January 1, 1968
Announcements
• COACHES' MEETING
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold a general meeting
on Monday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Room B-4 of
Abraham Lincoln High School.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS MEETING
The Department Heads Association of San Francisco
Senior High Schools will meet on Wednesday, January 3,
at George Washington High School at 2 : 45 p.m.
DR. JENKINS ON 'ENCOUNTER' PROGRAM
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools,
will be the featured guest on the KPIX, Channel 5,
program Encounter on Sunday morning, January 7.
The program will be shown at 9 a.m.
. . . Innovations for District Schools
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number of professionals, team teaching, special associate
of assistant teachers, teacher aides, teacher planning
time, instructional exchange between schools, continuous
professional growth — carefully planned in-service pro-
grams and techniques.
2. Student Grouping and Time for Instruction — un-
graded instructional program, large group, small group,
and independent study, flexible and modular schedu-
ling, comprehensive pre-school program, year-round
school.
3. Program Content and Design — joint planning
with universities and colleges, and industry and business,
stress on inquiry — search for truth through inquiry,
provision for continuous progress — in accordance with
needs and abilities, wide availability of instructional
materials, learning aids, and supplies, individualized
programs for culturally diverse, gifted, physically and
mentally handicapped.
4. Information Presentation and Storage — instruc-
tional materials centers, closed circuit television, com-
putor assisted instruction.
5. Expanded Supporting Services — remedial labora-
tories, comprehensive health facilities in selected loca-
tions, instructional consultants and planning services,
auxiliary professional assistance, psychologists, social
workers, school-community teachers, etc., full counseling
and guidance.
. . . Class Size Plans Reviewed
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first-grade classes to 20 pupils, second and third grades
to 25, and fourth to sixth grades to 30 pupils.
Mr. Huss and Mr. Moss did not recommend specific
maximums or minimums in their reports to the Board.
It was noted at the meeting that if the present formu-
las of the District were reduced by one pupil, it would
fequirc 142 additional teachers at a cost of from $1,155,-
000 to $1,637,000, depending on salaries of the teachers.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, January 2, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• SUPERVISOR APPLICATIONS DUE
The Personnel Division announces that applications are
being accepted for a newly created position of Super-
visor, Division of Fiscal Control.
Applicants must possess the administrative or super-
visory credential, or assurance must be given of comple-.
tion of necessary work to secure such a credential within
a reasonable time.
Under administrative direction, a Supervisor is respon-
sible for a group of sections of the Division of Fiscal Con
trol. These sections deal with payroll, budget preparation
budget control, general and subsidiary ledgers, federa
and state specially funded programs, state and federa
reports, revenues and billings, construction projects, in
surance, data processing, school cafeterias, and studen
body audits.
The position will be classified as Supervisor AA ir
accordance with the Salary Schedule. The salary range
is from $16,850 to $19,925 in four increments. The worn
year is 1 1 months or 23 1 days.
Applications for this position must be in writing or
appropriate forms available in the Office of Personne
and returned to Mr. Milton Reiterman, Personnel Co-
ordinator, Personnel Division, not later than January 15,
1968. Interviews will be scheduled in the following weeksi
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial va<
cancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Francis Scott Ke'
Elementary, Lafayette Elementary, and City Colleg
(nights).
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Representativ
Council will meet Monday, January 8, at 4 p.m. i| )
Nicholas Hall of the Marines Memorial Building, 60i
Sutter Street.
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VOLUME 39
JANUARY 8, 1968
NUMBER 17
EDP Learning Laboratory Project
Lockheed Co., District Join in Program
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced that
the Lockheed Missile and Space Company of Sunnyvale
will join with the School District in a bold new project
to introduce the world of the computer to a group of
students at Pelton Junior High School.
The EDP Learning Laboratory Project will start in
the spring term and will continue through six to eight
weeks of the summer, involving some 28 low and high
^nine boys and girls. (EDP stands for Electronic Data
^Processing and also for Education to Develop Perform-
ance. )
The proposed program is designed to signficantly up-
grade (as much as two years) the reading and mathe-
matics skills of ninth grade pupils who, in addition to
qualifying for Senate Bill 28 program support, are also
clearly identifiable as strong potential school dropouts.
Restructure School Environment
The program will restructure completely the operating
school environment by placing students in a computer
or computer-simulated environment where the emphasis
on reading and mathematics is totally instrumental; that
is, reading and mathematics will be treated as essential
tools for solving problems that are all relevant to work-
ing effectively and professionally with electronic data
processing equipment and procedures. This equipment
Will be moved into the Pelton building and a laboratory
;et up.
The EDP Program will make students continually
ware of the close match of school-acquired skills with
occupational skill requirements and will give the stu-
dents those skills that have been identified as critical for
' iuccessful in-school performance.
Such activities as receiving and responding to verbal
' nstructions, interpreting written assignments, and struc-
:uring data to satisfy adult requirements are common to
he role of the student and the world of work. The
' ..earning Laboratory Program will bring students to the
• joint where they see the relationship of the roles and
respond positively to them.
leading and Mathematics Skills
The curriculum of the EDP Program will relate read-
ng and mathematics skills that are measurable through
he use of standardized tests to meaningful performance
>y the student in the world of the computer. The student
vill acquire proficiency in the following occupational
.reas: programming, coding, board wiring, keypunching,
nd computer operations.
The traditional role of the teacher will be altered by
the Learning Laboratory Program. Instruction will be
through individual student activities in the main. Spe-
cialists in electronic data processing from the Lockheed
Missiles and Space Company will function at team ad-
visors, as professionals from whom the students will ac-
quire information in give-and-take situations.
The teacher's role will be one of relating the Labora-
tory objectives to the on-going school program. The
development of in-service training is an important part
of the total program. This will be accomplished through
the use of video taping and gaming/simulation tech-
niques that will bring the teacher new understandings of
the student population being involved in the laboratory
and new skills for dealing effectively with this student
population.
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Superintendent Calls Jan. 17
Meeting of Certificated Staff
In addition to the nine community forums being
planned for the end of January to review and dis-
cuss the Superintendent's Report titled, Educational
Equality /Quality, Report No. 1 . . . Program
Alternatives, Dr. Robert E. Jenkins is calling a
meeting of the entire San Francisco Unified School
District certificated personnel (except City College)
for 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 1968 at
the Masonic Auditorium.
At this meeting Superintendent Jenkins will pre-
sent his report to the teachers and administrators
so that each one will be fully informed. All certifi-
cated regular personnel, including full time adult
teachers, are expected to attend this meeting.
Wednesday, January 17, 1968 will be declared a
minimum day. This will provide time for teachers
and administrators to reach the Masonic Auditor-
ium located at California and Taylor Streets. It is
suggested that teachers plan to use car pools to
avoid parking problems. The meeting will be com-
pleted by 3 : 15 p.m. at the latest.
City College faculty members will attend an In-
stitute Meeting at the college on February 1, 1968
at 11 a.m., when Dr. Jenkins will present his report
to them.
NEWSLETTER
January 8, 1968 I
Tutoring Services Are Available
Community Study Centers in Operation
Study Centers sponsored by community groups are
now in operation in various parts of the city. Volunteer
assistants come from San Francisco State College, the
University of San Francisco, San Francisco College for
Women, City College of San Francisco, and from many
community groups.
Study Centers have facilities and staff to provide indi-
vidual and small group tutoring and a place for young-
sters to study. Some Study Centers have reference librar-
ies for students to use, and in some centers, the staff pro-
vides additional cultural experiences for students.
Information about known study centers and the serv-
ices being offered in each appear below:
WESTERN ADDITION
Booker T. Washington Community Center
800 Presidio Avenue, Phone 921-4757
Miss Toshi Koba or Miss Sandra Wechler
Study Center, Elementary Children
Open: Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Tutoring in the home also available
Y.M.C.A. — 1530 Buchanan Street
Study Center, Elementary Children
Open: Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Family Service Agency — 1010 Cough Street
Tutorial Program, Elementary Children
Open: Monday & Wednesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Additional information: Mr. Husbands
Phone 771-5875 (after 4:00 p.m.)
Holy Cross Church— 1818 Eddy Street
Study Center, Mon. & Wed., 3:15-5:00 p.m. (Grades 1 thru 6)
Tuesday, 7:15-9:15 p.m. and by appointment (Grades 7 thru 12)
Reverend Francis T- Curran, S.J., Phone JO 7-2800
Holy Cross Study Hall, 1818 Eddy Street
Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Junior High and High School
Will not operate in January. Transportation provided if needed;
also, individual tutors available.
Pete Byram, Phone 751-4900
Y.W.C.A. — 1830 Sutter Street
Wednesday, 3:00-6:00 p.m., Elementary Children
Thursday, 3:00-6:00 p.m., Junior High School
Mrs. Alberzine Freeman, Phone 921-3814
San Francisco Venture — 584 Page Street
Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Grades 1-3
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Grades 4-6
Louis Sloss, Phone 626-6776
First and St. John's Methodist Church Tutorial Center
Charles Yve
474-6219
1600 Clay Street
Monday — 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. All grade levels.
Wednesday — 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. All grade levels.
SOUTH OF MARKET
Canon Kip Community House — 8th & Natoma Streets
Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3rd Grade thru High School
Mr. T. H. Lugone, Phone 861-6803
POTRERO HILL
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House — 953 De Haro Street
Monday thru Friday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Elementary School
Mr. Sanchez, Phone 647-0885
VISITACION VALLEY
Visitacion Valley Community Center — 50 Raymond Avenue
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1st thru 3rd Grade
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 4th thru 6th Grade
Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1st thru 3rd Grade
GailDobie, Phone TU 5-1735 or 585-6714
CHINATOWN-NORTH BEACH
Chinatown-North Beach Tutorial Program — 965 Clay Street
Phone 392-6130, 982-3922
Miss Shirley Sun, Coordinator, Phone 392-7691
Tutoring takes place at YWCA, 965 Clay Street;
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood House, 660 Lombard;
and First Methodist Church, 1600 Clay
Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday
4:00-6:00 p.m., 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Cameron House — 920 Sacramento Street
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00/7:30-9:00 p.m., Grade School
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00/7:30-9:00 p.m., Grade School
Mr. Bennett Tom, Phone 781-0401
OCEAN VIEW, MERCED HEIGHTS, INGLESIDE
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & STABILIZATION
PROJECT
Ingleside United Presbyterian Church — 1345 Ocean Avenue
Phone 587-4472
Wednesday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Elementary Children
Deborah Schafer, Phone 585-7808
St. Francis Tutorial Service — 399 San Fernando Way,
Phone 334-1590
Monday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Elementary Children
Cindy Harris, Phone 387-4639
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., El_ementaxy_ Children . m
Mrs. Lloyd Baumann, Phone 334-6694
Person in Charge: Mark L. Walters, Phone 584-8188
St. Michael's School — 55 Farallones Street, Phone 585-4781
Tuesday, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Grades 1-5
Mrs. Kathy McAvoy, Phone 661-9272
Wright Chapel A.M.E. — 627 Capitol Avenue, Phone 584-1346
Monday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Grades 3 and 4
Linda Grady or Sue Wright
Phone BA 1-3488 or BA 1-2722
James Denman Jr. High School — 241 Oneida, Phone 333-1619
Tuesday, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Grades L7-H9
Mrs. Linda Tompkins, Phone MO 4-3204
Lick-Wilmerding Center — 755 Ocean Avenue, Phone 333-4021
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00, Grades 4-6
Judith Kowalski, Phone 751-9986
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church — 199 Farallones Street,
Phone 584-7776
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Grades 4-6
Mrs. Edna Pratt, Phone 587-3207
Valencia Gardens — 255 Guerrero #172, Phone MA 1-4899
Monday thru Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m., 6-12 years
Adriana Gross, Phone 922-5956
Crafts and Recreation — 1345 Ocean Avenue
(Ingleside Presbyterian Chuiich)
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A program for children 7-14 years of age
Golden West Y.M.C.A. — 333 Eucalyptus Drive,
Phone 731-1900
Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Seventh Grade
Patricia Calabrese, Phone 992-9048
Sharlene Urakawa, Phone 681-2264
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 17
January 8, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kcmmitt, President
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Alan II. Nichols
Reynold II. Colvin Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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January 8, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Board Elects Kemmitt, Dr. Glass
To Serve As Officers for 1968
Commissioner Ed-
ward Kemmitt was
elected to the posi-
tion of President of
the Board of Educa-
tion on January 2,
1968. Mr. Kemmitt
is serving his second
five-year term on the
Board, having first
taken office in 1961.
He is an official of
the San Francisco
Labor Council and
Secretary - Treasurer
of Local 24 of the
American Bakery and
Confectionery Work-
ers International Union. Mr. Kemmitt served as Board
Vice President in 1967 and as President in 1963.
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Commissioner Dr.
Laurel E. Glass was
..,-,. elected to serve as
Vice President of the
Board of Education
Ifor 1968 at the Janu-
j, ary 2 meeting. Dr.
31ass is serving her
"'■ ;econd year as a
Soard member, hav-
ing taken office in
fanuary 1967. She is
m associate professor
)f anatomy at the
Jniversity of Califor-
lia Medical School.
5r. Glass is active in
i number of profes-
ional, educational, and civic organizations
Dr. Laurel E. Glass
► DATA PROCESSING AWARD
Francisco P. Nardi, teacher-at-large coordinating the
unior High Division in the Data Processing Program,
as received a Certificate in Data Processing award from
le Data Processing Management Association. The award
• issued for achievement on a nation-wide examination.
i DR. JENKINS ON KQED
1 Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins will appear on two
-QED, Channel 9, shows during January. He will be
matured on the Point of View program on Tuesday,
anuary 9, at 7 p.m. This show will be repeated Wednes-
ay, January 10, at 4 p.m.
Dr. Jenkins will also be seen on Profile Bay Area on
hursday, January 18, at 9 p.m. This program will be
peated Sunday, January 21, at 6 p.m.
March of Dimes Drive To Start
San Francisco school
children, protected from
polio through the vac-
cines developed with
March of Dimes funds,
will have a chance to con-
tribute to the health
agency's fight against
birth defects next week.
The annual "March of
Dimes School Day" has
been proclaimed by Su-
perintendent Robert E.
Jenkins for next Tuesday, January 16. Contribution en-
velopes will be distributed by teachers, and returned by
pupils the next day for processing by PTA unit presi-
dents in each school.
High school donation envelopes point out that today's
odds that a child will be born normal and healthy are
still only 15 to 1 in the United States, adding up to a
quarter-million American babies born damaged in body
or mind every year.
Since the March of Dimes entered the fight against
birth defects in 1958, a nationwide network of children's
Birth Defects Centers has grown from two to 100 coast-
to-coast. More than 700 children are diagnosed and
treated every year at the local Birth Defects Center in
Children's Hospital.
School children will have their first chance to aid the
March of Dimes this week, when they will deliver
Mothers' March recruitment envelopes to their homes
and return them signed the following day. Mrs. Alfred
Piana, junior past president of the Second District PTA,
is general chairman for the annual Mothers' March on
January 29-30. Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, president of
Second District PTA is co-chairman, with Mrs. John Y.
Chin, Catholic PTA Groups president.
• TEACHER'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Philip Montesano, teacher at James Denman Junior
High School, is the author of an article appearing in the
current November-December issue of Urban West, en-
titled "Social and Cultural Life of the Negro Community
in San Francisco in the Early 1860's."
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
Sabbatical Leave in the fall of 1968 are reminded
that requests are due in the Personnel Service Divi-
sion prior to March 1, 1968. The State law requires
a minimum of seven years of teaching in the Dis-
trict following appointment or last Sabbatical
Leave, whichever is more recent. The regulations
of the Board of Education also limit the number of
such leaves to not more than two percent of the
certificated staff of the District. Many more eligible
members apply than the two percent factor will
allow, and a list will be created after March 1,
1968, on the basis of the seniority factors men-
tioned above.
NEWSLETTER
Jamiirv 8 IS."8
Announcements
• FEDERATION MEETING
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers will hold
its regular monthly membership meeting on Monday,
January 8, at 4 p.m. in the Lowell High School cafeteria.
The Executive Board will make important recommenda-
tions to the membership. Members are asked to take note
of the change in time from 7 : 30 to 4 p.m.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Sutro Elementary,
Polytechnic High, Galileo Adult at Marina (nights).
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Marshall Annex
and Junipero Scrra Elementary.
• ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
The San Francisco Branch of the Association for
Childhood Education (ACE) announces that a meeting
will be held on Monday, January 15, 1968, at Columbus
School at 3:45 p.m. All members are encouraged to at-
tend. Refreshments will be served.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Representative
Council will meet Monday, January 15 at 4 p.m. in
Nicholas Hall of the Marines Memorial Building, 609
Sutter Street.
• DR. GOOSBY TO SPEAK AT CITY COLLEGE
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby, Board of Education Commis-
sioner, will be the final speaker on the Problems of City
Living Winter Evening Lecture Series sponsored by the
Associated Students of City College. He will speak in
the College Theatre at 8 p.m.. on Monday, January 15
on the subject "What the Schools Can Do."
. . . EDP Learning Laboratory Project
(Continued from Page 1 )
One of the fascinating aspects of the program is the
degree of involvement of the parents. They will be en-
couraged to come to school and use the machines with
their children. They will be able to see their child's
progress as each student will be video-taped as he pro-
gresses through the program. They will be encouraged
to go on extended field trips for three or four days at a
time to computer centers with their children.
The program will be carefully evaluated according to
Dr. Jenkins, who has expressed his gratification at this
close cooperation between industry and the schools in
such a project. This teaming together with industry to
provide a meaningful curriculum, innovative in-service
training, and direct community involvement offers a
unique, comprehensive approach to the task of improv-
ing reading and mathematics skills.
Coordinating the program for the District are Dr.
Myron Moskowitz, Pelton Junior High School principal,
and William P. Keesey, Project Director. The program
is being funded through Senate Bill 28 provisions.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, January 16, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• RETIREMENT MEETING
The California Teachers Association, Bay Section, is
planning its Ninth Annual Retirement Meeting for mem-
bers expecting to retire within the next three years. The
meeting will be held at Mills High School, 400 Murchi
son Drive, Millbrae, on Saturday, January 20, 1968, from
9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
The primary purpose is to explain the Retirement Law
and retirement procedures. Interested members are asked
to write for admission tickets which are available at the
CTA Bay Section office, 1845 Magnolia Avenue, Burlin-
game 94010.
A discussion of Medicare will be included in the pro-
gram. A question and answer period will follow the
initial presentation.
• 'YOUTH AND BUSINESS' PROGRAM
Mr. Arnold Jacobson, District Head, Vocational Busi-
ness Education Project, and three senior high school
business education students will appear on the Sunday.
January 14, Editors Forum program on KTVU-TV,
Channel 2, at 1 p.m. The program will explore the atti-
tudes of students to business today and the District's!
occupational preparation programs for business careers'
The program's subject is "Youth and Business."
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEE
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 3C
p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, in Room 10, Centra!
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• TASF TO HOLD MEETING
The Teachers Association of San Francisco (TASF!
will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday, January 15, at A. Pi
Giannini Junior High School, 39th Avenue and Orteg;!
Street.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
JANUARY 15, 1968
NUMBER 18
January 25, 29, 31 Selected
Nine Community Forums to Discuss Report
' Superintendent of Schools Robert E. Jenkins has an-
nounced that nine Community Forums will be held to
discuss his report titled Educational Equality /Quality,
' Report #1 . . . Program Alternatives which was presented
to the Board of Education on December 19, 1967.
Three forums will be held on each of three dates.
Meetings will be held at Abraham Lincoln High School
v (2162 - 24th Avenue), Galileo High School (1150 Fran-
. :isco Street off Van Ness) and Patrick Henry Elemen-
j :ary School (693 Vermont Street between 18th and 19th
j- streets) on Thursday, January 25, 1968.
.J On Monday, January 29, 1968, three meetings will be
. leld at Woodrow Wilson High School (400 Mansell
r Street), Mission High School (3750- 18th Street), and
it Balboa High School ( 1000 Cayuga Avenue) .
. The last series of meetings will be at George Washing-
|[ (on High School (600 - 32nd Avenue), Benjamin Frank-
i. :in Junior High School ( 1430 Scott Street near Geary) ,
J ;ind at Herbert Hoover Junior High School (2290 - 14th
■Vvenue) on Wednesday, January 31, 1968.
Meetings To Start at 7:30 p.m.
All meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. and will close at
\j ipproximately 10 p.m. Copies of the Report will be avail-
j able to each person attending.
J , It is the hope of Superintendent Jenkins to do three
hings at the Community Forums: 1.) acquaint those
vho attend with the contents of the Report, 2.) have a
luestion and answer period of some 30 minutes with
questions to be submitted on cards, and 3.) scan the
range of thinking of those attending by having two or
three minute responses from the floor. The meetings will
be recorded for future reference and planning.
At each meeting a team representing District divisional
levels will make the presentation and provide answers to
questions. Each meeting will have a moderator in charge.
Making the presentation at Patrick Henry, George
Washington, and Balboa will be Dr. Donald A. Rhodes,
Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools. His
team will include Dr. Lane De Lara (Principal of Fran-
cisco Junior High School), Miss lone Mathisen (teacher
at Galileo High), and Dr. Mary McCarthy (Supervisor,
Elementary Division).
Team Assignments Listed
The team at Galileo and Herbert Hoover will be led
by Dr. Lewis Allbee, Assistant Superintendent for Senior
High Schools. Assisting him will be Dr. William Cobb
(Assistant Superintendent for Human Relations), Dr.
George Karonsky (Supervisor, Junior High Schools) , and
Mrs. Evelyn Draper (teacher at Alvarado Elementary).
Speaking at Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson
will be Mr. James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent for
Junior High Schools. His team will include Mr. James
Kearney (Supervisor, Senior High Schools), Mrs. Doro-
thy Vukota (Supervisor, Elementary Division), and Mr.
Kelly Husbands (Community Teacher) .
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Certificated Personnel To
In advance of the nine community forums listed
above for the end of January to review and discuss
the Superintendent's Report titled Educational
Equality/ Quality, Report No. 1 . . . Program
Alternatives, Dr. Robert E. Jenkins is calling a
general faculty meeting of the entire San Francisco
Unified School District certificated personnel for
2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 1968, at the
Masonic Memorial Temple.
Wednesday, January 17, 1968, will be a mini-
mum day. This will provide time for teachers and
administrators to reach the Masonic Memorial
Temple located at California and Taylor Streets.
It is suggested that teachers plan to use car pools
to avoid parking problems. The meeting will be
completed by 3 : 15 p.m. at the latest.
Attend General Faculty Meeting
The Municipal Railway is providing additional
service for transportation to the Masonic Memorial
Temple. Additional buses or cable cars will be made
available on California Street heading east from
Van Ness Avenue and also on California Street
heading west from Market Street.
At this meeting Superintendent Jenkins will pre-
sent his report to the teachers and administrators
so that each one will be fully informed. All certifi-
cated regular personnel, including full time adult
teachers, are expected to attend this meeting.
City College faculty members will attend an
Institute Meeting at the college on February 1,
1968, at 11 a.m., when Dr. Jenkins will present his
Report to them.
NEWSLETTER
January 15, 1968
Mrs. Lilienthal, Dr. Goosby Begin New Five-Year Terms on Board
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby and Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal were administered the oath of office as Board of Education Commissioners in thtj
offices of Mayor John F. Shelley' by Superior Court Judge Alvin E. Weinberger. Mrs. Lilienthal began her third five-year term thi:
month. Dr. Goosby started his first full five-year term, having been appointed to the Board in May, 1967 to complete the unexpirec
term of James Stratton. Pictured above (left to right) are Mayor Shelley, Dr. Goosby, Mrs. Lilienthal, Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins
and Judge Weinberger.
Program Explores 'Brain Damage'
"Who are the 'Brain-Damaged?' " is the question
which will be explored by a panel of distinguished medi-
cal investigators on the Sunday, January 21, Doctors
News Conference program at 5:30 p.m. on KTVU,
Channel 2.
Three physicians active in the research and diagnostic
programs of the United Cerebral Palsy Association will
discuss the problems of identifying, educating, and caring
for "brain-damaged" children. The panel will be ques-
tioned by a group of science writers on such problems as
the learning and behavior difficulties associated with
cerebral palsy, and the educational methods and medi-
eal management which can improve- the functioning of
the cerebral palsied child.
JANUARY TIME SHEET PICK-UP
January time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on January 26, 1968,
for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and
part-time teachers' time sheets on January 26 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for January 16 through
January 31 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on January 24, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in January for principals
and assistant principals is 22; the number of days
for teachers is 21.
C:
1 Cent Stamps in Supply
New Postal Rates Go Into Effect
Effective January 7, 1968, the change in postal rate*
for First Class and Air Mail is as follows: First Clasl
envelopes, 6 cents; Post Cards, 5 cents; and Air Mai i
envelopes, 10 cents.
The Division of Supplies has on hand a sufficient quan!
tity of the 1 cent stamps for use with the existing 5 cen|
stamps in the schools for First Class letter mailings.
Schools desiring postage stamps to fulfill the new postj
age rates may submit a general requisition to the Divisioi '
of Supplies.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 18
January 15, 1958
135 Van Ne.ss Avenue. San Franr-iVo. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
Application Deadline Date for
Supervisor Positions Extended
The Personnel Service Division announces that the
closing date for filing applications for three new super-
visor positions in the Special Educational Services Divi-
sion has been extended to March 15, 1968. The closing
date had been announced as January 22. In addition,
there have been some revisions in job specifications. The
positions and their requirements are now as follows:
Supervisor, Psychological Services — Applicants must
possess the doctorate or equivalent, must be able to re-
ceive certification as a school psychologist in California,
and must possess a Standard Supervision Credential,
Standard Administrative Credential, or General Admin-
istrative Credential. Primary responsibility will be to
supervise a staff of school psychometrists and school
psychologists and the development and expansion of
psychological services for students in various general and
special education programs.
Supervisor, Guidance and Counseling — Applicants
1 1 'must possess the M.A. degree and additional college
,':. .work, have a minimum of five years or more of experi-
ence in guidance and counseling programs, have re-
— lated administrative experience, must be able to receive
certification as a school counselor in California, and
must possess a Standard Supervision Credential, Stan-
J. jdard Administrative Credential, or General Administra-
"' 'tive Credential. Primary responsibility will be to super-
r:|jvise a staff of school counselors and administrators and
( jthe development and expansion of Pupil Personnel and
y Guidance Functions for students in the secondary
■schools.
Supervisor, Programs for Secondary Mentally Handi-
;',, capped — Applicants must possess the M.A. degree and
further related study or experience, must be able to re-
ceive certification as a teacher of the mentally retarded
' ' :n California, and must possess a Standard Supervision
Credential, Standard Administrative Credential, or
general Administrative Credential.
All three positions have been classified as Supervisor
" \A in accordance with the Certificated Personnel Salary
Schedule. The salary range is $16,850 - $19,925, and the
»' work year is approximately 23 1 days.
Applications for these positions must be in writing on
SI appropriate forms available in the office of Personnel and
■eturned to Milton F. Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator,
[_; 'ersonnel Division, not later than March 15, 1968. Inter-
„J 'iews will be scheduled after the application has been
iled.
» SMOKING AND HEALTH PROGRAM
The San Francisco Interagency Committee on Smok-
tig and Health has announced that "The National
imoking Test" will be televised on KPIX, Channel 5, on
Tuesday, January 16, from 10 to 11 p.m. The test will
over the following three main areas: 1) How you feel
bout smoking 2) What you know about smoking and
; ) Why you smoke.
Two District Members To Serve
On State-wide Planning Project
Isadore Pivnick, Coordinator, Federal/State Projects,
and Albert Silverstein, Director of the Supplementary
Education Center, Title III, have been named as par-
ticipants in the 1967-68 training program of Operation
PEP, a state-wide project to prepare educational plan-
ners for California.
The project is funded by a grant issued by the U. S.
Office of Education under Title III of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The primary
purpose of the 1967-68 year is to train 100 key Califor-
nia educators in the use of a "system approach" to edu-
cational planning and management.
The project represents an effort on the part of the
educational community in California to perfect an in-
structional program for educational planners and mana-
gers.
Operation PEP is designed to identify and define key
educational planning and management functions and
develop models relative to these functions.
A task force approach will be used in the analysis of
these functions in order to determine what skills and
competencies are required, to design an instructional
program for training, to specify relevant educational
planning and management resources, and to implement
a training program.
latin American Night' Featured
The recent observance of American Education Week was high-
lighted at James Lick Junior High School by a Latin American
Night program, featuring the theme "Getting to Know You . . .
Better." The school-community project was sponsored by a com-
mittee of parents, teacher, and students. Pictured are a number
of the participants (back row, left to right) Mrs. Theodore Alli-
son, President, James Lick PTA; Mildred Fusco, teacher and co-
chairman; Im.lda Dollard, Assistant Principal; Mr. Julio Fernan-
dez, Police Community Relations Unit; Mr. Elmer Gallegos,
Spanish Bilingual Education; Mr. William Galant, Principal;
(front row, left to right) Mrs. Margaret Cruz, President, Mexican
American Political Association; Mr. Leonardo Soto, guest
speaker and Director, Arriba Juntos; Pat Maldonado, Girls'
Traffic Squad Captain; Sue Zalkaske, Student Body President;
Dave Martinez, Student Body Vice President.
NEWSLETTER
January 15, 1968 1
Announcements
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, January 16, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
FALL SEMESTER 1967 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DATES
Date Time Location
January 24 8 p.m. A. Lincoln Auditorium
January 24 8 p.m. Balboa Auditorium
January 23 8 p.m. Masonic Temple
January 24 8 p.m. G. Washington Auditorium
January 24 2 p.m. Masonic Temple
January 23 8 p.m. Mission Auditorium
January 24 8 p.m. Polytechnic Auditorium
January 25 8 p.m. Masonic Temple
January 23 8 p.m. S. Gompers Activities Rm.
January 19 8 p.m. J. O'Connell Gymnasium
School
Day
Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday
Balboa
Wednesday
Galileo
Tuesday
George Washington
Wednesday
Lowell
Wednesday
Mission
Tuesday
Polytechnic
Wednesday
Woodrow Wilson
Thursday
Samuel Gompers
Tuesday
John O'Connell
Friday
• COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE MEETING
The regular meeting of the San Francisco Counseling
and Guidance Association will be held Thursday, Janu-
ary 18, at 4 p.m. in Room 221 of A. P. Giannini Junior
High School. Representatives of Pupil Personnel Services
will discuss their functions.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies :
2724 — School Custodian, Male . — Fairmount Ele-
mentary and Marina Junior High Schools.
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Junipero Serra,
Longfellow, and Visitacion Valley Elementary Schools.
• CREDIT UNION MEETING
The San Francisco Federated Teachers Credit Union
will hold its annual meeting on Monday, January 15, at
4 p.m. at 4349 California Street.
• OUTSTANDING ENGLISH STUDENT
Robert Gary Steel of Woodrow Wilson High School
has been cited as one of the outstanding high school stu-
dents of English in the country. The National Council of
Teachers of English has named him a 1967 national
runner-up in its annual Achievement Awards competi-
tion.
Last spring a committee of English teachers from the
high school nominated Robert to represent Woodrow
Wilson in the competition. Robert's English teachers at
Woodrow Wilson have been Richard Curnow, Richard
Hastings, and James Marshall.
. . . Community Forum Dates Are Set
(Continued from Page 1)
The presentations at Mission and Benjamin Franklin
will be made by Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Acting President
of City College.. His team will be Mr. Edward Schulman
(Principal of Bryant Elementary), Mr. James Keolker
(teacher at Luther Burbank), Mr. Reginald Alexander
(Principal of Abraham Lincoln), and Mr. Isadore Piv-
nick (Coordinator, Federal/State Programs).
• SECONDARY ADMINISTRATORS TO MEET
The San Francisco Association of Secondary School
Administrators (CASSA, District #6) will hold a genera!
membership meeting Friday, January 19, at Lowell High
School at 4 p.m. State Senator Milton Marks will address
the group.
• SFCTA WEEKEND TRIP
There a few days remaining to join the SFCTA Tahoc
Winter Wonderland Weekend Trip scheduled for Janu-
ary 27 and 28. Price includes bus transportation, accom-
modations, three meals, and champagne party. Deadline
for reservations is Thursday, January 18. For details con-
tact your CTA building representative or call Stelk
Zdrodowski at 931-1001, evenings only.
• SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MEETING
A general meeting of the San Francisco Association o
School Administrators will be held Thursday, Januar
18, in the auditorium of A. P. Giannini Junior Higl
School at 3 : 45 p.m. All members are urged to attend a
an important report on the structural reorganizatioi
of the ASA will be presented by Victor Rossi, chairman
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VOLUME 39
JANUARY 22, 1968
NUMBER 19
K-7 To Convert in Fall, 1969
Board Approves Annual Promotion
j A change from semi-annual promotion to annual pro-
motion for District school children was approved by the
[Soard of Education at its January 16, 1968 meeting upon
jecommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins,
the Negotiating Council and the Teachers Association
f San Francisco gave full support to the recommendation.
Under the provisions of the change, the entire elemen-
ary division will convert to annual promotion in the fall
f 1969, with subsequent year-by-year changeover taking
,lace in the junior and senior high divisions.
j At the same time that the elementary schools change
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Community Forum Meetings
Scheduled January 25, 29, 31
Beginning this week, nine Community Forums
will be held to discuss Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins' report titled Educational Equality /Quality,
Report #7 . . . Program Alternatives.
The dates and locations are as follows: Thurs-
day, January 25, 1968 - Abraham Lincoln High
School (2162 - 24th Avenue), Galileo High School
(1150 Francisco Street), and Patrick Henry Ele-
mentary School (693 Vermont Street) ; Monday,
January 29, 1968 - .Balboa High School (1000
Cayuga Avenue), Mission High School (3750-18th
Street), and Woodrow Wilson High School (400
Mansell Street); Wednesday, January 31, 1968 -
George Washington High School (600 - 32nd
Avenue), Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
(1430 Scott Street), and Herbert Hoover Junior
High School (2290 - 14th Avenue).
It is the hope of Dr. Jenkins that the Community
Forums will accomplish three objectives: 1.) ac-
quaint those who attend with the contents of the
Report; 2.) have a question and answer period of
some 30 minutes with questions to be submitted on
cards, and 3.) scan the range of thinking of those
attending by having two or three minute responses
from the floor.
All meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. and will close
at approximately 10 p.m. Copies of the Report will
be available to each person attending. A team
representing District divisional levels will make the
presentation and provide answers to questions at
each meeting.
to annual promotion, the junior high schools will start
annual promotion in the low seven grade. Annual pro-
motion will then progress year-by-year through the sec-
ondary schools.
Spring-enrolled Classes Affected
Plan 1 adopted by the Board (Plan 1-A in the report
listed below) calls for 75 per cent of the spring-enrolled
elementary classes being accelerated and 25 per cent
being retained in the fall of 1969. In the previous spring
(spring, 1969), no low kindergarten class will be admit-
ted, and none will be admitted in any subsequent spring
semester thereafter.
At the secondary school level the change to annual
promotion will evolve on a year-by-year progression of
elementary school students through the secondary schools.
Using 1969-70 as a base, six years will be required to
make the complete transition.
A detailed presentation of the annual promotion ques-
tion was made to the Board of Education by Dr. Jenkins
in a study titled Implications of Annual Promotion for
the San Francisco Unified School District.
Study Reviews Pros and Cons
The study was based upon investigation of the pros and
cons of changing to an annual promotion plan by a Task
Force of teachers and administrators appointed by the
Superintendent in August, 1967. The conclusions demon-
strated that such a change was feasible and had definite
educational values.
Two plans were suggested in the study, Plan 1 and
Plan 2. Estimates of projected enrollment were establish-
ed on two bases and reported as Plans 1-A-and 1-B. Plan
1-A is described above, and Plan 1-B is identical with the
exception that the percentage of students to be acceler-
ated would be 50 per cent and the percentage to be re-
tained would be 50 per cent.
Plan 2 would have retained semi-annual promotion in
kindergarten and the low first grade, the changeover to
annual promotion taking place in grades 2 through 6,
with 50 per cent of the spring-enrolled classes being
accelerated and 50 per cent being retained.
Attention to Grade Placement Adjustment
The study pays special attention to the problem of ad-
justing the grade placement of all elementary pupils who
will enter school in spring, 1969 in the high first, high
second, high third, etc., grades. ... i.
It will be necessary to allow sufficient time for individ-
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NEWSLETTER
•January 22, 1968)
Mid-winter Concert To Feature
Honor Symphony Orchestra, Choir
The San Francisco Public Schools Honor Symphony
Orchestra and Honor Choir will present a mid-winter
concert on Saturday, January 27, 1968, at 8:30 p.m. in
the Lowell High School auditorium.
Open to the public, the concert marks the end of a
series of weekly Saturday morning rehearsals at Lowell
High School for a large number of dedicated students
from the city's junior and senior high schools.
Dr. Albert Renna, Director of Music, feels that this
program for the musically gifted student offers many
talent-refining activities which directly add to the culture
of the community.
Wide Support for Program
Dr. Renna is most grateful for the support received
from the administration and music faculty in encourag-
ing and supporting the honor music groups to realize the
values that this phase of advancement adds to the total
music program.
The Honor Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by
Alan Clark,. Presidio Junior High School, and the Honor
Choir will be under the direction of John Land of James
Lick Junior High School.
Radio Station KKHI will tape the concert for the Our
Youth in Concert series to be broadcast Saturday, Febru-
ary 10, from 9 to 10 a.m.
District Personnel Serve
Serving as coordinator of the city-wide program is
Conrad Morgen (Abraham Lincoln) . The assistant choir
director is Helen Dilworth (Everett). Section leaders for
the orchestra include Howard Bennett (James Denman) ,
Joseph Rosenblatt (A. P. Giannini), Suzanne Stillwell
(Roosevelt), Marshall Smith (Pelton), Joseph Alessi
(City College), and Jack Pereira (Lowell).
Earlier this semester, the principal players of the Honor
Symphony Orchestra had the unique experience of per-
forming in high school concerts with the San Francisco
Symphony Chamber Orchestra.
Featured orchestral works at Saturday's concert will
be Romanian Folk Dances by Bela Bartok and Symphony
No. 2 D Major by Jean Sibelius. The Honor Choir will
sing Ravel's Trois Chansons, Bartok's Three Hungarian
Folk Songs, and Thomas Tallis's The Lamentations of
Jeremiah.
ESL POSITIONS OPEN
Positions for teachers interested in teaching Eng-
lish as a Second Language to Chinese-speaking
children are expected to become available in the
near future in the elementary schools.
In order that a list of interested applicants may
be compiled for consideration, applications for these
positions must be in writing on special forms avail-
able in the office of Personnel and returned to Mr.
Milton F. Reitcrman, Personnel Division, not later
than March 1, 1968. Interviews will be scheduled
after the application has been filed.
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A joint meeting of children's librarians from the San Franciscc
Public Library staff and San Francisco Unified School Districl
elementary librarians was held recently in the Board of Educatior
meeting room. Central Office. Mrs. Doris Linnenbach, elemen-
tary curriculum assistant and teacher at Bret Harte, and Patrici;
Meehan, teacher at Lawton, explained and demonstrated hov
they have used library books in two special projects. Participant
included Effie Lee Morris, Coordinator of Children's Services'
Mrs. J. Henry Mohr, Library Commissioner; Dr. William B. San
born. Director of Instructional Materials; Geraldine Ferring
Supervisor, Libraries and Textbooks; and children's librarians
District elementary librarians, resource librarians, and curriculun
assistants. Pictured above and representing those in attendant
are (left to right) Mrs. Alice Jacobs, Portola Branch; Mr. Philii
Place, Bookmobile; Mrs. Anne Sparks, Bayview Branch; Moll'
Regan, librarian for Bret Harte, John McLaren, and Washingtoi
Irving; and Mrs. Doris Linnenbach, elementary curriculun
assistant.
• ADMINISTRATORS' ARTICLE PUBLISHED
An article by Mrs. Lucille K. Baker, Principal, an<
Mrs. Shirley R. Donahue, Assistant Principal, of Haw
thorne Elementary School appears in the December, 196
issue of California Parent-Teacher magazine. Entitlei
"Away We Go," the article summarizes the trip-centered
language-oriented program as a means for stimulatin
and strengthening learning activities.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39. No. 19
January 22, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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January 22, 1988
NEWSLETTER
Bilingual Education Program Will Expand
The recommendation of Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins to expand the District's bilingual education pro-
gram for Chinese-speaking and Spanish-speaking stu-
dents for the spring, 1968 semester and to provide for a
broad summer school offering during the summer of
1968 was approved by the Board of Education at its
January 16, 1968 meeting.
At the elementary level, the program for Chinese-
speaking students will result in the formation of 28 self-
contained classes of 15 students each in some seven
schools. Fourteen of these classes will be taught by teach-
ers presently assigned to the schools under the established
formula. For the other classes, 14 teachers above formula
will be required.
In the junior high schools, four additional teachers
JJwill be added, three at Marina Junior High and one at
!■ 'Francisco Junior High. At both levels the in-service work
'in teaching English as a second language that was begun
k I during the fall semester will be continued, and curricu-
'.;' 'lum development and the production of materials will be
i .maintained. The program will offer services to approxi-
" imately 500 additional students.
jl Program for Spanish-Speaking Students
J In the Spanish bilingual program, emphasis will be
>(' fplaced on an experimental program based on the use of
" 'curriculum materials developed at the Southwest Edu-
cational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas.
I These materials are founded on extensive research;
they are unique in that they emphasize the use of Spanish
„', 'as a means of induction into English. Lessons in science,
I isocial studies, and other subjects are provided in both
'■■ (Spanish and English, with a view to helping students
.. paintain pace in the content subjects while they are
jj, .learning English.
Professor Theodore Parsons of the University of Cali-
fornia, who is associated with the Southwest Laboratory
in an advisory capacity, will work with the District as a
consultant. Dr. Elizabeth Ott, staff member of the
Southwest Laboratory, will also assist the District. In-
service training will be an important part of the total
ft project, and curriculum development in terms of adapt-
"Z, ing the Southwest materials to District needs will go
— forward.
Auxiliary Services To Be Utilized
I An added feature of the San Francisco program will
I.S. i3e the use of home-school teachers and speech therapists,
ul .vho will coordinate their work with that of the classroom
:eacher. Teacher aides, also, will be used in the program.
__ At the elementary level, three teachers above formula
will be needed. Two of these, added to the present staffs
sf two schools, will permit the formation of four self-
contained classes for the project in those schools. A third
iatlD" ! :eacher at another school will work with several students
at a time for one-hour periods throughout the day. In the
self-contained classes, groups as large as 22 to 24 will be
permitted, to allow evaluation in terms of classes of that
size. These classes will be ungraded.
In the junior high schools, two teachers above formula
will be added to James Lick Junior High to permit that
school to be part of the project, and at Horace Mann
Junior High one-half teacher will be added to strengthen
the program there. Students with native languages other
than Spanish will be included in the James Lick program.
The program will serve approximately 225 additional
students.
Program Is an Additional One
It is to be noted that the program described herein is
in addition to the on-going bilingual programs that are
currently underway in the schools.
An extensive summer school program is planned to
serve some 1,000 Chinese-speaking and 700 Spanish-
speaking students at all grade levels, as well as speakers
of other languages. The regular summer school schedule
for the respective levels will be followed. Ninety-four
teachers in all for the summer bilingual program, plus
additional administrative support, will be necessary.
Elmer Gallegos, Supervisor, Spanish Bilingual Educa-
tion, and Wellington Chew, Supervisor, Chinese Bi-
lingual Education, are coordinating the District-wide
bilingual programs. They are currently in the District
Curriculum Office with Dr. Joseph B. Hill, Curriculum
Coordinator.
Funding of Expansion Outlined
Part of the added cost of the expanded bilingual pro-
gram will be covered by Elementary Secondary Educa-
tion Act funds, subject to the District's ESEA allocation
arriving as scheduled. The remainder of the additional
cost will come from District sources, as will the funding
of the summer school program.
Cost of the program as outlined above is as follows:
From School District Funds: For Spring, 1968— $56,507;
For summer through June 30 — $20,174; Total —
$76,681. From ESEA Funds: $100,003. Grand Total;
$176,684.
• SOCIAL STUDIES PANELIST
Dewey W. Roberts, teacher at Presidio Junior High
School, was a panelist at the recent National Council for
the Social Studies Conference held in Seattle, Washing-
ton. Mr. Roberts chaired a section URBANISM — Myth
and Reality, based upon a paper given by Dr. James
Coke, Director, Center for Regional Urbanism, Kent
State University, Ohio.
IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. Frances E. Lyons
NEWSLETTER
January 22, 1961
Announcements
• 'DISCIPLINE' MEETING ON JANUARY 24
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins and the members of
the Board of Education will hold the second in a series
of planning sessions with the Board meeting as a commit-
tee of the whole on Wednesday, January 24, 1968, at 4
p.m. in Room 30, 170 Fell Street, to discuss the subject
of discipline.
Reports to the Curriculum Committee by the advisors
on discipline and a District summary of the topic will be
discussed.
POLYTECHNIC, GOMPERS GRADUATION
The fall semester Polytechnic High School grad-
uation will be held at the Hall of Flowers in Golden
Gate Park on Wednesday, January 24, 1968, at 8
p.m., not in the Polytechnic Auditorium as an-
nounced.
The Samuel Gompers graduation will be held at
the Bayview Federal Savings and Loan Association
Office, 22nd and Mission Streets, at 8 p.m., Tues-
day, January 23, 1968, not in the Samuel Gompers
Activities Room as announced.
• LOWELL HIGH RETIREMENT DINNER
Friends and colleagues of Norval Fast, history and
civics teacher at Lowell High School, are invited to
attend a special bay cruise and dinner party in honor of
his retirement from the District. The affair will be held
Sunday, February 11, 1968.
I Participants are to embark from the Harbor Cruise
pier at 2 p.m. for the Galleon Restaurant in Alameda.
For information and reservations contact Mrs. Ella
Driscoll at 585-5474.
. . . Annual Promotion Approved by Board
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u'al evaluation of the achievement and potential academic
placement of each child. In this respect, the recommenda-
tions of the teachers and administrators must be con-
sidered. The ultimate placement of each child will be
the result of joint conferences between the teachers and
the parents.
i Dr. Jenkins expressed deep appreciation to Dr. Myron
Moskowitz, Chairman, and to the members of the Task
Force for a most comprehensive and intensive study of
the promotion problem and congratulated them on a
job well done.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 6, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
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• PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK COORDINATOR
David Monasch, III, teacher at Longfellow Elemen
tary School, has been appointed 1968 Public School
Week/E-B Day coordinator. Mr. Monasch will be in thi
Office of Educational Information, Room 213, Centra
Office, during the periods of January 22-26 and Marcl
18 - May 3. He may be contacted at 863-4680, Extensioi
388.
• NDEA FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTES
A listing of the 1968 NDEA Foreign Language Insti
tutes has been received at the Central Office and ha
been placed in the Special File in the Teachers Pro
fessional Library. Interested persons must write direct!
to the institute director for further information and appli
cation forms. Participants at these institutes pay no tuitioi
and receive stipends of $75 per week plus $15 for eacl
dependent. Application deadline is March 15, 1968
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• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 3(
p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, in Room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
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Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Garfield and Cor
bett Elementary Schools.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INTERVIEWS
Interviews will be held by the Personnel Division
during the month of April, 1968 for applicants for
Junior High School administrative assignments.
Those applicants who have already applied and
wish an interview are to notify Mr. Milton Reiter-
man, Personnel Coordinator, in writing.
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NUMBER 20
Employment and Training
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"New Careers Aide Program Is Approved
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Approximately 100 aides will become available to the
San Francisco Unified School District for assignment in
jre-school classes, Children's Centers, elementary, junior
ligh, senior high, and adult and vocational schools as a
esult of Board of Education action approving the Dis-
rict's participation in the Economic Opportunity Coun-
il's New Careers Program.
Upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert E.
enkins, approval was given at the January 16, 1968
neeting to a program in which the District will employ
letween 30-38 New Careerists and 68 Neighborhood
fouth Corps trainees as aides.
' They will serve in the schools one-half time and re-
ieive training the other half. It is proposed that the basic
ducational and on-the-job training components be
irovided by the District through the Adult and Voca-
ional Division and City College of San Francisco.
Jistrict to Employ Portion
The 30-38 New Careerists represent a portion of a
Dtal of 160 young people who will be employed in vari-
es city government offices and agencies.
New Careerists (Scheuer Act aides) must be 22 years
f age or older; Neighborhood Youth Corps aides must
e 16 through 21 years of age. All aides, regardless of
3urce, may serve as classroom aides as well as school or
ommunity aides.
The specific objectives of the program are 1.) to
stablish new career type trainee positions, 2.) to insure
flat each position created has upward and lateral mo-
ility, 3.) to insure within each position created that
lore is a reasonable expectancy of permanence, and 4.)
~~'i provide additional para-professional help to teachers
„ nd administrators.
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assigned to Divisions
Plans call for 16 Scheuer Act aides to be assigned to
S.Cjich of the junior and senior high divisions and that six
■*!; assigned to the Adult Division. It is recommended
■"""jiiat they be assigned to schools in teams of four if possi-
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-sjj Neighborhood Youth Corps aides will be assigned to
re-kindergarten and elementary grades.
The program is a two-part operation: employment
id training. It is proposed that the aides receive basic
eracy training through the Adult Division and job up-
ading opportunities through a special program offered
City College.
During the first year of the pilot program, all Scheuer
:t aides are employed by the Civil Service Commission.
Initial screening is conducted by the California State
Department of Employment as well as other city agencies
and the San Francisco Unified School District. Aides
will be directly under the supervision of the classroom
teacher and sometimes a department head.
Reassignment Is Possible
Reassignment of aides is possible between teachers
and/or schools. Aides may be returned to Civil Service
Pool if there is a performance problem. They are con-
sidered District employees' after the first year and may
be discharged according to established procedures.
The New Careers Program is a three-year program
which does not involve any expenditure of School Dis-
trict funds for the first year. It provides for the following:
First year — 10 per cent matching in kind by the Dis-
trict; Second year — 50 per cent share of the cost by the
District (approximately $100,000 District funds) ; Third
year — 100 per cent share of cost by District (approxi-
mately $200,000 District funds) .
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Bilingual Program Moves Ahead
A number of administrative appointments at the Central Office
have been approved by the Board of Education upon recommen-
dation of the Superintendent during the month of December.
Pictured above with Dr. Joseph B. Hill, District Curriculum Co-
ordinator (center) are Elmer A. Gallegos, appointed to the posi-
tion Supervisor A, Spanish Bilingual Education (left), and Welling-
ton Lum Chew, appointed Supervisor A, Chinese Bilingual
Education. Additional appointments included Robert F. Cunning-
ham, appointed to the position of Supervisor A, Programs for the
Physically Handicapped, and Dr. Gordon T. Carlson, Supervisor
A, Guidance Service Centers.
NEWSLETTER
January 29, 196S
Administrative Appointments
Announced at Board Meeting
A number of administrative appointments and assign-
ments were made at the January 16, 1968 meeting by the
Board of Education upon recommendation of the Super-
intendent. It is suggested that all schools include this
information in their copies of the School Directory.
Elementary Division
Principals appointed include: Myrna Lee Graves,
Diamond Heights; Adelaide N. Howard, Argonne-Ca-
brillo; Anna Aurora Robbins, Ulloa; Walter W. Morris,
Jose Ortega; Mary A. Anastole, Francis Scott Key (Act-
ing) ; John W. Whisman, Alvarado (Acting) .
Assistant Principals appointed include: Kelly Hus-
bands, San Miguel; Wilma N. Jones, Hillcrest; Noel A.
Mertens, Sir Francis Drake; William R. DeAvila, Mira-
loma-Twin Peaks; Marybeth Barrett, West Portal (Act-
ing) ; Alyse J. Buchdruker, Hawthorne (Acting) ; Evelyn
D. Draper, Winfield Scott-Yerba Buena (Acting) ; Ruth
E. Tisdale, Commodore Sloat (Acting) .
Junior High Division
Principals appointed include: Ernest J. Delucchi,
Staging Site for New Visitacion Valley Junior High
School; Carl H. Hanson, Jr., Everett; John F. Kearney,
Jr., Pelton (Acting) ; Rose K. Makower, A. P. Giannini
(Acting).
Assistant Principals appointed include : Luke Angelich,
Jr., Marina; Betty Gandel, A. P. Giannini (Acting) .
Head Counselor appointment includes: Elvera L.
Fusco, Everett.
Senior High Division
Principal appointment includes: Walter J. Odone,
Galileo (Acting) .
Assistant Principal appointments include: James F.
Beckwith, John O'Connell (Pupil Personnel and Disci-
pline) ; Doris H. Mullin, Galileo; Leslie F. Burke, Galileo
(Acting) ; Alberta M. Snell, Polytechnic (Acting) (Cur-
riculum and Instruction) ; Allan D. Torlakson, George
Washington (Acting) (Curriculum and Instruction) .
Head Counselor appointment includes: Arnold M.
Steinbach, Mission (Boys) .
Central Office
Appointments in the Central Office include : Grandvel
A. Jackson, Human Relations Field Representative;
Junius Camp, Human Relations Field Representative.
• TEACHERS OF ENGLISH CONFERENCE
The California Association of Teachers of English an-
nounces that the Tenth Annual Conference will be held
Febraury 23, 24, and 25 at the Hilton Hotel in San Fran-
cisco. The 1968 theme will be "And gladly wolde he lerne
AND GLADLY TECHE" (The Creative Teacher in
California) .
Outstanding speakers and participants will include
NCTE President Alfred Grommon of Stanford, Dr. Fred
Stocking of Williams College, Massachusetts, Dr. Jose-
phine Miles of UC at Berkeley, and Dr. Richard Armour
of Scripps College. Registration information can be se-
cured from Harvey Farr, Elk Grove High School, Elk
Grove, California 95624.
Student Council at Work
Gompers Teachers Are Honored
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The Student Council at Samuel Gompers High School recentl
celebrated "Be Kind to Teachers Day" which coincided with th
final day of American Education Week. The council presented
large greeting card to the faculty members, signed by th
council members, which was placed by the faculty sign-in boo
along with a box of apples. Pictured are student body officei
Gary Chong, Vice President; Julie Louie, Treasurer; Mr. Albei ic
Benson, art and typing teacher; Mabel Leung, Secretary; an
Manuel Delgado, President.
• HELP FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
Fourteen needy families in the Western Addition are
received food packages this Christmas season due to th
efforts of Benjamin Franklin Junior High and Georg sb;
Washington High School students, it was announced b
Robert R. Marcus, Benjamin Franklin principal. Th
packages, including a turkey gift order, were prepared fc
delivery by the Benjamin Franklin PTA and delivere
by members of the school's faculty.
The canned and packaged food and the money for gi:
orders were contributed by students from George Wasl
ington, under the direction of Sanford Chandler, teache
Though only five of Mr. Chandler's classes were involve
in this project, over 25 cartons of food were collected
addition to cash gifts to aid families in need.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 20
January 29, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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Variety of Subjects Offered
Spring In-service Courses Are Announced
j All regularly employed San Francisco teachers are re-
jjquired, by Board of Education policy, to satisfactorily
Hcomplete six semester units of acceptable work in order
llio advance from one salary "increment block" to an-
IJJDther.
Dr. Lester Steig, Salary Coordinator of the San Fran-
isco Unified School District, has compiled a list of the
n-service courses which will be available to teachers of
e District during the spring semester of 1968.
San Francisco public school teachers have numerous
pportunities for further studies, however, because of
e District-sponsored In-service Training Program, and
e late afternoon, evening, and weekend courses pro-
ided by many Bay Area institutions of higher learning.
eachers benefit from many courses
Teachers of the District will have the benefit of over
]1(,j)00 university and college courses plus non-college in-
itifcervice courses offered by the SFUSD during the spring
jH':erm.
3, These courses are designed with the viewpoint of
dwurnishing teachers and administrators with the newest
Techniques and information in various subject areas.
"Increment blocks" are defined as a period of time.
Teachers on Classification I should complete six units
ait (-very three years.
oil Teachers on Classification II should complete six units
m; (during a four-year period.
•i\ Teachers on Classification III have five school years to
Tt :omplete six units.
■"' .oss of normal salary increments
11,1 Failing to complete the required units in the allotted
ime will cause the teacher to lose the normal salary in-
crements until such unit requirements have been ful-
filled.
W Teachers who have reached their fifty-seventh birth-
■(: lay are exempt from these requirements.
w'| It is noted that non-college in-service units are usable
^ credit only within the San Francisco Unified School
— Oistrict and are not transferable to other districts.
Increment and classification credits are given for in-
Jervice courses satisfactorily completed.
'Application for approval" form should be filed
tg Prior to starting the in-service course or any other
— ollege or university course for a salary credit, the
10! :acher should file an "application for approval" form
dth Dr. Steig. This form is to be signed by the principal
f the teacher concerned.
Previously an attempt was made in the Newsletter to
ublish a comprehensive list of courses offered by the
] -ading Bay Area institutions of higher learning. How-
Iver, these lists were not always complete, due to the
lability to publish all courses offered.
,- To make it easier for the individual teacher, Dr.
teig's office has sent packets of college course bulletins
> the principals of each school. In the packages are bulle-
, Ins from the University of California at Berkeley and
ie U.C. Extension, University of San Francisco, Stan-
1
ford University, San Francisco College for Women, and
San Francisco State College.
Teachers are urged to contact school principals for
these catalogs.
The following in-service courses are offered by the
District during the spring 1968 semester:
Methodology of Mathematics
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at West Portal Elementary School. Dr.
Robert Wirtz and Mrs. Phyllis Abad, instructors. Course
starts February 8, 1968. Pxe-registration is required.
Call Elementary Division at 863-4680) Extension 237
(for elementary teachers only).
A course designed to help teachers upgrade the mathematics program in
grades 3-6. New content and techniques will be introduced. Teachers will
have an opportunity to participate in trying out materials and reporting
results. Attention will be gives to specific instructional and learning
problems.
Natural Science
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at the Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. Gary
Brackon, instructor. Course starts February 8, 1968.
Pre-registration is required. Call Elementary Division at
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only).
Instructor will explore with teachers the ways in which the Arboretum,
Junior Museum, Academy of Sciences, and other field trip resources can be
used to vitalize the science, social science, and language arts curriculum.
Content will include botany, zoology, ecology,' marine biology, and horti-
culture.
(Continued on Page 6)
Museum Science-Art Workshops
Something new and exciting in the enrichment program at John
Muir Elementary School has been taking place at the Josephine
D. Randall Junior Museum, which is under the San Francisco
Recreation and Park Department. Under the direction of A. K.
Conragen, Senior Curator, Thomas A. Mandas, Curator of
Natural Science, and Mrs. Henry F. Anido, Curator of Arts, the
students have been attending a series of science-art workshops.
The morning sessions are devoted to lectures, exhibits, slides,
and live animal studies, while in the afternoons the children have
a related art experience using various media. Pictured in one of
the afternoon sessions are (left to right) Michelle Legare, Mrs.
Anido, Dougal Young, Mrs. Constance Anderson, Intermediate
Resource Teacher at John Muir, Marilyn Campbell, and Franklin
Chun.
NEWSLETTER
January 29, 1968 '
Schedule of Dates for 1968-69 Staff Use
Following is a schedule for 1968-69 developed for the guidance of principals and
members of the Central Office administrative staff:
School Month
Fall 1968
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 27
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22
4. Nov. 25 -Jan. 3
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 31
Spring 1969
6. Feb. 3 -Feb. 28
7. Mar. 3 -Mar. 28
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25
9. Apr. 28 -May 23
10. May 26 -June 13
Dates for
Principals' Meetings
Fall 1968
(a) Sept. 3 and Sept. 17
Oct. 1 and Oct. 15
Oct. 29 and Nov. 12
Nov. 26 and Dec. 10
Jan. 7 and Jan. 21
Spring 1969
Feb. 4 and Feb. 18
Mar. 4 and Mar. 18
(d) and Apr. 15
Apr. 29 and May 13
May 27 and June 10
Dates for Central Office
Administrators' Meetings
Fall 1968
Sept. 10 and Sept. 24
Oct. 8 and Oct. 22
Nov. 5 and Nov. 19
Dec. 3 and (b)
Jan. 14 and Jan. 28
Spring 1969
(c) and Feb. 25
Mar. 11 and Mar. 25
Apr. 8 and Apr. 22
May 6 and May 20
June 3
Principals' meetings are scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of the School
Month and Central Office administrators' meetings are on the second and fourth
Tuesdays, with the exception of afternoons preceding holidays.
(a) Institute meeting followed by afternoon meetings of school faculties.
(b) Christmas vacation.
(c) Day before Lincoln's Birthday.
(d) Easter vacation.
Following are the dates established for report card periods for the school year
1968-69.
Fall 19G8
Spring 1969
Period
Date
No. Days
Period
Date
No
. Days
1st
2nd
3rd
October 18
November 27
January 30
32
27
31
4th
5th
6th
March 14
May 2
June 13
29
30
29
Total
90
Total
88
San Francisco Unified School District Bureau of Research
To Determine Chronological Ages of Pupils at Date of Testing*
Chronological Age Table — February 15,1 968
YEAR OF BIRTH
DATE OF BIRTH
Jan. 1 to Jan. 31
Feb. 1 to Feb. 29
Mar. 1 to Mar. 31
Apr. 1 to Apr. 30
May 1 to May 31
June 1 to June 30
July 1 to July 31
Aug. 1 to Aug. 31
Sept. 1 to Sept. 30
Oct. 1 to Oct. 31
Nov. 1 to Nov. 30
Dec. 1 to Dec. 31
1962
.6-1
..6-0
.5-11
..5-10
..5-9
..5-8
..5-7
..5-6
..5-5
.5-4
..5-3
..5-2
1961
7-1
7-0
6-11
6-10
6-9
6-8
6-7
6-6
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-2
1960
8-1
8-0
7-4
7-3
7-2
1959
9-1
9-0
8-11
8-10
8-9
8-8
8-7
8-6
8-5
8-4
8-3
8-2
1958
10-1
10-0
9-11
9-10
9-9
9-8
9-7
9-6
9-5
9-4
9-3
9-2
1957
11-1
11-0
10-11
10-10
10-9
10-8
10-7
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-3
10-2
1956
12-1
12-0
11-11
11-10
11-9
11-8
11-7
11-6
11-5
11-4
11-3
11-2
1955
13-1
13-0
12-11
12-10
12-9
12-8
12-7
12-6
12-5
12-4
12-3
12-2
1954
14-1
14-0
13-11
13-10
13-9
13-8
13-7
13-6
13-5
13-4
13-3
13-2
1953
15-1
15-0
14-11
14-10
14-9
14-8
14-7
14-6
14-5
14-4
14-3
14-2
1952
16-1
16-0
15-11
15-10
15-9
15-8
15-7
15-6
15-5
15-4
15-3
15-2
Locate the date of pupil's birth in the Date of Birth column at the left. Find
the year of birth at the top of the Column. The pupil's age in years and
months will be found in the space where these two columns meet.
Example: Date of Birth Chronological Age
8 years, 10 months
1 2 years, 5 months
Instructions:
April 24, 1959
*Not to be used to determine ages at first grade entrance. Sept. 12, 1955
January 29, 1968
NEWSLETTER
School Calendars for the 1968-69 Year
ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS
Calendar 1968-69
Fall, 1968
School
Month
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 27
(Classes begin Sept.4)
School Holidays
Days State Local
2. Sept. 30
3. Oct. 28
4. Nov. 25 ■
-Oct. 25..._.
Nov. 22
Jan. 3 —
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 31
(Classes end Jan. 30)
90
School Holidays
2 1 Labor Day, Sept. 2
Institute, Sept. 3
Admission Day, Sept. 9
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
3 12 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
.... ,' 1 Mid-term Recess, Jan. 31
Spring, 1969
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
Memorial Day, May 30
j 6. Feb. 3 - Feb. 28 19 1
(Classes begin Feb. 3)
I 7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 28 20
8. Mar. 31 -Apr. 25..._. 15
9. Apr. 28 May 23 - 20
ilO. May 26 - June 13 14 1
(Classes end June 13) —
School Days (90 + 88).... 178
Institute (9/3) 1
(total Teacher Days 179
irhe following days are designated as minimum school days: Sept. 4, 5;
fan. 29, 30; Feb. 3, 4; June 12, 13.
IVmerican Education Week, Nov. 11-15, 1968.
I'ublic Schools Week, April 21-25, 1969. (Education-Business Day, April 24).
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
Calendar 1968-69
Fall, 1968
School School Holidays
Month Days State Local
1. Sept. 2 -Sept. 27 18 2 ....
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25...„ 20
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22 19 1 ....
4. Nov. 25 - Jan. 3 15 3 12
5. Jan. 6 , Jan. 24. 15
87
School Holidays
Labor Day, Sept. 2
Admission Day, Sept. 9
Veterans Day, Nov. 11
Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
Spring, 1969
6. Jan. 27 - Feb. 28 19 1 5 Mid-term Recess, Jan. 27-29
Institute, Jan. 30-31
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 28._ 20
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25 15 .... 5 Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
9. Apr. 28 - May 23 20
10. May 26 - June 13 14 1 .... Memorial Day, May 30
88
School Days (87 + 88).... 175
Institute (Jan. 30-31) 2
Total Teacher Days 177
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
FULL-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1968-69
chool
[onth
i. Sept.
!. Sept.
5. Oct.
Fall, 1968
School Holidays
Days State Local
2 - Sept. 27 17
30 -Oct. 25..
28 - Nov. 22....
25 - Jan. 3....
20
19
15
Jan. 6 - Jan. 31-
School Holidays
2 1 Labor Day, Sept. 2
♦Institute, Sept. 3
Admission Day, Sept. 9
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
3 12 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
1 Mid-term Recess, Jan. 31
Spring, 1969
19
20
15
20
|. May 26- June 13 14
Feb. 3 - Feb. 28
Mar. 3 - Mar. 28..
Mar. 31 - Apr. 25..
Apr. 28 - May 23..
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
Memorial Day, May 30
find
hool Days (90 + I
titute (9/3)
178
1
>tal Teacher Days 179
ull time teacher may elect to attend the September 3 Day Institute or
le Adult and Vocational Evening Institute.
i addition to the above calendar, apprenticeship training classes may be
:ld on the following days: Nov. 29; Dec. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26,
', 30, 31; Jan. 31; Mar. 31; April 1, 2, 3; June 16, 18, 23, 25, 27.
ublic Schools Week, April 21-25, 1969.
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
PART-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1968-69
Summer Session, 1968
School School Holidays
Month Days State Local School Holidays
1. July 1 - July 26 19 1 .... Independence Day, July 4
2. July 29 - Aug. 9 10
29
Fall, 1968
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 28 21 2 1 Labor Day, Sept. 2
Institute, Sept. 3
„ Admission Day, Sept. 9
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 26 23 .... 1 Columbus Day, Oct. 12
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 23 23 1 .... VeteransDay.Nov.il
4. Nov. 25 - Jan. 4 12 3 21 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-30
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 9-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
5. Jan. 6 - Feb. l..._ 22 .... 2 Mid-term Recess,
— Jan. 31 - Feb. 1
101
Spring, 1969
6. Feb. 3 - Mar. 1 22 2 .... Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb, 22
7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 29 24
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 26 18 .... 6 Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 5
9. Apr. 28 - May 24 24
10. May 26 - June 7 10 1 1 Memorial Day, May 30-31
98
School Days (101 + 98).. 199
Institute 1
Total Teacher Days 200
NEWSLETTER
January 29, 19681
. . . In-service Courses Listed
(Continued from Page 3)
San Francisco Harbor — Its Trade and Shipping
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Hancock Elementary School. Robert
Langner, instructor. Course starts February 7, 1968. Pre-
registration is required. Call Elementary Division at
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only).
A course designed to present information for science and social science
about San Francisco's harbor today — its trade, shipping, ships, and cargo
handling; review of the development of the port; the future for the Bay and
its shipping. Possible field trips; waterfront inspection; use of visual aids.
Teaching Children's Literature Through the
Elementary School Libraries
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 10, 170 Fell Street. Rose Mary
Colligan, instructor. Course starts February 7, 1968.
Pre-registration is required. Call Elementary Division at
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only).
The purpose of the course will be to acquaint teachers with the curricu-
lum possibilities of the books on the Elementary Basic List and its supple-
ments. Attention will also be given to the correlation of books with other
instructional aids such as films, filmstrips, specimens, exhibits, study prints,
and field trips. Individual teachers will receive help in tailoring a hterature
course for specific classroom needs.
Physical Education in the Elementary School:
Techniques of Organization and Instruction
(Grades K, 1,2, and 3)
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Activity Room of Lakeshore
School. Various instructors. Course starts February 7,
1968. Pre-registration is required. Call Mrs. Valerie
Ryan, 863-4680, Extension 324.
This course covers work in the physical education guide. Instructors will
include recognized leaders in particular activity areas.
Physical Education in the Elementary School:
Techniques of Organization and Instruction
(Grades 4, 5, and 6)
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Ulloa School gymnasium.
Various instructors. Course starts February 7, 1968. Pre-
registration is required. Call Mrs. Valerie Ryan, 863-
4680, Extension 324.
This course covers work in the physical education guide. Instructors will
include recognized leaders in particular activity areas.
China and Her Neighbors
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Wednesdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at George Washington High School. Various
instructors. Course starts February 14, 1968.
This course will consist of eight presentations by experts from the diplo-
matic, academic, and business communities in the areas of their special
interests and knowledge and will provide teachers with current information
about China, India and other Asian nations. The course is being presented
with the cooperation of the San Francisco Council of Social Studies Teach-
ers and the World Affairs Council of Northern California. Further informa-
tion about the course may be obtained from Dr. Robert Bahnsen, Special
Projects, at 431-5379.
Developmental Reading for Bilingual Students
in Regular Classes
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at Horace Mann Junior High School. Alice
McCallion, instructor. Course starts February 29, 1968.
The purpose of the course will be to adjust the materials and content of
the regular course of study to the needs of bilingual and other students
who have adequate oral skills but inadequate reading and writing skills.
The course should be of special interest to junior high school teachers whose
students need help with the basic communication and computational skills.
English as a Second Language for
Chinese-speaking Students
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Wednesdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at Francisco Junior High School. Various
instructors. Course starts February 14, 1968. Mr. Well-
ington Chew, coordinator. To pre-register call the Cur-
riculum Office, 863-4680, Extension 367.
The course will cover the sociological background of Chinese-speaking
students, modern methods and techniques in the teaching of English as a
Second Language, and materials and audio-visual aids. Sessions will be con-
ducted by college instructors, community resource persons, and School
District teachers in the Chinese bilingual program.
1
:.
Family Life Education: Biological Backgrounds
One unit, non-college credit, 5 meetings, Thursdays
7 to 9:45 p.m. at the San Francisco Medical Society
Auditorium, 250 Masonic Avenue. Instructors: Ellswortl
Quinlan, M.D., "Anatomy and Physiology of Repro-
duction"; Pieter De Vries, M.D., "Embriology"; Jerolc
Lowenstein, M.D., "The Endocrine Glands"; Charle
Epstein, M.D., "Genetics"; Hulda Thelander, M.D.
"Normal Growth and Development"; R. G. Patton
M.D., "Emotional Development of the Child in tb
Family Including the Child's Growing Awareness o
Sex"; H. Vandervoort, M.D., "Behaviorial Science As
pects of Human Sexuality"; and Stephen L. Kaufman
M.D., "Psychodrama as a Teaching Tool in Sex Educa jl
tion." Course starts February 15, 1968. Pre-registratioi ™
is necessary. Call Dr. Frances Todd, 863-4680, Extensioi
368.
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.This course is given by the San Francisco Medical Society for teachet
to prepare them for the new health and family life curriculum.
Junior High School English
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wedm
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Luther Burbank Junior High Schoo
Albert Lavin, instructor. Course starts February 14, 196?
The purpose of this course is to help junior high school English teache
prepare for the introduction of the newly adopted state English textboo
in the fall of 1968. There will be discussion of some of the "new" :
proaches in grammar and the relationship of grammar to the teaching
composition. Emphasis will be placed on classroom practice and application
Methods of Teaching Data Processing
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wedne:
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at City College of San Francisct "'
Charles Ohman, instructor. Course starts February 1' *
1968. Pre-registration is necessary. Call Arnold Jacol
son, 863-4680, Extension 247.
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The course will deal with methods and hands-on experience with da
processing equipment.
Problem Solving with Computers
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wedne
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Galileo High School. Robert Albrecl
of Portola Institute, instructor. Course starts Februai
7, 1968. Pre-registration is required. Call lone Mathist
at 771-3150.
An introduction to various types of electronic computing equipmei
Training in the operation and classroom use of specific machines. Te<
niques of flow charting and field trips to large computer installations.
Typewriting Workshop
One unit, non-college credit, 2 meetings, Saturda'
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Marina Junior High School. E
Fred Winger, co-author of Gregg General Typewritin
and Dr. Larry Erickson, co-author of Southwestern, 20
Century Typewriting. Course starts February 17, 196
Pre-registration is required. Call Arnold Jacobson, 86
4680, Extension 247.
This is a workshop in methods of teaching typewriting.
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NEWSLETTER
|Dr. Luckmann of City College
;To Retire Effective Feb. 16
J Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Acting President of City College
of San Francisco, will retire effective February 16, ending
J nearly 33 years of service with the college, from the day
■Jit opened in 1935. He will become Associate Dean of the
"{Colleges of Liberal Arts and Science at the University of
jSan Francisco.
I Dr. Luckmann was one of the 72 members of the
ifounding faculty of City College. He was present in the
fWar Memorial Opera House when the college, then
'[without a campus, held opening-day ceremonies August
"f 6, 1935.
J From instructor in political science and speech, Dr.
rlLuckmann was named Assistant to President A. J. Cloud
In 1946, Dean of University Courses in 1949, and Co-
ordinator of Instruction in 1951. In that position he has
:erved as a virtual vice president to the present president,
, Or. Louis G. Conlan.
m Since July, 1967 Dr. Luckmann has been Acting Presi-
j lent of City College during the sabbatical leave of Dr.
tin Ionian.
% MISSION HIGH PARTICIPATES
ltl , A group of 16 Mission High School boys recently par-
icipated in a program aimed at increasing self-motiva-
ion and awareness of career objectives, sponsored by the
lue 5ay Area Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.
ta Termed "Live a Day," the program matched the boys
ft.yith fraternity members on a one-to-one basis, based
J upon general field of interest. The boys were picked up
l!t school in the morning by the members and proceeded
JSd the place of employment to spend the day.
Each boy observed the member in his daily activities
. nd asked questions relating to the job and its require-
. lents. In this way the boys were able to gain first-hand
Xnowledge about their field of interest and evaluate the
' lemands placed upon men in the field.
1 Careers represented included management consultant,
.acher, veterinarian, recreation director, accountant,
raftsman, lawyer, professional athlete, electrical engineer,
ilesman, veterans official, school administrator, and
dministrative assistant.
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CREDENTIAL INFORMATION
A new credential structure became operative on
January 1, 1964, with additional requirements.
If your credential is allowed to expire, you will
be required to meet the new standards now in
effect. You may keep your present credential valid
by completing all renewal requirements indicated
on the front or reverse side of the credential before
its date of expiration and by filing application for
renewal before midnight of its expiration date.
Credential fee is $15 per credential.
It is important that you keep your credentials
in force and record them in the Personnel Division
when renewed.
BOARD POLICY — SALARY CREDIT
"The maximum credit that will be accepted for
salary classification purposes of teachers engaged
in full-time teaching will be six semester hours, or
six quarter hours, or the equivalent, for any one
semester or quarter, exclusive of summer sessions.
A maximum of eight semester hours or twelve
quarter hours, exclusive of summer sessions, will be
accepted for any one school year for salary classifi-
cation purposes. All units will be converted into
semester credits for classification and/or in-service
purposes in accordance with School Board regula-
tions."
Measles Immunization Required
Of All Entering New Students
By action of the State Legislature no pupil may be
admitted to a public or private school unless prior to his
first admission to school in California he has been im-
munized against regular measles (Rubeola). The effec-
tive date of this requirement was set as January 1, 1968.
The basic regulations concerning measles immuniza-
tion include the following:
1. No pupil may be admitted unless prior to his first
admission to school in California he has been immunized
against regular measles (Rubeola). This applies only to
those persons seeking their first admission and does not
apply to pupils presently enrolled. Tranfer pupils from
other California school districts will have met the re-
quirement at their former school. No further cheeking
is necessary.
2. A pupil who has not been immunized may be ad-
mitted on condition that within two weeks he shall meet
the regulation.
3. A pupil who has had measles shall be considered
immune.
4. Pupils seeking immunization shall be referred to
their family physician. Those in need of Public Health
Department assistance shall be referred to their District
Health Center.
5. Immunization shall not be required if it is contrary
to the pupil's beliefs.
6. Immunization shall not be required if the pupil's
physical condition is such, or medical circumstances are
such that immunization is not considered safe.
7. In the event that written records cannot be obtain-
ed, the parents may sign that the immunization has been
obtained.
8. "Pupil" means an individual admitted to public or
private elementary or secondary schools, including kin-
dergarten and junior colleges.
SABBATICAL LEAVE NOTICE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
sabbatical leave during the fall term 1968 for travel
or study are reminded that requests are due in the
Personnel Division Office prior to March 1, 1968.
NEWSLETTER
January 29, 1968'
Announcements
• ADDITIONAL STUDY CENTERS
The January 8, 1968 edition of the Newsletter con-
tained a listing of Community Study Centers. The follow-
ing are to be added to that list :
CHINATOWN - NORTH BEACH
Garfield Elementary School
Wednesdays — 7 to 9 p.m.
North Beach Housing Project
660 Francisco Street
Monday through Thursday — 4 to 6 p.m.
36 Waverly Place
Monday through Friday — 4 to 6 p.m.
EOC Office
1074 Stockton Street
Monday through Friday — 4 to 6 p.m.
FALL TERM 1968 REQUISITION LISTS
Fall term 1968 requisition lists are due in the
Division of Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street,
attention Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Janitorial Supplies Lists — February 9, 1968.
Instructional Supplies Ljsts — March 15, 1968.
• NDEA ESL INSTITUTES ANNOUNCED
Information regarding NDEA-sponsored summer in-
stitutes in English as a Second Language is available in
the Teachers' Professional Library or from the Curricu-
lum Office. Interested teachers and administrators are
urged to consult the listing in order to make application
to the college or university of their choice.
This summer, ESL institutes will be held on campuses
ranging from Manila to Puerto Rico. In California,
Pasadena College, USC, and UCLA will host sessions.
• DISTRICT TEACHER AUTHORS BOOK
McGraw-Hill Book Company announces that it has
published a book authored by Helaine Dawson, District
teacher with the Adult Education Division. The book is
entitled On the Outskirts of Hope: Educating Youth
from Poverty Areas.'
The McGraw-Hill announcement states, in part.
"What makes this book outstanding is the creativity-used
to make learning an adventure, extending education be-
yond the classroom into every facet of daily living. It is
an unorthodox approach to teaching, simply written with
no educational, psychological, or sociological jargon. It
is based on practical solutions rather than theoretical and
technical explanations. At the same time it is scientific in
its treatment of behavioral problems and its understand-
ing of the psychology of learning."
. . . New Careers Aide Program
(Continued from Page 1)
: A District New Careers Aide Program project head
will be appointed to help develop additional guidelines,
to establish necessary liaison with school personnel, Civil
Service, and other participating agencies, and to become
involved in the selection process. The program is sched-
uled to start at the beginning of the spring, 1968 term.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 6, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• BOARD COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Board of Education committee assignments were an
nounced at the January 16, 1968 meeting by Mr. Edward
Kemmitt, President. They include the following:
Curriculum Committee: Mr. Alan H. Nichols (Chair-
man), Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, and Mr. Reynold
Colvin.
Building and Grounds Committee: Mr. Adolf o de
Urioste ( Chairman ) , Dr. Laurel Glass, and Dr. Zuretti
L. Goosby.
• GEORGE WASHINGTON STUDENT HONORED
Kirk Johnson of George Washington High School has
been cited as one of the outstanding high school students
of English in the country. The National Council of
Teachers of English has named him a 1967 national
runner-up in its annual Achievement Awards competi
tion.
Kirk's English instructors at George Washington have
been Susan Stapleton, Mrs. Barbara Lee, JoAnn Stewart,
and Mrs. Florence Armstrong.
• PRINCIPAL'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Dr. Lane E. De Lara, principal of Francisco Junioi
High School, has an article published in the December
1967 issue of The Clearing House. The article is entitled
"Teacher Aides in the Junior High Schools" and de
scribes the work of the volunteers from the San Franciso
Education Auxiliary.
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• NDEA INSTITUTE FOR GERMAN TEACHERS
Lewis and Clark College announces an NDEA Institute
for Advanced Study to be held in Munich, Germany, foil
secondary school teachers of German (grades 7-12) tfljj
be held June 13-August 15, 1968. A brochure giving par
ticulars is on file in the Teachers Professional Library
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NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 39
FEBRUARY 5, 1968
NUMBER 21
public Speaking Contest
Vesidio, Hoover Speakers Win
.residio and Herbert Hoover Junior High Schools took top honors
the Fourth Annual Junior High School Public Speaking Con-
st held 3t Luther Burbank Junior High School. Forty contest-
its from 15 junior high schools participated. Pictured above
eft to right) are Earl Mack (Presidio), first place in Original
iratory; Kathleen O'Farrell, Presidio public speaking coach;
jobert White (Presidio), first place for Extemporaneous Speak-
g; Emily Honig (Herbert Hoover), first place in Oral Reading;
id Clement Zannini, Herbert Hoover public speaking coach,
fsntest judges included Ted Moore (Abraham Lincoln), Thomas
alo (Woodrow Wilson), and Norman Durieux (Galileo). Dr.
eorge Karonsky is serving as San Francisco Junior High School
irensic League Chairman, and James Keolker (Luther Burbank)
as the Contest Coordinator.
Balboa Adult Education Classes
Scheduled To Start in February
The Board of Education, upon recommendation of
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, has given approval to
the opening of Adult Education classes at Balboa High
School beginning Monday, February 19, 1968.
The decision to offer adult courses at Balboa resulted
from meetings and consultations between Dr. Edward D.
Goldman, Assistant Superintendent for Adult and Voca-
tional Education, and the Ocean View-Merced Heights-
Ingleside (OMI) Project Education Sub-committee on
Adult Education.
Rollin E. Haggard, OMI Project Coordinator, had
earlier indicated the need for adult classes to serve the
OMI area. A questionnaire was circulated among OMI
residents, the results indicating a strong desire for a
variety of adult class offerings. Balboa High School was
recommended as the most acceptable site.
Classes will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays and
Wednesdays and include the following: Conversational
Spanish, New Mathematics, Refresher English, Typing —
all levels, Shorthand — beginning. Office Practice and
Business Machines, Speed Reading, Public Speaking,
Americanization and Citizenship, Dressmaking, Art —
oil and water colors, History — accent on Negro history,
Civil Service Preparation, Family Life Education, World
Affairs Lecture (one night weekly) , and Investment Lec-
ture Series (one night weekly) .
The Adult Education office under Dalton Howatt, Co-
ordinator, is handling this expansion of Adult Education
offerings.
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F Education Auxiliary To Sponsor Volunteer Training Program
The San Francisco Education Auxiliary announces
iat it is sponsoring a spring training program for school
;>lunteers beginning February 7, 1968.
■ Four orientation meetings will be conducted on Febru-
y 7, 14, 19, and 28 in Room 30, 170 Fell Street. These
eetings will serve to explain the role, opportunities, and
^ligations of the SFEA, how to work closely with
achers, the importance of understanding children, and
jw children can be helped to learn.
A series of skill sessions will follow and will be held on
liarch 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 18, 25, and May 2. The
iill sessions will cover a variety of topics including how
ilunteers may help children with reading, mathematics,
usic, and art. Other sessions will cover helping bilingual
children, pre-kindergarten children, and helping children
through tutorial relationships.
Both the orientation and skill sessions are free and
open to the public. They will be held from 10 a.m. to 12
noon on the dates indicated above.
Sponsors of the spring training program include the
SFEA, the Adult and Vocational Division of the District,
the Volunteer Bureau of San Francisco, and San Fran-
cisco State College.
For further information about the SFEA school volun-
teer program, contact Mrs. Fern Barney, 135 Van Ness
Avenue, Room 213-A, telephone 863-4680, Extension
386.
NEWSLETTER
February 5, 196'
Red Cross Volunteers
Galileo Students Give Service
Galileo High School students proved that today's youth want and
are able to produce in-service assignments of considerable re-
sponsibility, when, for 1 1 days during the Christmas holidays,
students operated a temporary Red Cross office to record mess-
ages for servicemen and their families. Under the leadership of
Robert Lew and Annie Tom, Red Cross Leaders at Galileo, 36
students (33 from Galileo) gave 400 hours to this project. The
students manned the office from 12 noon to 6 p.m., operated
the tape machines, and walked (he streets with flyers and port-
able tape recorders to inform the public of this free Red Cross
service. United Airlines loaned the office the students utilized.
Galileo volunteers included (left to right) Robert Lew, Kathy
Poon, Frank Brown, Annie Tom, David Lee, and Morris Lee.
Openings Announced in Special
Educational Services Division
The Personnel Service Division announces the following
openings in the Psychological Services section of the
Special Educational Services Division of the District :
School Psychologist — Duties include the administra-
tion of individual psychological tests to assist in the
evaluation of selected pupils with learning difficulties
and/or emotional or social adjustment problems, inter-
views with parents and pupils as referred, consultation
with school staff regarding effective planning for pupils.
Certification as a school psychologist with the Master's
degree is required. Salary will be arranged according to
Section 6.01 of the 1967-68 Salary Schedule.
School Psychometrist — Duties include the adminis-
tration of individual intelligence tests to pupils who are
candidates for special educational programs, under su-
pervision of a school psychologist.
Certification as a school psychometrist is required. The
salary scale is the same as the Basic Single Salary Sched-
ule for Teachers, Section 7.01 of the 1967-68 Salary
Schedule.
Applications for these positions should be made in
writing to Mr. Milton Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator,
Personnel Division, immediately.
• SCHOOL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM
The San Francisco Public Schools Honor Symphony
Orchestra will be featured in concert on radio stations
KKHI AM and KKHI FM on Saturday, February 10
from 9 to 10 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 21
February 5, 1968
Pupil Personnel Credential
Applications Due by September 1
The Standard Pupil Personnel Credential on a partia
fulfillment basis will be issued only to those applicant
who have their applications for such credential in th
Credentials Office of the State Department of Educatio
BEFORE September 1, 1968.
In order to meet the requirements for such a credentia
one must a) have two years of successful teaching ex
perience in the public schools or private scools of equiva
lent status; b) complete six (6) semester hours of cours
work selected from the following areas: Pupil Personnc
Services Concepts and Procedures, Dynamics of Indi
vidual Behavior, Counseling Theory and Procedure:
Measurement Theory and Procedures, Group Proce;
Theory and Procedures, Educational and Career Plar
ning, Research Methodology, Remedial and Special Edt
cation, Laws Relating to Children, and Organization c
Pupil Personnel Services; and c) submit a written state
ment that he intends to complete all requirements for th
credential.
Once the applicant receives the Pupil Personne
Credential on a partial fulfillment basis, he may renei
it for successive two-year periods when verification
established by means of official transcripts that durin
the valid period of the credential being renewed te
(10) semester hours of the additional course work n
quired for a regular credential have been completec
However, the first partial fulfillment credential must t
applied for before September 1, 1968.
• DR. TODD ON WORKSHOP-FORUM PROGRA/
Dr. Frances Todd, District Curriculum Assistant fd r
Family Life Education, will be one of the feature i,
speakers at the "Semantics and Sexuality" workshc l|
program to be held February 23, 24, and 25 at the Fai i
mont Hotel and San Francisco State College.
San Francisco State College is the sponsoring organ
zation of the three-day forum. For information conta
the Faculty Program Center at the College, 1600 Holli
way Avenue 94132, telephone 469-1205.
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
February 5, 1968
NEWSLETTER
In-service Course To Cover
Group Counseling Techniques
(The following in-service course will be offered
this semester by the District to any and all inter-
ested teachers, counselors, and administrators.)
Group Techniques for School Counseling
Two units, 15 meetings, Wednesdays, 4 to 6 p.m.
at Samuel Gompers High School. Mrs. Cleodel
Russelle, instructor. Course starts February 7, 1968.
The sessions will cover introduction to group theory, including
the structure and dynamics of groups; intake planning and forma-
tion of groups; the group in action, including the role of the leader,
activities within the group, and recording group sessions; and
diagnosis and evaluation of groups.
• BALBOA GRADUATE IN CONCERT
Words of praise have been heaped upon Sherlyn Chew,
lUniversity of California undergraduate and Balboa High
^School graduate, for her recent concert presented in
Hertz Hall on the UC campus.
Miss Chew and her father, Ronald P. L. Chew, per-
formed ancient and classical Chinese music, played on
'instruments which trace their origin back as far as 5000
'B.C.
Oakland Tribune music critic Paul Hertelendy wrote,
"At her hands (Miss Chew's), the pipa (instrument)
'gained the versatility of a mocking bird with the expres-
siveness of a guitar." He summed up the performance by
saying, "All in all, it was an absorbing and well-attended
oresentation conducted on a high plane."
1 School's Role Explained
] Starr King Holds Community Day
itirt
tarr King School recently held a Community-Education Day with
5 community leaders attending the program which explained
le objectives, methods, and special programs at the school to
ie participants. Visitors received an orientation to the school,
>ured classrooms, met with teachers, and took part in a group
iscussion involving community leaders and representatives from
ie faculty who were Mrs. Mary Ellen Brady and Mrs. Fannie
eagler. Pictured above are community leaders representing
irious Potrero Hill organizations (left to right) Mrs. Babette
refke. Treasurer, Booster's Association; Earl Cruser, Executive
irector. Neighborhood House; Mrs. May Brown, Counselor,
ission Rebels; Mrs. Lois Watson, Starr King Principal; Robert
oble. Chairman, Action Committee; William Finnesey, Assistant
anager. Housing Authority; and Mrs. Rosa Walker, President,
arr King PTA.
Students' Letters Well-Received
The lives of some 4,000 crewmen aboard the USS
Coral Sea on duty in the Gulf of Tonkin were brightened
this past holiday season by 3,000 letters from children
in the District's elementary schools.
Prior to Christmas, Mr. L. Jack Block, Chairman of
the Coral Sea Committee, suggested to Dr. Donald A.
Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools,
that the men of the Coral Sea would appreciate receiving
letters from home.
By December 14, over 3,000 letters reached Dr. Rhodes'
office, whereupon they were forwarded to the 12 th Naval
District Office for delivery.
Since the letters were sent, District schools have been
receiving letters of warm appreciation from the men of
the Coral Sea. Typical of the response is the following
letter received by Andrew Jackson School:
Andrew Jackson School
San Francisco, California
Dear Students:
On behalf of the 4,000 sailors aboard the USS Coral Sea,
please allow me to extend to each and every one of you our
heartfelt thanks for your wonderful Christmas messages.
Your words brought the Christmas spirit these many miles out
to sea and have brightened our days.
The cards have been distributed to the men, and I'm sure
many of you will be hearing from crewmembers personally.
Some of the messages were printed in the ship's newspaper and
others were read on the ship's television station.
When the Coral Sea returns to San Francisco, I hope you
will find time to visit our ship so that we can, in some small way,
repay you for your kind thoughts.
Enclosed you will find a picture of the Coral Sea which I
hope you will enjoy.
Again, our thanks and best wishes for a very happy holiday
season to all of you.
Sincerely,
James J. Hill
Lieutenant Commander, US Navy
Public Affairs Officer
Music Supervisor Position Open
The Personnel Service Division announces that appli-
cations for the position of Music Supervisor (A) will be
accepted by the Personnel Office until February 16, 1968.
Under the Director of Music, the Supervisor of Music
(A) is responsible for the supervision of both vocal and
instrumental programs in the elementary and secondary
divisions; the preparation of the budget for music sup-
plies and instruments; the development of the summer
school music program; the coordinating of the All-City
Orchestra and Honor Choir; and the coordinating and
supervising of the in-school music projects.
All applicants must possess the M.A. degree; a Stan-
dard Supervision, Standard Administrative, or a General
Administrative Credential; and at least five years of ex-
perience in teaching or administering music programs.
The position has been classified as Supervisor A in
accordance with the Certificated Personnel Salary Sched-
ule. The salary range is $13,980 to $17,725, and the work
year is approximately 197 days.
Applications for this position must be in writing on
appropriate forms available in the Personnel Division
office. They must be returned to Milton F. Reitcrman,
Personnel Coordinator, not later than February 16, 1968.
NEWSLETTER
February 5, 1968 \
EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT
Recent legislation passed in Sacramento pertains
to teacher employment after retirement.
Section 14376 of the Education Code is amended
to read:
14376. Any person who retired for service may
be employed as a substitute in a position requiring
certification qualifications, or as a teacher who pro-
vides remedial instruction, or as a home teacher, or
as a hospital teacher, or as a curriculum writer or
consultant in a field in which he is specially quali-
fied, or as a teacher in a rest home for the aged,
or in a community center . . . and may be paid not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) in any one fiscal year. Such employment
shall not operate to reinstate the person as a mem-
ber of this system, or to terminate or suspend his
retirement allowance, and, no deductions shall be
made from his salary as contributions to this system.
Such person may be reemployed only if able to pass
a physical examination prescribed by the State
Board of Education.
• SUPPLIES WAREHOUSE ANNUAL INVENTORY
. The Annual Inventory of the Division of Supplies
Warehouse will be taken during the latter part of Febru-
ary, according to Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies.
Therefore, the warehouse will be closed from February
15 through February 29, 1968.
Requisitions received in the Division of Supplies by
Wednesday, February 7, will be processed through the
warehouse before inventory.
Deliveries from the warehouse will also continue dur-
ing the inventory period to complete delivery of those
supplies processed before warehouse closing. The Division
of Supplies Warehouse will re-open on Friday, March 1,
1968.
• RED CROSS ELEMENTARY DAY
Toes will tap and straw hats will twirl as Red Cross
secondary student volunteers explain "That's Where
Your Money Goes" to fifth and sixth grade representa-
tives from elementary schools at the Spring Elementary
Day, February 12, 1968. Held at the Golden Gate Chap-
ter, located at 1625 Van Ness Avenue, the meeting begins
at 9 a.m. and ends at noon.
Terrie Trabert, an active Galileo junior, is Chairman
of the meeting that teaches elementary students the mean-
ing of Red Cross Youth and how these representatives
may assist their teacher-advisors in conducting an enroll-
ment for membership drive.
Assisting Terrie will be secondary student leaders
from schools throughout San Francisco that attend the
Red Cross City-Wide Council meetings. These leaders
take complete charge of the day, and help the elementary
students pack their enrollment supplies, and teach them
in workshops ways to publicize an enrollment drive.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 6, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET;
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 1968, in Room 10, Cen-
tral Office, 1 70 Fell Street.
• NATIONAL COMMITTEE INVITATION
Bert Mason, Assistant Principal of Francisco Junior
High School, has been invited to take part in a study of
the problems facing secondary education in the central
cities. The study has been proposed by the National Com
mittee on Secondary Education of the National Associa
tion of Secondary School Principals.
Dr. Robert Havighurst will be in charge of the project
which will hold its first committee meeting to develop
proposed plans on Sunday, February 11, as part of the
NASSP's annual convention in Atlantic City.
• SCIENCE, MATH RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
The National Science Foundation has issued a new
brochure listing the institutions offering Research Par
ticipation Projects for High School Teachers of Science
and Mathematics for the summer of 1968. Copies have
been placed on file in the Teachers Professional Library,
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Mark Twain
Elementary School.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS DINNER MEETING
The first meeting of the Field Librarians for the spring
semester will be a dinner on Wednesday, February 14,
Time and location are to be announced. All elementary,
junior high, and senior high librarians are welcome.
• NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTES
Information on the following NDEA summer institute;
has been placed on file in the Teachers Professional
Library. Interested teachers and administrators must
write directly to the institutions involved for applications!
• Institute in Advanced Study in English (for Cali
fornia Secondary Teachers of English, Grades 6-12
University of Southern California, June 17 to August 9
1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Reading (Grade:
1-6) , University of Oregon, June 17 to August 9, 1968
• Institute for Advanced Study in English as a Seconi
Language/Dialect, University of Southern California
June 24 to August 10, 1968.
• Institute in History in the Areas of South and Eas
Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (Grades 6-9) , Univer
sity of Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 1 to August 9, 1968
• Institute for Advance Study in Spanish (Grade
K.-8) , California Lutheran College, June 17 to August 9
1968.
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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
FEB i 3 1968
NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 39
FEBRUARY 12, 1968
NUMBER 22
Task Force Report
Programs for Gifted to be Recommended
The Task Force Report on Programs for Gifted and
Academically Talented Students will be presented to the
lioard of Education at tomorrow night's special meeting,
nd Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins will recommend
'hat authorization be granted to implement such pro-
;Tams with available State funds. (Note: The Board
neeting of February 6, 1968 was adjourned to a special
leeting on February 1 3 at which the regular agenda will
e completed.)
i The Task Force Report suggests a number of ways in
/hich special provisions can be made for District gifted
:udents and provides for flexibility by permitting indi-
idual schools to select the programs most suitable for
le students.
The Report's recommendations suggest allocations of
:acher time that schools will need to carry on the vari-
us programs. The extent to which such allocations can
e provided will depend upon budget determinations that
re made as all the needs of all the students are con-
dered together.
tanford Study Serves as Guide
The work of the Task Force was based upon the prob-
•ms identified and directions suggested in a study of
rograms for District gifted and academically talented
udents made by Dr. Frederick J. McDonald and Dr.
': Wesley Sowards of Stanford University.
Until this year, the State has apportioned $40 for each
ifted student in a special program for a school year,
'hich amount has had to cover the cost of identifying
ifted students. This year under new legislation the
mount is increased to $60 per student per year plus $40
i :>r each student identified as gifted. The new figure,
owever, falls far short of the amount that would be
seded to support the programs outlined in the Report.
MRS. LILIENTHAL'S STATEMENT
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal, past president of the
Board of Education, reaffirmed at the Board of
Education meeting last Tuesday night, February 6,
1968, that Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins was
requested by the Board to reduce the 12 Stanford
Research Institute alternatives to two or three when
he came to San Francisco in July. She emphasized
that the record should be clear that the SRI part of
the Educational Equality /Quality Report was pre-
pared for and at the request of the Board.
Emphasis during the current semester will be placed
on school-by-school planning and the development of
estimates of cost for next year.
If the Superintendent's recommendation is approved,
the present gifted resource teacher positions in the Cen-
tral Office will be continued and one will be added at
the elementary level, the salary of this teacher being paid
from the added State apportionment. There will then be
three elementary resource teachers, and one junior high
and one senior high resource teacher. These teachers will
work under the direction of the respective assistant super-
intendents, with coordination between instructional levels
provided by the curriculum division.
Work with Individual Schools
The resource teachers will be assigned to work with
individual schools in assessing, and, where feasible, modi-
fying present programs in terms of the guidelines of the
Report. Present school schedules in effect for the spring
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies
Wilson Rifle Range Is Opened
One of the finest small bore rifle ranges in the country was
opened recently at Woodrow Wilson High School with a formal
parade and ribbon cutting ceremonies. Participating in the cere-
monies are (left to right) Saul Madfes, Assistant Principal;
Colonel James Farren, Senior Army Instructor; Cadet Lt. Colonel
Carlos Lynn; Barton Knowlcs, Principal; and MSG Richard Ryan,
ROTC Instructor. The range was initiated by Mr. Knowles,
Colonel Farren, and Mr. Madfes when they fired at an "elephant
sized" bullseye, which they centered with unusual accuracy.
NEWSLETTER
February 12, 196 I
Special February 13 Meeting
Board to Consider Variety of Proposal*
A number of major recommendations to the Board of
Education will be made by Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins at the February 13, 1968 special meeting of the
Board. All of the proposed measures are summarized
below and will be reviewed in subsequent Newsletter
articles.
Program for the Gifted
The Superintendent will recommend that authorization
be granted to implement programs for gifted and aca-
demic students with the available State funds on the
basis of the "Report of the Superintendent's Task Force
on Programs for Gifted and Academically Talented Stu-
dents." (The work of the Task Force is based upon the
problems identified and suggested directions in the report
presented by Professors McDonald and Sowards of Stan-
ford University. See story on page one.)
Reading Program — Massive Pilot Project
The Superintendent will recommend that authorization
be granted to use the Sullivan Programmed Reading
Materials with approximately 12,500 students in 25 or
more elementary schools during the spring semester. It is
also recommended that a project coordinator be assigned
during the spring term to coordinate all details (pre-
service, in-service and implementation) , and to serve as a
liaison with the Director of Research on the evaluation
of the pilot so that valid hard data will be available by
the end of the semester for considering the possible con-
tinuation or expansion of the program in 1968-69. It is
further recomended that $150,000 for this project be
transferred from Undistributed Reserve, with the under-
standing that State or Federal funds will be used if
possible.
Garden School Complex
Continued review of the request from the Redevelop-
ment Agency and report to the Board on the serious
interest of the Redevelopment Agency and the Bayview-
Hunters Point Joint Housing Committee on the Redevel-
opment Agency's proposal that the School District pur-
chase sites for two new schools, one in the area of Oak-
dale and Jennings, and the other in the area of Hudson
and Keith, and provide for the modernization of Jede-
diah Smith as part of the inter-related Garden Complex
being proposed for the Hunters-Point area.
OMI-EPICS Guidance Proposal
The Superintendent will recommend that authorization
be granted to submit an application for funds from the
National Institute of Mental Health, Department of
Health, Education & Welfare, for the OMI-EPICS pro-
posal, "Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Elementary
Guidance."
(This project is one of many being developed as a part
of the OMI Comprehensive program, EPICS (Educa-
tional Programs to Insure Community Stabilization). It
provides a team of pupil personnel specialists including
a school psychologist, school social worker, elementary
counselor and learning specialists to provide assistance to
faculty members, parents and pupils enrolled in the 5
public and 2 non-public schools in the area. Of partici
lar interest is the relatively high staffing ratio of counse
or-learning specialists provided, which should make ;
possible to offer immediate service to children who ar
experiencing learning difficulties. The opportunity t
have a counselor and learning specialist available ful
time at the school site should provide needed relief t
the principals and faculties of these schools.
(The project offers a unique opportunity to develop
program which demonstrates the effectiveness of a clo;
working relationship between the San Francisco Unifie
School District, the community and San Francisco Sta' I
College, to the end of early identification and preventicl I -
of difficulties which may tend to impede learning. )-
Revised Personnel Policies and Procedures
a. Revised Personnel Policy, Articles 2 and 4 — • Rr| |
organization of the Personnel Service Division.
The Superintendent will recommend that two majjj
sections of the policy, Article 2 and Article 4, be revise,
to formally implement the centralized functions of tl
Personnel Service Division, as outlined in his repot
Total reorganization of the division will be effecte
through the adoption of these policies and the Superii
tendent will modify administrative regulations to coi
form with the revised policies. The legal adviser of tl
Board of Education has reviewed the submitted revision
The Superinendent's reorganization of the Personn
Service Division will be completed in the 1968-69 scho
year and budget considerations will be included to car
out the functions outlined in the report.
(The Negotiating Council and the San Francisco Fei
eration of Teachers have supported the Superintendenil
efforts in expanding and strengthening the Personn
Service Division.)
b. Long-term Substitute Report
The Superintendent will recommend that the propos;
of the Long-term Substitute Report be adopted and th
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SAN FRANCISCO
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 22 February 12, 1968
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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. . . Board Agenda Items Scheduled
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authorization be granted to implement the recommenda-
arr | tions and the Superintendent be authorized to implement
; ; changes in the administrative procedure which have been
e. j agreed to by the Negotiating Council and the San Fran-
1 | cisco Federation of Teachers.
; : c. Grievance Procedure
The Superintendent will recommend that in accordance
'with agreement reached with the Negotiating Council
and the San Francisco Federation of Teachers the Board
| authorize a policy revision which would grant a teacher
,; I the right, when initiating a grievance, to have the right
r; 'to be accompanied by conferees at all levels in the Griev-
' !ance Procedure.
The Superintendent further will recommend to the
Board the adoption of a policy stating that the responsi-
ble administrator, upon receipt, shall forward to the Per-
" ■ 'sonnel Service Division copies of all correspondence re-
lating to grievances and that the Personnel Service Divi-
' L- 'sion shall be responsible for the administration and oper-
"'■"'■ iation of the grievance procedure.
„, |d. Children's Centers
rjtf | The Superintendent will recommend that in accordance
;u3- with agreement reached with the Negotiating Council
and the San Francisco Federation of Teachers that all
r , ; jiecessary revisions shall be made in existing Board policy
(i, -in order to insure that teachers in the Children's Centers
fly.iare considered and treated as an integral part of the
,i, School District and that their employment and selection
i0. I lis a function of the Personnel Service Division.
The Superintendent further will recommend that care
i((,i should be taken in these revisions to insure that all per-
,,[,); ,ionnel procedures of the San Francisco Unified School
!tT,r; (District shall be applicable to the Children's Center em-
ployees.
Data Processing
l1' ' The Superintendent will recommend the establishment
a ')f the following positions in the Data Processing Section:
Dne Manager (Supervisor AA), one Systems Analyst,
— 'ind three Programmers, effective February 7, 1968, util-
zing funds available in the Data Processing Center ap-
iropriations for this purpose.
?oard Meeting Dates
I l9t> Review agreement on date for Board planning meeting
J m Discipline. Review of possibility of changing regular
^- neeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 20 to Tuesday,
,1 vc/ 'ebruary 27.
ipecial Education
The Superintendent will recommend that authorization
Ul |ie granted to expand the Special Education Services
rogram (Physically Handicapped, Speech-Hearing-and
Usually Handicapped, Mentally Retarded, Educational-
. . i/ Handicapped, Psychological Services, School Social
Vork Services, and Guidance Service Centers), within
•ie limit of the new State funds provided in AB 272 for
lis purpose and subject to specific recommendations to
rS'-:: e submitted by the Superintendent.
Western Opera Theater To Give
Eighteen School Performances
The Western Opera Theater's spring series of 18 one-
hour performances to be presented in District schools
will commence on Monday, February 19, 1968, at Ma-
rina Junior High School. The 2 p.m. performance will
feature the Barber of Seville.]
Following each presentation, the artists, conductor,
and producer will discuss various techniques of opera as
an art form with selected students from music, art, dra-
ma, foreign language, and English classes.
These post-performance seminars will give the students
an opportunity to participate in a give-and-take discus-
sion of the opera the students have just witnessed.
The Western Opera Theater is a traveling repertory
company, under the supervision of Kurt Herbert Adler,
director of the San Francisco Opera. It presents highly
trained professional singers in fully staged presentations,
complete with costumes and sets.
Performances for the opening week in February in-
clude the following:
Monday, February 19, 1968, at Marina Junior High
School, 2 p.m. Barber of Seville. Armond DeMartini,
Principal.
Tuesday, February 20, 1968, at Roosevelt Junior High
School, 9:52 a.m. Barber of Seville. Sylvester Kelly,
Principal.
Wednesday, February 21, 1968, at Herbert Hoover
Junior High School, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Barber of
Seville. Walter S. Nolan, Principal.
Friday, February 23, 1968, at Luther Burbank Junior
High School, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Barber of Seville.
James J. Hamrock, Principal.
• KOREAN DANCE LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION
Dr. Won-Kyung Cho, noted Korean musician and
dancer, will appear on the City College of San Francisco
campus on Thursday, February 15, and Friday, February
16.
On Thursday, Dr. Cho will present a lecture on Ko-
rean music at 9 : 30 a.m. in the Choral Room of the Arts
Hall. At 11 a.m. he will give a lecture-demonstration on
Korean dance in the College Theatre, and he will follow
this with a dance master-class at 1:15 p.m. in the
Women's Gymnasium.
On Friday, Dr. Cho will lecture in the Choral Room
at 9 a.m. on Korean poetry and at 10 a.m. on Korean,
Japanese, and Chinese theatre. His campus stay will be
climaxed by a public dance recital of both rustic and
formal Korean dances in the College Theatre at 8 p.m.
on Friday.
Dr. Cho has performed widely and with great success
in Asia, Europe, and the United States. A graduate of
Yonsei University, he holds his doctorate from Mon-
mouth College in Illinois. He has studied at Juilliard and
with Martha Graham, and he has been a visiting lecturer
at the University of Wisconsin and the University of
Washington.
Reservations for the Friday night dance recital may be
made by calling 587-7272, Extension 218.
NEWSLETTER
February 12, 1968
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
February time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on February 26,
1968, for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and
part-time teachers' time sheets on February 26 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for February 15
through February 29 will be picked up at the
schools at 8:30 a.m. on February 21, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in February for principals
and assistant principals is 19; the number of days
for teachers is 19.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL MEETING
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet Monday, February 19,
1968, at 4 p.m. in Nicholas Hall of the Marines Memor-
ial Building, 609 Sutter Gtreet.
• TASF TO MEET FEBRUARY 19
; The Teachers Association of San Francisco will meet
at 4 p.m. on Monday, February 19, at A. P. Giannini
Junior High School, 39th Avenue and Ortega Street.
. . . Gifted Task Force Report
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semester will not be disturbed, but attention will be given
to strengthening present programs and, where possible,
adding new ones.
To accomplish this end, the added appropriation due
from the State (as explained above) will be utilized. The
amount of this appropriation will be about $65,000 be-
yond that for which the program is presently budgeted.
This amount will permit the addition of eight teacher
positions for an entire year, or if such a plan proves
desirable, 16 positions for one semester.
Additional psychometrists will be employed to do test-
ing for identification of gifted students. State funds to be
received at the rate of $40 for each student identified as
gifted will make this possible. It is estimated that about
500 students will be identified this year, resulting in an
appropriation of some $20,000 for identification.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD:
A special meeting of the Board of Education
will be held Tuesday, February 13, 1968, at 7:30
p.m., 170 Fell Street, for the purpose of concluding
the Board of Education agenda of February 6,
1968, and completing discussion of regular Board
businesss.
• NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTES
Information about the following NDEA summer insti-
tutes is now on file in the Teachers Professional Library.
Interested parties must write directly to the institution
involved for applications.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Economics for High
School Social Studies Teachers of Economics (Grades
7-12), State University of New York at Oneonta, July 1
to August 16, 1968.
• Institute in Chinese for Elementary and Secondary
School Teachers of Chinese, San Francisco State College,
June 24 to August 16, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Speech for Elemen-
tary and Secondary Teachers of Speech Who Are Non-
Speech Majors, California State College at Fullerton,
June 17 to July 26, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Spanish to be held
in Mexico for Elementary Teachers of Spanish (Grades
K-8), Sonoma State College at Rohnert Park, June 17
to August 9, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Italian for Teach-
ers of Italian (Grades 7-12) to be held in Florence, Italy,
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, June 25 to
August 27, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study for High School
Teachers of Spanish to Spanish Speakers of the South-
west to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, University of
Arizona, July 1 to August 9, 1968.
• Institute for Foreign Language Supervisors and For-
eign Language Department Heads with Competence in
Spanish, San Francisco State College, June 24 to August
9,1968.
• Institute for Secondary School Teachers of French,
Colorado State University at Fort Collins, June 17 to
August 3, 1968.
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FEBRUARY 19, 1968
NUMBER 23
[reject Read to Start This Spring
leading Program Receives Board Approval
A program geared to bring San Francisco's under-
thieving, inner-city school children up to or above grade
Ivel in reading and the language arts was approved by
le Board of Education at its February 13, 1968 meeting
jpon recommendation of Superintendent Robert E.
bnkins.
I In addition to the regular project, Commissioner Alan
"ichols amended the recommendation so that five addi-
onal schools in non-culturally deprived areas will be
icluded in the program at an added cost of $30,000.
Project Read, as the program is termed, will utilize a
•ries of reading materials developed to solve the prob-
,m of students who are not learning to read adequately
hen taught by conventional methods. Under a Carnegie
pundation grant to Dr. Allen D. Calvin and Dr. M. W.
jllivan, a team of linquists, psychologists, and educators
?vised and perfected a linguistically structured reading
rogram to achieve this goal.
: The recent release of reading test scores in San Fran-
hell Training Course Completed
SHELL Train
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' lie Shell Oil Company, in cooperation with the District's Office
', Occupational Preparation, again provided a one-week course
' training and management for 15 San Francisco public high
hocl students. Pictured with the students are (left) Jerry
avers. Sales Supervisor; Ray Laney, Training Instructor; (right)
b Cox, Sales Supervisor; Richard MacDonald, Retail Training
structor; and Harvey Pleasant, Shell Representative. The pro-
am, conducted at Shell's Training School in Mountain View, is
t one of the supportive activities provided by the company to
a District. Over 95 San Francisco public school students have
1 rained specialized training and employment through the pro-
am.
cisco, New York, and Los Angeles has confirmed beyond
doubt that many students in large urban school systems
have serious reading problems, and a high proportion of
them are functionally illiterate. The scores of inner-city
minority group students are particularly depressed.
Year's Progress in One Semester
The stated objective of Project Read is to have the
average participating student make a year's progress in
one semester, as measured by national norms. Compared
with national standards, the average student will double
his rate of progress. Compared with previous perform-
ance levels in San Francisco's inner-city schools, the aver-
age student will triple or quadruple his rate of progress.
The program embodies a one-to-one sound-symbol re-
lationship, and it incoporates all of the advantages of
programmed instruction. The student works at his own
pace, participates actively and gets a chance to respond
personally and individually, and experiences success and
receives strong reinforcement as his reading improves.
A unique feature of the Sullivan reading materials is
the linguistic placement examination that indicates the
precise starting point in the program for each individual
student. This is essential for the remedial student, who
often does not need the entire sequence of materials. The
placement exam is also a valuable diagnostic device for
the teacher. It shows the teacher exactly where the stu-
dent is experiencing difficulty.
Program to Start This Semester
Project Read will begin this February, and its initial
phase will be completed by the end of the semester in
June, 1968. Thirty elementary schools (K-6) will
be selected. These schools will average 500 students, and
the total number of students involved will be 15,000.
All of the students, except those in kindergarten, have
taken the Stanford Reading Achievement Test. Students
in the 30 Project Read schools will also be given the
Sullivan Placement Test. On the basis of diagnostic data
obtained from this test, the students will be placed in the
appropriate stage of the Sullivan reading materials. Stu-
dents in kindergarten and some students in first grade
will begin in Readiness in Language Arts, the initial
phase of the Sullivan materials.
The Sullivan reading materials are carefully sequenced
to lift a child from the status of "non-reader" to the
status of "good reader." After taking the Sullivan Place-
ment Test, the student begins at the stage of the ma-
terials appropriate for him as an individual.
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February 19, 196>*
. . . Project Read Plans Outlined
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The materials contain these major units: 1.) Reading
in Language Arts — this program is entirely teacher-
administered, and all responses are oral. Its specific ob-
jectives are the teaching of basic skills, the alphabet, and
reading and spelling; 2.) Reading Readiness — these
materials prepare a beginning student who already
knows some basic concepts for work in the Sullivan
Reading Program. Four textbooks are utilized; 3.) The
Sullivan Reading Program — twenty textbooks and 28
correlated readers make up this program. The program
textbooks perform a "decoding" process for the student,
training him in the elements of the English language.
Each of the teachers in the 30 schools that use the
Sullivan materials will receive pre-service training.
Teachers will be thoroughly grounded in the fundamen-
tals of the materials. Their training will include a visit to
actual classroom sites where the materials are being used.
They will also have the opportunity to work directly
with students under expert supervision. In this way, the
teachers will have an initial successful experience with
the Sullivan materials in the classroom. They will be
equipped to.be successful in their own schools. Pre-
service training will be supervised by Frances Olsen,
Principal of the Stevens Creek School, Cupertino, Cali-
fornia; Barbara Schmidt, Language Arts Consultant,
McGraw-Hill Book Company; and Lewis Miller, Editor-
Consultant, McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Coordinators to Present Material
With the assistance of consultants from Behavioral
Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, the 30 coordinators
will introduce teachers in their own schools to the project
and its materials. Miss Olsen and six teachers who have
participated in past in-service training will supervise this
part of the program.
Consultants from Behavioral Research Laboratories
and McGraw-Hill Book Company will visit each school
weekly to assist the Project Read Coordinator in imple-
menting the program. Behavioral Research will also con-
duct a weekly meeting of coordinators. Ideas and experi-
ences will be exchanged in these meetings, which also
serve to insure that the program is running at maximum
effectiveness. A videotape of Project Read teachers using
the Sullivan materials in their own classrooms will serve
to form the basis for group discussions.
Workshops to review the project's progress and to plan
a follow-through phase in September, 1968, will be con-
ducted at the end of the school year. During the summer,
five Project Read Coordinators will participate in an
ongoing seminar to prepare an in-service training manual
based on the data collected during the project. Behavior-
al Research consultants will aid in the preparation of this
manual and related teacher aids.
Understanding of Parents Necessary
To be sure that parents understand Project Read and
its implications for the inner-city student, community
relations programs will be established which will include
facc-to-face meetings with parents, packets of literature
explaining the project, series of open classroom displays
for parents, and information for local and national new
media.
As part ofthe program's evaluation, the Stanford Read
ing Achievement Test will be given again in June to al
San Francisco students. The gains of students who hav<
used the Sullivan materials will be compared with th
gains of students who have had conventional instruction
In addition, comparisons will be made with student:
records in the same school last year. The District's Divi
sion of Research will perform the evaluation.
A standard Basic Resource Center of Sullivan mater
ials will be established in each of the 30 Project Rea>
schools. Each Center will include the textbooks, reader:
placement tests, teachers' manuals, and progress tests fo
an entire school. The Board of Education has authorize'
that $180,000 for this project be transferred from Ur
distributed Reserve, with the understanding that State c
Federal funds will be used if possible. There is no charg
for pre-service training, in-service training, communit
relations, or any other support activities.
Individualization and Flexibility
In his recent report, Educational Equality /Quality
Program Alternatives, Dr. Jenkins wrote, "We recogniz
the persistent importance of two basic principles: 1
The individualization of teaching and learning is moi
vital than ever as a motivating force to help each chil
grow to his maximum, and 2.) Flexibility is essential i
order that we may cope with and take advantage
rapid change."
Project Read applies these principles of individualiz;
tion and flexibility to one of San Francisco's most pres
ing problems in education. Based on previous exper
mental findings, the project offers San Francisco the o]
portunity to capitalize on the knowledge and dedicaticj
of its teachers and administrators by emphasizing tl|
one-to-one dialogue between teacher and pupil. It is fej
that Project Read is an in-depth and comprehensi\
approach that will reverse current trends.
Administrators of the program will include Dr. M. \
Sullivan, President, Sullivan Associates; Lewis Mille
Editor-Consultant, Webster Division, McGraw-Hill Boc
Company; Dr. Allen D. Calvin, President, Behavior!
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 23
February 19, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
Gifted Supervisor Position Open
The Personnel Service Division announces that appli-
cations for the position of Supervisor (A) of Programs
j for the Gifted will be accepted by the Personnel Office
! immediately, and will be accepted until March 1, 1968.
The person assigned to this position shall be responsi-
ble directly to the Curriculum Coordinator and shall
1) Develop, implement and coordinate programs for
the gifted
2 ) Direct curriculum development
3) Provide for articulation of elementary, junior high
and senior high school gifted programs
4) Develop plans for evaluation
5) Plan in-service training for teachers engaged in the
: programs
6) Prepare and administer the budget
7) Coordinate programs with the services of the Divi-
sion of Research, and the Division of Special Educational
Services
8) Coordinate and give direction to Resource Teach-
ers in implementing the gifted program
9) Perform such other duties as may be necessary for
the development of total program for the gifted.
Applicants must be serving as administrators in the San
Francisco Unified School District and be credentialed
to serve as an administrator on the Elementary and Sec-
ondary levels.
The position has been classified as Supervisor A in
accordance with the Certificated Personnel Salary Sched-
ule. The salary range is $13,980 to $17,725, and the work
'year is approximately 197 days.
Applications for this position must be in writing on
■appropriate forms available in the Personnel Division
•Office. They must be returned to Milton F. Reiterman,
Personnel Coordinator, by March 1, 1968.
• READING THEME FOR DINNER MEETING
The San Francisco Bay Area Reading Council and the
University of San Francisco will co-host the Third Re-
port '67-'68 in their Prescription for Reading series on
Thursday, February 29, at 7 p.m. in the Phelan Hall
Dining Room on the USF campus. The dinner meeting
nvill feature Dr. Constance McCullough, who will speak
Ipn "Operation: Organic Comprehension," and is in
lonor of Dr. Edward Griffin. For information and reser-
/ations contact the San Francisco Bay Area Reading
Council, 28 El Campo Drive, South San Francisco 94080.
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• SCHOOLMASTERS DINNER ON MARCH 6
The annual Schoolmasters Dinner will be held at 6 : 30
! p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, at the City College of San
?rancisco campus. Speaker of the evening will be Dr.
George Armacost, President, University of Redlands, and
'resident, Association of Independent Colleges and Uni-
versities. Cost of the dinner is $4.25. Reservation forms
ire being sent to all schools.
_- DEADLINE FOR BLUE PAYROLL BLANKS
Completed blue blanks for the month of Febru-
' ary must be in the Payroll Department by 4 p.m.
„,,: on February 26, 1968.
PTA Objective Is Stressed
In an effort to increase interest and membership
in the California Congress of Parents and Teachers,
the San Francisco Second District office is periodic-
ally focusing attention on ways to better implement
the objectives of the PTA.
Attention this February is centered on the PTA's
fourth objective : "To bring into closer relation the
home and the school, that parents and teachers
may cooperate intelligently in the training of the
child."
The Second District office has issued the follow-
ing statement relative to this objective: "Parents
and teachers need to know each other in some un-
pressured situation. Only in this way can parents
come to accept their responsibilities as their child's
first teachers and understand that they are respon-
sible for sending a teachable child to school. Only
in this way can teachers succeed in teaching each
child, as an individual, understanding his home and
the parents to whom he returns each afternoon."
The Second District encourages all teachers to
join the PTA and work toward this important ob-
jective.
From Sacramento to Los Angeles
Two in Teenage Safety Drive
Mr. Robert Perussina, Head, District Driver Instruction Depart-
ment (center), is seen going over the route Larry Thude of Lowell
High (left) and Bruce Murphy of Mission High (right) followed
in the Governor's Teenage Safety Drive. The two boys repre-
sented the District in the event which stresses the importance of
highway safety in general and among teenage drivers in particu-
lar. Participants were graded solely on the manner in which they
operated their vehicles in the drive from the State Capitol in
Sacramento to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Mr. Perussina
served as assistant coordinator of the state-wide program.
IN MEMORIAM
Miss Grace Perret
Miss Kathryn Purvis
NEWSLETTER
February 19, 1968
LOYALTY OATH REVISION
Irving G. Breyer, Legal Adviser to the Board of
Education, has advised the Board that the present
loyalty oath must be revised so that it sets forth
only the first paragraph of the oath that has been
administered to all incoming school personnel. The
revision is necessary because of a decision of the
California Supreme Court on December 21, 1967,
in the case of Robert S. Vogel v. County of Los
Angeles, 68 A.C. No. 1. Stricken from the oath are
references to membership in any organization that
now advocates the overthrow of federal or state
government by force or violence or other unlawful
means.
The United States Supreme Court on January
22, 1968, upheld the constitutionality of a loyalty
oath required by teachers under the New York
statute. This oath is similar to the first paragraph
of the oath of the State of California, and it is
therefore still required for public officers and em-
ployees. The revised California oath reads as fol-
lows:
"I, , do solemly swear (or
affirm) that I will support and defend the Consti-
tution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of California against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegi-
ance to the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of the State of California; that I
take this obligation freely, without any mental res-
ervation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well
and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I
am about to enter."
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
. . . Sullivan Reading Materials Plan
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Research Laboratories; and Barbara Schmidt, Language
Arts Consultant, McGraw-Hill Book Company. Special
consultants to Project Read, who will take part in the in-
service training program, include Dr. Robert L. Green,
Associate Professor of Education, Michigan State Uni-
versity; Dr. Abraham S. Fischler, James Bonn Pro-
fessor of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies at
Nova University; Dr. Shuell H. Jones, Professor of Edu-
cation at the Center for Teacher Education, Tulane Uni-
versity; Dr. James V. MrConncll, Professor of Psychol-
ogy, University of Michigan; Dr. Robert Ruddcll, Asso-
ciate Professor of Education, University of California;
Dr. Robert Bainbridge. Professor, School of Education,
San Jose State College; and Dr. John McNeil. Director,
Teacher Training, UCLA.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 27, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• SFCTA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
There will be a general membership meeting of the
San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association at 4 p.m.
on Monday, February 19, at Everett Junior High School,
450 Church Street. (This notice supersedes the notice in
last week's Newsletter.)
• SPANISH COMMITTEE MEETING
The second meeting of the Committee of Spanish-
speaking/ Spanish Surnamed Teachers will be held on
Thursday, February 29, at 3:45 p.m. at the Arriba Juntos
Center, 1249 Alabama Street.
APPLICATIONS FOR A LIFE DIPLOMA
AGAINST AN EXPIRING CREDENTIAL
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to advise any-
one whose credential will expire on June 30, 1968,
and who intends to apply for a life diploma against
the expiring credential that he must have his appli-
cation in to the Personnel Service Division by
March 1, 1968, or forfeit the opportunity.
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to emphasize
that this notice applies only to those whose creden-
tials expire June 30 and who wish to apply for a
Life Credential based on the renewed credential.
• ACE MEETING SCHEDULED MARCH 5
The Association for Childhood Education cordially
invites all interested kindergarten and nursery school
teachers to a discussion meeting concerning proposed
kindergarten reorganization as outlined by the California
Association for Childhood Education. The meeting will
be held March 5 at 3:45 p.m. at Grattan School. Re-i
freshments will be served.
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NUMBER 24
Two Groups of Recommendations
Long-Term Substitute Changes Goto Board
] A series of recommendations concerning the status of
District long-term substitutes by Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins will be presented to the Board of Education at
;he meeting of February 27, 1968.
■ The recommendations are contained in a report
titled Superintendent's Report on Long-Term Substitutes
ind are divided into two groups.
Those recommendations in Group I may be imple-
mented in various phases as the Superintendent deems
feasible as they do not involve any changes in Board
policies and they do not require any capital outlay.
i Those in Group II will be presented to the Board for
its information only. The later adoption by the Board of
any or all of this group will depend on their inclusion in
;he forthcoming budget.
lecommendations in Group I include the following:
1. Probationary appointments should be made to fill
'acancies created when teachers are granted leaves-of-
ibsence for 75 per cent or more of a school year. 1A.
'robationary appointments should be made to replace all
'eachers who are assigned to federal/state programs and
■o the Central Office for 75 per cent or more of a school
j'ear.
' 2. Long-term substitutes should continue to be appoint-
d to fill vacancies created by teachers on leave for one
emester.
3. A waiver procedure should replace the present con-
ract leave.
, 4. The Superintendent's moratorium on paper transfers
hould be made permanent.
STRIKE LEGALITY OPINION
In response to a request as to whether or not it
would be legal for teachers to strike in California,
Irving G. Breyer, Legal Adviser for the San Fran-
cisco Unified School District, submitted a detailed
opinion which was presented to the Board of Edu-
cation at the meeting of February 6, 1968.
After reviewing a number of court cases relative
to the question, Mr. Breyer wrote, "In view of the
above there can be no doubt that under existing
law teachers in California do not have the right to
strike. If they did engage in a strike, it would be
grounds for dismissal from employment."
Copies of the agenda of the Board meeting of
February 6, 1968, have been placed in the Teachers
Professional Library for information purposes.
5. When no eligibility list exists for a given subject
area, the traveling team of the Personnel Service Division
will be empowered to offer employment to candidates,
through the Personnel Coordinator, subject to approval
of the Superintendent and the Board of Education.
6. The present procedure in the Elementary Division
of assigning long term substitutes to the bottom of the
eligibility list after five consecutive years of successful
substitute teaching should be shortened to a period of six
semesters, and it should apply to all divisions.
Recommendations in Group II include the following:
7. A corps of probationary teachers should be appoint-
ed and assigned to the Personnel Service Division for ap-
pointment as a percentage of the total number of day-to-
day substitutes. (Possibly 50 out of the daily average of
200.)
8. A newly appointed probationary teacher should be
allowed credit for increment purposes on the basis of one
increment for each year of verified outside teaching as a
full time permanent or probationary teacher.
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Counselors See Hospital Program
Senior high school counselors recently attended an orientation
meeting at Mt. Zion Hospital in which the wide range of oppor-
tunities for students of all abilities in the allied medical fields
and the background needed for these positions were discussed.
The program was presented in dramatic form with a patient shown
entering a hospital and being attended by some 15 different
hospital people representing various occupations. It was pointed
out at the meeting that by the year 1 970 the health services field
is expected to be one of the two largest employers in the United
States. The meeting was possible through the cooperation of the
District's Office of Occupational Preparation and Mrs. Anne
Gross, Coordinator of Auxiliary and Special Services, and her staff.
NEWSLETTER
February 26, 196}
Fall PTA Scholarships Awarded Board Makes New Appointments
Mrs. M. J. Bellezza, Scholarship Chairman, Second District Cali-
fornia Congress of Parents and Teachers (center) is seen present-
ing the awards to the District fall, 1 967 scholarship winners from
the senior high schools. Recipients included (left to right) Marvin
Dea, Polytechnic, $200; George Samayoa, Mission, $100; Robert
Terrell, Balboa, $200; Nadia Hairabedian, Polytechnic, $200;
and Erma Bob, Abraham Lincoln, $100. Ruth Braverman, Abra-
ham Lincoln, $200, was unable to be present at the ceremonies
which took place in the Board, meeting room of the Central
Office.
EMERGENCY SICK LEAVE
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to remind all
personnel that requests for up to six days of emer-
gency leave which the teacher wishes to have
charged against sick leave must be in writing and
must be countersigned by the principal. Failure to
have the principal's signature on the letter necessi-
tates that it be returned in order that the signature
may be added.
. . . Long-Term Substitute Report
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9. A newly appointed probationary teacher, upon the
evaluation and recommendation of the Personnel Co-
ordinator and the approval of the Superintendent, may
be allowed credit for increment purposes for verified re-
lated employment experience.
10. A "Teacher Opportunity Program" (TOP) of
probationary teachers should be established; the inten-
tion of TOP will be the staffing of target schools with
teachers of the highest quality who are able and willing
to meet the unique demands of these schools.
Some of the recommendations contained in the Report
have been made possible because of action initiated by
the Board of Education last spring and since implement-
ed by Superintendent Jenkins. The Personnel Service
Division has started (during the fall semester of 1967)
the practice of active recruitment of teachers locally as
well as throughout the rest of California and the nation.
Two such recruiting trips have already been completed,
and will be followed with a carefully planned schedule
of subsequent recruitment trips.
The Superintendent's Report on Long-Term Substitutes
has the agreement of the Negotiating Council and the
San Francisco Federation of Teachers.
The following administrative appointments and as
signments were approved by the Board of Education a
the February 6, 1968 meeting upon recommendation o
the Superintendent.
Central Office
Paul G. Gay (on leave from his position as Principal
Portola Junior High School) and transferred to the Jun
ior High School Office on special assignment.
Junior High School
George Karonsky (on leave from his position as Super
visor, Junior High School Office) and transferred to th>
position of Acting Principal, Portola Junior High School
John W. McColgan appointed Acting Head Counselor
Boys at Portola Junior High School.
Elementary School
Gerald J. Foley appointed Assistant Principal of Gran
School.
The above information should be added to all copie
of the current School Directory.
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• DR. GOOSBY TO SPEAK AT JAMES LICK
Dr. Zuretti L. Goosby, Board of Education Commis
sioner, will be the guest speaker at the "All Island Night'
program at James Lick Junior High School on Wedne:
day, March 6.
The theme of the program is "No Man Is an Island
and will emphasize the cultural contributions made b
island peoples to the American culture. The program wi
include music and folk legends of island peoples as pre
sented by students, parents, and teachers. Dr. Goosby
talk will be centered around the evening's theme.
Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria followin
th program.
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• SUMMER SCIENCE, MATH INSTITUTES
A booklet listing all summer 1968 institutes for second j
ary school teachers of science and mathematics has beei
issued by the National Science Foundation and has bee
placed on file in the Teachers Professional Library.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 24 February 26, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
February 26, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Mrs. Josephine Cole at Work
Student Relations Supervisor Sets Goals
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In September, 1967, the position of Student Relations
Supervisor was established in the Senior High School
Division under the direction of Dr. Lewis Allbee, Assist-
ant Superintendent. Mrs. Josephine Cole, who had been
serving as Project Head of the Guidance Service Centers,
was appointed to fill the new position.
During the past five months, Mrs. Cole has been busy
defining the responsibilities of her office, establishing ob-
jectives and goals for which to work, evaluating current
Iprograms in existence in the District, and initiating a
program which will do the most effective job.
Mrs. Cole sees her basic responsibility as Student Rela-
tions Supervisor to concentrate on helping those boys and
girls of high school age who are not succeeding in school
and whose problems indicate a need for individualized
.coordination of the resources of the School District.
Concentration in Two Areas
To work toward accomplishing this goal, Mrs. Cole
has found it necessary to concentrate initial efforts on
two areas of priority in urgency and immediacy of need :
1.) the expelled and long-term suspended students for
whom no educational facilities are available in the public
school system; and 2.) the "psychological drop-outs,"
those students experiencing a kind of restless dissatisfac-
tion which accompanies low motivation and minimum
berformance levels of achievement.
i Referrals to Mrs. Cole's office come from the Student
placement Committee in the Special Educational Serv-
ices Division, from assistant principals, parents, counsel-
ors, and teachers, from Youth Opportunity Centers, and
Tom youth-serving community agencies such as the Mis-
.ion Rebels, Youth for Service, Boys' Clubs, and the Eco-
iomic Opportunity Center offices, among others.
Mrs. Cole has found it important to work closely with
.chool counselors, school occupational preparation staff,
.chool work experience staff, Guidance Service Centers,
State Employment Service, the Job Corps, and commun-
ty agencies for the purpose of helping to re-orient and
re-motivate students who need such help.
Meetings with Students, Parents
Follow-up activities on referrals include interviews and
neetings with individual students and home visits with
>arents. Mrs. Cole has found that frequently she must
nterpret the school's role to parents and students who
lave developed hostilities to the schools. Much of her
ime is spent in making arrangements for drop-out stu-
lents to get back into some kind of meaningful learning
ituation — 4/4 programs, continuation classes, voca-
lonal preparation, or work experience programs.
• Because of the nature of the problems of the students
vith whom she deals, most of Mrs. Cole's contacts are on
n individualized basis. Students and parents come to
alk to her in her office in Room 212-A at 135 Van Ness
Avenue, or she will meet with them in the schools or in
heir homes.
| In an effort to get at the problems of low motivation
nd low achievement, Mrs. Cole devised a Tutorial
:
In one of her many roles as Student Relations Supervisor, Mrs.
Josephine Cole is seen above at the Pelton Junior High School
Career Day Program. She and students from the Senior High
Tutorial Workshop explained how tutors from Abraham Lincoln
High School are aiding students from the various District high
schools who are having difficulty succeeding in school. Both the
tutors and tutees stressed the importance of staying in school and
receiving the fullest education possible.
Workshop last term in which a number of gifted students
from Abraham Lincoln High School served as tutors to
a group of suspended and expelled students.
Workshop Idea Takes Hold
The supervisor reports that the workshop took hold
immediately, and soon 12 tutors were working with 14
tutees. Because the out-of-school youth are not permitted
to utilize school premises, Mrs. Cole held the workshops
in her home, which had orginally been incorporated in
1960 as a non-profit student center for Balboa High
School students.
From once-a-week sessions, 3:30 to 6 p.m., the work-
shop expanded to twice-a-week meetings. Tuesdays and
Thursdays became the official days. Tutors contacted
tutees and personal appointments were made. Sixteen
workshop sessions were held during the fall term, each
tutee receiving about seven hours help per week.
The Tutorial Workshop will be continued during the
spring term. Students from Abraham Lincoln will again
serve as volunteer tutors.
Mrs. Cole emphasizes that her office is available to
students from all of the District's senior high schools and
that she stands ready to give help and assistance where-
ever and whenever they are needed. Her telephone num-
ber is 863-4680, Extension 246.
Variety of Experience
Mrs. Cole finds the demands of her new office both
challenging and satisfying, and she brings a variety of
experience to it. Mrs. Cole started in the District as an
elementary teacher at Raphael Weill School in 1944. She
then accepted a position in the English Department of
Balboa High School in 1948. Her work with English
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NEWSLETTER
February 26, 1968 1
Announcements
• GEORGE WASHINGTON SPEECH ACTIVITIES
Cathy Cary, junior speecli student, and State Supreme
Court Justice Stanley Mosk were recipients of awards
presented at the George Washington High School Masque
and Gavel Speech Team's semi-annual Awards and
Booster Club Dinner.
Cathy received the Churchill Cup, awarded to the
outstanding junior speaker. Judge Mosk received the
team's "Speech of the Year Award" for his address on
"Freedom of Expression" presented to the California
School Boards Association and California Association of
School Administrators in San Francisco in December.
Danise and Sanford Chandler are co-head coaches of
the Washington Speech Team. They are assisted by
Joseph B. Harris (drama), Effie Pandell (debate), and
Mrs. Martha Cook (original oratory) .
• INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTITUTES
Some 29 institutes funded under Title XI of N.D.E.A.
are being offered this summer to industrial arts teachers
and supervisors. A sampling includes:
• Institute in Wood Technology (Grades 7-12) at San
Diego State College, June 17 to July 26, 1968.
• Institute in Drafting and Graphic Arts (Grades 9-
12) at the University of Northern Iowa, June 17 to
August 9, 1968.
• Institute in Space Age Technology at Florida State
University, June 24 to August 16, 1968.
Detailed information on all 29 institutes is available
through the Industrial Arts Office, Room 28-A, 170 Fell
Street. Contact Mr. R. Orchid at 863-4680, Extencion
370. All institutes provide a stipend of $75 per week plus
$15 lor each dependent.
; . . Student Relations Supervisor
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seminars and the establishment of the Balboa English
Laboratory received widespread attention. The labora-
tory was the subject of her Masters thesis at the Univer-
sity of California in 1958.
In 1964 she accepted a position as Youth Opportuni-
ties Education Counselor for the San Francisco schools
in the Hunters Point area, and in 1966 she became a
community resource consultant to Dr. Lewis Allbee to
work with the drop-out problem. She became Project
Head of the Guidance Service Centers early in 1967, but
after only five months was given her current supervisorial
appointment in September.
The constant need for upgrading skills to meet the
challenge of change, computerized education, and the
many other expected developments on the District's new
horizons is keenly felt in the office of Student Relations.
Mrs. Cole plans to continue work at the University of
California as time permits.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 27, 1968, 4:00 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• KQED-SFUSD TO GIVE WORKSHOP
District teachers and administrators are invited to at-
tend a "Time of Your Life" series workshop on Family
Life and Sex Education directed toward teachers of 4th,
5th, and 6th grade classes which is being co-sponsored by
KQED, Channel 9, and the SFUSD.
The workshop will be held Monday, March 4, in the
auditorium of West Portal School, 5 Lenox Way, begin-
ning at 3:45 p.m. The purpose of the session is to assist
teachers in utilizing the 15 "Time of Your Life" tele-
vision programs in the classroom.
The workshop narrator will be William C. Ayres,
M.D., and the workshop instructors will be Mrs. Marilyn
McCurdy, TV teacher of the series, and Mrs. Betty Ann
Berkman, Field Representative, Educational Services,
KQED. No pre-registration is necessary.
TO ALL PRINCIPALS — IMPORTANT
All PTA membership dues (35 cents per capita)
must be turned in to the District Office, Room
32-A, 135 Van T<ess Avenue, by March 1 to count
for the 1967-68 year and in order to reach the State
Office on time. Principals are asked to see that all
dues is submitted by the above date, delivered by
messenger, if necessary, to the Central Office.
The PTA goal is 30,J00 memberships by March 1.
• NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTES
Information on the following NDEA summer institutes is'
now in the Teachers Professional Library. Teachers must,
write directly to the institutions involved for applications!
• Institute for Advanced Study in Russian to be held
at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) and ir,
the Soviet Union, June 19 to August 27, 1968.
• Institute in Italian for in-service and pre-service
secondary school teachers of Italian at the State Univer-
sity of New York (Buffalo) , June 24 to August 9, 1968.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
MARCH 4, 1968
NUMBER 25
Invest-in-America Contest Begins
Role of Individual Is Stressed
'he Invest-in-America Dinner honored over 200 superintend-
ents, principals, business education, social science and econom-
:s department heads and teachers from San Francisco Bay Area
,.. ublic and parochial senior high schools in connection with the
nnual School Economic and Journalism competitions. Shown
ere (left to right) are: Dr. Lewis All bee, Assistant Superintend-
{(f nt for Senior High Schools, San Francisco Unified School Dis-
xy ,'ict; Dr. Dwayne Orton, Chairman, Editorial Board, Think Mag-
azine, and Educational Consultant, International Business
HO Machines, New York; Bernice Blennerhassett, Social Studies
lead, Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco; Mr. Lewis F.
iorris, Jr., Principal, Balboa High School.
t» ' Over 200 superintendents, principals, business educa-
bs ion, social studies and economics department heads and
eachers from 92 San Francisco Bay Area public and
larochial high schools, with enrollments exceeding 100,-
— 100 students, participated in the 13th annual Invest-in-
__ .America dinner held in San Francisco February 15, to
« tart the annual Invest-in-America Schools competitions.
1GI Emphasizing the important role of the individual in
■ur economy, Dr. Dwayne Orton, Chairman. Editorial
,. ioard, Think Magazine, and Educational Consultant,
nternational Business Machines, New York, said, "Mod-
1 ,rn machines can produce practically any information
ml ]/e need, but we must develop young men and women,
,ur leaders of tomorrow, who will know what and how
id lo ask the machines if they are to give them the desired
nswers."
This Invest-in-America Schools Program is part of a
road economic educational program, conducted through-
ut Northern California. It aims to stimulate economic
iscussions in the classrooms and through school news-
apers to bring about a better understanding of the essen-
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Thirteen New MDTA Projects
To Start at Three Adult Schools
Thirteen new Manpower Defense Training Act (MD-
TA) projects have recently been funded, according to
Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Assistant Superintendent for
Adult and Vocational Education. The 13 projects have
a total budget of $8 1 2, 1 09.
The new programs are listed below under the schools
in which they will be taught, the figure in parenthesis
indicating the number of trainees to be enrolled.
John Adams Adult — Clerk Typist (two sections, one
of 40 and one of 20), Insurance Rating (20), Stenogra-
pher (20), Clerk Typist — Spanish Speaking (20), Bill-
ing Clerk (20), Basic Education and Pre-Vocation
(100), English Communications — Mexican and Span-
ish Speaking (150).
John O'Connell Adult — Auto Metal Worker (30),
Welder, Combination (two sections, each with 20), Auto
Body Repairman (30).
Pacific Heights Adult — English Communications —
Chinese Speaking (150).
Since the program's inception in 1962, when only one
project was offered in the District, to January 31, 1968,
some 112 MDTA programs have been started in the San
Francisco public schools. Of this total, 79 have been
completed and 33 are currently in progress.
The total number of trainee positions created by the
program (as of January 31, 1968) stands at 7,070
(4,487 for completed projects and 2,483 in projects al-
ready started; these figures do not include drop-outs or
trainees placed during the training period). The total
budget figure for District MDTA projects to January
31 is $5,750,477.
According to Dalton Howatt, Coordinator, Adult Ed-
ucation, during the period since 1962, 66.2 per cent of
those adults who enrolled in MDTA classe have com-
pleted them. This compares favorably with the state-
wide figures, which indicate that 55.7 per cent of those
enrolling in MDTA projects have completed them.
The various training areas in which MDTA course
offerings are grouped come under four general headings:
business, trade and industrial, basic English and pre-
vocational, and hospital.
LOUISE M. LOMBARD SCHOOL RE-OPENS
The Louise M. Lombard School (for the Train-
able Mentally Retarded) at 1099 Hayes Street has
re-opened upon completion of renovation work.
Mary E. Smyth is Principal. The telephone number
is 861-1821.
NEWSLETTER
March 4, 19681
At Raphael Weill
Students Study Rapid Transit
"Moving Ahead with Rapid Transit" was the theme of the
Raphael Weill School mid-term Promotion Assembly which was
the summary of a study of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System by
the upper grade students as a team teaching project directed by
Mrs. Lois Sims, Resource Teacher. Large exhibits which thi-
children made showing various phases of the BART project were
included in the program and are now on display at BART Head-
quarters, 814 Mission Street. KQED, Channel 9, filmed a number
of the exhibits for two 20-minute programs which were shown
in February. The Raphael Weill program was researched, plan-
ned, and presented under Mrs. Sims' direction, and Lawrence
Ferolie, BART Public Relations Representative, was the con-
sultant. Mrs. Virginia Wales is the Principal of Raphael Weill
School.
• ACADEMIC YEAR MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE
San Jose State College is offering an Academic Year
Mathematics Institute for Junior High School Teachers
and Supervisors from September, 1968, to June, 1969,
sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Informa-
tion on the program is now in the Teachers Professional
Library.
. . . Invest-in-America Competition
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tial role that individual savings and business profits, wise-
ly invested, play not only in the individual's but in the
nation's economic future.
The program culminates with written essays on the
subject, "The Role of Savings in Our Economy: The
Past; The Present; The Future," and with articles on
the same subject, published in school newspapers. Entries
must be submitted by April 4.
The Freedoms Foundation this week has awarded the
Invest-in-America Northern California Council its 12th
award in the past 12 years in recognition of "its achieve-
ment in bringing about a better understanding of the
American Way of Life."
All senior high school social studies department heads
have been supplied with information about the competi-
tion, including a "Guide for Teachers," which outlines
the procedures to be followed.
Tax Tips' TV Program Featured
The California Teachers Association, Bay Section, ir
cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service anc
KQED, is again presenting "Tax Tips for Taechcrs,"
live one-hour program answering questions phoned in b)
viewing teachers.
The program is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. or
Wednesday, March 6, over KQED, Channel 9. Bccausi
of this excellent time spot, many faculties are arranging
after-school coffee klatches to view the program anc
phone in questions of interest to members of the group
Questions may be phoned in to 391-1000 where they wil
be answered on the air.
With recent changes in the Internal Revenue Servici
regulations last year, many teachers will find it easier t(
secure educational deductions. Teachers and adminis
trators who undertook or completed work during thi
past three years may wish to file amended returns baset
on the new regulations which liberalize deductions when
course work led to an administrative credential.
Participants on the show this year include moderator
John Muir of CTA, Bay Section, and guest experts fron
the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Charles Roddy, Grou]
Supervisor, Field Audit Branch, and Miss Linda Kuril
Tax Technician, Office Audit Branch. The program i
directed by Buzz Anderson.
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• DANCE LESSON AT CITY COLLEGE
On Friday, March 8, Ruth Beckford, specialist ii
Afro-Haitian dance, will conduct a master lesson in th
Women's Gymnasium at City College of San Franciscc
College and high school students and their instructors ar
invited to the afternoon session from 2 to 3:30 p.m.;
participating limit of three from each institution will b '
necessary due to limited studio space.
This lesson is under the sponsorship of the City Colleg
Recreation Association and the Women's Physical Edv.
cation Department.
Interested persons may call Mrs. Lene Johnson, Citl '
College, at 587-7272, Extension 208, for further inform*!
tion.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 25
March 4, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor. Educational Information
iMarch 4, 1968
NEWSLETTER
INDEA Summer Institutes Listed
Information relating to the following NDEA summer
iinstitutes has been placed on file in the Teachers Pro-
fessional Library.
• Institute on the Developing Nations (for teachers
of Social Studies, Government, and History) at Pitzer
;College, Claremont, California, from June 24 to August
lb, 1968.
• Institute in History for Secondary Teachers and
^Supervisors (Grades 9-12) on Recent Europe, United
States, and the non-West at Arizona State University
Iffrom June 17 to August 9, 1968.
• Institute in Italian for Undergradutes Preparing to
Teach Italian (Grades 7-12) at Fairleigh Dickinson Uni-
versity, Madison, New Jersey, from June 24 to August 9,
11968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Economics for Ele-
mentary Supervisors of Curriculum and Elementary
Principals at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
(from June 24 to August 2, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in German for Ele-
jmentary and Secondary School Teachers of German
l( Grades 3-12) at Montana State University, Bozeman,
■from June 24 to August 9, 1968.
• Institute for Critical Languages, School of Russian
ind Soviet Area Studies, at Windham College, Putney,
Vermont, from June 28 to August 10, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Spanish to be held
,11 Madrid and Alicante, Spain, for secondary school
:eachers of Spanish who teach advanced-level Spanish
:ourses, sponsored by Fairfield University, Fairfield,
Connecticut, from June 24 to August 23, 1968.
• Institute in U.S. History, the role of Minority
.Groups in American History (for elementary and junior
tigh school social studies teachers, Grades 5-8), at San
."ernando Valley State College, Northridge, California,
rom June 1 7 to August 2, 1968.
GIFTED SUPERVISOR POSITION CHANGE
The February 19 issue of the Newsletter an-
nounced that applications for the position of Su-
pervisor (A) of Programs for the Gifted were
being accepted by the Personnel Service Division.
The announcement stated that applicants must
be serving as administrators in the San Francisco
Unified School District. This requirement has now
been changed to read, "Applicants need not be
serving as administrators in the San Francisco Uni-
fied School District. Teachers who possess adminis-
trative credentials for both the Elementary and
Secondary levels are encouraged to apply."
The deadline for applications has been extended
from the announced date of March 1, 1968, to
March 15, 1968, because of the above change.
> STUDENT SUMMER SCIENCE PROGRAMS
The National Science Foundation has published a new
lirectory titled Science Training Programs for High
ibility Secondary School Students Summer 1968. A copy
iow on file in the Teachers Professional Library.
Dates Are Set for
Junior Hiqh Division Deadlines
The Personnel Service Division announces the follow-
ing interview dates:
Junior High School Division Administrative Interviews
— Friday, March 8, 1988 (Revised date)
Junior high administrative interviews, including head
and assistant head teachers for 1968 summer schools,
will be held on Friday, March 8, 1968. It is suggested
that candidates who are interviewed within the last
three years need not apply for an interview at this time
unless they feel they have special reason to do so.
Applications for Junior High Division Summer School
Teaching Positions — Thursday, March 15, 1968
All teachers desiring to teach in the Junior High Sum-
mer Schools are requested to file completed summer
school applications in the Personnel Service Office not
later than Friday, March 15, 1968. Up-to-date and valid
junior high school credentials are required for teachers
assigned to Junior High Summer Schools.
Hancock Teacher Receives Award
Mrs. Helen Robinson (left), currently serving as a compensatory
teacher and formerly a sixth grade teacher at John Hancock
Elementary School, has been presented a National Freedoms
Foundation Award for her work at Hancock School when her
class carried on correspondence with the USS Hancock during its
tour of duty in Vietnam. Mrs. Alice Shea (right), representative
from the Freedoms Foundation, presented the award. Witnessing
the ceremonies were Diane LaRocca and Melody Lim, former
Hancock students of Mrs. Robinson, now at Francisco Junior
High School.
IN MEMORIAM
Miss Joan Nourse
NEWSLETTER
March 4, 1968
Announcements
• SFCGA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
A general membership meeting of the San Francisco
Counseling and Guidance Association will be held Thurs-
day, March 21, at 3:45 p.m. A. P. Giannini Junior High
School, Room 221. Eight highly qualified panelists will
discuss a number of special services provided children
attending San Francisco schools.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of the San Fran-
cisco Senior High Schools will meet at Mission High
School on Wednesday, March 6, at 2:45 p.m. in Room
240. The agenda will include a discussion in regard to
changing the constitution to include junior high schools
and also to request additional time for department heads
to perform their duties.
• COACHES TO MEET MARCH 5
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold the first general
meeting of the spring term on Tuesday. March 5, at 7:30
p.m. in Room B-4 of Abraham Lincoln High School.
• ELEMENTARY ART WORKSHOP
District elementary teachers are invited to attend an
art workshop given by Alva McGarah, consultant for
Binney Smith Company, on March 13 or March 14
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Lawton School Cafeteria,
1570 -31st Avenue.
A number of new ideas will be demonstrated, and
teachers will have an opportunity to try them out. Inter-
ested teachers are asked to call the District Art Depart-
ment Office at 863-4680, Extension 233.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Washington
Irving Elementary School.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tation Valley School at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, March
7, 1968. This is a change in the date previously an-
nounced as March 6.
• CHORAL GROUP AUDITIONS
Auditions for the newly formed Little Shamrock Sing-
ers Choral Group will be held at the Eureka Valley
Recreation Center at Collingwood and 18th Streets on
Saturday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. Auditions are open to
girls from eight years through high school and to boys
from eight to 13 years.
The group is sponsored by the Irish Center of San
Francisco, and children receive training in voice and
musicianship on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
For information contact Mrs. Aquinas Whooley at 621-
2200.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, March 5, 1968,
meeting,
7:30 p.m. Regular
170 Fell Street.
• RETIRED TEACHERS LUNCHEON
Mayor Joseph Alioto will be the guest speaker at the
Tuesday, March 12, luncheon of the San Francisco Re-
tired Teachers Association at 12 noon at the Red Chim-
ney in Stonestown. Mayor Alioto will discuss "What the
City of San Francisco Is Doing and Will Do for Its
Retired Citizens."
Luncheon reservations are required and may be ob-
tained from Mrs. Kathryn Brazill, 1770 Pacific Avenue,
San Francisco, Telephone 776-3567. Ticket cost is $2.50.
Reservation deadline is Saturday, March 9. (No tickets
will be sold at the door.)
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet Monday, March 1 1 , at
4 p.m. in the cafeteria of George Washington High
School, 600 - 32nd Avenue.
• TEACHERS ON PANEL
Donald Koors, Adult Education Division, and Earl
Minkwitz, Polytechnic High School Social Studies De-
partment, will participate in a panel discussion on the
topic "What Alternatives Do Our Under-Educated
Have?" at the Bethel AME Church, 916 Laguna Street,
on Tuesday, March 5, at 8 p.m. The focus will be on th
problems faced by young people between the ages of 16
and 25. The discussion is co-sponsored by the First Uni-
tarian Church. For further information contact Mrs
Nancy Lawrence, 921-1779.
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NEWSLETTER
JvOLUME 39 «^=@ MARCH 11, 1968 NUMBER 26
Superintendent's Agreements Listed
During the past two months, a number of signed agreements have been made between the Superintendent and
!'< fepresentatives of the Negotiating Council and between the Superintendent and representatives of the San Francisco
federation of Teachers. For the information of School District personnel, the agreements are listed below. The "X"
;o the right indicates those areas for which formal signed agreements are now a matter of record. The brief descrip-
tions which follow are not necessarily the exact wording contained in each signed document, but are rather a sum-
nary statement of the agreement. In some cases, discussions are in progress which may lead to other agreements.
The agreements are grouped into three categories. Agreements in Group I are changes in administrative pro-
f A edures. Some have already been implemented by the Superintendent, and others will be carried out as expeditiously
,s possible, consistent with good administrative procedures. Agreements in Group II are the Superintendent's recom-
mendations to the Board of Education for possible Board approval. Agreements in Group III involve policy and/or
budgetary considerations and require fiscal studies this semester in order that they may be presented to the Board
'• vith complete information as to their probable effect on the 1968-69 budget.
GROUP I
Agreements in Group I are changes in administrative procedures. Some have already been implemented by the
. juperintendent, and others will be carried out as expeditiously as possible, consistent with good administrative pro-
.. edures.
}; Negotiating
ubject Of Agreements: Federation Council
— 'overage for Teachers Absent X
Provides that when a faculty member is absent and when all efforts to obtain a substitute have
lit een unsuccessful, teachers assigned to cover the classes of the absent teacher shall be chosen from
"Covering List," posted in the principal's office, which shows the cumulative periods of coverage for
ach teacher; the teacher assigned to "cover" shall be the available qualified teacher with the lowest
umulative coverage total.
Assignments: Major and Minors X X
Provides that teachers with general secondary credentials may be assigned to teach only in the
eld of their major or minor unless the teacher agrees to the assignment or the principal files a
declaration of Need which is approved by the Superintendent or his designee.
__ ransfer and Appointments X X
TE Provides that a teacher's seniority be taken into consideration in transferring between divi-
. ons and that the teacher requesting the transfer should be exempt from the normal eligibility list
it,: rocedures; not more than four per cent may leave a division during a semester; a joint committee
ill review the transfer policy for the purpose of revision, clarification, and strengthening.
robationary Appointments, Teachers on Leave >
Provides that probationary appointments should be made to fill vacancies created when teachers
te granted leaves-of-absence for 75 per cent or more of a school year.
robationary Appointments, Federal/State Programs and Central Office >
Provides that probationary appointments should be made to replace all teachers who are as-
gned to federal /state programs and to the Central Office for 75 per cent or more of a school year.
ong Term Substitute Appointments >
Provides that long term substitutes should only be appointed to fill vacancies created by teachers
l leave for one semester.
/aiver Procedure >
Provides that a waiver procedure should replace the present contract leave.
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March 11, 196)
Superintendent's Agreements Listed
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Negotiating
Federation Council
Elimination of Paper Transfers )
Provides that the Superintendent's moratorium on paper transfers should be made permanent.
Committee Appointments )
Provides that when no eligibility list exists for a given subject area, the traveling team of the
Personnel Service Division will be empowered to offer employment to candidates, through the Per-
sonnel Coordinator, subject to approval of the Superintendent and the Board of Education.
Probationary Appointment of Long Term Substitutes )
Provides that the present procedure in the elementary division of assigning long term substi-
tutes to the bottom of the eligibility list after five consecutive years of successful substitute teach-
ing should be shortened to a period of six semesters, and it should apply to all divisions.
Date of Payment of Teachers >
Provides that teachers be paid on the first of each calendar month and that this change of date
become effective as soon as the technical details can be worked out.
Appointment-and-Contract Agreement Form >
Provides that the appointment action form presently in use by the Personnel Service Division
be revised to become an appointment-and-contract agreement form and will cover all certificated
employees.
One Personnel File , >
Provides that there exist one personnel file for each certificated employee, located in a central-
ized file complex in the Personnel Service Division, and that this file be the source for any official
action relating to certificated personnel.
In-Service Class Excused Absences >
Provides that teachers of Board of Education sponsored in-service classes be given the authority
to excuse teacher absences without the necessity of assigning make-up work on the basis of at least
one absence per unit of course work.
Rotation of Teachers, Administrators
Affirms agreement with the report of the committee on the Regular Rotation of Teachers and
Administrators that steps should be taken to increase the holding power of good and experienced
teachers in the schools within poverty areas and recruitment of teachers for poverty areas; further
affirms agreement that the Board of Education should not adopt a policy that would require "the
regular transfer of teachers and administrators on some type of regular basis."
Non-Teaching Duties
Provides that the Superintendent initiate a survey of non-teaching assignments in each build-
ing.
Administrative Selection Procedures
Provides that the procedures for administrative selection should be clearly defined and pro-
mulgated to all District personnel.
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TIME SHEET PICK-UP
March time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on March 29, 1968, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their full-time and
part-time teachers' time sheets on March 29 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for March 15 through
March 31 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on March 26, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in March for principals and
assistant principals is 21; the number of days for
teachers is 21.
SAN FRANCISCO
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Vol. 39, No. 26
March 11, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
March 11, 1968 NEWSLETTER
Superintendent's Agreements Listed
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Federation Council
Evaluation of Certificated Personnel X
Provides that a task force be established for the purpose of revising and strengthening the pro-
cedures for evaluating certificated personnel.
Improvement of School Supplies System X X
Provides for a number of specific improvements aimed to aid the teacher in securing class-
room supplies.
Lounges, Washrooms, Lavatories X
Provides for an on-site survey of physical facilities, i.e., lounges, washrooms, and lavatories to
, determine if they meet minimum health and safety standards.
Health Plan Exemption Procedure X X
Provides that the requirement that Health Service exemptions must be renewed annually by a
personal appearance at the Health Service System be abolished.
Library Book Selection, Purchasing and Processing X X
Provides that the procedures for selecting, purchasing, and processing library books should be
simplified.
Secondary School Library Clerk X X
Provides that one full-time clerk shall be assigned to each secondary school library; only in
case of emergency shall this clerk be assigned other duties.
Procurement and Selection of Library Books X X
Provides that in order to eliminate lengthy delays in obtaining library books such books will be
purchased under an "A" type contract and the current procedure for selecting such books should be
simplified.
GROUP II
Agreements in Group II are Superintendent's recommendations to the Board of Education for possible Board
approval.
Subject of Agreements: Federation Council
Grievance Procedure X X
Provides that teachers, when initiating a grievance, should have the right to be accompanied
by a conferee at all steps; that the responsible administrator forward to the Personnel Service Di-
vision copies of all correspondence relating to grievances and that the Personnel Service Division be
responsible for the administration and operation of the grievance procedure; that the Grievance
Policy be reviewed for the purpose of revision and strengthening, and that a committee be desig-
lated to make recommendations to the Superintendent as soon as possible.
Children's Centers X X
Recognizes that employees in the Children's Centers Division are an integral part of the School
District and personnel employment and selection is a function of the Personnel Division; that all
personnel procedures of the District shall be applicable to Children's Centers employees.
Policy Revisions: Personnel X X
Establishes agreement as to the reorganization of the Personnel Service Division and the cen-
:ralizing of functions and responsibilities of personnel practices; affirms support of Board policy re-
visions pertaining to personnel; provides that the Personnel Service Division will be responsible for
personnel administration of all certificated and classified personnel.
GROUP III
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- Agreements in Group III involve policy and/or budgetary considerations and require fiscal studies this semester
ii n order that they may be presented to the Board with complete information as to their probable effect on the 1968-
969 budget.
S Subject of Agreements: Federation
Annual Promotion
Recommends adoption of annual promotion for the District with implementation to begin in
__ the fall of 1969.
'reparation Period X
Agreement in principle provides that a curriculum preparation period will be available to every
eacher K through grade 12, subject to budgetary considerations.
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Superintendent's Agreements Listed
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Federation
Negotiating
Council
M.D.T.A. Salaries X
Agreement in principle provides that M.D.T.A. teachers receive the same pay as Adult Educa-
tion teachers, to take effect July 1, 1968, subject to budgetary considerations.
Year-for-Year Credit X
Agreement in principle provides that a newly appointed probationary teacher shall be allowed
credit for increment purposes on the basis of one increment for each year of verified outside teach-
ing as a full-time permanent or probationary teacher, subject to budgetary considerations.
Corps of Day-to-Day Substitutes X
Agreement in principle provides that a corps of probationary teachers should be appointed and
assigned to the Personnel Service Division for appointment as a percentage of the total number of
day-to-day substitutes, subject to budgetary considerations. (Possible 50 out of the daily average of
200).
Credit for Related Experience X
Agreement in principle provides that a newly appointed probationary teacher, upon the evalua-
tion and recommendation of the Personnel Coordinator, and the approval of the Superintendent,
may be allowed credit for increment purposes for verified related employment experience, subject
to budgetary considerations.
Teacher Opportunity Program X
Agreement in principle provides that a "Teacher Opportunity Program" (TOP) of probationary
teachers should be established; the intention of TOP will be the staffing of target schools with
teachers of the highest quality 'who are able and willing to meet the unique demands of these schools,
subject to budgetary considerations.
New Careers Program X
Agreement in principle with the New Careers Program as described in the New Careers Pro-
gram summary fact sheet and adds that the New Careerist will be under the direct supervision of a
classroom teacher or in some cases the department head, subject to budgetary considerations.
Health Insurance X
Agreement in principle provides that a joint committee be established to develop recommenda-
tions and present them to the Board covering a comprehensive health insurance plan including all
medical and dental services, special services, and payment for medicinal drugs which must be pur-
chased by the Board for all teachers, including long-term substitutes, and their respective depend-
ents to the fullest extent allowable by law, subject to budgetary considerations.
Class Size X
Agreement in principle that class size policy should be based on either maximum teacher-stu-
dent contact hours per week or maximum class size, whichever is determined to be a more effective
method, subject to budgetary considerations.
Programming and Counseling Clerical Service X
Agreement in principle provides that sufficient clerical staff shall be made available to perform
the necessary clerical aspects of programming and counseling, subject to budgetary considerations.
Announcements
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
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All teachers desiring to teach in the Junior High
Summer Schools are requested to file completed
summer school applications in the office of the Per-
sonnel Division not later than Friday, March 15,
1968. Up-to-date and valid junior high school cre-
dentials arc required for teachers assigned to the
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MAR i 8 1968
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
MARCH 18, 1968
NUMBER 27
Roy Minkler Is Program Coordinator
Thirty Project Read Schools Announced
! Project Read, the District's extensive pilot reading
oroject involving 30 elementary schools, began operating
his past week, according to Dr. Donald A. Rhodes, As-
istant Superintendent for Elementary Schools.
\ Roy Minkler, Principal of Anza School, has been ap-
>ointed coordinator of the project and has set up head-
[uarters in Room 213-A of the Central Office, 135 Van
<Jess Avenue.
Project Read, which is geared to bring under-achieving
hildren up to or above grade level in reading and lan-
guage arts, was recommended by Dr. Robert E. Jenkins,
Superintendent of Schools, and approved by the Board
if Education at its February 13, 1968 meeting. The
Soard further approved $180,000 for use of Sullivan
>rogrammed instruction reading materials at selected
fhree-day Berkeley Session
Feathers Attend Bilingual Meet
I three-day pre-semester training workshop for teachers of the
panish Bilingual Education Experimental Project was held re-
"' [2ntly at the University of California. The purpose of the work-
11 J ,iop was to familiarize and train the teachers in the use of new
irriculum materials to be implemented in the project schools
g uring the spring semester. Dr. Theodore Reller, Dean, UC
chool of Education, greeted the teachers. Project teachers in-
uded Mrs. Nora Haymond and Mrs. Graciela Kennedy (Mar-
lall), Mrs. Carmen Lopez and Mrs. Cecile Steelman (Sanchez),
Irs. Carmen Trasvina, Esten Kapp, and Florencio Ortega (James
ick), and Rafel Cons (Mission). The workshop was conducted
V Dr. Theodore Parsons (UC), Mrs. Alma Gregory and Mrs.
ercilia Toscano, Coordinators (from San Antonio, Texas), and
mer Gallegos, District Supervisor, Spanish Bilingual Educa-
on. Pictured above Mrs. Toscano demonstrates some techniques
• presenting a lesson to Spanish-speaking students of Franklin
:hoo! in Berkeley.
"disadvantaged" and "advantaged" schools.
Dr. Rhodes has announced that the 30 schools in-
volved in the project include the following: Anza, Bay-
view, Bessie Carmichael, Bret Harte, Bryant, Burnett,
Candlestick Cove, Columbus, Commodore Sloat, Dudley
Stone, Emerson, Garfield, Golden Gate, Hunters Point
I - II, Jedediah Smith, John McLaren, John Muir, John
Swett, Marshall, Noriega, Ortega, Patrick Henry, P. A.
Hearst, Raphael Weill, Redding, Sheridan, Sir Francis
Drake, Starr King, Twin Peaks, and Ulloa.
Approximately 15,000 children from kindergarten
through the sixth grade will take part. All of the students,
except those in kindergarten, have taken the Stanford
Reading Achievement Test. Students in the 30 Project
Read schools have also been administered the Sullivan
Placement Test. On the basis of diagnostic data obtained
from this test, the students will be placed in the appropri-
ate stage of the Sullivan reading materials.
Test Again in May
As part of the project's evaluation, the Stanford Read-
ing Achievement Test will be given again in May to all
San Francisco students. The gains of students who have
used the Sullivan materials will be compared with the
gains of students who have had conventional instruction.
In addition, comparisons will be made with students'
records in the same school last year. The District's Divi-
sion of Research will perform the evaluation.
Published by Behavioral Research Laboratories (BRL)
in Palo Alto and by McGraw-Hill, the texts are named
for Dr. M. William Sullivan, who, with Dr. Allen Calvin,
President of BRL, worked in a Carnegie Foundation pro-
gram which combined a phonetic reading method with a
psychologically motivational learning theory to produce
the programmed instruction texts.
Materials used in the program include over 50 re-
medial and basal reading texts for the first six grades;
Readiness in the Language Arts, a four-textbook reading
readiness program ; and correlated tests and work papers.
Training Program Continues
Teacher pre-service training in the Sullivan materials
has been completed, and in-service and on-the-job train-
ing is underway. During the next several weeks more than
60 consultants will be working with teachers in the 30
schools to aid them with programmed reading proced-
ures. Mr. Minkler emphasizes that the consultants are
there to help and advise, not to observe or supervise the
teaching as such.
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March 18, 1968
Personnel Division Notices
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to remind all
permanent teachers that they may request transfers
to other schools within their divisions or transfers
from their present schools and appointment to
another division in accordance with Administrative
Regulation #41 15, copies of which are on file in the
offices of all principals. The deadlines for receipt of
these requests from permanent teachers in the office
of the Personnel Service Division are November 1
and April 1.
Teachers who may be deciding to resign from the
District should give the Personnel Service Division
and their principals as much prior notice as possi-
ble. It is expected that at least thirty days of such
prior notice (P4112) shall be given in order that
adequate preparation may be made for suitable
replacements. It is similarly desirable that those
who may be planning to retire should give as much
prior notice as possible. Your cooperation in these
matters will be greatly appreciated.
• FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
Teacher interest and response to the District's Family
Life Education in-service courses has been especially
high, according to Dr. Joseph B. Hill, Curriculum Co-
ordinator.
Last spring some 400 teachers took part in a series of
15 afternoon sessions in a survey course to acquaint
teachers at all grade levels with current research in the
behavioral and biological sciences relevant to human
relationships and family stability.
Last fall 60 teachers, and this spring 40 teachers, en-
rolled in courses of eight sessions which give opportunity
for curriculum development and materials evaluation.
Several weeks ago another in-service course com-
menced, meeting for five evening sessions, with speakers
provided by the San Francisco Medical Society in the
Society's auditorium on Masonic Avenue. Some 190
teachers registered for the course, which is titled Family
Life Education; Biological Backgrounds.
Dr. Frances Todd, District Curriculum Assistant, has
been responsible for planning the in-service work and is
serving as co-chairman with Dr. Alvin Jacobs, School
Health Committee, San Francisco Medical Society, on
the newest course. Dr. Todd has worked closely with
George Canrinus, Coordinator of Health, Physical Edu-
cation, Athletics and Recreation, and Mrs. Viola Mails.
Supervisor of Health and Physical Education.
. . . Project Read Schools Announced
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Mr. Minklcr, who can be reached by telephone at
431-5381, states that he has been encouraged and im-
pressed by the enthusiasm of the teachers who are in-
volved in the program.
A detailed description of Project Read was published
in the February 19, 1968 issue of the Newsletter, copies
of which are available in the Office of Educational In-
formation.
Extra School Supplies Catalogs
Made Available to Teachers
The new School Supplies Catalog (No. 15) has been
released to all schools. The Catalog reflects all changes
and lists all new supplies items now available to schools.
Extra copies of this Catalog have been made available
to all schools and have been placed in the School Library
or other appropriate area within the school for direct
access to all teachers.
For this new project, special binders containing the
Catalog and reflecting the imprinting School Supplies
Catalog — Reference Copy — Not to be Removed fron,
This Room were provided. These extra catalogs now
available to all teachers will provide for better selectior
and utilization of supplies.
The Joint Committee of the Negotiating Council anc
the San Francisco Federation of Teachers initiated th(
request for additional Catalogs and worked closely wit!
Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies, to make this projec
possible.
• MENTAL HEALTH FORUM
"Stresses on Today's Youth" will be the topic at Sai
Francisco's Second Annual Youth Mental Health Forum
it was announced today by Justice John B. Molinari
President of the San Francisco Association for Menta
Health, sponsor of the event.
Popular music columnist Ralph J. Gleason will be th
featured speaker at the Forum, to be held in Nours
Auditorium, Hayes and Franklin Streets, at 7 p.m., Wed
nesday, March 20. There will be no admission charge
The Forum is intended for high school students, pai
cnts and teachers. The Association sponsors Mentj(
Health Clubs in five San Francisco high schools (botji
public and parochial.)
A panel of Club members will react to Mr. Gleason:
discussion. They include Gary Goodlett, George Wash
ington High School; Rosie Vella, Mission High Schoof
Victor Pavloff, Riordan High School; and Gail Burn1
Cathedral High School.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 27
March 18, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
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Woodrow Wilson Basketball Team
Wins Tournament of Champions
The sense of accomplishment that victory brings came
to Woodrow Wilson High School last week as the school's
! varsity basketball team won the championship of the
Tournament of Champions, played in the Oakland Coli-
seum.
In addition to taking the TOC crown, the Woodrow
Wilson rooting section was declared the best in the tour-
ney, and three team members — Ansley Truitt, Eli Neal,
i and Larry Haren — were named to the All-TOC team.
The event marked the first year since 1957, when Poly-
'technic won the title, that a San Francisco school has
been victorious. It was also the first time that a city
public school has won the rooting section award.
Since the final night's victory, words of praise have
been heaped on the Wilson team, its coach, and the
school's rooters.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins sent his personal
congratulations to the student body and the team, saying,
'"Congratulations to the Champions! we are proud of
Woodrow Wilson High School."
Principal Barton H. Knowles received congratulations
from Mayor Joseph L. Alioto through a telegram which
stated, "Until I can salute you personally, heartiest con-
gratulations on having the best basketball team, the best
1 rooting section, and the best school spirit not only in San
Francisco, but all of California. All of San Francisco is
'very proud of Woodrow Wilson."
George Canrinus, District Coordinator of Health,
Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation, an-
nounced, "The achievements of the Woodrow Wilson
.basketball team and student body in winning the Tourn-
ament of Champions and being named the outstanding
rooting section are among the most gratifying experiences
I have shared during my many years in athletic adminis-
tration."
Coach Frank Ingersoll, who announced that this is his
final season as basketball coach, remarked, "The un-
precedented achievements of our team and rooting sec-
i tion represent a magnificent example of cooperation,
sportsmanship, and self-discipline. From such beginnings,
outstanding traditions are eventually established."
Sue Greendorfer, Wilson Student Activities Adviser,
commented, "The TOC was our finest demonstration of
a combined effort of all the student talents at Wilson —
the team, the band, the drill team, elected officers, and
participating rooters. If ever any victory were proof of
cooperation, school spirit, and complete group inter-
action, it has been the outcome of this year's Tournament
of Champions."
Principal Barton Knowles echoed these sentiments in a
special message to the student body, adding, ". . . Now
Woodrow Wilson High School has grown up. Its students
have shown that in student activities they are in a big
league. Let us carry over this spirit, dedication, effort,
and pride into every phase of the school program — par-
ticularly into the classroom."
Hunters Point Sites Tentative
Tentative approval was given to two sites for develop-
ment of new schools at Hunters Point by the Board of
Education at its February 27 meeting at the request of
San Francisco's Redevelopment Agency.
The sites tentatively approved are near the intersec-
tions of Hudson Avenue and Keith Street and Oakdale
Avenue and Jennings Street.
The new schools would be part of a "Garden Complex"
proposed for the Hunters Point area which would also
include the modernization of Jedediah Smith School.
SABBATICAL LEAVE TRAVEL REPORTS
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to remind
those who have returned from travel sabbaticals
that Administrative Regulation 4155 requires that
"Upon completion of the leave and within 60 days
(March 29 this year) of the teacher's return to
duty, a detailed itinerary and a written report of
not less than 2,500 words shall be submitted to the
Personnel Division, setting forth the teacher's re-
actions to the trip and including a statement of the
benefits received from it. ... A description of the
trip will not satisfy the requirement."
Please turn in completed reports to Room 116,
Central Office, to Milton F. Reiterman, Personnel
Coordinator.
Training Program Is Completed
"This is how you do it!" Mrs. Sue Thorlaksson, Education Mana-
ger, Emporium Stores, Palo Alto, demonstrates to five of the 124
out-of-school unemployed youth, who graduated from the Dis-
trict's Second Annual Christmas Training Program, the proper
technique for operating a National Cash Register. Three repre-
sentatives from NCR (left to right) Ed Wade, Manager, Total
Systems; James Allison, Retail Systems Account Manager; and
John Ogro, Retail Systems Department Manager, participated in
this one phase of the 20-hour Christmas training program. Sara
Hurt (left) representative from the Youth Opportunity Centers,
and Mrs. Evelyn Press (right), Principal of Mission Adult School,
coordinated efforts to employ and train these young adults.
Participating also in these training and graduation activities were
Brig. General James W. Courts (Ret.), Chairman of the San
Francisco Community Relations Group; Mrs. Josephine Pagan de
Ward of the Human Rights Commission; Clark Reynolds, Branch
Manager, NCR; and Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Assistant Superin-
tendent for Adult and Vocational Education. This program was
sponsored by the San Francisco Community Relations Group
working in coperation with the Human Rights Commission,
Youth Opportunity Centers, the San Francisco Chamber of Com-
merce, and the SFUSD.
NEWSLETTER
March 18, 1968
Announcements
• VISITORS FROM GERMANY
The School District will be serving as host to a number
of teachers from Germany during April. The group has
asked to stay in the homes of local residents for two eve-
nings, April 15 and April 16. District teachers and admin-
istrators who would be interested in housing any of the
visitors on these two dates are asked to call Mrs. Richard
Wilson at the Second District PTA office, 861-0538. Your
help is appreciated.
• PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK COORDINATOR
David Monasch, III, 1968 Public Schools Week/E-B
Day coordinator, will be in the Office of Educational
Information, Room 213, Central Office, from the period
of March 18 through May 3. He may be contacted at
863-4680, Extension 371.
• CTEVH CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
The San Francisco Unified School District will host
the Ninth Annual Conference of California Transcribers
and Educators of the Visually Handicapped (CTEVH)
to be held March 29-31 at Del Webb's Towne House.
The conference will afford teachers, administrators,
and transcribers the opportunity to work together toward
the production of more effective textbooks and other in-
structional materials in special media. Intensive study
sessions will be directed toward meeting "The Challenge
of '68," the theme of the conference.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Emerson Foulke, Di-
rector, Center for Rate Controlled Recordings at the
University of Louisville, Kentucky. His topic will be
"Reading by Listening."
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — City College and
Dudley Stone Elementary School.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB FLIGHT
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces that space is available on its Pan American Air-
ways flight to Hawaii which departs San Francisco, Satur-
day, April 6, and returns Sunday, April 14. Interested
teachers should contact Bill Bardoli at 566-8898 or the
Stanford Education Club, 2346 - 43rd Avenue, San
Francisco 94116.
Final 1968 Academic Athletic Association Varsity
and 130's Basketball Standings
VARSITY 130's
Team Won Lost Team Won Lost
1. W. Wilson 8 0 1. Sacred Heart 7 1
2. Polytechnic 7 1 2. G.Washington 7 1
3. Sacred Heart 6 2 3. Galileo 6 2
4. Lowell 5 3 4. Lowell 4 4
5. A. Lincoln 4 4 4. Mission 4 4
6. Mission 3 5 4. A. Lincoln 4 4
7. Balboa 17 7. Polytechnic 3 5
7. G.Washington 17 8. Balboa 1 7
7. Galileo 17 9. W.Wilson 0 8
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Monday, March 18, 1968, 4:00 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• SACRAMENTO MATHEMATICS MEETING
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
announces that its Sacramento meeting will be held
March 29 through 31, 1968, in the Memorial Auditor-
ium, 1515 J Street.
The three-day session will feature such speakers as Dr.
Francis J. Mueller, Tampa, Florida ("The Public Image
of School Mathematics") ; Professor Charles B. Morrey,
U.C., Berkeley (panelist on "The Twelfth Grade Math
Program" and "Town Meeting on Mathematics") ; and
Professor Stewart Moredock, Sacramento State College
("Exploring Geometry").
SFUSD personnel involved include William G. Chinn,
Executive Director, Statewide Mathematics' Advisor)'
Committee Research Projects, who will speak on "Some
Directions Indicated in the Second Round," and William
P. Keesey, who will preside at a section meeting.
• CANHC EVENING LECTURE MARCH 27
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children announces
that it is sponsoring a public information lecture on Wed-
nesday, March 27, 1968, featuring Mrs. Marguerite Rap-
son, SFUSD Supervisor, Programs for the Educationally
Handicapped.
Mrs. Rapson will speak on "Perspective on the Pro
gram for Educationally Handicapped Minors" at Aptos
Junior High School, 105 Aptos Avenue. The program
will commence at 7:30 p.m.
• SFCGA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
A general membership meeting of the San Francisco
Counseling and Guidance Association will be held Thurs-
day, March 21, at 3:45 p.m. A. P. Giannini Junior High
School, Room 221. Eight highly qualified panelists will
discuss a number of special services provided children
attending San Francisco schools.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
MARCH 25, 1968
NUMBER 28
Reorganization in Progress
Board Approves Personnel Policy Changes
A number of recommendations formulated to revise
'[specific District personnel policies and procedures were
'presented to the Board of Education at its March 12,
1968 meeting by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins and
'were subsequently approved by the Board.
The recommendations are divided into four categories
and are summarized as follows:
Revised Personnel Policy, Articles 2 and 4 — Reorgani-
zation of the Personnel Service Division — P2136, P41 10,
)P4111, P4112, P4115 in two major sections of the Per-
sonnel Policy, Article 2 and Article 4, have been revised
to formally implement the centralized functions of the
Personnel Service Division, as outlined in Dr. Jenkins'
report, Superintendent' s Revised Personnel Policy, dated
February 13, 1968.
• Total reorganization of the Division will be effected
through the adoption of these policies, and the Superin-
tendent will modify administrative regulations to con-
form with the revised policies. The Superintendent's re-
organization of the Division will be completed in the
1968-69 school year, and budget considerations are in-
cluded to carry out all personnel administration functions
outlined in his report.
The Coordinator of Personnel is directly responsible
'to the Superintendent for the administration, planning,
md implementation of the following personnel functions:
i.) recruitment, selection, placement, and transfer of
certificated personnel; b.) operations within the Person-
al Service Division, and research; c.) certificated and
classified staff relations, and wage and salary administra-
tion; d.) recruitment, selection, and placement of classi-
fied personnel, subject to the Civil Service Provisions of
:he City and County of San Francisco (clerical, teacher
aides, crafts, custodial, cafeteria, housemothers and mis-
cellaneous employees).
It is noted that the Negotiating Council and the San
Francisco Federation of Teachers have supported the
-Superintendent's efforts in expanding and strengthening
he Personnel Service Division.
1 Long-Term Substitutes Report — The proposals of
he Superintendent's Report on Long-Term Substitutes,
teted February 13, 1968, have been adopted and will be
mplemented. (See February 26, 1968 issue of the News-
etter for a detailed description of this report.) The Su-
perintendent will effect the changes in administrative
procedure which have been agreed to by the Negotiating
Council and the San Francisco Federation of Teachers.
Grievance Procedure (P4110) — In accordance with
agreement reached with the Negotiating Council and
the San Francisco Federation of Teachers, this policy
revision grants a teacher the right, when initiating a
grievance, to be accompanied by a conferee at all levels
in the Grievance Procedure.
In addition, the responsible administrator, upon re-
ceipt, shall forward to the Personnel Service Division
copies of all correspondence relating to grievances and
that the Personnel Service Division shall be responsible
for the administration and operation of the grievance
procedure.
Children's Centers — In accordance with agreement
reached with the Negotiating Council and the San Fran-
cisco Federation of Teachers, all necessary revisions shall
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Students Prepare Projects
Science Fair fo Start March 30
Three of Roosevelt- Junior High School's six contestants in the
Bay Area Science Fair to be held March 30 to April 3 at the
California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park are pictured
above. The three, Dede Miller, Susie Greenspan, and Jesse Jud-
nick, took second, first, and third place, respectively, in the
fourth annual Roosevelt Science Fair. Susie's project involves the
effects of sex hormones on the reproductive organs of guppies.
Dede's project is entitled "The Effects of Antihistamines on
Limb Regeneration," and Jesse's deals with "What is the Nature
of Light." Judges came from Lowell, George Washington, Ben-
jamin Franklin, James Denman, Herbert Hoover, and Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt fair was under the direction of Lionel Marcus,
Thomas Fletcher, Charles Corsiglia, and Sandra Johnson.
NEWSLETTER
March 25, 1968
Looking to the Future
Bayview Visits Marin School
In planning for the new Bayview Elementary School, a group of
parents, children, teachers, and administrators visited the Gra-
nada Elementary School in Marin County recently. Granada
School has incorporated a number of new and innovative con-
cepts in its building design, including movable walls which allow
for teaching areas of various sizes for a variety of purposes. The
school also operates with an ungraded program. Pictured above
are some of the Bayview students as they boarded the bus for
the day's trip. The children spent the morning with a similar age
group, while the teachers and parents met with school officials
and toured the school plant.
• TEACHER-EDUCATION PROGRAM
Four teachers at Miraloma School and three at Sir
Francis Drake School are participating in the second
phase of a teacher-education program developed by the
Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and
Development, Berkeley, California.
The same San Francisco teachers participated in a
three-week basic field test last November. At that time,
via videotape recorder and with handbooks created by
the Laboratory, the local teachers were trained in "Ef-
fective Questioning Techniques in Classroom Discus-
sion." Recent work, coordinated by Mr. Pete Petrafeso
of the Laboratory staff, aims to check on the degree and
permanence of improvement in teaching skills.
Teachers involved in the program include Susan Per-
ry, Margaret Charles, John Oddone, and Irene Siroskey
of Miraloma and Mrs. Lee Russel, Benjamin Murphy,
and Mrs. Sylvia Webb of Sir Francis Drake. According
to Mr. Petrafeso the testing program has been made
possible through the efforts of Dr. Mary McCarthy,
Supervisor of Elementary Schools, and Mrs. Ellamae
Beseman and Kathryn Lockhart, principals of the two
participating elementary schools.
. . . Personnel Policy Revisions Approved
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be made in existing Board policy in order to insure that
teachers in the Children's Centers are considered and
treated as an integral part of the School District and
that their employment and selection is a function of the
Personnel Service Division. Care will also be taken in
these revisions to insure that all personnel procedures of
the District shall be applicable to the Children's Centers
employees.
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN
SECURING DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTES
The Personnel Coordinator wishes to remind all
administrators and teachers that requests for day-
to-day substitutes should be directed to the Per-
sonnel Service Division. The effort of school ad-
ministrators and regular teachers to secure their
own substitutes sometimes results in confusion. A
centralized approach is both desirable and neces-
sary, as it is Board policy.
An automatic answering and recording telephone
(863-2391 ) will receive requests at any hour of the
night, 4:40 p.m. to 7 a.m. Be sure to report:
1. Your name (last name first, please)
2. Your school
3. The grade level or subjects you teach
4. The anticipated length of your absence
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., tele-
phone calls are handled by the regular switch-
board (863-4680). Ask for the Certificated Per-
sonnel Division.
School secretaries are reminded to continue to
call the Personnel Service Division to report the
return or the continued absence of a teacher.
The cooperation of all concerned will improve
the procedure.
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• POSTER WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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Winners in the 1968 "Trees for the City" poster con- jj|
test have been announced. They include the following a|
Grand Prize, Robert Green (Lowell) ; 2nd, Lamont King
(Mission); 3rd, Sue Hennigh (Mission); 4th, Michae i
Mebine (A. P. Giannini) ; 5th, Nancy Bromberger (Ab-
raham Lincoln); 6th, Milton McMullin (James Den-
man) ; 7th, Mike Moydel (Pelton) ; 8th, Caroline Mots' !
(Mission)
The Grand Prize winner received a $50 Savings Bond
2nd through 6th, $25 Savings Bonds; and 7th through
8th, $10 cash awards. The winning posters are on dis- ■) '.'
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 28
March 25, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
New Foreign Language Programs
For Teachers Are Announced
The California State Department of Education, Office
jof Foreign Language Programs, has released the follow-
ing information which may be of interest to foreign
(language teachers:
Mexico Study Program — Arrangements have been
[completed for an eight-week Summer Spanish-ESL
Study Program to be held at the University of Mexico
tfrom June 24 to August 16, 1968. Designed primarily for
Experienced teachers of ESL and Spanish (including
feixth grade and other elementary teachers of ELES
(Spanish), the program will include intensive study of
Spanish, Applied Linguistics, Teaching Methods and
[Materials, and Mexican History and Culture. A variety
bf other courses will be open to participants at the Uni-
versity, in both Spanish and English.
: Additional information and program information may
be obtained by contacting Robert Landen at the San
Diego County Department of Education.
' Scholarships for Teachers of German — The Goethe
Institute in Munich is offering 14 summer scholarships
[or teachers of German in California. Stipends will in-
clude the full costs of the course, from July 4 to August
^8, 1968, and transportation as well as lodging and food.
\lso included are a short orientation period and a five-
Jay trip to Berlin. The actual instruction will be given
n Aibling (Upper Bavaria) or Ebersburg (near
Vlunich) .
j Interested teachers may secure information and ap-
alication forms by writing to Professor H. Guenther
tferjes, Department of German, University of California,
Oavis 95616.
• Workshop for Teachers of Foreign Languages — A
>ractical training workshop for teachers of foreign lan-
,iiage is being planned by the Office of Foreign Lan-
uage Programs on April 26 and 27. Demonstrations by
naster teachers will be given in the preparation and use
f instructional materials, and teachers will be able to
bserve and construct similar materials at the workshop.
• ■ Additional information may be obtained by contact-
ig the Office of Foreign Language Programs, Room
30, California State Department of Education, 721
!apitol Mall, Sacramento 95814.
- » LOWELL ORCHESTRA AT PATRICK HENRY
l''
- A program of music featuring the 96-piece Lowell
f» ligh School orchestra was presented recently to the en-
re student body of Patrick Henry School. The orchestra,
nder the direction of Jack Pereira, instrumental instruc-
S. >r, offered a program specially prepared for young
i. steners.
Children from the audience were selected to perform
__ ith the orchestra in the Toy Symphony. Principal Frank
lontoro declared that the program was beautifully exe-
lted and that student reaction was highly favorable.
The experience," he stated, "will be remembered for a
* -ry long time by all."
Television Appearance
'Youth and Business
Arnold Jacobson (right), Head, Vocations! Business Education
Project, and three District students (left to right), Christopher
Burton (Polytechnic), Joe Clark (George Washington), and Nancy
Piol (George Washington), recently appeared on the KTVU,
Channel 2, program Editor's Forum to discuss "Youth and Busi-
ness/' The discussion covered the positive attitudes of young
people toward business careers as well as the District's Voca-
tional Buiness Education Program. Ray Jacobs (left) of the
KTVU-TV staff moderated the show which was arranged with
the cooperation of Litton Industries' Monroe International
Division.
District Appointments Listed
The following administrative appointments and as-
signments were approved by the Board of Education at
the March 5, 1968 meeting upon recommendation of the
Superintendent. This information should be included in
all copies of the School Directory.
Central Office
Frances A. Caine, serving as Supervisor A, Atypical
Classes, appointed to the position of Supervisor AA,
Mentally Handicapped — Elementary.
Elementary
Donald W. Johnson appointed Acting Principal of
Anza School (Principal Roy S. Minkler on leave to
Central Office as project coordinator for the Sullivan
Program Reading Project).
Supervisor Position Opens
The Personnel Service Division announces that
applications are being received for the position of
Supervisor A, Attendance Services until Friday,
April 5, 1968.
Applicants must have the M.A. degree and
must possess either a general Pupil Personnel Cre-
dential or the Standard Supervision Credential
with successful full-time experience in the field of
service of the basic credential.
The position will be classified as Supervisor A,
with a beginning salary of $13,980 and a work year
of approximately 197 days.
Applications must be made in writing on ap-
propriate forms available in the Office of Personnel
and returned to Milton F. Reiterman, Coordinator,
Personnel Division, not later than April 5, 1968.
Interviews will be scheduled during the following
week.
NEWSLETTER
March 25, 1968 1
Announcements
• SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHING APPLICATIONS
Applications for teaching positions in summer schools
for the following divisions are available in Room 116 of
the Personnel Service Division and also from the main
office clerk in each school:
Elementary
Junior High
Senior High
Friday, March 29, 1968, is the final date for filing
applications for the three divisions.
• SPANISH COMMITTEE MEETING
The next meeting of the Committee of Spanish-Speak-
ing/Spanish Surnamed Teachers will be held at Sanchez
School on Thursday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the
auditorium. The occasion is a parent orientation meet-
ing to the Spanish bilingual education program at the
school and will take the place of the committee's meet-
ing scheduled for this month.
The orientation program is being planned jointly with
parents, community organization representatives, and
school personnel. Teachers and their Spanish experi-
mental bilingual classes will demonstrate the new cur-
riculum and materials. Dr. Theodore Parsons, project
consultant, and other project staff members will be
present to answer questions from the floor.
• FORENSIC LEAGUE DINNER
The San Francisco Junior High Forensic League will
hold a 10th anniversary dinner at Veneto's Restaurant,
Bay and Mason Streets, on Wednesday, April 3, at
7 p.m.
Prices for the dinner, including tax and tip, are $6 for
prime rib and $4.75 for chicken or fish. Reservations and
checks should be sent to Roland Demarais, Room 213-A,
Central Office, 135 Van Ness Avenue 94102, by April 1.
A 6 p.m. social hour will precede the dinner.
• MEXICO CULTURAL STUDY-TOUR
The Department of Foreign Languages at Chico State
College will conduct a five-week Spanish Linguistics
Cultural Study-Tour for Spanish teachers in Mexico
from July 14 to August 20, 1968. For information con-
tact Dr. L. Charles Pierce, Associate Professor of Foreign
Languages, Foreign Language Department, Chico State
College, Chico, California 95926.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK EXHIBITS
The District's Art Department has been asked to
prepare displays for Public Schools Week at the
following locations: Emporium Downtown, Stones-
town Shopping Center. Cable Car Clothiers, and
City Savings and Loan Company.
School personnel having work to display at these
locations are asked to contact the Art Department
Office at 863-4680, Extension 232.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, March 26, 1968, 4 p.m. Special meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
Tuesday, April 2, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
• DINNER FOR RETIRING ADMINISTRATORS
The San Francisco Association of School Administra-i
tors announces that the annual dinner honoring retiring
administrators will be held in the Imperial Ballroom of
the Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, May 29, 1968. Interest-
ed parties are asked to save this date. Detailed informa-
tion will be distributed in the near future.
• PTA CONVENTION WORKSHOP MARCH 30
"Teach in, Speak out, Follow through" is the theme
of the Second District, California Congress of Parents)
and Teachers' Convention Workshop for new unit offi-
cers and chairmen to be held Saturday, March 30, 1968.
at Lowell High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Principals, teachers, and interested PTA members arei
invited to participate and become informed about PTA
policies and procedures. The morning session will feature
Mrs. Doyle Hoffman, State Director of Extension, a
keynote speaker.
The afternoon session from 1 to 3 p.m. will consist ol
workshop conferences for unit officers and chairmen
There is a 50 cent registration fee. Participants are tc
bring their lunches, and coffee and tea will be provided
DIRECTORY CHANGES
All school staff members are asked to include the
following additions or changes in their copies of the
School Directory:
Page 12 — New telephone number for Herbert
Hoover Act. Asst. Principal — Marianne Cotter is
681-9340.
Page 24 — John Muir Asst. Principal should
read Mrs. Yvette C. Kelly.
Page 34 — Add address to Alemany Adult
School — 750 Eddy Street.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
APRIL 1, 1968
NUMBER 29
Too Late for Regrets'
Driver Education Film Presented
Robert E. Perussina (left), head of driver instruction for District
schools, is seen discussing the auto theft prevention educational
film "Too Late for Regrets" with C. A. DesChamps (right), vice
president in charge of claims in the San Francisco home office
:>f Firemen's Fund American Insurance Companies. The nation-
wide insurance group presented the film to the District to aid in
explaining to driver education students how a conviction for auto
'heft can have tragic consequences for the offender in later life.
Mr. Perussina states that the film will be seen by more than
>,000 sophomore level driver education students each year dur-
ng the regular school year and summer months.
Audio Visual Dates Are Booked
The Bureau of Audio Visual Education, Division of
Instructional Materials, announces that all available
sooking dates for audio visual materials for April have
seen filled, and that by the time outstanding requisitions
.in hand have been processed, May and June will be
looked out.
' The volume of requests for materials has been excep-
ionally heavy this year. Each day the Bureau books 300
!ilms outgoing and 300 films incoming for a daily turn-
over of 600 films. In addition, there are over 100 out-
;oing shipments per day within the filmstrip, realia, study
irint, etc. section.
R Dr. William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of Instruc-
ional Materials, announces that it will be physically im-
lossible to book any additional materials (other than
:hose involving emergency situations) for April, May,
ind June.
Expansion Program for Special
Education Division Implemented
Expansion of the District's Special Educational Serv-
ices Division program within the limits of $750,000 in
new state funds provided in AB 272 was approved by the
Board of Education at its March 12, 1968 meeting upon
recommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
In order to further implement the expansion plans, the
Board subsequently approved at its March 18 meeting
the establishment of a number of positions in the Special
Educational Services Division. Some $243,625 of AB 272
funds have been allotted for this phase of the program.
The following positions will be established:
Teachers — Teleteaching, secondary (1), Classes for
Aphasic Children (2), Audiologist (1), Resource, Hear-
ing Handicapped ( 1 ) , Traveling, Visually Handicapped,
secondary (1), Speech and Hearing (5), Educationally
Handicapped, elementary (6), Educationally Handi-
capped, secondary (3), Educationally Handicapped,
Y.G.C. (1), Reading Center (6), Multi-handicapped
(2), Educable Mentally Retarded, elementary (4), Ed-
ucable Mentally Retarded, secondary (4), and Psycho-
metrist ( 1 ) .
Additional positions will include Social Worker
Special Service Centers ( 1 ) , Guidance Counselor —
Special Service Centers (1), School Psychologist (4),
School Social Worker ( 1 ) , Clerk-Typist ( 1 ) , Transcrib-
er-Typist (2), Clerk-Stenographer (1), Teacher Aides
(12), and Extended Service of one hour per day for 4
Social Workers, 1 School Psychologist, and 1 Speech
and Hearing Teacher.
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| Supply Items Are on Display |
A display of new materials available to schools
through Warehouse stock has been established at the
School Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street. This
exhibit is a perpetual one in that as new items are made
available to schools, they will be displayed in the exhibit
area at the Warehouse.
Teachers and administrators are encouraged to view
the exhibit at their convenience. The Warehouse and
display facility are open each day from 8 a.m. to 4:45
p.m.
The Joint Committee of the Negotiating Council and
the San Francisco Federation of Teachers requested this
display to help acquaint teachers with new supplies that
have become available.
NEWSLETTER
April 1, 1968|
First Place Trophy
Abraham Lincoln Rifle Team Wins
The Abraham Lincoln High School rifle team took top team
and individual honors in the 15th Annual UCLA High School
Rifle Meet. The winning five-man team consisted of (left to
right) Kevin Rugani, Arnold F. Yee, Robert W. Alyward, Allen
F. Yee, and Walter E. Rugani, seen above with their trophies.
Administrative Positions Listed
The following administrative appointments and as-
signments were approved by the Board of Education at
the March 18, 1968 meeting upon recommendation of
the Superintendent:
Central Office
Alfred D. Beseman appointed Supervisor A, Depart-
ment of Music.
Howard C. Clay (on leave from his position as Assist-
ant Supervisor, Attendance Bureau) appointed Project
Head, New Careers Program.
City College
Dr. Louis F. Batmale appointed to the position of
Vice-President.
Jules Fraden appointed Dean of Instruction.
Dr. Jack H. Aldridge appointed Assistant Dean of In-
struction.
Elementary School
David Monasch, III, appointed Acting Assistant Prin-
cipal of Anza School (on leave to Central Office as 1968
Public Schools Week/E-B Day coordinator) .
These changes, where applicable, should be included
in all copies of the School Directory.
. . . Special Education Expansion Begins
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It is to be noted that eight elementary ESEA classes
have been transferred to District Educationally Handi-
capped classes and 12 secondary school Social Worker
positions have been transferred to the Special Educa-
tional Services Division for funding under the provisions
of A.B 272.
Public Schools Week Coming
The 49th Annual Public Schools Week will take
place April 22-26, with the theme being The Public
School — ■ Cornerstone of Liberty.
The chairman of the San Francisco Citizens'
Committee supporting Public Schools Week is Mr.
Elroy D. Joyce, owner of the Joyce Sheet Metal
Works.
Serving as coordinator of Public Schools Week
for the District is Mr. David Monasch, III, Acting
Assistant Principal of Anza Elementary School. He
will also supervise the annual visit of businessmen
to the schools on Thursday, April 25, which is
known as Education-Business Day.
Most of the District schools will hold "open
house" or some type of program during Public
Schools Week, such as exhibits, special programs,
assemblies, and demonstrations.
The Annual Elementary Schools Song Fest will
serve as the opening ceremony to start the celebra-
tion of Public Schools Week. The Song Fest will be
held on Monday, April 22, 1968, in the rotunda of
City Hall at 12 noon. Choruses from Clarendon
School and Diamond Heights School will sing. The
public is invited to attend this event.
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• DANCE LECTURE AT CITY COLLEGE
On Thursday, April 4, Ruth Currier will appear a
City College of San Francisco to present a lecture demon
stration of modern dance in the College Theater a!
11 a.m.
A master class conducted by Miss Currier will be helfj
in the dance studio of the Women's Gymnasium fron
2 to 3:30 p.m.
High school students and their instructors are invitee m
to participate in the master class. Space necessitates ; i
limitation of two students per school. For further infor m
mation interested persons should call Mrs. Lene Johnson: is
City College, 587-7272, Extension 208.
Guest tickets for the lecture demonstration may b
secured by calling Dean Warren White, Extension 218.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 29
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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Implementation of Agreements Underway
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has issued a num-
ber of bulletins to the certificated and classified staffs
detailing the implementation of various agreements
made between the representatives of the Negotiating
Council and the San Francisco Federation of Teachers.
Superintendent's .Bulletins number 10 through 20 were
distributed last week to all schools. Listed below are the
titles and effective date, where applicable, of each bulle-
tin.
Superintendent's Bulletin #10 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated and Classified Staff — Subject:
Revision by the Board of Education of Personnel Pro-
cedures.
Superintendent's Bulletin #11 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Teacher Griev-
ance Procedure — Effective date: March 25, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #12 dated March 25, 1968
To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Declaration of
Need — Assignment, Major and Minor — Effective
date: July 1, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #13 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Transfer and
Appointment Procedures — Effective date: March 25,
1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #14 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Personnel Files
Effective date: April 15,
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Summer Study Grants Available
District teachers of special education classes and
teachers who will be employed by San Francisco Unified
School District to teach mentally retarded or physically
handicapped classes in the fall may apply for grants of
financial assistance to pursue courses in these areas dur-
ing the coming summer.
Teachers who will take summer courses for completion
of certification requirements to teach physically handi-
capped or mentally retarded youngsters may avail them-
selves of these state grants.
Grants may be made up to $50 per unit or a possible
maximum of $300 to successful applicants. Funds for
this program are subject to passage by the Legislature
ind approval by the Governor. Grants will be paid after
successful completion of the course work.
Interested District personnel may secure applications
:rom the office of Margaret Holland, Room 19, Central
Dffice, Telephone 863-4680, Extension 288.
Completed applications should be in the Special Edu-
lational Services Division by May 3.
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IN MEMORIAM
Hale P. Benton
Mrs. Dorothy J. Fong Lee
Hubert Visick
Mrs. Gladys B. Wood
for Certificated Employees
1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #15 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: In-Service Ex-
cused Absences — Effective date: January 30, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #16 dated March 25, 1968
To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Waiver Procedure
— Effective date: July 1, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #17 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Probationary
Appointments for Teachers on Leave — Effective date:
July 1, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #18 dated March 25, 1968
— To:: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Long-Term
Substitutes.
Superintendent's Bulletin #19 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Elimination of
Paper Transfers — Effective date: March 25, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #20 dated March 25, 1968
— To: All Certificated Staff — Subject: Coverage for
Teachers Absent — Effective date: April 1, 1968.
Counseling Suite
Gompers Dedicates New Offices
Dedication ceremonies for the opening of a new suite of counsel-
ing offices at Samuel Gompers High School were held recently.
Dr. Lewis Allbee, Assistant Superintendent for Senior High
Schools, cut the ribbon which signified completion of the project
and official recognition that the offices are "open for business."
Refreshments were served in the homemaking room to faculty
members and a number of Central Office guests. Pictured above
are (left to right) Ivor Callaway, Principal; Dr. Allbee; Philip
Cali, Supervisor, Buildings and Grounds; Mrs. Alice Wilson,
Assistant Principal; and Wendell Lathrop, Head Counselor.
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Announcements
• COACHES' GOLF TOURNAMENT
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its annual Golf
Tournament on Monday, April 8, at Marin Country
Club. Golfers will tee-off with a shot-gun start at 10 a.m.
Green fees are $6.25. Golfers are requested to contact
Bill Firpo of George Washington High School immedi-
ately.
• RECEPTION FOR JUDGE O'CONNOR
The Juvenile Court Employees Association announces
that it will hold a reception for the Honorable Raymond
J. O'Connor on his third anniversary as Judge of the
Juvenile Court at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, at the
Youth Guidance Center.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Lakeshore and
Junipero Serra Elementary Schools.
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Laguna Honda
Elementary School.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET APRIL 18
The Field Librarians will meet Thursday, April 18, at
4 p.m.. at Presidio Junior High School, 450 - 30th Av-
enue. All elementary, junior high, and senior high librar-
ians are welcome.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of San Francisco
will meet Wednesday, April 3, at Polytechnic High
School in the teachers' cafeteria at 2:45 p.m. The agenda
will include a discussion of final approval of the revised
proposal regarding additional time for department
heads.
• MOCK TRIAL — A DAY IN COURT
The Constitutional Rights Foundation announces that
it is sponsoring a special program, "Mock Trial — A
Day in Criminal Court," a demonstration for teachers,
to be held Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at the Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue.
Because attendance is limited, interested teachers are
asked to make reservations early by sending a check for
$2.50 (includes lunch, registration, and materials) to the
Constitutional Rights Foundation, Office 406, 503 Mar-
ket Street, San Francisco 94105.
Co-sponsoring organizations include the San Francisco
Bar Association, Department of Education, Archdiocese
of San Francisco, the San Francisco Police Department,
the Marin County Social Studies Council, and the
SFUSD.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, April 2, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE MEETIN'
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Vis
tacion Valley School at 1 :45 p.m. on Thursday, April 1
Principals having items for discussion are requested i
submit them to their representatives.
Three copies of the March Supply Committee minut
will be distributed to each elementary school. This polic
will be continued in the future so schools will have a
extra copy for posting.
• PHI DELTA KAPPA DINNER MEETING
The Golden Gate Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa dinnc
meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Apr
3, in the Board of Directors Room of Fosters Restauran
Golden Gate Avenue and Polk Street. Dr. Robert 1
Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, will be the feature
speaker. Dinner cost is $2.
TRANSFER CARD DEADLINE EXTENDED
The deadline for the filing of teacher transfer
cards has been extended from Monday, April 1,
to Monday, April 8. Transfer cards in duplicate
are to be filed with the Personnel Service Division
in Room 116. A third copy of the request is to be
retained by the teacher.
• PRINCIPALS' ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Two District principals have collaborated on an artic
which has been published in the January, 1968, issue
the Journal of Secondary Education. The authors are R(
S. Minkler, Principal of Anza School, and Dr. Lane
De Lara, Principal of Francisco Junior High School. Tl
title of the article is "Mental Health and Staff Rel
tions." In addition to his administrative responsibilitit(
Mr. Minkler is also a lecturer in education at the Ur|
versity of San Francisco.
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ures have been effected to date as part of the District's
$m reorganization of the Personnel Service Division.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has expressed pleas-
ire that the Board of Education has taken the steps
jvhich bring San Francisco in line with the most ad-
vanced and up-to-date school personnel procedures in
he nation.
Total reorganization of the Personnel Service Division
■vill result from the adoption of revisions in the Policy
vfanual. Such reorganization has been projected to
:over a two-year period, to be completed at the con-
tusion of the 1968-1969 school year.
New Board Policies
Under the new Board policies, all certificated and
Jassified personnel matters are now fully consolidated
ind vested in the Personnel Service Division. This cen-
/icrory Ceremonies
woodrow Wilson Hails Champions
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins (left) presents the Tournament
»f Champions trophy to Coach Frank Ingersoll of Woodrow Wil-
son High School in special ceremonies held recently on the
school's athletic field. The Wilson varsity basketball team won
the Northern California Championship, and the school's student
body won the prized rooting section trophy. Mayor Joseph L.
Alioto was present to congratulate the team and students on
their fine showing at the Tournament.
tralization and modernization of personnel services and
functions will result in increased efficiency and greater
personalization in the identification of specific personnel
needs.
The division now has the same status as other major
divisions in the District (such as the elementary, junior
high, senior high, adult and vocational, buildings and
grounds, etc.). It will now give direct service to princi-
pals in the assignment of teachers.
All personnel matters pertaining to certificated staff
members (except City College) and to classified staff
members are now the primary responsibility of Milton
F. Reiterman, Coordinator of the Personnel Service
Division.
Functions Spelled Out
As a result of the reorganization the division's func-
tions now comprise all the activities essential in applying
State laws, District policies, and administrative regula-
tions bearing upon the recruitment, eligibility, selection,
assignment, ranking, efficiency in service, promotion,
transfer, tenure, resignation, dismissal, and retirement
of all certificated employees in the District — to the end
that the increasingly complex needs of the school system
will be best served through a centralized personnel unit.
Specific personnel revisions recommended by the Su-
perintendent and approved by the Board include the
following:
Teacher Grievance Procedure — Changes in the
Grievance Procedure include the following: 1.) copies of
all correspondence relating to grievances will be for-
warded to the Personnel Service Division; 2.) the Per-
sonnel Service Division will be responsible for the ad-
ministration of the Grievance Procedure; 3.) teachers
have a right to be accompanied by a conferee at all
levels.
Declaration of Need — Assignment, Major and Minor
— Teachers with general secondary credentials may be
assigned to teach only in the field of their major or
minor unless the teacher agrees to the assignment or the
principal files a Declaration of Need which is approved
by the Superinendent or his designee. A special form has
been developed for reporting these exceptions.
Transfer and Appointment Procedures — Establishes
that the factor of seniority be considered as one of the
bases for determining transfers between divisions and
that the teacher requesting the transfer should be ex-
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April 15, 1968 I
. . . Policy Revisions Carried Out
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empt from the normal eligibility list procedures. Not
more than 4 per cent may leave a division during a
semester.
Personnel Files for Certificated Employees — One
personnel file for each certificated employee will be lo-
cated in a centralized file complex in the Personnel
Service Division and this file will be the source for any
official action relating to certificated personnel. All spe-
cial personnel files which may be in existence in the
various divisions will be transferred to the Personnel
Service Division.
Waiver Procedure — A waiver procedure will replace
the present contract leave. If an applicant on the eligi-
bility list has already accepted a position in another
school district, he will be given a waiver until the follow-
ing March 1, and the next person on the eligibility list
will be given a probationary appointment. This will pro-
tect the rights of the person on the list and eliminate the
necessity for hiring a long-term substitute.
Probationary Appointments for Teachers on Leave —
Probationary appointments will be made to fill vacancies
created when, teachers are granted leaves-of-absence for
75 per cent or more of a school year, including teachers
who are assigned to federal/state programs and to the
Central Office.
Long-Term Substitutes — Long-term substitutes will
continue to be appointed only to fill vacancies created
by teachers on leave for one semester.
Elimination of Paper Transfers — The Superintend-
ent's moratorium on paper transfers, initiated November
21, 1967, has been made permanent.
Probationary Appointments for Long-Term Substi-
tutes — The longtime practice in the Elementary Divi-
sion of granting probationary appointments to successful
long-term substitutes after five years has been extended
to all divisions, and the time has been shortened to three
years.
Types of Appointment (Policy4112) — Under the direc-
tion of the Superintendent, the Personnel Service Divi-
sion is authorized and empowered to make appointments
and assignments in accordance with the procedure out-
lined in Policy 4112, Section 4. This responsibility for
selection and assignment will apply to candidates for
assignments in the respective divisions of the San Fran-
cisco Unified School District. This includes:
a) regular probationary appointments; b) long-term
substitute appointments; c) day-to-day substitute ap-
pointments; d) hourly assignments; e) appointments to
special Federal/State projects; f) intern appointments,
student teachers; g) summer school.
When probationary selections are not made from the
eligibility list, a process of committee appointments may
be employed. The administrators of the Personnel Divi-
sion are authorized to offer probationary employment
in areas where no lists exist, subject to approval by the
Superintendent and the Board of Education. Exceptions
would be instances as outlined in Item 5, 6, and 7, in
Policy 4112 of the Policy Manual.
The Personnel Coordinator is authorized to establish'!)
appointment committees locally and on recruitmeml 1 I
trips. In both instances the committee is empowered tc if
offer employment to candidates through the Personnel ||
Coordinator, subject to approval of the Superintendent
and the .Board of Education.
Children's Centers Teachers — It is recognized thai
teachers in the Children's Centers are an integral pan
of the School District and that their selection and em
ployment is a function of the Personnel Service Division
All personnel procedures of the District are applicabli
to Children's Centers employees.
In addition to the revisions described above, the Per
sonnel Service Division embarked upon an extensivi
teacher recruitment program on local, state-wide, an<
national levels. Three recruiting trips have been com
pleted, marking the first time the District has activel;
engaged in teacher recruitment as part of an organizec
effort to encourage and seek the highest quality teache
applicants locally throughout the nation.
In order to implement the first phase of a more inj
tensive approach to teacher recruitment and to expam
all personnel services, a number of key personnel havj
served the Personnel Service Division staff during th
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current school year. They include George Boisson, Perl
sonnel Supervisor of Certificated Recruitment and Selecl
tion; Mrs. Mary Bryd, senior high school recruitment
and selection; Mrs. Elfrida Noland, elementary schoc
recruitment and selection; and Dr. E. Kemp Fredericl
operational and research aspects of the division.
Goals to be Filled
Though a great deal has been accomplished in les
than a year's time, Mr. Reiterman has stated that ther
is still much to do in implementing the policy and pre
cedural changes and in reorganizing and consolidatin
many of the existing and proposed services. The Pei
sonnel Service Division will seek to improve service t
retiring teachers, expand facilities to make possible th
handling of the increased load, and will strive for th
eventual introduction of data processing to increase tr
efficiency of all personnel operations.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 30 April 15, 1968
135 Van Ne^s Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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Personnel Division Releases
{Credential Renewal Information
Letters are being mailed soon to all certificated per-
sonnel whose credential (or credentials) expire in June
■™jof 1968, according to Mr. Milton F. Reiterman, Co-
' '■ :ordinator of Personnel.
If a teacher's present service is authorized by the cre-
'■'dential, he must make immediate application for its re-
1 Inewal or his salary must be withheld effective June 30,
'1968.
"I The California Education Code requires that a valid
1 Reaching credential authorizing the type of service per-
- iformed be on record in the personnel office at all times.
:'(This applies to all teachers on a leave of any type).
Renewal Date
1 A credential may be renewed at any time after Janu-
"■' |ary 1 of the year in which it is to expire, provided all
, renewal requirements are completed, evidence of such
] [completion is submitted, and the application for renewal
is filed before midnight of the expiration date of the
'(credential to be renewed. (It now takes from 10 to 12
'• [weeks to receive the renewal credential after application
," due to back-log in Sacramento).
The credential must be renewed on or before June 30,
1968 to avoid loss of salary.
How to Renew
The following documents must be submitted in con-
mection with an application for credential renewal:
kl. Credential application Form 41-4 (One applica-
on for each credential being renewed).
| 2. $15.00 fee in form of money order or check, for
1 each credential.
3. Official verification of completion of requirements,
if any, listed in the credential.
Loss of Position
The letters referred to in paragraph one of this article
notify the teacher that his employment "under this cre-
dential" is not authorized after June 30, 1968.
This means that if the credential is allowed to expire
and is the one under which the teacher is presently
_- working, he cannot be legally employed after that date,
^ny credential now held, but allowed to lapse, will be
ost and can only be renewed under the new regulations
Dresently in effect.
Discusses Dental Field
,. Policy Revisions Carried Out
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Other goals will include increased classified service,
mprovement in staff relations, career counseling, and
he establishment of internship programs. Many of these
ispects of good personnel procedures will be realized
vhen the necessary staff and space have been provided.
The Superintendent has already included the budget
ecommendations to realize these goals in the 1968-69
chool year. As staffing for new positions opens up, an-
nouncements will be made in the Newsletter. The final
eorganization which will take place on July 1, 1968, has
leen approved by the Board of Education.
Pelton Students Hear Dr. Goosby
Dr. Zurerri L. Goosby (right), Board of Education Commissioner,
was a guest speaker at Pelton Junior High School recently, where
he addressed the members of the school's academically talented
classes. Dr. Goosby, a graduate of the University of California
Dental School, discussed the field of dentistry with the students.
Pictured (left to right) are James F. Kearney, Acting Principal;
students Iraida Segovia and Annette Stephens; and Dr. Goosby.
B. Franklin Wins Photo Honors
In competition with schools of Northern California,
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School took top honors
in the Regional Scholastic Magazine Contest sponsored
by Eastman Kodak. Some 41 entries were selected for the
New York finals where they will compete in the national
contest.
In the past three years the Benjamin Franklin Photog-
raphy Club has been first in the state in the junior high
division for the number of awards won. Students receiv-
ing finalist honors include Leamon Lovelace, Peter Ho-
mann, Alden Horn, Donnie Yates, Glenn Sugiyama,
Harold Pfohl, and Lindsay Homann (the latter two now
at George Washington High School) .
Gerald Buckley, sponsor of the club, states that the
members spend many hours after school and on weekends
with their projects. Any cash awards they have won go to
purchase materials and to finance field trips.
ADDITIONAL SUPERINTENDENT'S
BULLETINS
The following Superinendent's Bulletins have
been issued to certificated staff members in addition
to those listed in the latest (April 1, 1968) News-
letter:
Superintendent's Bulletin #21 dated March 25,
1968 — To: All Certificated Staff — Subject:
Children's Centers Teachers — Effective date:
March 25, 1968.
Superintendent's Bulletin #22 dated March 25,
1968 — To: All Secondary School Principals —
Subject: Secondary School Library Clerk — Effec-
tive date: April 15, 1968.
NEWSLETTER
April 15, 1968
Civic Auditorium Program
ROTC Review Due April 26
The 1968 San Francisco High Schools ROTC
Brigade Review and Drill Competition will be held
at the Civic Auditorium, Grove and Polk Streets,
commencing at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26.
The San Francisco ROTC Brigade organized
into eight battalions and totaling over 1,100 cadets
will participate in a military review, individual
platoon, and drill competition.
Performing also will be two of the top high
school girls' drill teams from Polytechnic and Mis-
sion High Schools plus the 91st Division Military
Band.
The event is one of the major highlights of the
cadet year. A cordial invitation to attend is ex-
tended to all.
School Opera Dates Announced
The Western Opera Theater's series of one-hour per-
formances in District schools will continue Monday,
April 15 at James Denman Junior High School with
performances of the Barber of Seville at 10:30 a.m. and
2 p.m.
Following each presentation, the artists, conductor, and
producer will discuss various techniques of opera as an
art form with selected students from music, art, drama,
foreign language, and English classes. (See story in the
Newsletter of February 12, 1968, for additional details.)
The schedule for the remainder of the spring term is as
follows :
Monday, April 15, at James Denman Junior High
School, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Barber of Seville. Law-
rence Webber, Principal.
Tuesday, April 16, at Benjamin Franklin Junior High
School, 2 p.m. Barber of Seville. Robert R. Marcus,
Principal.
Wednesday, April 17, at A. P. Giannini Junior High
School, 10:30 a.m. and 1 : 15 p.m. Barber of Seville. Mrs.
Rose Makower, Acting Principal.
Thursday, April 18, performances at A. P. Giannini
at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. for the following elementary
schools: Mark Twain School, 5th and 6th grades, Mrs.
Helen Whigam, Principal; Robert L. Stevenson School.
5th and 6th grades. Tennessee Kent, Principal; Francis
Scott Key School, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, Mary Ana-
stole, Acting Principal. Barber of Seville.
Friday, April 19, at James Lick Junior High School.
9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Barber of Seville. William Galant.
Principal.
Tuesday, April 30, at Presidio Junior High School, 10
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. La Boheme. Dr. Julian Rcinhertz.
Principal.
Monday, May 6, at Galileo High School. 10 a.m. La
Boheme. Walter Odone, Acting Principal.
Retiring Teachers Should Take
Appropriate Personnel Action
Those District teachers who anticipate retirement at
the close of the school year 1967-68 should initiate ac-
tion in the near future in order that retirement payment
may not be delayed unnecessarily, according to Mr.
Milton Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator. It is sug-
gested that teachers seeking to initiate retirement pro-
ceedings, should, if possible, submit a letter to such effect
by April 30, 1968.
In encouraging such action, Superintendent of Schools
Robert E. Jenkins has shown concern that teachers make
proper retirement provisions to serve their own personal
welfare.
Suggested Procedures
Suggestions outlined for teachers in handling retire
ment problems are as follows:
( 1 ) Submit a letter to the Coordinator of Personnel
indicating your intention to retire, and the proposed
date of retirement.
(2) Write to the State Teachers' Retirement System
1416 - 9th Street, Sacramento, California, notifying thai k
office of your intention to retire and requesting thi
necessary forms.
(3) Notify the City Employees' Retirem;nt System
450 McAllister Street, of your intention to retire.
(4) Request both the state and city retirement sys
terns for assistance in determining which retirement pro
gram will be most advantageous in your circumstances.
(5) If you determine that the State Retirement Sys
tern will provide greater benefits in your case, yoi
should submit a letter to the Personnel Coordinator
before June 1, 1968, resigning from the School District
This is necessary in order that you may withdraw you
funds from the local retirement system for deposit in th
State Retirement System.
(6) Submit the required forms early in order to expe
dite action in each retirement system.
Time Factor
Because processing of applications takes some time, i;
is important that they be submitted sufficiently in ad
vance to enable a proper consideration time, and to bfr
sure the first retirement check is received on time.
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• PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOP
The California Congress of Parents and Teachers _
sponsoring a parent education workshop in leadcrshi II
training to be held at California Western University. Sa
Diego, from July 17 through 27, 1968. The theme of t
workshop is "Developing Leadership for Our Times
and it is planned primarily for PTA leaders, parent edt KH
cation teachers and lay leaders, and administrators n
sponsible for Parent Education Programs.
Full and partial scholarships arc being offered to qua
ified applicants. Applicant's endorsement by the Distrii j(
president is required. Necessary forms may be secur
from the Second District office, 170 Fell Street. Rooi
32-A. Applications must be returned by May 24.
April 15, 1968
NEWSLETTER
New Volumes Added
John Muir PTA Gives Books
' Principal Robert Anderson has announced that the John Muir
School library has received some $300 worth of books purchased
as a gift to the school from the Parent-Teacher Association. At
a recent meeting of the organization, PTA members distributed
the new volumes. Pictured (left to right) are Mrs. Rosetta Cooper,
Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford (Vice-President), Mrs. Eunice Morrison
(Financial Secretary), and Mrs. Joyce Bell. John Muir students
looking at the collection include James Callier, Gerrold Woods,
Gene Williams, Michael Hunter, and Garner Broxton.
Rapid Transit Offers Materials
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District has available to
, teachers a variety of materials explaining the plans, con-
struction, and operation of its rapid transit project.
, In addition to some excellent printed materials on the
project, the operation of the trains, and various unique
engineering feats, the BART office is able to furnish (on
[ a limited basis) speakers and slide presentations applic-
iable to school assemblies or large combined class meetings
:n the secondary schools.
The office can also provide speakers for specialized
itudy groups, such as in the field of business administra-
tion and in engineering and science.
BART also offers various 16mm motion pictures which
I nay be classified as construction progress reports. These
ilms are available through Association Films, Inc., 25358
Cypress Avenue, Hayward, California. The materials are
ree, the school only having to pay the return postage.
Staff members interested in BART materials and serv-
ices in the instructional field should contact Mr. Napo-
eon Britt, Community Relations Officer, Bay Area Rapid
Transit District, 814 Mission Street, San Francisco 94103.
» CAHPER SPRING BARBECUE
The California Association of Health, Physical Educa-
ion, and Recreation will hold its annual barbecue at the
jake Merced Sports Center on Thursday, May 9, start-
ng at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $2.50 and a social hour will pre-
ede the dinner. Checks should be made payable to
Jretchen Yost, 2341 Union Street, Apt. #2, San Fran-
isco 94123. Reservation deadline is April 29.
Elementary Schools Song Fest
Heralds Public Schools Week
The Elementary Schools Song Fest by the San Fran-
cisco Public Schools will be presented in observance of
the 49th annual Public Schools Week, April 22 to April
26, 1968, and will be held in the City Hall Rotunda on
Monday, April 22, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. The master
of ceremonies will be Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of
Music.
The George Washington High School R.O.T.C. will
open the program with the presentation of the colors
which will be followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and
The Star Spangled Banner sung by the combined chor-
uses and audience.
Greetings to the audience will be given by Mayor
Joseph L. Alioto and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintend-
ent of Schools.
The Clarendon School Chorus will sing five numbers
directed by Eileen Atkisson. Bob Martens is the instru-
mental instructor and will be the program accompanist.
Mrs. Harriett Wollesen is the principal of Clarendon
Elementary School and Bertha Widmer is the Music
Supervisor.
The Diamond Heights School Chorus will sing several
selections including medleys of folk songs and service
songs. August Padula is the director and George Salner
is the instrumental instructor. Myrna Graves is the prin-
cipal of Diamond Heights Elementary School and Lor-
raine Walsh is the Music Supervisor.
The combined choruses will sing America the Beautiful
directed by Dr. Renna.
Concluding remarks will be made by Elroy D. Joyce,
Chairman of the Citizens Committee, San Francisco
Public Schools Week. David Monasch, III is serving as
the 1968 coordinator.
• GEORGE WASHINGTON PROGRAM
George Washington High School recently held a day-
long program entitled "Breakthrough" in which the stu-
dents turned their attention to a consideration of barriers
to interracial understanding.
The special school day started at 8:30 a.m. and con-
cluded at 4:30 p.m. Under the guidance of Assistant
Principal Allen Torlakson the students organized the
event, working with faculty members.
Two large group meetings and some 100 small group
meetings took place during the day. Special guest speak-
ers included Reverend Larry Jack Wong of the Economic
Opportunity Council; Eugene McCreary, University of
California professor; Reverend Cecil Williams, director
of the Glide Foundation; and Assemblyman Willie L.
Brown, Jr. Bishop C. Kilmer Myers also attended the
event.
Principal Ruth Adams stated that the goal of the spe-
ial school day was to try and meet some of today's prob-
lems with a concentrated social studies curriculum for
everyone. A follow-up committee is presently engaged in
evaluating the program.
NEWSLETTER
April 15, 1968
Adult Education to Conduct
Classes at Treasure Island
Two adult education teachers will soon be teaching
classes to men serving hard labor sentences in the U. S.
Naval Brig at Treasure Island as part of a new program
designed to help the men earn high school diplomas,
according to Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Assistant Super-
intendent, Adult and Vocational Education.
Some 15 brig inmates are currently taking part in a
six-week course in U. S. history and civics being taught
by a Treasure Island instructor. When this class is com-
pleted, two District teachers will be assigned to teach at
the base, expanding course offerings to include mathe-
matics and science as well as history and civics.
Courses will be geared to help students pass the Gen-
eral Educational Development Test, thereby qualifying
them to receive a high school diploma issued by the
District.
The brig school is funded under Public Law 89-750,
which makes it possible for individuals in low income
categories to study for high school diplomas.
Lt. T. L. Brown, brig officer, is responsible for imple-
menting the Treasure Island program. A two-year study
he conducted showed that brig inmates had an average
school level of nine years.
EXCHANGE TEACHER POSITION
The Personnel Service Division has word that a
teacher of the mentally retarded in the Tucson
Public Schools, Tucson, Arizona, is interested in an
exchange position with a teacher in the SFUSD for
the 1968-69 school year. The exchange teacher for
the Tucson schools would not necessarily have to be
in the field of special education. Interested teachers
should contact the Personnel Office for further in-
formation.
FINAL 1968 ACADEMIC ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION SCORING LEADERS
Varsity
Player
School
F.G.
F.T.
Pts.
Jerry Oldham
Mission
64
36
164
Ansley Truitt
Wiidrow Wilson
58
42
158
Peter Timoney
Sacred Heart
43
42
128
Thomas Kurpinsky
Polytechnic
49
24
122
Mike Murphy
Sacred Heart
50
18
118
Larry Clark
Lowell
41
36
118
Kenneth Harrison
Balboa
47
17
111
Joe Smith
Polytechnic
48
14
110
Michael Stewart
Polytechnic
36
27
99
Larry Haren
Woodrow Wilson
130's
36
25
97
Player
School
F.G.
F.T.
Pts.
Larry Dere
Abraham Lincoln
60
47
167
Don Campos
George Washington
51
40
142
James Brooks
George Washington
62
10
134
Hyrum Nawahine
Lowell
54
23
131
Joe Lopes
Woodrow Wilson
51
26
128
Tony Ramos
Lowell
46
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122
Willie Pearson
Polytechnic
53
13
119
Dave Pasero
Sacred Heart
44
29
117
Robert Wright
Galileo
48
20
116
Richard Catelli
Sacred Heart
37
35
109
Social Security Amendments
Benefits for Disabled Changed
"More young disabled workers will now be able to
receive monthly benefits than ever before," according to
Social Security District Manager J. Leland Embrey. The
1967 Amendments to the Social Security Act provide
that persons who became unable to work before age 31
may be eligible for benefits after working as few as 1 J/2
years in some cases.
The new law states that if a worker becomes disabled
between ages 24 and 31, he will need work credits for
only half the time between age 21 and the time he be-
came unable to work. If he is disabled before age 24, he
will need only 1 J/> years of work credits out of the 3 year
period ending when the disability began.
All persons who feel that they may qualify under these
new provisions are urged to contact the nearest Social
Security Office now for more details. Benefits under the
new law may be paid for February, 1968, so its is im
portant for eligible persons to file their applications as
soon as they become disabled. The Social Security offices
in San Francisco are located at 303 Golden Gate Avenue
and 761 South Van Ness Avenue.
O AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS
Recipients of the American Legion's District Seven
School Awards for the fall 1967 semester in the junior
high division have been announced. They include the
following:
Howard Spindel and Joanne White (A. P. Giannini)
Lawrence Faulks and Jocelyn Lau (Aptos), Michae
Gash and Angela Cheer (Benjamin Franklin), Sear
McBride and Gail Horn (Everett), William Yim anc
Roxanne Chang (Francisco), Jeffrey Bortin and Lind;
Lord (Herbert Hoover), David Podesta, Patricia Ranca
tore, and Sandra Pearson (Horace Mann), Garry Lev
and Karen Weissman (James Denman) , Daniel Lewiji
and Joanne Tiner (Luther Burbank), Ford Zimmermail
and Susan Zalaske (James Lick) , Kathleen Kennedy anc)
Barbara Sugaya (Marina), William Davis and Pamela
Watson (Pelton), Jackson Chun, Wilbur Wong, ana
Noreen Tonegato (Portola), George Korsh and Sydnej
Cannon (Roosevelt).
Hope Kennedy, chairman of the Legion's school awan
program, stated that these outstanding students werj
selected by their respective faculties for possessing tl
qualities of leadership, honor, courage, scholarship, ci
zenship, and unselfish service to their schools.
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• SYLVESTER L. KELLY TESTIMONIAL DINNEl
The faculty of Roosevelt Junior High School
nounces a testimonial dinner honoring Principal SylvestS
L. Kelly on his retirement on Friday evening, May 2l
1968, at the Miyako Hotel, Post and Laguna Streets,
social hour will begin at 7 p.m. with dinner at 8 p.m. Tr
price of the dinner is $7.50, all inclusive.
Checks should be made out to the Roosevelt Faculj
Fund and forwarded by Friday, May 17 to Willia
Coolidge, Roosevelt Junior High School, 460 Argue!!
Blvd. 94118.
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NEWSLETTER
Civil Service Waiver Procedure Changed
To: Permanent Civil Service Employees
From: Milton Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator
Re: WAIVERS
On February 26, 1968, the Civil Service Commission
adopted amendments to Civil Service Rules 21 and 22,
thereby changing the waiver procedure. It is hoped that
j the following paragraphs will eliminate some of the
present confusion surrounding the waiver question.
Automatic Waiver
Failure to respond to a notice of inquiry or of prob-
able appointment relating to a temporary or a perma-
nent position automatically places an eligible under
waiver. The response may be in person, or by letter,
telephone or messenger, but must be made within three
.working days.
Waiver of Certification
All waivers other than the automatic waiver men-
tioned above must be in writing and must state whether
,the position being waived is temporary or permanent.
'.Waiver of a permanent position also places the eligible
:under waiver for a temporary position in the same class.
.However, waiving a temporary position does not place
la person under waiver for a permanent position.
Only one waiver of a permanent position will be
granted on either an entrance or a promotive list.
Failure to accept the second offer of employment re-
moves the elegible's name from the list.
No waivers will be granted if the examination an-
nouncement provided for recruitment on a continuous
basis.
j If an eligible is on more than one list for the same
. classification, a waiver of appointment applies to all lists.
A person on a current promotive list who has already
I .waived a permanent position prior to February 26, 1968
will be given one more opportunity to waive before his
pame is removed from the eligible list.
. Exempt Waiver Positions
A position may be classified as "exempt waiver." A
• ESEA INFORMATION EXCHANGE
A. Donald Cross, District Coordinating ESEA Speech
i ind Hearing Specialist, addressed a group of San Mateo
Oounty speech and hearing clinicians in San Mateo re-
I gently. Mr. Cross spoke on the subject "Social Dialects
; Ghetto Language) : Implications for Language Evalu-
ition and Therapy." The address was given as part of an
xchange of information among school districts partici-
l)l bating in ESEA programs.
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> BILL OF RIGHTS TEACHERS CONTEST
j The Constitutional Rights Foundation announces its
nnual awards of $1,200 for the best descriptions of suc-
cessful experiences in teaching the principles of the Bill
f Rights, grades K through 12. Cash prizes of $300, $200,
'nd $100 will be awarded. Interested teachers may secure
'dditional information by writing the Constitutional
■.ights Foundation, 609 South Grand Avenue, Los An-
gles 90017.
person may waive appointment to a position so classified
and still be permitted another waiver.
Departmental Waiver
A person, after receiving written notice of eligibility
on either an entrance or promotive list, may place a
permanent waiver against a certain department or de-
partments. This means that the individual will not be
called for employment in these departments until he has
passed another examination for the same class.
The departmental waiver must be filed in writing
before the adoption date of the list.
Eligibles on lists adopted prior to February 26, 1968,
are allowed one more opportunity to file a departmental
waiver.
Withdrawal of Waiver
Withdrawal of waiver of permanent employment and
of temporary employment must be requested separately
and must be in writing.
Only one withdrawal of waiver for either entrance or
promotive positions is permitted.
The withdrawal of waiver goes into effect on the day
it is filed. However, when a list of eligibles is exhausted
and vacancies exist, automatic withdrawal of waiver
goes into effect immediately.
Further Information
The Certification Division of the Civil Service Com-
mission, Room 151, City Hall, is the department to con-
tact concerning the placement or withdrawal of waiver.
Something for Everyone
Poly Variety Show Scheduled
Simulated fog rolling across special lighting effects will be just
one of the highlights of the Spring Variety Show scheduled for
April 19 and 20 at Polytechnic High School. Faculty sponsor
Robert Over (left) and student directors Greg Burrell and Brenda
Wade have organized an evening of comedy skits, exotic danc-
ing, and vocal and instrumental music. The event is scheduled
to start at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Tickets will be sold
at the door, $1 for adults and 75 cents for students. An evening
of "sophisticated and polished entertainment" is promised for all.
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NEWSLETTER
April 15, 1968 '
Announcements
• DINNER TO HONOR DR. JOSEPH B. HILL
Friends and colleagues of Dr. Joseph B. Hill, Curricu-
lum Coordinator, will meet to honor him and Mrs. Hill
on the occasion of his retirement from the District at a
dinner to be held at the Olympic Country Club, Lake-
side, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 1 968.
Interested individuals are urged to reserve this date
and make the necessary reservations for themselves and
their guests. Dinner tickets may be obtained by sending
checks for $12 (inclusive) to Marjorie Maher, Office of
Research, 135 Van Ness Avenue, or to James Hamrork,
Principal, Luther Burbank Junior High School, 325 La
Grande Avenue, not later than May 24. A social hour
will precede the dinners at 6 p.m.
» CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies :
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Ulloa Elementary
School, A. P. Giannini Junior High, and Lowell High
School (nights).
• SPEECH TOURNAMENT AT G. WASHINGTON
George Washington High School's Masque and Gavel
speech organization will host a local invitational speech
tournament for San Francisco public and parochial
schools on Saturday, April 20. Information regarding
the tournament may be secured from Sanford Chandler,
Washington speech adviser.
Mr. Chandler has been elected to the position of vice-
president of the Golden Gate Speech Association for
1968-69. The organization has 45 Bay Area member
schools.
• ARCOSS MEETING ON APRIL 20
The Association for Retirement Credit for Out-of-
state Service announces a meeting to be held Saturday,
April 20, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the CTA State
Building, Rooms A and B, 1705 Murchison Drive, Bur-
lingame. The subject of the meeting is "Facts About
Your Retirement."
The latest legislative and action programs for teachers
with out-of-state teaching experience will be discussed.
The meeting should be of particular interest to San
Francisco teachers now that all San Francisco teaching
experience can be transferred from the city to the state
at retirement.
• GUIDANCE SERVICE CENTERS POSITIONS
Interviews will be scheduled during the last week of
April for teaching positions for 1968-69 in the Guidance
Service Centers of the Special Educational Services Di-
vision. A Pupil Personnel Credential is not a necessary
requisite for this teaching position. Persons who are in-
terested in working in this special area are encouraged
to apply. Please contact Mrs. Mary W. Byrd, Personnel
Supervisor, in Room 119 by calling 863-4680, Extension
380 or 381, in order to make an appointment for an
interview.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, April 16, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• COACHES PLAN ANNUAL EVENT
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its annual dance
Saturday, May 18, at Sam's of Tiburon. The group will
leave from Pier 43 to the Tiburon location. Accommo-
dations are limited to 60 couples. Cost is $16.50 per
couple. Reservations may be made through Chairman
Don Daniels of Abraham Lincoln High School.
• TASF TO MEET APRIL 15
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will meet!
at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 15, at A. P. Giannini Junior
High School, 39th Avenue and Ortega Street.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Associatior
Representative Council will meet on Monday, April 15
at 4 p.m. at George Washington High School in the
cafeteria.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE MEETING
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 3(
p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, in Room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• COACHES EXECUTIVE MEETING
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches an<
Physical Education Teachers Executive Board will mee
on Monday, April 15, at the home of President Erv Deli
man, 37 Tourquoise Way, at 7:30 p.m.
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APRIL 22, 1968
NUMBER 31
POO New Teachers
Class Size Reduction Proposal Approved
Last Tuesday evening, April 16, 1968, Superintendent
lobert E. Jenkins presented a massive class size proposal
.'hich will add 900 teachers to reduce class size in the
)istrict's elementary, junior high, and senior high schools.
°he proposal was unanimously approved by the Board
| if Education.
,Jp I The proposal was based upon a combination of the
Jegotiating Council and San Francisco Federation of
"eachers recommendations. The class size reductions will
e based on establishing maximum class sizes and maxi-
1 aum teacher-student contact periods per week by grade
level.
u,i j Dr. Jenkins' recommendation provides that 900 class-
pom teachers be added to reduce class size, to individu-
lize instruction, and to provide planning periods for
eachers so that the quality of education and innovative
istructional planning can be strengthened at all levels.
The increased staffing, j will be implemented by in-
reasing the number of classroom teachers by 300 each
ear over a three-year period starting in the 1968-69
> a chool year.
d: The salary cost for 300 teachers each year would be
$2,400,000; the total for 900 teachers at the end of three
years would be $7,200,000.
The program will be carried out in accordance with
the statement of Guiding Principles for Reducing Class
Size, dated April 16, 1968, which follows -in detail so that
each administrator and teacher may see the entire pro-
posal as presented to the Board of Education.
Guiding Principles for Reducing Class Size
After consideration of agreements signed with the
Negotiating Council and with the San Francisco Federa-
tion of Teachers, and based upon early estimates of K-12
teacher needs, it is anticipated that approximately 900
teachers will be required to implement a program of re-
ducing class size and providing for planning periods for
all such teachers. With this in mind, and because of the
limitations placed on the School District due to fiscal,
recruitment and programming concerns, the Superin-
tendent recommended that this program be imple-
mented over a three year period, or 300 additional teach-
ers each year starting in 1968-69.
The following guiding principles have been developed
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49th Annual Public Schools Week Observance Commences Today
The 49th Annual Public Schools Week opens today,
April 22, 1968, with the Elementary Schools Song Fest
from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the City Hall Rotunda. Par-
ticipating in the program will be the George Washington
High School R.O.T.C. Color Guard, the Diamond
Heights School Chorus, the Clarendon School Chorus,
and the combined choruses. The program is under the
direction of Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music.
Greetings will be extended to the audience by Mayor
Joseph L. Alioto and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superin-
tendent of Schools. The public is cordially invited to
attend this ceremony.
The State-wide theme of Public Schools Week this
year is The Public School — Cornerstone of Liberty.
Elroy D. Joyce, owner of the Joyce Sheet Metal Works,
is serving this year as the 1968 Citizens Committee Chair-
man.
At the District level, Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor of
Educational Information, and David Monasch, III, Act-
ing Assistant Principal of the Anza Elementary School,
are making plans to show several hundred businessmen
and members of the Citizens Committee many of the
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ayor Joseph L. Alioto (seated) accepts his copy of the poster
oclaiming Public Schools Week April 22-26 at ceremonies in
hich he signed the Public Schools Week Proclamation com-
emorating the annual event. Participating in the Mayor's offices
pre (left to right) Eugene S. Hopp, M.D., Grand Master of
asons for the State of California; Elroy D. Joyce, 1968 Public
hools Week Citizens Committee Chairman; and David Mo-
isch, III, District coordinator of Public Schools Week. Copies of
e Mayor's Proclamation were sent to all District teachers.
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April 22, 196S
. . . Class Size Reduction Passed
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as a means of (a) reducing class size based on maximum
class size and maximum teacher-student contact periods
per week by grade levels and (b) providing for planning
periods.
1. That the School District implement the following
class-size maximums wherever space is available.
(a) In low-achieving schools, class size shall be no
larger than 25 on the elementary level and 28 in general
academic classes on the secondary level.
(b) In all other schools, classes shall be no larger than
32 on the elementary level and 32 on the secondary level
in general academic classes.
(c) The above limits may be exceeded only:
(1) For demonstrated lack of space. This implies
~"That adjacent non-school building- facilities
have been fully explored for lease or pur-
chase.
(2) For specialized or experimentl instruction,
which will enhance the educational pro-
grams.
2. That the School District will implement the fol-
lowing student contact hours wherever space is not avail-
able to achieve the maximum class size limits above and
to further individualize instruction and to ultimately
lower class size below the above limits as space permits :
(a) Elementary:
( 1 ) 500 student contact hours per week — Kin-
dergarten
(2) 600 student contact hours per week — Grades
1 and 2
(3) 625 student contact hours per week — Grade
3
(4) 750 student contact hours per week — Grades
4, 5, and 6
(b) Secondary:
(1) 750 student contact hours per week for all
academic subjects (excepting English) and
for commercial courses in the secondary
schools, grades 7-12.
(2) 625 student contact hours per week for Eng-
lish in the secondary schools, grades 9-12,
with the understanding that this class size will
be applicable to all English classes in grades
7 and 8 as soon as building space permits.
(3) 700 student contact hours per week for non-
academic subjects (exclusive of physical edu-
cation) in the secondary schools, grades 7-12.
(4) 925 student contact hours per week for physi-
cal education classes in the secondary schools,
grades 7-12.
(c) In low-achieving classes, the maximum student
contact hours shall be reduced by 20%.
(d) Where a traditional classroom situation is main-
tained, the following maximum class sizes will result at
the end of the three-year period from the application of
the student contact hours formula:
Kindergarten — 20 pupils
Grades 1-2 — 24 pupils
30 pupils
Grade 3 — 25 pupils
Grades 4-6 — 30 pupils
High School
Academic Subjects, except English
English — 25 pupils
Physical Education — 37 pupils
Other non-academic subjects — 28 pupils
Low-achieving classes shall be defined as follows:
Grades K-6 50% — 12 months below grade
Junior High 50% — 18 months below grade
Senior High 50% — 24 months below grade
In order to implement the recommended programs o
reduction in class size and to provide for plannin;
periods, there will be a 3 year "phasing-in" prograrr
During the first year a total of 300 additional teacher
will be employed.
1. to reduce class size on the basis of the 1967 spac
utilization study in general academic , classes and fo
specialized or experimental instruction, which will en
hance the educational program.
2. to enable secondary school teachers to have
planning period.
3. to provide for teacher-specialists in elementar
schools, which in turn will make it possible to provid
planning periods for upper grade elementary schrx j;|
teachers. In implementing this part of the program, eac
grade level will be progressively phased in. Where it
more practical in terms of effective use of staff tim
within a single building, planning time shall be provide
for more than one grade level.
In implementing the program, priority will be give
to schools where space is available or which have sped;
needs. Provision will be made for securing addition;
space by
1. partitioning large classrooms into smaller teachin
areas whenever possible.
2. acquisition of and/or transfer of portable buih
ings
3. seeking neighborhood facilities which can serve ;
teaching stations, and finally, by
4. initiating a request for a Bond issue
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39. No. 31
April 22, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Mondav during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby. D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire. Supervisor, Educational Information
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. . . Class Size Reduction Passed ^''^°:petition
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It is understood that in the absence of space, consider-
ation will be given to:
1. employing teachers to serve as co-teachers, asso-
ciate teachers, team teachers, or special teachers.
2. introducing the zero period and/or extended day
at the secondary level.
3. scheduling of classes during an additional lunch
period in secondary schools.
4. planning of additional creative approaches to the
problem of reducing class size or pupil-teacher contacts.
i Implementation of Guiding Principles for Reducing
Class Size 1968-69
Senior High School Division
1. Will effect a maximum class size of 32 in general
[academic classes (English, mathematics, social science,
modern foreign language, general science, business edu-
cation); requires 39 teachers
2. Will provide a planning period for all
teachers, including Gompers and O'Connell;
[requires 32 teachers
Total 71 teachers
Several scheduling techniques will be used, including:
Addition of a zero period, beginning at approximately
7:50 a.m., or an extended day.
Addition of a third or overlapping lunch period.
Flexible scheduling.
Junior High School Division
1. Will effect a maximum class of 32 or 160 pupil
teacher contacts per day in general academic classes
(English, mathematics, social science, modern foreign
language, general science, business education); requires
49 teachers
2. Will provide a planning period for all
teachers; requires 33 teachers
Total 82 teachers
Utilization of 408 classroom spaces unoccupied during
the 4th and 5th lunch periods will accommodate the
.otal teachers required.
Elementary School Division
1 . Will move toward the goal of establishing a maxi-
num class size of 25 in low achieving schools and 32 in
he other schools, based upon Stanford Achievement
Test scores.
Of the approximately 300 teachers needed at the ele-
nentary level to accomplish the entire goal, this initial
■{ equest is for 100 teachers
; Where space is available, new class will
le established.
, Recognizing that space is at a premium,
eachers will also be assigned to serve as co-
eachers, associate-teachers, team teachers,
>r specialist teachers.
2. Will provide a 40 minute planning
ieriod for each 5th/6th combination and
ach sixth grade teacher; requires 47 teachers
£ Total 147 teachers
ROTC Review Slated for Friday
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Top girls' drill teams from Polytechnic and Mission High Schools
will perform at the 1968 San Francisco High Schools ROTC
Brigade Review and Drill Competition on Friday, April 26, at
7:30 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium. Pictured above are represent-
atives of the Polytechnic team displaying the trophy they won at
the St. Patrick's Day Parade (left to right) Sybil Manigo, Debbie
Landry, Anne James, Davia Crowder, Lana Clark (team com-
mander), Cathy Francois, and Carolyn Henderson. Team mem-
bers not in the picture include Deborah Burroughs, Paula Moss,
Judy O'Neal, Alice Williams, Felita Jason, and Velma Smith.
. . . Public Schools Week Celebrated
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District schools on Thursday, April 25, 1968 during
Education-Business Day. The visitors will be the personal
guests of the teachers for lunch. ,
Another highlight of Public Schools Week will be the
1968 San Francisco High School R.O.T.C. Brigade Re-
view and Drill Competition at the Civic Auditorium,
Friday evening, April 26 at 7 : 30 p.m. Colonel James H.
Farren, Senior Army Instructor of the School District,
says over 1100 cadets will participate in the program.
The public is invited to attend.
Student art displays will be featured in the windows
and the Mall of Stonestown and the Downtown Empor-
ium, and an OMI display will be on view at the Temple
Methodist Church, 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra. The
displays have been arranged by Herbert Simon, Art Di-
rector, and Mrs. Alice Stone and Verla Leonard, Art
Supervisors.
A unique method of publicizing this week has been the
hanging of banners, provided by the Citizens Committee,
on the SFUSD Central Office Building and at various
locations throughout the city.
In preparation for Public Schools Week two press con-
ferences have been held. In the office of Mayor Joseph L.
Alioto the Proclamation for Public Schools Week, April
22-26, 1968 was signed. (See picture.) Reproductions of
the Mayor's Proclamation have been sent to all District
teachers. Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins met the press
to announce the various activities planned for the week.
N EWSLETTEK
April 22, 1968
Announcements
• 'EQUALITY/QUALITY' TASK FORCE
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced the
formation of a Task Force of teachers and administrators
to consider the Superintendent's Report to the Board of
Education, Educational Equality /Quality Report #1 . . .
Program Alternatives, and other suggestions from the
community pertaining to this subject.
The Superintendent has asked Dr. William L. Cobb,
Assistant Superintendent for Human Relations, to chair
the Task Force. It will be the duty of the Task Force to
study the Report, evaluate the discussions in the recent
pine public forums, study written suggestions from the
community, and, as a result of discussions with selected
citizens from the community, suggest approaches to
equality/quality in education which might be success-
fully initiated.
• The Task Force held its first meeting last Friday.
-Members include the following:
Senior High School Division: lone Mathiesen, teacher,
Galileo; Dan Jackson, teacher, Balboa; Patrick King,
teacher, Special Educational Services; Homoiselle Davis,
teacher, Abraham Lincoln; and Reinaldo Pagano, as-
sistant principal, George Washington.
Junior High Division: Ben Fonsworth, assistant super-
visor, Attendance Office; Carlos Cornejo, counselor,
Horace Mann; James Keolker, teacher, Luther Burbank;
Ruth McHugh, teacher, Aptos; and Dr. Lane De Lara,
principal, Francisco.
Elementary Division: Donald Johnson, acting princi-
pal, Anza ; Mayme Chinn, resource teacher, Compensatory
Education, Central Office; Mrs. Margie Baker, teacher,
Patrick Henry; Peter Gonzales, teacher, Winfield Scott;
and Lulu Carter, teacher, Sunshine.
DATE OF PAYMENT OF TEACHERS
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced
that the School District will start paying its regular
certificated personnel, including Children's Center
certificated personnel, on the first of the month
starting on May 1, 1968. Heretofore, these em-
ployees have been paid on the fifth of the month.
When the first occurs on Saturday, Sunday, or a
holiday, they will be paid on the next following
business day.
Part-time, hourly, day-to-day substitutes, etc.,
will continue to be paid on their present schedules.
The Superintendent recently signed agreements
with the Negotiating Council and the San Fran-
cisco Federation of Teachers which requested that
teachers be paid on the first of each calendar
month, and that this change of date become effec-
tive as soon as technical details could be worked
out.
Payroll clerks in each school will be notified of
the specific details by the Payroll Division of the
District Fiscal Office.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 7, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
April time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on May 1, 1968, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on April 30 and their full-time
teachers' time sheets on May 1 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for April 15 through
April 30 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on April 24, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in April for principals and
assistant principals is 17; the number of days for
teachers is 17.
• A. P. GIANNINI RETIREMENT DINNER
The faculty of A. P. Giannini Junior High School
announces a dinner honoring Mrs. Peg McDonnell, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wierdsma, and Alan Popes on their retirement
from the District. The dinner will be held on Wednesday
evening, May 22, 1968, at the Fort Mason Officers Club.
The dinner will be served at 8 p.m., preceded by a
social hour starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $7.50, including1
tax and gift donation. Reservations may be secured by
contacting Colonel Sarcander at A. P. Giannini Junior
High School, 3151 Ortega Street 94122.
• FLORIDA EVERGLADES TO BE FEATURED
Teachers and students may be interested in viewing aj m
special television showing of "No Solid Ground to Stand J
On: The Florida Everglades" to be presented on KPIX
Channel 5, on Wednesday, April 24, from 8:30 to 9 p.m
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NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 39
APRIL 29, 1968
NUMBER 32
Expanded Services included
1968 Summer School Program Is Approved
; Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins' proposal for an
rxpanded Summer School Program for 1968 was ap-
iroved by the Board of Education at its April 16, 1968
meeting.
j District services for the summer will include the fol-
jjwing areas: City College; Senior High School; Junior
iigh School; Elementary School; Adult and John O'-
llonnell Vocational High Schools; Sunshine, Gough, and
jouise Lombard Schools; Hospital, Juvenile Court, and
jpecial Classes; Pupil Services; Homebound; Develop-
ment Centers for Handicapped Minors; Student Inter-
iewing Service; Music Advancement Workshop —
unior High; and Bilingual Education Program.
The City College, Junior High School, and Elemen-
ary School programs will run from June 24 through
lugust 2; the Senior High School Program will com-
mence June 19 and conclude August 9. The Adult
chool Program will start July 1 and end August 9, and
'hysical Fitness Award
ames Lick Receives Recognition
imes Lick Junior High School received an "excellent perform-
|ice" award at the California State Physical Fitness Clinic held
California State College at Fullerton. Over 1,500 coaches,
lysical education teachers, and members of the public attended
two-day conference which featured discussion on exercise
I the medical and nutritional aspects of fitness. The presenta-
an was made by C. Corson (center). Chief, Bureau of Health
lucation. Physical Education, and Recreation, California State
epartment of Education, to Pierce J. Powers (right), James Lick
>ys' Physical Education Department Chairman, and John Grimes
iff), James Lick Boys' Physical Education Department teacher,
imes Lick is a California State Physical Education Demonstra-
>n Center (Boys), and Galileo High School is a Demonstration
snter (Girls) on the senior high school level.
John O'Connell will begin June 17 and finish August 9.
Schools in operation will incude the following: Senior
High Schools — Balboa, Galileo, George Washington,
and Lowell; Junior High Schools — Everett, Francisco,
Herbert Hoover, Luther Burbank, Pelton, and Roose-
velt; Elementary Schools — Alamo, Alvarado, Bryant,
Commodore Sloat, Commodore Stockton, Lawton, Mon-
roe, Raphael Weill, Sir Francis Drake, and Treasure
Island.
John Rocky, Science Department Head of Galileo
High School, is in charge of the Summer Senior High
School Program. He has offices in Room C of the Cen-
tral Office and can be reached at 863-4680, Extension
307.
Joseph McCaffrey of Marina Junior High School is
Supervisor-Head Teacher of the Junior High School
Program and is working with George Moscone, Junior
High Division. The telephone number is 863-4680, Ex-
tensions 240-241.
Agatha Hogan, Elementary Supervisor, is in charge
of the Elementary Summer Program.
I Britannica Gift to District
Three District elementary schools and two secondary
schools have been announced as recipients of the gift of
a "Presidential Reference Library" donated by Encyclo-
paedia Brittanica on the occasion of its 200th Anniver-
sary during 1968.
The schools include John Muir, Raphael Weill, and
John McLaren Elementary Schools, Pelton Junior High
School, and Woodrow Wilson High School. Encyclo-
paedia Britannica announced the bicentennial gift pro-
gram recently in a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institu-
tion in Washington attended by President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Office of Education Selection
The books are being distributed to 665 elementary
and 335 high school systems, public and private, selected
by the U.S. Office of Education of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare, with the advice of a
committee of leading educators.
Each library contains between 57 and 62 volumes,
depending upon the age level, with a formal imprint
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NEWSLETTER
April 29, 1968:
Spring Concert in Opera House
Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music, an-
nounces that the Spring All City Concert, featuring
the District's musically talented students, will be
held on Sunday, May 26, at 2 p.m. in the War
Memorial Opera House.
This marks the first time that the semi-annual
music program will be held in the Opera House
and heralds the beginning of a series to be pre-
sented in the new setting.
The concert will feature the All City Honor
Orchestra conducted by Jack Pereira, Lowell High
School instructor, and the All City Honor Choir,
conducted by John Land, James Lick Junior High
School instructor.
All District school personnel and parents are en-
couraged to attend. Admission is free and tickets
will be forwarded to secondary school music teach-
ers and to elementary principals and music repre-
sentatives.
. . . Presidential Reference Library
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citing President Johnson's contributions to education. It
is dedicated to "The Children of the U.S.A." Retail
value of the 1,000 libraries is estimated at $750,000. ^
A letter from the U.S. Commissioner of Education,
Harold Howe II, announcing the gift of the libraries to
the five San Francisco public schools stated, "This
should be an inspiration to your community to supple-
ment these volumes and to build a reference library that
will provide children in the area with the most necessary
aids to further their education."
Dr. Jenkins Responds
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins responded to the
gift by writing to Charles E. Swanson, President, Ency-
clopaedia Brittanica, saying, in part, "On behalf of the
Board of Education and the staff, it is a pleasure to
accept Brittanica's gift to the children of the San Fran-
cisco Public Schools. As one of the great cities in the
nation, we are determined in San Francisco to develop
an outstanding school system with the strongest empha-
sis on quality education and excellence. The Britannica
gift is a fine contribution to our continuous efforts to
strengthen our resource and reference materials."
Included among the books are the 24-volume Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, the 10-volume Gateway to the Great
Books, the 24-volume Compton's Encyclopedia, G. and
C. Merriam Company's Webster's Third New Inter-
national Dictionary, and other works on science and
literature.
• WOODROW WILSON CONCERT BAND
The Woodrow Wilson High School Concert Band,
under the direction of John Arnaudo, officially greeted
the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the San Fran-
cisco International Airport on Friday as the group re-
turned from its Japanese tour. The Wilson contingent
played several rousing numbers as the plane landed at
8 a.m.
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Education Conference on May 11
KQED, Channel 9, will present day-long coverage ol
the Conference on Public Education scheduled for Satur-
day, May 11, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sponsors of the event are The League of Womer
Voters, The Coro Foundation, and the Service Commit-
tee on Public Education.
Three panel discussions dealing with the School anc
Community, Quality Education, and Integration will b(
broadcast by KQED during the morning hours.
Schools Will Monitor
Facilities to monitor the panels- will be set up in somi
31 schools around the city. Following the panel presenta
tions, the monitoring audiences will have approximate!;
an hour and a half to prepare questions to be presentee
to the panelists in the afternoon session.
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
the San Francisco Federation of Teachers, the Seconc
District California Congress of Parents and Teachers
and the San Francisco Association of School Administra
tors are coordinating the organization of the vi
groups.
Studio Audience Reaction
In addition to viewing groups in the school buildings
there will be a studio audience at KQED to react to thi
panelists.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has indicated tha
the District will extend full cooperation and assistances
for the success of the program.
The schools where the program can be monitora
include the following: Alvarado, Argonne, Bret Hartc
Burnett, Cleveland, Commodore Sloat, Commodor
Stockton, E. R. Taylor, Fairmount, Francis Scott Ke^
Frank McCoppin, Glen Park, Golden Gate, Hancock
Cooper, Hawthorne, Jedediah Smith, Jefferson, Johj
Muir, Junipero Serra, Longfellow, Madison, Marshall! j;^,
Miraloma, Ortega, Visitacion Valley, West Portal, and)] i
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 32
April 29, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Husrh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
NYC Projects Funded Through August 31
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced that
,the District Neighborhood Youth Corps project has been
funded to include the period from March 1 through
jlAugust 31, 1968, in a two-part program.
The first part provides 525 in-school jobs for the
March 1 to June 15 period, and the second part opens
1,050 summer jobs for the June 15 to August 31 summer
period. Most of the regular school enrollees will con-
tinue on into the summer program.
The cost of the project outlined above will be $608,520
with the federal government supplying $533,400 of the
total, and the School District making up the difference.
Program Provides Encouragement
The Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) is a work-
f raining program which provides part-time jobs for boys
and girls ages 14 through 21, encouraging them to com-
plete their high school educations by providing financial
assistance for work performed. Students enrolled in the
Droject meet a series of criteria centered around eco-
nomic need.
The students work as aides in the following areas:
uidio visual, building and hall patrol, library, neighbor-
lood clean-up, school shop, classroom, telephone opera-
or, food service, office, recreation, and various miscel-
i. aneous capacities.
I As of March 13, 1968, NYC enrollees have been em-
)loyed in the following areas: SFUSD Central Office
'33), junior high schools (80), senior high schools (152),
.dult schools (26), Children's Centers (32), elementary
chools (24), school yard playgrounds (33), city public
in ibraries (85), UC Medical Center (4), US Department
I 'f Labor (1), and San Francisco State College (1).
10b Placement Expansion
til C. Norman Glattree, NYC project head, reports that
in I taesent plans include placing students in a variety of
i ederal and state offices and in non-profit social agencies
r i ii the near future.
I, i The project operates under Title I-B of Public Law
8-452 of the Federal Economic Opportunity Act of
_ -964. Enrollees are paid at a rate of $1.35 per hour.
During the regular school term enrollees 16 years and
liver may work a maximum of 15 hours per week, while
4 and 15 year olds may work up to eight hours per
eek. During the summer phase of the program, en-
* Jlees will work ten weeks at a maximum of 26 hours
,|M sr week.
ummer Vocational Class
t , It is expected that all enrollees will be obligated to
:tend a weekly vocational information class of two
Ipurs to be given at the summer senior high schools.
' In addition to the work experience and financial as-
stance the enrollees receive, legal and medical services,
.mnseling, remedial education, cultural enrichment, and
jtt"-
supplementary supervision opportunities are available
to them.
Mr. Glattree reports that a review of student drop-
out rates for senior high school students in the District
reveals that the drop-out rate for all senior high schools
is 58 per cent greater than the NYC enrollee drop-out
rate.
IN MEMORIAM
Michael R. Martin
Massive State Aid Is Sought
A master plan which would pump new life into the
public schools of California's major cities — a plan call-
ing for the restructuring of the educational systems by
an infusion of massive human and financial resources —
was unveiled last Wednesday by school superintendents
from the five largest districts in the state.
The five, representing both northern and southern
sections of the state, called for emergency legislation
which would eventually provide $703 million yearly in
new money to the 25 largest school systems in California.
Of this amount, $173.1 million would be allocated next
year.
The funds are needed, they said, to head off a crisis
which faces education in California urban centers. The
funds would provide programs urgently required to meet
the needs of the nearly two million students enrolled in
the 25 districts.
Announcing the plan and the call for emergency ac-
tion from the Legislature were Superintendents W. Odie
Wright from Long Beach, Jack P. Crowther from Los
Angeles, Stuart Phillips from Oakland, Ralph Dailard
from San Diego and Robert E. Jenkins from San Fran-
cisco.
The announcement by the five superintendents was
made in three flying press conferences starting in San
Francisco, to take the plight of California's big city
schools "directly to the people."
The plan for urban area financial help actually calls
for an additional $400 per child over what is now being
given to each district by the state. The allocation would
be spread over a four-year period, starting with $100 in
1968-1969 and adding an additional $100 in each of
the next three school years.
The plan would cost $173.1 million the first year,
$349.8 million the second year, $526.5 million the third
year, and $703 million in 1971-72.
"This we feel is the way we can save the cities in
California from deteriorating into vast ghettos and in-
stead remain as thriving communities in which citizens
of all backgrounds can live and work together," said
Dr. Jenkins.
"We emphasize this is additional state aid, across the
board, not categorical aid. We've got to have quality
education in every school in each of our districts. We've
got to keep people in our cities. We don't want them
moving out. We have to show people we mean business
in providing education that we hope will be comparable,
if not superior, to that provided in the best suburbs and
affluent areas of the state," Jenkins added.
NEWSLETTER
April 29, 1968 ■
Announcements
• LUNCHEON TO HONOR DR. STEIG
A luncheon to honor Dr. Lester R. Steig, Salary Co-
ordinator, upon his retirement from the SFUSD will be
held Tuesday, May 21, at 12 noon at Rocca's Restau-
rant. 5^5 Golden Gate Avenue. The cost of the luncheon
is $5, inclusive, and the choice of luncheon will include
Italir.n pot roast or chicken. Friends and colleagues of
Dr. Steig are asked to save the date. Reservations and
checks should be sent to Mrs. Dorothy Burns, 135 Van
Ness Avenue, Room 119, San Francisco 94102, not later
than May 17.
• WAREHOUSE VISIT WEEK
Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies, has announced
that May 13-17, 1968 will be "Open House" at the
School District Warehouse. Teachers and administrators
are invited to visit the Supplies Warehouse during this
week. Tours will be conducted each day at 3 : 45 p.m. to
observe the supplies handling operation. The warehouse,
located at 1000 Selby Street, comprises an area approach-
ing that of a. city block, and stores both supplies and
furniture.
Originally, this building was used as a warehouse by
the Marine Corps during the second World War. The
School District acquired ownership in 1961, at a very
nominal sum, after the building was declared "surplus"
by the Federal Government.
• FRENCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
The American Institute for Foreign Study is again
offering a scholarship to a deserving student of French
in the SFUSD. The scholarship will consist of free en-
rollment, including air transportation from Oakland to
Europe, in the June 1968 semester program at a French
university. The scholarship is valued at $890. Full board
and lodging, tuition, and the services of qualified chape-
rons will be included.
Senior high school foreign language department heads
have submitted the names of all nominees to Fortunata
Oliva, Curriculum Assistant, Foreign Languages, and a
selection committee of French teachers, a representative
of the Second District PTA, and Miss Oliva will inter-
view the nominees and select a winner on May 15.
Last year Joyce Ng of Galileo High School was
awarded the scholarship to the University of Dijon in
France. Joyce spent six weeks in France participating in
the University's Foreign Language and Civilization
course and sightseeing in Paris.
Mrs. Use Sternberger, Area Secretary, is coordinating
the program for American Institute for Foreign Study.
• FREE FRENCH LESSONS
Teachers and students interested in learning French
through the use of new techniques are invited to partici-
pate in a class conducted by Salvatore Billed, retired
District teacher, at the Ornamental Horticulture Build-
ing at City College on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 : 30 p.m.
The lessons are free. For additional information call
333-6457.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 7, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
• GEOGRAPHY TALK SLATED MAY 2
District teachers are invited to hear John Porterfield,
Professor of Geography at Diablo Valley College, who
will speak at Commodore Sloat School, 50 Darien Way,
on Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. Professor Porterfield will
present ideas that both elementary and secondary teach-
ers will be able to use in making geography an exciting
part of their classroom presentations.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS' FINAL MEETING
The final meeting of the Department Heads Associa-
tion will be held at Woodrow Wilson High School, May
1, at 2:45 p.m. in the teachers' cafeteria. Nomination of
officers for next year and consideration of this year's
salary proposal are on the agenda.
• CERAMIC SCULPTURE, POTTERY DISPLAY
Rita Yokoi, ceramics teachers with the Adult Educa-
tion Division, will have a one-woman show of her potter)
and ceramic sculpture works from April 28 to May 25 ai
the Anneberg Gallery, 2721 Hyde Street.
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NEWSLETTER
A'OLUME 39
MAY 6, 1968
NUMBER 33
Advisory Committee Is Formed District Winners Announced
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced the
formation of a Citizens Advisory Committee to consider
'the Superintendent's report to the Board of Education on
'Educational Equality/ Quality, Report # 1 . . . Program
Alternatives and other suggestions from the community
' that relate to the problem of providing integrated educa-
tional opportunities of the highest quality in the San
Francisco schools.
The Citizens Advisory Committee, reflecting a cross
section of community viewpoints, can be of significant
K help to the Task Force of teachers and administrators
J which is studying the Report, evaluating the discussions
... pf the recent nine public forums, studying written sug-
: '*estions of the community, and which will suggest ap-
proaches to equality/ quality in education that can be
successfully initiated in San Francisco.
' In its advisory capacity, it is hoped that the Committee
will help in finding answers that will greatly strengthen
the District's educational program for children of all
i: racial, social, and economic backgrounds and will help
in unifying the city in the development of a great city
school system.
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Business Scholarships Presented
] 'he Administrative Management Society recently presented tour
. .cholarships to San Francisco high school students who are going
n into business education. Some 18 candidates from 11 high
chools were considered for the awards. The four winners are
j pictured above receiving their scholarships. From left to right
re Mrs. Betty Oxborow Root, Chairman, Education Committee,
kMS; Lorraine Kohn, $300, Abraham Lincoln; Donna Wong,
1500, Galileo; Olivier Rochon, $300, George Washington;
tobert Malm, $500, Sacred Heart; and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins,
uperintendent of Schools. Honorable mention award pins went
a Joan Butcher and Lorena Henriques, St. John Ursuline; Nehe-
liah Damian and Georgia Murdock, Balboa; John Natsume,
leorge Washington; Gail Ruggeri, Abraham Lincoln; Socorro
omero, Samuel Gompers; Carmel Parodi and Denise Castillon,
vathedral; Betty Ann Johnson and Mary Wong, Polytechnic;
renda Fung, Galileo; Jean Carlson, Mission; and Karen Fong,
owed.
In Invest-in-America Awards
Thirty students from San Francisco public, paro-
chial and private senior high schools received shares of
stock and deposits in savings accounts ranging from $25
to $50 in the Thirteenth Annual Invest-in-America Eco-
nomic Discussion Competition and for articles published
in their school newspapers on the general subject of "The
Role of Savings in Our Economy: The Past — The
Present — The Future."
Eugene Gee, a 17-year-old senior from George Wash-
ington High School, was the overall winner in the eco-
nomic discussion category among the hundreds of stu-
dents participating from twenty-three schools. His prize
was one share of the common stock of Standard Oil
Company of California, which the Invest-in-America
Council had purchased in the open market.
Second prize winner was Sharon Casazza, a 17-year-
old senior from Cathedral High School.
A 17-year-old senior from Galileo High School, Joanne
Dong, third prize winner, received one share of common
stock of the Wells Fargo Bank.
Journalism Winners Announced
In the Journalism Contest, first prize consisting of $50
in cash was awarded to Harry Dea of Samuel Gompers
High School for an article entitled "Capitalism — What
Does It Mean?", which appeared in that school's publi-
cation Horn. The second prize of $35 was awarded for
an article by Ray Paton, published in the Polytechnic
High School's Parrot on the subject "Savings and You."
Third prize was awarded to Leslie Ong of Mission High
School consisting of $30. Additional prizes of $25 each
were awarded to Jean Reber for articles published in
Presentation High School's Reflector and to Shirley Louie
in Galileo High School's Pendulum.
George Washington High School, in addition to hav-
ing the top individual winner, was also awarded the
Kiwanis Club perpetual trophy as the school whose over-
all entries showed the best understanding of the subject.
Best School Entries
In addition to the three over-all prizes for the Eco-
nomic Discussion Program, awards were presented to the
following who had submitted the best entry from their
particular school:
Debra Smith, Abraham Lincoln; Julie Peck, Balboa;
Robert Salazar, Galileo; Vivian How, George Washing-
ton; Rand Nathan, Lowell; Susan Hobbs, Mission; Mar-
garet Minkwitz, Polytechnic; Nora S. Mui, Samuel Gom-
pers; and Janice Marcellino, Woodrow Wilson.
N E VV S I, E IT E K
May 6, 1368
Programs for the Gifted
Supervisor Position Is Open
The Personnel Service Division announces that appli-
cations for the position of Supervisor (AA) of Programs
for the Gifted will be accepted by the Personnel Office
immediately, and will be accepted until May 15, 1968.
This position has been reclassified as Supervisor AA
from its previous rating of Supervisor A. This change
is indicated due to the necessity of this position working
the 231-day calendar.
The person assigned to this position shall be responsi-
ble directly to the Curriculum Coordinator and shall
1) Develop, implement and coordinate programs for
the gifted
2) Direct curriculum development
3) Provide for articulation of elementary, junior high
and senior high school gifted programs
4) Develop plans for evaluation
5) Plan in-service training for teachers engaged in
the programs
6) Prepare and administer the budget
7) Coordinate programs with the services of the Di-
vision of Research, and the Division of Special Educa-
tional Services
8) Coordinate and give direction to Resource Teach-
ers in implementing the gifted program
9) Perform such other duties as may be necessary for
the development of total program for the gifted.
Anyone who applied for the position of Supervisor A
prior to March 1, 1968 will be included in interviews for
the new classification of this position.
This position has been classified as Supervisor AA in
accordance with the Certificated Personnel Salary
Schedule. The salary range is $16,850 to $19,924, and
the work schedule is approximately 231 days.
Applicants must possess the Elementary or Secondary
Administrative or Supervisory Credential. They must
also agree to complete work within three years to obtain
the credentials they may lack at the time of application.
Applications for this position must be in writing on
appropriate forms available in the Personnel Office.
They must be returned to Milton F. Reiterman, Person-
nel Coordinator, by May 15, 1968.
. . . Citizens Advisory Committee
(Continued from Page 1)
Members of the Citizens Advisory Committee include
the following: Al Alstrom, (Chairman), Mrs. Richard
Barnes, Lester S. .Barry, Alan K. Browne, Mrs. Robert
G. Bull, Ricardo A. Callejo, H. Leroy Cannon, Dr.
Daniel Collins, Sal Cordova, Mrs. Babette Drefke, Mrs.
Beatrice Dunbar, Steve Jeong, George Johns, Mrs. Ruth
Kadish, Judge Joseph D. Kennedy, Rev. Charles E. Lee,
Mrs. Morris Lemlow, John Levinsohn, Leon Markel,
Mrs. Walter Miller, Lawrence McDonnell, Kenneth L.
Newkirk, Arthur Padilla, Earl Raab, Mrs. Martin Salan,
Warren Saltzman, Father Edwin Smith, Hannah Surh,
Mrs. Albert Vipiana, Dr. Raymond L. Weisberg, and
Mrs. Richard A. Wilson.
Personnel Service Division
Seeks Supervisor Applications
The Superintendent announces that applications for
the following positions in the Personnel Service Division
will be accepted until May 15, 1968:
Director, Personnel Service Division
Supervisor AA, Personnel Service Division
These positions will be under the direction of tht
Personnel Coordinator. Applicants must possess a Mas-
ter's degree and one of the following administrative
credentials: Standard Supervision, Standard Adminis-
tration, or General Administration.
The responsibilities of the Directors and Supervisor:
in the Personnel Service Division are those which are
assigned by the Personnel Coordinator, and changes ir
assignments will be made as required to meet changing
needs and demands. Applicants should be familiar witr
all phases of public school personnel work including the
following:
Personnel policies and procedures; organizationa
planning and job design; operating a program of recruiti
ment, selection, employment, processing, and initial as,
signment of employees; maintaining records of employ,
ment, classification, assignment, evaluation, salary
leaves, and retirement; and assisting in the program oi
personnel research and appraisal.
The positions of Director and Supervisor AA will
carry salaries in accordance with the Certificated Per!
sonnel Salary Schedule. The work year is one of ap
proximately 231 days, and the positions will becomj
effective July 1, 1968. Further job specifications may b| -■
obtained by contacting the Personnel Coordinator.
Applications for these positions must be in writing oi
appropriate forms available in the Personnel Servic
Division office. They should be returned to Milton F
Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator, not later than Ma
15, 1968. Interviews will be held following the filing c
the applications.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 33
May 6, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
May 6, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Summer School Program Offerings Listed
A broad and varied program will be offered by the
, District as part of the 1968 Summer School Program
I approved by the Board of Education at its April 16, 1968
meeting. (See April 29 issue of the Newsletter.)
The Elementary School Summer Program, which will
run from June 24 through August 2, and will offer
courses in arithmetic, reading, language arts, science,
social studies, art, music, and physical education. Pref-
II 'erence will be given to students requesting help in re-
'; medial reading and/or arithmetic and related language
arts.
Eleven schools will be operated at the following sites:
Alamo, Alvarado, Anza, Bryant, Commodore Sloat,
Commodore Stockton, Lawton, Monroe, Raphael Weill,
Sir Francis Drake, and Treasure Island. Agatha Hogan,
t- Elementary Supervisor, is in charge of the program.
: Junior High School Program
The Junior High School Program, scheduled from
June 24 to August 2, will include classes in the following
subjects: remedial arithmetic, developmental arithmetic,
ltu 'remedial reading, developmental reading, journalism-
Pi creative writing, speech arts, beginning conversational
: Spanish, advanced conversational Spanish, mechanical
"P1" 'drawing, homemaking, metal shop, multiple purpose
'shop, wood shop, instrumental music, vocal music, sci-
01 ':nce, beginning typing, arts and crafts, English as a
;econd language, and music advancement workshop.
\ i i The special District-wide Music Advancement Work-
1 f« ihop will include a broad study of music and its rela-
)i if fionship to other branches of the humanities. Students
:cl fvill be given an opportunity to study beginning music
BMheory, to receive instrumental training, and to gain
xperience in choral and instrumental ensembles.
ins Six junior high schools will hold daily sessions. They
leni nclude Everett, Francisco, Herbert Hoover, Luther
ton I iurbank, Pel ton, and Roosevelt. Joseph McCaffrey will
jMi ierve as Supervisor-Head Teacher and is coordinating
loiii (he program with George Moscone, Junior High Divi-
ion.
— nenior High School Program -v
The Senior High School Program will be conducted at
aur sites — Balboa, Galileo, George Washington, and
-owell. John Rocky is coordinating the program which
g ./ill run from June 19 through August 9.
— Specific courses will be offered in the following fields:
110! rt, business education, English, foreign language, home-
laking, industrial arts, mathematics, music, science,
scial studies, occupational education, special education-
jdjustment, English as a second language, compensatory
Jucation, and driver education.
' The list includes such courses as Asian Studies, Ma-
ne Ecology (Oceanography), Negro History, Human
,elationships, and Music Advancement Workshop. This
itter course will give students an opportunity to study
nd analyze a variety of musical literature through lis-
■ning and their own participation and performance in
|istrumental and choral ensembles. Emphasis will be
laced upon music and its relationship to the other cre-
u-ai
ative arts. A team teaching approach will be utilized.
A priority system for enrollment will be followed for
the senior high schools, based upon the student's objec-
tive for enrollment. The enrollment priorities are as
follows: 1. To complete graduation requirements (High
12 students planning to graduate from summer school);
2. To take enrichment courses, to promote acceleration,
or to take subjects that are difficult to fit into their regu-
lar program: of study, or that are not available in their
home schools; 3. To take special courses in English and
social studies for those students whose native language
is not English; 4. To make up high school failures; 5. To
raise low grades by repeating courses for no additional
credit; 6. Enrichment for entering low 10's.
Other Services Included
District services, in addition to those described above,
include the following: City College (June 24 through
August 2) ; Adult School and John O'Connell Vocational
High School (July 1 through August 9 and June 17
through August 9, respectively) ; Sunshine, Gough, and
Louise Lombard Schools (July 1 through August 2);
Hospital, Juvenile Court, and Special Classes; Pupil
Services; Homebound; Development Centers for Handi-
capped Minors; Student Interviewing Service; and Bi-
lingual Education Program.
The Bilingual Summer Education Program will cover
education for both Chinese and Spanish. Where possible,
classes have been scheduled in the regular summer school
buildings. Classes will be in operation in the following
school buildings: Elementary — Garfield and Jean Par-
ker (Chinese) and Hawthorne (Spanish); Junior High
— Francisco (Chinese) and Everett and Luther Bur-
bank (Spanish); High School — Balboa (Spanish) and
Galileo (Chinese).
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET MAY 8
The Field Librarians will meet Wednesday, May 8,
at 4 p.m. in the library of Presidio Junior High School,
450 - 30th Avenue. All elementary, junior high, and
senior high librarians are invited.
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• APTOS INTERNATIONAL DAY CONFERENCE
Aptos Junior High School will hold a day-long Inter-
national Day Conference on Friday, May 10, according
to Principal Henry Barsotti. Approximately 120 ninth
grade students will participate in the program designed
to improve the students' understanding of international
relations.
Each student will select one country in Asia and one
country from the Middle East or Africa for depth study.
The Aptos students will meet in small groups with stu-
dents from City College of San Francisco serving as
discussion leaders.
Dr. Joseph Jacobsen is coordinating City College's
role in the program, and Beverly Doran and Louise
Lombardi are handling arrangements at Aptos. Effie
Argyres and Roland Demarais, Central Office, have
helped with many of the details.
NEWSLETTER
May 6, 1968
Announcements
• CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
Some 31 District schools will serve as monitoring sta-
tions for the KQED, Channel 9, television coverage of
the Conference on Public Education scheduled for Sat-
urday, May 11, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins will deliver the
opening remarks. Casper Weinberger will serve as mod-
erator of the morning session, and Wanda Ramey will
moderate the afternoon session.
Facilities to monitor the panels, which will discuss such
topics as school integration, quality education, and school
and community problems, will be available in the fol-
lowing schools:
Alvarado, Argonne, Bret Harte, Burnett, Cleveland,
Commodore Sloat, Commodore Stockton, E. R. Taylor,
Fairmount, Francis Scott Key, Frank McCoppin, Glen
Park, Golden Gate, Hawthorne, Jedediah Smith, Jeffer-
son, John Hancock, John Muir, Junipero Serra, Long-
fellow, Madison, Marshall, Miraloma, Ortega, Sanchez,
Sherman, Starr King, Ulloa, Visitacion Valley, West
Portal, and Winfield Scott.
During a morning break in the program, viewers in
the schools will be able to prepare questions to be pre-
sented to the television panelists in the afternoon session.
A studio audience at KQED will also be able to react to
the panelists.
• GALILEO GIRLS TO PERFORM
San Francisco Giant fans arriving early at Candle-
stick Park on Saturday, May 18, will be able to enjoy a
performance of rhythmic gymnastics by over 100 girls
from Galileo High School. Directed by Sue Nepstead,
the girls will demonstrate a part of their regular physical
education program. Precision routines using balls and
Indian clubs will be featured, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
• RECEPTION FOR MARTIN R. LEHRBERGER
A reception honoring Martin R. Lehrberger, Principal
of Visitacion Valley School, will be held on the occasion
of his retirement from the SFUSD after 47 years dedi-
cated to education. The affair will be held at the Cali-
fornia Club, 1750 Clay Street, 8 p.m., Saturday, May 18.
Reservations should be made as soon as possible by
sending a check for $5 per person to Rita Sullivan,
Visitacion Valley School, 55 Schwerin Street, 94134.
Gift contributions may be included with the above re-
mittance.
• ACE HOSTS SULLIVAN READERS
The Association for Childhood Education invites all
interested teachers to a 3 : 30 p.m. meeting at Anza School
on Tuesday, May 14, 1968, to hear a discussion of the
Sullivan Reading Program and the materials now in use
in 30 pilot schools. Speakers will be Dr. Allen D. Calvin
from Behavioral Research Laboratory and Barbara
Schmidt of McGraw-Hill.
Roy Minkler, Head of Project Read, will host the
group. Refreshments will be served, and school yard
parking will be available.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 7, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
• GUIDANCE INFORMATION CONFERENCE
The Northern California Guidance Association wil
hold its spring conference at the new DeAnza College ir
Cupertino on Saturday, May 11, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.mt
The theme of the conference is "Group Guidance."
Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Associate Dean of Arts and
Sciences of ttie University of San Francisco, is the lun-
cheon speaker! Dr. Margaret Bennett, psychologist am
author, Dr. Virginia Block, Professor of Psychology a
San Francisco State College, and Dr. Roger Cummin;
Assistant Professor of Counseling at San Francisco Stat
College will present panel discussions.
District personnel who will participate in the confer;
ence include: Mrs. Elaine Wolfe, Social Worker; How
ard Schoon, City College Counselor; and Dr. Erik;
Chance, Consulting Clinical Psychologist. The District'
Guidance Service Centers will be represented on a pani
by the following: David Jamieson, School Psychologist
Neal Dunlap and Edward Kloster, Secondary Teachers
and Mrs. Germaine O'Brien and Mrs. Fannie Prestor
Elementary Teachers. George Stokes, Al Scialanca, am
Pearl Lapidaire of Benjamin Franklin Junior Higl
School are in charge of registration.
Dr. Gordon T. Carlson, Supervisor of the Guidanc
Service Centers, is president-elect of the NCGA and pro
gram chairman for the conference. District personni
who plan to attend should contact Mr. Stokes at Benja
min Franklin.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at tl
Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street, at 1:45 p.m. oj
Thursday, May 9. Principals having items for discussioj
are requested to submit these to their representative;
Again three copies of the Supply Committee minute
will be distributed to each elementary school. This polic,
will be continued in the future so schools will have a
extra copy for posting in the library alongside of th
Supply Catalog for Teachers' Use.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39 «^^=@
MAY 13, 1968
NUMBER 34
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Partial Fulfillment Basis
Credential Information Given
Milton F. Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator,
wishes to remind all teachers who desire to apply
for the positions of Head Counselor-Boys or Head
Counselor-Girls that they must possess a Pupil
Personnel Services Credential. Such a credential
may be on a partial fulfillment basis, but the ap-
plication must be made to the State Department
of Education before September 1, 1968.
The Pupil Personnel Services Credential is also
required for many other positions involving special
work with students. It is a most valuable profes-
sional aid, and interested teachers are urged to
make application, for it immediately.
More detailed information in regard to obtaining
this credential appeared in the February 5, 1968
edition of the Newsletter on page 2. Application
forms and answers to special questions may be ob-
tained from the Personnel Service Division.
District Discipline Procedures
To Be Developed by Task Force
A Task Force of teachers and administrators has been
appointed by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins and is
working to develop specific regulations applicable to the
implementation of the Discipline Statement of Principle
and Policy approved by the Board of Education on
March 26, 1968.
The Discipline Statement was the result of a series of
reports submitted by the advisors on discipline to the
Curriculum Committee of the Board of Education, Alan
H. Nichols, Chairman.
The Discipline Committee Task Force is currently
holding meetings to develop and refine procedures rela-
tive to discipline matters consistent with the policy state-
ment and to further study the Addendum of Policy State-
ment of Board submitted by Commissioner Nichols on
March 25, 1968.
(Continued on Page 2)
Active Forensic Program Supported by District Senior High Schools
i The culminating activities in a year-long program of
i.peech and debate events at the senior high school level
sook place recently at Stanford University when the
iState Speech Finals were held.
: Three District schools were represented in the finals:
Abraham Lincoln High, George Washington High, and
'.owell High.
During the school year, students from District and
'5ay Area schools participated in a variety of league
sponsored and independently sponsored competitions.
■ The latter group were arranged by colleges and univer-
ities and local service organizations.
The Golden Gate Speech Association consists of some
i5 Bay Area public, private, and parochial high schools
.nd sponsors eight individual events tournaments and
. ight debate tournaments throughout the year, includ-
ing the state finals in these two broad categories. Four
District high schools are active in this organization:
Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Lowell, and
ilission. The forensic sponsors at these schools are Ted
.foore, Sanford Chandler, Jack Anderson, and Mrs.
Jloria Pyne. Mr. Chandler is vice-president of the asso-
iation, and Mr. Anderson serves as executive director.
National Forensic League
Three schools — Abraham Lincoln, George Washing-
bn, and Lowell — are also members of the National
,'orensic League which sponsors events leading to district
Participating District senior high schools have once again of-
fered a full program of forensic activities to interested stu-
dents. Pictured above, reviewing the achievements of the 1967-
68 season, are (seated) Dr. Lewis Allbee, Assistant Superintend-
ent for Senior High Schools; Judge Joseph Karesh of the Su-
perior Court; (standing) senior high school forensic sponsors
Sanford Chandler (George Washington), Ted Moore (Abraham
Lincoln), Mrs. Gloria Pyne (Mission), and Jack Anderson (Lowell).
Judge Karesh, long-time supporter of the public school forensic
program, emphasized the importance of speech activities in
developing self-confidence and intellectual growth and under-
standing among senior high school students.
championships and ultimately to national champion-
ships.
(Continued on Page 2)
NEWSLETTER
May 13, 19681
. . .Forensic Program Reviewed
(Continued from Page 1)
Independent speech and debate tournaments are spon-
sored locally by such institutions as San Francisco State
College, San Jose State College, St. Mary's College, Uni-
versity of California, University of San Francisco, and
Stanford University. Contests are further sponsored by
many organizations such as the American Legion, Lions
Clubs, and Optimist Clubs, which recognize the im-
portance of encouraging students in speech activities.
Speech and debate tournaments are sequential and
developmental. In the fall, emphasis is given to the de-
velopment of speech skills which are refined and polished
in the spring. Subject matter is drawn from two major
disciplines — English and social studies. Motivation is
encouraged through presentation of awards and scholar-
ships for excellence of performance. Students work and
prepare through the entire school year, competing in
tournament after tournament leading to the state finals.
It is interesting to note that student participation in
forensic activities is voluntary. Groups meet before and
after school to arrange tournaments, conduct business,
and hold practice sessions. League tournaments are held
on Saturdays, and non-league contests are held after
school, evenings, and on weekends. Some of this year's
tournaments have attracted as many as 800 participants.
Official Events Listed
The official events in tournament competition include
the following: Debate — one topic is fully explored for
the entire year (chosen by the National University Ex-
tension Service); Oratory — a ten minute memorized
individual speech on a social issue of significance; Ora-
torical analysis — a ten minute analysis of a speech
with comments on the speaker and the historical setting
of the speech; Oratorical interpretation — a ten minute
performance of a significant speech which has been
given by a famous individual with the emphasis on the
elements of delivery;
Impromptu speaking — a five minute speech given
after two minutes preparation time on a challenging
subject; Extemporaneous speaking — a seven minute
speech given after one half hour's preparation on a topic
drawn from current periodicals; Dramatic interpreta-
tion — a solo, ten minute memorized performance of the
portion of a play or story; Humorous interpretation —
same as the previous with the emphasis on humor.
Jack Anderson, Lowell speech instructor, whose indi-
vidual events entrants in forensic competition have been
undefeated in the past six years, stresses the importance
of the forensic program in bringing together public, pri-
vate, and parochial school students in a situation con-
ducive to an intellectual exchange of ideas.
District students who qualified for the state finals in-
cluded the following: Abraham Lincoln — Marsha Kra-
mer; George Washington — Peter Alpert, Connie Bush-
nell, Cathy Cary, Vicki Linsay, Debbie O'Neal, and
Jannis Warner; Lowell — Gloria Auerbach, Ayn Caval-
lini, Carol Daniels, Kathy Haskin, Richard Hays, Theo-
dore Levy, Francis McCarthy, Deborah Muller, George
Parsons, Victoria Reiter, Ron Reeves, Deborah Schafer,
Jeff Schultz, Eunice Wallace, and Ronald Wcismann.
Invest-in-America Winners Feted
District winners in the 1968 Invest-in-America Economic Dis-j
cussion Competition and Journalism Awards were feted at a
special luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel recently. Pictured (left:
to right) are Reinaldo Pagano, Assistant Principal, George
Washington (George Washington won the Kiwanis Club Per-
petual Trophy for over-all excellence of entries); Eugene Gee,
1st prize winner, George Washington; Harry Dea, 1st prize'
winner (journalism competition), Samuel Gompers; Mrs. Eliza-
beth Shaffer, Journalism Adviser, Samuel Gompers; Joanne
Dong, 3rd prize winner, Galileo; Ivor Caliaway, Principal, Sam-
uel Gompers; and George Ritter, Business Education Depart-
ment Head, George Washington. (For additional details see
article in May 6 issue of the Newsletter.)
. . . Discipline Committee Task Force
( Continued from Page 1 )
Committee members include the following: Central Of-i
fice — Mrs. Alice Henry, Ross Miles, and Junius Campi
Senior High — George Crippen (Galileo) , Harvey Chris] -
tensen (Abraham Lincoln), Ann Ahokas (Mission), ancfc
Warren Johnston (Polytechnic) ; Junior High — Frank1 I
Verducci (Horace Mann), Thomas Sammon (Pelton) j
Peter Cinquini (Aptos), and Mildred Fusco (Jame. !
Lick) ; Elementary — Mrs. Dorothy Vaio (Fairmount)l -
Jack Hartman (John McLaren), Mrs. Fermene Coturr
(Bret Harte), and Charles Robinson (Kate Kennedy).
In addition to the above members, Negotiating Counj
cil sub-committee members are Mrs. Margaret Dennj
(Washington), Robert Landis (Giannini), and Mrs]
Etienne Simon (Ufloa)'. The next meeting is May' 15. j
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 34 May 13, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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May 13, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Galileo Unit Wins Top Spot
In 91st Division Competition
ROTC cadets from Galileo High School won the 91st
Division trophy when they took top honors in the ROTC
drill competition held recently in the Civic Auditorium.
More than 1,000 students from eight District high
schools took part in the 22nd annual event, a major high-
light of the cadet year.
The Galileo drill team, commanded by Cadet Lt. Col.
Irving' Chew, compiled the most points in various events
to win the trophy. Presenting the award was Major
General Stuart D. Menist, Commanding General of the
91st Division.
■ Abraham Lincoln High School placed second, and
Lowell High was third.
i Other award winners included the following: Galileo,
drill platoon competition; Galileo, drill team competi-
tion; and Lowell, 91st Division honor high school trophy
:or scholastic achievement.
! Individual winners of the manual of arms competi-
tion were Cy Yee, Abraham Lincoln, first year; Spencer
George, Balboa, second year; and David Wong, Galileo,
hird year.
The competition is sponsored each year by the 91st
Division, California's largest Army Reserve component,
ind the 91st Infantry Division League. Colonel James H.
7arren, Senior Army Instructor for the School District,
oordinated the program.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
The following administrative assignments were
approved by the Board of Education at its April
17, 1968 meeting, upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent:
Central Office
Joseph P. McElligott, Fiscal Officer, appointed
to the position of Administrative Officer, assigned
to the Superintendent's Office. ,
James Porter, Assistant Fiscal Officer, appointed
to the position of Acting Fiscal Officer.
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► PHI DELTA KAPPA DINNER MEETING
The Golden Gate Field Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa
nounces a dinner meeting to honor Dr. Sherman
•own, San Francisco State College, to be held Satur-
ay, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lakeside Inn, 558
■ellevue Avenue, Oakland. The cost is $3.50, and reser-
ations may be made by contacting John Falsarella at
21-6164.
i DINNER FOR SYLVESTER L. KELLY
A reminder . . . the testimonial dinner honoring
ylvester L. Kelly, Principal of Roosevelt Junior High
chool on his retirement, will be held Friday, May 24, at
le Miyako Hotel, Post and Laguna Streets. A social
our will begin at 7 p.m. with dinner at 8 p.m.
Price of the dinner is $7.50, inclusive. Checks should
: made to the Roosevelt Faculty Fund and forwarded
f May 17 to William Coolidge, Roosevelt Junior High
:hool, 460 Arguello Boulevard, 94118.
58 Blood Donations
OXonnell Counselor Sets Example
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Eileen Cronin, nurse at Irwin Memorial Blood Bank, is seen tak-
ing a blood sample from the finger of Robert Ro~si while his
brother, John Rossi, Jr., and father, John Sr., wait ihzir turn at
the medical history desk. Mr. Rossi, a guidance counselor at
John O'Connell Vocational High School, has made 58 voluntary
blood donations (totaling over seven gallons) at the blood bank
over the years. Due to his example, his sons Robert, 22, and
John, 19, have been steady donors at the blood bank ever since
the day of their 18th birthdays. Robert now has 17 donations to
his credit and young John has donated five timas. The Irwin
Memorial Blood Bank of the San Francisco Medical Society is
located at 270 Masonic Avenue and has weekend hours for
donors who cannot give during the week — Saturday, from 8:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• FRANK INGERSOLL TESTIMONIAL DINNER
After 17 years of basketball coaching, climaxed by
this year's undefeated championship season, Frank Ing-
ersoll of Woodrow Wilson High School has announced
his retirement from the coaching ranks. To honor him
for his many years of service to San Francisco youth, a
testimonial dinner has been planned for Wednesday,
May 29, at the Sons of Italy Hall, 5051 Mission Street.
The cost is $5 per person, all inclusive. A no-host social
hour will start at 6 p.m. Reservations should be directed
to Roger Johnson, Woodrow Wilson High School, 400
Mansell Street, 94134.
• A. P. GIANNINI RETIREMENT DINNER
The faculty of A. P. Giannini Junior High School
cordially invites the families and friends of Mrs. Peg
McDonnell, Mrs. Elizabeth Wierdsma, and Alan Popes
to a dinner in their honor to be held Wednesday eve-
ning, May 22, 1968, at the Fort Mason Officers Club.
The dinner will be served at 8 p.m., preceded by a
social hour starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $7.50, including
tax and gift donation. Reservations may be secured by
contacting Colonel Sarcander at A. P. Giannini Junior
High School, 3151 Ortega Street, 94122.
NEWSLETTER
May 13, 196ff
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
May time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on June 3, 1968, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on May 28 and their full-
time teachers' time sheets on June 3 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all
schools, including the Adult Schools, for May 15
through May 31 will be picked up at the schools
at 8:30 a.m. on May 23, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in May for principals and
assistant principals is 22; the number of days for
teachers is 22.
• WORKSHOP FOR MUSIC SUPERVISORS
The Opera for Students Committee of the San Fran-
cisco Opera Guild in cooperation with the SFUSD's
Music Department will present a workshop for Bay Area
Music Supervisors at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, in
the cafeteria of the Central Office, 135 Van Ness Av-
enue. Film strips, piano accompaniments, and illustra-
tions of various teaching aids will be featured to provide
further in-school programs for schools outside San Fran-
cisco. All interested parties are invited to attend.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2727 — School Custodian, Foreman — Male — Hor-
ace Mann Junior High School.
2726 — School Custodian, Sub-Foreman — Male —
Roosevelt Junior High School.
• WAREHOUSE VISIT WEEK
Open House at the School District Warehouse begins
today and will continue through Friday, May 17. All
interested School District Personnel are cordially invited
to visit the Warehouse and observe the supply handling
operation. A tour through the Warehouse will be con-
ducted at 3:45 p.m. and lasts approximately one-half
hour. The exhibit of new supplies items that was pre-
pared recently to acquaint teachers with new items avail-
able through Warehouse stock will be viewed.
A short briefing will be held prior to the tour in the
employees lunch room at the Warehouse. Refreshments
will be served.
The Warehouse is located at 1000 Selby Street. It may
be reached heading South on the old Bayshore Highway
from Army Street to Oakdale Avenue (first stop light).
Turn left (east) at Oakdale and proceed approximately
three blocks to Selby Street — turn left one block. The
entrance to the Warehouse is located directly under the
new freeway section that crosses over the Produce Mart
area. Lost? If you need help in directions, please tele-
phone the Warehouse at 285-2686.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 21, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
• SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' DINNER
The San Francisco Association of School Administra-
tors announces that its banquet to honor all retiring ad-
ministrators will be held Wednesday, May 29, in the
Imperial Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel.
The cost is $8.50, inclusive, and dinner will be servec
at 7 p.m., preceded by a 6 p.m. social hour. Reservatior
deadline is Friday, May 24, and checks should be madi
payable to San Farncisco Association of School Admin
istrators, c/o Mrs. Harriet Wollesen, Clarendon School
500 Clarendon Avenue, 94131. '
• SOCIAL STUDIES COUNCIL DINNER
The San Francisco Council for the Social Studies an
nounces that its final event of the school year will be
social hour and dinner starting at 6 : 30 p.m. on Wednes
day, May 29. Dr. Richard Gross, Professor of Education
Stanford University, will be the guest speaker.
Dinner choice is prime ribs of beef at $4.85 or chickei
at $3.85. Checks should be made payable to the S.
Social Studies Council, 1390 Skyline Drive, Daly Cit)
94015. Reservation deadline is May 20.
• LUNCHEON TO HONOR HATTIE FISHEL
The faculty of John Adams School will honor Hatti
Fishel with a luncheon on the occasion of her retiremer
from the SFUSD after more than 30 years service to thi
District. Miss Fishel was formerly associated with Cor
tinuation High School.
The luncheon will be held Friday, June 14, at Bren^
wood Lodge, South San Francisco, and will be served e
1:15 p.m. Cost is $4.25 including tax and gift donatioi
Checks should be sent to Mrs. Frances Fried, 1860 Have
Street, 94117, no later than June 5.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
MAY 20, 1968
NUMBER 35
de Urioste on Executive Committee
Board Commissioner Appointed
Commissioner Ad-
olfo de Urioste, now
serving his fifteenth
year as a member of
the San Francisco
Board of Education,
was appointed to the
Executive Committee
of the Research
Council of the Great
Cities Program for
School Improvement
at the recent spring
meeting held in Bos-
ton.
Sixteen large cities,
including San Fran-
cisco, Los Angeles,
and San Diego on the
West Coast, have
' oined together to study the many problems of the urban
,:ities.
As Mr. de Urioste has said, "In my opinion this is one
)f the most dedicated group of people in public school
jducation. I am extremely proud to have been elected to
crve on the Executive Committee."
Continued on Page 2)
Project 'Fair Share' Seeks
More State Aid for Urban Areas
Project "Fair Share," the legislative program of Cali-
fornia's 25 largest urban area school districts to achieve
a more equitable share of the state school apportion-
ments, is receiving the full support of the San Francisco
Unified School District.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, in calling a District-
wide leadership meeting on May 9, stressed the need for
massive support of Senate Bill 702, referred to as the
Urban Factor Bill, and called upon District administra-
tors to take the lead in a crash program to send at least
20,000 letters to Governor Ronald Reagan in support of
the bill during May.
Senate Bill 702 would provide, in 1968-69, an addi-
tional $100 of state aid — above formula apportionment
— for each unit of average daily attendance in the 25
urban area school districts. This would be increased by
another $100 in 1969-70, another $100 in 1971, and
another $100 in 1972. After four years, the additional
state aid would amount to $400 for each unit of ADA.
Dr. Jenkins recommended that each principal proceed
to name and organize a committee of key parents, com-
munity contacts, PTA units, and school employees to
send an "avalanche" of letters to the Governor to prove
the vital need of urban areas for increased state income.
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-City Spring Concert Scheduled for Opera House on May 26
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The musically talented students of the San Francisco
>ublic schools will be featured in concert Sunday, May
6, 1968, at 2 p.m. at the War Memorial Opera House,
ccording to Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
The eighth annual All-City Spring Concert will fea-
ure performances by the students of the Honor Orches-
ra and Honor Choir.
Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music for the San
'rancisco Unified School District, announces that this is
tie first time the Opera House will be used as the setting
v the program and marks the beginning of an annual
ncert to be held in this cultural center.
All-City Honor Orchestra and Honor Choir member-
ip is made up of the musically gifted students from the
ty's secondary schools. The students meet on Saturday
ornings during the year in rehearsal sessions which cul-
nate in two concert performances, one in the fall term
d one in the spring term.
The Sunday concert will feature the premier perform-
ance of Vaclav NelhybePs Sine Nomine, a modern com-
position in twelve tone style with chord clusters.
Calvin Simmons, Balboa High School student organist,
will perform with the orchestra in Camille Saint-Saens'
Symphony No. Three, Op. 78 and will accompany the
choir in Franz Schubert's Mass in F and in American
Folk Song Sketch by Gail Kubik.
Two senior high school vocal instructors, Dale Black-
burn (Lowell) and Vahan Toolajian (Mission), will be
featured soloists in the Coronation Scene from Boris
Gudnov by Modest Moussorgsky.
Alfred Beseman, District Music Supervisor, is coordin-
ating the Spring Concert. The Honor Orchestra will be
conducted by Jack Pereira, Lowell High, and the Honor
Choir will be led by John Land, James Lick Junior High.
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto has commended the school
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NEWSLETTER
May 20, 19681
All-City Spring Concert
Continued from Page 1)
Students from the All-City Honor Choir and the All-City Honor
orchestra will appear in concert at the War Memorial Opera
House on Sunday, May 26, 1 968, at 2 p.m. The students have
been meeting regularly in Saturday morning rehearsal sessions
since the beginning of the school year. The concert is ths cul-
minating activity for the District's musically talented students.
Admission tickets are free and have been distributed to the
various schools. Members of the Honor Choir are viewed above
in one of the rehearsal sessions in preparation for the concert
next Sunday.
music groups in a special proclamation, praising the
Board of Education and the School Department for their
support of the music program.
Dr. Jenkins, in commenting on the significance of the
event, has stated, "The creative arts are a vital and stim-
ulating part of the school curriculum. As Superintendent,
I am sure that I can express for the Board of Education
and the administration, the significant position that music
holds for the School District." Dr. Jenkins further added
that as a tribute to the students and music teachers com-
munity support of the concert will add to the success of
the performance as the schools strive to achieve the goals
of their equality/quality educational program.
Invitational tickets are available at the Music Office,
135 Van Ness Avenue, with a limited number at the
War Memorial Opera House Box Office.
. . .Commissioner de Urioste Appointment
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The Research Council has a 32-man Board of Direc-
tors made up of the 16 superintendents and 16 board
members.
In addition, the Research Council Executive Commit-
tee is composed of the president, vice president, secretary-
treasurer, and six additional persons elected for over-
lapping three-year terms.
The Research Council was originally started by former
Superintendent of Chicago Schools Ben Willis. Each city
Board of Education pays dues to the Research Council
to support its projects.
• EXCHANGE POSITION OPEN
Teachers interested in a possible exchange position in
7th and 8th grade mathematics with the Eastchester
Public Schools, New York, ase asked to contact Milton
F. Reitcrman, Personnel Coordinator, for further infor-
mation.
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Summer Recreation Plans Set
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced that
plans for the School District's summer recreation pro-
gram have been finalized and that San Francisco youth
will have multiple opportunities for a summer of worth-
while educational and recreational experiences.
Recreation centers will be established at 52 school
playground sites, and the hours of operation will be ex-
tended from the normal 3 to 6 p.m. schedule to a 10 a.m
to 5 p.m. operation, Mondays through Saturdays. The
schoolyard playgrounds will feature daily game activities,
special events programs, local and out-of-town trips, and
excursions to the Silver Tree Day Camp, operated by the
Park and Recreation Department.
Fourteen gymnasiums, including five at the schoolyard
playground sites, are planned for operation between the
hours of 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.
Twelve of these gymnasiums will also be open from 2
p.m- to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays.
Fourteen of the school playgrounds are located in tar-
get areas, and ESEA Title I funds have been granted t<
provide a summer enrichment program at these loca-
tions. Included are additional personnel to work with
small groups, more field trips to points of interest, and a
greater variety of recreational activities.
Some 154 Neighborhood Youth Corps boys and girl:
will be employed as recreation aides in the District':
program.
George R. Canrinus, Coordinator of Health, Physica
Education, Athletics, and Recreation, states that particu-
lar care has been exercised to make certain that all dis
tricts are served, and consideration has been given t<
assure that all age groups have the opportunity for par
ticipation. He adds that the School District recreation L
program has been considerably expanded over past sum: f
mers and provides greater opportunities in jobs for manij Jl
youths as well as recreation for all young people.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 35 May 20, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
Teachers Receive Pay on First City College Summer Program
The smiles observed on the above faces were multiplied many
[times over as District certifcated personnel received their pay
| checks on the first of the month instead of the fifth. Joseph
vtcElligorr, Fiscal Officer, is seen presenting a check to
Virs. Virginia Ryder, Resource Teacher, Elementary Gifted Pro-
gram, on May 1, marking a change that resulted from a signed
igreement by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins with the Nego-
iating Council and the San Francisco Federation of Teachers.
'revious to May, District teachers had been paid on the fifth of
he month, and the new agreement changed the date of payment
0 the first.
1 COACHES ASSOCIATION MEETING
: The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
3hysical Education Teachers will hold its final meeting
if the spring term on Monday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in
» .loom B-4 of Abraham Lincoln High School.
» STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB
Reminder . . • Stanford Education Club annual on-
ampus party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul
lanna on Sunday, May 26 . . . social hour 3:30 to 5:30
l.m., dinner at 5:45 p.m. . . • send checks for $7.50 to
'/[ichael Kittredge, Treasurer, 590 Gellert Drive, San
i:'rancisco 94132.
For the second year City College of San Francisco will
open its campus to high school students and faculty and
to members of Youth for Service and the Neighborhood
Youth Corps as part of a summer program made possible
by grants from the Hebrew Technical Institute of New
York and the Miranda Lux Foundation of San Francisco.
The student phase of the summer program is planned
so that enrollees may learn to better understand them-
selves and relate this understanding to opportunities in
the world of work. Students may earn up to six units of
college credit, and, if desired, may apply the credits
toward high school graduation.
Participating students may choose one or more of the
following options : 1 . ) Enroll in Psychology G 1 1 , a two-
unit course designed to help students in the selection of
realistic occupational objectives; 2.) Enroll in one or
more of the college's orientation courses which are offer-
ed in the first semester of most of the 42 occupational
programs; 3.) Enroll in a special workshop course in one
of the following areas: a.) Visual Arts Production b.)
Ornamental Horticulture c.) Radio and Television Pro-
duction d.) Stagecraft and Drama Production.
Junior and senior high school counselors will be offer-
ed an opportunity to learn about the college's technical
curriculums and to work directly with the high school
students. Counselors will attend seminars, confer with
industry-oriented instructors, meet employed graduates
of the college's occupational program, visit classes, and
work with enrollees in a practical, realistic vocational
guidance internship. Scholarship-type stipends of $75
per week will be awarded to counselor participants.
It is hoped that from 350 to 450 students will partici-
pate in the program which is designed to fill many needs
of the age group preparing to enter the world of work.
School District, Strybing Arboretum Cooperate in 'Project Grow'
(Editor's note: The news article which follows was
jritten by the students in Jean Burman's fourth grade
'ass at Jefferson School and submitted for publication
ii the Newsletter. The' project described herein is but
ne of many in which the School District and the staff
•t Strybing Arboretum have cooperated to enrich the
iucational opportunities of the students.)
PROJECT GROy/
Miss Jean Burman's fourth grade class at Jefferson
;:hool has planted a vegetable garden at Strybing Arbor-
um in Golden Gate Park. The project began in the
,11 term. Mr. P. H. Brydon, Arboretum Superintendent,
t aside a 40 by 50 foot plot of land. He said that if this
lot project is successful, other children might have a
iance to do it, too.
Before any seeds could be sown, the class studied what
>es into making good soil. They learned how treated
iter is supplied to the park and how important it is to
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Alesandra Kosturos and Sally Van Loon, two Jefferson School
fourth graders, are busy working in their class vegetable gar-
den at Strybing Arboretum. Joseph Anclli, Arboretum gardener
and expert seed-grower, is ever-present to offer help and guid-
ance to the students in Jean Burman's class who have been
working on the project since the fall term. The students are so
proud of their "Project Grow" that they submitted the accomp-
anying article for Newsletter publication. Mrs. Ina Cokeley is
Principal of Jefferson.
NEWSLETTER
May 20, 19i
Announcements
• DINNER FOR DR. JOSEPH B. HILL
A reminder ... the dinner honoring Dr. Joseph B.
Hill, Curriculum Coordinator, on his retirement will be
held at the Olympic Country Club, Lakeside, at 7 p.m.
on Wednesday, June 5. A social hour will precede the
dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner tickets may be obtained by send-
ing checks for $12 (inclusive) to Marjorie Maher, Office
of Research, 135 Van Ness Avenue, or to James Ham-
rock, Luther Burbank Junior High, 325 La Grande Av-
enue, by May 24-
... Aid for Urban Area School Districts
(Continued from Page 1)
Packets of informative material were distributed to
each District administrator including copies of Senate
Bill 702, a fact sheet on Project "Fair Share," suggested
messages, and specific instructions for mailing. Each Dis-
trict employee has been encouraged to write and send a
personal letter and have two or more friends do the same.
Community endorsements of the resolution supporting
passage of Senate Bill 702, which was approved by the
Board of Education on May 7, have been encouraged.
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information,
and David Monasch, III, Campaign Coordinator, are
organizing the letter writing campaign and related ac-
tivities. They can be reached at 863-4680, Extension 371.
. . . 'Project Grow' at Jefferson School
(Continued from Page 3)
conserve our soil and water. During the winter season,
they experimented with hydroponics — growing plants
without soil. They found out that plants need nitrogen,
phosphorus and potash as well as light and water.
The children divided the land so that teams of two
children each could prepare their own seed-beds. They
learned how to use a trowel, hoe, rake and shovel (with-
out getting blisters!) Mr. James Lucey, supervisor, and
Mr. Joseph Anelli, gardener, have taught them how to
plant radishes, beets, potatoes, beans, lettuce, chard and
many other vegetables. Each week they can hardly wait
to see how their plants are growing. They cultivate the
soil, thin the plants, and pull weeds. Even though the
snails, insects, birds, rabbits and squirrels have eaten
some of the crops, the children are hoping to harvest
some vegetables soon.
The class has become very interested in weather and
what it does to their crops. They have built a weather
station at school and watch it carefully every day. It helps
them decide when they should plan to work in their
gardens.
Several of the students now have home gardens, too.
They are finding out that it is a lot of work to have a
good garden, but it is worth it.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 21, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular meet-
ing, 170 Fell Street.
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• BILINGUAL IN-SERVICE COURSE
(The following demonstration in-service course f
junior and senior high school teachers will be offered tl
summer.)
Two units, non-college credit, 10 meetings, 9 a.m.
12 noon, July 8 through July 19, 1968, at Luther Bu
bank Junior High School. Instructor: Anthony E. Rarr
rez. Open to all interested junior and senior high scho||
teachers. For further information call Elmer Gallegc
431-5379. Registration deadline is Friday, May 24.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize teachers who a
interested in learning about the techniques, materials, boo
and equipment which are being used in bilingual programs. T
workshop will include demonstration teaching and observatio]
Curriculum resource personnel and specialists in the field
bilingual education will be invited to meet with the teache
The participants will be called upon to prepare materials a
teach in the bilingual classes being held this summer at Luth
Burbank. Video tapes will be employed for analysis of instri.
tional techniques. Fluency in Spanish is not required.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Douglas Eleme
tary School.
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• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
A curriculum development project on the Negro
American life and history is planned for the 1968- ™
school year. Any teacher who would be interested
taking leave from his or her regular work and being 1 ■•'"
signed as curriculum assistant in this project is invit
to contact Dr. Joseph B. Hill, Coordinator, Curricula
135 Van Ness Avenue, telephone 863-4680, by the e
of May.
Working with committees of teachers, the curricul
assistant will write instructional guides and evalu
materials relating to Negro history and the contributi
of the Negro to American life and culture. Emph;
will be at the elementary level, but attention will
given to all instructional levels.
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Superintendent Proposes Budget
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At the Tuesday, May 21, 1968 meeting of the Board of
iducation, Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins presented
lis 1968-1969 Preliminary Budget Proposal to the Board
Education. (A more detailed outline of the budget
iiimtontents will appear in the next Newsletter.)
The General Fund budget now being proposed by the
uperintendent totals $91,602,249, before any salary in-
srease. This is an increase of $9,230,634 over the 1967-68
ludget of $82,371,615 and is accounted for by inclusion
if items required to conform to legal provisions or es-
ablished policy, maintenance of present programs, class
ize reduction (a $2,474,637 item), programs approved
y the Board for 1968-69, negotiated agreements, and
uperintendent's proposals.
Total resources to finance the budget come to $94,-
76,805. It is to be noted that 1.) the budget resources
Exceed the expenditures by $2,774,556 and 2.) the ex-
>enditures at the present time do not include any salary
aises for certificated or classified personnel.
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>»id i-ec, a rive-year-old at Gough School (for children with
EQVlSfnpaired hearing), learns to speak aided by some new equipment
'Cquired by the District. New instructional media machines and
laterials are being used in all District classrooms for children
'ith impaired hearing. Mrs. Maurine Dolson, teacher at Gough,
i seen supervising the use of some new overhead projection
Equipment.
Instructional media — a term used for what some call
udio visual aids — is having and will have an even
irger part to play in the education of hearing handi-
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Nathaniel H. Brooks, new
Polytechnic Principal
Board Appoints First District
Negro High School Principal
The first Negro
high school principal
in San Francisco was
appointed to head
Polytechnic High
School by the Board
of Education at its
Tuesday, May 21,
1 968 meeting with
the strong recom-
mendation of Super-
intendent Robert E.
Jenkins.
He is Nathaniel H.
Brooks, age 46, an
outstanding Negro
educator in East Palo
Alto. Since the fall of
1966 Mr. Brooks has been Vice Principal and Dean of
Boys at Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto.
Dr. Jenkins says, "The record of Mr. Brooks makes
it abundantly clear that he is qualified to be an out-
standing principal of any high school. He has been out-
standingly successful at Ravenswood High School in
meeting the needs of all students including the large
number of students from various ethnic groups."
Brooks was born in Genoa, Arkansas. He is married
with two children. He attended high school in Texar-
kana, Arkansas, graduating in 1941. He received his
AB degree in history and social sciences in 1948 from
Arkansas AM & N College of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and
his MA in Education in 1964 from the University of
California.
Brooks has had experience as a teacher and coach in
Yerger High School in Hope, Arkansas, from 1946 to
1949, attended the University of California from 1950-
51, and joined the Richmond Unified School District in
1951 where he served as teacher, chairman of a mathe-
matics department, as a counselor-dean and then as a
counselor in DeAnza High School in Richmond, Cali-
fornia-
In 1965, Brooks was a member of the University of the
Pacific summer faculty and served on a committee plan-
ning a teacher training course on "Problems of the Dis-
advantaged Youngster."
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NEWSLETTER
May 27, 1968
Compensatory Summer Program to Stress Continuous Education
A Summer Reading Program designed to provide con-
tinuing instruction in the language arts, especially read-
ing, for students presently enrolled in the compensatory
education program has been announced by Superintend-
ent Robert E. Jenkins.
The program has been planned to provide maximum
flexibility of operation so that innovative approaches
may be applied to the challenge of raising the reading
achievement and motivational levels of students in-
volved-
The major focus of the program will be on reading:
the aim of the program will be to strengthen the reading
skills and the reading interests of the students so that
their reading performance does not regress during the
summer. It is hoped that in addition to holding their
own, the students will show progress because of the sum-
mer program.
A major feature of the program will be the use of high
school students and a few City College students from the
target areas as aides to teachers and students in the
program.
Students in the classes will have the opportunity of
receiving individual assistance from the aides and of
identifying with someone who knows the world in which
the student lives. The aides will be paid for doing a job
that demands effort, responsibility, and may well be a
spur to greater competence on the part of the aide.
According to Victor Rossi, Supervisor, Compensatory
Education, the general framework of the program at all
divisional levels — elementary, junior high, and senior
high — will be as follows:
1. Each teacher will have 24 students for a specific
length of time. The total number of students served will
be 964.
2. Each teacher will have eight student aides, that is,
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the ROTC Brigade Review and Drill Competition held recently at
the Civic Auditorium in which over 1,100 high school cadets par-
ticipated. Taking part in the award ceremonies from left to right
are Major General Menist, Commanding General of the 91st
Infantry Division; Walter Odonc, Acting Principal of Galileo;
Cadet Lr. Col. Chin, Galileo; Col. J. H. Farren, Senior Army
Instructor; Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins; and Sgt. Grady
Benton, Senior Resident Army Instructor at Galileo.
one aide for each three students; 256 aides will be em-
ployed.
3. There will be four teachers assigned to each schoo
having the program; 32 teachers will be employed.
4. The schools in which the program will be locatec
are in the target area. (One exception is Balboa Higr
which will serve students from the target area-)
5. Supportive services and personnel will be available
6. The program will be under the direction of th(
Office of Compensatory Education through a specialh
appointed coordinator.
Schools involved in the program include the following
Elementary — Anza, Bryant, Commodore Stockton
Raphael Weill, and Sir Francis Drake; Junior High —
Everett; Senior High — Balboa and Galileo.
The recent evaluation report on the ESEA program
by the Stanford Research Institute suggested that ;!
"long-term program of sustained low intensity extending
over the entire year may be more effective than a long
term program of high intensity for nine months that i
followed by a three-month period of zero intensity."
This recommendation came as a restult of evaluatin;
test scores which showed growth from October to Ma
but a recession in scores the following October as co:
pared to results in May.
• SOCIAL SERVICES MONTHLY PROGRAM
The San Francisco Social Service Department has an
nounced that it sponsors a monthly "Person to Persoi1
Program" which may be of interest to principals, coun
selors, and teachers.
The program is designed to inform citizens of th!
range of services the department provides and the jo(
the staff does in helping people in need to become mor!
self-sufficient.
The program is held on the third Friday of eacl
month from 12 noon to 4 p.m. For information abou:
the program contact the Social Services Commissioj
Secretary, telephone 558-4018.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 36
May 27, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
May 27, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Language Arts Enrichment Through Typing
Enthusiasm is running high this semester at Sheridan
School for a pilot program designed to enrich the school's
language arts program through an audio lingual ap-
proach to typing.
Through the cooperation of the IBM Company, 16
"Selectric" typewriters and two IBM "Executaries" (lis-
tening equipment with headsets) have been loaned to
« the school to use in this unique program.
ll By using this equipment and Dr. Allen Lloyd's You
al Learn to Type recordings and books (as well as original
drills and instructions taped by the participating teach-
in ers), the 100-plus children involved in the program have
in. experienced new dimensions in the language arts,
i . According to Mrs. Thelma Boyer, Sheridan Principal,
hot only have the students learned to type — an accomp-
li [lishment in itself for this age group — but improvement
il has been noted in the students' achievement in the whole
& range of English skills.
. Many of the typing assignments are actually subtle
ai , lessons in mathematics, punctuation, spelling, grammar,
history, capitalization, and so on. Some of the lessons are
,iiE presented in the form of word games, requiring students
\l, to think through answers before typing them out.
m '. The program at Sheridan involved over 50 students in
the fall term and includes over 100 students this spring
i:erm. In addition to children participating from regular
classes, students enrolled in classes for the gifted, men-
tally retarded, educationally handicapped, and in the
15 :t ;ompensatory program have also taken part.
Reaction from the children to the program has been
coin highly favorable. Many feel that it has helped them to
listen, concentrate, read, and spell better. They say it has
» 'I riven them skills they never would have had an oppor-
» I1 unity to develop before.
EVALUATIONS DUE NEXT MONTH
The Personnel Division has announced that rat-
ings are due for probationary personnel by June 7,
1968. Rating forms are being sent to principals and
other administrators.
The Policy Manual of the Board of Education
states, in part (P 4117):
"The Principal, near the end of each semester,
on dates to be established by the Personnel
Coordinator, shall submit to the Superintend-
ent, on forms prepared for the purpose, written
reports on the service of all full-time proba-
tionary and long-term substitute teachers; on
any probationary assistant principal or de-
partment head; on any teacher, when re-
quested by the Superintendent because of
recent transfer or other reason; or on any
teacher whose service has been found unsatis-
factory."
IN MEMORIAM
Arthur Swart
Elnora Fuller
In order to properly evaluate the program and obtain
hard core data, the District's Bureau of Research is
assisting in the tabulation of test data. Mrs. Boyer says
that thus far the initial reactions and test results look
most favorable.
Students at Sheridan School have been given enrichment experi-
ences in the language arts program this school year through a
unique typing course utilizing electric typewriters on loan from
the IBM Company. Pictured above watching student Ben Barfield
go through a typing exercise are (left to right) Mrs. Thelma
Boyer, Principal; James Healy, Assistant Principal; and Mrs.
Barbara Locher, Teacher.
• PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES CREDENTIAL
Some administrative positions, as well as all secondary
counseling assignments, are dependent on the applicant
possessing a Pupil Personnel Services Credential. Milton
F. Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator, urges teachers to
apply now for a Standard Designated Services Creden-
tial with a specialization in Pupil Personnel Services
which will be issued on a partial fulfillment basis, pro-
viding the application is filed before September 1, 1968.
The credential will be granted to an applicant meet-
ing all of the following requirements: a.) Two years of
successful teaching experience in the public schools or
private schools of equivalent status; b.) Completion of
six semester hours of course work selected from the fol-
lowing areas: dynamics of individual behavior; pupil
personnel services concepts and procedures; counseling
theory and procedures; measurements theory and pro-
cedures; group process theory and procedures; educa-
tional and career planning; research methodology; re-
medial and special education; laws relating to children;
and organization of pupil personnel services; c.) State-
ment that applicant intends to complete all require-
ments for the credential.
A credential granted on the basis of a partial fulfill-
ment of requirements under these regulations authorizes
service as a pupil personnel worker in the areas of child
welfare and attendance and pupil counseling, including
rehabilitation counseling.
Special questions about this credential may be direct-
ed to Mrs. Ursula McHugh, Credentials Secretary,
Room 116, 135 Van Ness Avenue, telephone 863-4680,
Extension 206.
NEWSLETTER
May 27, 196a
Announcements
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, June 4, 1968, 4 p.m. Regular meeting,
170 Fell Street.
SPRING SEMESTER 1968 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DATES
School
Abraham Lincoln
Balboa
Galileo
George Washington
Lowell
Mission
Polytechnic
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel Gompers
John O'Connell
Day
Tussday
Thursday
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Tuesday
Friday
Date
Time
June 11
8 p.m.
June 13
8 p.m.
June 10
8 p.m
June 12
8 p.m
June 13
2 p-m.
June 11
8 p.m
June 12
8 p.m
June 14
8 p.m
June 11
8 p.m
June 7
8 p.m
Location
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
U.S.F. Gymnasium
Masonic Temple
U.S.F. Gymnasium
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Bayview Federal Savings
Mission High Auditorium
• DINNER FOR ROSE M. LAGOMARSINO
A dinner honoring Rose M. Lagomarsino, Principal of
Jean Parker School, will be given by the faculty at the
Fairmont Hotel at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 6, on the
occasion of Miss Lagomarsino's retirement from the Dis-
trit. Inquiries can be made by calling Mrs. Chan at 474-
1468 or Mrs.,Chu at 474-8885 after 4 p.m. before May
29.
... New Polytechnic Principal Appointed
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Brooks has worked as a consultant in minority prob-
lems for the J. C. Penney Company in Richmond, Cali-
fornia, and has served as a master teacher with the Uni-
versity of California Intern Teacher Program for train-
ing teachers to serve in "depressed area" schools.
The new principal is a member of Phi Alpha Theta
(Honorary Historical Society), Sigma Nu (Honor Stu-
dents Society), Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and is a
member of the NAACP.
Brooks will assume his new principalship effective
July 1, 1968.
. . . New Equipment for Handicapped
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capped students in the San Francisco schools.
The new machines and materials are being put to use
by teachers as the equipment becomes available from
Captioned Films for the Deaf, a section of the Office of
Education in the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Overhead projectors are currently being used in all
classrooms for children with impaired hearing. Each
classroom is equipped with two projection screens, one
angled for use with the overhead projector and the other
for use of 16 millimeter films, 35 millimeter slides, and
other materials to be projected. The new projectors
being supplied are remotely controlled so that the teach-
er may stay in front of the class and explain the material
that is seen on the screen.
When used properly, teachers have found that instruc-
tional media stimulates interest in subjects, makes ma-
terial more interesting, and helps students learn faster.
SUMMER READING DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC
Referrals to the Summer Reading Diagnostic Clini
are due at the Central Office, attention of Mrs. Mar
Ellen Born on or before June 1 . Children will be seen i
Golden Gate School for three or four appointments dui
ing vacation for intelligence and reading tests as well a
social work and medical services in order to furnis
schools and parents with a complete reading diagnosi:
In addition, children completing the diagnostic batter
will be considered for one-to-one remediation during th
school year by the 10 specialists of the Reading Center
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• SCOPE TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
The Service Committee on Public Educatio
(SCOPE) announces that its annual meeting will ri
held at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, May 27, at Homestea —
Savings and Loan, 22nd Avenue and Geary Boulevaro 'j.
Dr. Bernard McKenna, Associate Dean of Education "
San Francisco State College, will speak on the top
"Newer Patterns of School Staffing." Election of office
will also take place.
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JUN3 1968
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 39
JUNE 3, 1968
NUMBER 37
$91,602,249 General Fund Proposal
Preliminary Budget Presented for Study
On Tuesday, May 21, 1968, Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins presented his 1968-1969 Preliminary Budget to
the Board of Education in what he termed a work sheet
_ ,or programmed budget approach. The Board of Educa-
f htion was not asked to take action on this Preliminary
i Budget. Superintendent Jenkins has stated, "This Pre-
y. Jiminary Budget contains many workable, viable, urgent-
. ,ly needed plans which we can and should complete as
funds are available."
'•°"1 The General Fund budget now being proposed by the
1 - Superintendent totals $91,602,249, before any salary in-
"llcrease. This is an increase of $9,230,634 over the 1967-68
"'■ budget of $82,371,615 and is accounted for by inclusion
'" >of items required to conform to legal provisions or estab-
lished policy, maintenance of present programs, class size
reduction (a $2,474,637 item), programs approved by
the Board for 1968-69, negotiated agreements, and Su-
perintendent's proposals.
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si" II Total resources to finance the budget come to $94,-
Tour of Facilities
Feathers See District Warehouse
he School District Warehouse was visited by groups of teachers
nd other school personnel during the recent Open House. Ap-
roximately 125 teachers toured the facilities at 1000 Selby
treet to observe the supplies and furniture storage and handling
Deration. In the picture above, Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Sup-
lies, is showing a group of teachers a supplies order that is
eing filled and readied for shipment to the schools. Each
sacher who toured the warehouse was appropriately presented
ith a personal desk pen set with the inscription "SFUSD —
Warehouse Visit Day."
376,805 using the maximum tax rate. It is to be noted
that 1.) the budget resources exceed the expenditures by
$2,774,556 and 2.) the expenditures at the present time
do not include any salary raises for certificated or classi-
fied personnel.
The Superintendent has been meeting with the various
groups who have made salary proposals during the past
week or so, and will come to the Board of Education
with his salary recommendations during June.
Superintendent Jenkins has expressed his hope that ad-
ditional funds for the District may be forthcoming from
a possible increase in the assessment valuation of the city
and from several State bills, such as SB 702 (Petris),
AB 2080 (Brown), AB 866 (Burton), and SB 256
(Marks-Moscone) , which may bring extra monies to San
Francisco if they pass.
If the extra money is not available, the Superintendent
has indicated that at least some of the budgeted programs
must be phased in over a longer period of time.
The State Education Code prescribes that each school
district is legally required to conform to the following
calendar in taking action on its budget:
1. On or before July 1
budget
2. July 25 to 31
official newspaper
adoption of publication
publication of the budget in the
3. August 1 to 7 — public hearing of the budget
4. On or before August 10 — adoption of final budget.
•GOVERNOR'S DELINQUENCY CONFERENCE
Robert Figone, District vocational counselor at the
junior high school level and former member of the Cali-
fornia Youth Authority Board, participated in the Gov-
ernor's Conference on Delinquency Prevention in Sacra-
mento.
Mr. Figone was nominated by the San Francisco Ju-
venile Justice Commission to represent the city. The pur-
pose of the conference was to identify specific community
problems relating to crime and delinquency and the
techniques for developing prevention programs at the
community level.
Follow-up will include meetings to deal with the pre-
vention of juvenile delinquency and will involve various
agencies and community leaders.
NEWSLETTER
June 3, 1968 (
Health Career Scholarships
Five health career scholarships totaling $2,500 are
being offered local senior high and college students by
the San Francisco Chapter, National Foundation —
March of Dimes.
Vincent I. Compagno, Chapter chairman, said the
awards are made annually as "starter incentives" to help
fill critical shortages in the health fields.
To qualify, high school seniors must be planning to
enter a regionally accredited college or university this
fall as full-time students preparing to complete either
diploma or degree requirements in nursing, occupational
therapy, physical therapy, speech pathology, and audi-
ology.
Medical social work awards will be made to college
sophomores, and medical awards will be made to final
year college undergraduates who have been accepted
for admission this fall to an AMA-approved medical
school. Funds may be used for any educational expense,
Compagno said.
Application forms have been supplied all high school
principals and administrative offices of San Francisco
State and City Colleges.
© 'OLD TYPE' CREDENTIALS AVAILABLE
Milton F. Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator, has re-
ceived a report from the State Department of Education,
marked urgent, which requests that he notify all person-
nel of the immediate effectiveness of Senate Bill 31 which
has been signed into law by the Governor. SB 3 1 provides
that "old type" teaching credentials will be issued by the
State Department until September 15, 1968, but not
thereafter, as follows :
1. Any individual who had completed two years of
college or was teaching in a foreign country on November
1, 1963, and has completed the requirements for the
credential by September 15, 1968, inclusive, may obtain
any of the following: "General" teaching credentials
(Elementary, Junior High, Senior High, Junior College) ;
Librarianship ; Credential for Exceptional Children;
"Specials" — Music, Art, Industrial Arts, Homemaking,
etc.; Driver Education; and Adult Credential in Desig-
nated Subjects.
2. Any individual who had completed all requirements
for an "old type" credential authorizing service in a
supervisory or administrative position by December 31,
1963, inclusive, and who had not previously been issued
such an administration or supervision credential can ob-
tain any such "old type" credential by applying for it.
Credentials affected by this section are the following:
Elementary Administration; Secondary Administration;
General Administration; Secondary School Administra-
tion Credential in Technical and Industrial Education;
Supervision Credential; General Pupil Personnel Services
Credential; Health and Development Credential; Voca-
tional Class A Credential (with coordination and super-
vision authorization) .
Direct all questions concerning the above to Mrs.
Ursula McHugh, Credentials Secretary, Room 116, 135
Van Ness Avenue, telephone 863-4680, Extension 206.
For Handicapped
Free Swimming Therapy Offered
The San Francisco Lodge No. 3 of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks has a free program of physical
therapy through swimming. This activity is limited to
boys who have muscular disabilities (post polio, etc.) or
other physical problems that can be aided by aqua-
therapeutic exercise.
The Elk's program of swimming and physical educa-
tion for handicapped children is under the supervision
of Byron Summers, a world champion long-distance
swimmer and holder of seven world swimming records.
It should be especially noted that this program is free, is
open to all crippled children except those suffering from|
disabilities (i.e. bowel or bladder control) that woul
preclude participation and is conducted each Sunday o:
the year by Mr. Summers, Joseph D'Acquisto, and othe:
members of the B.P.O.E. #3.
Teachers in San Francisco are invited to seek further
information or applications to forward to parents from
Mr. Cornelius Murphy, Assistant Principal at Horao
Mann Junior High School.
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PHOTO AWARDS
The Benjamin Franklin Junior High School Photog-
raphy Club has won ten National Awards in the Schol-
astic Magazine Contest sponsored by Eastman Kodak
more than any junior high school in the country. Onh
11 National Awards were made in the state of Cali-
fornia.
Winners included Peter Homann (one first, twe
thirds, three honorable mentions); Donnie Yates (twe
honorable mentions); Glenn Sugiyama (one honorabk
mention); and Alden Horn (one honorable mention)
Harold Pfohl, a junior at George Washington Higl
School, won an honorable mention in the senior division
The total prizes amounted to $230. A special award bV
the club's members went to Leamon Lovelace who waj
a subject in three of the winning entries.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 37 June 3, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
For Hunters Point-Bayview Area
Submit Project SEED Funding Application
The submission of an application to provide funds
under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act for the Southeast Educational Development
proposal (Project SEED) was approved by the Board of
-Education at the May 21, 1968 meeting upon recom-
mendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
The primary purpose of the SEED program is to
bring the Hunters Point-Bayview Community and the
School District together in a close, cooperative relation-
ship so that better educational programs can be provided
for that community — programs which may also prove to
be relevant to social integration as well as being exemp-
lary to the rest of the School District and other metro-
ipolitan areas. Specific objectives for the SEED program
iare organized under two major components: the plan-
ning phase and the operational phase.
The United States Office of Education invited the
.School District to submit a proposal concerned with
some of the major problems facing the schools, and the
Hunters Point-Bayview was selected as the area for the
project which has been developed.
"There has been intensive community involvment and
participation in the identification of needs, in the deter-
mination of project components, and in the development
of the written proposal," says Dr. Jenkins. He added that
this project is a partnership of the community and Dis-
trict, but within the legal framework of the District.
The initial application requests funds for the planning
of program, for conducting pilot activities, and for op-
eration of program. Development would be in three
phases and would require funding as follows: July 1,
1968 to June 30, 1969 — $906,933; July 1, 1969 to June
:30, 1970 — $1,342,444; and July 1, 1970 to June 30,
[1971 — $1,480,329. The total figure requested is
$3,729,706.
, Funding of the program would make it possible to
1. establish a school-community educational planning
affice in the Hunters Point-Bayview area
, 2. create three pilot first grade demonstration classes
n the SEED area to begin September, 1968
3. plan and design an elementary school relevant to
:he special needs of the children in the area to begin
operating in February, 1969
4. sensitize school personnel to present-day racial and
:ultural realities through a variety of means, including
n-service training
• COACHES' SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
Dwight Spilman, graduating senior from Mission High
.School, has been awarded the San Francisco Association
Athletic Coaches and Physical Education Teachers Ath-
etic Scholarship for 1968. The scholarship and the John
Clarke Trophy were awarded during the AAA Champ-
onship baseball game by Erv Delman, Association Pres-
dent. Dwight achieved an outstanding scholarship rec-
■rd and has captained the cross country and varsity
rack teams.
5. acquaint parents and community with the philoso-
phy and dynamics of the schools
6. evaluate programs planned under SEED and im-
prove and expand the best of them
7. evaluate present school practices and determine
needed changes
8. expand and improve training programs foi school
and community aides
According to Dr. Jenkins, the proposal as finally de-
veloped should provide for programs in the following
areas: pre-school experiences, more individualized in-
struction, staff development, orientation entry into the
world of work, curricular changes (including the inte-
grated curriculum), parent and community participa-
tion and involvement, health needs, and social and psy-
chological needs.
In addition to providing for the Hunters Point-Bay-
view area, the proposal includes a request for funds for
the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside area (OMI
Program). If granted, it will enable the education com-
ponent of the OMI program to continue and extend
special services needed to help reverse the threatened
ghettoization of the area, and, in fact, help to stabilize
and improve the community. Included are the opera-
tional and planning phases. The planning section will
cover the clustering of schools into a sub-unit, the intro-
duction of school-community liaison workers, and the
development of outstanding programs. In the operational
section will be developed a Block Action Structure and
a Tutorial Program.
Dr. Steig, Dr. Hill
Key Administrators to Retire
Two Central Office Administrators, Dr. Lester Steig, Coordinator,
Salaries (left), and Dr. Joseph B. Hill, Coordinator, Curriculum
(right), will retire from the District at the conclusion of the
school year. Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins (center) is seen
extending his best wishes at a recent staff meeting. Dr. Steig has
served the District for 22 years, as salary coordinator for 21
years. Dr. Hill has been with the District for 33 years, having
served as Teacher, Principal of Abraham Lincoln High School,
and Curriculum Coordinator.
NEWSLETTER
June 3, 1968J
Urban-Suburban Proposal
Mill Valley Offer Is Approved
A proposal by the Mill Valley schools to accept some
25 students from San Francisco target area schools was
approved by the Board of Education at its May 7, 1968
meeting upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins.
The plan will involve students in grades K through 5,
with participation in the program on a voluntary basis.
The project marks the beginning of an innovative con-
cept in urban-suburban education.
The State funds normally received for the 25 children
per ADA will be relinquished to the Mill Valley District,
and bus transportation to Mill Valley will be provided
by the Marin County Schools.
The new program will start in September, 1970, unless
federal funding can be procured to provide prefabricated
buildings.
• VISIT TO WORK TRAINING PROGRAM
Two groups of educators visited the Out-of-School
Work Training Program at Ft. Miley Veterans Hospital
recently during the California State Federation for Ex-
ceptional Children meeting at the Jack Tar Hotel. Mrs.
Peggy Lucas, Director of Volunteer Services, who has
helped build the work training program for adjustment
classes for the past five years, conducted a tour of the
work training stations in the hospital. Visitors were able
to see students in the work-study situations and talk
with them about the jobs they are doing.
The visitors were impressed by the manner in which
the students were performing their tasks and the ability
with which they were able to discuss their particular
phase of the work. The enthusiastic support of the hospi-
tal staff and the pride of accomplishment expressed by
the students have contributed to the program's success.
Future Homemakers Hold Picnic
Food, fun, and friendship were the order of the day when some
200 Future Homemakers of America members from A. P. Gian-
nini, Aptos, Francisco, James Denman, James Lick, Luther Bur-
bank, and Polytechnic gathered at Sigmund Stern Grove recently
for the group's annual picnic and playday.
Diamond Heights Receives Flag
From Purple Heart Organization
The Woodrow Wil-
son Unit No. 15 of
the Ladies' Auxiliary
to the Military Or
der of the Purple
Heart presented an
American Flag to the
Diamond Heights
School at a brief
ceremony during a
recent assembly. The
members who made
the presentation are
all past presidents of
the organization
Pictured in the ac-
companying photo-
graph are Mrs. Wil-
liam Goggin, Department Hospital Chairman; Mrs.
Charles Oliveira, Department Chaplain; Mrs. Tessie
Simon, Patriotic Instructor; Myrna Graves, Diamonc
Heights Principal; and Mrs. Charles Carlston, Depart-
ment Parliamentarian.
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Flag presentation ceremonies at
Diamond Heights.
Scholarship Winners Announced
The State Scholarship Commission has announced the
names of the District students who are winners in the
1968 Awards Program. The students are now eligibl
for scholarship aid up to $1,500 annually for tuition am
fees. The awards are renewable each year if academii
and financial eligibility is maintained. The winners are
as follows:
Abraham Lincoln: James Christman, Minnie Gee, Rober
Simon, Barbara Stutting.
Balboa: Kip Brockman, Lance Elberling, Frank Gonzales
Arthur Schmitt.
Galileo: Thomas Gin, Lorraine Horn, Dack Lee, Lawrenc
Lee, Paul Perdue, Lester Toy, Linda Won, James Wong.
George Washington: Beth Abiko, Joanne Bernstein, Lelan
Chan, Tim Chin, Beverly Ching, William Dukeminier, Johi
Fong, Pamela Hee, Kirk Johnson, Alexandra Laboutin, Viole
Lee, Roger Matsui, Gita Metzger, Glenn Omi, Judi Sui, Lloyq
Taketa, Louise Wong, Reynold Wong, Shelton Yee.
Lowell: Mary Anderson, Regina Basuino, James Branch, Wal-
lace Chan, Perry Chia, David Chin, Alvin Chun, Wilbert Chunl
Joni Davidson, Patricia Dilucchio, Cheryl Fong, Edison Fong
Hanlon Fong, Glenn Gan, Edward Gin, Robert Gordon, Doug
las Grano, Aden Hoh, Wendell Horn, Alexander Ivanoff, Shir
ley Jang, Teresa Jen, Deborah Jew, Mary Jew, Richard Jew
David Kapahu, Katherine Karass, Kenneth Keller, Barry Kern
field, Laura Kransdorf, Cecilia Lee, Russell Leong, Samnr
Leong, Henry Lew, Susan Loderse, Steven Louie, John Low
Tailen Mak, jack Margid, Joseph Matranga, Francis McCarthy
Fred Mourad, Mabel Ng, Nelda Ong, Maxine Orr, Marvii
Quan, Leon Starno, Lynn Trent, Robert Wang, Paul Wilnei
Albert Wong, Annie Wong, Francis Wong, Marilyn Won
Maurice Wong, Norman Wong, Walter Yuen.
Mission: Susan Hennigh, Richard Holman.
Polytechnic: Jose Castromayor, Mary Rexroth.
Last year the District had 42 finalists; this year then
are 96, the number more than doubling.
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NEWSLETTER
ix Week Summer Course
Marina Students to Attend Exeter Academy
! Marina Junior High School will have the privilege
his year of sending five students and one teacher-ob-
;erver to the summer program of Phillips Exeter Aca-
lemy at Exeter, New Hampshire.
This is the third year that San Francisco has partici-
jated in the program which will send 470 students to the
\cademy from various parts of the nation to enrich
iheir academic backgrounds through the Special Urban
program (SPUR).
■ Marina students Charlene Lai, Kevin Fong, Laureen
fang, Marcia Wong, and Vicki Downey will be accomp-
inied by William Armstrong, social studies teacher. The
urogram will run for six weeks.
I For the past two years Horace Mann Junior High
'School provided the students for the SPUR program,
vlarina will send students this year and next year.
The five students will take courses in English composi-
ion and literature as well as work in mathematics geared
.specially for students who expect to study a first course
.a algebra the next school year.
; At Exeter the students will live in single room dormi-
tory facilities. They will be able to avail themselves of
he following activities: library, music and art, field
rips, and a supervised sports program.
; The program is designed to "elevate personal stan-
dards of achievement, to create and enforce the belief
that there is opportunity if the student will aspire."
Five Marina Junior High School Students and one teacher-observ-
er will take part in the summer program at the Phillips Exeter
Academy in New Hampshire this summer. Participants in the six-
week program are viewed above with Armond DeMartini, Marina
Principal. The students who will attend are (left to right) Lau-
reen Jang, Maria Wong, Vicki Downey, Charlene Lai, and Kevin
Fong.
1968 Summer School Administrative Appointments Approved by Board
1 The following Summer School administrative appoint-
nents were approved by the Board of Education at its
slay 7, 1968 meeting upon recommendation of the
uperintendent:
Senior High
Balboa — Alan B. Fibish, Principal; Billie T. Scott
nd Warren E- Johnston, Assistant Principals; Galileo —
.eslie F. Burke, Principal; Frances Tywoniak and Philip
i. Lum, Assistant Principals; George Washington —
ohn A. Rocky, Principal; Barbara F. Avery and Adolph
lubamersky, Assistant Principals; Lowell — Allen D.
:'orlakson, Principal; Patricia Keenan and Albert F.
:futi, Assistant Principals.
Junior High
. Everett — Carlos V. Cornejo, Head Teacher; Victoria
rooks, Assistant Head Teacher; Herbert Hoover —
aymond L. del Portillo, Head Teacher; Dolores V.
iianna, Assistant Head Teacher; Luther Burbank ■ —
imes J. Keolker, Head Teacher; Doris Wecsen, Assist-
it Head Teacher; Pelton — William P. Keesey, Head
eacher; Pearl Lapidaire, Assistant Head Teachers;
joosevelt — Walter G. Phillips, Head Teacher; Norma
1. Shepard, Assistant Head Teacher; Francisco (Sum-
er Bilingual Program) — Roland Demarais, Head
eacher; Ann G- McHugh, Assistant Head Teacher.
The following summer appointments were approved
t the May 21 meeting of the Board:
Elementary
Alamo — Carol B. Choye, Head Teacher; Leonard E.
Silverman, Assistant Head Teacher; Alvarado — Mary
E. Patteson, Head Teacher; Edwin G. Waters, Assistant
Head Teacher; Anza — Thomas P. Alexander, Head
Teacher; Nancy Lee Baker, Assistant Head Teacher;
Bryant — William E. Humphreys, Head Teacher; Gwyn
E. Peakes, Assistant Head Teacher; Commodore Sloat
— Hal J. Solin, Head Teacher; Mae E. Threadgill, As-
sistant Head Teacher; Commodore Stockton — David
Freed, Head Teacher; Joyce S. Wooster, Assistant Head
Teacher; Lawton — Doris S. Linnenbach, Head Teach-
er; John G. Campbell, Assistant Head Teacher; Monroe
— Lois Ann Sims, Head Teacher; Sofia L. Prudenciado,
Assistant Head Teacher; Raphael Weill — Adrienne L.
McKelvie, Head Teacher; Robert D. Cook, Assistant
Head Teacher; Sir Francis Drake — Milton J. Bonzell,
Head Teacher; Paul B. Reinhertz, Assistant Head
Teacher; Treasure Island — George Kochian, Head
Teacher; Pauline G. Harris, Assistant Head Teacher;
Chinese Bilingual Program, Garfield — Roger M, Walsh,
Head Teacher; Rosemary Chan, Assistant Head Teacher;
Jean Parker — Mayme Chin, Head Teacher; Victor
Low, Assistant Head Teacher; Spanish Bilingual Pro-
gram, Hawthorne — Peter J. Gonzalez, Head Teacher;
Ernestine F. Trujillo, Assistant Head Teacher.
NEWSLETTER
June 3, 196)
Freedoms Foundation
Clarendon School Award Made
Clarendon School is the proud recipient of a 1968 Freedoms
Foundation Award earned by the school's gifted class for its
study of the legislative, judicial, and executive functions of the
national government and the subsequent development of a school
constiution. Participating in the award ceremonies were Mrs.
Harriet Wolleson, Principal; Mrs. Alice Shea of the Freedoms
Foundation; Michael Scafini, Clarendon sixth grade student; and
Carol Held, Teacher in Charge of the Gifted Class. The group is
posed before an oriental garden created by the students in Marie
Mathio's sixth grade class.
• CITY COLLEGE JOB FAIR
Fifty professional recruitment teams representing lead-
ing business, industry, and government organizations
from the five San Francisco Bay Area counties partici-
pated in the 13th Annual City College of San Francisco
Engineering-Business Graduate Recruitment Day re-
cently-
Initiated 13 years ago to facilitate the transition of the
college graduate from the campus to the world of work,
the annual Job Fair brings together the prospective em-
ployer and the trained graduate in a professional setting
during which personal interviews are conducted leading
to offers of full-time positions in a wide variety of occu-
pational areas.
The Job Fair is an activity of the college placement
program and is coordinated by Joseph A. Amori, Direc-
tor of Personnel Placement Services.
• NSF IN-SERVICE INSTITUTE
The National Science Foundation announces an in-
service institute in the "Earth Science Curriculum Pro-
ject Approach" to be held at San Francisco State Col-
lege from September, 1968 through May, 1969. In gen-
eral, classes will meet on Saturday mornings. For
information and applications, interested teachers should
contact Dr. Raymond Sullivan, Director, Department of
Geology, San Francisco State College, San Francisco
94132. Applications must be received by July 1, 1968.
• NAVAL RESERVE APPOINTMENT
James Witt, District driver training instructor at John
O'Conncll Vocational High School, has recently received
his captaincy in the Naval Reserve. Mr. Witt is now
commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Mobilization
Division 12-6 (M) in San Mateo.
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Community, Pupil Center Opens
The opening of the District's first Community am
Pupil Services Center, located at 5273 Third Street, wa
celebrated recently with a special Open House Day
Residents of the Hunters Point area, parents, busines
representatievs and workers in the area, and police offi
cers shared refreshments with school principals and facul
ties, nurses, social workers, community teachers, psychol
ogists, speech therapists, and attendance supervisors i:
the Center offices, a remodeled store on Third Street,
Representatives from the following agencies in th
community attended the function: Legal Assistanc
Foundation, Office of Economic Opportunity Home an
Health Service, Child Psychiatric Clinic, Mt. St. Joseph
Home for Girls, Neighborhood Co-op, and Special Serv
ices Centers for Pregnant Girls.
The opening of the Center offices marks an expansio
of the school-community relations program — a broac
ening of the dialogue between District personnel an
community residents. Supportive services staff membei
work as a team to serve the schools and people living i
the Hunters Point - Bayview District.
• BALBOA HIGH GRADUATES HONORED
Two recent Balboa High School graduates have bee
honored by appointments to United States Servic
Academies.
Lance Elberling, class of June, 1967 has received a
appointment to Annapolis, and Caesar Lucas, class (
February, 1968 has been honored with an appointmer
to West Point.
Caesar's brother, Cornelio, Balboa class of Januar
1967 is a Congressional nominee for the Air Fori
Academy and is waiting for a decision on his status.
5th Graders from Hawaii
Commodore Sloat Greets Guest
:\
A group of 31 fifth-graders from Pauoa Elementary Sch
Honolulu, Hawaii, were recent guests at Commodore Sloat Schoc
The visit was the culminating activity of the class' study of tl
United States. Cathy Nakamaru (left) of Pauoa School and
pen pal, Michelle Dennis of Commodore Sloat (right), are set
taking turns completing a lesson during the visit. The Paul
children were luncheon guests at the school and spent ten daj
touring California.
line 3, 1968
NEWSLETTER
In-service Course
Luther Burbank Looks at Human Relations
: "Human Relations — A Mingling of Minds — A
tudy of important social issues, community programs,
nd new ways of translating our knowledge into better
.nderstanding."
'< This is the summary which is found on the opening
iage of the program booklet of the Human Relations
ourse which has been conducted at Luther Burbank
lunior High School this past year.
[ It has set the tone for the ambitious program which
[ (as been spearheaded by Principal James J. Hamrock,
"|!r. and planned and executed by the school's faculty.
[ The concept of this unusual in-service course was en-
! endered some two years ago by a faculty Human Rela-
} |.ons Committee which was seeking ways of helping stu-
dents, parents, teachers, and community members to
' 'etter understand each other.
I Ideas for the course were discussed, sifted, and re-
fined, and a proposal recommending the project for the
,uther Burbank faculty was submitted to and approved
lly James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent for Junior
[igh Schools.
fr'|l Mr. Hamrock gave his full support to the proposal,
llnd, in September 1967, the faculty-run in-service pro-
■ram was initiated with one unit of non-college credit
1 1 iffered to those who were interested.
During the semester the faculty took a long, hard look
lit social and educational programs for minority group
'lembers, studied techniques for solving social problems,
[■nd discussed recommended changes where problems
" I , <risted.
I I Faculty response to the semester program was positive,
lis revealed in responses to a questionnaire, and in Feb-
• lary 1968 the number of meetings scheduled was
publed and two units of non-college increment credit
'ere offered.
Weekly meetings held at the school have drawn from
) to 80 faculty members at each session. According to
oris Wecsen, one of the planners, teacher support of
le program has been good because the sessions have had
■mething important to say, teachers were deeply in-
)lved, and lines of communication between school,
)me, and community were kept open.
The weekly meetings featured a large number of
lests who came to the school to talk to and with the
i.culty. They included social workers, doctors, teachers
nd students from other schools and other districts, psy-
niatrists, administrators, artists, entertainers, attorneys,
immunity leaders, community organizers, radio per-
jnalities, government employees, civil rights leaders,
id professors.
', An evaluation committee of Luther Burbank teachers
• compiling a list of recommendations for possible
aanges at the school which resulted from insights
idned through the course. A second list of recommenda-
l>ns with District- wide ramifications will be presented
■ Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
Mrs. Clarice Miles, school social worker and course
planner, states that the close teamwork of the faculty
and the willingness of so many to listen to all kinds of
ideas and expressions of values contributed significantly
to the success of the program.
Members of the Luther Burbank Human Relations
Committee have included Joseph Luppino (chairman),
Mrs. Clarice Miles (assistant chairman), Mrs. Betty
Baham, Joan Catelli, Anthony Clancy, Lee Diamond,
John Klobucar, Mrs. Florence Morris, Victor Ohashi,
Louis Roth, Richard Scramaglia, Doris Wecsen, and
Charles Williams.
The Luther Burbank Junior High School Human Relations in-
service course has featured a number of speakers and guests at
its weekly sessions during the current semester. Pictured above
at one of the meetings are (left to right) Donald Warden, At-
torney, Civic Leader, and Businessman; Mrs. Clarice Miles,
School District Social Worker; Mrs. Betty Baham, Luther Bur-
bank, Homemaking Teacher; and Eugene Jones, Actor, Singer,
and Consultant to the Oakland Public Schools. (See th2 accomp-
anying article for details on the Burbank program.)
• DR. JENKINS HONORED AT DINNER
Superintendent of Schools Robert E. Jenkins was
honored recently by the presentation of two plaques for
his interest and support of programs for exceptional
children.
The awards were presented at a special dinner by the
Council for Exceptional Children, Chapter 127, and Aid
Retarded Children. Mr. Martin Dean, Coordinator of
the Special Educational Services Division, has served as
president of the Council for Exceptional Children during
the past year.
Other groups present at the dinner giving their sup-
port to the District programs were United Cerebral
Palsy of San Francisco, Louise Lombard PTA, Second
District PTA, Association of Parents of Hearing Im-
paired Children of San Francisco, Parents of Gough
School Club, San Francisco Hearing and Speech Center,
National Aid to Visually Handicapped, California Asso-
ciation for Neurologically Handicapped Children, De-
velopment Centers for Handicapped Minors Parents
Group, Sunshine School PTA, Recreation Center for
the Handicapped, Coordinating Council on Mental Re-
tardation, Community Effort for Disturbed Children,
and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
NEWSLETTER
June 3, 1961
Announcements
• CLASS SIZE AND SUMMER SCHOOL
At the last meeting of the Negotiating Council with
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins it was decided that
notice should go out to District personnel in the News-
letter stating that the massive class size reduction (900
more teachers over a three-year period) will start in
September and does not apply to this coming summer
school, although efforts will be made to maintain reduced
class sizes where possible.
The Negotiating Council proposes to set up a study for
the over-all appraisal of this summer's program and to
then make recommendations to the Superintendent as to
goals, principles of operation, salaries, and possible long-
range policies for future summer schools.
• SAMUEL GOMPERS GRADUATION CHANGE
The graduation date for Samuel Gompers High School
has been changed from Tuesday, June 11, to Friday,
June 7.
• JOHN ADAMS ADULT SCHOOL GRADUATION
John Adams Adult High School will hold its gradua-
tion ceremonies on the afternoon of Thursday, June 13,
at 1 p.m. Ceremonies will be conducted in the auditor-
ium of Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, Scott and
O'Farrell Streets.
Dr. Edward Goldman, Assistant Superintendent for
Adult and Vocational Education, will deliver the main
address, and Edward H. Fowler, Principal of John
Adams, will award the diplomas to the 201 adult stu-
dents.
© TASK FORCE ON DISCIPLINE
Norma Arroyo, teacher at Commodore Stockton
School, and Richard Sweeney, teacher at A. P. Giannini
Junior High, representing the Teachers Association of
San Francisco, have been added to the District Task
Force Committee on Discipline.
• ADDITIONAL STUDY CENTERS
The January 8 and January 29, 1968, issues of the
Newsletter contained a listing of Community Study Cen-
ters. The following are to be added to those lists :
Visitacion Valley Community Center — 50 Raymond Avenue
Monday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. — lst-6th grades
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. — 4th-6th grades
Miss Becky Brown — 585-6714
Sunnydale Housing Project — 1654 Sunnydale Avenue
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. — lst-3rd grades
Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. — lst-3rd grades
Mrs. Gail Dobie — 885-1735 or 585-6714
Eichler Geneva Towers — 1001 Sunnydale, Recreation Room
Monday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. — lst-6th grades
Mrs. Harriet Smith — 584-5054
Richmond Park Cultural Center — 600 - 21st Avenue
Individual tutoring for high school students through arrange-
ment.
Mr. John Cucgucn — 387-0188
Program Advance, a college and career preparation course
will start June 24, 1968, and run for eight weeks, one night a
week. Further information may be obtained by phone.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, June 4, 1968, 4 p.m. Regular meeting,
170 Fell Street.
• IN-SERVICE WORKSHOP
( The following District in-service workshop is sched
uled for July 8 through July 19, and is available to teach
ers at all grade levels.)
English as a Second Language for Chinese-Speakinil
Students
Two units, non-college credit, 10 meetings daily fronj
9 a.m. to 12 noon, July 8 through July 19, at Franciso
Junior High School. Instructors will include professors
community resource persons, District teachers, and con
sultants. To pre-register, call the Curriculum Office a
863-4680, Extension 367.
The workshop will include general sessions dealing with the theory an
practice necessary for effective second language programs. Contrastin
analysis will be made regarding the Chinese language and culture. In som
of the sessions elementary and secondary teachers will meet separately fo
consideration of materials and instructional procedures at their respectiv
levels. Special provisions will be made to include demonstration teachin
by ESL teachers, observations in classrooms, and practice teaching b
participants.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2726 — School Custodian Sub-Foreman — City Co
lege of San Francisco (nights) .
• DISTRICT FENCERS WIN
The following high school students were chosen fo
the Junior Olympic Squad in fencing as a result of th
Northern California Junior Olympic Championship
held at the University of San Francisco recently:
Boys — 1st — David Payez (Samuel Gompers); 2n
— Oswald Contreras (Samuel Gompers); 3rd — Da
Hampton (Balboa); 4th — David Bardoff (Abrahar
Lincoln); 5th — Damon Ou (George Washington)
6th — Tommy Wong (George Washington).
Girls — 1st — Barbara Cute (Polytechnic); 2nd -
Regina Wilson (Balboa) ; 3rd — Linda James (Balboa)
4th — Grace Nonomura (George Washington).
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JUNE 10, 1968
NUMBER 38
Superintendents Message
The Years Ahead
As we come to the end of the school year, we
close a period of mourning for the tragic assassina-
tion of another national leader.
Our hearts are heavy, but now we turn again to
the months and years ahead and consider what we
can do to preserve our great nation as a bulwark of
freedom under law.
Our President has made a strong plea to the
nation, pointing out that it is wrong to ignore the
connection between such crimes and the general
climate of lawlessness, hatred and unreason in the
country.
As educators let us rededicate our lives to helping
children, young people and adults in our schools to
learn the meaning of responsible freedom, to equate
our duties as citizens in a land of freedom with our
rights that can only be preserved under rule by law.
Together we have directly faced many urgent
problems this year and together we have found
some answers. I wish to express my deep apprecia-
tion to all of my colleagues in this great school sys-
tem in San Francisco. Thank you for a job well
done. We will continue to move forward together
in 1968-69.
I wish each and every one of you a restful and
rewarding summer so that we can better meet the
challenges of the year ahead.
Sincerely,
Superintendent of Schools
> WASHINGTON TEACHER RECEIVES GRANT
Mrs. Florence Verducci Armstrong, teacher of English,
atin, and German at George Washington High School,
as received a Ford Foundation "Special Career Fellow-
lip" in the Humanities, a five-year grant in the amount
f approximately $14,000-
Mrs. Armstrong plans to work for the Ph.D. degree in
lomparative Literature with the main emphasis on
atin, Sanskrit, and Greek Epic Poetry. Mrs. Armstrong
■ a second generation San Francisco teacher, the
aughter of the late Joe Verducci, who taught and
Dached at George Washington and Polytechnic High
chools and St. Mary's and San Francisco State Col-
leges.
Board Considers Policy Statement
On Integrated Quality Education
At its June 4, 1968 meeting, the Board of Education,
upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jen-
kins, considered the Proposed Board of Education Policy
Statement on Integrated Quality Education as developed
by the Task Force on Equality/Quality Education and
approved in final form by the Citizens Advisory Commit-
tee on Educational Equality/ Quality. After considerable
discussion from the floor, the Policy Statement was held
over for the special Board meeting at 4 p.m. today. Only
discussion by Board members will be permitted today
before voting.
The statement reads as follows :
"The Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified
School District accepts its responsibility to exercise leader-
ship in the development of policies and programs leading
toward improvement of quality education through the
orderly integration of its schools. To do less is to abdicate
its responsibility to a citizenry dedicated to the ideals of
freedom, equality, and justice for all. To do less is to
deprive children during their school years of democratic
experiences in the pluralistic society of which they are a
part.
"As a public institution the school has the obligation
to provide educational experiences of the highest quality
for all students. This obligation mandates the maximum
development of each individual's potential from the very
beginning to the end of his formal school experiences, in
a democratic environment in which students of all racial,
cultural and ethnic backgrounds have the opportunity to
interact. It is an additional part of the obligation to in-
sure the knowledge of common values, cultural contribu-
tions of various racial and ethnic groups, and the preser-
vation of different cultural heritages.
"The processes of integration must be divorced from
prejudice and considered on the cognitive level. The
struggle for social and economic justice and full equality
must be a concern of the classroom; it must not be left
to be resolved through battle in the streets. The school is
the place where ideas are generated, analyzed, weighed
and evaluated. A fundamental purpose of the school, the
search for truth, carries with it the responsibility to teach
men to live by truth.
"Public education must fulfill its purpose as a bold
social enterprise which leads rather than follows, which
meets challenges rather than avoids them, and which
serves the needs of the total society. To accomplish this
we seek the understanding and active support of the com-
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NEWSLETTER
June 10, 196i
Dr. Kermoian
District Principal Appointed
To Federal Educational Post
Dr. Samuel B. Kermoian, principal
of Edison School, has been appointed
Regional Director of Elementary and
Secondary Education by the United
States Office of Education.
In this position he will be responsi-
ble for the policy direction and ad-
ministration of all federal elementary
and secondary education programs for
the states of New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, and Delaware.
His task will be to identify regional
problems, develop comprehensive
long-range plans for meeting educational needs, and
evaluate the status and effectiveness of programs and
professional services.
Dr. Kermoian has served as a teacher and administra-
tor with the San Francisco Unified School District since
1946. He received his Bachelors Degree through San
Francisco State College in 1943 while overseas as a
bombardier with the Eighth Air Force.
He took his graduate work at Stanford University
where he received his Masters Degree in 1949 and his
Doctorate in 1956.
During 1962-63, Dr. Kermoian served in Brazil as a
UNESCO Diplomat and Expert in Administration and
Educational Planning. He was asked to represent the
United States at a Symposium on Educational Adminis-
tration held in San Salvador da Bahia in 1965.
Dr. Kermoian has served on the faculties of San Fran-
cisco State College, University of California, University
of Michigan, University of Nevada, University of Puget
Sound, and University of Sao Paulo. He is the author of
numerous professional articles published in this country
and South America.
Dr. Kermoian will be on leave from the District to
accept the position. He will work out of the New York
Regional Office. He will be joined in New York by his
wife Jeanette, who is a teacher at Hawthorne School, and
their two children, Rosanne, aged 15, and Peter, aged 13.
• COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE REPORT
A Report on Counseling and Guidance in the San
Francisco Unified School District will be presented to
the Board of Education at today's meeting.
The Report was prepared by the Special Educational
Services Division and contains material contributed by
the Advisors on Guidance of the Curriculum Committee,
the San Francisco Counseling and Guidance Association,
and Assistant Principals of Pupil Personnel Services.
The detailed document covers such areas as the back-
ground of counseling and guidance in the District, coun-
seling services in the secondary schools, counseling serv-
ices in the elementary schools, 1967-68 counseling and
guidance accomplishments, counseling and guidance
needs, and proposals for improvement of guidance and
counseling.
Presidio Takes Debate Honors
Presidio Junior High School's team was declared the winner i
the 1968 Debate Tournament of the Junior High Forensic Leagt
held in the studios of KRON-TV. The final contest featured th
teams of Presidio and Herbert Hoover Junior High Schools con
peting for the championship. Judge Gerald S. Levin of rt
Superior Court and Judge Janet Aitken and Judge S. Lee Vavur
of the Municipal Court served as debate final judges. Picture
above at the conclusion of the finals are Clem Zannini, Herbe
Hoover sponsor; Penny Preovolos, Hoover debater; Superintem
ent Robert E. Jenkins; Robert Larissou, Hoover debater; Judc
Gerald S. Levin; Art Finley, program moderator; Greg Derin ai
Larry Goldberg, Presidio debaters; and Kathleen O'Farrell, Pn
sidio sponsor.
• ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
The following administrative appointments were aj
proved by the Board of Education at the June 4, 196
meeting upon the recommendation of the Superintenc
ent:
Central Office
Henry F. Warnken appointed to the position of Supe:
visor AA, Psychological Services, Special Education;
Services Division.
Douglas A. Boyce appointed to the position of Supe:
visor AA, Mentally Handicapped, Special Education;
Services Division.
James J. Hamrock appointed to the position of Si
pervisor AA, Counseling and Guidance, Special Educ;
tional Services Division.
Howard C. Clay appointed to the position of Supe)
visor A, Attendance Services, Special Educational Sen
ices Division.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 38
June 10, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Supervisor, Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
District Seeks Federal Funds
The submission of four applications for federal funds
for projects to be administered by the Special Educa-
tional Services Division was approved by the Board of
Education at its May 21, 1968 meeting upon recom-
mendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
Funding would be under Title VI-A of the Elemen-
tary-Secondary Education Act and includes the following
projects :
1.) Itinerant Teacher Services for Borderline Retard-
■ ed Students — An application for $266,785 to establish
I an educational program for approximately 300 border-
line retarded children (70-90 I.Q) in grades 1 through
"J '6, who would be served on an itinerant teacher basis. The
J ,three-year program would serve 200 public school chil-
li i idren and 100 in the parochial schools.
J [ 2.) Habilitative Educational Facility for Deaf-Blind
» Children — An application for $65,261 to establish an
* 'educational program for pre-school deaf-blind children
i,j 'whose ages range from two to six years, the first program
,<<!of this type here.
3.) Educational Services for the Functionally Retard-
ed — An application for $185,399 to establish a three-
year program of two pilot classes for functionally retard-
;d children, each class having a capacity enrollment of
1 .not more than eight pupils.
4.) A Therapeutic Education Center — An application
for $418,286 to establish a center for children too emo-
„[. tionally disturbed to fit into the regular classroom, serv-
r; ing approximately 20 children whose ages run from six
i to nine years at the time of enrollment.
Scholarship Winner
Modernization Study Approved
Authorization for the School District to participate in
I :he "New Life for Old Schools" study of the Research
Council of the Great Cities Program for School Improve-
iient was granted by the Board of Education at its June
1, 1968 meeting upon recommendation of Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins.
The program calls for a feasibility study for the mod-
ernization of San Francisco schools constructed between
1922 and 1932, with an architectural firm to be retained
>y the Research Council.
Ijjl The firm would be charged with the responsibility of
- lefining the similarities and differenes in these buildings,
! • nvestigating the site problems, and defining ways in
- ivhich these schools should be modernized to accommo-
date changing educational programs.
I The results of the study, as approved by the Board,
. vould be financed by a contemplated bond issue which
■rauld include the complete modernization of approxi-
mately 30 separate school plants.
IN MEMORIAM
Jessie Borge
Enid Cohan
Wilfred Prout
Galileo Senior Going to France
Lorraine Horn, Galileo High School senior, is seen being con-
gratulated on having been awarded the American Institute for
Foreign Study scholarship to study in France this summer. Lor-
raine was selected to receive the award from a group of advanced
French students representing the District's senior high schools.
The scholarship provides round-trip transportation to France and
tuition and living expenses during a six-week period in Europe
where she will attend the University of Vichy. This is the second
year a Galileo student has received the award. Wishing Lorraine
well are her French teachers Mrs. Denise Ollagnier and Mrs.
Jacqueline Idiart, and Walter Odone, Acting Principal of Galileo.
Teachers to Meet in September
The 1968 Teachers' Institute will be held again this
year at the Masonic Temple located at California and
Taylor Streets on Tuesday, September 3, 1968, starting
at 10 a.m. Teachers are reminded that this is a salary day
and that they are expected to attend the Institute.
Parking in the area around the Masonic Temple poses
a number of problems, especially for late arrivals. It is
suggested that teachers form car pools, where possible,
and allow time for parking.
Parking space is available in the basement of the
Masonic Temple, in the parking garage at California and
Mason Streets, and in the Fairmont Garage at California
and Powell Streets.
The city garage at Sutter and Stockton is a short cable
or cab ride up the hill, as is the Downtown Center Garage
at Mason and O'Farrell. Teachers should also plan to
park outside the congested area and use public transpor-
tation when possible.
Teachers will attend school faculty meetings at 1:30
p.m. on September 3.
• FRANCISCO WINS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Francisco Junior High School Chess Club, spon-
sored by William Kim, has won the 1968 All-City Chess
Championship. Francisco's team was the victor over
teams from Herbert Hoover and Portola in a round-
robin playoff of league champions. The perpetual trophy
will remain at Francisco during the 1968-69 school year.
Each team member received a gold medal.
NEWSLETTER
June 10, 196S
Announcements
FREEDOMS AWARD TO EDISON
Edison School has
received its fourth
George Washington
Honor Medal from
the Freedoms Foun-
dation at Valley
Forge.
The award was
presented at a recent
assembly program and
was given to the
school for a project
developed by Gloria
M. Strauss, Assistant
Principal, based on
the themes "People
from Many Lands"
Edison School earns its fourth Freedoms and the "Three
Foundation award. Promises Made by the
United Nations to Us."
Pictured at the presentation are (left to right) Dr.
Samuel Kermoian, Principal; David Wong, Student Body
Vice-President; Stephen Bicknell, Student Body Presi-
dent; Miss Strauss; and Richard H. Foltz, Executive
Vice-President, Western Region, Freedoms Foundation.
• COACHES ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers has elected the following
officers for the 1968-69 school year: Erv Delman (Abra-
ham Lincoln), President; Robert Des Mueles (Everett),
Vice-President; Ernest Domescus (City College), Secre-
tary; Don Shepherd (James Lick), Treasurer; Ed Cas-
silagio (A. P. Giannini), Ed Nevius (Balboa), Armand
Quartini (James Denman) , Chad Reade (George Wash-
ington), and Rich Scramaglia (Luther Burbank), Exec-
utive Committee.
. . . Integrated Quality Education Policy
(Continued from Page 1)
munity. Further we must provide an adequate and effec-
tive structure for both communication and constructive
participation within the schools.
"The Board of Education, therefore affirms its re-
sponsibility to promote racial and ethnic integration in
every feasible way in the public schools in San Francisco.
"The Superintendent is hereby authorized to formu-
late and submit for Board approval feasible plans to
bring about, as soon as possible, the greatest amount of
integrated quality education in the following phases :
(1) Immediate (1968-69)
(2) Intermediate (to be implemented not later than
1971-72)
(3) Long-range {developmental, beginning 1968-
69)."
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Monday, June 10, 1968, 4 p.m. Special meeting,
170 Fell Street. Tuesday, June 18, 1968, Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• TIME SHEET PICK-UP FOR JUNE
June time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on June 14, 1968, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on June 24 and their full-time
teachers' time sheets on June 14 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for June 16 through
June 30 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on June 21, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in June for principals and
assistant principals is 18; the number of days for
teachers is 14.
O CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Parkside Elemeni
tary School, Abraham Lincoln High School.
2704 — School Custodian, Female — City College.
• MUSIC ADVANCEMENT WORKSHOP
A Summer School Music Advancement Workshop de
signed to provide continuing instruction in music fo
students presently enrolled in the elementary instru
mental program, grades five and six, will be held at th
Anza School, 40 Vega Street, beginning Monday, Jum
24, and ending August 2, 1968.
• AUGUST WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED
A District-sponsored "Workshop in Health and Faml
ily Life Education" will be held August 26-30, 1968, a
City College from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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NEWSLETTER
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SEPTEMBER 2, 1968
NUMBER 1
For 1968-69 School Year
$97.5 Million Budget Wins Board Approval
■ Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins took the School
District to the maximum of its taxing limit for this com-
ing school year in a bold move to put the District ahead
an many fronts.
"This tremendous shot of adrenalin into the educa-
tional programs of the District which amounts to over
|pl5 million," says Dr. Jenkins, "is an opportunity that
conies very seldom to move a great school system for-
ward."
The Board of Education, upon recommendation of
:he Superintendent, unanimously adopted the final pro-
posed operating budget of $97,517,740 at its August 6,
1968 meeting.
I The $97.5 million figure is $1,933,286 higher than the
oublication budget approved by the Board on June 25.
ft further reflects an increase of $15,146,125 over the
1967-68 operating budget.
Major items included in the $15.1 million dollar in-
crease are:
' 1. $2,145,142 — Required to conform with legal pro-
visions or established policies such as, operation of salary
William B. Cummings
tew Gifted Supervisor Appointed
'r. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools (right), is seen
elcoming William B. Cummings to the SFUSD. Mr. Cummings
as been appointed Supervisor A A, Programs for the Gifted. Mr.
ummings is a native of Pennsylvania, having completed his
ndergraduate work at Moravian College and his M.A. from
emple University. He has had extensive experience in the field
F educating gifted children, and most recently held the position
; Supervisor, Programs for the Gifted, Department of Public
istruction. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
schedule, enrollments, price increases, and fixed changes.
2. $5,256,100 — Increase in salary schedules.
3. A deduction of $260,033 — Normal maintenance of
present programs including such items as added positions,
reclassifications, and transfers.
4. $2,474,637 — Class size reduction. First step in hir-
ing 300 of 900 teachers over a three-year period.
5. $2,390,843 — Programs approved by the Board for
1968-69 including summer program expansion ($114,-
168), bilingual program ($319,793), special educational
program ($724,492), mentally gifted ($355,000), sec-
ondary reorganization ($270,440) and clerical ($37,260),
elementary Hbrarians ($36,500), City College staffing to
reduce class size ($225,240) , Personnel Division reorgani-
zation ($1 15,800) , data processing ($79,150) , and educa-
tional planning, research, and development ($113,000).
6. $1,967,886 — Negotiated agreements including den-
tal and drug plan ($1,272,252), aides ($100,000), corps
of substitutes ($85,000), year-for-year credit ($293,034),
library and text clerks ($47,600), and processing and
procuring books ($170,000).
7. $1,171,550 — Supplemental programs including
such major items as staging area for Portola Junior High
($298,810), Opportunity School ($170,200), free meals
for needy students ($222,200) , Guidance Service Centers
($203,606), and miscellaneous items ($276,734).
The final operating budget will be financed by $70,-
243,962 to be raised by School District taxation, and
$27,273,778 to come from other sources including state
and federal funds.
The budget will serve a projected K-through-twelfth
grade enrollment of 93,368 students and a City College
enrollment expected to reach 10,300.
The final operating budget as approved puts the Dis-
trict at its legal taxing ability limit. The possibility of
going to the voters in order to raise the District's taxing
authority was considered by the Board when it met as a
committee of the whole on Tuesday, August 13, 1968,
and final approval was given on Tuesday, August 27,
1968, to ask the voters for an increase of 98 cents in the
tax limit to raise it to $3.53.
Dr. Jenkins indicated that the District will need an
additional $17.5 million for 1969-70 and 1970-71 in order
to maintain present programs. This would require 88
cents, allowing ten additional cents for future new pro-
grams.
NEWSLETTER
September 2, 196fl
Major District Reorganization Effected!
A major step in Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins' reorganization plan for the San Francisco Unified School District was taken thi
summer with the creation of three new divisions to administer the schools. Pictured above with the Superintendent are the three me
who will lead the new administrative units. Left to right. Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Associate Superintendent, School Operational Sen
ices; Dr. Lewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Educational Planning, Research, and Development; Superintenednt Jenkins; Joseph I
McElligott, General Administrative Officer. (See accompanying article for additional details.)
Major changes in the organizational structure of the
San Francisco Unified School District were recommend-
ed by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins and approved
by the Board of Education during the summer.
What has been termed "one of the most modern ad-
ministrative structures in the nation" has created three
new divisions which will greatly improve the efficiency
of District operations.
The reorganization was accomplished for about $35,-
000 which is slightly over the amount required for the
Deputy Superintendent position which has been a part
of the administrative organization for many years, but
the Superintendent chose not to fill it at this time.
Instead of having 21 staff members reporting directly
to the Superintendent as in the past, Dr. Jenkins' plan
has reduced the number to seven.
They now include the following: Irving G. Breyer,
Legal Adviser; Dr. Louis G. Conlan, President of City
College of San Francisco (at the Associate Superintend-
ent level); Milton F. Reiterman, Assistant Superintend-
ent, Personnel Services; Hugh E. Wire, Administrative
Assistant, Educational Information; and the three new
divisional heads.
The latter include Joseph P. McElligott, Chief Admin-
istrative Officer; Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Associate
Superintendent, School Operational Services; and Dr.
Lewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Educational
Planning, Research, and Development.
Mr. McElligott (formerly District Fiscal Officer) will
have two staff members on the Assistant Superintendent
level reporting directly to him. They include Wilbert G.
Vestneys, Assistant Superintendent, Buildings and
Grounds, and James Porter, Fiscal Officer.
Dr. Goldman (formerly Assistant Superintendent,
Adult and Vocational Education) will have four Assist-
ant Superintendents reporting to him. They include
Martin Dean, Assistant Superintendent, Special Educa
tional Services; James Dierke, Assistant Superintended
Adult and Occupational Education; Dr. Donald
Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent, Elementary Educa
tion; and Ralph Kauer, Assistant Superintendent, Sec
ondary Education.
Dr. Allbee (formerly Assistant Superintendent, Senii
High Schools) will work directly with Dr. William
Cobb, Assistant Superintendent, Human Relations; Is;
dore Pivnick, Assistant Superintendent, Innovative Plar
ning; and a yet to be named Assistant Superintenden
Instructional Development and Services.
A future issue of the Newsletter will highlight reorgai
izational changes at the level below Assistant Superii
tendent.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 1 September 2, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D.
Vice President
Reynold H. Colvin
Adolfo de Urioste
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Alan H. Nichols
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
September 2, 1968
NEWSLETTER
New Administrative Appointments Made
The following administrative appointments were ap-
proved by the Board of Education during the summer
upon recommendation of the Superintendent:
Central Office
Joseph P. McElligott appointed General Administra-
tive Officer; Dr. Lewis Allbee appointed Associate Super-
intendent, Planning, Research and Development; Dr.
Edward D. Goldman appointed Associate Superintend-
ent, School Operational Services; James Porter appoint-
ed Fiscal Officer; Isadore Pivnick appointed Assistant
superintendent, Innovative Planning; Milton F. Reiter-
|nan appointed Assistant Superintendent, Personnel
Service Division; Martin Dean appointed Assistant Su-
perintendent, Special Educational Services Division:
ames Dierke appointed Assistant Superintendent, Adult
md Occupational Education; Ralph Kauer appointed
Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education; George
Soisson appointed Coordinator, Personnel; Hugh E.
>Vire appointed Administrative Assistant, Educational
nformation; William B. Cummings appointed Super-
visor AA, Programs for the Gifted; Robert E. Perussina
ippointed Supervisor AA, Driver Instruction Program;
i)r. E. Kemp Frederick appointed Director, Personnel
Service Division; Dr. Charles Guichard appointed Su-
>ervisor AA, Personnel Service Division; Robert C. Sey-
nour appointed Supervisor AA, Personnel Service Divi-
ion; Raymond L. Del Portillo appointed Supervisor A A,
'ersonnel Service Division; George Moscone (Principal,
ienjamin Franklin Junior High School) assigned half
lime to Central Office, SB 28, as Evaluator for the Lamp
''rogram and half time to Junior High Administration;
'loy S. Minkler (Principal, Diamond Heights School)
ssigned Project Head for the Sullivan Program Read-
ng Project; Ivor F. Callaway (Principal, Galileo High
■chool) assigned to Central Office, Secondary Division;
■Jorbert V. Deggendorfer appointed Coordinator A,
Occupational Education; Dr. Myron Moskowitz (Prin-
ipal, Herbert Hoover Junior High School) assigned to
Central Office, Secondary Division; Dr. James C. Morena
'ppointed Supervisor AA, Building Utilization and Re-
?arch, Division of Buildings and Grounds.
City College
Ethel Crockett appointed Head Librarian; Thomas F.
lumiston appointed Director of Testing and Research:
Lenneth V. Castellino appointed Financial Aid Assist-
nt; Lawrence R. Lawson appointed Director of Student
.ctivities.
Secondary Division
Principal Appointments — Thomas J. Sammon, Pelton
unior High School; Frank R. Verducci, Horace Mann
unior High School; Harvey L. Christensen, new Op-
ortunity High School; Burl G. Toler, Benjamin Frank-
n Junior High School (acting); James W. Kearney,
^alileo High School (acting); John F. Kearney, Jr..
ierbert Hoover Junior High School (acting); Saul
ladfes, Woodrow Wilson High School; Dr. George
aronsky, Portola Junior High; Paul Gay, Luther Bur-
tink Junior High.
, Assistant Principal Appointments — Paul Lucey.
Lowell High; Leslie Burke, Galileo High; Delores E.
Booth, Pelton Junior High; Victoria Brooks, Everett
Junior High; Marianne Cotter, Herbert Hoover Junior
High; Vincentine M. Contrero, Pelton Junior High;
Matthew T. Gaffney, Pelton Junior High; Peter G.
Kardassakis, Portola Junior High; Robert J. Lusten-
berger, Presidio Junior High; James L. Pravettone,
Benjamin Franklin Junior High; Alfred C. Simmons,
A. P. Giannini Junior High; Roland W. Demarais,
Francisco Junior High (acting) ; Billie T. Scott,
Portola Junior High (acting); Betty E. Gandel, Aptos
Junior High; John A. Rocky, Samuel Gompers High
(acting) ; Allan D. Torlakson, George Washington High;
Stephen Ebert, Polytechnic High; Alan B. Fibish,
Woodrow Wilson High.
Elementary Division
Principal Appointments — Michael J. Holway, Golden
Gate; Felix Duag, Raphael Weill; Leola M. Harvard,
John Muir; Donald D. Langendorf, Visitacion Valley,
Visitacion Valley Annex and El Dorado Home School;
Betty McNamara, Jedediah Smith (acting); John B.
Dougherty, Sheridan (acting); John W. Whisman, Edi-
son; Gloria M. Strauss, Starr King; Donald W. Johnson,
Anza; Christine Bianco, Dudley Stone; Shirley R. Dona-
hue, Diamond Heights (acting); Mary A. Anastole,
Daniel Webster - 1. M. Scott (acting).
Assistant Principal Appointments — Leonia McQuil-
lister, Raphael Weill; Ralph Kermoian, Paul Revere;
Samuel Wright, Burnett (acting); Constance K. Ander-
son, John Muir; Lois Ann Sims, Golden Gate; Robert D.
Cook, Jedediah Smith; Marybeth Barrett, West Portal;
Alyse Buchdruker, Ulloa; David Monasch, III, Anza;
Evelyn C. Draper, Winfield Scott and Yerba Buena; Lila
L. Makrynassios, Commodore Stockton; Jerome O'Brien,
Dudley Stone (acting); William J. Johnson, Starr King:
Peter J. Gonzalez, Hawthorne (acting) ; Ruth E. Tisdale,
Commodore Sloat.
PTA Awards Senior Scholarships
Scholarships to June graduates from the Second District Califor-
nia Congress of Parents and Teachers were presented at a recent
District meeting. The recipients, pictured above, include Salud
Dacumos, Polytechnic, $100; Helena Weil, Abraham Lincoln,
$200; Geraldine Vasquez, Balboa, $200; Rosemaric Hirschler,
Abraham Lincoln, $100; Mrs. M. J. Bellezza, Chairman, Schol-
arship Committee; Marion Rockwell, Balboa, $100; Sharion
Rockwell, Balboa, $100; Betty Ann Johnson, Polytechnic, $100.
NEWSLETTER
September 2, 1988!
Fall I968 In-Service Courses Listed
All regularly employed San Francisco teachers are re-
quired, by Board of Education policy, to satisfactorily
complete six semester units of acceptable work in order
to advance from one salary "increment block" to an-
other.
Dr. Kemp Frederick, Director of Personnel of the San
Francisco Unified School District, has compiled a list of
the in-service courses which will be available to teachers
of the District during the fall semester of 1968.
San Francisco public school teachers have numerous
opportunities for further studies, however, because of
the District-sponsored In-service Training Program, and
the late afternoon, evening, and weekend courses pro-
vided by many Bay Area institutions of higher learning.
Teachers benefit from many courses
Teachers of the District will have the benefit of over
500 university and college courses plus non-college in-
service courses offered by the SFUSD during the fall
term.
These courses are designed with the viewpoint of
furnishing teachers and administrators with the newest
techniques and information in various subject areas.
"Increment blocks" are defined as a period of time.
Teachers on Classification I should complete six units
every three years. (Includes teachers in Children's Cen-
ters. )
Teachers on Classification II should complete six units
during a four-year period.
Teachers on Classification III have five school years
to complete six units.
Loss of normal salary increments
Failing to complete the required units in the allotted
time will cause the teacher to lose the normal salary in-
crements until such unit requirements have been ful-
filled.
Teachers who have reached their fifty-seventh birth-
day are exempt from these requirements.
It is noted that non-college in-service units are usable
as credit only within the San Francisco Unified School
District and are not transferable to other districts.
Increment and classification credits are given for in-
service courses satisfactorily completed.
"Application for approval" form should be filed
Prior to starting the in-service course or any other
college or university course for a salary credit, the
teacher should file an "application for approval" form
with Dr. Frederick. This form is to be signed by the
principal of the teacher concerned,
Previously an attempt was made in the Newsletter to
publish a comprehensive list of courses offered by the
leading Bay Area institutions of higher learning. How-
ever, these lists were not always complete, due to the
inability to publish all courses offered.
To make it easier for the individual teacher, Dr.
Frederick's office has sent packets of college course bulle-
tins to the principals of each school. In the packages are
bulletins from the University of California at Berkeley
and the U.C. Extension, University of San Francisco,
■■
and Stanford University.
Teachers are urged to contact school principals for
these catalogs.
The following in-service courses are offered by the
District during the fall 1968 semester:
English
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Ulloa School. Dr. Alice Scofield
instructor. Course starts September 11. Pre-registration
is required. Call Elementary Division at 863-4680, Ex
tension 237 (for elementary teachers only).
A course designed to help in the classroom implementation of the New
State English Framework and the interpretations of the New English
adoption.
Language Arts
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Diamond Heights School. Kris h
Gronfeldt, Gwyn Peakes, and Ruth Omatsu, instructors,
Course starts September 11. Pre-registration is necessary
Call Elementary Division at 863-4680, Extension 23/
(for elementary teachers only).
A course designed to assist teachers in the skill development needed
improve the language arts program. Help will be given in the selection 0
content to stimulate language development.
Teaching Children's Literature in Intermediate Grade
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes
days, 4 to 6 p.m. in room 10, 170 Fell Street. Rose Mar}
Colligan, instructor. Course starts September 11. Pre
registration is required. Call Elementary Division a'
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only)
The purpose of the course will be to acquaint intermediate teachers will
curriculum possibilities of the books on the Elementary Basic List and it:
supplements. Attention will also be given to the correlation of books witl
other instructional aids such as films, filmstrips, specimens, exhibits, stud
prints, and field trips. Individual teachers will receive help in tailoring
literature course for specific classroom needs.
Teaching Children's Literature in Primary Grades
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays
4 to 6 p.m. in room 10, 170 Fell Street. Rose Mary Colli
gan, instructor. Course starts September 12. Pre-regis
tration is required. Call Elementary Division at 863
4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only)
The purpose of the course is to acquaint primary teachers with currict
lum possibilities of the books on the Elementary Basic List and its supple
ments. Attention will also be given to the correlation of books with othe
instructional aids such as films, filmstrips. specimens, exhibits, stud
prints, and field trips. Individual teachers will receive help in tailoring
literature course for specific classroom needs.
Marine Biology
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays
4 to 6 p.m. at Lawton School. Arnold Borley am
Roberta Posz, instructors. Course starts September 12
Pre-registration is required. Call Elementary Division a
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only)
practical course designed to help teachers incorporate a study
marine biology into the elementary curriculum.
Natural Science
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursday:
4 to 6 p.m. in the Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. Joh
Kipping, instructor. Course starts September 12. Pre
registration is necessary. Call Elementary Division a
863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers only)
Instructor will explore with teachers the ways in which the Arboretun
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Junior Museum, Academy of Sciences, and other field trip resources can \ \,.
used to vitalize the science, social science, and language arts curriculun
Content will include botany, zoology, ecology, marine biology, and hort [^
culture.
Photography
Two units, non-college credit
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NEWSLETTER
Wide Variety of Offerings Included
High School. Herb Strongin, instructor. Pre-registration
| is required. Call Elementary Division at 863-4680, Ex-
tension 237 (for elementary teachers only).
A course designed to help teachers in the elementary classroom. Empha-
' sis will be on ways of using photography as a means of recording for
; reference work.
' Methodology of Mathematics
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at West Portal School. Dr. Robert Wirtz and
! Mrs. Phyllis Abad, instructors. Course starts September
, 12. Pre-registration is required. Call Elementary Divi-
sion at 863-4680, Extension 237 (for elementary teachers
i only).
A course designed to help teachers upgrade the mathematics program in
grades 3-6. New content and techniques will be introduced. Teachers will
■have an opportunity to participate in trying out materials and reporting
[results. Attention will be given to specific instructional and learning prob-
lems.
iPrintmaking in the Elementary Grades
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Phoebe Apperson Hearst School,
'Bungalow B. Alice B. Stone, instructor. Course starts
September 11, 1968. Pre-registration is necessary. Phone
'Mrs. Ruth Davis at 863-4680, Extension 323 (for ele-
mentary teachers only).
1 Printmaking techniques using materials suitable for elementary children.
, Includes pressing with objects, carving into materials, building reliefs with
'scrap material and drawing directly into a medium. Problems will include
, -holiday cards, program and workfolder covers, decorative prints and textile
designs for gifts.
Picturemaking Techniques for the Elementary Grades
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
ll to 6 p.m. at Phoebe Apperson Hearst School, Bunga-
,ow B. Alice B. Stone, instructor. Course starts Septem-
: jjer 12. Pre-registration is necessary. Phone Mrs. Ruth
Davis at 863-4680, Extension 323 (for teachers of grades
1, 5, and 6 only).
, This course will assist teachers in methods of motivating children toward
Vorthwhile and rewarding classroom art experiences. The use of crayon,
,halk, watercolor and tempera will be covered.
Jasic Ceramic Processes
; Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
i lays, 4 to 6 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln High School.
lugh Aanonson, instructor. Course starts September 11,
968. Pre-registration is required. Call Mrs. Ruth Davis
I :.t 863-4680, Extension 323 (for elementary teachers
inly).
Course will include ceramic techniques suitable for elementary children,
.icluries basic processes, glazing and firing in the elementary school kiln.
enior High School English
. Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
ays, 4 to 6 p.m. at Polytechnic High School. Dr. Niel K.
nortum, instructor. Course starts September 18. Pre-
igistration is necessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 367.
This course is designed to help senior high school English teachers,
pecially teachers of tenth grade English, make effective use of the newly
lopted textbooks in grammar and composition. "New" approaches to the
jdy of grammar and the relationship of grammar to composition skills
11 be discussed. The instructor will also deal with general background
iterial in the study of English language and composition in order to give
.1 , rticipants a framework within which they can structure their classes.
frican Studies and the Contemporary Curriculum
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
1 ays, 4 to 6 p.m. at Lowell High. Dr. Doris H. Linder,
istructor. Course starts September 11. Pre-registration
necessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 367.
This course is designed to acquaint teachers with the history and nature
African civilizations and cultures and the ways in which these under-
ndings can be related to the curriculum. Particular emphasis will be
iced on sub-Saharan Africa since 1500 and the links between Africa and
'- Americas during this period. About two-thirds of each meeting will be
\ ./oted to lectures and discussion of these themes and one-third to related
curriculum materials (books, magazine articles, maps, slides, films, examples
of handicrafts, records of musical expression). Course is limited to two
teachers from each secondary school.
Curriculum Problems in Industrial Arts
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Herbert Hoover Junior High
School. Dr. Jess Rathbun, instructor. Course starts
September 18, 1968. Pre-registration is necessary. Call
863-4680, Extension 234.
Course content will be related to the Industrial Arts curriculum develop-
ment program and will be of particular interest to all industrial arts
teachers. Use of the curriculum guides, junior-senior high school articula-
tion, teaching aids, adapting course content to specific situations, and
evaluation will be the major areas of concern.
Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Thursdays,
3:20 to 4:45 p.m. at Diagnostic School for Neurologically
Handicapped Children, Lake Merced Boulevard and
Winston Drive, San Francisco. Instructors from the
Ellen K. Raskob Learning Institute and College of the
Holy Names, Oakland. Pre-registration is necessary. Call
Mrs. Marguerite Rapson at 863-4680, Extension 397
(course is for staff with prior service in E. H. Program,
San Francisco Unified School District).
Introduction to the Elementary Mentally Retarded
Program
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, alternate
Tuesdays, 3 to 5 p.m. at Louise M. Lombard School.
Mrs. Lucille Vanderford, instructor. Course starts Sep-
tember 24, 1968. Pre-registration is necessary. Call
Frances A. Caine at 863-4680, Extension 287 (course is
restricted to new teachers of Elementary Mentally Han-
dicapped classes).
Behavioral and Attitudinal Barriers to Effective Com-
munication in the Secondary Schools
One unit, non-college credit, or one quarter unit col-
lege credit is available ( college credit fee for one quarter
unit is $20), five Wednesdays of television presentations,
in secondary schools of District. Course starts October 2,
1968. Pre-registration is necessary. Call 863-4680, Ex-
tension 209.
To help open up communication within the schools and lead to a better
understanding of all students and their problems, this training program
will be presented to San Francisco and Oakland secondary school teachers.
It will consist of television broadcasts interlinked with carefully planned
study sessions. Its purpose is to locate and clarify those patterns of behavior
that antagonize, alienate, and impair communication between school per-
sonnel and students and parents and the community. The program is being
developed by a consortium, consisting of the San Francisco and Oakland
schools, University of California Educational Extension, and the Far West
Laboratory for Educational Research and Development at Berkeley, in
cooperation with KQED Instructional Television.
BOARD POLICY — SALARY CREDIT
"The maximum credit that will be accepted for
salary classification purposes of teachers engaged
in full-time teaching will be six semester hours, or
six quarter hours, or the equivalent, for any one
semester or quarter, exclusive of summer sessions.
A maximum of eight semester hours or twelve
quarter hours, exclusive of summer sessions, will be
accepted for any one school year for salary classifi-
cation purposes. All units will be converted into
semester credits for classification and/or in-service
purposes in accordance with School Board regula-
tions."
NEWSLETTER
September 2, 1968|
Schedule of Dates for 1968-69 Staff Use
Following is a schedule for 1968-69 developed for the guidance of principals and
members of the Central Office administrative staff :
School Month
Fall 1968
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 27
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22
4. Nov. 25 -Jan. 3
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 31
Spring 1969
6. Feb. 3 -Feb. 28
7. Mar. 3 -Mar. 28
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25
9. Apr. 28 -May 23
10. May 26 - June 13
Dates for
Principals' Meetings
Fall 1968
(a) Sept. 8 and Sept. 17
Oct. 1 and Oct. 15
Oct. 29 and Nov. 12
Nov. 26 and Dec. 10
Jan. 7 and Jan. 21
Spring 1969
Feb. 4 and Feb. 18
Mar. 4 and Mar. 18
(d) and Apr. 15
Apr. 29 and May 13
May 27 and June 10
Dates for Central Office
Administrators' Meetings
Fall 1968
Sept. 10 and Sept. 24
Oct. 8 and Oct. 22
Nov. 5 and Nov. 19
Dec. 3 and (b)
Jan. 14 and Jan. 28
Spring 1969
(c) and Feb. 25
Mar. 11 and Mar. 25
Apr. 8 and Apr. 22
May 6 and May 20
June 3
Principals' meetings are scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of the School
Month and Central Office administrators' meetings are on the second and fourth
Tuesdays, with the exception of afternoons preceding holidays.
(a) Institute meeting followed by afternoon meetings of school faculties.
(b) Christmas vacation.
(c) Day before Lincoln's Birthday.
(d) Easter vacation.
Following are the dates established for report card periods for the school year
1968-69.
Elementary Schools
Period
1st
2nd
3rd
Fall 1968
Date
October 18
November 27
January 30
Total
No. Days
32
27
31
90
Period
4th
5th
6th
Spring 1969
Date
March 14
May 2
June 13
Total
Secondary Schools
Period
1st
2nd
Fall 1968
Date
November 8
January 30
Total
No. Days
47
43
90
Period
1st
2nd
Spring 1969
Date
April 11
June 13
No. Days
28
30
29
87
No. Days
43
44
Total
87
1968-69 SCHOOL CALENDARS
Due to passage of Assembly Bill 1399 this summer which provides that when school holidays fall on Satur-
day the public schools will close on the preceding Friday, it will be necessary to revise the 1968-69 School
( lalendars, usually published in the first issue of the Newsletter. The revised Calendars will be printed in a
future issue.
September 2, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Junior, Senior High Consolidation
Ralph Kauer Appointed Secondary Head
The appointment of Ralph Kauer to the position of
: Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education, was ap-
; proved by the Board of Education upon recommenda-
tion of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins at the August
27, 1968 meeting.
The new position consolidates the junior and senior
high school offices under Mr. Kauer's direction.
Mr. Kauer has served the past year as Supervisor AA,
Building Utilization and Research, Division of Buildings
,and Grounds, to which he was appointed in September
11967.
Prior to 1967 he served ten years as Principal of Bal-
jboa High School (1957-1967), five years as Assistant
'Principal of Mission High School (1952-1957), and four
Jyears as Head Counselor of Abraham Lincoln High
(School (1948-1952). Mr. Kauer first joined the District
in 1946 as a teacher at Abraham Lincoln.
Personnel Saturday Openings Set
The Personnel Service Division will remain open on
the last three Saturdays in September (the 14, 21, and
;28), in order to give credential assistance to all teachers,
according to Milton F. Reiterman, Assistant Superin-
tendent, Personnel Service Division.
Although all San Francisco teachers and other per-
sonnel have valid credentials in order to hold their pro-
. fessional positions, he says, some have been granted on a
Temporary or a Partial Fulfillment basis. Others are
scheduled to erpire at the end of this school year. Still
i other credentials are not the highest for which the
i teacher is qualified. Many teachers are eligible for vari-
ous Life Credentials, and these should be secured when-
ever possible in order to avoid recurring renewals.
i It is hoped that assistance may be given to many who
should investigate the possibility of receiving administra-
tive, supervisory, or Pupil Personnel credentials. Mr.
Reiterman notes that otherwise well-qualified personnel,
.vho would be happy to receive certain appointments,
nust be passed over because they have neglected to ob-
tain or to renew certain of these special credentials.
Mr. Reiterman states that anyone having questions
nvolving the securing or maintenance of any type of
chool credential, may visit the Credentials Office in
loom 116, 135 Van Ness Avenue at any time. The Office
vill be open to help teachers during the last three Satur-
i lays in September.
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CHRONOLOGICAL AGE TABLE
The publication of the Chronological Age Table
usually printed in the first Newsletter of the school
term has been discontinued. Individuals interested
in utilizing such a table may refer to the one pub-
lished in the State School Register under the title
"Table for Determining Chronological Ages as of
September 1, 1968."
During the summer a number of principalship ap-
pointments and transfers were effected at the secondary
level. Appointments and assignments for the current
semester are as follows:
Senior High — Abraham Lincoln, Reginald Y. Alex-
ander; Balboa, Lewis F. Morris, Jr.; Galileo, James
Kearney (Acting); George Washington, Ruth Adams;
Lowell, Barton H. Knowles; Mission, Harry M. Krytzer;
Polytechnic, Nathaniel H. Brooks; Samuel Gompers, J.
A. Perino; Woodrow Wilson, Saul Madfes; John O'Con-
nell, Robert R. Gonzalez; Opportunity (new), Harvey
Christensen.
Junior High — A. P. Giannini, Charles R. Gerst-
bacher; Aptos, Henry Barsotti; Benjamin Franklin, Burl
Toler (Acting); Everett, Carl H. Hanson, Jr.; Francisco,
Lane E. DeLara; Herbert Hoover, John F. Kearney, Jr.
(Acting) ; Horace Mann, Frank R. Verducci; James
Denman, Lawrence Webber; James Lick, William Gal-
ant; Luther Burbank, Paul Gay; Marina, Robert R.
Marcus; Pelton, Thomas J. Sammon; Portola, George
Karonsky; Presidio, Julian Reinhertz; Roosevelt, Walter
S. Nolan; Staging Site for New Visitacion Valley Junior
High School, Ernest J. Delucchi.
Summer Programs Employ Youth
Helen Fong of George Washington High School was one of 1,400
economically disadvantaged youth who earned credit and pay
this past summer in the work experience projects of the Occupa-
tional Preparation Office, Vocational and Adult Education Divi-
sion of the SFUSD. Helen, a Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollee,
is seen with William T. Bragg, Inhalation Th:.-apist, U. S.
Veterans Administration Hospital at Ft. Miley. The summer pro-
gram was coordinated by Bryant Lane, Supervisor, Occupational
Preparation, and three project heads, Norman Glattrae (NYC),
John Harrington (Work Study 1), and Bruno Zzchary (Work
Study 2).
NEWSLETTER
September 2, 1968 j
Announcements
• SPANISH WORKSHOP SESSIONS
To introduce the newly adopted Spanish series La
Familia Fernandez, two workshop meetings will be held
on the afternoons of Wednesday, September 4, and
Thursday, September 5, in room 220 of Lowell High
School, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive.
The meetings will begin a 2 p.m. as both days involved
are minimum days. The meetings are planned to con-
clude at about 4 p.m.
The workshop sessions will be conducted by Mr. Ray
Baker and Mr. Paul de Landa, consultants provided by
Encylopedia Brittanica Films Inc.
All teachers of Spanish are encouraged to attend these
meetings, especially teachers who will have first-year
Spanish classes during 1968-69.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies :
2704 — School Custodian', Female — City College,
George Washington High, Pelton Junior High, Alvarado,
Bayview, Diamond Heights, Frank McCoppin, Lawton,
Marshall Annex, John Adams Adult.
2724 — School Custodian, Male — City College (4)
nights, Abraham Lincoln High (nights), George Wash-
ington High, Lowell High, Benjamin Franklin Junior
High, Herbert Hoover Junior High (nights) , James Lick
Junior High (nights), Pelton Junior High (nights),
Presidio Junior High, Alvarado, Diamond Heights, Hill-
crest, John Muir (nights), Lawton, John Adams Adult.
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN
SECURING DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTES
The Personnel Office wishes to remind all
administrators and teachers that requests for day-
to-day substitutes should be directed to the Per-
sonnel Service Division. The effort of school ad-
ministrators and regular teachers to secure their
own substitutes sometimes results in confusion. A
centralized approach is both desirable and neces-
sary, as it is Board policy.
An automatic answering and recording telephone
(863-2391 ) will receive requests at any hour of the
night, 4:40 p.m. to 7 a.m. Be sure to report:
1. Your name (last name first, please)
2. Your school
3. The grade level or subjects you teach
4. The anticipated length of your absence
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., tele-
phone calls are handled by the regular switch-
board (863-4680). Ask for the Certificated Per-
sonnel Office.
School secretaries are reminded to continue to
call the Personnel Service Division to report the
return or the continued absence of a teacher.
The cooperation of all concerned will improve
the procedure.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 10, 1968, Regular meeting,
170 Fell Street.
NEW OPPORTUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL POSITIONS
Secondary teachers who are interested in teach-
ing in the new Opportunity High School should
contact Mrs. Mary Bryd, Supervisor in the Person-
nel Service Division, at 863-4680, Extension 380,
immediately.
The Opportunity High School is designed to pro-
vide a program of individualized instruction to
meet more adequately the needs of those students
whose interest in school has decreased to the point
that effective learning is no longer taking place in
the regular school.
The teacher-pupil ratio will be much smaller
than in the regular school. There will be four
scheduled classes, one preparation period, and one
advisory period.
For additional information, call Harvey Chris-
tensen, Principal, at 863-4680, Extension 367.
• SCIENCE AND MATH INSTITUTES
A National Science Foundation booklet, Directory
1968-69 In-Service Institutes for Secondary School
Teachers and Supervisors of Science and Mathematics,
has been placed in the Special File in the Teachers Pro-
fessional Library for the information of interested
teachers.
SABBATICAL LEAVE NOTICE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
sabbatical leave during the spring term 1969 for
travel or study are reminded that requests are due
in the Personnel Division Office prior to October
1, 1968.
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SEP 1 0 1968
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
SEPTEMBER 9, 1968
NUMBER 2
Five Cities to Participate
National Humanities Faculty Program Set
j San Francisco has been chosen as one of the five Amer-
can cities to take part in a pilot program of the National
Humanities Faculty in the first effort on a national scale
0 help secondary schools update their teaching in the
Humanities.
1 The Board of Education approved the District's par-
icipation in the project upon recommendation of Super-
intendent Robert E. Jenkins at the August 27, 1968 meet-
' The purpose of the program is to make use of univer-
■ity scholars in a variety of ways as resources for the im-
)rovement of high school teaching in the arts, history,
anguages, literature, philosophy, and the social sciences.
! Under the general plan of operation the National
humanities Faculty will pay the stipends of university
cholars for the equivalent of 20 man-days per year for
jive years. This will enable the District to bring about
our consultants per year to San Francisco for the next
ive years, each for a week, to work primarily with teach-
ers and administrators on making more effective use of
he Humanities in teaching young people.
The District will pay for the travel, board, and room
)f those university scholars who come to San Francisco.
! It is proposed that the scholars be used to sensitize the
taffs of the District's senior high schools as to some of the
nore exciting developments being carried on in the uni-
versities and how these may be interrelated and program-
ned to promote effective programs in the Humanities.
The scholars will be used to work with small interested
joups of the faculty to develop "team approaches" to
' 'he teaching of the Humanities. By interchanging ideas,
lew insights may be developed that will provide new
hallenge and inspiration for working with students.
It is further proposed that he scholars have contact
ivith the parents and citizens of the community and that
■nembers of the faculties of neighboring universities be
'rivited to participate in these interchanges of ideas with
,he visitors.
The District will allocate up to 96 days of substitute
eacher time each year (equivalent of three teachers per
chool for one day per week for four weeks for eight
:hools) to enable teachers from eight schools to meet
'agether for in-depth discussions and interchanges of
leas.
The plans of five cities were chosen by the Board of
le National Humanities Faculty from a large number of
roposals received from school systems all over the coun-
,ry. Cities selected in addition to San Francisco include
the Utica, New York area; Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Grosse Pointe, Michigan; and Gainesville, Georgia.
The National Humanities Faculty is sponsored by Phi
Beta Kappa, the American Council of Learned Societies,
and the American Council on Education.
Orientation Day
New District Teachers Welcomed
Some 750 teachers, new to the SFUSD, were greeted by Superin-
tendent Robert E. Jenkins at a special Orientation Day Program
at Baiboa High School prior to the opening of school. Pictured
above are new teachers, representative of the larger group, as
they met Dr. Jenkins. Left to right are Cheryl Ward, Marilyn
Belluomini, Dr. Jenkins, Carole Chuck, Jean Rollins, and Jane
Gordon.
Teachers new to the San Francisco Unified School
District participated in a special Orientation Day Pro-
gram on Wednesday, August 28, 1968, at .Balboa High
School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The new teachers were welcomed by John Levinsohn
of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and Dr.
Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools. Members
of the Superintendent's staff were introduced, and Mil-
ton F. Reiterman, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel
Services, and members of his staff discussed the topic of
professional rights and responsibilities.
Representatives of the various teachers' professional
organizations addressed the new teachers. Three hundred
of the teachers are part of 900 to be added in a three year
period as part of the District's program to reduce class
size.
NEWSLETTER
September 9, 196J
Summer Workshop
Industrial Arts Teachers Develop Guides
Teacher-developed curricula in the field of industrial
arts have resulted from an innovative summer workshop
program this year. Nine District industrial arts teachers
have compiled course material in accordance with deci-
sions of teachers in the field and have edited it into the
form of instructors' guides in Automechanics, Drafting,
Graphic Arts, Metals, Multipurpose Shops, and Woods.
The project is under the direction of Dr. Jess E. Rath-
bun, Coordinator, Industrial Arts. The project heads are
John H. Queiser and Robert G. Orchid. Workshop mem-
bers include Ronald Adams, Blake Deaver, Kent Don-
dero, Harry Duff, Melvin Levy, William Johnson, Shun
Ochi, Frederick Peterson, and Norman Tauber.
Participation of District industrial arts teachers in de-
veloping the curricula was achieved through in-service
courses, steering committee members in each school, cor-
Goal of $16.5 Million
United Bay Area Crusade Opens
The United Bay Area Crusade campaign, giving all
Bay Area residents the annual opportunity to voluntarily
help their neighbors in need, opens today, to raise funds
for 176 community agencies.
Thousands of citizen fund-raisers have set their 1968
target at $16,500,000 for a wide variety of agencies in
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San
Mateo counties.
District teachers will be asked once again to participate
in the Drive. Multipurpose pledge cards will be forward-
ed to all school personnel in September providing for
contributions through the School Department.
Among services and agencies financed through United
Crusade contributions are boys' clubs, neighborhood cen-
ters, visiting nurse and homemaker services, Catholic
Social Services, Jewish Welfare Federation, USO, free
and part-pay medical and psychiatric clinics, Boy and
Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, CYO, YMCA, Salvation
Army, hospitals, legal aid societies, Red Cross and others.
Because the job of collecting and distributing the
money is done by unpaid workers, the cost is kept at a
minimum, with more than 90 cents of each dollar con-
tributed going to help. More than 1,000,000 Bay Area
people were served by these many agencies in 1967.
"Without Crusade's annual drive, there would have to
be separate solicitations of funds to finance the 176 affili-
ated agencies, meaning much high costs and great dupli-
cation of work," UBAC Campaign Chairman Jerome W.
Hull pointed out.
• JOHN O'CONNELL ACCREDITATION
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges an-
nounces that the Accrediting Commission for Secondary
Schools has granted a full term of accreditation, expiring
June 30, 1973, to John O'Connell Vocational High
School and Technical Institute.
respondence, and visitations of the project heads witl
individual teachers and at department meetings.
The teachers' decisions were made with regard to th
objectives, content, technical and related informatior
and student and teacher activities. Further decisions wer
made to determine the levels of instruction at which th
various topics should be presented to students to insur
horizontal articulation and to provide the continuity c
vertical articulation to industrial arts education.
The plan for the fall semester phase of the project wi
be to put pre-publication copies of the guide into th
hands of the teachers and to begin to organize the coir,
munications and mechanics of an articulation plan be
tween the ninth grade basic courses in the junior hig
schools and the basic and advanced courses in the senii
high schools.
Participating in the industrial arts summer workshop prograr
this year were (left to right) Dr. Jess E. Rathbun, Coordinate
Industrial Arts; Norman L. Myers, State Department of Educ
Hon; Robert Orchid, Project Head; Dr. Robert L. Woodwar
Industrial Arts Consultant, State Department of Education; an
John H. Queiser, Project Head.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 2
September 9, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
September 9, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Lines of Responsibility
Major Organizational Changes Outlined
(The September 2, 1968 issue of the Newsletter report-
ed the major changes in organizational structure of the
School District at the top administrative level from the
office of Superintendent through the Assistant Superin-
tendents. The following is a description of the lines of
responsibility under the new organization from the As-
sistant Superintendents through Principals.)
School Operational Services
Dr. Donald A. Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent, Ele-
. mentary Education — Directly responsible to Dr. Rhodes
! are Mrs. Theresa Mahler, Director, Children's Centers;
' three Supervisors AA, Elementary Education, Agatha
IHogan, Dr. Mary McCarthy, and Mrs. Dorothy Vu-
! kota; and the Elementary Principals. Responsible to Mrs.
'Mahler are two Supervisors, Children's Centers, Mrs.
Helen DeRenzo and Loretta Juhas, and the Children's
i Centers Head Teachers.
Ralph Kauer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary
j Education — Directly responsible to Mr. Kauer are
Robert Perussina, Supervisor AA, Driver Education;
i I Bryant Lane, Supervisor A A, Occupational Preparation;
two Supervisors A, Secondary Education (Secondary
Principals Ivor Callaway, Dr. Myron Moskowitz, and
George Moscone are on leave to the Central Office to
work in this capacity) ; Mrs. Josephine Cole, Supervisor
A, Student Relations; Col. James Farren, Senior Army
Instructor; and the Secondary Principals.
James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent, Adult and
Occupational Education — Directly responsible to Mr.
Dierke are Dalton Howatt, Coordinator A, Adult Edu-
cation, and Norbert Deggendorfer, Coordinator A, Oc-
cupational Education. Responsible to Mr. Howatt are
tthe Adult Education Principals; to Mr. Deggendorfer
fare Alvan Waltz, Supervisor AA, Trade and Technical
Education, and the Occupational Education Principals.
Martin Dean, Assistant Superintendent, Special Edu-
cational Services — Directly responsible to Mr. Dean are
Mrs:- Alice ■ Henry, Director, Pupil -Services; Margaret
Holland, Director, Special Education; and Leslie Russell,
Principal, Court Schools. Responsible to Mrs. Henry are
James J. Hamrock, Supervisor AA, Guidance and Coun-
seling; Henry F. Warnken, Supervisor AA, Psychological
Services; Marjorie Anne Kuhl, Supervisor A, Social
Work Services; Howard C. Clay, Supervisor A, Attend-
ance Services; and Dr. Gordon Carlson, Supervisor A,
Guidance Service Centers. Responsible to Miss Holland
ire Valentine Becker, Supervisor AA, Speech, Hearing,
[find Visually Handicapped; Douglas A. Boyce, Super-
Ij/isor AA, Secondary Mentally Handicapped; Frances A.
baine, Supervisor AA, Elementary Mentally Handicap-
ped; Mrs. Marguerite Rapson, Supervisor A A, Educa-
,ionally Handicapped; Robert F. Cunningham, Super-
ior A, Physically Handicapped; and the Principals of
Special Schools. Responsible to Mr. Russell is James Kil-
kenny, Assistant Principal.
Lducational Planning, Research, and Development
William L. Cobb, Assistant Superintendent, Human
Relations — Directly responsible to Dr. Cobb are Junius
Camp, Human Relations Field Representative (Elemen-
tary) and Grandvel A. Jackson, Human Relations Field
Representative ( Secondary ) .
Isadore Pivnick, Assistant Superintendent, Innovative
Planning — Directly responsible to Mr. Pivnick are Vic-
tor Rossi, Supervisor AA, Innovative Programs, and the
PACE Center.
Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Development
and Services (to be appointed) — Directly responsible
to this Assistant Superintendent are George Canrinus,
Coordinator A, Health, Physical Education, Athletics,
and Recreation; Dr. Jess E. Rathbun, Coordinator B,
Industrial Arts; Herbert Simon, Director, Art; Kathleen
McGillicuddy, Director, Homemaking; Dr. Albert A.
Renna, Director, Music; William B. Cummings, Super-
visor A A, Programs for the Gifted; Elmer Gallegos,
Supervisor A, Spanish Bilingual Education; and Welling-
ton Chew, Supervisor A, Chinese Bilingual Education.
Responsible to Mr. Canrinus are Elwood Lang, Super-
visor AA, Secondary Physical Education; Mrs. Viola
Mails, Supervisor A, Health and Physical Education;
and three Supervisors A, Elementary Physical Education,
Harold Fox, Uarda Schuldt, and Armenag Terzian. Re-
sponsible to Mr. Simon are two Supervisors A, Art,
Verla Leonard and Mrs. Alice Stone. Responsible to Dr.
Renna are Alfred Beseman, Supervisor A, Music (Ele-
mentary and Secondary), and two Supervisors A, Music
(Elementary), Lorraine Walsh and Bertha Widmer.
Directly responsible to the Associate Superintendent
of this Division are Dr. William B. Sanborn, Director,
Instructional Materials; Harold Weeks, Director, Re-
search and Program Evaluation; and a Director, Budget
Planning, to be appointed. Responsible to Dr. Sanborn
is Geraldine Ferring, Supervisor AA, Libraries and
Textbooks.
General Administrative Officer
Wilbert G. Vestneys, Assistant Superintendent, Build-
ings and Grounds — Directly responsible to Mr. Vest-
neys are Philip Cali, Supervisor AA, Building Mainten-
ance and Repair (Daily), and Dr. James Morena, Su-
pervisor AA, Building Maintenance and Rehabilitation
(Major).
James Porter, Fiscal Officer — Directly responsible to
Mr. Porter is the Assistant Fiscal Officer (to be ap-
pointed).
Responsible directly to the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer are Wendell Muntz, Supervisor A A, Food Service;
Edgar Lahl, Supervisor AA, Supplies; and a Supervisor,
Educational Data Processing (to be appointed).
IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. Muriel R. Barbour
Mrs. Grace B. Keenan
Mrs. Phyllis B. Perley
Mrs. Margery Souder
NEWSLETTER
September 9, 1968 1
Announcements
• ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
The San Francisco Education Auxiliary is sending out
a call for men and women who are interested in serving
as volunteers in the city's public schools.
The Auxiliary has scheduled a recruitment meeting
Wednesday, September 11, in the Fellowship Hall of
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 678 Portola Drive, at 10:30
a.m.
The School Volunteer Program will be thoroughly ex-
plained. Last year some 300 volunteers in 59 schools
helped children with remedial reading, art, music, science,
field trips, library work and special projects. Hundreds of
additional volunteers are needed for the new school year.
For additional information, call 399-3739.
SPRING REQUISITIONS
Spring requisition lists are due
in the Division of
Supplies Warehouse, 1000'Selby
Street, Attention:
Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Janitorial Supplies Lists — due before September
16, 1968.
Instructional Supplies Lists —
due before Octo-
ber 14, 1968.
• TEACHER'S BOOK PUBLISHED
Mrs. Joyce Lancaster Wilson, parent educator in the
District's Adult Education classes, has had a book pub-
lished recently. The book, Tobi, is for children ages three
to six. It has its setting in San Francisco and deals with
family and community relationships in a way meaningful
to young children and their parents. The book is illus-
trated in color by Ann Thiess.
PERSONNEL PROCEDURAL CHANGE
The Personnel Service Division announces that
the following change in procedure has been adopt-
ed by the Board of Education:
Teachers now have until December 1, instead of
November 1, to file records of academic work for
salary increment. The work must have been com-
pleted before the beginning of this term.
Teachers with salary questions are invited to
write or telephone the Salary Office, Personnel
Services, at 863-4680, Extensions 423-4-5.
• VISITORS FROM AMERICAN
Lewis Wittlinger, summer principal
Vocational High School, and Bruno
Occupational Preparation, hosted a £
from American Samoa in August.
The group toured John O'Connell
served a brunch. The visit was part of
by Stanford University and financed
of Health, Education, and Welfare.
SAMOA
at John O'Connell
Zachary, Office of
;roup of 26 visitors
facilities and were
a project sponsored
by the Department
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 10, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regu-
lar meeting, 170 Fell Street.
IN-SERVICE COURSE INFORMATION
The following in-service course will be offered
this semester and should be added to the list printed
in the September 2 issue of the Newsletter:
Kindergarten Methods
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings,
Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m. at Hancock School. Marilyn
Diamond and Virginia Seymour, instructors.
Course starts September 12. Pre-registration is
necessary. Call Elementary Diyision at 863-4680,
Extension 237 (for kindergarten teachers only).
A course in kindergarten curriculum designed to help teachers
with content, methods, and skill development.
Photography
The meeting date for the photography course
announced in the last Newsletter has been set as
Wednesdays. The course will start on September 11.
• BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS
The Northern California Basketball Officials Associa-
tion has announced its new officers for the 1968-69 sea-
son. They include Erv Delman (Abraham Lincoln). |
president; Owen Kashevaroff, vice-president; Howard
Powleson, secretary; Irv Weintraub, treasurer; and exec-!
utive board members Ron Gaggero (Marina) , Dick Mur-
ray (Herbert Hoover), and Ron Ealy.
The association recently honored James Witt, formeij
District basketball coach and winner of many AAA anq
TOC titles, who is retiring as an official after 20 years
of service.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 1968
NUMBER 3
Emphasis on Individualized Instruction
New Opportunity School to Open This Fall
San Francisco will add a new public senior high school
to its secondary school roster in mid-October when the
Opportunity High School opens its doors for the first
time.
The new facility will be a small high school of some
210 students, designed to provide a program of individu-
alized instruction to more adequately meet the needs of
those students whose interest in school has fallen to the
'point that effective learning is no longer taking place in
•the regular school.
The emphasis will be on providing an individualized
program for students who show potential, but who, for
one reason or another (irregular attendance, unaccept-
able behavior, lack of motivation, etc.), have not met
with educational success.
The school will stress the development of positive atti-
tudes and the acquisition of basic skills and will provide
opportunities for work experience. Students will receive
instruction in speaking, reading, spelling, writing, litera-
ture, social science, mathematics, creative arts, business
Student Relations Benefits
iift Made to District Office
"he Jolliettes Civic and Social Club recently presented a check
or $500 to the School District as a donation to be used by the
tudent Relations Office in its work with suspended and expelled
'oys and girls. Pictured above at the time of presentation are
left to right) Mrs. Josephine Cole, Supervisor, Student Relations;
ames Porter, Fiscal Officer; Mrs. Leora Grayson, President,
olliettes Civic and Social Club; and Elizabeth Aldrich, Student
delations Office.
education, industrial arts, and occupational preparation
and will spend part of the day in on-the-job situations.
The major emphasis of the schools will be to help each
individual
• to identify himself as a person capable of learning
and functioning as an effective member of our society
• to develop positive attitudes toward himself, toward
life and living, toward his associates and fellow men,
toward his school and work, and toward change
• to build confidence in himself and in his own abili-
ties to cope satisfactorily with the realities of the world
in which he will be living for the next 75 years
• to learn the basic tools of oral and written commun-
ication and how to use them effectively
• to learn the basic concepts of mathematics and sci-
ence needed to understand and function successfully in
the world of work
• to learn about the realities of the world in which he
is living, the problems that need to be solved, and the
great challenges that he must face if his world is to be
one of understanding, dignity, respect, and accomplish-
ment, and
• to learn how to enjoy some of the countless wonders
of the world in which he is living and to appreciate the
fruits of our great civilization.
There will be two four-hour sessions each day from
8:15 to 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 to 3:45 p.m. Students who
attend the morning session will have work experience in
the afternoon, whereas students who attend the afternoon
session will have their work experience in the morning.
Teachers will instruct four classes of 15 each (or the
equivalent) and have one period each day in which to
advise students, follow up on their individual problems,
help them with their homework, make home visits, check
on attendance, provide for their needs of security and
belonging, and help them in every way to succeed in
school and in their work.
The school will provide for individualized instruction,
ungraded curriculum, flexible scheduling, contract meth-
od of teaching, team teaching, personal guidance and
help, as well as group guidance for occupational prepar-
ation and post-high school education. It will be a racially
integrated school — with both an integrated staff and an
integrated student body.
Harvey Christensen has been appointed principal of
the Opportunity High School, and Mrs. Lillian Powell
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NEWSLETTER
September 16, 1968
Public, Parochial Participants
EH Workshop Hailed a Success
Phase I of a three-year In-Service Training Program
for teachers of educationally handicapped children was
completed at Herbert Hoover Junior High School this
summer.
The workshop, planned jointly by the administrative
staffs of the public and parochial schools of the city, was
developed by Mrs. Marguerite Rapson, Supervisor, Edu-
cationally Handicapped, and directed by Dr. John Rob-
erts, formerly Coordinator, Child Welfare Division of the
SFUSD. Mrs. Margaret Wallace served as resource
teacher.
The project, financed through Title VI, ESEA, enroll-
ed 53 participants. Twenty-eight were parochial school
teachers and 23 were public school teachers of regular or
special classes.
The three-week In-Service Program featured large-
group lecture demonstrations and small discussion ses-
sions, each devoted to a specific topic and shared by an
experienced teacher and group leader.
Highlights of the workshop included lectures given by
Dr. William Morse, University of Michigan, who dis-
cussed the emotionally disturbed child, and lectures given
by Dr. Frank Hewett, University of California, Los An-
geles, who described teaching and learning in an "engi-
neered classroom."
One of the leaders of the small group sessions was
Donald Mayhew, teacher of an engineered classroom
under Dr. Hewitt's direction at the UCLA Neuropsychi-
atric Institute. Other highlights included a series of ses-
sions at the University of California Child Study Unit
under the direction of Dr. Helen Gofman and material
given by Joyce Kohfeldt, Specialist in Learning Disabili-
ties, Michigan State University and Ingham County
Schools.
One innovation was the recording on video tape of a
number of demonstrations of how to work with educa-
tionally handicapped children, both in individual and
classroom situations.
Program participants indicated they had benefitted
from their new insights into the nature of minimal cere-
bral dysfunction and the educational problems it imposes
on a child. They felt they had benefitted even more from
the demonstrations of how to turn these new insights into
practical, workable classroom procedures.
Finally, the group offered many suggestions which will
form the basis for planning the continuing program to be
carried out during the three-year life of the project.
• COMPLETES MINORITY GROUP NDEA COURSE
Mrs. Joyce Robinson, teacher at Hunters Point II
School, successfully completed a summer NDEA Institute
in U. S. History on the "Role of Minority Groups in
American History" at San Fernando Valley State College.
The U. S. Office of Education sponsored this program
for experienced teachers of grades 5, 6, 7, and 8. Mrs.
Robinson was one of 45 participants selected from nearly
400 applicants from the Western United States.
. . . Opportunity School to Open
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has been appointed assistant principal. They will help
supervise a staff of some 14 teachers.
Each comprehensive high school will recommend i
own candidates for the school to the Student Placeme
Committee, which, with the Opportunity School princ
pal's help, will make the selection and assignment of st
dents to the Opportunity School.
The criteria to be used in the recommendation of stu-
dents for the school are
• students who are normal and potentially able to|
succeed if provided the right opportunity and encourage
ment
• students whose attendance patterns are so irregular
that they interfere with good progress in a regular school|
• students whose behavior is so disruptive that it -int>
feres with their own learning as well as with the learnin
of other students
• students whose behavior is so apathetic and indiffer
ent that they are not achieving satisfactorily.
It should be noted that students who are severe
emotionally disturbed do not belong in this school, but i:
one of the Guidance Service Centers.
Teachers for the new school will be volunteers fron
within the District. (See announcement on page 4 of this
issue. )
The site of the Opportunity School is currently undo
consideration and will be announced in the near future
• HEALTH, FAMILY LIFE WORKSHOP
A five-day workshop from August 26 through Augus
30 in Health and Family Life Education was presentee
by the SFUSD at City College of San Francisco. A largt
number of specialists in health and social sciences com
prised the workshop staff, and some two dozen Distric
teachers served in a resource capacity.
Dr. Frances Todd and Frank Ingersoll, Curriculun
Assistants, Health and Family Life Education, served a
workshop director and assistant director, respectively.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 3
September 16, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
One of the First
Unique Bilingual Summer Program Offered
One of the first public bilingual schools in California was in session at the Hawthorne Elementary Summer School. Instruction for most
students was given in Spanish and English. Native English-speakers as well as Spanish-speaking and other non-English-speaking pupils
learned some helpful new skills in both languages. District personnel who worked in the summer program are pictured above. Top rowr
left to right: Emily Delasalas, Maria Brenner, Paula Conray, Rosalino Quema, Jon Lucero, Sally Gordon, Marie Morrison, Nanci Pengra,
iPeter Gonzalez (Head Teacher); Middle row: Graciela Sprietz, Lolita Martin, Teresa Rameriz, Nan Degelman, Jean Rameriz, Josefina
Reyes; Front row: Elmer Gallegos, Supervisor, Spanish Bilingual Education; Eleanor Aragon, Ernestine Trujillo, Margaret Garza, Minerva
Limon, Jay Sanchez.
Computer Programming Project Approved
District participation in a two-year pilot project for
Computer-based Instruction in Elementary Programming
at Woodrow Wilson High School was approved by the
Board of Education, upon the recommendation of Super-
intendent Robert E. Jenkins, at the August 27, 1968
meeting.
The project is being financed by the National Science
Foundation through a grant to Dr. Patrick Suppes, Di-
rector of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the
Social Sciences, Stanford University.
It will consist of a course designed to provide instruc-
:ion which assists in preparing students to enter the field
of data processing.
The school will have 15 teletype terminals which will
i )e connected by phone lines directly to the computer
omplex of Stanford.
The District will provide a classroom with facilities for
ipproximately 20 pieces of electrical equipment, teacher
ime of approximately seven periods a day, and the in-
itallation of phone lines. The course will accommodate
5 students a period.
Stanford University can accept transmission from the
eletypes until 9 p.m., creating the possibility that the
ourse may be made available to adults in the evening
>rogram.
> The course will be available to all levels and abilities
,'f students. The vocational significance of the project is
that students will have adequate training and back-
ground to be qualified to enter specialized training pro-
grams of banks, department stores, and governmental
units that use data processing.
It is felt that this course in computer programming will
be an excellent companion to the present courses at
Woodrow Wilson in Introduction to Data Processing and
Key Punch Training and an excellent follow-through for
those students currently enrolled in the Lockheed-EDP
program at Pelton Junior High School (see Newsletter of
January 8, 1968).
Three District teachers designated to teach the course
will be compensated by Stanford to work during the sum-
mer of 1969 to help revise the program for the course.
The project will start as soon as all of the nececsary
arrangements can be completed.
TEACHERS' MEETINGS
Your attention is called to the Board of Educa-
tion regulation R 4131.1 relative to the days to
be used by school principals for calling teachers'
meetings:
The principal shall call teachers' meetings after school hours on
the first or third Tuesday of each school month, or both, and at
such other times as, in his judgment, meetings seem necessary.
Except in cases of emergency, the principal shall avoid calling
teachers' meetings during school hours. Unless excused by the prin-
cipal, a teacher shall attend all teachers' meetings called by the
principal. Principals shall see that teachers attend meetings to
which they are called by the Superintendent, Assistant Superintend-
ents, Directors, Coordinators, or Supervisors.
NEWSLETTER
September 16, 19681
Announcements
• AIRPORT PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL
An experimental eight-week course designed to train
unemployable youths so they can get jobs has produced
encouraging results in a new school at the San Francisco
Airport.
The course was conducted by Otto Wendehost of the
District's John O'Connell Vocational High School.
Instead of dropping out of the course, 1 1 of the first
14 have qualified for what are termed "ramp service jobs"
with the airlines.
To finance this pilot program, the Neighborhood
Youth Corps paid the students $11.20 a day, and other
costs were underwritten by American Airlines, Air West,
Pacific Southwest Airlines, Butler Aviation Co., Inter-
national Flight Service, Western Airlines, and Lockheed
Aircraft Co.
1968— VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE— A.A.A.
Date
Fri. Sept. 20
Thu. Sept. 26
Fri. Sept. 27
Thu. Oct. 3
Fri. Oct. 4
Fri. Oct. 11
Fri. Oct. 18
Thu. Oct. 31
Fri. Nov. 1
Fri Nov. 8
Thu. Nov. 14
Fri. Nov. 15
Thu. Nov. 21
Fri. Nov. 22
Thu, Nov. 28
Home Team
Balboa
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Mission
Galileo
Polytechnic
George Washington
Sacred Heart
Galileo
Woodrow Wilson
Mission
Sacred Heart
Lowell
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Balboa
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lowell
Polytechnic
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Mission
Galileo
Lowell
Balboa
Abraham Lincoln
Lowell
Woodrow Wilson
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
Mission
Lowell
Polytechnic
Balboa
Polytechnic
Galileo
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Polytechnic
Balboa
Sacred Heart
Galileo
Mission
Play-Offs
Play-Offs
Championship
Visitor
Sacred Heart
Lowell
George Washington
Polytechnic
Bye
Lowell
Balboa
Mission
Abraham Lincoln
Bye
Woodrow Wilson
Polytechnic
Galileo
Balboa
Bye
Mission
Galileo
Woodrow Wilson
Sacred Heart
Bye
Balboa
Sacred Heart
Abraham Lincoln
Polytechnic
Bye
Galileo
Polytechnic
Mission
George Washington
Bye
Galileo
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Bye
Balboa
Mission
Lowell
Sacred Heart
Bye
George Washington Kezar
Stadium
Balboa
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Kezar
George Washington
Kezar
Galileo
S.F. City College
Kezar
Lowell
Kezar
Balboa
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lowell
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Kezar
Galileo
Balboa
Abraham Lincoln
Lowell
Woodrow Wilson
S.F. City College
Kezar
Lowell
Kezar
Kezar
Galileo
George Washington
Woodtow Wilson
Lowell
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Bye
Balboa
Kezar
Galileo
Kezar
Kezar
Kezar
Starting Times:
Prior to October 26, 3-30 P.M.
After October 28, 3:00 P.M.
Championship, 11:00 A.M.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 24, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regu-
lar meeting, 170 Fell Street.
OPPORTUNITY HIGH SCHOOL POSITIONS
Secondary teachers who are interested in teach-
ing in the new Opportunity High School are asked
to contact Mrs. Mary Byrd, Supervisor, Personnel
Services, at 863-4680, Extension 380, by this com-
ing Friday, September 20, 1968.
The new school is designed to provide a program
of individualized instruction for students whose in-
terest in school has decreased to the point that
effective learning is no longer taking place in the
regular school situation.
The new facility will feature a much smaller
teacher-pupil ratio, and teachers will have four
scheduled classes, a preparation period, and an
advisory period.
Friday, September 20, 1968 has been set as the
deadline for contacting the Personnel Services
Office.
• AFTER-SCHOOL SCIENCE POSITION
The Woodrow Wilson After-School Science Progran
is seeking a teacher qualified to offer a "ham radio'
course. Interested teachers should contact Herb Strongir
or Chuck Olivera at 584-6140, Extension 19.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:3(
p.m. on Wednesday, September 25, in room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
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Southeast Educational Development Project
Project SEED Funds Approved by Board
The Board of Education, upon the recommendation
of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, voted to appropri-
j ate $545,760 for the Southeast Educational Development
; Program (Project SEED) at its September 10, 1968
j meeting. The project is being funded under Title III of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Project SEED is an educational enrichment program
which calls for active community involvement in the
Hunters Point-Bayview area schools.
Its primary purpose is to bring the Hunters Point-
Bayview Community and the School District together in
a close, cooperative relationship so that better educational
programs can be provided for that community — pro-
l grams which may also prove to be relevant to social inte-
i gration as well as being exemplary to the rest of the
1 School District and other metropolitan areas.
In order to clarify the question of determination of
t school policy and the role of the SEED Project Board,
' the following five guidelines were approved by the Board
of Education:
• The SEED Project Board will formulate policies for
the operation of the SEED program within the frame-
work of existing state law, local Board of Education poli-
cies, and sound educational practice.
• The interim SEED Project Board will, after the
project is funded, make recommendations to the Superin-
tendent of Schools for a SEED Project School-Commun-
ity Coordinator. The interim Project Board will set up a
mechanism for screening applicants to all SEED project
positions and for recommending them for appointment.
• The School-Community Coordinator will be respon-
sible for the necessary coordination and liaison between
the community (SEED Board) and the Superintendent
of Schools.
• The Supervisor, Community Relations, will serve
under the direction of the School-Community Coordina-
tor.
• The Supervisor, Education, working in cooperation
with the School-Community Coordinator, is responsible
for the planning, coordination, and direction of all phases
of the instructional program planning, development, and
implementation.
The eight schools which will participate in the project
include the following: Public — Bayview, Bret Harte,
Burnett, Fremont, Hunters Point I, II, and Annex, Jede-
diah Smith and Annex, and Sir Francis Drake and
Annex; Parochial — All Hallows School.
New School Supply Items Are on Display
District personnel may now take advantage of a display
of new supply items available to teachers for the fall term.
The exhibit is a permanent addition to the Division of
Supplies and is located at the School Supplies Ware-
house, 1000 Selby Street.
The display was prepared last May to coincide with an
"Open House" held at the warehouse for teachers, ad-
ministrators, and other school personnel as a means of
informing school staffs of the many supplies items avail-
able to them.
Both the Negotiating Council and the San Francisco
Federation of Teachers had requested a supply exhibit
to be established in a convenient location. The perma-
nent display will be changed frequently to show new
items available to teachers.
In an effort to make supplies readily available to teach-
ers, an extra copy of the School Supplies Catalog was
sent to each school specifically for teacher use. This cata-
log has been placed in the school library or other approp-
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Victor B. Graff, Past President, San Francisco Classroom Teachers
Association (center), and a group of District teachers are seen
reviewing the new items listed in the School Supplies Catalog.
Behind the group is the School Supply Exhibit which displays
all of the new supplies items available for fall 1968.
NEWSLETTER
September 23, 1968
Mayor Announces
Sanchez Named to School Board
David J. Sanchez, Jr.
David J. Sanchez,
Jr. has been named
by Mayor Joseph Ali-
oto to the San Fran-
cisco Board of Edu-
cation.
Mr. Sanchez will
replace Board Com-
missioner Adolfo de
Urioste, whose third
five-year term will end
in January 1969.
The new Board
member is the first
Mexican - American
in the city's history to
hold this position. He
also has the distinc-
tion of being the youngest member ever appointed. He
is 29.
Mr. Sanchez is currently studying for his doctorate at
the University of California in Berkeley. He has done
substitute teaching and community relations work for the
School District since 1963.
He attended the University of San Francisco and San
Jose State College, receiving his BA degree from the
latter in 1963. He received his MA degree from San Jose
in 1965.
Mr. Sanchez was on active duty in the U.S. Naval Air
Reserve from 1958 to 1960 and was honorably discharged
in 1963.
He is affiliated with the Catholic Council for Spanish
Speaking; the American G.I. Forum (San Francisco) ;
Northern California Constitutional Rights Foundation;
U.C. Community Committee; San Francisco Counseling
and Guidance Association; San Francisco Council for
Social Studies; Western Historical Association; Organiza-
tion of American Historians; and U.C. Graduate Ad-
visory Committee.
Mr. Sanchez, a native San Franciscan, and his wife
Barbara Marie reside at 1 18 Clinton Park.
His appointment is subject to voter confirmation in
the coming November elections.
• ADMINISTRATIVE WOMEN
The San Francisco Chapter of the National Council
of Administrative Women in Education will hold its first
dinner meeting Wednesday, October 9, at The Leopard,
140 Front Street. A social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m.
with dinner at 7:45 p.m. Cost is $5.85 inclusive.
The organization is currently in a membership drive,
and all women in administration arc encouraged to join.
Dues is $4 per year. Checks for the dinner and/or dues
should be sent to Kay Lockhart, Principal, Sir Francis
Drake School, 350 Harbor Road, San Francisco 94124.
Salary Placement Discussed
The Personnel Service Division announces that
every effort has been made to place each teacher in
his proper salary classification and on his proper
increment rating or step.
Due to the demands of classifying 300 additional
teachers this summer and the requirement that all
records must be placed in proper form for data
processing, some teachers may not receive full credit
in their checks on October 1.
In most cases this will be due to the fact that col-
lege transcripts and verification of prior service
were not received in time.
As soon as such records have' been received, sal-
ary adjustments will begin, on the month following,
retroactive to the beginning of the school year.
Original transcripts of college work completed be-
fore September 3, 1968, must be filed prior to
December 1, 1968.
The Salary Office will verify outside teaching
experience. Additional salary credit for outside
teaching experience is limited this year to those who
have not already reached the fourth step or rating.
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riate area within the school to afford easy access by all
teachers.
Effective with requisition lists for supplies for spring
1969, which have already been released to the schools,
an extra set of Supply Requisition Lists was sent to each
school for teacher use. These lists are displayed in the
faculty lounge, pinned on the teacher bulletin board, or
on display in the school library.
Although these extra lists are identical to those sent to
the principal of each school, they are intended for use of
showing the availability of supplies. Ordering for the
school is the responsibility of the principal, and teachers
are encouraged to work closely with the principal in
supply ordering for the school.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 4
September 23, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
September 23, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Board Approves Family Life Program
Implementation of the District's Family Life Educa-
tion program was approved by the Board of Education,
\ upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jen-
kins, at the September 10, 1968 meeting. The program
I was passed by a 5-2 vote.
The approved version of the Family Life Education
'Preliminary Curriculum Guide was reviewed by the 34-
member Advisory Committee of lay and professional
I people prior to the September 10 meeting and included
12 recommendations.
The 12 are as follows:
• Do not use the KQED Time of Your Life series
| during the fall 1968 term
• Rewrite the sections on "Masturbation"
• Increase the emphasis on moral and spiritual values
|in certain sections of the Guide
• Watch and evaluate grade placement, particularly
within the K-4 sections
• Consider another term for "mating" as used for
'human beings
• Consider reinforcement of "maleness" in the boys of
[junior and senior high schools who do not naturally fit
the strong, virile image
• Provide in grade 12 a block of time on "Child
Care," including rearing and training of young children,
itoilet training, and the philosophy of discipline
I • Prepare, for teachers, suggested questions or devices
to start discussions on desired topics
• Plan for total faculty enlightenment and under-
standing of the program
• Recognize the prevalence, in our culture, of divided
couples and broken families, and consider the students
who are victims of such situations
• Provide for appropriate parent orientation prior to
introducing the program in each pilot school, and excuse
any pupil from the instruction upon his parent's request.
• Consider a loose-leaf format for the next edition of
the Guide to facilitate additions or deletions as necessary.
Extensive preparation for the introduction of the Fam-
ily Life Education curriculum in the District has been
• EVERETT JUNIOR HIGH CELEBRATION
Everett Junior High School will celebrate its 40th
anniversary with a special dinner on Friday, October 11,
it 6: 30 p.m. at the Red Chimney in Stonestown.
|i All Everett teachers and administrators from 1928-
1968 are invited to attend the affair which will feature a
tot and cold buffet dinner and special entertainment.
' The cost is $5.25 and checks be made out to Everett
[unior High School and sent to Mrs. Mary Nardi, 450
Ohurch Street, San Francisco 941 14.
SCHOOL AS USUAL ON OCTOBER 11
Friday, October 11, 1968 is not a school holiday.
Columbus Day, October 12, falls on a Saturday
this year. District schools will be open on Friday,
October 11, and classes will be conducted as usual.
made during the past three years. A pilot program was
successfully conducted in three elementary and five sec-
ondary schools during 1967-68.
Ten in-service courses for teachers were provided be-
tween February 1967 and August 1968. The Preliminary
Curriculum Guide on Health and Family Life Education
was developed from February 1967 to February 1968
through the efforts of the Advisory Committee, two cur-
riculum assistants, several hundred teachers who par-
ticipated in the in-service education program, and George
Canrinus, Coordinator, Health, Physical Education, Ath-
letics, and Recreation.
Instruction is now being expanded from the eight pilot
schools to 66 schools, ranging from kindergarten through
the 12th grade.
The Curriculum Guide calls for instruction in such
broad areas as drug use and misuse, consumer health,
family health, physical fitness, oral health, food and nu-
trition, diseases and disorders, mental and social health,
environmental health, and community health. The ma-
terials become more detailed as they progress through the
grades.
Audio Visual Has New Address
(The following notice has been issued by Dr. William
B. Sanborn, Director, Instructional Materials.)
Please note that the Bureau of Audio Visual Educa-
tion has moved from 135 Van Ness Avenue to 1440 Har-
rison Street.
All films, filmstrips, exhibits, study prints, etc., as well
as all equipment services are now located at the Harrison
Street address.
All requisitions and inquiries regarding materials and/
or equipment should be addressed to:
Bureau of Audio Visual Education
1440 Harrison Street
The office of the Director, A/V Curriculum Assistant,
and all preview activities remain at 135 Van Ness Av-
enue. For further details please see the 1968-69 Informa-
tion Guide ■ — ■ Services and Facilities, The Division of
Instructional Materials, several copies of which have been
forwarded to each school.
Regarding telephone contacts: please consult pages 19
and 20 of the above mentioned GUIDE furnished all
schools.
Inquiries regarding materials, equipment, and related
services at 1440 Harrison Street — call 863-4680, Exten-
sions 420-421.
For Dr. Sanborn's office, Mr. James Martin, or pre-
view activities (Mrs. Videen) at 135 Van Ness — call
863-4680, Extensions 320-321.
The Bureau of Audio Visual Education is open from
8 a.m. until 4:40 p.m. Booking of materials is closed
at 4:30 p.m. There is limited parking available for teach-
er use.
1440 Harrison is between 10th and 1 1th Streets and on
the north side of the street.
NEWSLETTER
September 23, 1968
Announcements
• GERMAN TELEVISION COURSE
Guten Tag, a beginning course in German, is currently
being featured on KQED Channel 9. The first program
may be seen on Monday, September 23, at 10:20 a.m.
and 3 p.m.
It is the first German language course for television
made in Germany. Simple conversational German is
taught through amusing stories about the experiences of
five foreigners in Germany, one of whom is an American
student.
The 26 film sequences of 15 minutes each give informa-
tion about the people, the towns, and the country side of
Germany today. For additional information contact Dr.
Egon Olessak, Goethe Center of San Francisco, 432 Clay
Street, 94111, telephone 391-0370. No in-service credit
is involved.
• TASF MEETING TODAY
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will hold
its first monthly meeting today, September 23, at 4 p.m.
in the Board of Education meeting room, 170 Fell Street.
All schools are urged to have a representative in attend-
ance. This is an important meeting in order to implement
the program for the coming year.
SABBATICAL LEAVE REMINDER
Teachers are reminded that requests for sabbati-
cal leaves for study or travel during the spring term
of 1969 must be submitted to Personnel Services,
Room 116, prior to October 1 (see Newsletter of
September 2, 1968). Application blanks are avail-
able in the Personnel Services office.
• ALL-CITY MUSIC GROUPS
The first of a series of Saturday rehearsals of the Dis-
trict's All-City Orchestra and Honor Choir was held at
Lowell High School on September 14 starting at 9 a.m.
Musically talented students from the District's second-
ary schools will meet on Saturdays throughout the semes-
ter and will appear in concert during the winter season.
John Pereira, Lowell High School, is conducting the
Honor Orchestra, and John Land, Polytechnic High
School, is directing the Honor Choir.
In addition to these two advanced groups, an All-City
Preparatory String Orchestra will meet each Saturday at
Lakcshore School, adjacent to the Lowell building. This
unique group will be instructed by Paul Zahtilla, Marina
Junior High School.
On Saturday, September 28 from 9 to 10 a.m., portions
of the May Concert at the Opera House featuring the
All-City Honor Orchestra and Honor Choir will be
broadcast on KKHI, FM and AM.
The featured work will be Mussorgsky's "Coronation
Scene" from Boris Gudounov with guest soloists Dale
Blackburn, tenor and music instructor, Lowell High, and
Vahan Toolajian, baritone and music instructor, Mission
High.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, September 24, 1968, 7:30 p.m..
lar meeting, 170 Fell Street.
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The Personnel Service Division will remain open this —
Saturday, September 28, in order to give credential as
sistance to all teachers, it was announced by Milton F. '
Reiterman, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services.
Although all San Francisco teachers and other person-
nel have valid credentials in order to hold their profes.
sional positions, he says, some have been granted on a
Temporary or a Partial Fulfillment basis. Others are
scheduled to expire at the end of this school year. Still
other credentials are not the highest for which the teacher
is qualified. Many teachers are eligible for various Life
Credentials, and these should be secured whenever possi-
ble in order to avoid recurring renewals.
It is hoped that assistance may be given to many whc
should investigate the possibility of receiving administra-
tive, supervisory, or Pupil Personnel credentials. Mr.
Reiterman notes that otherwise well-qualified personnel
who would be happy to receive certain appointments,
must be passed over because they have neglected to ob- nidi
tain or to renew certain of these special credentials.
Mr. Reiterman states that if you have any questions m
involving the securing or maintenance of any type oi
school credential, please visit the Credentials Office in|
Room 116, 135 Van Ness Avenue at any time.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
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NUMBER 5
Geared for Specific Improvements
District Takes Part in Two Math Projects
The San Francisco Unified School District is partici-
pating in two projects under the Miller Mathematics
Improvement Programs, Senate Bill 999, which began
this summer.
The first, referred to as the Specialized Teacher Pro-
ject, established for grades 2 and 5, allowed for teacher
participation in a specially designed in-service mathe-
matics workshop from August 5 through August 16.
Teachers in this project in the same schools will be
'paired for the purpose of trading off certain teaching
•periods during the day. Each teacher who is designated
"Specialized Teacher in Mathematics" will teach mathe-
matics to her own class for one period and to the class of
■the trade-off teacher for another period each day.
The trade-off teacher is also designated as a "Special-
ized Teacher," but in a subject area other than mathe-
matics. As in the case of the "Specialized Teacher in
Mathematics," the trade-off teacher teaches the subject
in her own specialty to her own pupils and to the pupils
lin the other teacher's class.
This project called for the establishment of three re-
gional workshops in Fullerton, Sacramento, and San
Diego. Three District teachers who attended the Sacra-
mento workshop were Marilyn Gagne (Anza School),
IjPeter Youdall (Le Conte School), and John Moore
(Bayview School) .
Other District teachers involved in the project include
Hollister Boss and Virginia Helleskov (Anza School),
Osa Chapman (Le Conte School), Doris Allen and
Nancy Sequeira (John McLaren), and Sam Louie (Mc-
Kinley School) .
The second project, the Test Development Project,
established for grades 3 and 6, will involve approximately
580 children in 1 1 schools.
This project is an outgrowth of the Statewide Mathe-
matics Advisory Committee's study of mathematics test-
ing in the grade schools.
The Committee felt that commercially produced tests
that are currently available do not reflect accurately, the
kinds of mathematics that are being taught and, for that
reason, contribute toward distorted interpretation of the
mathematics achievements of the children. None of the
existing instruments seem to probe into conceptually-
oriented problems to the extent desired by the Committee.
It is the intent of this project to construct instruments
that might measure the degree to which overall objectives
of the mathematics program are being met.
The District's role will be to help the State Department
of Education obtain baseline data for the norming of the
instruments. Statewide, more than 100 school districts
will participate in the project, involving approximately
46,000 children in 1,550 classes.
The State profile of performance for specified concepts
on various cognitive levels will be constructed, and no
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Local Proposition T Would Increase Tax Limit for Schools
Superintendent of Schools Robert E. Jenkins
has announced that Benjamin H. Swig, President
of the Fairmont Hotel, has accepted the chairman-
ship of the Citizens Committee for Proposition "I."
This proposition will place on the November 5,
1968 ballot a 98 cent increase in the permissive
tax limit under which the Board of Education
would operate the schools.
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto has accepted the posi-
tion of Honorary Chairman for the Proposition "I"
Committee. Mr. James A. Bachigalupi, Jr., Vice-
president of the Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
will serve as Treasurer of the Citizens Committee.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted
unanimously to place the tax limit request on the
November ballot. In addition, the Board of Super-
visors of the City and County of San Francisco,
unanimously approved Proposition "I" for place-
ment on the ballot.
It is of interest to note that 98 per cent of all the
school districts in California have been voted in-
creases beyond their statutory tax limit.
Dr. Jenkins has indicated to the Board of Edu-
cation that this tax limit increase would be neces-
sary to carry out the educational programs now in
progress and to carry the District forward on many
needed fronts.
Jack Harrington, Room 213, Central Office, tele-
phone 863-4680, Extension 307, is available to
answer questions concerning Proposition "I."
NEWSLETTER
September 30, 1968 •}
Summer Project
Cooperative Art Program Cited
An eight-foot cypress
log was slowly being
transformed into a totem
pole. Fruit lugs became
looms upon which multi-
colored weaving pieces
were being made. Baker's
clay was being modeled
into imaginative creatures
to be baked, painted, and
hung for decorations. All
this creative activity hap-
pened this summer at the
Alvarado Elementary
Summer School.
The unique project was
a cooperative effort plan-
ned by interested parents
and educators to give the
children attending the summer session, as well as chil-
dren in the neighborhood, additional art experiences.
The parents' group was organized by Mrs. Sally Wood-
bridge and Mrs. Ruth Asawa Lanier. Mrs. Mary Pette-
son, Head Teacher, and Edwin Waters, Assistant Head
Teacher of the summer school, provided guidance, and
Robert Pult, teacher, represented the teaching staff.
The workshop-type sessions were highly praised by
the parents and students, and it is hoped that similar
activities can be carried out during the school year.
Mrs. Sally Woodbridge is assisting
a young artist in mixing baker's
clay.
. . . Miller Math Improvement Programs
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attempt will be made for child-to-child or district-to-
district comparison.
Dr. Joseph B. Hill, former Curriculum Coordinator for
the School District, initiated the proposals for participa-
tion in the projects after planning with Isadore Pivnick,
Assistant Superintendent, Innovative Planning.
Mrs. Phyllis Abad, District Elementary Resource
Teacher, has been designated project head in order to
maintain liaison with the California State Department
of Education.
• ATTENDS NDEA COURSE IN SEATTLE
Mrs. Gertrude DeVera, kindergarten teacher at Hun-
ters Point I School, successfully completed a summer
institute in Educational Media at the University of Wash-
ington in Seattle.
She was one of 50 participants from Pacific Coast
states who worked together under the leadership of Dr.
Gerald Torkelson and developed a model for educational
specifications incorporating media facilities into the
school and classroom.
A copy of the model has been presented to the District
by Mrs. DeVera.
Retirement Changes on Ballot
The Municipal Improvement League has asked
that all School District personnel give special at-
tention to Proposition "E" in the coming November
election.
Passage of this proposition will concern the em-
ployees and families of the District because of its
effect on retirement benefits.
One of the proposition's provisions is the elimi-
nation of the Social Security offset in city pensions.
The measure also changes the composition of the
Retirement Board, requires an annual appraisal of
the financial condition of the retirement fund to
assure a maximum return on investments, and
brings pension benefits closer to those of private
industry.
The Municipal Improvement League recom-
mends that city employees contribute two per cent
of a month's salary to support the drive for passage
of Proposition "E."
For additional information contact the Munici-
pal Improvement League Campaign Headquarters,
1252 Market Street, San Francisco 94102, tele-
phone 861-6486.
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A special exhibit of historic Afro-American materials
will be on display during the month of October at the
Grace Cathedral, 1051 Taylor Street. Teachers are in-
vited to bring classes to see the display which features the
"Freedom Now" mural.
This ten feet by eight feet work of art is cut from
Tobasco Mahogany and depicts the history of the Ameri-
can Negro, beginning with his African origin up to his
current struggles in the United States. A slide-tape pro-
gram describes the mural for visitors.
The display is open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visits
can be arranged by calling 776-6611.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 5
September 30, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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September 30, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Overseas Positions Are Open
Under the International Educational and Cultural
Exchange Program authorized by the Fullbright-Hays
Act, grants will be available to American elementary and
secondary school teachers to teach abroad during the
1969 academic year or to attend a seminar abroad dur-
ing the summer of 1969.
Teaching positions will be available in a number of
countries in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and
Africa. Some of the positions will involve an exchange
of positions with a teacher from abroad, while others
will be one-way assignments.
A seminar for teachers of German will be held in
Germany and a seminar for teachers of Latin will be
held in Italy. Eligibility requirements include the follow-
ing: United States citizenship, a bachelor's degree, three
years of teaching experience for teaching grants; and
two years of experience for seminar grants.
Application forms and detailed information may be
obtained between September 1 and November 1, 1968
from Teacher Exchange Branch, Division of Interna-
tional Exchange and Training, Institute of International
Studies, U. S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C.
20202.
Teen Age Program
March of Dimes Chairman Chosen
• YOUNG CITIZENS AWARDS
Eight District senior high school students have been
awarded "San Francisco Young Citizens Awards" for
! their "significant activity in school, community, and civic
, projects" by Cable Car Clothiers, according to Charles
: Pivnick, president.
Honorees and their schools include: Charleen Ber-
jnauer, Abraham Lincoln; Joyce Castellano, Balboa;
Christine Yee, Galileo; Mark Dukeminier, George Wash-
'ington; Ronald Reeves, Lowell; Shirley Mendoza, Mis-
Ision; Tony Medina, Polytechnic; and Arthur Monte-
negro, Woodrow Wilson.
DR. JENKINS ON KPIX PROGRAM
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins will be fea-
tured on the KPIX, Channel 5, program "KPIX
Reports: Community Dialogue — Education" on
Tuesday, October 1 at 10:30 p.m.
The program will use a public forum format and
will include representatives from various Bay Area
organizations. The focus will be on two major
problems facing the District : the lack of funds and
how to educate and motivate the disadvantaged
and minority students.
Groups to be represented on the program in-
clude the NAACP, Service Committee on Public
Education, Parents and Taxpayers, Mothers for
Neighborhood Schools, Classroom Teachers Asso-
ciation, Mission Coalition, San Francisco Federa-
tion of Teachers, Urban League, Chamber of Com-
merce, Chinese American Community, League of
Women Voters, and students from the District
schools.
Peggy Schwarzenberger, a Lowell High School senior, is desig-
nated Teen Age Program (TAP) Chairman for the San Francisco
Chapter - March of Dimes by Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, Chapter
vice chairman. Peggy represented the Chapter at a three-day
Young Adult Conference on Birth Defects sponsored by The
National Foundation during July at the University of Utah, Provo.
Mrs. Wilson is also President of the Second District, California
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Peggy Schwarzenberger, Lowell High School senior,
has been chosen Teen Age Program (TAP) Chairman
for the San Francisco Chapter of The National Founda-
tion - March of Dimes.
Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, Chapter Vice Chairman
heading youth volunteers and President of the Second
District, California Congress of Parents and Teachers,
said that Peggy was chosen because of her outstanding
record of youth community service. This includes working
as a "Candystripe Volunteer" at Mt. Zion Hospital, and
volunteer tutoring of Hunter's Point and Chinatown
children as a representative of the Y Teens Group of the
San Francisco YWCA. She is the younger daughter of
Mrs. Marianne Schwarzenberger, and formerly attended
James Lick Junior High School.
During July, the Lowell High senior represented the
Chapter at a three-day Young Adult Conference on
Birth Defects sponsored by The National Foundation at
the University of Utah at Provo.
As TAP Volunteer Chairman, Peggy will help coordin-
ate youth-oriented education and community service
programs in birth defects and prenatal care sponsored by
the San Francisco Chapter.
• SHORT STORY PUBLISHED
Mrs. Florence Lewis of the English Department at
Abraham Lincoln High School is the author of "The
Pink Girl," a short story which appears in the mid-year
(Number 67) issue of Trace magazine (a chronicle of
living literature). Trace is published in England, but has
a circulation in the United States as well.
NEWSLETTER
September 30, 1968
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Announcements
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
The following administrative appointments or
assignments were approved by the Board of Edu-
cation at the September 10, 1968 meeting upon
recommendation of the Superintendent:
Secondary Schools
Billie T. Scott appointed Assistant Principal,
Woodrow Wilson High School; Lillian T. Powell
appointed Assistant Principal, Opportunity School;
Ramona T. Galeno appointed Assistant Principal
(Acting) , Portola Junior High School.
Elementary Schools
George Kochian appointed Assistant Principal
(Acting) , Treasure Island School.
• IN-SERVICE COURSE INFORMATION
The instructor for the District in-service course "Pic-
turemaking Techniques for the Elementary Grades" is
Verla Leonard, Art Supervisor. This corrects the an-
nouncement in the September 2, 1968 issue of the News-
letter.
• ADULT, OCCUPATIONAL MEETING
An important meeting for all Adult and Occupational
Education teachers will be held on Monday, September
30, 1968, at 7:30 p.m. in the Franciscan Room, 9th floor,
Bayview Federal Savings and Loan Association, 2601
Mission Street.
The purpose of the meeting is to establish a bargaining
position for adult and occupational teachers to be sub-
mitted to San Francisco Federation of Teachers mem-
bers for inclusion in the bargaining package next year.
Proposals discussed at the August 5 meeting will be re-
viewed.
REVISED 1968-
— A.A.A. SOCCER
SCHEDULE
SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS
Date
Home Team
Opponent
Stadium
Tue. Oct. 1
Washington
Polytechnic
Crocker Amazon £2
Mission
Beach Chalet #2
Lowell
Balboa
Beach Chalet #1
Gompers
Lincoln
Crocker Amazon #1
Mission
Wilson
Crocker Amazon #2
Polytechnic
Lincoln
Beach Chalet #2
Balboa
Galileo
Crocker Amazon si
Gompers
Washington
Beach Chalet #1
Thur. Oct. 10
Washington
Lincoln
Beach Chalet #2
Balboa
Wilson
Crocker Amazon #2
Mission
Beach Chalet #1
Polytechnic
Gompers
Crocker Amazon #1
Mission
Washington
Crocker Amazon #1
Polytechnic
Crocker Amazon #2
Wilson
Lincoln
Beach Chalet #1
Galileo
Gsmpers
Beach Chalet #2
Thur. Oct. 24
Lincoln
Lowell
Crocker Amazon &1
Mission
Balboa
Crocker Amazon #2
Galileo
Polytechnic
Beach Chalet #2
Thur. Oct. 31
Washington
Gompers
Lowell
Beach Chalet #1
Beach Chalet #1
Wilson
Galileo
Crocker Amazon #1
Lincoln
Balboa
Beach Chalet #2
Mission
Gompers
Thur. Nov. 7
Galileo
Washington
Crocker Amazon #1
Polytechnic
Crocker Amazon #2
Lincoln
Mission
Beach Chalet #1
Tue. Nov. 12
Wilson
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Beach Chalet #2
Thur. Nov. 14
Sem
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Wed. Nov. 20
Championship
Tue. Nov. 2S
Extra Championship
Baiboa Stadium
Starting Time:
September 3:30 P.M.;
October 3:30 P.M.;
November 3:15 P.M.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, October 8, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• COMMUNITY PANEL AT JAMES LICK
James Lick Junior High School was the scene of i
recent panel on community problems featuring commun
ity leaders from the Noe Valley-Mission Districts. The
purpose of the exchange of ideas was to bring the school
and community closer together in dealing with mutual
problems.
The PTA-sponsored affair featured the following a:
panel members : Mrs. Elizabeth Rote, President, Greatei
Mission Citizens Council; Dr. Elmer Schmitt, Pastor
Bethany Methodist Church; Francisco Ortega, Chair
man, James Lick Bilingual Education; Ray Tobas, Mis
sion Rebels; Mrs. Margaret Cruz, President, S. F. Mexi
can- American Political Association; Sister Patricia Madi
gan, St. Paul's High School; Rev. William Grace, Firs
President, Great Mission Citizens Council; Frank Orms
by, Upper Noe Valley Citizens Council; Walter Lipton fed
Mission Neighborhood Centers; and Officer Julio Fer
nandez, S. F. Police-Community Relations Unit.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Columbus School
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Street, Attention: Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Instructional Supplies Lists — due before Octo-
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• DEPARTMENT HEADS ASSOCIATION
The Department Heads Association will meet Thuri
day, October 3, at 2:45 p.m. in the teachers' cafeteria i
Galileo High School.
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NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 40
OCTOBER 7, 1968
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lehabilitative Educational Program
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Guidance Service Centers Report Presented
A progress report on the District's Guidance Service
Centers was presented to the Board of Education by
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins at the September 24,
968 meeting.
As originally conceived in April 1967, the Guidance
lri| Service Centers were intended to provide a rehabilitative
J ducational program for students of all ages who ex-
tol tibited anti-social tendencies in the extreme and who
favere unable to adjust and achieve in the regular school
etting.
As of August 1968 the Guidance Service Centers oper-
Lte in five locations: two elementary centers located in
jeary and Hillcrest Schools; two junior high school cen-
ers operating in church school buildings at 65 Dorland
street and 34th Avenue and Noriega Street; and one
enior high center operating in the gymnasium of John
^.dams Adult School.
With the exception of the Noriega Center which will
tave three teachers, all centers have two teachers. Dr.
Jordon Carlson, Supervisor, serves as administrator and
:oordinator of the total program. Two psychologists and
wo social workers supplement the educational program
py offering individual and group counseling to parents
,nd students.
Each center is organized to allow maximum flexibility
Y working with students. An effort has been made to
imit the teacher load to twelve students. Some students
re seen individually while others may be programmed
n a minimum day basis with allowances for individual
nd small group instruction. The main objective is to
:elp the child resolve his problems so that the can be
eturned to his regular school.
In the elementary classes the main emphasis in the
urriculum is to improve basic skills in reading and
3,( rithmetic. Art work has provided for a release of ex-
ression. In the junior high classes instruction in Eng-
""" sh, mathematics, social science, typewriting, art, and
s omemaking is being offered.
For senior high students an attempt is made to pro-
ide each pupil courses which will meet graduation re-
uirements as well as to offer the opportunity to make
p for earlier academic deficiencies in reading and math-
matics.
The Guidance Service Centers progress report reveals
te following:
From April 1967 through June 1968, 206 students
(172 boys and 34 girls) have been admitted to the
program.
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• Disposition of the 114 pupils who have left the pro-
gram is as follows:
52 (46%) were transferred to some regular school
program. A follow-up of the transferred students
shows that 51 were able to remain in school.
31 (27%) pupils were placed in some special pro-
gram, with an educational component, such as a resi-
dential center, court facility, day treatment program,
etc.
31 (27%) pupils were demitted with no school pro-
gram planned: i.e., exempted to work, suspended for
an extended period, or moved, whereabouts unknown.
• An analysis of the academic performance of pupils en-
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Developing Salable Skills
New Shell Program at Log Cabin
Through the cooperative efforts of Judge Raymond O'Connor,
Juvenile Court, the Shell Oil Company, and the School District,
a Driveway Salesmanship Program has been instituted at Log
Cabin Ranch School this fall. Shell uniforms and a variety of
Shell service station equipment are now being used by Log Cabin
students. Young men successfully completing the course of in-
struction will have salable skills enabling them to enter the labor
market. Jack Anderson, instructor at Log Cabin, participated in
a five-week intensive Shell training program conducted during
the summer. Pictured above, reviewing details of the program,
are (left to right) Bryant Lane, Supervisor, Occupational Prepara-
tion; Martin Dean, Assistant Superintendent, Special Educational
Services; John Finsland, Retail Training Manager, Shell Oil Com-
pany; and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools.
Shell Oil Company has supported the District in a variety of pro-
grams over the years.
NEWSLETTER
October 7, 196'
Progress Report - - - Guidance Centers
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rolled in the centers based on pre and post testing
using the same standardized achievement test gives
the following results:
Senior high students on the average gained 1 grade
in reading, 2/2 grades in arithmetic and nearly 1
grade in spelling. In no case was there a regression.
Junior high students on the average gained 2/2 grades
in reading, 2 grades in arithmetic, 1 grade in spelling.
Elementary students showed significant gains in read-
ing, arithmetic, and spelling as shown by tests admin-
istered by their teachers.
• For senior high students a special behavior rating
scale was devised which revealed significant gains in
ability to work with others, to accept temporary frus-
tration, to work alone without teacher aid, to accept
responsibility and to share with others. The only area
not showing a significant gain was the ability to do
homework.
Programs for students in the Centers are individually
tailored in accordance witn the academic ability and
behavior of each, and their ability to tolerate frustration
and work in groups.
Elementary students on the average attend one hour
Forensic League Begins Season
The San Francisco Junior High School Forensic League
has a new look this year. It has become one of the special
programs for the gifted.
In its eleventh year of planning public speaking activi-
ties for the junior high school students, the League has
continued to expand and diversify. This year will mark
the fifth annual public speaking contest, the eleventh
year of the debate tournament, and it is hoped, the first
year of a dramatics festival.
The League will continue to be sponsored by the San
Francisco Council of Lions Clubs, the San Francisco
Barristers Club, and television station KRON. It is
hoped that B'nai Brith and the American Conservatory
Theatre will soon be added to that list. Programs for the
gifted will provide the organizational time and help,
according to James Keolker, League Co-ordinator.
The Sponsors Committee, the large implementing
group of individual public speaking teachers, will hold its
first meeting Wednesday, October 9 at 2 p.m. at the
Central Office Conference Room, Cafeteria, 170 Fell
Street.
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and 45 minutes per day, junior high pupils two hour:
and senior high pupils two and a half hours. In eacl
center the goat is to increase the length of day as be
havior improves. Efforts are also made to find othe
programs to fill the balance of the school day for th
older students.
On the average, senior high students remain in th
Centers for a period of three and a half months, am
junior high and elementary pupils stay for about fiv
months.
Placement in the Centers is made by the Studer
Placement Committee on the basis of requests fror
school administrators, subject to the availability of open
ings. Administrators use the following list of behavioi
as a guideline in making appropriate selection of stu
dents: threats of force or violence or physical attac
upon a teacher; unprovoked assaults on other student:
wilful disobedience, insolence, or insubordination; ope
and persistent defiance of the teacher's authority; habil
ual profanity or vulgarity; extreme lack of self contro
and conduct inimical to the pupil himself or to others.
The progress report concludes with the following state
ments:"It would appear that the Guidance Service Cer
ter offers one promising approach to the problems face
by educators in working with pupils of all ages who:
anti-social behavior is extreme. Administrators of regi
iar schools find this facility a relief to them as they ai
not able to provide the individual attention these pupi
demand. Parents and pupils, after an initial understand
able resistance, in general are enthusiastic about th
services and educational program of the Centers
"It is hoped that attention can be given to follow-u
of those students who were enrolled to determine th
long range effects of placement in the program. A moi
thorough evaluation and report will be prepared at th
end of this school year, with recommendations to eithi
expand or dissolve the program."
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visita-
cion Valley School at 1 : 45 p.m. on Wednesday, October
9. Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit them to their representatives.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40. No. 6
October 7, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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, | Proposition T on Ballot
Tax Limit Increase Proposal Outlined
(On Tuesday, November 5, 1968, the voters of San
Francisco will have an opportunity to vote on Proposition
■jt"I," a measure which would increase the tax limit for the
I' public schools from $2.55 to $3.53. This is the first of a
' .series of information articles directed to District person-
A.nel, designed to better acquaint them with the particulars
of the tax limit proposition.)
jl Like many other large American cities, San Francisco
'■faces an educational crisis. The cost of education in San
J .Francisco has increased so greatly during the past several
'1 years, principally because of the extensive and rapid
'"•'changes in the city's population, that the current school
,",:tax limit makes it impossible for the public schools to
\ 'continue, beyond this year, the programs now offered
,,and, in addition, develop the many new programs neces-
jlsary to meet the changea needs of the unusually diversi-
fied school population of San Francisco.
At present there is no reason to expect additional finan-
cial aid from federal and state sources for general aid to
large city districts in California.
|! Experience demonstrates that assessed valuation in San
," Francisco will not increase sufficiently next year to pro-
L" [vide the tax base required to continue the present pro-
',' grams in San Francisco.
[ Proposition "I" provides for increasing the tax limit
1 for operating the city public schools from the present
'Mimit of $2.55 for each $100 of assessed valuation to $3.53
'ifor each $100 of assessed valuation. By unanimous vote,
j the San Francisco Board of Education authorized the
| Superintendent of Schools to place Proposition "I" before
the people of the city.
Some Important Questions and Answers Concerning
Proposition "I"
Q- Why is an election necessary to increase the school-
:. tax limit?
A. Under present law the school-tax rate can be in-
creased only through an election.
I Q. How does the school-tax rate for San Francisco
compare with the rate in other California school districts
In 1967-68?
I A. More than 98% of the school districts in California
J :iave found the statutory tax limits to be inadequate. The
i voters of these districts have approved increases in the
statutory tax limits in these districts. The total 1968-69
31 ichool-tax rate for the San Francisco Unified School Dis-
trict is lower than the school-tax rate in other large city
school districts for 1967-68. In addition, the San Fran-
!■ 'isco Unified School District is the only large-city school
listrict that has not yet exceeded the statutory limit.
[The school-tax data for school districts other than San
Francisco is not yet available for 1968-69.) However, it
:an be safely assumed that the school-tax rates for 1968-
)9 in these districts will not be lower than for 1967-68,
md that in most instances the rates will be higher.
Q. How does the percentage of the total tax rate used
or school purposes in San Francisco compare with the
percentage levied in other major California school dis-
tricts?
A. As shown in the following table, the percentage of
the total tax rate used for school purposes in 1967-68 was
considerably lower in San Francisco than in other major
California city school districts:
Long Beach 49.18 per cent; Los Angeles 48.24 per
cent; San Diego 48.03 per cent; Oakland 41.03 per cent;
San Francisco 30.03 per cent.
Q. Why have school costs increased in San Francisco?
A. 1. Inflation has increased the cost of operation of
the San Francisco public schools.
2. The cost of operating the San Francisco public
schools has increased because the heavy influx of children
belonging to minority groups has created a critical need
for additional educational programs and services. The
cost of these has greatly increased the outlay for public
education in San Francisco.
3. Enrollment is increasing in the San Francisco pub-
lic schools. Official projections show that enrollment will
increase by 5,416 students during the years 1968-1973.
This increase will require the District to employ 217 new
teachers at a cost of $1,773,000.
4. Five new public elementary and junior high schools
will open in the years 1969-71. Custodial and clerical
staffs, equipment, supplies, and operating costs for these
schools will require an outlay of $531,700.
Q. Why is the Board of Education asking that the
school-tax limit be increased by 98 cents?
A. The Superintendent of Schools has recommended
as increase of 98 cents in the school-tax limit. The Super-
intendent made this recommendation after making a
thorough study of school finances in San Francisco. He is
convinced, after careful consideration of all factors, that
an increase of 98 cents is necessary in the years immedi-
ately ahead if we are to provide a realistic program to
meet the educational needs of the diversified population
of San Francisco.
Q. If the voters increase the school-tax limit by the
amount proposed (98 cents), how much of this increase
does the Board expect to use in the next school year and
in succeeding years?
A. Proposition "I" (eye) is a proposal to increase the
permissive school-tax limit in San Francisco under which
the Board of Education may operate the schools. It does
not establish a tax rate. The Board of Education plans to
use only a portion of the proposed . 98 cent school-tax
increase next year since this increase is to go into effect
over a period of several years. If unanticipated revenue
should become available from other sources next year
and in succeeding years, the portion of the 98 cents re-
quired to finance the school program would be reduced
accordingly and the tax rate in San Francisco for school
purposes also would be reduced.
NEWSLETTER
October 7, 1968
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Announcements
• 'SHOES FOR NEEDY KIDS' PROGRAM
The Civitan Club of San Francisco has sponsored a
"Shoes for Needy Kids" program in the elementary
schools for the past several years. This service club has
provided 323 pairs of shoes this past school year.
Any administrator may request a shoe order from
Christine Bianco, Principal, Dudley Stone School, to be
presented to a child in need.
The project has District approval and is net a contest
but a service program to obtain shoes for needy students.
The shoe certificate may be used at Ferrara's Shoes, 2456
San Bruno Avenue. The shoes are a basic black boys'
style and an attractive girls' shoe.
• NEWS SPECIAL TO BE RE-BROADCAST
KGO-TV, Channel 7, announces that it will re-broad-
cast its news special program on birth and reproduction,
How Life Begins, on Monday, October 14, from 7 : 30 to
8:30 p.m.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Washington Irv-
ing School.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Some confusion has resulted from passage of As-
sembly Bill 1399 this summer which provides that
when school holidays fall on Saturdays the public
schools will close the preceding Friday. This Bill
applies only to State recognized school holidays.
Columbus Day, October 12, 1968, is a local school
holiday and is not affected by the Bill. San Francisco
public schools will, therefore, be open on Friday,
October 11, 1968.
• SFCTA COUNCIL TO MEET OCTOBER 14
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday,
October 14, in the George Washington High School
cafeteria.
IN-SERVICE COURSE INFORMATION
(The following in-service course will be available
to interested junior high school teachers beghming
Thursday, October 10, 1968.)
Calligraphy
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Thurs-
days, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 315, Presidio
Junior High School, 450 - 30th Avenue. Barbara
Baumann, instructor. Class will be limited to 25
interested junior high school teachers. Course starts
Thursday, October 10, 1968. Interested teachers
should call 752-9696.
Miss 3aumann is very competent in chalk, pen, and brush letter-
ing 111 the Roman and Gothic styles. Special attention will be given
to achieving control of the various media, and there will be oppor-
tunity for gaining facility through supervised practice.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, October 8, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
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BOARD POLICY — SALARY CREDIT
Attenion is called to a correction to an item in
the Newsletter of September 2, 1968. The Board of
Education has amended Section 7.07 of the Salary
Schedule to read as follows:
"The maximum credit that will be accepted for
salary classification purposes of teachers engaged in
full-time teaching will be six semester hours, or six
quarter hours, or the equivalent, for any semester
or quarter, exclusive of summer sessions. A maxi-
mum of twelve semester hours or equivalent, exclu-
sive of summer sessions, will be accepted for any
one school year for salary classification purposes. A
limit of twenty semester hours or equivalent will be
the maximum allowable in four consecutive semes-
ters."
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• DR. MORENA TESTIMONIAL DINNER
The faculty of Galileo High School extends an invita
tion to all school personnel to attend a testimonial dinnei
in honor of Dr. James Morena, Galileo principal for thi
past 15 years, who is now serving as a supervisor in thi
Buildings and Grounds Office.
The dinner will be held on Thursday, October 17, a
the San Francisco Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton StreetBsta
myC
with a 6:30 p.m. social hour and dinner at 7:30 p.m
Checks for $7.50 should be made out to "Dr. Moren;
Testimonial Dinner" and sent to Lou Haas or Herb Gee
Galileo High School, 1150 Francisco Street, San Fran
cisco 94109. For additional information telephone Mr1 |pit
Haas or Mr. Gee at 771-3150.
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NEWSLETTER
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NUMBER 7
Chamber Orchestra to Perform
School Symphony Concerts Scheduled
! District school children will benefit this year from a
series of 30 concerts to be presented by a 40-member San
I Francisco Symphony Chamber Orchestra as part of a
srogram to bring fine symphonic music to the schools.
The first concert will take place at Bret Harte Elemen-
tary School today at 1 p.m. This is the fourth consecutive
Vear the San Francisco Symphony Association and the
■Board of Education have jointly participated in the
I orogram.
During a three-week period, 30 concerts plus rehearsals
kvill be presented at 15 different schools, servicing in all,
I 18 District schools, with an emphasis on poverty areas.
. Workshops and lectures will be an integral part of the
I Drogram, along with participation by principal members
of the District's All-City Honor Orchestra as ensemble
I nembers. Principal members of the San Francisco Sym-
I ohony Chamber Orchestra will be soloists.
Steering Committee Meets
Forensic League Plans Readied
;iager to begin an active year ahead are the key members of the
leering Committee of the San Francisco Junior High School
orensic League. Pictured left to right are William B. Cummings,
upervisor, Programs for the Gifted; the Honorable Gerald S.
evin. Judge of the Superior Court; Mrs. Pauline K. Levie, Re-
earch Librarian of the Bureau of Audio Visual Education; Dr.
ewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Educational Planning,
iesearch, and Development; and James Keolker, Programs for
he Gifted and League Co-ordinator. The Steering Committee
let recently to formulate plans for the League's forthcoming
'ublic Speaking Contest, Debate Tournament, and the newly
rganized Drama Festival.
Tailored to elementary, junior high, and senior high
audiences, the programs will directly involve over 25,000
students. Mr. Verne Sellin, conductor-commentator, will
direct the orchestra.
Two concerts will be given in each school each day to
allow the entire student body and those of neighboring
schools to attend. After the concerts, musicians will hold
workshop sessions for instrumental students. Mr. Sellin
will also lead informative discussions on the program just
presented.
Last year Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of
Schools, commented, "This program has proved so suc-
cessful that both the scope and number of in-school con-
certs has been greatly increased. In doing so, we are
recognizing two basics : one, that the San Francisco Sym-
phony Orchestra is one of the great cultural resources of
this city; and, two, that the intimate contact with this
great orchestra should be an integral part of a child's
total education. We have every reason to feel that this
program will be a vitally important phase of their total
cultural experience."
Dr. Albert A. Renna, District Director of Music and
long a leading exponent of the in-school concert concept,
emphasizes that the program is a far-reaching addition
to the fine arts program. He states, "It is important for
all children to understand and appreciate fine arts early,
not just a talented few. This plan, involving a great resi-
dent orchestra, should eventually directly involve every
child in the San Francisco public school system, which is
our goal."
The schedule of concerts is as follows :
Monday, October 14, at 1 and 2:10 p.m. Bret Harte Elemen-
tary School Auditorium, 1035 Gillman Avenue. Rehearsal in
the auditorium from 9 a.m. -12 noon.
Tuesday, October 15, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Patrick Henry
Elementary School Auditorium, 693 Vermont Street.
Wednesday, October 16, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Commodore
Sloat Elementary School Auditorium, 50 Darien Way.
Thursday, October 17, at 9:15 and 10:10 a.m. at Roosevelt
Junior High School Auditorium, 460 Arguello Blvd.
Friday, October 18, at 9:15 and 10:10 a.m. Lawton Elemen-
tary School Auditorium, 1570- 31st Avenue.
Monday, October 21, at 1:15 and 2:10 p.m. Pelton Junior
High School Auditorium, 45 Conkling Street. Rehearsal in the
auditorium, 9 a.m.- 12 noon.
Tuesday, October 22, at 9:35 and 10:35 Aptos Junior High
School Auditorium, 105 Aptos Avenue.
Wednesday, October 23, at 9:20 and 10:25 a.m. Herbert Hoo-
ver Junior High School Auditorium, 2290 - 14th Avenue.
Thursday, October 24, 9:20 and 10:20 a.m. Luther Burbank
Junior High School Auditorium, 325 La Grande Avenue.
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NEWSLETTER
October 14, 1968||
Proposition "\" Background
What If Tax Limit Is Not Increased?
(This is the second in a series of informational
articles for District personnel relative to Proposition
"I" which would increase the tax limit for the
public schools by 98 cents from $2.55 to $3.53.)
What Will Happen If the School Tax Limit Is Not
Increased?
If the voters of San Francisco do not approve
the proposal to increase the school-tax limit on
November 5, the Board of Education, because it
will not have enough funds, will be forced to take
undesirable steps such as the following in operating
the schools:
1. Give up the vital three-year program to em-
ploy a sufficient number of teachers to reduce class
size (only one-third of this program has been ac-
complished)
2. Increase class size by reverting to the 1967-68
levels
3. Reduce rather than increase the present pro-
grams in reading, in bilingual instruction, and for
the gifted
4. Delay the most essential expansion of support-
ing services and specialists required for the varied
school population of San Francisco including full
counseling and guidance, special testing, work-ex-
perience programs, tutorial programs, remedial
work, psychologists
5. Limit the number and scope of summer ses-
sion programs
6. Give up plans for developing new approaches
to occupational training
7. Reduce the adult education budget
8. Give up plans to improve school library serv-
ices
9. Eliminate plans to provide auxiliary person-
nel to assist classroom teachers
10. Eliminate preparation periods for teachers
11. Limit the purchase of essential supplies,
equipment, and supplementary textbooks
12. Curtail further the maintenance of school
buildings and grounds which is presently well below
acceptable standards.
If these undesirable steps are taken, it will be
difficult to attract good teachers to San Francisco.
In addition, there is the possibility of losing good
teachers, for many will want to work in other
school districts in which they will not teach under
handicaps such as those set forth above.
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A demonstration lesson on "The Biological Transition
from Childhood to Puberty and Adolescence" for par-
ents, teachers, and students at the fifth and sixth grade
levels will be presented in a number of District schools
beginning October 15, 1968.
As a community service, the University of California
Medical School is offering the services of a team of doc-
tors directed by Herbert Vandervoort, M.D., Psychiatrist
and Behavioral Scientist, and Mary Malloy, M.D., Pedia-
trician, and a number of physicians and advanced medi-
cal students to explain the biological transition children
experience as they grow into puberty and early adoles-
cence.
In each of seven neighborhoods a team of volunteer
doctors will present the demonstration lession first to
parents before a similar lesson is presented to fifth and
sixth grade pupils in some of the elementary schools in
each neighborhood. The lesson will illustrate the instruc-
tion given by resource teachers in the schools which arc
initiating the Health and Family Life Education progran
during 1968-69
The sessions for parents and teachers will be held or]
Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The first tw<
meetings include: Richmond District — October 15
George Peabody School, 250 - 7th Avenue; Western Ad
dition, Central District — November 19, Raphael Weil
School, 1501 O'Farrell Street
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Friday, October 25, at 9:20 and 10:20 a.m. Presidio Junior
High School Auditorium, 450 - 30th Avenue.
Monday, Octobei 28, at 1:30 and 2:25 p.m. Abraham Lincoln
High School Auditorium, 2126 -24th Avenue near Rivera
Street. Rehearsal in auditorium from 9 a.m. -12 noon.
Tuesday, October 29, at 1:25 and 2:30 p.m. Lowell High
School Auditorium, 1101 Eucalyptus Drive.
Wednesday, October 30, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Woodrow
Wilson High School Auditorium, 400 Mansell Street.
Thursday, October 31, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Mission High
School Auditorium, 3750 18lh Street.
Friday, November 1, at 9:05 and 10 a.m. Galileo High School
Auditorium, 1150 Francisco Street.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 7 October 14, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemrnitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolf o de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
Effective November 1, 1968
District Employee Dental Plan Is Approved
At the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Octo-
Iber 8, 1968, the Board of Education accepted the recom-
;imendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins to enter
linto an agreement with the California Dental Service to
provide a prepaid Dental Service for all certificated and
Jjclassified personnel and their families of the District who
Ijare members of the San Francisco Employee's Retirement
[(System. The plan includes long-term substitutes. The ap-
proximate cost will be $775,000.
i During the spring the Superintendent agreed with the
| Negotiating Council and the American Federation of
[Teachers to recommend to the Board of Education that
■the 1968-69 budget would include funds for a prepaid
I dental and drug plan. However, funds for the purpose
[were not authorized until the adoption of the final bud-
jet on August 6, 1968. The Fiscal Office then took im-
[ mediate steps to have various companies submit plans
■"or consideration.
The plan will become effective on November 1, 1968.
[Employees and their families will be covered from that
Bate.
' The California Dental Service Plan is an incentive
):ype plan which requires an employee or his dependent
I'.o visit a dentist at least once each year of participation.
Additional details of the plan follow :
Treatment after loss of
eligibility
\nnual Max. Per Person
Percentage Payable for
3asic Benefits
I 1st year
: 2nd year
; 3rd year
I 4th & subsequent years
I Vosthetic Devices &
definition of Prosthetic
)evices & Services
)ependent Age Coverage
itannous Floride
^reatment
Ueanings
lentures provided prior
) effective date of
lental Plan
$750 per calendar year
70%
80%
90%
100%
50%
Bridges, partial &
complete dentures
Birth to age 19,
to age 23 if student
Stannous Floride is
provided up to age 18.
If dentist requests
treatment after age 18
C.D.S. will honor claim.
Cleanings can be
provided more than twice
a year if substantiated
by attending dentist.
Has no limitation as to
the time denture has
been installed prior to
effective date of plan,
except if paid for under
any C.D.S. Plan.
Basis of Payment
Quality Control and
screening; of claims
Claims Cost Control and
guarantee of dentists'
usual and customary fee
Route of Claims Form
Optional Courses of
Treatment
Maximum
preauthorization
Rate guarantee
Rates
One Party
Two Party
Three Party +
No time limit on pros-
thetic devices if author-
ized while patient was
eligible. 60 day time
limit on basic benefits
if C.D.S. has not been
notified by school
district of termination
of eligibility.
Payment based on
the participating
dentist's individual
fee listing on file in
CDS offices. If dentist
is not a CDS participating
dentist, payment reverts
to applicable percentage
of CDS Schedule B.
All claims reviewed by
technically qualified
personnel and regularly
reviewed by professional
and home office audits.
Long established and
effective cost control
program. The mechanics
of CDS cost control
program are too extensive
to enumerate.
Patient visits a dentist
of his choice. During
first visit he advises
dentist he is a member
of CDS. Dentist com-
pletes treatment form
(from a supply which all
dentists have in their
office) and sends to CDS
for verification of
eligibility. CDS returns
form to dentist, who
proceeds with authorized
work. Dentist returns
form to CDS after com-
pletion of work, and
CDS reimburses dentist.
Patient must accept
lesser of two fees.
$35
2 years
$ 5.54
9.58
13.79
NEWSLETTER
October 14, 19681 M
Announcements
• TEACHER RIGHTS TO BE DISCUSSED
The Constitution and the Classroom Teacher: A Dia-
logue, a day-long program sponsored by the Constitution-
al Rights Foundation, the California Teachers Associa-
tion, and the California Parent Teachers Association, will
be held Saturday, October 19, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 39th Avenue and
Ortega Street.
The $5 registration fee (which includes lunch, case
materials, and panel sessions) should be mailed to the
Constitutional Rights Foundation, Office 406, 503 Mar-
ket Street 94105.
• TASF TO MEET OCTOBER 21
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will hold
its general monthly meeting, Monday, October 21, at 4
p.m. in the Board of Education meeting room, 170 Fell
Street. All schools are urged to have a representative in
attendance as the program of action and other important
issues will be discussed.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces that its annual fall dinner will be held Thursday,
October 24, at The Leopard, 140 Front Street. A social
hour beginning at 6:30 p.m. will precede the 8 p.m.
dinner.
Cost of the dinner is $6.00, all inclusive, and checks
should be made payable to Luke Angelich, 669 Haw-
thorne Drive, Tiburon, 94920.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2704 — School Custodian — Mission High
2724 — School Custodian — Francisco Junior High,
Daniel Webster, and Sir Francis Drake
2726 — School Custodian Sub-Foreman — John Mc-
Laren
NATIONAL TEACHERS EXAMINATION
The Personnel Services office announces that the
registration deadline for the National Teachers Ex-
amination is Friday, October 18, 1968. Registration
forms are available in Room 116, Central Office.
All long-term substitutes, day-to-day substitutes,
and teachers not on probationary status who wish
to qualify for the 1969-70 eligibility lists in the San
Francisco public schools must take the National
Teachers Examination.
The examination itself will be given on Saturday,
November 9, 1968. The registration fee for the
common examination plus one teaching area exam-
ination is $11.
Payment of an additional $3 late registration fee
will permit acceptance of registration forms up to
the late registration closing date of Friday, October
25, 1968.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Monday, October 21, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
October time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on November 1, 1968,
for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on October 29 and their full-
time teachers' time sheets on November 1 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for October 16 through
October 31 will be picked up at the schools at
8:30 a.m. on October 21, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in October for principals
and assistant principals is 23; the number of days
for teachers is 23.
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• CANHC TO MEET OCTOBER 16
The California Association for Neurologically Handi-
capped Children, San Francisco Chapter, announces thai
its first meeting will be held Wednesday, October 16, i
p.m., at Aptos Junior High School and will feature Dr
Henry S. Richanbach who will discuss "The Medica
Consultants in the EH Program."
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians will meet Thursday, October 17
at 4 p.m. in the library of Polytechnic High School, 701
Frederick Street. All elementary, junior high, and senioj]
high school librarians are welcome.
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OCTOBER 21, 1968
NUMBER 8
X-Ray Facility Change Noted
The San Francisco Tuberculosis and Health As-
sociation and the San Francisco Medical Society
announce that X-ray services at 250 Masonic Av-
enue will be discontinued on October 31, 1968.
Because an appreciable number of school person-
nel have used the 250 Masonic Avenue facility for
their required tuberculosis test, it is important that
they know that this X-ray location will cease oper-
ating the end of October.
Units that are available to provide this service
include the following: Health Department, 101
Grove Street; North East Health Center, 799 Pa-
cific Avenue; and the Tuberculosis Association's
X-ray truck at various locations. A fourth facility
will soon be in operation at the Sunset Health
Center.
ndustrial Arts Honor
ioosevelt Student Takes Award
aseph Jentick, 8th grade student at Roosevelt Junior High
'Chool, received an outstanding achievement award of $100
ish and an all-expense paid trip to Sacramento, for his entry in
le Eighth Annual Industrial Arts Awards Program held at Cal-
<po this summer. Presenting the award is Dr. Eugene Gonzales,
ssociate Superintendent of Public Instruction, California State
epartment of Education. Orville Stocker, Joseph's instructor at
oosevelt, is on the left. Joseph's entry was a pair of swag lamps,
ther winners included Randy Weaver, Roosevelt, superior award,
'laid checkerboard, Mr. Stocker, teacher; Group Entry, Roose-
;lt, superior award, recipe booklet, Milton Schroeder, teacher;
id Group Entry, Balboa High, superior award, silk screen design,
icholas Germano, teacher.
New Leadership Position
Reverend Lee Is Appointed As
Coordinator of Project SEED
Reverend Charles H. Lee was appointed to the posi-
tion of School-Community Coordinator of the Southeast
Educational Development Program (Project SEED)
upon recommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jen-
kins at the September 24, 1968 meeting of the Board of
Education.
Reverend Lee of the Ridgepoint Methodist Church was
recommended to the Superintendent by the community
members of the Interim SEED Board. In their nomina-
tion of Reverend Lee for the position, it was stated that
he possessed "the leadership quality which enables him to
unify different factions within the community, to address
themselves to a commonly shared goal — quality edu-
cation."
Reverend Lee will function as the community's top ad-
ministrator in the $545,760 federally funded project. The
School-Community Coordinator will be responsible for
the necessary coordination and liaison between the com-
munity (SEED Project Board) and the Superintendent
of Schools.
Project SEED, which calls for active community in-
volvement in the Hunters Point-Bayview area schools, is
an educational enrichment program, which will bring in-
creased educational services to the schools. An office will
be opened at 4602 Third Street to handle necessary de-
tails.
Reverend Lee's appointment to the post was approved
by the Board of Education by a 4-1 vote.
Reverend Lee has served as Chairman of the Education
Committee, Bayview-Hunters Point Coordinating Coun-
cil/Joint Housing Committee, and as Chairman, Board
of Directors, Hunters Point Community Foundation.
Other community activities have included membership
on the Board of Directors, Hunters Point Boys Club;
Acting Director of Ridgepoint Non-Profit Housing Cor-
poration of the Ridgepoint Methodist Church; member-
ship on the Citizens Advisory Committee on Educational
Equality/Quality Report; and membership on the Pelton
Junior High School-Parent-Community Relations Steer-
ing Committee.
He received his AB degree from Texas Southern Uni-
versity, Houston, Texas, in 1960, and his BD degree
from the Interdenominational Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Georgia, in 1965. He served in the U. S. Army
from 1947 to 1956, progressing from the rank of private
to captain.
NEWSLETTER
October 21, 196S
To Aptos Library
Autographed Volume Presented
Dr. Howard Thurman is seen autographing a copy of the book
Howard Thurman - Portrait of a Practical Dreamer for the Aptos
Junior High School library. Dr. Thurman is standing in front
of the Freedom Now sculpture which is part of the Afro-Ameri-
can exhibit currently at the Grace Cathedral. Pictured with
Dr. Thurman are (left to right) Mrs. Thurman; Mrs. Myron H.
Johnson, John Adams Adult School teacher; Myron H. Johnson,
Head Counselor — Boys, Aptos Junior High School.
Dr. Howard Thurman, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust and
organizer-founder of the San Francisco Fellowship
Church of All Peoples, recently presented an autographed
copy of the book Howard Thurman — Portrait of a
Practical Dreamer by Elizabeth Yates to the Aptos Junior
High School library.
Dr. Thurman presented the autographed copy to My-
ron Johnson, Aptos Head Counselor — Boys, at a lun-
cheon commemorating the Afro-American exhibit at the
Grace Cathedral.
The exhibit features the renowned Freedom Now
sculpture of artist Robert W. Ames, which is on display
to the public and school children until October 31.
Dr. Thurman's inscription reads as follows: "To the
Aptos Junior High School, Make what you hunger for
Real — No one can prevent you there!"
• MUSEUM DONATION NOTED
Maurice K. Schiffman, teacher at A. P. Giannini Jun-
ior High School and authority on Japanese culture, has
donated some 60 Japanese fans to the Lowie Museum at
the University of California at Berkeley. A letter from the
University states, in part, ". . . the documentation which
you provided places an inestimable scientific value on the
collection. . ."
Mr. Schiffman has divided and donated his fan collec-
tion, part of which is used by the schools within the Dis-
trict.
IN MEMORIAM
Frances M. Reed
Norman Wolfe
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Multi-Culture Measure Approved
A resolution approving cooperation between the Schoo!
District and the Multi-Culture Institute was approved b)
the Board of Education upon recommendation of Super-
intendent Robert E. Jenkins at the September 24, 1968
meeting.
The resolution states that the School District will en-
courage the Multi-Culture Institute to develop its pro<
gram in such ways as to achieve maximum usefulness foi
public and other large school systems and will offer con-
sultation and guidance towards these ends.
The resolution further states that when evaluation ol
the Multi-Culture operational program begins, the Su
perintendent will appoint a high level staff member oi
committee to assist the Multi-Culture Institute in assess-
ing possible implications and uses of the project for pub
lie and other large school systems.
A non-profit organization, the Multi-Culture Institutt
has been endorsed by Mayor Joseph Alioto and the Boarc
of Supervisors. It sponsors a unique educational approacl
calculated to attack the roots of racial and ethnic hostili-
ties in the cities.
The focus of the program is a teaching plan whicl
envisions children of different races and ethnic back
grounds being deliberately segregated for part of the
school day for special instruction in their group differ
ences and cultural heritages.
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Croft Educational Services announces that its new
book, Successful Practices in Teaching Physical Fitness —
Part II, contains a section devoted to the physical educa
tion program at James Lick Junior High School.
The book will be distributed nationally to physical ed
ucators and administrators concerned with the physica
education curriculum, and it contains some 34 reports o
what are ". . . among the most outstanding physical fit
ness practices in the nation."
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
...
Vol. 40, No. 8
October 21, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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October 21, 1968
NEWSLETTER
Mayor Calls Meeting
Press Conference Features Proposition T
(This is the third in a series of articles relative to Prop-
\ osition "I," designed to keep School District personnel
i informed about the tax limit measure which will appear
J on the November 5 election ballot.)
The significance of Proposition "I," the school tax
i limit increase measure, was outlined by Mayor Joseph L.
:Alioto in a press conference on Monday, October 14,
1968.
Present at the press conference were Benjamin H.
iSwig, chairman of the Citizens Committee for Proposi-
jtion "I," and Mrs. Bruce Cowan, "Grass Roots" Commit-
tee chairman.
Mayor Alioto strongly endorsed the measure in the
ijmeeting with press representatives and stressed the effects
,of inflation on the school financial picture and the grow-
ling costs of educating children in urban centers.
He further emphasized the city's need for quality edu-
cation to help cope with a variety of current social prob-
lems and the need for insuring something more than a
imediocre education for urban children.
Mr. Swig indicated the importance of increasing the
ischool tax limit in order to provide the best possible edu-
cational opportunities for all students.
Mrs. Cowan commented on the necessity for continu-
ous improvement in city schools to hold and attract mid-
dle income families and stem the movement of such
groups to suburban communities. She further stressed that
passage of Proposition "I" would enable the School Dis-
trict to maintain many of its new programs and allow
for the development of future programs so vital to the
changed needs of the city's diversified population.
The Mayor outlined a number of possible conse-
quences if Proposition "I" fails to receive a majority of
the votes cast. He indicated the threat to the School Dis-
trict's class size reduction program, curtailment of newly
instituted programs, such as the bilingual programs, and
a general cut-back in many of the school improvements
initiated in the 1967-68 school year.
Endorsements in support of Proposition "I" have been
received from the following organizations:
Andrew Jackson P.T.A., Burnett School P.T.A., Chinese Six
Companies, Chinese Methodist Church, Civic League of Im-
provement Clubs & Association of S. F., Coordinating Council
for Integrated Schools, Federation of Public Employees, Greater
Chamber of Commerce, Horizons Unlimited, Human Rights
Commission, Ingleside United Presbyterian Church, Interna-
tional Institute of San Francisco, Lafayette Club, Lakeshore
School Faculty, Mark Twain Elementary School Parent-Teacher
Association, Metropolitan Council of NAACP, San Francisco
Association of School Administrators, San Francisco Association
of Secondary School Administrators CASSA No. 6, San Fran-
cisco Second District, California Congress of Parents & Teach-
ers, San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, San Fran-
cisco Conference on Religion, Race and Social Concerns; San
Francisco Council of Churches, San Francisco Council for Social
Studies, San Francisco Division of California Retired Teachers,
San Francisco Elementary Administrators Association, San
Francisco Federation of Teachers, San Francisco Greater China-
town Community Service Association, San Francisco Labor
Council, San Francisco Retired Teachers Association, San Fran-
cisco Women's Forum Board, St. Francis Square Apartments,
Spanish Speaking/Surnamed Political Association, Spring Valley
P.T.A., United Mission District Organizations, Winfield Scott
P.T.A.
Audio Visual Dates Are Booked
j Dr. William B. Sanborn, Director, Division of Instruc-
tional Materials, announces that there are no available
dates open for Monday, Wednesday, or Friday for con-
firming 16mm film materials for the months of October,
November, and December. January of 1969 is almost
''booked out," as are several days in February.
Mrs. Pauline K. Levie, Research Librarian, Bureau of
\udio Visual Education, explains that no more 16mm
ilms can be booked for shipment on Mondays, Wednes-
days, or Fridays during this period since the Bureau's
Processing and shipping capacity for any given day has
ilready been confirmed.
During the summer months approximately 15,000
1 6mm films were booked for delivery for the school year.
Almost all of these were for fall and winter use.
The bureau processes and ships materials to the known
imit of available staff and delivery facilities. Numerous
idditional requisitions have been received since the
ipening of school for fall booking. Many of these will of
lecessity be returned unprocessed since the dates are al-
:eady filled.
At Golden Gate School
Disneyland Trip Is Scheduled
The second trip to Disneyland for a group of Golden Gate School
students has been planned for Saturday, October 26. Pictured
above discussing the trip are (left to right) Michael Holway,
Principal; Mrs. Thelma Bussey, 6th grade teacher; and Mrs.
Vivian Tyrrell, Golden Gate PTA member. Mrs. Bussey's students
and six adults, including Mr. Holway and a team of Golden Gate
teachers, will make the trip. Transportation will be provided by
Air California, and expenses will be extended through the cour-
tesy of the San Francisco Council on Race and Religion. The
group will leave at 6 a.m. on October 26 and return at 7:30
p.m. the same day.
NEWSLETTER
October 21, 1968
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Announcements
• PATRICIA MEEHAN MEMORIAL FUND
The faculty of Lawton School has established a me-
morial fund in memory of Patricia Meehan, former
teacher at Lawton School, who was killed in the tragic
helicopter flight to Disneyland last August. This fund
will finance creation of a mural in tribute to Miss Mee-
han, which will be planned and organized in cooperation
with the Art Department, Herbert Simon, Director.
The activities of the pupils in this project will be un-
der the direct supervision of Patricia Welch, Art Special-
ist, at Lawton School. A dedication program will be held
upon completion and at that time the mural will be un-
veiled at its permanent place in the school library.
Friends wishing to contribute to this fund are asked
to send donations to Lawton School addressed to "Pa-
tricia Meehan Memorial Fund," 1750 -31st Ave., San
Francisco 94122.
The fund will also be used to continue the literature
project Miss Meehan established at the Fiailoa School
on American Samoa.
• FEDERATION COMMITTEE MEETING
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers Elementary
Problems Committee will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
October 26, in the Mission Room (9th floor) of the Bay-
view Towers, 2601 Mission Street. The meeting is open
to all elementary and special services teachers. Parking is
available in the rear of the building.
Panels composed of District teachers will discuss ad-
ministrator-teacher relations, special services, reading
(Sullivan and other series), classroom organization, cur-
riculum, and supplies.
• 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The Department of Education of the University of San
Francisco is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its found-
ing with a special dinner sponsored by the University's
Alumni Education Club.
The dinner will be held on Friday, November 8, on the
U.S.F. campus. Guest speaker will be Dr. James C. Stone,
Professor of Education and head of teacher education at
the University of California in Berkeley. Dinner reserva-
tions can be made immediately by calling 752-6560.
• CHILDREN'S FILMS TO BE SHOWN
The 1968 San Francisco International Film Festival
announces that it will present two children's films this
year at the Masonic Auditorium, 1111 California Street.
They are Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty at 10:30 a.m.
on Saturday, October 26, and a Swedish children's film
Hugo and Josephine on Saturday, November 2, at 10:30
a.m.
Children's tickets are $1 and adult tickets are $1.50,
and may be ordered from the San Francisco Film Festi-
val, Special Services, 288 Turk Street.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Monday, October 21, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
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• PTA DINNER OCTOBER 22
The 21st annual Presidents' and Principals' dinner
sponsored by San Francisco Second District PTA will be
held on Tuesday, October 22, 1968 at 6 p.m. in Smith
Hall, City College of San Francisco.
School principals and their spouses will be guests of
PTA presidents and their spouses, with the dinner pre-
pared and served by students of the Restaurant Division
of City College.
PTA delegates are invited to attend the 7 : 30 p.m. busi-
ness meeting following the dinner to hear the Honorable
Joseph Kennedy, Judge of the Municipal Court, as guest
speaker.
Central Office staff are also invited to attend the din-
ner meeting. Dinner tickets may be purchased in the PTA
Office, Room 32-A for $4.25 per person.
DEADLINE FOR TRANSFER REQUESTS
All permanent teachers are reminded that No-
vember 1 is the deadline for turning in requests for
transfers that will become effective at the begin-
ning of the spring 1969 semester. If such requests
have been on file two years or longer, new applica-
tions should be submitted to the Personnel Services
office, Room 116.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB DINNER
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco will
hold its annual fall dinner on Thursday, October 24, at
The Leopard, 140 Front Street, with a social hour at
6:30 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m.
Dinner cost is $6.50, all inclusive (not $6 as announced
last week), and checks should be made payable to Luke
Angelich, 669 Hawthorne Drive, Tiburon 94920.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
OCTOBER 28, 1968
NUMBER 9
Retail Training Course Begins
The District Adult and Occupational Education
Office is once again cooperating with the Human
Rights Commission, the San Francisco Retailers
Community Relations Group, and the Youth Op-
portunity Center in developing a special training
and employment program for unemployed, out-of-
school youth between the ages of 16 and 21.
A group of San Francisco retailers is planning
some 200 job placements for such young people.
They will be interviewed and hired before taking a
special retail training course which will provide
direct preparation for the anticipated jobs.
Classes will be held at the Mission Adult High
School with the first session being held from Octo-
ber 28 until November 8. The second session will
run from November 12 to November 22.
The District's Occupational Preparation Office
is coordinating the program.
Scholarship Award
ity College Student Commended
itanald Guyton, student at City College of San Francisco, is seen
eceiving a check for $500 from Hulsey S. Lokey, President,
lost International. Donald was declared the winner of the organi-
ation's 1968 scholarship award, which consists of a $500 grant
or each of the two years he is enrolled in the Project FEAST
'rogram under the City College Hotel and Restaurant Founda-
ion. Pictured also are Mrs. Hilda Watson Gifford, Director of
he Project FEAST Program, and George Hansen, San Francisco
nternational Airport General Manager, as they participated in an
ward presentation luncheon. Donald will be given the opportun-
ty to gain work experience and additional financial assistance by
n-the-job training as a management trainee at Host's airport
acilities.
To Grandvel A. Jackson
Human Relations Award Is Made
The San Francisco
Foundation Award for
1968 has been presented
to Grandvel A. Jackson,
Field Representative for
the Human Relations Of-
fice of the San Francisco
Unified School District.
The presentation was
made by Daniel E. Kosh-
land, Vice Chairman of
the Foundation.
The award is made an-
nually "for exceptionally
courageous and effective
work in improving human
relations." It is intended
to recognize a significant
contribution toward im-
provement of the relationship between different ethnic
groups making up the cosmopolitan population of the
Bay Area. The award carries with it a plaque and a check
for $500.
Mr. Jackson has a long history of outstanding work in
this area. Before coming to the School District, he did
conspicuous service for the San Francisco Human Rights
Commission. He was one of the key figures in establishing
the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside Community
Stabilibation Program, to which the Foundation has con-
tributed in substantial amount. He was chosen for the
1968 award from among some twenty nominations made
to the Foundation early this year.
Daniel E. Koshland presents
the San Francisco Foundation
Award for 1968 to Grandvel
A. Jackson, Human Relations
Field Representative.
Defer Discipline Policy Decision
A statement of the School District's Discipline
Policy and the Discipline Handbook were reviewed
and discussed by Board of Education members,
teacher organization representatives, and parents
at the Board meeting of October 21, 1968.
After considerable comment from those in at-
tendance, the Board referred the policy statement
and procedures back to Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins for further study and evaluation.
The Discipline Policy Statement and the Disci-
pline Handbook will be resubmitted to the Board
for adoption at a future meeting.
NEWSLETTER
October 28, 19681
Unique Loan Plan
New Copy Machines for Schools
Emil Anderson, Assistant Principal, Lowell High School, is seen
giving instructions in the operation of the new A. B. Dick
Electrostatic Copy Machine now in use in District senior, junior,
and adult high schools. Pictured also are Lowell students Dorothy
Dowell and Fred Beckman, and Mrs. Doris Johnson, school secre-
tary.
District junior, senior, and adult high schools were
recently furnished with Electrostatic Copy Machines free
of charge by the A. B. Dick Company.
Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies, reports that the
District merely purchases the photocopy paper at the
federal contract price, thereby establishing a copy cost
of $0.47 1 per copy.
This copy cost is identical to that paid for paper pur-
chased for the several electrostatic copiers owned by the
School District. This was not only the lowest cost avail-
able through the bid procedure, but is particularly at-
tractive because there was no capital investment for the
equipment.
This unique loan plan developed when the "copy cost
concept" was explored by the District and when several
vendors indicated an interest in furnishing the equip-
ment, providing the District purchase the paper from the
vendor.
The A. B. Dick Company earned the right to the three-
year contract (with a two-year extension option) estab-
lished with the District on the basis of bidding the lowest
cost per copy.
The "free loan equipment plan" is the first of its kind
in the nation for a school district, Mr. Lahl reports, and
can be attributed in part to the efforts of pursuing the
best available services for the lowest possible cost. In this
case, there was no capital investment for equipment,
saving the District approximately $30,000.
• ART TEACHERS ELECTED
Two San Francisco art teachers, Paula Steinbach
and Venita Lobdcll, have been elected to both the Nor-
thern Area and the State Councils of the California Art
Education Association. Miss Steinbach is the Elementary
Representative and Mrs. Lobdcll is the Secondary Rep-
resentative on the two councils.
Portola Has New Math Look
LAM-G9, a Laboratory Approach to Mathematics
Grade 9, is the first program of its kind to be introduced
into the junior high schools of San Francisco. The pro-
gram was field tested at Roosevelt Junior High School
during the summer of 1968 and is now officially installed
at Portola Junior High School.
Essentially, the program seeks to motivate ninth grade
students towards an exploration of mathematical con-
cepts and skills through the use of the Divisumma 24GT.
These are fully automatic high speed calculators with
print tape output and two registers — one for the four
basic arithmetic operations (with positive and negative
multiplication and division) and the other, an accumu-
lator wheh carries a running total of the first register. In
addition, it features a memory device with transfer capa-
bilities.
Flow charting is used exclusively, not only to instruct
students in the use of the machines, but as a method of
analyzing and structuring the problem solving process.
An unusual aspect of the program will be its attempt
to introduce relevant materials to the student by asking
the neighborhood merchants to provide mathematic-
based problems drawn from their official business files.
This type of cooperative community involvement will
hopefully lead to open dialogue between school and com-
munity from which will result a truly meaningful curricu-
lum. Parents and friends of the students in the program
will be invited to visit the laboratory for a more detailed
presentation of the course.
Three ninth grade classes of 24 students each are cur-
rently enrolled in the program under Hattie Perkins, who
not only teaches the course, but who also serves as the
school-site curriculum writer. Miss Perkins is assisted by
a graduate student from San Francisco State College
Funding for LAM-G9 comes from ESEA sources, and
the program is being evaluated by the District Research
Office.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 9
October 28, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
October 28, 1968
NEWSLETTER
World-Wide Guests Pay Visit
The School District has been honored by recent visits
from the following educational travelers:
From Iceland — Johannes L. Helgason, University of
Iceland — visited City College.
From Africa (various countries) — Eight teachers —
visited John Adams Adult.
From Mauritius Island — H. E. Sookdeo Bissoondoyal,
Government Minister — ■ visited Central Office.
From Nigeria — Mrs. Christiana Odulana, Secondary
Principal — visited Woodrow Wilson High.
From Germany — Manfred Schulte, Bundestag mem-
ber — visited Office of Occupational Preparation.
From Venezuela — Ten teachers — visited Balboa
High School.
From Hong Kong — P. Y. Tang, businessman —
i/isited Galileo High.
From Philippine Islands — Cesar T. Lucero, City
iouncilor — visited John O'Connell Vocational High,
afayette, and George Washington High.
From Australia — Margot Higgins, Balmain Teachers'
lollege — visited Central Office and John Swett.
From Denmark — Jens Winther, Social Studies teach-
:r — visited Central Office.
i From Japan — Sadahiro Sato, Japanese National
committee for UNESCO — visited Central Office;
jromoichi Naya, Professor, Denki College, Tokyo —
fished Commodore Stockton, Mark Twain, Francisco
Junior High, and A. P. Giannini Junior High.
Historical Approach
)ance Program at James Denman
udents at James Denman Junior High School recently witnessed
J unique program on the "Story of Tap and Jazz Dancing" per-
rmed by Les Williams, professional dancer, actor, teacher, and
Icturer. A Stanford University graduate, Mr. Williams limits his
,'ogram geographically and historically to the United States,
counting the growth of the tap and jazz dancing forms from
>lonial days to present times. Pictured with Mr. Williams are
[oris Wecsen, Head Counselor — Girls, and Lawrence Webber,
'incipal of James Denman.
Mrs. Bruce Cowan, Chairman,
Citizens "Grass Roots" Com-
mittee in support of Proposi-
tion "I," joined Mayor Joseph
L. Alioto in a recent press
conference in which strong
endorsement was given to the
tax limit increase measure.
Proposition "I" Plan
Door-to-Door Drive Is Readied
(This is the fourth in a
series of articles directed
to keeping school person-
nel informed on matters
relative to Proposition
"I," the school tax limit
increase measure.)
A massive door-to-door,
district-by-district drive in
support of Proposition"!"
will be conducted Satur-
day, November 2, 1968,
■ when volunteer School
'' " District personnel partici-
pate in a four-hour effort
to enlist support for the
tax limit increase measure
for District schools.
Teachers and adminis-
trators will cover the city from 9:30 a.m. to 1 : 15 p.m. in
this broad-based attempt to explain the school tax issue
which will appear on the November 5 ballot.
School District personnel are joining with the League
of Women Voters, the Citizens' Committee for Proposi-
tion "I," Second District, California Congress of Parents
and Teachers, Mothers' and Parents' Clubs, and other
interested citizens in the final weekend effort. Mrs. Eu-
gene Bossi of the Citizens' Committee is helping to co-
ordinate the drive.
District elementary schools will serve as centers from
which the volunteers will be given specific neighborhood
assignments. Volunteers will work in pairs and will file
brief reports upon completing their assignments.
During the past week administrators and teachers vol-
unteered for Saturday assignments in their home schools.
They will be assigned to an elementary school as an oper-
ational base for the November 2 program.
• SERVES AS SUMMER DEAN
Joan Houck, music teacher at Aptos Junior High
School, served as Dean of Women at Brevard College,
North Carolina, this past summer.
• PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS
A series of study-discussion groups on the subject "Sex
Education for Our Children" is being offered at Robert
Louis Stevenson School by the Parent Education Pro-
grams Office, Adult Division, for parents of elementary
and junior high school students on Monday evenings
from 7 to 9 p.m.
The program is being offered in cooperation with the
Robert Louis Stevenson PTA. The sessions will be con-
ducted October 28, November 4, 18, 25, and December
2.
For additional information call Mrs. Herst Pfendt at
566-0956.
NEWSLETTER
October 28, 196H
Announcements
• ELEMENTARY SCIENCE SUPPLIES CHANGES
A major revision was made during the school year
1967-68 on the Elementary Science Supplies Requisition
Lists. With the cooperation of the Elementary Supply
Committee, headed by Donald Langendorf, Chairman, a
committee revised the entire Science Supplies List.
The revision brings the science supplies being furnished
through warehouse stock in line with the new California
State adopted texts, Concepts in Science, by Brandwein,
Cooper, Blackwood, and Hone.
Approximately 20 new items were added to the list and
a number of items were modified to conform to the sci-
ence text. The next Science Requisition List will reflect
these changes and schools may avail themselves of these
new supplies items for the teaching of science in the ele-
mentary grades.
Joseph P. Mannon, Supplies Analyst with the Division
of Supplies, was instrumental in effecting these changes
through work with the Supply Committee.
• HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN EDUCATORS
The Education Section of the American Association of
University Women, San Francisco Branch, announces
that it has prepared a new 25-page handbook, Continuing
Education for San Francisco Women: A Handbook of
Resources for Higher Education, Professional Training,
and Vocational and Cultural Enrichment. Copies may be
ordered from Dr. Iona Logie, 1845 Vallejo.
• RACIAL STRIFE PROGRAM REPEATED
KPIX-TV, Channel 5, announces that it will rebroad-
cast One Nation, Indivisible , its three-hour examination
of the racial crisis in America on Tuesday, October 29,
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
The final hour of the program will feature a panel of
Bay Area students in a discussion of local aspects of
racial strife. This is a change from the original program
which featured a panel of local civic and business leaders.
• FRANCISCO CONTINUES SERIES
The Teacher Lecture Series, attended by a capacity
audience of teachers and students at 8 a.m. every Thurs-
day, is underway at Francisco Junior High School. Dur-
ing the series, students speak and write through inter-
viewing their teachers, writing the teachers' biographies,
and introducing the teachers from the speakers' platform.
In the opener of the Lecture Series, Mrs. Bobbye
Blume, English teacher and director of student activities,
told of her recent eight months in Australia. In the next,
Ralph Madsen, who served as an Army officer in Korea,
based his talk on aerial photographs of Korea.
Future sessions will include James Boykin, librarian,
who travels extensively every year, telling of the islands
of the Atlantic, and Mrs. Linda Festa, who joined the
faculty directly from the Peace Corps, speaking on El
Salvador, where she and her husband lived for two years.
Leo Lowe, chairman of the school's gifted program, is
directing the series.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 12, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• ADULT PROGRAM AT APTOS
The Aptos Junior High School PTA is presenting foui
evening forums on the subject "Sex Education for Ado
lescents" on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. ii
the school cafeteria.
The sessions will be held October 29, November 12
November 19, and November 26 and will feature Man
K. Jones, lecturer and discussion leader.
The program is being planned through the Paren
Education Programs Office, Adult Division, Frances
Miller, Director.
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Joseph Amori, Director of Personnel Placement Serv
ices, City College of San Francisco, has been selected h
the American College Personnel Association to participat
in the preparation of a monograph titled Exceptiona
Practices in Junior College Student Personnel Program L
in the United States.
The monograph will include an overview of studen
personnel programs in junior colleges, followed by a serie
of chapters describing exceptional practices in selecte.
areas of student personnel work. A summary chapter wi
describe the trends and challenges in junior college stu y
dent personnel programs.
The selected areas of student personnel work include
Counseling, Placement, Student Activities, Orientatior
Articulation, Testing, Academic Advising, Registratio:
and Records, Remedial and Developmental Program:
Organization and Administration.
Mr. Amori was selected by a panel of junior coi
lege leaders in the United States who were appointed
select outstanding junior college specialists who had e:
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NUMBER 10
Project SEED Positions Open
"j Personnel Services is now accepting applications for
tyhree certificated positions in the Southeast Educational
Development Project (Project SEED).
These positions are Supervisor, Education ; Curriculum
Assistant and Evaluator ; and Guiding Teacher.
Supervisor, Education, will be responsible for the plan-
ing, coordination, and direction of the instructional
al1 irogram. The Administration Credential and the Mas-
M er's degree are required for this position. The annual
alary will be equivalent to that of a Supervisor AA
vhich begins at $17,870.
The Curriculum Assistant and Evaluator will identify
"find evaluate programs. The Administration or Super-
vision Credential is required for this position. The an-
imal salary will be equivalent to that of an Elementary
t» School Principal which begins at $14,825.
The Guiding Teacher will assist and guide teachers in
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)ilingual Program Highlighted
^ >s part of James Lick Junior High School's continuous program
) improve school-community relations, the school's PTA re-
ently sponsored an evening program, "Spanish Bilingual Educa-
on in Action," presented by the teachers and student in the
ilingual classes. Approximately 400 parents attended the event
hich featured Latin music played by the school band and a
sries of scenes depicting Columbus' arrival at the Spanish court
f King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. (See photograph above.)
art of the program also included simulated classroom demon-
rations showing how science and social studies are taught in the
ilingual program. Guests included State Senator Milton Marks,
r. Edward Goldman, Central Office, and representatives of the
lission District community.
Causes and Cures
Birth Defects Conference Set
November 16 at City College
A conference on "Birth Defects — Causes, Preventives,
and Cures" will be held Saturday, November 16, from
9 a.m. to 11 :45 a.m. in the Creative Arts Building Audi-
torium of City College of San Francisco.
The conference will feature a distinguished profession-
al panel which will present the following program and
conduct open discussions on birth defects:
"Genetics and Birth Defects and Drug Usage" —
Charles J. Epstein, M.D., Associate Professor of Pedi-
atrics and Medical Director March of Dimes Birth De-
fects Center, U.C. Medical Center;
"Preparing for Parenthood" — Howard Jacobson,
M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
U.C. Medical Center;
"New Hope for Birth Defects Babies" — Jerome Med-
nick, M.D., Pediatric Neurologist, Medical Director
March of Dimes Birth Defects Center, Children's Hospi-
tal of San Francisco;
"Health Career Opportunities" — Jules Fraden, Dean
of Instruction,- City College of San Francisco.
The program is designed to be of interest to District
teachers, and teachers attending this conference may re-
ceive credit for three hours attendance applicable to an
in-service course in health and family life education to be
held during the spring semester, 1969. Attendance cards
may be procured at the conference from Dr. Frances
Todd, teacher-specialist. No preregistration is necessary.
The conference is being presented by the San Francisco
Chapter of the March of Dimes in cooperation with the
San Francisco Unified School District, Department of
Education, Archdiocese of San Francisco, City College of
San Francisco, and the San Francisco Second District
Parent-Teachers Association.
• DR. MENNINGER VISITS SCHOOL
Dr. Roy Menninger, president of the Menninger Foun-
dation, recently visited E. R. Taylor School while in San
Francisco to address the Commonwealth Club.
Dr. Menninger has maintained a strong interest in
schools since his work as director of the Foundation's
Division of School Mental Health. Four SFUSD person-
nel have served as consultants to this division: Oscar
Galeno, Principal of E. R. Taylor School; Dr. Lane De
Lara, Principal of Francisco Junior High School; Mayme
Chinn, Compensatory Division; J. A. Perino, Principal,
Samuel Gompers High School.
NEWSLETTER
November 4, 196
At Spring Valley
Survival Demonstration Scores
A highly informative introduction to the year's science program
at Spring Valley School was condutced recently when Fred Rod-
gers, 4th grade teacher, presented an auditorium program on
"Survival." The one-man, two-hour demonstration included tape
recordings from a jet fighter, detailed explanation of flying gear,
bail-out equipment, survival materials, projected photographs,
and a motion picture. Mr. Rodgers is an officer in the Air Force
Reserve and brought in a truck-load of equipment from Hamilton
Air Force Base to use in his demonstration. Highlights of the
program were the display and explanation of survival equipment
(see photograph), the opening of a parachute, the inflation of a
life raft on stage, and Mr. Rodgers' donning of flight suits and
equipment. Spring Valley's principal is Elizabeth Hall.
. . . Project SEED Seeks Applicants
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instructional experimentation. The salary will be that
from the Basic Single Salary Schedule for Teachers.
A more complete description of each of these positions
has been sent to each school for posting. Application
forms are available at the office of Personnel Services,
Room 116, 135 Van Ness Avenue. Applications will be
received until November 15, 1968.
• CEC TO MEET NOVEMBER 13
The San Francisco Chapter of the Council for Excep-
tional Children will hold a general meeting Wednesday,
November 13, at 4 p.m. in the Administration Building,
Education 101, City College of San Francisco.
Mrs. Mimi Foord, specialist for the educationally han-
dicapped, will discuss "Language Development in Re-
lation to Reading."
• ACE ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER PROGRAM
The San Francisco Association for Childhood Educa-
tion invites all interested teachers to attend a program
entitled "Adventures in Literature for Young People."
The program will be held in cooperation with the ele-
mentary school librarians on Tuesday, November 19, at
3:45 p.m. at Grattan School.
| Family Life Program for Parents
A program for parents of pre-teenagers and young adc
lescents dealing with "The Transition from Childhoo'
to Puberty" will be held from 7 : 30 to 9 : 30 p.m. on Tues
day, November 19, at Raphael Weill School, 1501 O'Fai
rell Street.
It is one of a number of similar evening program
planned throughout the school year to acquaint parent
with the District's revised Health and Family Life Edu
cation curriculum.
Herbert Vanderhoort, M.D., Psychiatrist and Behavi
oral Scientist, and Mary Malloy, M.D., Pediatrician, wi
present an outstanding program open to all adults fre
of charge.
The parent orientation .meeting is. concerned with
small part of the total health program, namely, the edu
cation of pre-teenagers about the biological changes the
are experiencing as they grow into reproductive maturity
Such instruction is intended to supplement that give:
in the home and is not mandatory. A child may be e>
cused from this part of the instructional program upo
his parents' request.
The doctors will discuss home and school instructio
about sex and reproduction and will answer questions o
human maturation. Two motion pictures will be shown
Boy to Man and Girl to Woman. These films are recon
mended by medical and educational specialists as suitabl
instructional aids for children nearing puberty and earl
adolescence.
On November 27, the doctors will visit Raphael We
School to assist resource teachers and boys and girls :
the 6th grade with a part of the instructional program i
health and science which includes biological maturation
The November 19 evening program is for adults on!
Parents who may wish to form study groups will be ei
couraged to contact the PTA unit president or educatio
chairman. The Adult Education Office will provide pn
fessional leadership for the parent education courses.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 10
November 4, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
, Resolution Adopted
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Board of Supervisors Support
School Tax Measure on Ballot
;;i! (This is the fifth in a series of information articles for
school personnel relative to Proposition "I," the school
A\tax limit increase measure.)
. j On October 14, 1968, the Board of Supervisors of the
' "City and County of San Francisco adopted the following
| resolution:
''^Urging an "aye" vote on local Proposition "I" on the
('November 5, 1968 ballot which by increasing the San
| Francisco Unified School District maximum tax rate
will assure continuance of essential school programs.
Resolution No. 679-68
.1 WHEREAS, At the election to be held on November
.5, 1968, the voters of San Francisco will be called upon
. Jto cast their ballots on local Proposition "I" which is a
'['proposed increase of ninety-eight cents in the maximum
lltax rate on each $100 assessed valuation within the San
''] Francisco Unified School District, commencing July 1,
1969, to produce additional revenues which are to be
C3lused for local kindergarten, elementary, high school and
61 junior college purposes; and
*| WHEREAS, Proposition "I" commends itself to all
'- who are genuinely interested in maintaining and advanc-
ing the scholastic standards and related activities in the
:i!:San Francisco public school system, and approval of
: Proposition "I" will enable the San Francisco Unified
H School District to continue with its current innovative
;U school programs and progress to even better programs in
ilthe near future; and
d: WHEREAS, In the absence of the additional revenues
i contemplated by Proposition "I", the School District is
. ,j of the opinion that most of its new programs of necessity
■Lvill be eliminated to the obvious detriment of the chil-
,\ dren who are directly affected and to the entire commun-
ity; and
J, WHEREAS, Proposition "I" has generated widespread
' support among the public-spirited and civic-minded or-
ganizations throughout the City, including that of the
I League of Women Voters of San Francisco which has
formed a citizens' committee to generate the whole-heart-
j&d support which Proposition "I" justifies; now, there-
" j:ore, be it
' RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors of the
ail pity and County of San Francisco do hereby endorse
I, without reservation Proposition "I" on the November 5,
['1968 ballot which will assure maintenance and advance-
. ! nent of various essential programs within the San Fran-
kisco school system, and do hereby commend an "aye"
vote thereon to all San Francisco voters.
j I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the City and
JHounty of San Francisco at its meeting of Oct. 14, 1968.
ROBERT J. DOLAN, Clerk
Approved: Oct. 18, 1968
JOSEPH L. ALIOTO, Mayor
Dental Plan Cards Are Due
All employees of the San Francisco Unified
School District (certificated and classified) who are
members of the San Francisco Employees Retire-
ment System and all long-term substitutes are noti-
fied that the prepaid dental plan with the California
Dental Service, Group Number 652, became effec-
tive November 1, 1968.
In order that employees' dependents are covered
effective November 1, it is necessary for each em-
ployee to complete a "green" California Dental
Service Membership Enrollment Card, listing
spouse and all children who are under the age of 19
(23 if a student) residing in the employee's home
and who are dependent upon the employee for sup-
port.
The completed cards are to be returned to the
employee's principal or building supervisor, who
will forward the forms no later than November 8
to the Fiscal Office, Room 314, 135 Van Ness Av-
enue.
Delay in receiving a list of the employee's de-
pendents will result in a delay of dental coverage.
Forms received by November 10, will qualify for
coverage effective November 1.
At Bessie Carmichael
Efforts to Improve Math Skills
Mathematics with the use of Cuisenaire rods is being taught in
the third grade at Bessie Carmichael School, utilizing the talents
of James T. Rodman, Principal of Treasure Island School (on the
left). Mr. Rodman spends three mornings a week working with
Mrs. Leona Williams, third grade teacher, in an effort to improve
the mathematics skills of children in this "target area" school.
Cuisenaire rods and prepared mathematics tapes are being used
in the program, and the California Basic Skills Test is being
given for evaluation purposes. Both Sidney Trager, Bessie Car-
michael Principal (center), and Mrs. Williams (right) are most
enthsiastic about the interest and response of the class to the
program.
NEWSLETTER
November i, 1968
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• GUIDED TOURS AT MUSEUM
The Docent Council of the de Young Museum, spon-
sored by the Junior League of San Francisco, is offering
teachers and students of grades 4 through 1 2 an unusual
opportunity to participate in an expanded program of
guided tours.
Tours can ge arranged on the following topics:
Western Art — including
( 1 ) Ancient World — Egypt, Greece and Rome
(2) Masterpieces of European Art — Middle Ages,
Renaissance, Baroque
(3) American Painting and Furniture
(4) Period Rooms — Furnished rooms in appropriate
historical settings.
Oriental Art — including
Arts of China, Japan, India and South East Asia.
A special in-school program is available which in-
volves one visit to the school and one to the museum.
Docents visit the classroom one week prior to the mu-
seum trip. By means of slides and discussion, they famil-
iarize the students with the objects they will see and give
general background information. The same docent be-
comes the gallery guide, meeting the class at the
museum.
Requests for Docent In-School visits should be made
by telephoning the Docent Council Office, M. H. de
Young Memorial Museum at 387-5922. Tours are offer-
ed Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
(approximately 45 minutes in length). Tours are to be
scheduled at least two weeks in advance of museum visit.
Foreign language tours can be arranged.
Reports from teachers taking advantage of this fine
service indicate that it has enriched their classroom
program.
• ART TEACHERS TO DISPLAY WORK
An art show displaying the works of the San Francisco
Teachers of Art will be featured at the Fox Plaza during
the month of November.
The show may be viewed on weekdays from 1 1 a.m. to
3 p.m. and on weekends from 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A reception, inaugurating the opening of the show, was
held this past Sunday afternoon at the Fox Plaza. All
interested teachers are encouraged to view the show of
work by their colleagues.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians of San Francisco will meet at 4
p.m., Thursday, November 21, at Polytechnic High
School, 701 Frederick Street. All elementary, junior, and
senior high librarians are invited to attend.
IN MEMORIAM
Edith E. Pence
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 12, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• ENGLISH TEACHERS PLAN MEETING
The regional meeting of the Central California Coun-
cil of Teachers of English will be held Saturday, Novem-
ber 16, at Contra Costa College, San Pablo, with registra-
tion starting at 8 : 30 a.m.
The over-all theme of the meeting is "English Power:
New Ways of Seeing." The $1.50 registration fee and
$1.50 luncheon cost should be mailed to the following
address by November 5 : Registration Chairman, CCCTE
Regional Meeting, Contra Costa College, 2600 Mission
Bell Drive, San Pablo 94806.
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• LUNCHEON FOR ARMOND DeMARTINI
A retirement luncheon honoring Armond DeMartini
former Principal of Marina Junior High School, will be
held at Rocca's Restaurant, 555 Golden Gate Avenue
Tuesday, November 26, at 12 noon. Cost is $4, and the
luncheon choice is chicken or pot roast. Reservation;
may be made by contacting Mrs. Dorothy Burns at 863
4680, Extensions 380-381
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• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association will meet
Thursday, November 7, at 2:45 p.m. in the teachers
cafeteria at Abraham Lincoln High School.
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NOV 1 2 1968
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
NOVEMBER 11, 1968
NUMBER 11
Meeting with Airlines
Exemplary Vocational Programs Discussed
An exploratory meeting to consider the subject of
^aircraft vocational training in light of recent amend-
ments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 was held
;at the School District offices this week.
Representatives from major airlines, the Human
Rights Commission, the Bay Area Urban League, and
the Schol Department exchanged information and ideas
■m relative to cooperative support in the identification, de-
sign, and implementation of possible future programs.
Mrs. Jane Mills, Technical and Vocational Education,
™ State Department of Education, explained that Congress
has recommended authorization for some $222 million
to be spent for the development of exemplary programs
during the next four years as part of the 1968 VEA
t (Amendments.
Mr. James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent, Adult
and Occupational Education, stressed the need to de-
elop plans for exemplary programs now so that appli-
cations for funds under the VEA could be submitted in
the near future.
It was suggested that consideration be given to the
development of programs to train young people at entry
evel in a variety of jobs using facilities at the San
jFrancisco International Airport. It was pointed out that
— there is no room space available at John O'Connell Vo-
cational High School to expand the present aircraft
training courses currently being offered.
Mr. Alvan Waltz, Supervisor, Trade and Technical
Education, described the success of an experimental
;ight-week training program for disadvantaged minority
youths to prepare them for employment as ramp service
attendants which was held at the San Francisco airport
luring the last summer school vacation period.
Because of the need to match skills with demands, it
•vas suggested that the program would be designed as an
xemplary program involving the cooperative effort of
ducation, business, and the airline industry.
Members present agreed that a study of the employ-
ment needs of all airlines using the airport would be
lelpful in determining the kinds of training programs
which would be most desirable. The necessity of estab-
ishing a well-defined program under the 1968 amend-
ments to the 1963 VEA provisions and submitting it to
he State Department of Education as soon as possible
was emphasized.
Airline representatives attending the meeting included
[;; U. Lisec and Glen Clark, United Airlines; Wyatt
Wisher, Pan American; Ken Larson and Bill Company,
Alvan Waltz, Supervisor, Trade and Technical Education (right),
is seen discussing the District's summer program at the San
Francisco International Airport. Members of the airlines indus-
try. Human Rights Commission, Urban League, and the SFUSD
met recently to explore the possibilities of developing future
exemplary programs with the airlines. Pictured (left to right) are
Cornelius Wall, Human Rights Commission; James Dierke, As-
sistant Superintendent, Adult and Occupational Education; Mrs.
Jane Mills, State Department of Education; and Mr. Waltz.
Air West; Dale Edwards, Western Airlines; and Carl
Rogestsky, P.S.A.
Also participating were Cornelius Wall and Herman
Bossano, Human Rights Commission; Castrell Akrie, Ur-
ban League; Al Price, Neighborhood Youth Corps; Nor-
bert V. Deggendorfer, Coordinator, Occupational Prep-
aration; Bryant Lane, Supervisor, Occupational Prepar-
ation; Ray Hernandez, State Department of Education;
Mervyn Murphy, staff member for the PACE Center;
and Raymond E. Kohtz, Educational Information.
Proposition T Victory Hailed
Proposition "I," the school tax limit increase
measure, won approval of San Francisco voters by
a 124,316 yes count to a 104521 no vote in the
November 5 election. Only a simple majority vote
was necessary.
The 98-cent increase in the school tax limit will
make it possible to continue current programs
aimed at providing quality education for all public
school students and to move ahead with proposed
plans to meet the educational needs of the city's
diversified population.
NEWSLETTER
November 11, 1968
'America Has a Good Thing Going
American Education Week Programs Set
The San Francisco Unified School District is joining
with schools throughout the nation in observing Ameri-
can Education Week, November 10 - 16.
The theme this year is "America Has a Good Thing
Going ... Its Schools." The annual event calls attention
to the significance of the American educational system
and helps focus the nation's attention on the successes
and achievements of the schools.
A number of District schools have contacted the Cen-
tral Office indicating that they have planned special
activities to call attention to their programs during the
week. They include the following:
Alamo — November 14, 9:15 a.m. — Auditorium pro-
gram featuring students of the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
Special music presentation under the direction of Mrs.
Janice Soderberg, Music Specialist.
Bret Harte — November 7, 7:30 p.m. — Auditorium
program featuring Municipal Judge Joseph Kennedy as
guest speaker. Presentation by school's Glee Club, di-
rected by Mrs. Rhoda Keyson. Meetings with parents
and teachers. ,
Columbus — November 13, 7:30 p.m. — Auditorium
PTA meeting featuring Eugene Huber, teacher specialist
At Lawton School
Indian, Eskimo Cultures Studied
Helen Zuelzke, 6th grade teacher at Lawton Elementary School,
is seen showing members of her class, Dyantha Burton, Mary
Ann Drocco, Susan Ayanian, and George Leeds, a Mitla Rose
patterned serape. Miss Zuelzke shared her experiences of teach-
ing Indian children of the Tsuque tribe from the Santa Fe - New
Mexico area, with her students. Her collection of Indian jewelry
and rugs added greatly to the school's over-all study of Eskimo
and Indian cultures which started last year with an art apprecia-
tion program conducted by Verla Leonard, Art Supervisor, Addi-
tional programs have included a study of art and sculpture of
Arctic Eskimos presented by Lilly Weil Jaffe, collector and lec-
turer, and an ethnological overview of the American Indian pre-
sented by Dr. William Sanborn, Director, Instructional Materials.
The primary grade teachers are planning a literature program
centered around the Eskimo and Indian cultures. Posters, stories,
educational bulletin board, prints, and carvings, have added
greatly to the children's appreciation of the cultures under study,
according to Mrs. Marion Heimsoth, Lawton Principal.
in health education, speaking on "Use of Narcotics by
Young Children."
Douglas — November 13, 7 to 10 p.m. — Open House
program with the school's newly reorganized library
being featured. Special recognition by PTA to school
personnel responsible for modernizing the library.
Emerson — Special showing of the sound filmstrip
series Black History by Dr. Price Cobbs to parents. (Date
to be announced.)
Farragut — Initiation of intensive parent-teacher con-
ference program to run over a two-week period.
Francis Scott Key — Thursday, November 14, 7 to 9
p.m. — "Parents Back-to-School Night," followed by
PTA meeting and refreshments in the auditorium.
Spring Valley — Wednesday, November 13, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. — Open House and classroom visitations, PTA|
meeting at 1 p.m.; Friday, November 15, 10:10 a.m
student body assembly.
Sunnyside — Wednesday, November 13, morning]
hours — Open House and classroom visitations; noon —
PTA International Pot Luck Luncheon for parents and
teachers; afternoon — PTA meeting featuring Dr.
Frances Todd discussing Family Life Education; all
week — PTA Book Fair in the school library.
Marina — Thursday, November 14, 6:30 p.m. — Open
House program with teachers available to meet with
parents. PTA will serve refreshments.
Portola — Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.
Annual Open House Program featuring a band concert
under the direction of Douglas Pleasure. Meetings with
parents and teachers will be conducted.
Mission — Student made poster display throughout
the school in honor of American Education Week. Spe
cial second floor showcase exhibit to commemorate the
event. Extended home room guidance sessions to discuss
the significance of American public education.
John O'Connell — Daily tours of the school plant and
classrooms from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 11
November 11, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
Equipment Installed
City College Receives Cable TV
}r. Louis G. Conlan, President of City College of San Francisco
left), and James Keller, Vice President of Television Signal Cor-
poration, are viewed checking the newly installed cable closed
:ircuit television reception which was recently incorporated at
he college.
City College of San Francisco became the first District
ichool to be equipped with Cable TV as the installation
if necessary equipment was completed recently.
Dr. Louis G. Conlan, President of the College, James
teller, Vice President of Television Signal Corporation,
md Henry Leff, Television Department Head, partici-
)ated in official acceptance ceremonies in the college's
elevision control room.
The installation of cable closed circuit television at
jity College was completed in two days at an estimated
ost of close to $5,000, all of which was paid by Tele-
ision Signal Corporation.
Cable TV will now enable the college to add stations
6, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13, to its reception. Over Master
\ntenna Television, stations 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9 are received.
Classroom receivers will not be capable of receiving
"able TV, but if a specific program on Cable TV were
esired for a special classroom showing this could be ac-
omplished by remodulating to one of the closed circuit
hannels 11 or 13.
» INDUSTRIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP
The teachers of the San Francisco Industrial Arts As-
jciation have organized a workshop to be held Saturday,
Fovember 16, at A. P. Giannini Junior High School
om 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Demonstrations of work with new materials and pro-
t;sses by teachers and students will highlight the pro-
ram.
Representatives from industry will be on hand to ex-
ibit and demonstrate tools and instructional aids in-
uding materials and preparation techniques for teacher
instruction of these aids.
College Drama Series Readied
The fall drama series at City College of San Francisco
will get off to an auspicious start Wednesday, November
13, when Royal Hunt of the Sun is presented at 8 p.m.
in the College Theater.
First performed in London only five years ago, this
spectacle-drama by Peter Shaffer, deals with the con-
frontation between Atahuallpa, ruler of the Inca Empire,
and Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistadore.
Royal Hunt of the Sun employs a large cast of 35. Two
members of the faculty take leading roles : John Cochran
and James Haran. The remaining nearly all-male cast
is made up of City College students.
Paul Crowley has designed the sets, and the 75 colorful
costumes, both Inca and 16th Century Spanish, have
been designed by Margrit Affolter. Choreography is by
Lene Johnson. Special effects and music are by Robert
Kuykendahl.
The presentation will be performed eight nights, Wed-
nesday through Saturday, November 13 - 16 and 20 - 23.
The College Theater is located on Phelan Avenue be-
tween Ocean and Judson. Tickets are $1.25 and seats are
not reserved.
Additional information may be secured by calling 587-
7272, Extension 232.
Voters Confirm Board Appointee
The voters of San
Francisco confirmed
Mayor Joseph L. Ali-
oto's nomination of
David J. Sanchez, Jr.,
to the San Francisco
Board of Education
in the November 5
election. Mr. Sanchez
will assume his first
five-year term in Jan-
uary 1969.
Mr. Sanchez will
replace Board Com-
missioner Aldolfo de
Urioste, whose third
five - year term will
end this year.
The new Board member is currently studying for his
doctorate at the University of California in Berkeley. He
is a former Portola Junior High School teacher and has
done community relations work for the School District
since 1963.
Mr. Sanchez is the first Latin-American in the city's
history to serve on the Board. In addition, he is the
youngest member ever appointed. (He is 29.)
He is a San Jose State College graduate, having re-
ceived his BA degree in 1963, followed by his MA degree
from San Jose in 1965.
Mr. Sanchez's appointment was approved by a 159,870
yes vote to a 39,210 no vote.
David J. Sanchez, Jr.
NEWSLETTER
November 11, 1968
Announcements
• JAPANESE-AMERICAN TEACHER PROGRAM
Some 40 teachers from Japan and ten interpreters are
being hosted by the School District from November 4
through 12 as part of the 1968 Japanese-American
Teacher Program which is jointly administered by the
Experiment in International Living and the Institute of
International Education and funded by a Ford Founda-
tion grant.
Members of the group were greeted by Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins on Monday, November 4, as part of an
orientation-day program conducted at the Central Office.
The remainder of the guests' time will be spent in
visiting District schools before their departure to Hono-
lulu, Hawaii, on November 13.
Present at the welcoming ceremonies were Professor
George Z. F. Bereday of Columbia University, New York,
Director of the Japanese- American Teacher Program;
Professor Shigeo Masui, adviser to the group; and Bar-
bara Symmes, Assistant Director of the program.
Central Office staff members who spoke to the visiting
teachers included Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Associate
Superintendent, School Operational Services; Isadore
Pivnick, Assistant Superintendent, Innovative Planning;
Irving Breyer, Legal Adviser; Milton Reiterman, Assist-
ant Superintendent, Personnel Services; Mrs. Mary W.
Byrd, Supervisor, Personnel Services ; Agatha Hogan, Su-
pervisor, Elementary Education; and George Moscone,
Secondary Education.
The teachers broke up into small discussion groups in
the afternoon to explore their particular fields of interest.
The visitors arrived in the United States on September
16, 1968, and have visited school systems in Vermont,
Massachusetts, New York, Washington D.C., and have
spent three weeks in extended home-stays in towns in the
Midwest.
TIME SHEET PICKUP
November time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on December 2,
1968, for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on November 25 and their
full-time teachers' time sheets on December 2 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for November 16
through November 30 will be picked up at the
schools at 8:30 a.m. on November 25, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule
The number of days in November for principals
and assistant principals is 18; the number of days
for teachers is 18.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 12, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
APPLICATIONS FOR LIFE DIPLOMAS
All applications for life diplomas received in
Personnel Services after November 15, 1968, must
carry a $20 fee. Life diplomas must be recom-
mended by the Superintendent of Schools and ap-
proved by the Board of Education.
Since the State Department of Education uses
the Board meeting date as the date of application
for life diplomas, all such applications must go
through the minutes of the last meeting of Novem-
ber.
Because of the research required for each appli-
cation, Personnel Services must have life diploma
applications in the office by November 15, 1968,
for consideration at the meeting of November 26,
1968.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Parkside anc
Redding Elementary and Everett Junior High.
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Paul Revere Ele
mentary, Francisco and Visitacion Valley Junior Highs
and Mission High
2727 — School Custodian, Foreman — City Collegf
(nights).
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CREDENTIAL FEES TO INCREASE
Beginning December 1, 1968, the fee for creden-
tials, life diplomas, renewals, and evaluations for
credentials will be $20. Any applications for cre-
dentials received in Personnel Services after No-
vember 30, 1968, must be accompanied by the new
$20 fee.
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NOVEMBER 18, 1968
NUMBER 12
Proposition "I" Passes
School Tax Limit Measure Wins Approval
The San Francisco Unified School District's efforts to
! continuously improve the quality of education for public
school students were given strong support by a majority
of voters in the November 5 election with the passage of
Proposition "I."
The school tax limit increase measure provides for a
I change in the present statutory limit of $2.55 for each
$100 assessed valuation to a permissive limit of $3.53.
The 98-cent increase was approved by 55 percent of
I those citizens casting votes and will now make it possible
!for the School District to continue its current programs
to achieve urban excellence and to develop proposed
I plans to meet the urgent needs of the city's diverse school
! population.
The District's programs to achieve quality and equality
i in education will receive added impetus as a result of the
[support given the tax limit increase.
One of the most significant of these is the extensive
[program to reduce class size. The District will now be
: able to proceed with its initial plan to employ 300 addi-
tional teachers a year for three years.
The added staff will help assure smaller classes which
result in better teaching and learning, more individual
.attention for each student, increased emphasis on basic
skills — reading, writing, and arithmetic, and greater
opportunity for teachers to prepare for their classes, to
correct assignments, and to interpret the results of as-
signments to students.
It will also assure continuance of a variety of special
programs for special needs, notably, those affecting im-
provement in reading, bilingual instruction, and in-
creased attention to gifted students.
It will now be possible to further plans to improve
'school library services, to continue broadened summer
'school programs, to provide auxiliary personnel to assist
ij classroom teachers, to maintain a highly effective adult
^educational program, to pursue the expansion of occu-
pational preparation training, to achieve better mainten-
ance of school buildings, grounds, and equipment, and to
assure availability of necessary supplies and supplement-
al ary textbooks.
It is projected that the entire San Francisco commun-
ity will benefit from the passage of Proposition "I" in
that it will provide the kind of public education that will
help stabilize the community by making it possible to
compete with the suburbs in quality education.
The smiles on the (aces of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins,
Benjamin Swig, and Mrs. Bruce Cowan, seen above as they board-
ed a Proposition "I" cable car at Ulloa School on the day of the
door-to-door campaign, were even broader the day after the
election as the school tax limit increase measure was approved
by a majority of San Francisco voters. Mr. Swig served as chair-
man of the Citizens Committee for Proposition "I," and Mrs.
Cowan was chairman of the Grass Roots Committee.
The San Francisco business and industrial complex
will be able to depend on a better trained supply of
workers. Programs to reduce the number of drop-outs
can be strengthened, thereby directly attacking the prob-
lems of welfare, unemployment, delinquency, and crime.
The unofficial vote tabulation relative to Proposition
"I" showed 124,316 "yes" votes compared to 103,723
"no" votes.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, on behalf of the
Board of Education, has extended sincere thanks to the
many citizens and school staff members who worked so
successfully on Proposition "I" and to the newspapers,
television, and radio for their strong support.
Dr. Jenkins also expressed deep appreciation to the
Citizens Committee and Chairman Benjamin Swig; to
the Grass Roots Committee and Mrs. Ruth Cowan,
Chairman; and to Dr. Louis Conlan, President of City
College of San Francisco, who coordinated the school
staff efforts.
NEWSLETTER
November 18, 1968 •<>
Visit Completed
Schools Host Japanese Teachers
The members of the
1968 Japanese - Am-
erican Teacher Pro-
gram completed their
study of the San
Francisco Unified
School District last
week and departed
on November 13 for
Hawaii on their re-
turn home. The group
of 40 teachers and
ten interpreters spent
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins ex- nearly two weeks in
tends greetings to Professor Shigeo ' . .
Masui and Professor George Z. F. Bere- San Francisco, vlSlt-
day of the Japanese-American Teacher ing public schools,
Program. private schools, and
meeting with key school administrators in the Central
Office.
The following schools and principals served as hosts to
the Japanese educators:
Elementary — Alamo, Mrs. Thelma Boyer, principal;
Anza, Donald Johnson, principal; Commodore Stockton,
Caesar Orsini, principal; Edison, John W. Whisman,
principal; Fairmount, Mrs. Dorothy Vaio, principal;
Francis Scott Key, Mrs. Virginia Sullivan, principal;
Parkside, Mrs. Dorothy Brown, principal; Starr King,
Gloria Strauss, principal; Gough, Valentine Becker,
principal; Louise>f. Lombard, Mary E. Smyth, princi-
pal; Sunshine,"Mrs. Margaret Scanlon, principal;
Junior High — A. P. Giannini, Mrs. Rose Makower,
assistant principal; Francisco, Dr. Lane De Lara, princi-
pal; Herbert Hoover, John Kearney, acting principal;
James Lick, William Galant, principal; Luther Burbank,
Paul Gay, principal; Marina, Robert Marcus, principal;
Senior High — Galileo, James Kearney, acting princi-
pal; George Washington, Ruth Adams, principal; Lowell,
Barton Knowles, principal; Mission, Harry Krytzer,
principal; Polytechnic, Nathaniel Brooks, principal;
Woodrow Wilson, Saul Madfes, principal; John O'Con-
nell, Robert Gonzalez, principal; and Opportunity, Har-
evy Christensen, principal.
In addition, the Japanese teachers held meetings with
Central Office staff members to learn more about the
areas of special education, counseling and guidance, oc-
cupational preparation, curriculum development, inno-
vative planning, instructional materials, school opera-
tions, libraries and textbooks, and the role and responsi-
bilities of the Board of Education.
The District's Office of Educational Information co-
ordinated the teachers' visits to the schools.
• INDUSTRIAL ARTS MEETING NOVEMBER 25
The San Francisco Industrial Arts Association will
hold its regular meeting on Monday, November 25, in
Room 237 of A. P. Giannini Junior High School at 3:45
p.m. Initial planning for the Association's Student Project
Exhibit will be an important item on the agenda.
Dr. Raymond J. Pitts Appointed
New Assistant Superintendent
One of the outstanding Negro educators in California,
Dr. Raymond J. Pitts, has been appointed to the position
of Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Development
and Services, for the San Francisco Unified School Dis-
trict, effective December 1, 1968.
Dr. Pitts is currently serving as Coordinator, Research
and Teacher Education, California State Department of
Education, Office of Compensatory Education.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, who recommended
Dr. Pitts to the Board of Education, said, "Dr. Pitts
brings to San Francisco a wide experience in curriculum
and instructional development."
Dr. Pitts has had varied and impressive experience in
education. He received his B.A. degree from Talladega
College in 1932 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of Michigan in 1938 and 1956, respec-
tively.
He taught mathematics in the Florida public schools
and served as mathematics instructor in the following
colleges: Fort Valley State College, Georgia; Los Ange-
les City College; U.C.L.A. Extension; Los Angeles State
College; and U.C. at Santa Barbara Extension.
He has been a consultant in secondary education at
the Curriculum Library, School of Education, Univer-
sity of Michigan, and an institute staff member at the rd
NDEA Institute for Teaching the Educationally Dis-
advantaged, Pasadena College.
Dr. Pitts has also served as Director, Mathematics
Project for the Santa Barbara County Schools; Assistant
Director, Center for Coordinated Education, U.C. at
Santa Barbara; Special Consultant, Mathematics and
Teacher In-service, Simi Valley Unified School District
and Director, Department of Intergroup Education,
Pasadena City Unified and Junior College School Dis-
trict.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 12
November 18, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
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JC Education Collaborative
Hew Teacher In-service Program Starts
bers of the School District's staff actively participating in
In-service Education Collaborative, University of California
Extension, met recently with Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins
> discuss the program. Pictured (left to right) are Oscar Galeno,
;'r. Margaret Deffterios, Dr. Jenkins, Mrs. Mae Threadgill, Bar-
I >n Knowles, and Donald Johnson. Members not pictured include
uth Adams and Nathaniel Brooks.
I The San Francisco Unified School District has joined
with five other state school districts in cooperating with
he University of California to develop a program of in-
I ;rvice intergroup training for the 800 new teachers em-
I'loyed by the District since the beginning of the current
emester.
: Coordination of the program is being conducted by
! le In-service Education Collaborative of the University
f California Extension, Berkeley, which is designing and
liloring clinics, conferences, and special work sessions
I 'i response to general and specific needs or phases of the
roject development.
1 Teachers new to the District participated in the first
If a series of discussion groups from November 12-14,
eld at George Washington, Lowell, and Woodrow Wil-
Ibn High Schools from 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
[ Three speakers rotated between the three locations
■ •nd six sections on the evenings indicated discussing as-
lects of the over-all topic theme, "Urban Education
l.roblems: An Orientation in Awareness — The Change
ii Here."
|i Speakers and topics included the following: Dr. Marie
adder. Director, In-service Education Collaborative —
iRevoIution in the Schools!"; Dr. Muriel James, Dean,
l.aymens School, Berkeley — "Barriers to 'Telling It
;ike It Is' "; and Rev. W. Hazaiah Williams, member of
Berkeley Board of Education — "Traditional Public Ed-
ucation Has Had It."
! I District personnel who served as section chairmen in-
cluded Ruth Adams, Principal, George Washington
.igh School; Nathaniel Brooks, Principal, Polytechnic
r'igh School; Dr. Margaret Deffterios, Principal, Red-
oing School; Oscar Galeno, Principal, Edward Robeson
'aylor School; Donald Johnson, Principal, Anza School;
,id Barton Knowles, Principal, Lowell High School.
Mrs. Mae Threadgill, District teacher, served as co-
ordinator of the program.
This fall's endeavor will serve as a forerunner of an
orientation program for all teachers new to the District
for the next three years.
In addition to the 800 new teachers hired this year,
administrators and special veteran teachers will be in-
cluded in the sensitizing experiences.
Local and regional personnel participating in Collabo-
rative enterprises will be utilized as consultants in other
cooperating systems. This experience on a broader basis
is a central part of the Collaborative's approach to re-
training and professional development.
Brig Inmates Receive Diplomas
"Graduation Day" was held recently for 18 military
prisoners at the Treasure Island Naval Brig as the men
received high school diplomas after completing a special
educational course conducted within the confinement
facility — a course offered by the District's Adult Edu-
cation office.
Since the start of the program in January 1968, a total
of 115 sailor and marine brig inmates have earned their
high school diplomas by completing a concentrated
course covering United States history, civics, mathe-
matics, English, and science, and by achieving recom-
mending scores on the G.E.D. tests.
Presenting diplomas to the former high school
drop-outs was Captain William A. Walker, III, Com-
manding Officer of the Treasure Island Naval Station.
Dalton Howatt, Coordinator, Adult Education, repre-
sented the School District at the graduation ceremonies.
Participating in graduation exercises at the Treasure Island Naval
Brig were (left to right) a graduating confinee; Capt. William A.
Walker, III, Commanding Officer, Treasure Island Naval Station;
Dalton Howatt, Coordinator, Adult Education; Stephen Brieger,
Registrar-Brig Program, John Adams Adult School; Lt. W. T.
Lemond, Brig Officer; and Ronald Pruitt and Milton Ferris, Adult
Education Teachers, John Adams.
NEWSLETTER
November 18, 196
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Announcements
DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS NOTED VISITOR
Mrs. Nancy Solomonson, daughter of Vice President
Hubert Humphrey, was a recent visitor to the District's
Development Center for Handicapped Minors.
Mrs. Solomonson, mother of three daughters, one of
whom is retarded, was very interested in the work of the
center and was impressed with what she observed.
On hand to greet her were Mrs. Marguerite Con-
nelly, Aid to Retarded Children; Martin Dean, Assistant
Superintendent, Special Educational Services; Robert
Cunningham, Supervisor, Programs for the Physically
Handicapped; and Henry Caruso, Supervising Head
Teacher, Development Center for Handicapped Minors.
• OPPORTUNITY TEACHERS ATTEND MEET
Five Opportunity High School teachers — Judy Bebe-
laar, Betty Davis, Barbara McCarthy, Marcia Perlstein,
and Steven Brand — were participants in a recent con-
tinuation school workshop sponsored by the Cooperative
Idea Exchange Project of the University of California's
Graduate Internship Program.
The workshop brought together continuation school
personnel from Berkeley, Daly City, Hayward, Newark,
Oakland, Pittsburg, Richmond, and San Francisco for a
discussion of new ideas and teaching methods that can
help make the schools more effective.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The Field Librarians of San Francisco will meet at 4
p.m., Thursday, November 21, at Polytechnic High
School, 701 Frederick Street. All elementary, junior, and
senior high librarians are invited to attend.
• JEDEDIAH SMITH CLASSES VISIT
Two classes from Jedediah Smith School attended a
program featuring the Ghana Dance Ensemble from the
University of Ghana held at the Milberry Gym of the
University of California in Berkeley.
The hour-long program featured native African
dances, including native costumes and musical instru-
ments.
After the performance, members of the dance group
met with the classes and explained the instruments. Chil-
dren were allowed to pass around the "cow tail switch"
which played an important part in the program.
• CANHC MEETING PLANNED NOVEMBER 20
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children will meet
Wednesday, November 20, at 8 p.m. in the Aptos Junior
High School cafeteria, 105 Aptos Avenue.
A. Donald Cross, Senior Speech and Hearing Special-
ist for the SFUSD, will be the featured speaker. Mr.
Cross will discuss "The Place of Language Development
in the Hierarchy of Learning."
Mr. Cross has worked with over 2,000 speech and lan-
guage and hearing deficient young people during the
past 17 .years. For further information call Mrs. Marion
Dempsey, CANHC Public Relations Director, at 731-
2701.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 26, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
• BLOOD DONOR AWARDS PRESENTED
Two members of the San Francisco Unified Schoc
District have received a "Five Gallon Donor Award
Appreciation" from the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank o
the San Francisco Medical Society.
They are Julia G. Merrell, Principal of Phoebe A
Hearst and Noriega Home Schools, and John A. Ross:
Sr., guidance counselor at John O'Connell Vocations
High School.
Miss Merrell has donated blood 75 times, and Mi
Rossi has donated 61 times.
The award, for 40 or more voluntary donations, is
personalized plaque bearing the blood bank's emblem -
an outstretched hand framing a drop of life-saving blooc
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18, at 4 p.m. in Room 30, the Board of Education meet
ing room, 170 Fell Street
• SOCIAL STUDIES DISCUSSION PROGRAM
The San Francisco Council for the Social Studies ar
nounces the initiation of a special program sponsore
jointly with the World Affairs Council of Norther 'f
California.
Each month during the Study and Discussion Lur
cheon Meetings of the World Affairs Council a selecte
teacher and three students will be invited to participat
Interested teachers of the Council for Social Studii
may contact Elsa Carlson, Polytechnic High School, fci
information concerning participation in the "Study-a
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NEWSLETTER
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NOVEMBER 25, 1968
NUMBER 13
Merit Semifinalists Named
Twenty-three District high school students have been
liamed Semifinalists in the 1968-69 National Merit
scholarship Program.
The students are among the nation's most intellectual-
y able high school seniors and will compete for some
*,000 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1969.
The Semifinalists were the highest scorers in their
tates on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test, given last February in 17,500 schools nationwide.
Piey constitute less than one per cent of the graduating
econdary school seniors in the United States.
Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing to be
onsidered for Merit Scholarships, since all winners will
le selected from the Finalist group.
Semifinalists become finalists by receiving the endorse-
nent of their schools, submitting scores from a second
txamination, and providing information about their
ichievements and interests.
i Every Semifinalist who becomes a Finalist will be
onsidered for one of the 1,000 National Merit $1,000
Scholarships allocated by state. Many will also be con-
dered for the four-year Merit Scholarships provided by
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At John O'Connell
Cement Mason Skills Developed
iJoard Appointment Announced
The appointment of James T. Healy to the position of
administrative Assistant, Legislation and Administra-
tion, was approved by the Board of Education upon
ecommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins at
he November 12, 1968 meeting.
I Mr. Healy will represent the San Francisco Unified
nchool District in Sacramento, and he will work toward
1 he passage of legislation in the best interests of the San
j.'rancisco public schools.
D He is a graduate of the city's Sacred Heart High
fjichool and attended St. Mary's College, City College of
>an Francisco, and San Francisco State College, re-
"eiving his B.A. degree from the latter in 1955 and his
l/I.A. degree in Elementary Administration and Super-
ision in 1960.
Mr. Healy has taught at Edward Robeson Taylor,
..awton, and Twin Peaks Annex Elementary Schools
nd has served as assistant principal at Daniel Webster-
. M. Scott Schools and at Sheridan School.
Officials from industry, labor, and the School District are observ-
ing a Cement Mason Class from John O'Connell Vocational High
School which is completing a six-week training period. The stu-
dents pictured are working on a project at John Adams School.
They will receive on-the-job training for 20 weeks before be-
coming indentured apprentice cement masons.
A group of pre-apprentice cement masons is com-
pleting six weeks of pre-job training at John A. O'Con-
nell Vocational High School and Technical Institute at
the present time. This is one of six sessions of classroom
and on-the-job training of cement masons and plasterers
underway in California.
The program is under a Federal grant awarded to
the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons' Interna-
tional Association and the Portland Cement Association
by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Wel-
fare and the Department of Labor.
"Purpose of the 20-month training program is to help
provide skilled workers for an industry where manpower
needs are becoming critical," according to Ralph H.
Spannenberg of the Portland Cement Association, re-
gional director of the program.
Current apprentice training in these fields indicates
that less than 10,000 new workers will be produced by
1975, a recent national study shows.
In their six-week course at John O'Connell, the trai-
nee become familiar with tools of the trade and the
basic skills of handling tools, materials and equipment
to be encountered on the job. They will become full-
fledged apprentice masons.
"These men are now capable as starting apprentices
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NEWSLETTER
November 25, 196i
For Unemployed, Out-of-School Youfh
Retail Training Course Given
Some 85 unemployed, out-of-school youth recently completed a
retail training course presented by the District's Adult and Oc-
cupational Education Office in cooperation with the Human
Rights Commission, the San Francisco Retailers Community
Relations Group, the Youth Opportunity Center, and the Urban
League. Two two-week courses were given in October and No-
vember, and this year students were employed before taking the
course. Pictured are some of the students at special ceremonies
on the final evening at the National Cash Register Company
offices. Present were General James W. Coutts, San Francisco
Retailers Community Relations Group (third from left); Velma
Jarness, Urban League; John Ogro, Manager, Retail Systems,
National Cash Register Company; and Frank Anderson, Human
Rights Commission. The courses were given at Mission Adult
School, Mrs. Evelyn Press, Principal, and the program was co-
ordinated by the Occupational Preparation Office, Bryant Lane,
Supervisor.
. . . National Merit Semifinalists
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some 400 corporations, foundations, colleges, unions,
trusts, professional associations, other organizations, and
individuals.
Winners of four-year Merit Scholarships may receive
up to $1,500 a year for four college years, depending on
their individual need. Winners of the National Merit
$1,000 Scholarships will receive one-time stipends of
$1,000 upon enrollment in college.
Names of the winners in the 1968-69 program will be
announced by early May 1969. Some 18,700 students
have received Merit Scholarships in the 13 annual pro-
grams to date.
Nearly $60 million in financial assistance to Merit
Scholars and their colleges has been expended or com-
mitted through the program to date. District Semifinal-
ists include the following:
George Washington High — Mary B. Huberman,
John E. Rosenman, and Howard I. Ruderman.
Lowell High — Joan Abrahamson, Richard J. Alden,
Judith L. Clarke, David Fairley, Sharon N. Farber,
Arthur D. Ferman, Shelborne Fung, Deborah Gaines,
Daniel P. Gee, Gregory W. Gomez, William J. Irwin,
Vivian A. Look, Lisa Marquis, Steven C. Owyang, Ruth
S. Scodel, Karen Sinclair, Katherine H. Taber, Deborah
M. Velarde, Susan Williams, and Donald Willoughby.
...New Cement Mason Program
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of being employed by concrete contractors and are
welcome addition to our labor force," said Melvin H
Roots, vice president of the Operative Plasterers an<
Cement Masons International Association. "This pro
gram is beneficial to our apprenticeship training pro
gram and presents an excellent opportunity for youni
men interested in learning a trade."
Administrators in the San Francisco Unified Schoc
District are equally pleased with this type of program
Manpower Development and Training Act Super
visor at O'Connell, George L. Redeen, stated, "Pro
grams of short-term duration, such as this one, in whicl
a person learns to become a wage-earner, are a vita
part of the educational function at O'Connell.
"The success of this project is an example of result
which can be produced when industry, labor and th
School District join forces to implement a training pro
gram.
"Concrete projects completed at three San Franciso
schools are permanent evidence of the degree of ski!
attained by the trainees. They are well equipped |
succeed in the on-the-job segment of training."
Instructors Lou Ungaretti and Fred Banister praisei
the work of the trainees and the cooperation receivei
from the allied industries in this particular prograrr
The Portland Cement companies and Ready Mixed con
crete producers were specifically cited for their contri
butions.
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PRINCIPAL'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED In
Dr. Lane E. De Lara, Principal of Francisco Juniol IKl
High School, has an article published in the October 196
issue of Mental Hygiene magazine. The article is title
"Cigar Box to Personality Box," and describes an origin;
projective technique developed by Dominic L. Di Man ii
chairman of the school's art department,
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 13 November 25, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
Administrative Positions Filled
The following administrative appointments or assign-
ments were approved by the Board of Education at the
[November 12, 1968 meeting, upon recommendation of
^Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins:
Central Office
Dr. Raymond J. Pitts appointed Assistant Superin-
tendent, Instructional Development and Services.
James T. Healy appointed Administrative Assistant,
Legislation and Administration.
Secondary Schools
Harold A. Zimmerman appointed Acting Principal,
i|Balboa High School.
! Adolph Lubamersky appointed Acting Assistant Prin-
cipal, Mission High School.
James T. Hannon appointed Acting Principal, A. P.
■Giannini Junior High School.
! Carlos V. Cornejo appointed Acting Assistant Princi-
pal, Roosevelt Junior High School.
Elementary Schools
| Joyce S. Clay appointed Assistant Principal, Sheridan
School.
School Security Measure Passed
i A proposal for the School District to hire ten security
1 agents to insure that unauthorized persons not be per-
1 pitted on school premises and to assist school adminis-
I trators and their staffs in the orderly conduct of the
I schools in order to promote an atmosphere of security so
i that the objectives of the educational program can be
I 'achieved was approved by the Board of Education upon
rj:he recommendation of Superintendent Robert E. Jen-
l«cins at the November 12, 1968 meeting.
i'Ij After lengthy discussion of matters relative to order
i;| n the schools, the Board voted the security measure, but
J asked the Superintendent to bring back to the next meet-
ling the specific duties of the agents.
-I; In addition, the Board approved a resolution calling
I or an exploration of various means to improve teacher-
Intudent-community communications.
X-RAYS REQUIRED
All District employees without exception must
have a tuberculin examination when employed and
every two years thereafter in order to comply with
Education Code Sec. 12915.
The Legal Adviser of the Board of Education
has stated that the provisions of this law are man-
datory and compliance is a condition of continued
employment.
Continued failure to comply could lead to dis-
missal.
If you have further questions concerning this
matter, please call the Personnel Services Office,
863-4680, Extension 205.
District Is Host
Educators Visit Local Schools
District schools have recently served as hosts to a
number of out-of-town visitors, including the following:
From Hong Kong: Mun Chor Lam, teacher — visited
Galileo High.
From Australia: Gordon Brown, Curriculum and Re-
search Officer — visited Central Office; Mrs. Sheila
Trafford-Walker, Elementary Administrator — visited
West Portal School.
From Philippine Islands: Mrs. Luz Ragas, Special
Programs — visited Central Office, McKinley, Frank
McCoppin, and Clarendon Schools.
From Savannah, Georgia: Mrs. Aileen Cook, teacher
— visited Jean Parker School.
From Japan: Four secondary directors — visited Cen-
tral Office and John O'Connell Vocational School; Yo-
shiro Watanabe, teacher — visited Marina Junior High;
Six teachers from Osaka — visited Woodrow Wilson
High.
From Salt Lake City, Utah — Lamar Sorensen, Assist-
ant Principal — visited John O'Connell Vocational
High.
From South Africa: Dixon Mphahlele, Headmaster —
visited Hunters Point II School.
From El Salvador: Dr. Florentino Idoate and Atilio
Veiytez, Canas University — visited City College.
From England: Sybil Gepstein, Headmistress — visited
Horace Mann Junior High and Herbert Hoover Junior
High; Ruth Betts, Headmistress — visited Abraham Lin-
coln High.
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Japanese Teachers Tour District
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Starr King School was one of many District schools which recent-
ly played host to the 40 teachers and ten interpreters who spent
almost two weeks visiting the District as part of the 1 968
Japanese-American Teacher Program. Pictured are several mem-
bers of the group about to tour the Starr King building. They
include (left to right) Ikuo Takeda, Katuhiko Setoguchi, William
Johnson, Assistant Principal, Gloria M. Strauss, Principal, Ken E.
Omura, Shinobu Hasegawa, Kusao Matsuda, and Yoshiro Ogawa.
NEWSLETTER
November 25, 1968
Announcements
At James Lick
Teachers Take Spanish Lessons
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Teachers at- James Lick Junior High School are currently learning
how to communicate in Spanish through the efforts of one of
their own staff members, E. Ramon Kapp, teacher in the school's
bilingual education program. Mr. Kapp (right) is conducting a
series of Monday afternoon sessions in Spanish to better help
teachers and administrators establish dialogue and communica-
tion channels with the school's Spanish-speaking students. Mr.
Kapp received much of his training in Mexico. The participants
attend the afternoon instruction on a voluntary basis. Mr. Wil-
liam Galant is the principal at James Lick.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, in Room 10, Central
Office, 170 Fell Street.
• CITY COLLEGE PROGRAM INCREASES
Forty separate departments on the City College cam-
pus are participating this semester in the Federal Col-
lege Work Study program, a ten percent increase over
last semester. Ninety students are being utilized in the
joint federal-city sponsored program, and include a
balanced cross section of the ethnic composition of the
college.
The 90 students are performing highly essential tasks
for the departments concerned. The basic skill involves
typing with some shorthand in several highly specialized
departmental operations. A manpower survey just com-
pleted indicates that the student workers are performing
their assignments in a highly satisfactory manner. No
students have been released as of the current date.
All participants must meet basic requirements as set
forth by the Federal government. These include Ameri-
can citizenship, 2.0 GPA, and a 12 unit academic load
of study. The GPA and academic load must be main-
tained throughout the work-study period. Approximate-
ly 25-30 percent of the students are eliminated each
semester for failure to meet the prescribed standards.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, November 26, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street.
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• HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
The following District in-service courses in health and
family life education will be held during the 1968-69
school year:
Leadership Training in Drug Misuse Education —
starts December 3, 1968; Balboa High School and the
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program Center, Mendocino
State Hospital, Ukiah; limited enrollment; 15 hours;
one unit non-college credit.
Workshop for Secondary School Resource Teachers
and Specialists — starts December 3, 1968; City College
of San Francisco and George Washington High School;
limited enrollment; 32 hours; two units non-college
credit.
Seminar: Psycho-Social Aspects of Family Life Edu- -0J
cation — starts January 14, 1969; Aptos Junior High
School; limited enrollment; 15 hours; one unit non-col
lege credit.
Workshop in Consumer Health Education — starts '•'
February 7, 1969; City College of San Francisco; open P
enrollment; 16 hours; one unit non-college credit.
Refresher Course in Human Biology — starts April
10, 1969; San Francisco Medical Society; open enroll-
ment; 15 hours, one unit non-college credit.
Open enrollment indicates the course is open to all
teachers. Limited enrollment indicates the course is open
to resource and specialist teachers.
For further information telephone 863-4680, Exten
sion 368.
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VOLUME 40
DECEMBER 2, 1968
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Junior High Forensic League
QEC 2 1968
Expansion Plans Include Drama Festival
The Junior High School Forensic League has taken on
f. new dimension this year with the inclusion of the first
jinnual Drama Festival as one of its three major activities.
The League, which is now being sponsored and i
zed by Programs for the Gifted, will also coordinate the
tfth annual Public Speaking Contest and the eleventh
mnual Debate Tournament.
The Drama Festival will take place on Saturday,
ivlarch 22, 1969, in the Nourse Auditorium and is open
o all junior high school students. The Festival will con-
sist of scenes or extracts from a single work or a play
requiring two or more characters in a single dramatic
presentation.
The Festival will not be conducted as a contest. Each
Operations Begin
importunity School Site Chosen
| he site of the District's new Opportunity High School has been
r sleeted, and some classes, on a limited basis, are being con-
l ucted. Full operation will be effected later in December. For the
■formation of all school personnel, the address of the school is
480 Mission Street, zip code 94103, and the telephone is 621-
' 644. Pictured above at a frequent planning session are (left to
ght) Harvey Christensen, Principal; Mrs. Lillian Powell, Assist-
r>t Principal; Helen Bouffier, Vocational Counselor; and Dr.
" ewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Educational Planning,
esearch, and Development. (The September 16, 1968 issue of
le Newsletter contains a detailed description of the program of
■e new school.)
effort will be given a rating: superior, excellent, good,
and fair.
"Youth's Right to Dissent" is the topic chosen by the
sponsors of the Public Speaking Contest which will be
held Thursday, January 9, 1969, at James Lick Junior
High School.
The Contest is divided into three categories: original
oratory, oral interpretation, and extemporaneous speak-
ing.
Students in the junior high schools are beginning re-
search on the topic for the annual Debate Tournament,
"Resolved: That the United States should establish a
lottery system of military conscription."
The Tournament will be held Saturday, May 17, 1969,
at A. P. Giannini Junior High School.
James Keolker, Programs for the Gifted, is serving as
1968-69 League Coordinator. Dr. George Karonsky,
Principal, Portola Junior High School, and Mrs. Pauline
Levie, Bureau of Audio Visual Education, are assisting
as League Consultants.
Sponsorship of League awards is being conducted by
the following organizations: Public Speaking Contest —
San Francisco Bar Association; Drama Festival —
Daughters of Penelope (Auxiliary of the American Pro-
gressive Helenic Association) ; Debate Tournament —
San Francisco Council of Lions Clubs.
League managers for the three events include the fol-
lowing: Public Speaking Contest — Sherry Heakin,
James Lick ; Drama Festival — Fred Romagnola, Roose-
velt; Debate Tournament — Thomas Heafey, A. P.
Giannini.
Support for the League's activities has come from
businessmen, lawyers, community leaders, local judges,
and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
During the past year's season top honors in the Public
Speaking Contest went to Presidio and Herbert Hoover
Junior High Schools, Kathleen O'Farrell and Clement
Zannini, sponsors, respectively.
The same two schools competed against one another
in the spring term Debate Tournament, with the Presidio
team being declared the winner of the finals which were
taped over KRON-TV, Channel 4.
The Junior High School Forensic League, which began
modestly with an invitational debate tournament in 1959,
has grown in size over the years, continuously offering
more opportunities for students to gain experience in
speaking activities, in researching and organizing mater-
ials, and in developing skills in oral presentations.
NEWSLETTER
December 2, 196;
At Bessie Carmichael
Assemblyman Speaks to Students
State Assemblyman Willie Brown (right) was given a warm re-
ception when he visited Bessie Carmichael School recently. His
visit was part of a program conceived by the teachers to bring
well-known persons in public life to the school to meet with
students and help motivate them to greater achievement. Fourth,
fifth, and sixth graders displayed an avid interest in Mr. Brown's
activities and asked many questions about his qualifications and
the two-party system. Pictured with the assemblyman are (left to
right) Sidney R. Trager, Principal; Edgar Stribling, Student Body
President; and Stanley Tom, Student Body Vice President.
Youth Art Gallery to Open
Herbert Simon, District Director of Art, announces
that the Student League of San Francisco will open an
art gallery at 604 Sutter Street on Sunday, December 8,
in order to show and sell art created by youth between
the ages of 14 to 20.
The name of the location has been termed "The Gal-
lery," and it will provide an outlet for public and private
school students to display their artistic creations. . The
Gallery will show sculptures, mobiles, oil paintings, water-
colors, and collages.
Earlier this year the Student League held a Youth Art
Festival in Union Square. Awards will be presented to
the winners at the December 8 opening.
The winners and their schools include the following:
George Washington — Judy Bactig and Bartley Swartz;
Mission — Alice Rameriz and Gloria Nieglas; Galileo —
Michael Dong; Everett — Deborah Jones and Steven
Arnautoff; and Roosevelt — Barbara Lamb.
The Gallery will be open Tuesdays through Fridays
from 12 noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Additional information relating to showing art
and volunteer work may be secured by contacting Bunny
Tuller at 397-0445 or 664-0581. The Sunday, December
8 opening will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.
The Student League is a non-profit youth organization
which emphasizes the contributions youth can and do
make to contemporary society.
Christmas Holiday Observance
With the approach of the Christmas Holiday
Season, Dr. William L. Cobb, Assistant Superin-
tendent, Human Relations, has issued the follow-
ing statement relative to school activities:
"In our preparation for the Christmas Season in
the schools, we should follow the usual procedure
by remembering that neither all our pupils nor all
our staff members may be of the same religious
faith.
"In view of this, for obvious reasons, we should
continue to be selective in our presentations.
Neither children nor school personnel should be
required to violate their conscience because of par-
ticipation or exposure to programs and displays
which are sectarian to the point of making them
feel embarrassingly set apart from others.
"Your attention is not called to this for the pur-
pose of making the Christmas Season less enjoy-
able to anyone, but rather to make it a happier
season for all."
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The Council for Exceptional Children, San Franciso
Chapter, announces that it will hold its tradition,
Christmas dinner on Wednesday, December 11, 1968, a
Michael's Catering, 30th Avenue and Irving Street.
The 8 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 7 p.m. socia tdali:
hour. The all-inclusive cost is $6 per person, and reser mill
vations may be made by sending checks payable t allb,
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garet Scanlon, Secretary, 2730 Bryant Street, San Fran
cisco 94110, by Friday, December 6
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of San Francisc
will meet Thursday, December 5, at 2:45 p.m. at Balbo
High School. All members are encouraged to attend
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 14
December 2, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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School District Salaries Lead
According to a survey recently completed and
released by the Kansas City, Missouri, Public
Schools, San Francisco's maximum teacher salary
for Classification III, $13,640, is tops for twelve
cities with populations in excess of 700,000. Los
Angeles is second with a high of $13,100. New
York is in third place with a maximum basic
salary of $12,650. All require either a Masters de-
gree, or, as in the case of San Francisco, thirty
semester hours taken after the awarding of the
Bachelors degree.
The study also reported for 116 additional cities
with populations between 100,000 and 700,000.
Highest in this group was San Jose, with a maxi-
mum of $14,005. San Francisco was thus second in
the entire country for all cities with populations
over 100,000.
San Francisco's impressive showing has been ac-
complshed through concerted cooperation between
teacher groups, the Superintendent, and the unan-
imous support of the Board of Education.
The name of Dr. Frances Todd, District teacher-
ispecialist in health and family life education, has been
re; bubmitted for membership in the Royal Society of
Health, London, England.
The Society has been under Royal Patronage since the
lFc ireign of Queen Victoria. Dr. Todd is being so honored
(because of her contributions to the field of health educa-
tion.
Dr. Todd's work was called to the attention of P.
'Arthur Wells, secretary of the Society, when he recently
visited the United States.
FINAL 1968 112-120 BASKETBALL STANDINGS
SOUTH LEAGUE
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Washington 6 0
Polytechnic 3 3
Galileo 2 4
Sacred Heart 1 5
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was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Chinatown
Optimist Club. Mr. Howatt spoke on the topic "Educational
Problems in the Chinese Community" in which he discussed the
bilingual education program and described future needs in this
area. Also participating in the meeting were (left to right) Victor
Torres, Registrar, Mission Adult; Charles Hildebrand, Counselor,
Mission Adult; Mrs. Evelyn Press, Principal, Mission Adult; and
William Jow, President, Chinatown Optimist Club.
Local Schools Attract Visitors
The San Francisco Unified School District has served
as host to the following visitors in November:
From Nigeria — Akande Dahunsi, Education Officer,
Lagos — visited Central Office and Supplies Warehouse.
From New Zealand — Clifford Crossman, Intermedi-
ate School Principal — visited Francisco and Presidio
Junior High Schools and Central Office.
From India — B. N. Jariwala, Businessman — visited
Central Office and Special Education Schools.
From Brazil — Father Lobo, College Instructor —
visited Central Office and Lowell High School; Jose
Miller, Physical Education Professor, Sao Paulo —
visited Marina Junior High School.
From England — Miss Mair Pinnell, Secondary
Headmistress — visited James Lick Junior High School;
Betty Bullement, History Teacher — visited George
Washington High School.
From Tunisia — Hassib Ben Ammar, Mayor of Tunis
— visited John O'Connell Vocational High School.
From Germany — Dr. Hans-Jorg Lingohr, Inspector
of Schools, West Berlin — visited Central Office.
From Upper Volta — Paul Diabfe, Chief of Admin-
istrative Service — visited Golden Gate School.
From South Viet Nam — Yayu Sahao, Deputy Prov-
ince Chief — visited John O'Connell Vocational High
School.
From Norway — Miss'W. Sundi, Administrative As-
sistant — visited Grant School.
NEWSLETTER
December 2, 1968 1 )A
Announcements
• ASSEMBLYMAN BROWN VISITS GRATTAN
Assemblyman Willie L. Brown, Jr., from the 18th
Assembly District, was a guest at the recent Grattan
School installation assembly for student body officers.
Mr. Brown administered the oath of office to Student
Body President Lisa Jaicks, Vice-President Gina Scott,
Secretary Linda Westbrook, Girls' Athletic Manager
Lizzella Wade, and Boys' Athletic Manager Booker T.
Westbrook.
Following the installation ceremonies, Mr. Brown
talked to intermediate grade students about state gov-
ernment, the role of the individual citizen, and the dem-
ocratic way to effect change. A lively question and
answer period followed his talk.
PROJECT SEED OFFICE ADDRESS
Reverend Charles Lee, School-Community Co-
ordinator, Project SEED, announces that the ad-
dress and telephone number of the Project SEED
office is as follows: 4602 Third Street, San Fran-
cisco 94124, telephone 282-2700.
• TEACHING GIFTED CHILDREN
William B. Cummings, District Supervisor, Programs
for the Gifted, will teach a course at the University of
San Francisco during the coming spring semester. The
course is titled Teaching Gifted Children.
For information relating to the course, Mr. Cummings
can be reached at 431-5379.
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN
SECURING DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTES
The Personnel Office wishes to remind all
administrators and teachers that requests for day-
to-day substitutes should be directed to the Per-
sonnel Services Office. The effort of school ad-
ministrators and regular teachers to secure their
own substitutes sometimes results in confusion. A
centralized approach is both desirable and neces-
sary, as it is Board policy.
An automatic answering and recording telephone
(863-2391) will receive requests at any hour of the
night, 4:40 p.m. to 7 a.m. Be sure to report:
1 . Your name (last name first, please )
2. Your school
3. The grade level or subjects you teach
4. The anticipated length of your absence
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., tele-
phone calls are handled by the regular switch-
board (863-4680). Ask for the Certificated Per-
sonnel Office.
School secretaries are reminded to continue to
call the Personnel Services Office to report the
return or the continued absence of a teacher.
The cooperation of all concerned will improve
the procedure.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
The December meeting dates for the Board of
Education will be announced in the next issue of
the Newsletter.
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• TESTIMONIAL DINNER
The faculty of Pelton Junior High extends an invitation
to all school personnel to attend a Testimonial Dinner
in honor of Dr. Myron Moskowitz and Miss Margaret [
Downing, who were administrators at Pelton from its
founding in 1957.
A buffet will be held on Friday, January 10, 1969 at
7 p.m. at Piro's Restaurant, 447 Pine Street, with a 6:
p.m. no host social hour. Checks for $6.00 should be
made out to Pelton Testimonial Fund and sent to Mrs.
Marie Morena, Pelton Junior High School, 45 Conkling
Street, San Francisco 94124.
For additional information telephone Mrs. Morena at
648-5932. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday, January
7, 1969.
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• COGSWELL COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Cogswell Polytechnical College is now accepting ap-i
plications for the spring 1969 semester. Cogswell is a
non-profit college exclusively devoted to Engineering
Technology and offers accredited courses in Electronicsi
Mechanical, and Structural Technology.
The closing date for spring registration is Thursday,
January 30, 1969. The college is located at 3000 Folsom
Street, San Francisco 94110.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial
vacancy:
2724 — School Custodian — Alvarado Elementary
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• Perhaps more than ever before, this Christmas is a time
to re-think the very purpose of our lives and our rela-
tionships with our fellow men.
• It is a time for love, faith and hope to overcome hatred,
selfishness and cynicism.
• It is time to rededicate every day of our lives to the
true spirit of Christmas — peace of mind and heart and
good will to all men.
• The Board of Education joins me in wishing you and
yours a joyful holiday season and a New Year of happi-
ness and success.
Superintendent of Schools
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December 9, 1968
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Instructional Development and Services
Dr. Pitts Assumes New Duties
Superintendent Robert E, Jenkins (right) is seen welcoming Dr.
Raymond J. Pitts (center) to the San Francisco Unified School
District, as Dr. Lewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Educa-
tional Planning, Research, and Development (left), looks on. Dr.
Pitts, formerly with the Office of Compensatory Education, Cali-
fornia State Department of Education, is the District's new As-
sistant Superintendent, Instructional Development and Services,
and began his new assignment effective December 1, 1968.
Dr. Pitts will be directly responsible to Dr. Allbee under the
District's new administrative reorganization plan. His office is
presently in room 203, Central Office, telephone 863-4680,
Extension 367.
European Summer Jobs Available
The Foreign Studies Institute is planning its 1969
European Summer School program and is accepting
applications from certificated teachers to act as cha-
perons for high school age students. The average group
will consist of from eight to 15 students, and the groups
will have a choice of nine courses throughout many
European countries.
The courses outlined include the following: European
Civilization I & II, Spanish Language, French Lan-
guage, German Language, Music History and Apprecia-
tion, Art History and Appreciation, Comparative Gov-
ernment, and Ancient Civilization.
The chaperon's entire cost will be paid by the Insti-
tute on a participating basis. If interested, teachers
should contact the Foreign Studies Institute, 68 South
Main Street, P.O. Box 11176, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tation Valley School at 1:45 p.m. on December 11, 1968.
Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit these to their representatives. Three copies of the
Supply Committee minutes will be distributed to each
elementary school. This policy will be continued in the
future so schools will have an extra copy for posting in
the library alongside the Supply Catalog for teachers'
use.
Public Speaking Dinner Planned
George Washington High School's student publit
speaking organization, Masque and Gavel, will hold it!
sixth semi-annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, Decern
ber 12, at the Kuo Wah Restaurant, 950 Grant Avenue
Justice Stanley Mosk of the California State Suprerm
Court will be the featured guest. The Masque anc
Gavel will present its "Speech of the Year Award" tc
Dr. Stanten W. Webster, University of California, anc
Dr. S. I. Hayakawa, San Francisco State College, foi
outstanding speeches delivered in 1968.
George Washington students receiving awards will b(
Cathy Cary, Demosthenes Cup (outstanding senio:
speaker), and Robert White, Webster Cup (outstandins
sophomore speaker).
Two sophomores will receive awards for their speed
contributions. They are Emily Wheatley, the Editl
Garin Medal, and Harold Abend, the Martin Luthe
King, Jr., Medal.
For additional information regarding the dinner ar
rangements and for reservations, contact Sanford Chan
dler at 387-0550.
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The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an
nounces that its third annual snow trip to South Shore
Lake Tahoe, will be held March 8 and 9, 1969.
The $28.50 per person cost includes the following: bu
transportation to and from Lake Tahoe; double occu
pancy accommodations at the Shamrock Motel; shuttl
bus service; six dollar cash refund; Saturday night din
ner; Sunday brunch; door prize; bus and dinner tips
and evening reception.
Checks should be made out and mailed to the Stan
ford Education Club of San Francisco Snow Trip Com
mittee, 2346 - 43rd Avenue, San Francisco 94116. Reser
vation deadline is February 28, 1969. For further infor
mation call 566-8898.
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 15
December 9, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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December 1, 1968 Effective Date
At its meeting of November 26, 1968, the Board of
Education accepted the recommendation of Superintend-
ent Robert E. Jenkins to enter into an agreement with
the Aetna Life and Casualty Company to provide a pre-
paid prescription drug service for all certificated person-
nel and their families of the District who are members of
the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System. The
plan includes long-term substitutes. The approximate
cost will be $358,000.
During the spring the Superintendent agreed with the
Negotiating Council and the San Francisco Federation
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Art Workshop Series Is Success
A highly successful student art workshop series has
jbeen organized and implemented this semester at Alva-
rado School through the cooperative efforts of the ad-
ministrators, parents, and teachers.
Following a pre-arranged schedule, teachers take their
iclasses to the cafeteria in the afternoons where parent
,artists have art materials ready for an "Art in Action"
'session.
Each month a new activity is planned and presented.
'' tin October, for example, students worked on papier
inache projects. Students who attend the workshops in
1 December will learn how to make holiday decorations
' , {using baker's clay.
Teachers work along with students and parents, assist-
ing in preparation of materials as well as in the demon-
stration of techniques. Art workshop participants have
been highly favorable in their reactions to the teacher-
arent-student series.
Masks made by the students pictured are being admired by Mrs.
Ruth Asawa Lanier, parent and member of the San Francisco Art
Commission; Robert Mclnnis, Principal of Alvarado School;
Robert Pult, teacher; and Helen Fay, Assistant Principal. The
■itudents who created the masks are Albert Crooms, Richard
Jear, Judith Grace, Judith Butler, Evelyn Ante, and Arlene
iantos.
that the 1968-69 budget would includes funds for a pre-
paid dental and drug plan.
Funds for this purpose, however, were not authorized
until the adoption of the final budget on August 6, 1968.
The Fiscal Office then took immediate steps to have
various companies submit plans for consideration.
The prescription drug service plan is effective as of
December 1, 1968. Employees and their families will be
covered from that date.
The Aetna Life and Casualty Company prescription
and drug plan will provide the following benefits:
Maximum Benefits
Percentage Paid by Plan
Deductible Amount
Deductible Type
Major Exclusions
Drugs in Hospital
Drugs for Pregnancy
Vaccines, et al
Contraceptives
Drug Addiction
Workmen's Compensation
Administration of Drugs
Dependents Age
Instructional and claim procedure kits prepared by
Aetna Life and Casualty Company will be distributed to
all employees by December 13, 1968.
Because the plan is effective as of December 1, 1968,
any prescription orders and bills should be saved until
the claim procedure kits are distributed.
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• COACHES ANNUAL BOWLING RETREAT
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its Annual Bowl-
ing Retreat on Friday, December 13, 1968, at West-
lake Bowl in Daly City.
A buffet dinner will follow the bowling activities in-
cluding the awarding of prizes. Reservations should be
made with Ernest Domescus at City College of San
Francisco.
The affair will start promptly at 4 p.m.
NEW CLASSIFIED PAYROLL SYSTEM
All classified employees (except cafeteria work-
ers) will be paid every other Friday under a new
payroll system for City of San Francisco employees.
There will be 26 payroll periods in 1969 com-
pared to the 24 of previous years. The first pay-
checks under this new system will be issued on Jan-
uary 10 for the work period of January 1 and 2
(two days). The first full payment under this sys-
tem will be on January 24, 1969.
Payday for the work period of December 16-31
will be on January 5, 1969.
A special bulletin will be sent to each employee
concerning this payroll change.
NEWSLETTER
December 9, 1968
Announcements
At A. P. Giannini
International Day Is Conducted
The A. P. Giannini Junior High School student body and Human
Relations Forum recently sponsored an "International Nations'
Day" program at the school. Students had an opportunity to
observe and study art work, costumes, and other cultural contri-
butions from nations around the world. Pictured above admiring
and sampling international and ethnic taste treats are (left to
right) Craig Cook, Rosalie Bravo, Ingrid Vanderheiden, Frederick
Gray, and Booker W. Carter, Co-sponsor of the event. Parents
and teachers actively participated in the various displays. Ribbon
awards for attire were presented to six students and three teach-
ers: Upper division — Stephanie Fong, Kevin Phipps, and Steve
Dougherty; Lower Division — Dianne Lamon, Greg Lintner, and
Michelle Long; Teachers — Henry Conserva, Enid Albedi, and
Lois Tweedale. Michael Shea co-sponsored the event with Mr.
Carter.
• S.F. COACHES MEET TONIGHT
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will meet tonight, Monday,
December 9, in Room B-4 at 7:30 p.m. at Abraham
Lincoln Hiarh School.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
December time sheets for teachers will be picked
up at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on January 2, 1968,
for senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on December 23 and their
full-time teachers' time sheets on January 2 at
9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all
schools, including the adult schools, for December
16 through December 31 will be picked up at the
schools at 8:30 a.m. on December 23, 1968.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in December for principals
and assistant principals is 10; the number of days
for teachers is 10.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, December 17, 1968, 7:30 p.m., Regular
meeting, 170 Fell Street. The first 1969 meeting
will be held Wednesday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m.
• ACE ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP PLANS
The Association for Childhood Education announces
plans for a workshop in kindergarten and nursery school
education to be held Tuesday, January 14, 1969. Inter-
ested teachers are asked to save this date and watch for
a later notice announcing the place and hour.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet today, Monday, De-
cember 9, at 4 p.m. in the George Washington High
School cafeteria.
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increase in Social Security payments from 4.4 per cent to rapbon
4.8 per cent on $7,800 earnings for the calendar year Ails
1969.
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ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, in Room 10, Central JImI
Office, 170 Fell Street.
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2727 — School Custodian Foreman — John O'Connell
Vocational High School.
• SFCTA HOLIDAY PARTY SCHEDULED
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association! r,;
will host a holiday party for all members Tuesday, De
cember 10, 1968, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Fort fc
Mason Officers' Club, Bay and Laguna Streets. All
SFCTA members are invited to attend.
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NUMBER 16
w Symphony Pilot Program
igh School Students
i A pilot program that will bring public high school
iudiences to Thursday afternoon concerts of the San
"rancisco Symphony as guests, was announced by Dr.
\lbert A. Renna, District Director of Music, and
llfoseph A. Scafidi, General Manager of the San Fran-
L'isco Symphony Association.
: The pilot program will be known as the San Francisco
(Symphony High School Forum and calls for some 200
htudents being able to attend each of the designated
I Thursday concerts of the spring series which begins
January 9 and concludes May 22, 1969.
The new high school project is another facet of the
f effort being made by the Symphony Association and the
School District to bring fine, live music into the total
I educational picture of San Francisco students.
' Students from 1 1 of the city's high schools will register
I or a number of concerts and will attend regular sub-
I cription performances at the Opera House free of
hharge.
"This new program will fit in perfectly with the exist-
i ng opportunities our children already have to hear fine
nusic through the San Francisco Symphony," Dr.
lenna noted.
• The Association also presents Youth Concerts through-
out the Bay Area and in-school concerts prior to the
jipening of the season.
I Details of the program and its implementation have
I ieen forwarded to each of the schools involved from Dr.
lenna's office.
| Dr. Renna will be a featured guest on Radio Station
i iKHI tomorrow evening, January 7, at approximately
t ':30 p.m., following the Boston Pops broadcast. On the
J irogram hosted by James Schwabacher, Dr. Renna will
j iscuss the pilot project and in-school concerts in which
I he School District takes an active part.
farent Education Series to Start
A series of discussions on the problems and goals of
arents and children in the current changing social and
ducational scene will be conducted by Mrs. Mary K.
ones, adult education family life teacher, as part of a
I rogram sponsored by the Second District PTA and the
'arent Education Programs office.
Meetings will be held January 6, 13, and 20 at 9:30
.m. in Room 30, 170 Fell Street. At the January 20
leeting Dr. B. Otis Cobb will discuss "Youth 'Speaks
)ut' on Today's Attitude Toward Sex."
to Attend Concerts
Two important announcements involving young people in the
San Francisco Community were made at a recent press confer-
ence in the offices of the San Francisco Unified School District.
One concerned the December 21 concert of the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra at the Second Annual Hunters Point Festi-
val, and the second related to the creation of a pilot program
that will bring high school audiences in the city to Thursday
afternoon concerts of the San Francisco Symphony, free of
charge. Maestro Josef Krips, director and conductor of the
symphony, was present at the conference to underscore the im-
portance of the new educational innovation. Pictured discussing
the Hunters Point Concert and the new high school symphony
program are (left to right) Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Associate
Superintendent, School Operational Services; Mrs. Richard A.
Wilson, President, Second District PTA; Sylvester Brown, Co-
chairman, Young Men for Action; and Mrs. Alexander Albert,
member of the Art Commission and Vice-President of the Sym-
phony Association.
Need Volunteer Women Educators
Women volunteers are needed to show the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area to wives attending the National Associa-
tion of Secondary School Principals Convention on Sat-
urday, March 1.
Some 50 to 65 women teachers, women administrators
and counselors, and wives of teachers and administrtors
are needed to drive three to four passengers on personal-
ized tours of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Volunteers are asked to write Margaret Downing,
Assistant Principal, Presidio Junior High School, 450
30th Avenue, San Francisco 94121, or call 752-9696 by
January 15 at the latest.
Additional information and instruction will be given
to those who volunteer.
NEWSLETTER
January 6, 196
Individual and Small Group Tutoring
Community Study Centers Offer Services
Study Centers sponsored by community groups are
now in operation in various parts of the city. Volunteer
assistants come from San Francisco State College, the
University of San Francisco, San Francisco College for
Women, City College of San Francisco, and from many
community groups.
Study Centers have facilities and staff to provide indi-
vidual and small group tutoring and a place for young-
sters to study. Some Study Centers have reference librar-
ies for students to use, and in some centers the staff pro-
vides additional cultural experiences for students.
Information about known study centers and the serv-
ices being offered in each appear below:
WESTERN ADDITION
Booker T. Washington Community Center
800 Presidio Avenue, Phone 921-4757 or 921-4758
Bridging The Gap (Home Tutorial Service)
Mr. Freddie E. Burks
Home Tutorial Service Arranged
Monday thru Sunday 3-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m.
Booker T. Washington Community Center
800 Presidio Avenue, Phone 921-4757 or 921-4758
Miss Toshi Koba
Study Center, 4th Grade thru 12th Grade
Wednesday 7-9 p.m.
Y.M.C.A. — 1530 Buchanan Street
Phone 931-8720
Yori Wada — Executive Director
Study Center: Tuesday 7-9 p.m. Junior High & Senior High
Thursday 7-9 p.m. Elementary
Y.M.C.A. — 1830 Sutter Street
Phone 921-3814
Alberzine Freemen
Study Center: Wednesday 3-5 p.m. Junior High — 7th thru
9th Grades
Saturday 1-5 p.m. 1st thru 6th Grades
SOUTH OF MARKET
Canon Kip Community House
8th and Natoma Streets
Mr. Tony H. Lugone, Phone 861-6801
Study Center: Wednesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. 3rd thru 12th Grades
POTRERO HILL
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro Street
Mr. Sanchez or Mrs. McFall
Phone 826-8080
Tutoring on individual basis available. Monday thru Saturday
Potrero Hill Nursery School
Mrs. Sandsberry
Phone 826-8080
Tutoring service available.
VISITACION VALLEY
Visitacion Valley Community Center Inc.
66 Raymond Avenue
Phone JU. 5-6714
Please contact the Center for further information.
CHINATOWN - NORTH BEACH
Y.W.C.A. — 965 Clay Street
Mrs. Cynthia Thorne
Phone YU. 2-3922
Concentration on teaching English to foreign born Chinese
Tuesday thru Friday 4-6 p.m., 7-9 p.m. 5 years to adult.
Cameron House
920 Sacramento Street
Bennett Tom
Phone SU. 1-0401
Monday thru Friday 3:45-5:15 p.m.
Monday thru Wednesday 7:30-9:00 p.m.
All grades, but preference given to elementary age immigrants.
OCEAN VIEW, MERCED HEIGHTS, INGLESIDE
Community Education Planning Project
205 Granada Avenue
Mr. Carlos Ruling
Phone 334-5860
Please phone for further information.
St. Michael's School
55 Farallones Street
Sister Mary Enda
Phone 585-4781
Monday thru Friday — Before and after school
Ages: 6 years thru 14 years
SUNSET
Richmond Park Cultural Center
600 -21st Avenue
Dr. George E. Maloof
Phone 387-0188
Career orientation for Gifted High School Students.
MISSION
Mission E.O.C.
828 Valencia Street
Mr. Robert Lopez
For further information call 282-8507
ADDITIONAL CENTERS
For information concerning these following Centers, please ca
the San Francisco State College Tutorial Program Offici
Phone 469-2275.
Valencia Gardens
1795 - 15th Street, Phone MA 1-4899
Black Student Community Information Center (Fillmore)
1642 Ellis Street
Potrero Hill
Potrero Hill Park and Playground
Arkansas and 22nd Streets
South-of-Market
975 Howard Street
Haight-Ashbury
Hamilton Methodist Church
Belvedere and Waller Streets
Central City — South Park
64 South Park
Haight-Ashbury
Oak and Baker Streets
Bayview-Hunters Point
Temple Lutheran Church
15 Latona Street
Chinatown
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
865 Jackson Street
Youth Guidance Center
375 Woodside Avenue
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 16
January 6, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
Adolfo de Urioste
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
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Public Speaking Contest Set
The fifth annual Public Speaking Contest of the San
Francisco Junior High School Forensic League, Pro-
grams for the Gifted, will be held Thursday, January 9,
at James Lick Junior High School starting at 1 p.m.
This year's contest is again divided into three public
speaking categories: oral interpretation, original oratory,
and extemporaneous speaking.
Judges for each category are drawn from among senior
high school teachers of speech, allowing for greater ar-
ticulation and interest in speech between the two educa-
tional divisions.
This year's topic is "Youth's Right to Dissent." Each
of the contest's categories will deal with this topic.
Awards for each category are funded by the Lawyers
Club of San Francisco and will be presented at an
awards reception at the close of the contest.
• RETIREMENT MEETING PLANNED
The California Teachers Association Bay Section an-
nounces that its Tenth Annual Retirement Meeting for
all members planning to retire within the next three
years will be held Saturday, January 18, 1969, from
9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Mills High School auditor-
ium, 400 Murchison Drive, Millbrae.
The purpose of the meeting is to explain the retire-
ment law and the procedures which make the retirement
process as simple and painless as possible. Admission is
by tickets which are available by writing to the CTA
Bay Section, 1845 Magnolia Avenue, Burlingame 94010.
Improvements Completed
Douglas Cites Library Personnel
During American Education Week, the Douglas School PTA unit
honored School District library personnel at the school's Open
House for their efforts in securing additional shelves for the
library and for organizing the entire collection. Taking part in
she celebration were (left to right) Mrs. James Jeffrey, Vice
President, Douglas PTA; Mrs. Raymond Chote, Hospitality Chair-
nan, Douglas PTA; Jean Ebbe, Douglas Librarian; John Ward,
Principal; Geraldine Ferring, Supervisor, Libraries and Textbooks;
Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, Librarian; and Mrs. Rose Mary Colligan,
Resource Librarian.
National Volunteer Program
Mrs. Goldberg Visits District
Mrs. Arthur J. Goldberg, Executive Co-Chairman of the National
School Volunteer Program (right), was a recent guest of the San
Francisco Unified School District. Mrs. Goldberg took time out
from her speaking schedule to meet with Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins (center) and Mrs. Robert J. Somerville, President, San
Francisco Education Auxiliary (left). The National School Volun-
teer Program is the parent advisory group for local school volun-
teer programs throughout the United States. Mrs. Goldberg is on
a speaking tour at this time and indicated a special interest to
visit the San Francisco District and Dr. Jenkins while in Califor-
nia. She is the wife of Arthur Goldberg, former United States
Supreme Court Justice and United States Ambassador to the
United Nations.
PERSONNEL SERVICES DEADLINE
Any permanent teachers, long-term substitutes
or day-to-day substitutes who have registered for
the 1968-69 teacher eligibility lists and who wish
to become eligible for placement on the 1969-70
eligibility lists are reminded that they must re-
register by completing the registration post card
by Thursday, January 16, 1969. Registration cards
may be obtained in Room 119, 135 Van Ness Av-
enue.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER
The faculty of Pelton Junior High extends an invitation
to all school personnel to attend a Testimonial Dinner
in honor of Dr. Myron Moskowitz and Miss Margaret
Downing, who were administrators at Pelton from its
founding in 1957.
A buffet will be held on Friday, January 10, 1969 at
7 p.m. at Piero's Restaurant, 447 Pine Street, with a 6
p.m. no host social hour. Checks for $6.00 should be
made out to Pelton Testimonial Fund and sent to Mrs.
Marie Morena, Pelton Junior High School, 45 Conkling
Street, San Francisco 94124.
For additional information telephone Mrs. Morena at
648-5932. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday, January
7, 1969.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, 1969, in Room 10, Cen-
tral Office, 170 Fell Street.
NEWSLETTER
January 6, 1969
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Wednesday, January 8, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
SCHOOL GRADUATION
Date Time
January 29
January 29
January 28
January 28
January 29
January 28
January 28
January 27
January 24
January 24
School
Abraham Lincoln
Balboa
Galileo
George Washington
Lowell
Mission
Polytechnic
Woodrovv Wilson
Samuel Gompers
John O'Connell
FALL SEMESTER 1968 HIGH
Day
Wednesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Monday
Friday
Friday
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
DATES
Location
A. Lincoln Auditorium
Balboa Auditorium
Masonic Temple
G. Washington Auditorium
Masonic Temple
Mission Auditorium
Polytechnic Auditorium
Masonic Temple
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• ACE WORKSHOP JANUARY 14
The Association for Childhood Education announces
a workshop in kindergarten and nursery school educa-
tion to be held Tuesday, January 14, at 3:45 p.m. at
Francis Scott Key School. All interested teachers are
invited.
• SFFT CREDIT UNION MEETING
The annual meeting of shareholders of the San Fran-
cisco Federation of Teachers Credit Union will be held
at 4 p.m. on Monday, January 20, in the Federation
Office, 138 Church Street.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2727 — School Custodian, Foreman — John O'Connell
Vocational High School.
2726 — School Custodian, Sub-Foreman — Luther
Burbank Junior High School.
• BOYS CHORUS AUDITIONS SET
Auditions for membership in the San Francisco Boys
Chorus will be held January 18, 1969.
The Miranda Lux Foundation has presented a $1,000
grant to the Chorus to be used for a special scholarship
program of tuition funds to be awarded to boys enrolled
who demonstrate pre-vocational apptitude in music .and
the performing arts.
The Miranda Lux scholarships in the Boys Chorus are
designed to make the program available to boys between
the ages of 8 and 13 with good, unchanged voices and
unusual musical interest who could not otherwise afford
the cost of tuition.
For additional information call 431-5450.
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN ADDITION
The article in the December 9, 1968 issue of the News-
letter concerning the District prescription drug plan in-
dicated that the service was for all certificated personnel
and their families. This reference should be corrected to
read "for all certificated and classified personnel and
their families."
IN MEMORIAM
Martha M. Carew George D. Ingram
• CITY COLLEGE EVENING SIGN-UP
Sign-up for 104 courses to be offered at City College of
San Francisco's Evening Division for the spring semester
is currently underway. Classes will begin February 10
and will conclude June 13.
Application forms and schedules are available in Room
107 of the college's Educational Services Building. They
may also be procured by calling 587-7272 and asking for
the Evening Division.
Completed applications received prior to January 10
will be processed so that the applicant will be given aP
priority registration date; a general registration is sched'
uled January 29 for those classes that remain open.
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DENTAL PLAN CLARIFICATION
In order to clarify a provision of the California
Dental Service plan for certificated and classified
personnel and their families which became effec-
tive November 1, 1968, it should be noted that pay-
ment for dentures installed prior to the plan's in-
ception date is not provided as a benefit under the
agreement.
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NEWSLETTER
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JANUARY 13, 1969
NUMBER 17
New Concept in Practice
Teachers Involved on Personnel Committee
A new concept in the teacher selection process in San
(Francisco has been implemented by Personnel Services
with the formation of the Special Eligibility Committee,
ticomposed of two-thirds representation from the teach-
ing staff.
This committee is currently in operation and is study-
ing information relative to certain candidates for em-
I ployment in the San Francisco Unified School District
Band is making decisions relative to their possible em-
ployment.
The recently adopted Board of Education Policy
SP4112, paragraph 3, reads, "If a candidate completes
:the eligibility procedures of the San Francisco Unified
I School District and has merited a score for placement on
Adolf o de Urioste
Board Member Ends Third Term
Board of Educa-
tion Commissioner
Adolfo de Urioste
leaves the Board at
the completion of the
1968 year after hav-
ing served for three
consecutive five-year
terms.
Mr. de Urioste has
served on a number
of Board committees
including the Curric-
ulum Committee and
the Buildings and
Grounds Committee.
He was president of
the Board in 1956-
57.
Mr. de Urioste has also served on Governor's Com-
mittees for the gifted and safety education. In 1968 he
,was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Re-
search Council of the Great Cities Program for School
Improvement, involving 16 of the nation's large cities.
A native San Franciscan, he is a real estate and insur-
ance executive and has been active in a number of com-
munity affairs and organizations through the years.
Mr. de Urioste's place on the Board of Education has
been filled by David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Commissioner Adolfo de Urioste leaves
Board of Education
the Eligibility List, and if the Assistant Superintendent,
Personnel Services, has knowledge that the person is not
suitable for services in the District, the Assistant Super-
intendent shall convene a special committee to review
the evidence; this committee will be composed of not
less than three certificated staff members, including at
least one teacher. If the committee, with a unanimous
vote, approves a veto action against the candidate, the
candidate will not be placed on the eligibility list." The
Special Eligibility Committee may in the same way re-
move a candidate's name from an eligibility list.
The present committee is composed of Frank Perez,
teacher at Herbert Hoover Junior High School, chair-
man; Richard Storer, teacher at Patrick Henry Elemen-
tary School; and James Kearney, acting principal at
Galileo High School.
The committee has drawn up operating procedures to
implement the Board Policy. Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins and Assistant Superintendent Milton F. Reiter-
man have approved these procedures. The committee
was chosen from among people recommended by teacher
organizations and administrator organizations.
Mr. Perez has named three characteristics of this
committee that set it apart from such decision-making
bodies in other districts: 1.) It is independent from the
selection staff of Personnel Services; 2.) A majority of
its members are teachers; and 3.) A single vote by any
one of its three members can decide a case in favor of a
candidate.
New Zoo Tours Are Available
The San Francisco Zoological Society announces a
new limited guided tour service of the Zoo facilities
geared for student groups.
A group of volunteer women participated in a comp-
rehensive instructional and training program on the Zoo
and its fine collection of animals. The women will pro-
vide information on specific animals observed on a par-
ticular walking tour taken by a group.
Because of the Zoo's size, a number of different walk-
ing tours have been organized. Most tours take one hour.
It is necessary to make reservations with the Zoo for
guided tours before buses are allotted and before plans
are made.
Reservations can be made by calling the Zoological
Society office at 661-2023. Additional information can
also be secured at this telephone number.
NEWSLETTER
January 13, 1969
Dr. Laurel E. Glass,
new Board President
Dr. Glass Chosen President
Board Selects 1969 Officers
Commissioner Dr.
Laurel E. Glass was
elected to the posi-
tion of President of
the Board of Educa-
tion on January 8,
1969. Dr. Glass is
serving her first five-
year term on the
Board, having taken
office in January
1967.
She is an associate
professor of .anatomy
at the University of
California Medical
School and has been
active in a number of
professional, educa-
tional, and civic organizations.
Dr. Glass served as Vice President of the Board of
Education for the 1968 year.
Commissioner Alan
H. Nichols was elect-
ed to the position of
Vice President of the
Board of Education
at the January 8,
1969 meeting of the
Board. Like Dr. Glass,
Mr. Nichols is serv-
ing his first five-year
term, having taken
office in January
1967.
Mr. Nichols is an
attorney and a mem-
ber of the San Fran-
cisco Bar Association,
the California State
Bar, and the Ameri-
can Bar Association. He has been active in a number of
community and political organizations.
The new Vice President is a Stanford University
graduate, receiving both his A.B. and L.L.B. degrees
from the Palo Alto campus.
Alan H. Nichols
new Board Vice President
• 'NEW MATH' FOR PARENTS PROGRAM
" 'New Math' for Parents," a course to help parents
understand the mathematics being taught to their chil-
dren, will be offered at .Bryant School, 22nd and Bryant
Streets, on Wednesdays, January 15 through February
26, from 7 to 9 p.m., by the Parent Education Programs,
Adult Education Division.
Mrs. Judith Becker, Chairman of the Mathematics
Department at Pelton Junior High School, will be the
instructor.
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years old, is the 1969
National March of Dimes
boy.
March of Dimes Day Planned
San Francisco public school
I children will have their annual
< opportunity to help the March of
Dimes fight birth defects through
March of Dimes Day Wednesday,
January 15, throughout the Uni-
fied School District.
Superintendent Robert E. Jen-
kins, in announcing Public School
Day to all principals, described it
as, ". . . the child's opportunity
to contribute, if he so desires,
through the direction of his fam-
ily. The March of Dimes has been
a most worthy program over the
years."
Teachers will distribute gummed March of Dimes
donation envelopes to their students on Wednesday,
January 15. They are to be returned on the following
day to be collected by San Francisco Second District
P.-T.A. Unit presidents at the request of their president,
Mrs. Richard A. Wilson.
Funds collected will go toward support of March of
Dimes programs of medical care, research, public and
professional education in birth defects and in aid of
post-polio patients. Children afflicted with birth defects
are now offered special diagnosis and treatment in a
nationwide network of 103 March of Dimes Birth De-
fects Centers in leading hospitals. Four are in the Bay
Area at Children's Hospitals of San Francisco and Oak-
land, at U. C. and Stanford Medical Centers.
Birth defects research is now being conducted with
March of Dimes grants in 30 scientific institutions, in
eluding Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto and the
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla.
The March of Dimes annual fund raising campaign
will be conducted throughout the month of January
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 17 January 13, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
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Administrator Position Opens
Applications for the position of General Administra-
tor — Teacher Corps will be accepted in the Personnel
f!Office until January 17, 1969.
The Administrative or Supervisory Credential and a
l|Master of Arts Degree are prerequisites. Salary will be
t'at the level of an Elementary Principal.
Interviews will be held the week of January 20.
[(Responsibilities :
1. Participation with the College staff in interviewing
Hand selecting interns for the National Teachers Corps.
2. Participation with the College staff in the pre-
Ijservice program of interns, planning of interns' initial
;in-school experiences, and evaluation of candidates dur-
ing this and subsequent periods of training.
3. Participation with interns, team leaders, teachers,
ijprincipals, and the College staff in identifying the prob-
lems of the schools, gathering pertinent data, and evolv-
ing effective strategies for meeting the problem.
4. Coordination of the training program for the
(Veterans in Public Service, and designation of areas of
jstudy for individual participants.
5. Articulation of the NTC and VIPS programs, the
i-elementary schools, San Francisco State College, and
San Francisco City College.
6. Coordination of the school and community aspects
of both NTC and VIPS programs.
7. Articulation with Personnel Services in the recruit-
ment and selection of teachers.
David J. Sanchez, Jr.
New Board Member Takes Office
All-City Concert January 26
The fall 1968 concert by the All-City Honor Orchestra
and Honor Choir will be held at Lowell High School on
Sunday, January 26, 1969 at 3 p.m.
Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music for the San
Francisco Unified School District, states that the pro-
I gram will make use of an augmented choir consisting of
additional singers who have been specially rehearsed for
the concert by each of the high school choral directors.
Conductor of the Honor Orchestra for 1968-69 is Mr.
John Pereira of Lowell High School. The Honor Choir
is directed by Mr. John Land of Polytechnic High School.
The orchestra performance will feature several inter-
esting and challenging works, including the Concerto for
Violin and Cello by Johannes Brahms with violinist
Stephen Gehl of Lowell High School and cellist Daniel
Reiter of George Washington High School as soloists.
The Honor Choir will present a variety of selections
including Exultate Deo by Allesandro Scarlatti, Four
Chorales from St. Paul by Felix Mendelssohn, and several
spirituals. Go Down Death, a spiritual by Tom Scott, will
Feature baritone John Del Carlo of George Washington
High School.
The program will be concluded with Richard Wag-
Iner's Enter With The Blest, the chorale finale from
Tannhauser. This work will feature the combined or-
chestra and honor choir.
David J. Sanchez, Jr. (center) is seen raking the oath of office on
January 8 as the newest member of the San Francisco Board of
Education. Mr. Sanchez was sworn in in the offices of Mayor
Joseph L. Alioto. A large number of relatives, friends, and school
officials were present to extend their best wishes to the new
Board member. Pictured (left to right) are Dr. Robert E. Jenkins,
Superintendent of Schools; Edward Kemmitt, 1 968 President of
the Board of Education; Mr. Sanchez; Municipal Judge Harry W.
Low; and Mayor Joseph L. Alioto.
DEPARTMENT HEAD APPLICATIONS
Applications for the position of Department
Head, High School Division, will be accepted in
the Personnel Office until January 17, 1969.
The Master of Arts degree in your subject area
is a prerequisite for application. Interviews will be
held the week of January 20.
Candidates who have applied previously need
not be interviewed at this time unless additional
training or experience is to be noted. Previous
candidates will be considered for appointments.
• INDUSTRIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION MEETING
The next regular meeting of the San Francisco Indus-
trial Arts Association will be held in the cafeteria con-
ference room of the District Central Office Building, 135
Van Ness Avenue, on Monday, January 20, at 3:45 p.m.
The featured speaker will be Mr. James Dierke, As-
sistant Superintendent, Adult and Occupational Educa-
tion. The topic of his talk will be "The Vocational Edu-
cation Act Amendments of 1968." The broad changes to
this Act will affect industrial arts education not only on
the senior high level, but will also involve the junior high
school programs. All industrial educators are urged to
attend.
ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR APPLICATIONS
Applications for the position of Supervisor AA,
Elementary Education, will be accepted in the
Personnel Office until January 24, 1969.
The Administrative or Supervisory Credential
and a Masters of Arts Degree are prerequisites.
Interviews will be held the week of February 10.
NEWSLETTER
January 13, 1969
IN-SERVICE COURSE INFORMATION
The following information relative to a new
District in-service course is presented at this time
in view of the necessary registration procedures
described below.
Workshop in Consumer Education (conducted by
the Federal Food and Drug Administration)
One unit, non-college credit, 15 hours, Friday,
February 7, registration from 7 to 7:30 p.m., in-
struction from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, Febru-
ary 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 11, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.. and Wednesday,
February 12, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Course starts
February 7 in the Theater, Creative Arts .Building,
City College of San Francisco. Course is open to
all interested teachers. Checks for $1.50 made out
to Consumer Education Workshop should be mail-
ed to Dr. Frances Todd, , San Francisco Unified
School District, 135 Van Ness Avenue, Room 203,
before January 30, 1969. Please include name,
school, grade and/or subject taught. Later regis-
tration accepted if space permits. The fee covers
six FDA textbooks and other instructional mater-
ials and coffee service.
Speakers, films, and teaching aids will highlight drugs, food,
cosmetics, home hazards, quackery, and consumer legal protections.
Course should be of special interest to teachers of social studies,
life sciences, health, and homemaking.
Because of anticipated heavy enrollment, ad-
vanced registration is being taken for the following
spring 1969 semester in-service course:
Space, Science, and Society.
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings,
Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m., (location to be announced) .
Course is being presented jointly by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
and the SFUSD and will feature a number of
guest lecturers. Course starts February 13. Pre-
registration is necessary (for elementary teachers
only) . Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
This course is being presented at this time to coincide with the
lunar landing which is scheduled for the summer of 1969. The
broad subject areas which will be covered in depth include Basic
Biological Research, Man in Space, Applied Knowledge and Science
and Societies. Three elementary workshops will be conducted during
the course in order to integrate the presented lecture materials with
classroom presentations. The course is designed to make the ad-
vances in space technology more meaningful to students currently
in school. Paul D Lowman. Jr., Planetology Branch, NASA) has
been invited to participate as a lecturer.
PERSONNEL SERVICES DEADLINE
Any permanent teachers, long-term substitutes
or day-to-day substitutes who have registered for
the 1968-69 teacher eligibility lists and who wish
to become eligible for placement on the 1969-70
eligibility lists are reminded that they must re-
register by completing the registration post card
by Thursday, January 16, 1969. Registration cards
may be obtained in Room 119, 135 Van Ness Ave.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• GUIDANCE CONFERENCE JANUARY 18
The Northern California Guidance Association will
hold its Winter Conference at Ygnacio Valley High
School, Mt. Diablo District, on Saturday, January 18
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The conference will be in two parts. Dr. John Krum-
boltz, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University,
will demonstrate "Behavioral Counseling in Action." A
panel will react to the demonstration.
At the conclusion of the 12:30 p.m. luncheon, Dr.
Stewart Nixon will lead a discussion through film and
speech on "How to Help Counselors Help Teachers in
the Classroom."
Dr. Gordon Carlson, Supervisor, Guidance Service
Centers, and President of NCGA, invites all interested
personnel to attend the conference.
DIRECTORY CHANGES
Staff members are asked to make the following
changes in their copies of the 1968-69 Directory:
Page 4 — Change middle initial of William Cobb
from S. to L.
Page 16 — Change telephone number at Visita-
cion Valley Junior High School to 922-3458. Add
Verne Hall as Head Counselor.
Page 20 — Change address of Edison School to
3531 - 22nd Street.
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Notice is hereby given of the following custodial va-
cancies:
2724 — School Custodian — John O'Connell Voca
tional High (nights), Pelton Junior High (nights)
Aptos Junior High, Bayview, and Starr King.
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VOLUME 40
JANUARY 20, 1969
NUMBER 18
14 New MPT A Projects Funded
Manpower Training Skill Center to Open
Two significant developments in the areas of adult
ind occupational education have been announced by
fames Dierke, Assistant Superintendent, Adult and Oc-
:upational Education.
One is the initiation of the School District's newest
educational facility at 1485 Market Street, the San Fran-
cisco Skill Training Center, which will open during the
pring semester when remodeling now underway is com-
leted.
The second is the funding by Congress of 14 new
vfanpower Development Training Act (MTDA) pro-
ects to provide training for 490 local trainees in 1969
with a total budget for the projects of $1,041,135.
Current plans call for all District MDTA projects to
je operating in the new Skill Training Center by Sep-
ember 1969, including trade and industrial projects
•resently conducted at John O'Connell Vocational High
School and Technical Institute.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare
ind the Department of Labor, which are responsible for
he administration of MDTA, have accepted the follow-
ng definition for Manpower Training Skill Centers:
"A centralized, self-contained facility, operating on a
ull-time, prime-time basis, generally under public school
idministration, especially designed to provide on a con-
tinuous basis counseling and related services, work orien-
ation, basic and remedial education, and instructional
;kill training in a variety of occupations for trainees re-
cruited from a broad area. The Center provides maxi-
rium use of physical and instructional resources and a
ligh degree of flexibility, serving all types of trainees
md all types of MDTA projects, including multi-occupa-
ional and single projects, individual referrals and class-
•oom components of on-the-job training projects."
The new 1969 projects, under the immediate direction
Df Dalton Howatt, Coordinator, Adult Education, are
isted below under the facility in which they will be con-
ducted, the figure in parenthesis indicating the number
if trainees to be enrolled.
San Francisco Skill Training Center — Clerk Typist
two projects, one of 40 and one of 30); English Com-
nunications for Chinese Speaking ( 1 00 ) ; English Com-
nunications for Spanish Speaking (80); Composite
lerical (20).
John O'Connell School — Auto Metal Worker (two
orojects, one of 40 and one of 20) ; Auto Mechanics (two
projects of 20 each); Welder, Combination (one project
The Adult and Occupational Education Division's new Skill
Training Center will open its doors this spring at 1485 Market
Street. This facility will house all District Manpower Develop-
ment Training Act projects in a central location. Pictured in
front of the new Center are (left to right) Wilbert G. Vestnys,
Assistant Superintendent, Buildings and Grounds; Philip Cali,
Supervisor, Building Maintenance and Repair; James Dierke,
Assistant Superintendent, Adult and Occupational Education; and
Dalton Howatt, Coordinator, Adult Education.
of 30 and one of 20) ; Utilities and Communications
Worker (one project of 30 and one of 20); Household
Appliance Repairman (20).
Since the inception of MDTA programs in 1962 to
September 30, 1968, 130 projects have been approved
and funded for the San Francisco Unified School Dis-
trict. Of this total, 99 have been completed, 17 are cur-
rently in progress, and 14 are ready to start.
The total number of trainee positions created by the
program as of September 30, 1968, is 8,292, of which
6,480 have been completed, and 1,812 are in on-going
projects or ready to start training. The total budget
figure for District MDTA projects to September 30,
1968, is $6,931,043.
The Manpower Development and Training Act, pass-
ed in 1962, is designed to equip the worker with new
skills when his old skills are outdistanced by technology.
The program was strengthened and expanded in 1963,
1965, and again in 1966 to serve the disadvantaged as
well.
Nationwide, over 275,000 citizens will be helped by
this program in the 1969 fiscal year of which 490 are
San Francisco residents.
NEWSLETTER
,Junu:iry 30, 1939' «
At Galileo High
'Festival of Arts' Is Success
The Galileo High School Humanities Club sponsored a successful
Festival of the Arts during the recent holiday season. The pro-
gram included classic and modern dance, music, and drama with
special ethnic contributions by Afro-American and Chinese stu-
dents. A literary paper was published and art work was displayed.
Pictured are some of the Galileo dancers who performed. They
are (left to right) first row: Donna Dittmer, Betti Yee, and Linda
Redman; second row: Shirley Sung, Daphne Overstreet, and Dana
Popovic. Faculty advisors for the program included Jack Portale
and John Gomez (music), Mrs. Sheila Henry (creative writing),
Mrs. Patricia Vitelli (art), and Mrs. Dixie Mahy (dance).
Local Art Teachers Show Work
The fourth annual ex-
hibit of work by the San
Francisco Teachers of Art
was held recently at the
Fox Plaza.
The show featured the
works of approximately
30 teachers, many of
whom are active artists in
such organizations as the
San Francisco Potters,
Society of Western Ar-
tists, San Francisco Art
Institute, Marin Society
of Artists, American
Craftsmen Council, the
Green Gallery, Original Prints Gallery, the Cannery,
and Cincinnati Gallery.
Awards were piesented as follows: Grand Award Win-
ner — J. Alan Brooks; 1st in Painting — J. Alan Brooks;
1st in Graphics — Fred Berensmeier; and 1st in Three
Dimensional Art — Richard Moquin.
The San Francisco Teachers of Art will hold its next
show at the Crown Zellerbach Building this coming
spring.
Award winners J. Alan Brooks and
Fred Berensmeier
C.C.S.F. ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS
Applications for two positions in the Division of
Student Welfare, City College of San Francisco,
are invited. The positions are Assistant to the
Dean of Students — one position is assistant for
women, and the other is assistant for men.
The calendar for these positions is approximate-
ly 230 days and the salarv range is $16,655 - $18,-
770.
Applications should be directed immediately to
Mr. John Brady, Coordinator, Student Welfare,
City College of San Francisco.
Interviews will be conducted during the week of
January 27, 1969.
• FREE PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM
The San Francisco Lodge No. 3 of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks has a free program of physical
therapy through swimming. This activity is limited to
boys who have muscular disabilities (post polio, etc.) or
other physical problems that can be aided by aqua-
therapeutic exercise.
The Elk's program of swimming and physical educa-
tion for handicapped children is under the supervision
of Byron Summers, a world champion long-distance
swimmer and holder of seven world swimming records.
It should be especially noted that this program is free,
is open to all crippled children except those suffering
from disabilities (i.e. bowel or bladder control) that
would preclude participation, and is conducted each
Sunday of the year by Mr. Summers, Joseph D'Acquisto
and other members of the B.P.O.E. #3.
Teachers in San Francisco are invited to seek further
information or applications to forward to parents from
Mr. Cornelius Murphy, Assistant Principal at Horace
Mann Junior High School.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 :3C
p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, in Room 10, Centra
Office, 170 Fell Street.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 18 January 20, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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January 20, 1969
NEWSLETTER
9. Apr. 28 May 23 20
10. May 26 - June 13 14
(Classes end June 13) — ■
87
School Days (90 + 87).... 177
Institute (9/3) 1
The following days are designated as minimum school days: Sept. 4, 5;
Jan. 29, 30; Feb. 3, 4; June 12, 13.
American Education Week, Nov. 11-15, 1968.
Public Schools Week, April 21-25, 1969. (Education-Business Day, April 24).
Revised 1 968-69 School Calendars
ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS
Calendar 1968-69
Fall, 1968
School
Month
1. Sept. 2 -Sept. 27
(Glasses begin Sept. 4)
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25 20
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22 19
4. Nov. 25 - Ian. 3 15
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 31
(Classes end Jan. 30)
School Holidays
Days State Local
School Holidays
2 1 Labor Day, Sept. 2
Institute, Sept. 3
Admission Day, Sept. 9
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
3 12 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
1 Mid-term Recess, Jan. 31
90
Spring, 1969
6. Feb. 3 - Feb. 28
(Classes begin Feb. 3)
7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 28....
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25..
20
15
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 21
Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
Memorial Day, May 30
Total Teacher Days 178
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
Calendar 1968-69
School
Month
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 27..
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25..
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22...
4. Nov. 25 - Jan. 3...
Fall, 1968
School Holidays
Days State Local
.18 2 .
20
19
15
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 24..
School Holidays
2 .... Labor Day, Sept. 2
Admission Day, Sept. 9
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
3 12 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
Spring, 1969
7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 28
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8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25....
15
9. Apr. 28 - May 23
10. May 26 -June 13....
20
14
School Days (87 + 88)..
Institute (Jan. 29-30)....
88
. 175
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Total Teacher Days
177
Mid-term Recess, Jan. 27-28
Institute, Jan. 29-30
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 21
Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
Memorial Day, May 30
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
FULL-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1968-69
Fall,
1968
School
Month
School Holidays
Days State Local
School Holidays
1. Sept. 2 - Sept. 27
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 25
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 22
4. Nov. 25 - Jan. 3
5. Jan. 6 - Jan. 31
17
20
. 19
. 15
19
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12
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Labor Day, Sept. 2
*Institute, Sept. 3
Admission Day, Sept. 9
Veterans Day, Nov. 11
Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 16-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
Mid-term Recess, Jan. 31
Spring
, 1969
6. Feb. 3 - Feb 28
7. Mar. 3 - Mar. 28
8. Mar. 31 - Apr. 25
9. Apr. 28 - May 23
10. May 26 - June 13
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20
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. 20
. 14
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Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 21
Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
Memorial Day, May 30
School Days (90 + 87)..
Institute (9/3) -.
87
. 177
. 1
Total Teacher Days
. 178
*Full time teacher may elect to attend the September 3 Day Institute or
the Adult and Vocational Evening Institute.
In addition to the above calendar, apprenticeship training classes may be
held on the following days: Nov. 29; Dec. 16, 17, 18, 19. 20. 23, 24, 26,
27, 30, 31; Jan. 31; Mar. 31; April 1, 2, 3; June 16, 18, 23, 25, 27.
Public Schools Week, April 21-25, 1969.
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
PART-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1968-69
Summer Session, 1968
School
Month
1. July 1- July 26...
2. July 29 - Aug. 9...
Days Holidays
School State Local
.. 19 1 ....
.. 10
School Holidays
Independence Day, July 4
29
Fall, 1968
1. Sept. 2- Sept. 28..
2. Sept. 30 - Oct. 26 23
3. Oct. 28 - Nov. 23 23
4. Nov. 25 - Jan. 4 12
5. Jan. 6 - Feb. 1..
2 1 Labor Day Sept. 2
Institute, Sept. 3
Admission Day, Sept. 9
.... 1 Columbus Day, Oct. 12
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
3 21 Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-30
Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 9-31
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
2 Mid-term Recess,
Jan. 31 - Feb. 1
Spring, 1969
6.
Feb.
3-
Mar.
1
7.
8.
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Mar.
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May 24
June 7
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Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 21 (In lieu of Sat.,
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Easter Vacation,
Mar. 31 - Apr. 5
Memorial Day, May 30-31
NEWSLETTER
January 20, 1969 jji
Announcements
HEALTH EDUCATION SUPERVISOR SOUGHT
Applications for the position of Supervisor A,
Health Education, will be accepted in the Person-
nel Office until January 24, 1969.
Applicants must have the Administrative or Su-
pervisory Credential and the Masters Degree with
concentration in the field of Health Education.
Interviews will be held during the week of Jan-
uary 27. The position will entail general supervision
of the Health Education Program, grades K
through 12. Applications are available in the Per-
sonnel Office.
• SFCTA SKI TRIP IS PLANNED
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association is
sponsoring its annual South Shore Lake Tahoe Fun-Ski-
Trip for members and guests on January 31 -February 1.
The minimum rate per person is $16.75 and includes
accommodations, bus transportation, party, and many
extras. The deadline for making reservations is Friday,
January 24.
For details call the SFCTA Office at 673-0344 or
Stella Zdrodowski (evenings) at 931-1001.
DIRECTORY
CHANGE
Staff members are asked to ma
ce the following
change in theii
copies of the 1968-69 School Direc-
tory:
Page 30 —
Change telephone
number of Sir
Francis Drake School to 282-5080.
• CANHC MEETING JANUARY 22
The next meeting of the San Francisco Chapter of the
California Association for Neurologically Handicapped
Children will be held Wednesday, January 22, at 8 p.m.
at Aptos Junior High School, 105 Aptos Avenue.
The subject for the meeting will be "The Neurologic-
ally Handicapped Adolescent" and will feature Sister
Stanislaus from the Raskob Learning Institute. For fur-
ther information call Mrs. Marion Dempsey at 731-2701.
ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR APPLICATIONS
Applications for the position of Supervisor AA,
Elementary Education, will be accepted in the
Personnel Office until January 24, 1969.
The Administrative or Supervisory Credential
and a Masters of Arts Degree are prerequisites.
Interviews will be held the week of February 10.
• TEACHER'S ARTICLES PUBLISHED
Florence C. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln High School, has
an article on Yosemite published in the November 1968
issue of the National Parks Magazine. Mrs. Lewis has
also authored a book review on Sol Yurick's The Bag
which appears in a recent issue of the Hadassah.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, January 21, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• CITY COLLEGE LIBRARY COURSES
Training in Library Technology will be offered in the
evening program at City College of San Francisco next
spring semester. The introductory course is the first in a
sequence to teach students to be technical assistants in
libraries.
The class will meet on Tuesday evenings starting
February 11, 1969. Those interested in a library career
may apply for admission by calling the Evening Division
of the City College of San Francisco. Registration will
take place. January 24 through January 29.
The beginning class will be taught by Mary Elsie
Caruso, librarian at the Letterman Hospital Medical
Library. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University
Library School and began her library career at the New
York Public Library where she was a cataloger and jcili
serials librarian. She is active in the Medical Library
Association and the Special Library Association and is
President of the Northern California Medical Library
Group and is on the Advisory Committee of the Pacific
Southwest Regional Medical Library Service.
An advanced course in Public Services will be offered
to students who have already completed the introductory
and technical processing course. Anne Kincaid will be
the instructor. Miss Kincaid earned her library degree
at the University of Michigan. She is a principal librar
ian in the San Francisco Public Library system and as
such is head of the Excelsior Branch.
City College of San Francisco was the first junior
college in Northern California to offer Library Technol-
ogy when the day program was established five year:
ago. Introduction of the evening program was made in il
response to the many requests for night courses. Fo
further information call the College Library.
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VOLUME 40 <*©*■> ®
JANUARY 27, 1969
NUMBER 19
Saturday Workshop Planned
Opportunity High to Host Conference
The District's new Opportunity High School will join
the University of California Extension's Cooperative
[dea Exchange in presenting a workshop-conference for
Bay Area educators on Saturday, February 8.
The conference will be held at the new school, and
participants will be provided the opportunity to tour the
:acility and meet the teachers and administrators.
Opportunity High places an emphasis on an individ-
ualized program of instruction for students who show
potential, but who, for a variety of reasons, have not
met with educational success.
Marcia Perlstein, head counselor, and Mrs. Mildred
McClosky, coordinator at the Cooperative Idea Ex-
change, are in charge of the conference.
Principal Harvey Christensen and Dr. Clark Robin-
James Lick Entrant
District Student Wins Contest
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SI David Salcedo, 8th grade student at James Lick Junior High
ichool, was the Bay Area winner in the recent essay contest
sponsored by Eureka Federal Savings and Loan Association. David
' "as awarded the President's Trophy, a $250 college fund savings
account, and a check for $250 for his school as a result of his
winning essay on the subject "The Role and Responsibilities of
I Teenager in Today's World." Seen congratulating David on his
■ward are (left to right) Ivor Callaway, Central Office, Secondary
Education; William Gatant, James Lick Principal; Ralph Kauer,
Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education; Mrs. Mary Lee,
David's English teacher; and Harry M. Galisatus, Manager of the
iureka Valley Branch of the Eureka Federal Savings and Loan
Association. David received the award at a special dinner at the
lack Tar Hotel where he was accompanied by his parents,
*Ar. and Mrs. Manuel Salcedo.
son, Director of the UC Graduate Internship Program,
will welcome the participants, and Miss Perlstein and
Stephen Brand will explain the format and goals of the
conference.
Small group discussions will highlight the session.
Helen Bouffier, job counselor, and Gloria Konrad, busi-
ness teacher, will lead a group on "Work Experience."
Miss Perlstein will cover "Counseling and Youth
Groups." Jacqueline Brand, reading specialist, and Ste-
phen Brand, head of the tutoring program, will lead the
"Tutoring and Reading" session. Judy Bebelaar and
Barbara McCarthy, creative writing and art specialists,
will conduct the "Creative Arts Workshop" segment.
The workshop on "Administrative Practices" will be
chaired by Mr. Christensen and Mrs. Lillian Powell,
assistant principal. The small groups will be assisted by
several resource people.
A number of Opportunity High students will aid
in demonstrations of the creative arts, urban problems
study, and dramatics classes, and will also assist William
Mclntyre, counselor, with the registration and arrange-
ments of physical facilities.
The workshop-conference has been planned in order
to provide an opportunity for educators to meet and
discuss innovations in curriculum and methods for
schools planned along the lines of this new District
school.
Reservations for the conference are necessary. Infor-
mation can be obtained from Mrs. McClosky at 642-
0960.
Credential Fee Change Noted
The Bureau of Teacher Education and Certifi-
cation, State Department of Education, announces
that a return is being made to the previous prac-
tice of requesting a certified check or money order
for the credential fee.
Carl A. Larson, chief of the Bureau of Teacher
Education and Certification, reports that "during
recent years we have found a significantly large
increase in the number of personal checks which
are dishonored for various reasons."
Through this change in procedure it is expected
that some of the delays in processing applications
for credentials can be eliminated.
NEWSLETTER
January 27, 1969 I
Ar Abraham Lincoln
Health Education Unit Studied
A unit on the use of tobacco from the District's Health and
Family Life Education curriculum was well-received at Abraham
Lincoln High School through the cooperative efforts of the
school's Boys' Physical Education Department and art classes.
Specific tobacco education information was taught in the physical
education classes and was followed by a poster contest sponsored
by the Art Department. Pictured in front of some of the eye-
catching posters created as part of the unit are the teachers in
charge, Don Daniels, boys' physical education, and Glenn Nance,
art, with students Virginia Kollias and Gale Bodely (left to right).
• POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS PARTICIPATE
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has again sponsored its
"Guide Right Program (Live a Day)" in the public
schools, this year involving a group of black male
students from Polytechnic High School.
The program aims to increase self -motivation and an
awareness of career objectives by matching boys with
fraternity members on a one-to-one basis in a specific
field of interest.
The member calls for the student at school in the
morning, and they spend the day together with the stu-
dent observing the work-process and asking questions.
This year the students were paired with black men
successful in such fields as public relations, education,
management, engineering, medicine, systems engineer,
systems analyst, programmer, accounting, drafting, sales,
and urban renewal.
Students can, in this way, learn what opportunities
are available and, hopefully, receive inspiration from the
adult with whom they spend their time. Follow-up on
participating students will take place.
Edward L. Davis, Everett Junior High School, is
serving as Chairman of the Guide Right Committee.
• CLASS TOURS WEATHER FACILITY
The Chinese Bilingual Education class of Mrs. Jennie
Wong of Commodore Stockton School recently com-
pleted a guided tour of the weather equipment of Fred-
dy Meyer, weather expert for Radio Station KSFO.
The children arc all new arrivals from the Far East
to the United States. Accompanying the group on the
tour was Wellington Chew, Supervisor, Chinese Biling-
ual Education.
EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT
Recent legislation passed in Sacramento pertains
to teacher employment after retirement.
Section 14376 of the Education Code is amended
to read:
14376. Any person who retired for service may
be employed as a substitute in a position requiring
certification qualifications, or as a teacher who pro-
vides remedial instruction, or as a home teacher, or
as a hospital teacher, or as a curriculum writer or
consultant in a field in which he is specially quali-
fied, or as a teacher in a rest home for the aged,
or in a community center . . . and may be paid not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) in any one fiscal year.. Such employment
shall not operate to reinstate the person as a mem-
ber of this system, or to terminate or suspend his
retirement allowance, and no deductions shall be
made from his salary as contributions to this sys-
tem. Such person may be reemployed only if able
to pass a physical examination prescribed by the
State Board of Education.
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• ROTC PROGRAM AT JOHN O'CONNELL
John O'Connell Vocational High School and Techni-
cal Institute has been authorized by the Headquarters
Sixth U.S. Army, Presidio of San Francisco, to activate
a Reserve Officers Training Battalion.
Units are to be organized and trained in compliance
to Army Training Program, Number 145-10, and the
new Battalion is assigned to the ROTC Brigade of the
San Francisco Unified School District.
The announcement was made by Colonel James H
Farren, Senior Army Instructor, SFUSD.
• VISIT TO JAPAN CONSULATE
Students from Jedediah Smith School recently toured1
the offices of the Consulate General of Japan under thi
supervision of Mrs. Marlene Fullmer and Mrs. Ethel
Ross, ESEA Guide Teachers.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 19
January 27, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Ph.D., President
Edward Kemmitt
Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Glass,
Laurel E
Alan H. Nichols
Vice President
Reynold H. Colvin
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
Ijanuary 27, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Statement from Legal Adviser
Legal Liability of Teachers Reviewed
(The following statement from Irving G. Breyer, Legal
[■Adviser, is presented for the information of all District
certificated personnel.)
j During a meeting with the Negotiating Council the
jlquestion arose as to the legal liability of teachers and
ibther certificated employees in the event legal action is
■taken against them as a result of some act by the em-
hployee in the course of his employment. The question
prose as to what services are available under various
Circumstances by the office of the Legal Adviser to the
Board of Education and the City Attorney. It was felt
K.t might be helpful to give such information to all of the
Certificated employees.
The major concern is as to what occurs when an
[fcmployee of the school district is sued for damages be-
cause of an alleged act which arises out of the course of
jiis employment. There is the question of legal represent-
ation as well as responsibility for the payment of a judg-
ment if one is rendered. It was pointed out that under
:he provisions of the Government Code the public entity
jinder such circumstances has the responsibility to defend
k:he employee and also pay any judgment which may be
rendered, provided that the act or omission upon which
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Teachers or administrators planning to take a
Sabbatical Leave in the fall of 1969 are reminded
that requests are due in Personnel Services prior to
March 1, 1969. The State law requires a minimum
of seven years of teaching in the District following
appointment or last Sabbatical Leave, whichever
is more recent. The regulations of the Board of
Education also limit the number of such leaves to
not more than two percent of the certificated staff
of the District. Many more eligible members apply
than the two percent factor will allow, and a list
will be created after March 1, 1969, on the basis
of the seniority factors mentioned above.
> DISTRICT PERSONNEL FEATURED
Three SFUSD administrators are featured in the Jan-
hary 1969 combined edition of the University of San
\ Francisco's Alumnus and Report. Harvey Christensen,
Mncipal of the new Opportunity High School, is on the
•.over and page A-2 of the Alumnus, and Burl Toler.
Acting Principal of Benjamin Franklin Junior High
i >chool, and James Kearney, Acting Principal of Galileo
! Tigh School, are on the cover of Report and are featured
in articles on pages 2 and 3, respectively.
» BLACK HISTORY STUDY GROUP
The Black History Study Group of Presidio Junior
iigh School recently toured the African Art Exhibit at
he de Young Museum. The group organized in Novem-
)er 1968, and some 18 students and five teachers par-
icipated in the tour. The group holds weekly meetings
o study aspects of black history and culture.
the claim or judgment is based occurred within the scope
of his employment. The only exception is if the school
district is able to establish that the employee acted or
failed to act in a manner which caused the damage be-
cause of actual fraud, corruption or malice. The only
other exception would be in cases of intentional tort as
compared to negligent acts where the law allows puni-
tive damages to be assessed in addition to special and
general damages. In such instances the public entity
(school district) is not authorized to pay the item of
punitive damages although the school district may upon
request represent the employee.
There is another area of concern to employees which
arises when an employee is attacked, assaulted, or
abused, and then it becomes necessary to file a com-
plaint with the District Attorney. In these instances, if
the case comes to trial, the employee is in the position of
a witness. It is the responsibility of the District Attorney
to prosecute the case. Neither the City Attorney, Legal
Adviser nor any private counsel has the right to inject
himself into the trial. However, the office of the Legal
Adviser is open for consultation with such employees,
and including making initial arrangements with the
office of the District Attorney for a conference. In the
event the employee decides in such cases to file a civil
action for damages, then private counsel would have to
be retained.
Techniques Studied
Industrial Arts Workshop Held
The recent Saturday workshop sponsored by the San Francisco
Industrial Arts Association was deemed most successful by
teachers and administrators who attended. One of the purposes
was to pass along tested techniques in the industrial arts subject
areas. Presentations were made by teachers, students, and repre-
sentatives from industry. This year the emphasis was on new
materials, equipment, and some of the finest, new teaching aids
and innovating teaching systems to be found. Pictured above are
some student demonstrators showing experiments in thermoset
plastics. Adults observing the presentation are (left to right)
George Baker, Richard Genovese (Workshop Chairman), and
Gene Blake.
NEWSLETTER
January 27, 1969 i
Spring In-service Courses Announced
All regularly employed San Francisco teachers are re-
quired, by Board of Education policy, to satisfactorily
complete six semester units of acceptable work in order
to advance from one salary "increment block" to an-
other.
Dr. Kemp Frederick, Director, Personnel Services,
has compiled a list of the in-service courses which will
be available to teachers of the District during the spring
semester of 1969.
San Francisco public school teachers have numerous
opportunities for further studies, however, because of
the District-sponsored In-service Training Program, and
the late afternoon, evening, and weekend courses, pro-
vided by many Bay Area institutions of higher learning.
Teachers of the District will have the benefit of over
500 university and college courses plus non-college in-
service courses offered by the SFUSD during the fall
term.
These courses are designed with the viewpoint of
furnishing teachers and admipistrators with the newest
techniques and information in various subject areas.
"Increment blocks" are defined as a period of time.
Teachers on Classification I should complete six units
every three years. (Includes teachers in Children's Cen-
ters. )
Teachers on Classification II should complete six units
during a four-year period.
Teachers on Classification III have five school years
to complete six units.
Failing to complete the required units in the allotted
time will cause the teacher to lose the normal salary in-
crements until such units requirements have been ful-
filled.
Teachers who have reached their fifty-seventh birth-
day are exempt from these requirements.
It is noted that non-college in-service units are usable
as credit only within the San Francisco Unified School
District and are not transferable to other districts.
Increment and classification credits are given for in-
service courses satisfactorily completed.
Prior to starting the in-service course or any other
college or university course for a salary credit, the
teacher should file an "application for approval" form
with Dr. Frederick. This form is to be signed by the
principal of the teacher concerned.
Previously an attempt was made in the Newsletter to
publish a comprehensive list of courses offered by the
leading Bay Area institutions of higher learning. How-
ever, these lists were not always complete, due to the
inability to publish all courses offered.
To make it easier for the individual teacher, Dr.
Frederick's office has sent packets of college course bulle-
tins to the principals of each school. In the packages are
bulletins from the University of California at Berkeley
and the U. C. Extension, University of San Francisco,
and Stanford University.
Teachers are urged to contact school principals for
these catalogs.
The following in-service courses are offered by the
District during the spring 1969 semester:
ARBORETUM
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at the Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. John
Kipping, instructor. Course starts February 13. Pre-
registration is necessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 237.
For elementary teachers only.
The instructor will explore with teachers the ways in which the Arbore-
tum, Junior Museum, Academy of Sciences, and other field trip resources
can be used to vitalize the science, social science, and language arts cur-
riculum. Content will include botany, zoology, ecology, marine biology, and
horticulture
de YOUNG MUSEUM AS AN
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at the de Young Museum in Golden
Gate Park. Instructors: de Young Museum docents.
Course starts February 19. Pre-registration is necessary.
Call 863-4680, Extension 237. For elementary teachers
only.
Through lectures and tours, participants will become acquainted with
the following: 1. art treasures at the de Young Museum, and 2. the Docent
Program which is designed to help teachers make effective use of Museum
resources
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Woodrow Wilson High School, 400
Mansell Street. Herbert Strongin, instructor. Course
starts February 19. Pre-registration is necessary. Call
863-4680, Extension 237. For elementary teachers only.
The course is designed to acquaint teachers with the fundamentals of
picture taking, developing, contact printing, and enlarging. Emphasis will
be on the ways of using photography as a means of recording for classroom
reference work.
READING FOR FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Ulloa School, 2650 - 42nd Avenue,
Instructors: Gertrude Louch, Dorothy Dudley, and Bar-
bara Braun. Course starts February 19. Pre-registration
is necessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 237. For elemen-
tary teachers only.
This course has been designed to present to fourth grade teachers
methods and techniques for making the most effective use of the newly
adopted State Reading Texts. In addition to learning about efficient reading
techniques, teachers will be shown how to use the basic library collection,
audio visual materials, field trips, and resource persons to motivate interest
and improve reading.
READING FOR FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Ulloa School, 2650 - 42nd Avenue.
Instructors: Mayme Chinn, Helen Bowden, Cecilia
Brown, and Margie Baker. Course starts February 19.
Pre-registration is necessary. Call 863-4680, Ertension
237. For elementary teachers only.
This course has been designed to present to fifth grade teachers methods
and techniques for making the most effective use of the newly adopted State
Reading Texts. In addition to learning about efficient reading techniques,
teachers will be shown how to use the basic library collection, audio visual
materials, field trips, and resource persons to motivate interest and improve
reading.
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January 27, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Variety of Subject Offerings Featured
IJREADING FOR SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 4 to 6 p.m. at Ulloa School, 2650 - 42nd Avenue.
I Instructors: Maryanne Ryan, Joanne Hetfield, and Mar-
Mlyn Orr. Course starts February 19. Pre-registration is
rnecessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 237. For elementary
teachers only.
-•) This course has been designed to present to sixth grade teachers methods
■ land techniques for making the most effective use of the newly adopted State
■'Reading Texts. In addition to learning about efficient reading techniques,
lltteachers will be shown how to use the basic library collection, audio visual
llmaterials, field trips, and resource persons to motivate interest and improve
Breading.
j SPACE SCIENCE
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
|J4 to 6 p.m. at A. P. Giannini Junior High School. In-
structors from the National Aeronautics and Space Asso-
j ciation. Course starts February 13. Pre-registration is
"J necessary. Call 863-4680, Extension 237. For elementary
\ teachers only.
p The NASA Division of Ames Research Laboratories is cooperating with
nRthe Elementary Division in making this course available to elementary
'.■(teachers. Emphasis will be on the benefits accruing to the public from the
;Xresearch that has been carried on in the space program. In planning the
■[lectures and workshop sessions, content has been structured to provide for
(.meaningful incorporation in the elementary program.
| BASIC ARTS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
J.days, 4 to 6 p.m. in the Art Workshop, Phoebe Apperson
(Hearst School, 3045 Santiago Street. Mrs. Alice B.
I Stone, instructor. Course starts February 19. Pre-regis-
i tration is necessary. Call Mrs. Ruth Davis, 863-4680,
^Extension 323. For schools under the supervision of
| Alice B. Stone, unless special permission granted by in-
structor. For elementary teachers only.
k\ Course content includes paper processes, picture making, decorative paper
making, and use of dimensional materials suitable for children in the ele-
I mentary schools. Includes developing skills in handling classroom art
material for special and everyday projects.
BASIC ARTS
k| Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
:. 4 to 6 p.m. in the Art Workshop, Phoebe Apperson
;! Hearst School, 3045 Santiago Street. Verla Leonard,
. instructor. Course starts February 20. Pre-registration
j is necessary. Call Mrs. Ruth Davis, 863-4680, Extension
J 323. For schools under the supervision of Verla Leonard,
a unless special permission granted by instructor. For ele-
; mentary teachers only.
I Ccurse content includes paper processes, picture making, decorative paper
• making, and use of dimensional materials suitable for children in the ele-
\ mentary schools Includes developing skills in handling classroom art
material for special and everyday projects.
CURRICULUM PROBLEMS IN ART EDUCATION
One unit, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Fridays,
l?i'3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Art Workshop, Phoebe Apper-
iJ son Hearst School, 3045 Santiago Street. Instructors:
.Mrs. Alice B. Stone and Verla Leonard. Course starts
«j February 7. Course is limited to Elementary Art Spe-
"f cialists only.
:j After enrollment, study groups will be formed on the basis of individual
needs. Course content will include the study of needs on the teaching level,
such as instructional supplies, equipment, physical facilities, programming
'practices, and similar factors which tend to affect the quality of instruction.
ELEMENTARY DIVISION COUNSELING
AND GUIDANCE
One unit, non-college credit, 9 meetings, Wednesdays,
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Anza School, 40
Vega Street. James Hamrock, instructor. Course starts
March 5.
This course is designed to assist newly appointed assistant principals and
counselors through a series of meetings and field trips devoted to job
orientation, communication of important information, and the development
of skills essential to the work with elementary school pupils.
ASIAN SOCIETIES THROUGH THEIR ARTS
Two units, non-college credit, 5 Saturday meetings,
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., location to be announced. Instruc-
tors; A. Elgin Heinz and guest lecturers and resource
persons from Bay Area universities and Asian commun-
ities. Course starts March 15. Pre-registration required.
Call Mr. Heinz at 863-4680, Extension 367.
An investigation of the cultural and social significance of Asian arts
(architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, costume, etc.) as seen in Festivals
(March 15), The Great and Little Traditions (April 12), The Harmony of
Opposites (April 26), Images and Stereotypes (May 10), and Asia in San
Francisco (May 24).
CONSUMER EDUCATION WORKSHOP
One unit, non-college credit, 4 meetings, Friday, Feb-
ruary 7 (7:30 to 9 p.m.), Saturday, February 8 (8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m.), Tuesday, February 11 (7:30 to 9:30
p.m.), Wednesday, February 12 (8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
in Creative Arts Auditorium, City College of San Fran-
cisco, 50 Phelan Avenue. Instructors: staff members from
Federal Food and Drug Administration. Course starts
February 7. Pre-registration: mail check for $1.50, made
out to Consumer Education Workshop, to Dr. Frances
Todd, SFUSD, Room 203, 135 Van Ness Avenue, before
January 30. Include name, school, grade and/or subjects
taught. February 7 meeting will start at 7 p.m. for regis-
tration purposes. Course open to all interested teachers.
Course will feature lectures and presentations of new instructional mate-
rials including audio-visual aids relative to drugs, foods, cosmetics, home
hazards, quackery, and consumer legal protections. Should be of special
interest to teachers of social studies, life sciences, health and homemaking.
HUMAN BIOLOGY: REFRESHER COURSE
One unit, non-college credit, 5 meetings, Thursdays,
7 to 10 p.m. in the Auditorium, Children's Hospital,
3700 California Street. Instructors: members of the S. F.
Medical Society. Course starts April 10. Open to all
teachers. Call Dr. Frances Todd, 863-4680, Extension
367, for information.
Course will feature illustrated lectures on human anatomy and physiology
with special reference to genetics, growth and development, reproduction,
and maturation. A detailed program will be available about February 15.
CURRICULUM PROBLEMS IN
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Wednes-
days, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 14, Herbert Hoover
Junior High School, 2290 - 14th Avenue. Dr. Jess E.
Rathbun, instructor. Course starts February 19.
Major emphasis will be on developing resource units and teaching tech-
niques to further implement the new curriculum guides. The class will
meet in general sessions on designated days and at other times will meet
in study groups to develop specific materials. Enrollment closes February 26.
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NEWSLETTER
January 27, 1969
. . . In-service Courses Start Soon
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THE PRINCIPLES OF MODERN CHEMISTRY
Two units, non-college credit, 15 meetings, Thursdays,
4 to 6 p.m. in Room 220 of Lowell High School, 1101
Eucalyptus Drive. Peter Dahl, instructor. Course starts
February 13. For information contact Mr. Dahl at
Lowell High School. (If you have previously contacted
Mr. Dahl, it will not be necessary to do so again.)
A course designed for elementary and junior high school teachers who
have had some, but not much, background in chemistry. Course will
attempt to bring teachers up-to-date in this field. At least four days will be
spent on giving the Quantum Mechanical view of the atom and the build-up
of the Periodic Table.
YOUTH — ITS POWER AND CHARACTER
IN THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE
One unit, non-college credit, 8 meetings, Wednesdays,
4 to 6 p.m. at Francisco Junior High School, 2190 Powell
Street. Instructors: Mrs. Alice Henry and staff. Course
starts March 5. Pre-registration required. Call 863-
4680, Extension 363. Course open to Pupil Services per-
sonnel only. Enrollment limited to first 30 enrollees.
This course will take a look at youth in today's changing society _ —
specifically in the current urban scene It will examine ways of working
with youth within an educational setting, focusing on the changes in methods
which are evolving.
IMPROVING HUMAN RELATIONS AND
DEVELOPING AWARENESS OF
NEW DIMENSIONS IN EDUCATION
One or two units, non-college credit, depending on
number of meetings held, for the staffs of the following
schools: James Lick, James Denman, Aptos, and A. P.
Giannini Junior High Schools and Daniel Webster Ele-
mentary School and a course for the combined faculties
of Hawthorne, Junipero Serra, Lakeshore, Parkside, R.
L. Stevenson, and Sherman Schools.
These courses are planned in cooperation with the administrators and
faculty representatives of the local school site and are most usually con-
ducted in the buildings of the schools involved. In some instances, where
schools have a staff-community council, community persons have partici-
pated in the planning of the course as well as auditing it.
• MATHEMATICS PROOF PUBLISHED
Jack C. Abad, City College of San Francisco (on
leave), and Paul R. Abad, Lowell High School, had
their proof of a number theory problem published in the
June- July issue of the American Mathematical Monthly.
The statement of the theorem on which they collabo-
rated is as follows: "There are n consecutive positive
integers whose squares can be separated into two sets
having the same sum, if and only if there exist two posi-
tive integers r, s, r greater than s, such that n = r= - sV
BOARD POLICY — SALARY CREDIT
"The maximum credit that will be accepted for
salary classification purposes of teachers engaged
in full-time teaching will be six semester hours, or
six quarter hours, or the equivalent, for any semes-
ter or quarter, exclusive of summer sessions. A
maximum of twelve hours or equivalent, exclusive
of summer sessions, will be accepted for any one
school year for salary classification purposes. A
limit of twenty semester hours oi equivalent will
be the maximum allowable in four consecutive
semesters."
At Mission High
Black Culture Exhibit Featured
A Black Culture
Exhibit at Mission
High School has cap-
tured the attention
and interest of the
school's student body.
The exhibit is the
work of Mrs. Miner-
va Barranco's Black
History class and in-
cludes student art
work and pieces of
African art on loan
from the University
of California at Ber-
keley.
The Black History
Observing the Mission High Black Cul-
ture Exhibit are (left to right) Derrek
Kelley, Sandra Pearson, Ralph Ander- course students study
son, and Mrs. Minerva Barraneo. the Negro heritage;
thereby developing an understanding and appreciation
of that heritage. One of the course's goals is the fostering
of tolerance and curiosity, as well as an understanding of
racial problems in the United States.
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At Luther Burbank
Future Homemakers Meeting Held
The San Francisco Council of the Future Homemakers of America
recently sponsored a leadership training conference at Luther
Burbank Junior High School. The over-all theme of the Saturday
program was "Citizenship Challenges You — To Know — To
Care — To Do." Pictured are members of the Luther Burbank
Chapter presenting "I Am a Nation" to the more than 100
students who took part in the day-long conference. Mildred Reel,
U.S. Office of Education and National F.H.A. Adviser, and
Mildred Huber, California State Department of Education/ par-
ticipated in the event.
IN MEMORIAM
Emma Roselle Smith Mrs. Helen Hansen
Donald Williams
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NEWSLETTER
At Galileo High
New Discoveries Made at Lux Laboratory
The effectiveness of the science program centering
around the Lux Bio-Chem Laboratory at Galileo High
School has been amply demonstrated by studies recently
completed and other studies in progress under the guid-
ance of Thomas S. Briggs, science teacher.
Since 1962 Mr. Briggs has conducted a program of
field investigations for students in the Lux Laboratory
Program and in the Galileo Science Club. Many of the
students initially enrolled as seventh graders in the after-
school Lux Laboratory science courses and later contin-
ued their participation as members of the Galileo Science
Club.
In executing the program, Mr. Briggs has brought
students into the various wilderness areas around San
Francisco. Once a group becomes well-versed in field
techniques and begins natural science projects of its own,
expanded trips to more distant parts of the state are con-
ducted.
Because many of the science students developed a
facility and interest in high quality taxonomic research,
Mr. Briggs was persuaded to pursue these studies to a
point where they could be published in scientific journals.
One student, Kevin Horn, co-authored three articles
with Mr. Briggs on new species of arachnids which they
discovered, and he also published a fourth article on his
own.
Mr. Briggs later published a complete study of a genus
of arachnids in the Proceedings of the California Acade-
my of Sciences in which he listed many of the students in
the program as collectors.
One former Galileo student, Vincent Lee, participated
in this research and is now an honor student in entomol-
ogy at San Francisco State College. A group of Galileo
students and graduates are continuing to work with Mr.
Briggs in the area of research, and a number of arachnid
discoveries will be published in the future.
Specimen collection has taken the students to a wide
variety of locations. In the summer of 1966 three stu-
dents and Mr. Briggs traveled through the South to Ala-
bama. In the summer of 1967 four Galileo students took
part in a trip from Idaho to New Mexico.
Over the 1967 Christmas vacation period three Galileo
graduates and Mr. Briggs voyaged to Santa Cruz Island
and collected specimens as the guests of the University
of California. In the summer of 1968 a group of four
went to San Bias, Mexico. Students Michael Wong,
Galen Leung, William Lum, and Jason Benet have made
two trips to Baja California.
One group of Science Club students is presently ex-
ploring a number of California caves with members of
the National Speleological Society. They have discovered
a number of cave-adapted arachnids in Sierra Nevada
caves. Other students, Bob Lem, Melvin Lim, and Darryl
Ubick, have been adding to a growing Galileo collection
of insects, and some are working on projects in mam-
mology and herpetology.
A collection trip to the caves of southern Nevada
Working after school on a special project in the Lux Laboratory
at Galileo High School are (left to right) Darryl Ubick, Jason
Benet, Tom Briggs (science instructor), and Galen Leung.
was conducted this past Christmas vacation, and Mr.
Briggs hopes to take a group of students through Canada
during the 1969 summer to cover new collecting terri-
tory. He is applying for a National Science Foundation
grant to continue his work as all of his past excursions
have been at his own expense.
Articles published on research done at Galileo include
the following: Briggs and Horn. "Five New Species of
Phalangodidae from California (Opiliones) ," Pan-Pacific
Entomologist, 42: 262-269, 1966; Briggs and Horn. "A
New Schizomid Whip-Scorpion from California," Pan-
Pacific Entomologist, 42: 270-274, 1966; Briggs and
Horn. "New Phalangodidae from the Sierra Nevada
Mountains," Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 43: 48-52, 1967;
Horn, Kevin. "Notes on Two California Whip-Scor-
pions," Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 43: 216-220, 1967;
Briggs, Thomas S. "Phalangids of the Laniatorid Genus
Sitalcina (Phalangodidae: Opiliones)," Proceedings of
the California Academy of Sciences, 36: No. 1, 1-32,
1968.
O MIRALOMA STUDENTS MEET ARTIST
Students at Miraloma School were privileged to meet
with Victor Moscoso, noted San Francisco poster artist,
and to discuss modern poster art.
The students easily related to this art form as many
of them revealed that they display posters on the walls
of their rooms at home.
Mr. Moscoso explained how the artist develops a
poster from its inception on the drawing board to the
final many-colored lithographic result. He donated some
of his posters to Miraloma School so that students could
study and enjoy his creations.
The artist currently has a show of poster art on dis-
play at the San Francisco Institute of Art.
Mrs. Alice Stone, District Art Supervisor, states that
the Art Department is grateful to many such artists who
donate their time and talent in order that students can
better understand the total field of art today.
NEWSLETTER
January 27, 1969
Announcements
• COOPERATIVE IDEA EXCHANGE
Paul Warren Malveaux, School Project Head, Neigh-
borhood Youth Corps, attended the first meeting of the
advisory council of the Cooperative Idea Exchange, a
new program established by University of California Ex-
tension's Graduate Internship Program to disseminate
information about promising innovations in the public
schools and to develop models of cooperation between
the schools and the University. The Exchange is being
supported by a one-year grant from the Rosenberg
Foundation.
The meeting, chaired by Dr. Clark Robinson, director
of the Graduate Internship Program, centered on ways
the Exchange can be helpful to school districts in the Bay
Area.
The advisory council is made up of 27 administrators
from districts in seven Bay Area counties. Among the
districts represented on the council are those in Antioch,
Berkeley, Fairfield, Hayward, Lafayette, Larkspur, Napa,
Newark, Oakland, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Richmond, San
Francisco, San Leandro, San Rafael, Sebastopol and
Walnut Creek.
Among the Exchange's early activities have been work-
shops on confrontations in the schools, new curricula for
continuation schools and the development of Black
Studies programs.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB SNOW TRIP
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces that its third annual snow trip to South Shore,
Lake Tahoe, will be held March 8 and 9, 1969.
The $28.50 per person cost includes the following: bus
transportation to and from Lake Tahoe; double occu-
pancy accommodations at the Shamrock Motel; shuttle
bus service; six dollar cash refund; Saturday night din-
ner; Sunday brunch; door prize; bus and dinner tips;
and evening reception.
Checks should be made out and mailed to the Stan-
ford Education Club of San Francisco Snow Trip Com-
mittee, 2346 - 43rd Avenue, San Francisco 941 16. Reser-
vation deadline is February 28, 1969. For further infor-
mation call 566-8898.
DIRECTORY CHANGES
Staff members are asked to make the following
changes in their copies of the 1968-69 School Direc-
tory:
Page 8 — Change title of James Beckwith, John
O'Connell Vocational High School, to Assistant
Principal.
Page 31 — Change address of Twin Peaks School
to 445 Burnett Street.
Page 42 — Change telephone number of Youth
and Student Office, California State Employment
Service, to 626-2550.
Page 43 — Change telephone number of Gran-
ville DeMerritt under Civil Service Association
of San Francisco to 863-3608.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 4, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE MEETS
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tacion Valley Elementary School at 1:45 p.m. on Wed-
nesday, February 5. Principals having items for discus-
ison are requested to submit these to their representa-
tives.
Again three copies of the Supply Committee minutes
will be distributed to each elementary school. This policy
will be continued in the future so schools will have an
extra copy for posting in the library alongside the Sup-
ply Catalog for teachers' use.
• TEACHER'S WORK EXHIBITED
Richard Miller, art teacher at Pelton Junior High
School, is currently exhibiting a painting in the Crown
Zellerbach Exhibit, 1 Bush Street. The show runs until
January 31.
Mr. Miller exhibited three non-objective oil paintings
at the San Francisco Museum of Art's 1968 Christmas
Festival Show.
He is a former Fulbright Fellowship recipient to
Venice, Italy, and is a member of the Artists' Coopera-
tive Gallery on Union Street where his work is on dis-
play.
• EXCHANGE TEACHER POSITION
The Personnel Services Division has received a request
from the Department of Education, State of Hawaii, for
an exchange position in 7th and 8th grade Social Studies.
Interested parties should contact Robert Seymour, Su-
pervisor, Personnel Office, for further information.
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Ten School Patrol Aides Start Today
Ten School Patrol Aides, recommended by Superin-
tendent Robert E. Jenkins and authorized by the Board
3i Education in November 1968, start today as employees
jf the San Francisco Unified School District.
The men will be assigned to duty in the District's high
chools and will serve to insure that unauthorized per-
;ons not be permitted on school premises and to assist
ichool administrators and their staffs in maintaining
prderly conduct within school buildings.
The Board of Education was able to recruit through
he Civil Service Commission ten outstanding candidates
or appointment to this new classification from referrals
>y a number of local organizations.
The ten and the organizations by whom they were
referred are Keith Bassett (Board of Education), Fred-
fouth Art Festival
Student Artists Receive Awards
<v number of District students were cited for their contributions
■o the Student League's Youth Art Festival held in Union Square.
Nell Sinton, San Francisco Art Institute, awarded gift certificates
to eight students and their teachers on behalf of the Harold L.
Zellerbach Art Foundation. Pictured are (top row, left to right)
iBartley Swartz (George Washington), Fred Berensmeier (teacher,
Everett), Steven Arnautoff (Everett), Pierre Kramer (teacher,
Salileo), (front row, left to right) Barbara Laub (Roosevelt),
> 3loria Nieblas (Mission), Bunny Tuller (Student League), Nell
iinton (Art Institute), Yukimi Wada (teacher. Mission). Other
iward winners included Deborah Jones (Everett), Judy Bactig
.George Washington), Michael Dong (Galileo), Alice Rameriz
Mission).
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erick Diaz (Youth for Service), Titus Dickens (Human
Rights Commission), Maurice James (Human Rights
Commission), Paul Johnson (Equal Employment Op-
portunity Committee), Leland Lai (Youth for Service),
Eloy Muniz (Mission Adult Opportunity Center), Phil
Nakamura (YMCA and Youth for Service), Daniel
Roberts (Human Rights Commission), and Arti Strong
(Board of Education).
The group represents a variety of ethnic backgrounds
and includes five blacks, one white, one Chinese, one
Japanese, and two from the Spanish-speaking commun-
ity.
The School Patrol Aides are under the general super-
vision of the school principals and their duties include
patrolling buildings, grounds, and adjacent areas of the
schools, screening individuals and groups entering
schools, assisting school personnel in maintaining orderly
conduct, protecting school department property against
damage by vandalism and theft, cooperating with law
enforcement agencies, preparing reports on school inci-
dents, and enforcing Board of Education rules and regu-
lations and municipal and state ordinances and laws as
they relate to behavior on school property.
During the next four weeks the Patrol Aides will par-
ticipate in an intensive training program which will con-
centrate on the strengthening of community-teacher-
student relationships.
Some 50 hours of the training will be devoted to racial
and human relations, 25 hours to student-youth rela-
tions, 20 hours to interpreting the role of the schools to
outsiders, 25 hours to understanding the functions and
duties of the District's varied employees, and 20 hours
to special officer's training.
During the month the Patrol Aides will meet with key
School District personnel, will visit elementary, junior
high, and senior high school sites, and will hold special
sessions with human relations staff members, attendance
personnel, and representatives from community organi-
zations.
They will also take part in meetings with members of
the San Francisco Police Academy and the Police De-
partment's Juvenile Bureau and will visit the Youth
Guidance Center.
It is projected that the Patrol Aides will be in the
schools on a full-time basis beginning March 3.
The San Francisco Civil Service Commission has es-
tablished the position as 8203 School Patrol Aide with a
salary range of $638-775.
NEWSLETTER
February 3, 1969
At Spring Valley
Art of Kite Making Is Studied
David Jue, author of Chinese Kites — How to Make and Fly
Them, was a recent guest at Spring Valley School. Mr. Jue
exhibited a number of his creations and demonstrated how to
make them. In his demonstration to the Spring Valley students,
he explained that before written history kites were used in China
for a number of purposes. His explanation has led to a study of
the principles involved in kite flying and the fascinating history
connected with the activity. A successful businessman, Mr. Jue
is now retired, and he recounted to the students his experiences
of his boyhood in Kwangtung, China, his arrival in the United
States at 14 years of age, and his eventual success in the world
of business. Elizabeth Hall is the principal of Spring Valley.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Membership in Professional and Employee Or-
ganizations. The Board of Education has approved
the following policies for the District covering mem-
bership in professional and employee organizations
(Policies, S.F. Bd. of Ed., P4135, Art. 4) :
1. Teachers and all other employees of the Board of
Education shall have complete freedom in selecting the
professional or employee organizations which they may
wish to join, without coercion of any kind from any ad-
ministrative officer or other school employee.
2. Whatever- courtesies are extended to any employee
organization in the schools shall be fully and unreservedly
extended to all employee organizations.
3. The use of any coercion or pressure by any prin-
cipal or other administrative officer or other school em-
ployee to influence any teacher or other employee to join
or refrain from joining any organization shall be deemed
to be unprofessional conduct.
• DRUG MISUSE TRAINING
Some 80 District teachers and administrators attended
a session of the Leadership Training in Drug Misuse
Education course at the Mendocino State Hospital
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Unit.
The group spent the day learning about "The Family"
in-patient therapy methods. Members who have left
''The Family" and returned to society as productive
citizens were present. Many such individuals are now
contributing to preventive education in various school
districts.
Nickel Raise Approved
School Lunch Prices Increased
Prices for school lunches will increase by five cents j
effective today as the result of action taken by the Board
of Education at its January 21, 1969 meeting.
The Board voted unanimously for the increase on the
basis of a report submitted to Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins by Wendell E. Muntz, Supervisor, Cafeterias,
which indicated that the estimated loss during the 1968-
69 school year would be $240,000 to the District if the
increase were not approved.
Elementary students will now pay 35 cents for lunches,
and junior and senior high school students will pay 40
cents. The five-cent increase marks the first time since
1958 that prices have been raised.
In other action at the meeting the Board voted ap-
proval of an appropriation of $194,000 to be transferred i >ni
from within the District's Special Reserve Fund to the l«
Elementary School Cafeteria Program so that the pro-
gram to extend noon time lunch service to every school! ]l
in the District can be completed.
When the Cafeteria Expansion Program was initiated
in the spring of 1965, 46 elementary schools had cafe
terias, and plans had to be provided for cafeterias in 57
additional schools.
To date, 39 cafeterias in the 57 schools have been
opened. The appropriated funds will be used for the re-
maining schools without cafeterias.
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KPIX-TV, Channel 5, announces that it will present! '"
the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of A Mid
summer Night's Dream on Sunday, February 9, from 9 tc
11:15 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 20
February 3, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Vice President Edward Kemmitt
Reynold H. Colvin Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
February 3, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Latin American Workshop Set
"Latinos: Speak Out," a day-long conference-work-
] shop involving concerned citizens of the city's Latin
American community will be held Saturday, February
1 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mission High School, 18th
and Dolores Streets.
The workshop is sponsored by the San Francisco Uni-
' fied School District and the California State Department
I of Education and will search for solutions for current
I educational difficulties and community unrest encounter-
ed by San Francisco's Latin Americans.
Participants will include parents, students, teachers,
: clergy, administrators, community leaders, professors,
i among others. The purpose of the conference is to estab-
lish a situation where an interchange of ideas and feel-
ings about the educational circumstances and commun-
■ ity needs of persons of Spanish-speaking origin can take
I place.
It is hoped that the conference will stimulate all con-
! cerned members of the urban community to collectively
focus their thoughts regarding the education and social
| welfare of the Spanish-speaking people in order to pre-
i sent plans of action to community agencies and service
institutions for implementation.
The workshop will focus on discussions between par-
ticipants. Those planning to attend should complete a
pre-registration form and mail it by February 10 to
Elmer Gallegos, Supervisor, Spanish Bilingual Educa-
. tion, 135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 94102.
For additional information, Mr. Gallegos can be
reached at 431-5379.
• TEACHER CO-AUTHORS PUBLISHED ARTICLE
Mrs. Linda R. Festa, teacher at Francisco Junior High
j School, has co-authored an article entitled "Cliques on
i the Supreme Court — Myth or Reality?" with Leo D.
Vichules of Arizona State University which has been pub-
lished in the fall 1968 issue of the Sociological Quarterly.
Mrs. Festa teaches English, social studies, and English
i as a foreign language.
Gifted Program Applications
Applications for elementary teaching positions
in the Mentally Gifted Minors Program for 1969-
1970 will be accepted in the Personnel Services
Office until February 14.
Candidates must comply with the following cri-
teria: 1.) three years teaching experience; 2.)
recommendation of principal; 3.) willingness to be
observed in actual teaching situation; 4.) submis-
sion of a narrative of experiences with gifted chil-
dren or experiences which the candidate feels will
add measurably to the education of the gifted;
5.) oral interview.
Interviews will be held the week of February 26.
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN
SECURING DAY-TO-DAY SUBSTITUTES
The Personnel Office wishes to remind all
administrators and teachers that requests for day-
to-day substitutes should be directed to the Per-
sonnel Services Office. The effort of school ad-
ministrators and regular teachers to secure their
own substitutes sometimes results in confusion. A
centralized approach is both desirable and neces-
sary, as it is Board policy.
An automatic answering and recording telephone
(863-2391) will receive requests at any hour of the
night, 4:40 p.m. to 7 a.m. Be sure to report:
1. Your name (last name first, please)
2. Your school
3. The grade level or subjects you teach
4. The anticipated length of your absence
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., tele-
phone calls are handled by the regular switch-
board (863-4680). Ask for the Certificated Per-
sonnel Office.
School secretaries are reminded to continue to
call the Personnel Services Office to report the
return or the continued absence of a teacher.
The cooperation of all concerned will improve
the procedure.
Preparing for the Future
Pelton Explores Career Fields
Many District secondary schools hold Career Day Conferences
periodically throughout the year in which representatives from
labor, business, and industry meet with students to discuss job
requirements, employer expectations, and career preparation.
One of the most successful annual conferences is held at Pelton
Junior High School. Some of the participants at this year's pro-
gram are pictured above (left to right) Thomas J. Sammon, Pelton
Principal; Robert Bramlett, Public Relations, Pacific Telephone;
Al Hicks, Manager, Job Development Program, San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Shirley Harris, Service Representa-
tive, Pacific Telephone; Rev. Charles H. Lee, Ridgepoint Metho-
dist Church; Louis Geffen, Pelton Vocational Counselor; Mat-
thew Gaffney, Pelton Assistant Principal; Mrs. Josephine Cole,
Supervisor, Student Relations.
IN MEMORIAM
Rose K. Dempsey
NEWSLETTER
February 3, 1969 U
SUPPLIES WAREHOUSE INVENTORY
The annual inventory of the Division of Supplies
Warehouse will be taken during the latter part of
February, according to Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of
Supplies. The warehouse will, therefore, be closed
from February 17 through February 28, 1969.
Requisitions received in the Division of Supplies
by Wednesday, February 5, will be processed
through the warehouse before inventory.
Deliveries from the warehouse will also continue
during the inventory period to complete delivery of
those supplies processed before warehouse closing.
The Division of Supplies Warehouse will re-open
on Monday, March 3, 1969.
• FEDERATION TO MEET TONIGHT
The San Francisco Federation of Teachers will hold
its regular membership meeting tonight, February 3, at
7:30 in the Lowell High School cafeteria, 1101 Eucalyp-
tus Drive.
• TEACHERS' ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Mr. Arnold Jacobson, former Vocational Business Ed-
ucation Program Head and instructor at San Francisco
City College, and Mr. Bruno Zachary, Employment
Counselor, have an article entitled "Office Occupations
Laboratory" published in the January 1969 issue of The
Balance Sheet magazine (for business and economic
teachers) .
The article describes the simulated business office
course offered at George Washington High School. It also
explains how education can narrow the gap between
school and the business world.
• RED CROSS ELEMENTARY DAY
The Junior Red Cross Elementary Day for the San
Francisco schools will be held Wednesday, February 12,
from 9:30 to 12 noon at the American Red Cross Build-
ing, 1625 Van Ness Avenue.
The day serves to prepare elementary students to assist
their Red Cross advisers with the March enrollment for
membership campaign. Red Cross leaders from the sec-
ondary schools plan and direct all general sessions and
individual workshops.
DIRECTORY CHANGES
Staff members are asked to make the following
changes in their copies of the 1968-69 School Direc-
tory:
Page 12 — Change telephone numbers of Everett
Junior High School as follows: Carl H. Hanson,
Jr., Mrs. Victoria Brooks, John Falsarella, Robert
Hicks, Elvira Fusco, Nurse, and Cafeteria to 863-
6113.
Page 14 — Change all telephone numbers at
J imes Lick Junior High School to 648-8080-1-2-3.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 4, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• ASIAN COURSE ENROLLMENT CLOSED
The District-sponsored in-service course, Asian Socie-
ties Through Their Arts, which was announced in last
week's Newsletter, has been filled. Teachers now calling
in will be put on stand-by status in the event there are
cancellations. These teachers will have priority if the
course is repeated in the fall.
Some of the sessions, however, will be held in the de
Young Museum auditorium which seats 350. Teachers
will be welcome as auditors for the following two sessions :
1.) April 12, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., "The World View
of the Great and Little Traditions, "illustrated with music,
drama, and films (Lui Tsun-yuen, pi-pa virtuoso and
professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, will play) ; 2.)
April 26, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., lecture-demonstration of
Chinese landscape painting and talk by Dr. Nathan of
U.C. on the Indian poetic tradition, and 11 a.m. to 12
noon, illustrated lecture on the cosmic harmony of In-
dian art and architecture by Dr. LaPlante of Stanford.
• SFCTA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL TO MEET
The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet Monday, February 10,
at 4 p.m. in the George Washington High School cafe-
teria.
FALL 1969 REQUISITION DEADLINES
Fall 1969 Requisition Lists are due in the Divi-
sion of Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street,
Attention: Mrs. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Janitorial Supplies Lists — February 10, 1969
Instructional Supplies Lists — March 17, 1969
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NUMBER 21
[public Speaking Contest
'residio. Hoover Speakers Win
residio and Herbert Hoover Junior High Schools took top honors
the Fourth Annual Junior High School Public Speaking Con-
2sf held at Luther Burbank Junior High School. Forty contest-
ing from 15 junior high schools participated. Pictured above
eft to right) are Earl Mack (Presidio), first place in Original
Iratory; Kathleen O'Farrell, Presidio public speaking coach;
obert White (Presidio), first place for Extemporaneous Speak-
lg; Emily Honig (Herbert Hoover), first place in Oral Reading;
nd Clement Zannini, Herbert Hoover public speaking coach,
.ontest judges included Ted Moore (Abraham Lincoln), Thomas
alo (Woodrow Wilson), and Norman Durieux (Galileo). Dr.
ieorge Karonsky is serving as San Francisco Junior High School
orenscc League Chairman, and James Keolker (Luther Burbank)
as the Contest Coordinator.
Balboa Adult Education Classes
Scheduled To Start in February
The Board of Education, upon recommendation of
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, has given approval to
the opening of Adult Education classes at Balboa High
School beginning Monday, February 19, 1968.
The decision to offer adult courses at Balboa resulted
from meetings and consultations between Dr. Edward D.
Goldman, Assistant Superintendent for Adult and Voca-
tional Education, and the Ocean View-Merced Heights-
Ingleside (OMI) Project Education Sub-committee on
Adult Education.
Rollin E. Haggard, OMI Project Coordinator, had
earlier indicated the need for adult classes to serve the
OMI area. A questionnaire was circulated among OMI
residents, the results indicating a strong desire for a
variety of adult class offerings. Balboa High School was
recommended as the most acceptable site.
Classes will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays and
Wednesdays and include the following: Conversational
Spanish, New Mathematics, Refresher English, Typing —
all levels, Shorthand — beginning, Office Practice and
Business Machines, Speed Reading, Public Speaking,
Americanization and Citizenship, Dressmaking, Art —
oil and water colors, History — accent on Negro history,
Civil Service Preparation, Family Life Education, World
Affairs Lecture (one night weekly) , and Investment Lec-
ture Series (one night weekly) .
The Adult Education office under Dalton Howatt, Co-
ordinator, is handling this expansion of Adult Education
offerings.
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The San Francisco Education Auxiliary announces
O.t hat it is sponsoring a spring training program for school
olunteers beginning February 7, 1968.
Four orientation meetings will be conducted on Febru-
ry 7, 14, 19, and 28 in Room 30, 170 Fell Street. These
Jj meetings will serve to explain the role, opportunities, and
bligations of the SFEA, how to work closely with
sachers, the importance of understanding children, and
ow children can be helped to learn.
A series of skill sessions will follow and will be held on
/larch 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 18, 25, and May 2. The
kill sessions will cover a variety of topics including how
olunteers may help children with reading, mathematics,
lusic, and art. Other sessions will cover helping bilingual
children, pre-kindergarten children, and helping children
through tutorial relationships.
Both the orientation and skill sessions are free and
open to the public. They will be held from 10 a.m. to 12
noon on the dates indicated above.
Sponsors of the spring training program include the
SFEA, the Adult and Vocational Division of the District,
the Volunteer Bureau of San Francisco, and San Fran-
cisco State College.
For further information about the SFEA school volun-
teer program, contact Mrs. Fern Barney, 135 Van Ness
Avenue, Room 213-A, telephone 863-4680, Extension
386.
NEWSLETTER
February 5, 19C8 ' Fe
Red Cross Volunteers
Galileo Students Give Service
Galileo High School students proved that today's youth want and
are able to produce in-service assignments of considerable re-
sponsibility, when, for 1 1 days during the Christmas holidays,
students operated a temporary Red Cross office to record mess-
ages for servicemen and their families. Under the leadership of
Robert Lew and Annie Tom, Red Cross Leaders at Galileo, 36
students (33 from Galileo) gave 400 hours to this project. The
students manned the office from 12 noon to 6 p.m., operated
the tape machines, and walked the streets with flyers and port-
able tape recorders to inform the public of this free Red Cross
service. United Airlines loaned the office the students utilized.
Galileo volunteers included (left to right) Robert Lew, Kathy
Poon, Frank Brown, Annie Tom, David Lee, and Morris Lee.
Openings Announced in Special
Educational Services Division
The Personnel Service Division announces the following
openings in the Psychological Services section of the
Special Educational Services Division of the District :
School Psychologist — Duties include the administra-
tion of individual psychological tests to assist in the
evaluation of selected pupils with learning difficulties
and/or emotional or social adjustment problems, inter-
views with parents and pupils as referred, consultation
with school staff regarding effective planning for pupils.
Certification as a school psychologist with the Master's
degree is required. Salary will be arranged according to
Section 6.01 of the 1967-68 Salary Schedule.
School Psychometrist — Duties include the adminis-
tration of individual intelligence tests to pupils who are
candidates for special educational programs, under su-
pervision of a school psychologist.
Certification as a school psychometrist is required. The
salary scale is the same as the Basic Single Salary Sched-
ule for Teachers, Section 7.01 of the 1967-68 Salary
Schedule.
Applications for these positions should be made in
writing to Mr. Milton Reiterman, Personnel Coordinator,
Personnel Division, immediately.
• SCHOOL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM
The San Francisco Public Schools Honor Symphony
Orchestra will be featured in concert on radio stations
KKHI AM and KKHI FM on Saturday, February 10
from 9 to 10 a.m.
Pupil Personnel Credential
Applications Due by September 1
The Standard Pupil Personnel Credential on a partial
fulfillment basis will be issued only to those applicants
who have their applications for such credential in the
Credentials Office of the State Department of Education
BEFORE September 1, 1968.
In order to meet the requirements for such a credential,
one must a) have two years of successful teaching ex-
perience in the public schools or private scools of equiva-
lent status; b) complete six (6) semester hours of course
work selected from the following areas: Pupil Personnel
Services Concepts and Procedures, Dynamics of Indi-
vidual Behavior, Counseling Theory and Procedures,
Measurement Theory and Procedures, Group Process
Theory and Procedures, Educational and Career Plan-
ning, Research Methodology, Remedial and Special Edu
cation, Laws Relating to Children, and Organization ol
Pupil Personnel Services; and c) submit a written state-
ment that he intends to complete all requirements for the
credential.
Once the applicant receives the Pupil Personnel
Credential on a partial fulfillment basis, he may renew jp
it for successive two-year periods when verification ii
established by means of official transcripts that during
the valid period of the credential being renewed ten
(10) semester hours of the additional course work re-
quired for a regular credential have been completed
However, the first partial fulfillment credential must be
applied for before September 1, 1968.
• DR. TODD ON WORKSHOP-FORUM PROGRAM
Dr. Frances Todd, District Curriculum Assistant foil
Family Life Education, will be one of the featureq
speakers at the "Semantics and Sexuality" workshop
program to be held February 23, 24, and 25 at the Fair
mont Hotel and San Francisco State College.
San Francisco State College is the sponsoring organi
zation of the three-day forum. For information contac
the Faculty Program Center at the College, 1600 Hollo
way Avenue 94132, telephone 469-1205.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 39, No. 21
February 5, 1968
135 Van Ness Avenue. Snn Frnncisro. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Edward Kemmitt, President
Laurel Glass, Ph.D. Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin Alan H. Nichols
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Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire. Supervisor. Educational Information
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NEWSLETTER
In-service Course To Cover
Group Counseling Techniques
(The following in-service course will be offered
this semester by the District to any and all inter-
ested teachers, counselors, and administrators.)
Group Techniques for School Counseling
Two units, 15 meetings, Wednesdays, 4 to 6 p.m.
at Samuel Gompers High School. Mrs. Cleodel
Russelle, instructor. Course starts February 7, 1968.
The sessions will cover introduction to group theory, including
the structure and dynamics of groups; intake planning and forma-
tion of groups; the group in action, including the role of the leader,
activities within the group, and recording group sessions; and
diagnosis and evaluation of groups.
• BALBOA GRADUATE IN CONCERT
Words of praise have been heaped upon Sherlyn Chew,
University of California undergraduate and Balboa High
School graduate, for her recent concert presented in
Hertz Hall on the UC campus.
Miss Chew and her father, Ronald P. L. Chew, per-
formed ancient and classical Chinese music, played on
instruments which trace their origin back as far as 5000
B.C.
Oakland Tribune music critic Paul Hertelendy wrote,
"At her hands (Miss Chew's), the pipa (instrument)
gained the versatility of a mocking bird with the expres-
siveness of a guitar." He summed up the performance by
saying, "All in all, it was an absorbing and well-attended
presentation conducted on a high plane."
School's Role Explained
Starr King Holds Community Day
Starr King School recently held a Community-Education Day with
. 35 community leaders attending the program which explained
' the objectives, methods, and special programs at the school to
the participants. Visitors received an orientation to the school,
toured classrooms, met with teachers, and took part in a group
' discussion involving community leaders and representatives from
the faculty who were Mrs. Mary Ellen Brady and Mrs. Fannie
Peagler. Pictured above are community leaders representing
'various Potrero Hill organizations (left to right) Mrs. Babette
I'Drefke, Treasurer, Booster's Association; Earl Cruser, Executive
'Director, Neighborhood House; Mrs. May Brown, Counselor,
'Mission Rebels; Mrs. Lois Watson, Starr King Principal; Robert
Noble, Chairman, Action Committee; William Finnesey, Assistant
.'Manager, Housing Authority; and Mrs. Rosa Walker, President,
.Starr King PTA.
Students' Letters Well-Received
The lives of some 4,000 crewmen aboard the USS
Coral Sea on duty in the Gulf of Tonkin were brightened
this past holiday season by 3,000 letters from children
in the District's elementary schools.
Prior to Christmas, Mr. L. Jack Block, Chairman of
the Coral Sea Committee, suggested to Dr. Donald A.
Rhodes, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools,
that the men of the Coral Sea would appreciate receiving
letters from home.
By December 14, over 3,000 letters reached Dr. Rhodes'
office, whereupon they were forwarded to the 12th Naval
District Office for delivery.
Since the letters were sent, District schools have been
receiving letters of warm appreciation from the men of
the Coral Sea. Typical of the response is the following
letter received by Andrew Jackson School:
Andrew Jackson School
San Francisco, California
Dear Students:
On behalf of the 4,000 sailors aboard the USS Coral Sea,
please allow me to extend to each and every one of you our
heartfelt thanks for your wonderful Christmas messages.
Your words brought the Christmas spirit these many miles out
to sea and have brightened our days.
The cards have been distributed to the men, and I'm sure
many of you will be hearing from crewmembers personally.
Some of the messages were printed in the ship's newspaper and
others were read on the ship's television station.
When the Coral Sea returns to San Francisco, I hope you
will find time to visit our ship so that we can, in some small way,
repay you for your kind thoughts.
Enclosed you will find a picture of the Coral Sea which I
hope you will enjoy.
Again, our thanks and best wishes for a very happy holiday
season to all of you.
Sincerely,
James J. Hill
Lieutenant Commander, US Navy
Public Affairs Officer
Music Supervisor Position Open
The Personnel Service Division announces that appli-
cations for the position of Music Supervisor (A) will be
accepted by the Personnel Office until February 16, 1968.
Under the Director of Music, the Supervisor of Music
(A) is responsible for the supervision of both vocal and
instrumental programs in the elementary and secondary
divisions; the preparation of the budget for music sup-
plies and instruments; the development of the summer
school music program; the coordinating of the All-City
Orchestra and Honor Choir; and the coordinating and
supervising of the in-school music projects.
All applicants must possess the M.A. degree; a Stan-
dard Supervision, Standard Administrative, or a General
Administrative Credential; and at least five years of ex-
perience in teaching or administering music programs.
The position has been classified as Supervisor A in
accordance with the Certificated Personnel Salary Sched-
ule. The salary range is $13,980 to $17,725, and the work
year is approximately 197 days.
Applications for this position must be in writing on
appropriate forms available in the Personnel Division
office. They must be returned to Milton F. Reiterman,
Personnel Coordinator, not later than February 16, 1968.
NEWSLETTER
February 5, 1968
EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT
Recent legislation passed in Sacramento pertains
to teacher employment after retirement.
Section 14376 of the Education Code is amended
to read:
14376. Any person who retired for service may
be employed as a substitute in a position requiring
certification qualifications, or as a teacher who pro-
vides remedial instruction, or as a home teacher, or
as a hospital teacher, or as a curriculum writer or
consultant in a field in which he is specially quali-
fied, or as a teacher in a rest home for the aged,
or in a community center . . . and may be paid not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) in any one fiscal year. Such employment
shall not operate to reinstate the person as a mem-
ber of this system, or to terminate or suspend his
retirement allowance, and no deductions shall be
made from his salary as contributions to this system.
Such person may be reemployed only if able to pass
a physical examination prescribed by the State
Board of Education.
• SUPPLIES WAREHOUSE ANNUAL INVENTORY
The Annual Inventory of the Division of Supplies
Warehouse will be taken during the latter part of Febru-
ary, according to Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies.
Therefore, the warehouse will be closed from February
15 through February 29, 1968.
Requisitions received in the Division of Supplies by
Wednesday, February 7, will be processed through the
warehouse before inventory.
Deliveries from the warehouse will also continue dur-
ing the inventory period to complete delivery of those
supplies processed before warehouse closing. The Division
of Supplies Warehouse will re-open on Friday, March 1,
1968.
• RED CROSS ELEMENTARY DAY
Toes will tap and straw hats will twirl as Red Cross
secondary student volunteers explain "That's Where
Your Money Goes" to fifth and sixth grade representa-
tives from elementary schools at the Spring Elementary
Day, February 12, 1968. Held at the Golden Gate Chap-
ter, located at 1 625 Van Ness Avenue, the meeting begins
at 9 a.m. and ends at noon.
Terrie Trabert, an active Galileo junior, is Chairman
of the meeting that teaches elementary students the mean-
ing of Red Cross Youth and how these representatives
may assist their teacher-advisors in conducting an enroll-
ment for membership drive.
•Assisting Terrie will be secondary student leaders
from schools throughout San Francisco that attend the
Rod Cross City-Wide Council meetings. These leaders
takc:completc charge of the day, and help the elementary
students pack their enrollment supplies, and teach them
in- workshops ways to publicize an enrollment drive.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 6, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Regular
meeting, 1 70 Fell Street.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1 : 30
p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 1968, in Room 10, Cen-
tral Office, 1 70 Fell Street.
• NATIONAL COMMITTEE INVITATION
Bert Mason, Assistant Principal of Francisco Junior
High School, has been invited to take part in a study of
the problems facing secondary education in the central
cities. The study has been proposed by the National Com-
mittee on Secondary Education of the National Associa-
tion of Secondary School Principals.
Dr. Robert Havighurst will be in charge of the project
which will hold its first committee meeting to develop
proposed plans on Sunday, February 11, as part of the
NASSP's annual convention in Atlantic City.
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• SCIENCE, MATH RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
The National Science Foundation has issued a new
brochure listing the institutions offering Research Par-
ticipation Projects for High School Teachers of Science
and Mathematics for the summer of 1968. Copies have
been placed on file in the Teachers Professional Library.
9 CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Mark Twain
Elementary School.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS DINNER MEETING
The first meeting of the Field Librarians for the spring
semester will be a dinner on Wednesday, February 14.
Time and location are to be announced. All elementary,
junior high, and senior high librarians are welcome.
• NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTES
Information on the following NDEA summer institutes
has been placed on file in the Teachers Professional
Library. Interested teachers and administrators must
write directly to the institutions involved for applications.
• Institute in Advanced Study in English (for Cali-
fornia Secondary Teachers of English, Grades 6-12),
University of Southern California, June 17 to August 9,
1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in Reading (Grades
1-6) , University of Oregon, June 17 to August 9, 1968.
• Institute for Advanced Study in English as a Second
Language/Dialect, University of Southern California,
June 24 to August 10, 1968.
• Institute in History in the Areas of South and East
Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (Grades 6-9), Univer-
sity of Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 1 to August 9, 1968.
• Institute for Advance Study in Spanish (Grades
K-8), California Lutheran College, June 17 to August 9,
1968.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
FEBRUARY 17, 1969
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Two-year Period
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Teachers ExaminationMoratoriumAdopted
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins' Plan to remove the
National Teachers Examination for a two-year period
was unanimously adopted by the members of the Board
of Education at the February 11, 1969 meeting.
Dr. Jenkins reviewed the two-year moratorium with
the Board, noting that the plan is in accordance with
the "Program for the Improvement of the Schools"
which was submitted by the San Francisco Federation
»of Teachers, the San Francisco Classroom Teachers As-
sociation, and the Teachers Association of San Francisco
'on December 6, 1968, and approved in principle at the
JBoard of Education meeting of January 21, 1969. The
.recommendation was further studied and approved by
the Negotiating Council at its January 24, 1969 meeting.
During the two years in which the National Teachers
Examination will not be required, Personnel Services
will carefully evaluate the results of the new procedure.
The elimination of the NTE will require a change in
structure of eligibility lists. In place of a complete nu-
merical ranking, there will be grouping labeled "highly
desirable," "desirable," and "not recommended at this
time." This procedure will require a more individual
evaluation of each candidate.
Dr. Jenkins cited a number of reasons for his action.
The National Teachers Examination requirement and
the mechanics of the eligibility list procedure have
placed the District at a definite disadvantage compared
with other California school districts in competition for
teachers.
In a survey conducted by Personnel Services in April,
1967 on hiring practices in large California school dis-
tricts, it was found that with the exception of San Fran-
cisco, school districts surveyed made no use of the NTE
as a hiring requirement for their teachers.
San Francisco teacher organizations, training institu-
tions, and placement centers in the Bay Area have
strongly recommended that the NTE be eliminated
|because it discourages well-trained candidates from
seeking employment in San Francisco.
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Under the present hiring procedures the establish-
ment of eligibility lists is delayed to give sufficient num-
bers of candidates an opportunity to take the NTE. Test
scores are received through February from the Testing
Center in Princeton, New Jersey.
Those districts which do not use the NTE are in a
position to offer contracts months earlier than San Fran-
cisco where eligibility lists cannot be established until
April. Many well-trained and successful teachers, as well
as District student teachers, cannot afford to wait for
employment in San Francisco contingent on delayed
eligibility list placement. As a result they accept firm and
early contract offers although their first choice might be
San Francisco.
The complicated hiring procedures are compounded
by the fact that presently the District is faced with an
acute shortage of teachers in many specialized areas and
has the added responsibility of employing approximately
800 teachers during the 1969-70 school year to imple-
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At Spring Valley
Dairy Exhibit Tours District
Geraldine, a half-ton cow, and her four-month-old Guernsey caff,
Daisy Mae, were recent guests at Spring Valley School, courtesy
of the Dairy Council of California. The event coincided with
National Farm-City Week, and Wally Partridge of the Council
brought the cow and calf to the school in a mobile unit and set
up an outdoor classroom, talking to the children about Geraldine's
diet and care and demonstrating hand-milking of cows. The stu-
dents learned how milk is transported to the city, asked many
questions, and were able to examine and pet the calf. Principal
Elizabeth L. Hall greeted the following guests: Warren Wegis,
Agriculture Director, State Chamber of Commerce; Stan Johnson,
Executive Director, Bay Area Grocers Association; Ben Coplan,
Public Relations, Dairy Council of California; Hunt Conrad, San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce; D. A. Woodside, State Depart-
ment of Agriculture; and James Cohune, Public Relations, Fore-
most Foods.
NEWSLETTER
February 17, 1969
District' Students
PTA Awards Senior Scholarships
Scholarships have been presented to six District fall graduating
seniors by the Second District California Congress of Parents and
Teachers. The awards were presented at a recent Secondary
Council meeting. Recipients of the awards are pictured above
(left to right) Margaret Ho, Galileo, $100; Jean Kung, George
Washington, $20Q; Janie Toy, Woodrow Wilson, $200; Mrs. M.
J. Bellezza, Scholarship Chairman; Albert Broussard, Polytechnic,
$100; Margaret Miers, Woodrow Wilson, $100; Eileen Turner,
Balboa, $100. Miss Turner received a special scholarship pre-
sented by the Jefferson School PTA unit in memory of Elnora
Fuller, former Jefferson principal. Mrs. George Beanston made
the presentation in Miss Fuller's name.
. . . National Teachers Examination
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ment the second phase of the class size reduction pro-
gram, as well as providing for normal teacher turnover.
Dr. Jenkins is confident that the evaluative proced-
ures employed by Personnel Services will continue to
insure the selection of quality teachers for District
schools while placing the District in a more competitive
recruitment position with other California cities.
City College Enrollment Rises
The largest spring enrollment in the 34-year history
of City College of San Francisco started classes when
the semester opened this February.
Close to 10,300 students were enrolled in the daytime
classes, and indications are that this figure will increase
when all cards are tabulated. The spring 1968 enroll-
ment was 9,167.
Dr. Louis G. Conlan, City College President, said that
the college has been getting 75 per cent of all San Fran-
cisco high school graduates seeking a higher education.
He said that an enrollment of some 10,000 had been
anticipated for the spring semester and attributed the
increase to two factors: the greater holding power of the
college and a reduction in student transfers.
City College is one of 89 two-year colleges in California.
Dr. Conlan states that the importance of the community
college in the higher educational system increases each
year. By the end of 1 969 it is anticipated that some two
million students will be attending the 960 community
colleges across the nation.
There are 797 students enrolled in the Afro-American,
Chinese, and Latin American ethnic studies programs
offered at CCSF. Dr. Conlan stated that City College is
one of three California community colleges awarding a
degree in Afro-American studies.
• CANHC TO HOLD MARCH SYMPOSIUM
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children will spon-
sor an international symposium of interest to profession-
als and parents concerned with minimal brain dysfunc-
tion in children.
The over-all theme is "Children with Learning Dis-
abilities — Educational and Medical Management," and
the symposium will be held Friday and Saturday, March
14 and 15, at the California Scottish Rite Memorial
Temple, 2850- 19th Avenue, San Francisco.
Reservation information can be secured by telephon-
ing 561-2511 or 285-0592.
• SAN FRANCISCO COACHES MEETING
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will meet Monday, Febru-
ary 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Room B-4, Abraham Lincoln
High School, 2162 - 24th Avenue.
• HORACE MANN STUDENT HONORED
Gordon Chaplin, ninth grade student at Horace
Mann Junior High School, recently received the "Citi-
zen of the Day" award from Radio Station KABL.
Gordon received the honor ". . . in recognition of . . .
outstanding contribution to the welfare of our commun-
ity"
The contribution involved Gordon's voluntary activi-
ties in playing Santa Claus in December at the Chil-
dren's Ward of the City and County Hospital and at the
Recreation Center for the Handicapped at Ocean Beach
in San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 22
February 17, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
Administrative Applications
Although specific vacancies are not now known,
applications will be accepted by the Personnel
Services Division for administrative assignments.
Deadline for filing applications is March 1, 1969.
Applications will be accepted for the following:
1. Senior high school principal and assistant
principal. (Note: senior high school summer ad-
ministrators will be selected from applicants for
senior high principal and assistant principal or
from applicants for head counselor if they possess
administrative credentials. )
2. Senior high school head counselor.
3. Senior high school department heads (in all
subjects).
4. Junior high school principal and assistant
principal.
5. Junior high school head counselor.
6. Elementary principal and assistant principal.
7. Elementary-junior high summer school ad-
ministrators.
All applications on file will be considered and
therefore each applicant should be sure that the
information on his application blank is up-to-date
by actually examining the blank previously sub-
mitted.
Names of those interviewed previously will be
considered along with new applicants.
Minimum requirements are set forth in Admin-
istrative Regulation R4131.2, available in each
principal's office.
Applicants who do not now meet these require-
ments but who will do so by August 1969 may re-
quest an interview at this time if they so desire.
• OUT-OF-STATE EXPERIENCE MEETING
The Bay Section of the Association for Retirement
Credit for Out-of-State Service (ARCOSS) will hold a
luncheon meeting at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, on
Saturday, March 1.
An after-lunch discussion of a new bill to be intro-
duced in the State Legislature this year will be held. Its
orospects and the work to be done will be reviewed.
Reservations will be taken by phone on or before
February 24 by calling 648-2438.
APPLICATIONS FOR A LIFE DIPLOMA
Personnel Services wishes to advise anyone
whose credential will expire on June 30, 1969,
and who intends to apply for a life diploma against
the expiring credential that he must have his appli-
cation in to Personnel Services by March 1, 1969,
or forfeit the opportunity.
The Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Serv-
ices, wishes to emphasize that this notice applies
only to those whose credentials expire June 30 and
who wish to apply for a Life Credential based on
the renewed credential.
District Appointments Listed
The following appointments were approved by the
Board of Education upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent at the February 4, 1969 Board meeting.
School staff members are asked to make these changes in
their copies of the 1968-69 School Directory.
Elementary Schools
Mary A. Anastole appointed principal of Daniel Web-
ster — Irving M. Scott Schools.
George Kochian appointed assistant principal of
Treasure Island School.
Central Office
Mary Jane Denton appointed Supervisor AA, Psycho-
logical Services, Special Educational Services.
• FOSTER PARENTS PROGRAM PLANNED
A series of six meetings for foster parents titled "Every-
day Problems of Foster Parents" will be offered by the
District's Parent Education Programs, Adult Division, in
cooperation with the San Francisco Department of So-
cial Services, Child Welfare Division.
The meetings will be held on Tuesday mornings from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the offices of the Department of
Social Services, 1680 Mission Street. The dates are Feb-
ruary 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, and April 8.
Mrs. Mary K. Jones, Parent Education Leader, Adult
Education, will teach the course.
Advance registration is recommended. For further in-
formation call Mr. George Goldmark at 558-2371.
Scholarship Presented
Wilson Senior Receives Award
Linda Watson (center), Woodrow Wilson High School senior, has
been awarded a $1,500 four-year scholarship by the Hunters
Point Young Men for Action. Linda will use the money to attend
the University of San Francisco where she will major in science
in preparation for becoming a nurse. Pictured with the proud
scholarship winner are Saul Madfes, Woodrow Wilson Principal
(left), and Sylvester Brown, Young Men for Action (right). Linda
has been active as a song girl and as a member of the Girls'
Athletic Association.
NEWSLETTER
February 17, 1969
• BUSINESS COURSE TO START
(The University of California Extension will
offer the following special course in cooperation
with the Bureau of Business Education, California
State Department of Education, and the SFUSD.)
OCCUPATIONAL CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS X387.3
Three quarter-term units (equivalent of two
semester units), college credit, four Saturday
meetings, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 15 and 22, April
12 and 19, at 111 Richardson Hall, UC Extension
Center, 55 Laguna Street, San Francisco. Instruc-
tors: Dr. Harry W. Baggett, Jr., Diablo Valley
College, and Lois Ann Callahan, College of San
Mateo. Enrollment limited to 35 students from the
SFUSD. Because the cost of the course is funded
under P.L. 88-210 (VEA), students will not pay
tuition. To request an application or for further
information, call C. Norman Glattree, Head, Vo-
cational Business Education Programs, SFUSD,
863-4680, Ext. 247, or Education Extension, UC,
642-1171.
This course surveys the use of occupation analysis as a basis for
curriculum development in business education. It examines proced-
ures for determining community occupational patterns and job
specifications and focuses on the application of the resulting data to
curriculum construction. Specific attention will be given to the
relation of basic computation, communication, and personal and
societal economic skills to occupational curriculum programs. Dem-
onstration and discussion of effective teaching methods will center
on individual and group instruction utilizing multi-sensory tech-
niques This course is offered on a limited enrollment basis for
business educators currently teaching business education courses,
especially in office and distributive education programs in the high
school or junior college who are interested in improving their ability
to provide curriculum development leadership. It is specifically
designed to meet one of the requirements for the Designated Subject
Credential with specialization in Business Education
• COACHES GOLF TOURNAMENT
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its annual golf
tournament for coaches and their guests at the Sonoma
National Golf Course on March 31, beginning at 9 a.m.
Green fees are $5. A buffet lunch will be available, and
the usual prizes and trophies will be awarded. If inter-
ested, please contact Norman Sui, Luther Burbank Jun-
ior High School, 325 LaGrande Avenue 941 12.
• TASF TO MEET FEBRUARY 17
The regular monthly meeting for building representa-
tives for the Teachers Association of San Francisco will
be held Monday, February 17, at 4 p.m. in Room 30,
Central Office, 170 Fell Street.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The San Francisco Field Librarians will meet Thurs-
day, February 20, at 4 p.m. in the library of Polytechnic
High School, 701 Frederick Street.
All school librarians are welcome.
IN MEMORIAM
Mary Maude Murphy Genevieve Lyng
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 25, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• SIR FRANCIS DRAKE FASHION SHOW
Over 400 children, teenagers, parents, teachers, and
guests gathered in the Sir Francis Drake School auditor-
ium recently for a unique Hunters Point District com-
munity event — a commentated fashion show.
Models for the occasion were pre-school children, Sir
Francis Drake students, teenagers, parents, and teachers.
The clothes belonged to the individuals who modeled
them.
A program of varied original dances was included as
part of the afternoon's entertainment. Cookies, punch,
and coffee were served to those in attendance.
The Saturday event culminated months of cooperative
efforts on the part of parents, pupils, and teachers, and
its success far surpassed the hopes of those who planned
the activity.
• FACULTY BOWLING LEADERS
The San Francisco Faculty Bowling Association an-
nounces the following top team standings in the fall|
1968 league: 1st place — Poly High Peepers; 2nd place
— City College #2; 3rd place — John O'Connell.
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Your attention is called to the Board of Educa-
tion regulation R 4131.1 relative to the days to
be used by school principals for calling teachers'
meetings:
The principal shall call teachers' meetings after school hours on
the first or third Tuesday of each school month, or both, and at
such other times as, in his judgment, meetings seem necessary.
Except in cases of emergency, the principal shall avoid calling
teachers' meetings during school hours. Unless excused by the prin-
cipal^ a teacher shall attend all teachers' meetings called by the
principal. Principals shall see that teachers attend meetings to
which they are called by the Superintendent, Assistant Superintend-
ents, Directors, Coordinators, or Supervisors.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40 «&»®
FEBRUARY 24, 1969
NUMBER 23
Economics Competition Begins
The Invest-in-America Northern California Council is
! once again sponsoring two separate but related economic
| competitions for public and parochial senior high school
! students in Bay Area counties.
Over 200 superintendents, principals, business educa-
tion, social studies, and journalism teachers participated
! in the 14th annual Invest-in-America dinner held at the
'Fairmont Hotel on February 13 to officially start the
1969 Invest-in-America competitions.
The two competitions include the following: 1 ) writ-
', ten economic presentations developed as part of class-
: room programs in business education, economics, or
'social studies classes; and 2) feature articles, general
; articles, editorials or cartoons developed in journalism
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Sears, Roebuck Grant
Ballet Performances Initiated
, District elementary and junior high school students will be able
to see special performances of the San Francisco Conservatory of
Ballet in the schools as the result of some $6,000 in grants
given by the Sears, Roebuck Foundation for the Cultural Arts to
i the Ballet group. Only two ballet grants have been awarded by
Sears thus far: one in New York and one in San Francisco. The
Conservatory will present the specially choreographed "Dancing
in Time," a display of world dance modes from primitive to folk
to classical to the contemporary. The initial performance was pre-
sented last week at James Denman Junior High School. Pictured
1 at the presentation of the grant are (left to right) James Keolker,
I project coordinator. Programs for the Gifted; Merriem Lanova,
il directress of the Conservatory; Donald Ray Williams and Alice
Leary, Cleveland School students; and H. Abolofia, general man-
ager of the Sears Mission Street store. Additional performances
• will be given at Roosevelt, James Lick, A. P. Giannini, Benjamin
Franklin, and Portola Junior High Schools.
Bert Mason, General Chair-
National Convention Here
Secondary Principals to Meet
San Francisco will be the
host city to the National As-
sociation of Secondary School
Principals which will hold its
annual convention here from
March 1 through 5, 1969.
This is the first time San
Francisco has hosted the na-
tional group which is holding
its convention concurrently
with the California Associa-
tion of Secondary School Ad-
ministrators.
Over 8,500 school admin-
istrators are expected from
man of the NASSP 1969 all over the United States,
Convention Canada, and Japan. Bert
Mason, assistant principal of Francisco Junior High
School and president of the San Francisco Secondary
School Administrators Association, is serving as general
chairman of the convention.
Some 600 educational exhibitors will have their ma-
terials on display in Brooks Hall. Featured speakers at
the convention will be Senator Edward W. Brooke,
Price Cobbs, William B. Boyd, Edward L. Katzenbach,
Bishop Mark J. Hurley, and S. I. Hayakawa.
Registration will start on Friday, February 28, and
the program will open with a 10 a.m. general session on
Saturday, March 1. There will be a full session from
10 a.m. through 10:30 p.m. each succeeding day, closing
with the final general session on March 5 at 9 a.m.
The following SFUSD administrators are serving as
chairmen of various committees: Henry Barsotti (Ap-
tos), Alfred Beseman (Central Office), Ivor Callaway
(Central Office), Harvey Christensen (Opportunity),
William Dodge (Luther Burbank), Margaret Downing
(Presidio), James Kearney (Galileo), Harry Krytzer
(Mission), Walter Nolan (Roosevelt), and Margaret
Poole (Lowell).
A resolution will be presented to the Board of Educa-
tion tomorrow evening providing for registration and
incidental expenses for local secondary administrators
who participate.
A follow-up seminar to the national convention will
take place at the University of Hawaii on Thursday,
March 6.
NEWSLETTER
February 24, 1969
Gifted Program at Lawton
Students Present Egyptian Play
An original play, written, produced, and directed by children in
the intermediate gifted class at Lawton School, was presented to
the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students at the completion of re-
search conducted on Ancient Egypt. The Egyptian artifacts shown
above were contributed by Kathleen Murtha, teacher of the
gifted class. Pictured on the day of the performance are (stand-
ing, left to right) Krisli Hyland, Dan Mairani, Lauren Carter,
Cynthia Resnick, Miss Murtha, Kevin Lynch, Michael DeLoach;
(sitting) Kathleen Goodman, Frank Hattyar, and Karen Seastrom.
Mrs. Marion E. Heimsoth is the principal at Lawton.
. . . Invest-in-America Competition Starts
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classes and published in the school newspaper or in that
community newspaper carrying material prepared by
specific schools.
All entries must be submitted through the schools that
participate by 4 p.m., Thursday, March 27, 1969.
The competitions are part of a broad economic educa-
tional program conducted throughout Northern Cali-
fornia. They aim to stimulate economic -discussions in
the classrooms and through school newspapers to bring
about a better understanding of the essential role that
individual savings and business profits play not only in
the individual's but in the nation's economic future.
The subject this year in both competitions is "How
My Savings, Wisely Invested, Participate and Influence
Our American Business System."
Ninety or more prizes, including actual stock in Am-
erican companies, deposits in savings institutions of the
winners' choice, and a $1,000 paid-up life insurance
policy will be awarded to the grand winners in each
county and the best entry from each school.
All senior high schools have been supplied with infor-
mation about the competition, including a "Guide for
Teachers," which outlines the procedures to be followed.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 1969, in Room 10,
Central Office, 170 Fell Street.
Year -for -Year Credit Change
Upon the recommendation of Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins, the Board of Education adopted the follow-
ing resolution relative to year-for-year credit at the
February 4, 1969 meeting (which was continued on
February 11):
RESOLVED: That the following amendment be add-
ed to Section 7.10 of the 1968-1969 Salary Schedule
following paragraph 5:
Credit shall be allowed for verified outside teaching
experience up to a maximum of one increment to
teachers who began this school year at the fourth rat-
ing or higher and who were serving the District prior
to this year. Advancement shall begin February 5,
1969, provided that the total increments for verified
outside teaching experience already allowed, plus the
increment allowed in this paragraph, do not exceed
three; provided, further, that the provisions of this
paragraph do not authorize back salary adjustment.
The additional salary increment will be granted to all
teachers who meet the following conditions:
1. The teacher was employed as a permanent or pro-
bationary teacher for the 1967-68 school year or earlier.
2. Not more than two salary increments for outside
teaching experience have already been granted.
3. There is at least one additional year of outside
teaching experience for which salary increment has not
already been granted on a year-for-year basis.
4. The teacher is not already on maximum rating.
Teachers who believe that they qualify in all four of
these requirements should complete the necessary form
and send it to the Salary Section, Room 118, 135 Van
Ness Avenue. Forms have been sent to all teachers and
are also available in the Personnel Services Office, Cen-
tral Office.
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 23
February 24, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
jln-service Training Program
District- Lockheed Orientation Offered
The current 1968-69 school year marks the third and
Ifinal year for San Francisco's Senate Bill (McAteer)
i programs.
The (EDP=) Learning Laboratory at Pelton Junior
.. I'High School, which is funded by the bill, is a joint San
; IFrancisco Unified School District-Lockheed Missiles and
rSpace Company venture.
. I In the event that this program is continued or expand-
jjed, it will be necessary for the District to have trained
•staff available to carry it forward.
What follows is a detailed outline of the requirements
of (EDP5) personnel and a description of in-service
•training which will be made available to interested, quali-
; fied teachers.
General Description of (EDP2)
The program involves cooperative teamwork between
ithe San Francisco Unified School District teachers and
. iLockheed Missiles and Space Company engineers in de-
jveloping an electronic data processing curriculum for
compensatory students at Pelton Junior High School.
, Motivation is generated by gaming-simulation EDP
'■'■materials developed by Lockheed staff working in close
; [cooperation with District teachers who provide the math-
I'ematics and language support, as well as laboratory
■instruction.
T International Business Machines equipment in the
■ I laboratory ranks it as one of the best-equipped in the
['Bay Area. Four-period block programming, a stepped-up
([relevant field trip schedule, immediate back-up supplies
land service from the District office, and strong parental
i I involvement characterize the intensive commitment of
r| the program. Interface and articulation with high school
i lis evidenced by a follow-on program which has been
1 1 [initiated at Woodrow Wilson High School.
Requirements of EDP Teacher
1. The teacher must be tenured at the secondary level.
"I 2. The teacher should have a background in mathe-
matics, language arts, or business.
' 3. While not essential, some experience in the data
> processing field is desirable ; however, the teacher must
I pe willing to broaden his knowledge in this area.
; I 4. The teacher must be sensitive to the needs of the
) I Compensatory student and his community.
" I 5. The teacher must be prepared to become personally
' I nvolved and to participate in after-school and evening
llneetings and activities.
Orientation Schedule
; Teachers who are interested in the program may avail
I hemselves of a special orientation schedule. To afford
I naximum interaction, each orientation class will be
. I amited to five candidates. The specific dates will be de-
I Pendent upon teacher response. Substitute time is avail-
! ible, but the candidate will have to arrange for clear -
liince with his school-site administrator.
'• Interested candidates are asked to contact William
■ Xeesey, Project Director, at 431-2766 or 431-2767 to
sign-up for the orientation program or for further infor-
mation.
First Day
At Pelton Junior High School — 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
lunch (optional); 1:20 to 2 p.m. meeting with school,
community and Lockheed administrative representatives
for program history overview; 2:15 to 3 p.m. meeting
with Pelton project teachers to discuss instructional pro-
gram for the following day; 3 to 4 p.m. VTR presenta-
tion on curriculum and population area.
Second Day
At Pelton Junior High School — 9 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
classroom visitation; 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. lunch; 1:20
to 2 p.m. visit to Hunters Point (Parent Support Group).
At Woodrow Wilson High School — 2:20 to 3:10 p.m.
orientation meeting with Wilson project staff and dis-
cussion of instructional program for the following day;
3:15 to 4 p.m. VTR presentation on gaming-simulation.
Third Day
At Woodrow Wilson High School — 9 a.m. to 11:45
a.m. classroom visitation; 11:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. VTR
presentation on evaluation; 12:45 to 1:20 p.m. lunch.
If the parent meeting program is in progress, candi-
dates are invited to audit these meetings which will be
held at Woodrow Wilson. In the event a decision is made
by the District to continue or expand the program in the
fall of 1969, selected candidates may be required to at-
tend a one-week workshop where they will receive in-
tensive instruction in EDP curriculum and methods.
School Issues Discussed
'Forward Together' Aptos Theme
Aptos Junior High School recently sponsored a "Forward To-
gether" program in the school's auditorium. Taking a cue from
President Richard Nixon's Inaugural theme, the program featured
presentations of student talent and "talk-outs" and "talk-ins" on
a variety of current school issues. Students pictured (left to right)
include William Lahl (moderator), Michael Montgomery, Sheila
Sokol, Kevin Fong, Sheila Jackson, Dave Bovill, JoAnn Fujikawa,
and Vanessa Horton (moderator). Faculty sponsors included (left
to right) Mildred Fusco, Head Counselor — Girls; Thomas Kam,
teacher; Mrs. Willye Wesson, teacher; Myron H. Johnson, Head
Counselor — Boys (now Assistant Principal at James Denman);
Camille Morishige, teacher; Dr. Henry F. Barsotti, Principal.
NEWSLETTER
February 24, 1969 i
APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER SPECIALISTS
The Division of Educational Planning, Research
and Development is seeking applications for Teach-
er Specialists in the following areas: Language/
Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Business Educa-
tion.
Applicants interested in any of the above areas
are requested to complete a special application
available in the Personnel Services office, Room
116, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
Applications are to be filed no later than Friday,
February 28, 1969. The Teacher Specialist will
work under the direct supervision ol Dr. Raymond
Pitts, Assistant Superintendent, Ins tructional De-
velopment and Services.
The primary responsibility of the Teacher Spe-
cialist will be to serve as a District consultant in
instructional improvement in the area of his/her
specialty.
The Teacher Specialist will be paid at a salary
equivalent to that of a senior high school depart-
ment head and, in addition, will be eligible for
extended day pay as assigned.
Specifications: The Teacher Specialist 1) should
be thoroughly conversant with modern programs
and teaching methods in his subject matter area;
2) should have the ability to work effectively with
committees on instructional improvement covering
all grades, K through 12, in the subject area; and
3) should have demonstrated outstanding teach-
ing ability in his/her subject area.
CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is hereby given of the following custodial va-
cancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — San Miguel Ele-
mentary, Luther Burbank Junior High, and Aptos Jun-
ior High (nights).
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB TRIP
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces that its Second Easter Trip to Phoenix, Scotts-
dale, Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas for interested school
personnel will leave San Francisco, Saturday, March 29,
and return Sunday, April 6.
The cost is $275 per person (sharing twin-bedded
room) and includes round-trip air transportation, land
transportation to airport and hotels, breakfast at the
New Casablanca Inn at Scottsdale, sight-seeing in Grand
Canyon, the Lido Revue Show in Las Vegas, two meals
in the Palm Room of the Stardust Hotel, a party, and
all taxes.
Deposits of $25 should be mailed to the Stanford
Easter Trip Committee, 2346 - 43rd Avenue, San Fran-
cisco 941 16 by February 28. Deposits will be refunded
up to February 28 should the need arise. For additional
information call 566-8898.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, February 25, 1969, 7:30 p.m..
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
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Over 220 public and parochial school teachers and 20
PTA representatives participated in a 15-hour workshop
in consumer health education at City College of San
Francisco on February 7, 8, 11, and 12.
Fourteen experts from the staffs of the Federal Food
and Drug Administration, the California State Depart-
ment of Public Health, the Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs of the U.S. Department of Justice,
and the Santa Clara County Schools led sessions on drug
use, misuse and abuse, health frauds, and the legal and
practical protections of consumers from potentially un-
safe foods and medications.
Among the speakers were Haskell Bowen, drug educa-
tion specialist, Campbell High School; Ronald Fischer,
FDA food and drug officer; Grant Leake, Fraud Section,
Bureau of Drug and Food Inspection; Ralph Weilerstein,
M.D., Western medical representative, FDA; and Wil-
liam Cunningham, Federal Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs.
This District in-service course is one of six being
offered this semester for teachers interested in health
education.
• PTA HONORARY CEREMONY
At 11 a.m. on Friday, February 28, 1969, members of
San Francisco Second District, CCPT, will assemble at!
the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial near the Band.
Concourse in Golden Gate Park to honor the co-founder
of the National PTA.
Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, District President, and Mrs.!
Tony Patch, Director of Extension for the Californiaj
Congress, will place a wreath on the Memorial.
Following the ceremony PTA members are invited b'
the Second District Executive Board to attend a lun
cheon and program at the Hall of Flowers. The gues
speaker will be Fred Strait, Urban Field Service chair
man, CCPT, whose topic is "PTA in the World of To
morrow."
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
MARCH 3, 1969
NUMBER 24
Poetry Contest Entries Due
The deadline for the delivery of entries in the fifth
annua] San Francisco Poetry Contest is Tuesday, March
11.
The contest is sponsored and conducted by the Friends
of the San Francisco Public Library, in cooperation with
the Poetry Center at San Francisco State College, as
sart of the National Library Week celebration.
The event is open to all students in the seventh to
twelfth grades in the city's public, private, and parochial
chools. Entry blanks and rules have been sent to the
chools or may be obtained at neighborhood branches of
the Public Library. Winners will be named in each
srade.
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Eegin School Duty Today
atrol Aides Given Assignments
The District's ten School Patrol Aides have completed an inten-
sive four-week training period oriented toward the strengthening
>f communify-teacher-student relationships. They have received
'heir school assignments and will begin them today. The men
aictured above with Lenwood Hamil, top row center. Project
Head, New Careers Program, who coordinated the training pro-
jram. The School Patrol Aides and their schools are (top row,
'eft to right) Artie Strong, Polytechnic; Frederick Diaz, Mission;
-enwood Hamil; Keith Bassett, Balboa; Eloy Muniz, Woodrow
rVilson; Paul Johnson, Woodrow Wilson; (front row, left to right)
vlaurice James, Lowell; Leland Lai, Galileo; Daniel Roberts, Ab-
raham Lincoln; Titus Dickens, George Washington; Phil Naka-
nure, George Washington.
14 Performances
School Opera Concerts to Start
The Western Opera Theater's spring series of 14 one-
hour performances in District schools will begin tomor-
row, Tuesday, March 4, at Pelton Junior High School.
The 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. performances will feature
Cosi Fan Tutte.
Following each presentation, the artists, conductor,
and producer will discuss various techniques of opera as
an art form with selected students from music, art,
drama, foreign language, and English classes.
These post-performances will give the students an op-
portunity to participate in a give-and-take discussion of
the opera the students have just witnessed.
The Western Opera Theater is a traveling repertory
company, under the supervision of Kurt Herbert Adler,
director of the San Francisco Opera.
It presents highly trained professional singers in fully
staged performances, complete with costumes and sets.
Presentation dates for the two-week schedule is as
follows:
Tuesday, March 4, at Pelton Junior High School, 10
a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5, at Portola Junior High School,
10 a.m.
Thursday, March 6, at James Lick Junior High
School, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7, at Horace Mann Junior High
School, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11, at Mission High School, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 12, at Aptos Junior High School,
10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 13, at Balboa High School, 10 a.m.
Three performances remain to be scheduled.
• FOIL FENCING BECOMES VARSITY SPORT
Foil fencing has been made a varsity sport this year
in the District's senior high schools.
Pioneered in 1956 by Abraham Lincoln and Balboa
High Schools, fencing has grown to full stature as a
recognized athletic endeavor during a twelve-year
period. This spring will find all nine public high schools
fielding teams in standard foil, with a few dual compe-
titions making use of electrical equipment.
As far as can be determined, San Francisco becomes
the first school district in the Western United States to
elevate fencing to the status of a varsity sport for boys.
NEWSLETTER
March 3, 1969
Sixth Grade Celebration
Farragut Students Enjoy Dinner
Some 27 high sixth grade students at Farragut School were
honored recently at a special dinner planned and prepared by the
school's Parent-Teacher Association. The end-of-the-term affair
marked the students' completion of six years of elementary
school and entrance into the junior high school program. Parents
of the students, faculty members, and leaders of the community
were guests at the dinner. Farragut is one of the five public
schools that is part of the OMI Project. Adults pictured with the
students are (left to right) Mrs. Helen Merica, teacher; Mrs.
Norma Bowen, principal; Mrs. Virginia Gordon, assistant princi-
pal; and Edward Leion, teacher.
New Appointments Approved
The following administrative appointments and as-
signments were approved by the Board of Education at
the February 25, 1969 meeting upon the recommenda-
tion of the Superintendent:
Secondary Schools
John A. Diggins assigned as Acting Principal of James
Denman Junior High.
William Aubel assigned Assistant Principal of Luther
Burbank Junior High School.
Myron Johnson assigned Acting Assistant Principal of
James Denman Junior High.
Central Office
Lawrence Webber assigned Acting Project Head,
Neighborhood Youth Corps.
Elementary Schools
Robert Jimenez appointed Principal of Buena Vista
School (to prepare for the opening of the new building).
City College
Edna L. Pope appointed Assistant to the Dean of
Students, Women.
Robert J. Tealer appointed Assistant to the Dean of
Students, Men.
Staff members are asked to include the above in their
copies of the 1968-69 School Directory, where applicable.
IN MEMORIAM
Catherine O'Donohuc Mary Roscoe
Teacher Specialists Sought
(The following announcement supplements and ex-
pands a similar notice which appeared in last week's
Newsletter.)
Personnel Services announces that Educational Plan-
ning, Research and Development is seeking Teacher
Specialists in the following areas: Language Arts, Social
Studies, Math, Reading, and Business Education.
Teachers interested in any of these areas are invited
complete a special application available in the offices
Personnel Services, Room 116, 135. Van Ness Avenue.
Applications are to be filed no later than Wednesday,
March 5, 1969. Teacher Specialists will work under the
direct supervision of Dr. Raymond Pitts, Assistant Super-
intendent, Instructional Development and Services.
Primary responsibility of the Teacher Specialist is that
of District consultant in instructional improvement in the
area of his/her specialty.
These consultants will continue to teach one hour oi
one period per day in their subject area, and it is esti-
mated that they will serve from three to five years in thi;
capacity. They will be paid a salary equivalent to that oi
a senior high department head and, in addition, will b(
eligible for extended day pay as assigned.
Specifications : The Teacher Specialist should be thor,
oughly conversant with modern programs and teaching rj
methods in his subject matter area; he should have th>
ability to work effectively with committees on instruc
tional improvement covering all grades, K through 12, ii
his subject area; he should have demonstrated outstand
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 24
March 3, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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Instrumental Performances
Young Audiences Project Begins
The Young Audiences of San Francisco will present a
pilot project consisting of instrumental ensemble per-
formances for children in the first, second, and third
grades in 1 1 District elementary schools.
The first performance is scheduled for today, Monday,
March 3, at Edison School, at 9:10 and 10 a.m.
The program is designed to provide younger children
with professional music experiences of the ensemble type
in their own schools and classrooms.
The performances will be conducted for large audi-
torium audiences and for individual classroom participa-
tion.
The following schedule has been established for the
project:
Monday, March 3, at Edison School, 9:10 and 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 4, at John McLaren School, 9:10 and
10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 5, at Sarah B. Cooper School,
9:10 and 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 6, at Columbus School, 9:10 and
10 a.m.
Friday, March 7, at Diamond Heights School, 9:10
and 10 a.m.
Monday, March 10, at Irving M. Scott School, 9:10
and 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 11, at Golden Gate School, 9:10 and
10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 12, at P. A. Hearst School, 9:10
and 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 13, at Noriega School, 9:10 and
10 a.m.
Friday, March 14, at Farragut School, 9:10 and 10
a.m.
Monday, March 17, at Jose Ortega School, 9:10 and
10 a.m.
The Wednesday, March 5 performances will be in
commemoration of "Young Audiences Week" as pro-
claimed by Mayor Joseph L. Alioto.
• GEORGE WASHINGTON SPEAKERS WIN
George Washington High School continues on its win-
ning way this current speech season. Robert White, a
junior and co-captain of the school's Masque and Gavel
Speech Team, took first place in a February tournament
at Stanford University. He competed against 90 students
from 65 different schools.
Also in February, the George Washington Speech
Team took first place in the Sweepstakes Award at Hills-
dale High School. In three such tournaments so far this
year, the team has taken two firsts and one second.
On March 8 the school will host an All-Bay Area
Speech Tournament. Some 30 schools, members of the
Golden Gate Speech Association, will compete in some
ten categories. Danise and Sanford Chandler are co-
coaches of the Masque and Gavel.
Summer School Applications
Personnel Services is now accepting applications
for summer teaching positions in the San Francisco
Public Schools.
Application forms for service in senior and junior
high schools and elementary schools are available
in the Personnel Office, Room 116, 135 Van Ness
Avenue.
Completed applications will be received until
March 22, 1969.
Personnel Services requests that teachers refrain
from making applications unless prepared to teach
the entire season.
Teachers who are selected for summer employ-
ment will be notified by mail. Because of the large
number of incoming calls, it is requested that ap-
plicants do not call Personnel Services concerning
their applications.
Applications will be processed and assignment
announced as quickly as possible.
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOLMASTERS CLUB DINNER
The California Schoolmasters Club will hold its an-
nual dinner on Wednesday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the
College of San Mateo, 1700 Hillsdale Boulevard, San
Mateo.
Dr. S. I. Hayakawa, Acting President of San Fran-
cisco State College, will be the featured speaker. For
information contact Dr. David B. Stewart at 642-3871.
Invest-in-America
Dinner Kicks-off Competition
The start of the 1969 Invest-in-America economic competitions
was celebrated with a dinner at the Fairmont Hotel recently. Over
200 Bay Area educators participated in the affair in which the
details of the competitions for senior high school students were
reviewed. Pictured from left to right are Dr. Robert E. Jenkins,
Superintendent of Schools; Mrs. Esther Alpers, Social Studies
Department Head of Galileo High School; Dr. S. I. Hayakawa,
Acting President of San Francisco State College; and Donald P.
Krotz, President, Northern California Industry-Education Council
and Vice President, Chevron Research Company. Mrs. Alpers has
been associated with the Invest-in-America program for some 13
years, since it was first initiated as a pilot program in four SFUSD
schools. (Details of the competition were presented in the Febru-
ary 24, 1 969 issue of the Newsletter.)
NEWSLETTER
March 3, 1969
Announcements
Program af Pelron
Television Reporter Is Guest
Belva Davis (center) KPIX, Channel 5, "Eyewitness News" re-
porter, was a recent guest at Pelton Junior High School where
she addressed the school's academically talented students. Miss
Davis discussed her responsibilities as a television news reporter.
She told of a number of her experiences and of the problems and
disadvantages of being in a field composed largely of men.
Pictured with Miss Davis above are students Deborah Whitaker
and Mykele Saunders.
DIRECTORY CHANGES
Staff members are asked to make the following
changes in their copies of the 1968-69 School
Directory:
Page 42 — Telephone number for San Francisco
College for Women should read 752-7000; change
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• SUMMER INSTITUTE INFORMATION
The University of the Pacific at Stockton announces
that it will offer a summer institute, Race Deprivation
and Human Dignity — The American Crises, from June
16 through July 18. A brochure giving pertinent details
has been placed in the Special File in the Teachers Pro-
fessional Library.
Scholarships arc available through the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews, Inc., co-sponsors of the
Institute. For information in this regard, call 391-2850.
FALL 1969 REQUISITION DEADLINE
Fall 1969 Requisition Lists are due in the Divi-
sion of Supplies Warehouse, 1000 Selby Street,
Attention: Mis. Elaine Hung, as follows:
Instructional Supplies Lists — March 17, 1969.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, March 4, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• NCTE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE
The Fourth Annual Conference on the Humanities,
sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Eng-
lish, will be held March 30 - April 1 at the Sheraton-
Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
Three distinct programs focusing on the inter-disci-
plinary nature of the humanities will be featured. In-
cluded will be presentations and time for discussion,
enactments and multi-media offerings, exhibits and
demonstrations by students, and excursions to some of
the important cultural centers in the Bay Area.
Reservations can be mailed to Humanities Conference,
National Council of Teachers of English, 508 South
Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, or individuals
may register at the hotel on March 30. The registration
fee of $40 includes cultural excursions, instruction, ma-
terials, registration, coffee service, and Tuesday lun-
cheon.
Among a number of major speakers will be William
Arrowsmith, Professor of Classics, University of Texas;
Albert Johnson, Director of the San Francisco Film
Festival; and Kenneth Appel, clinical psychologist.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Emerson Ele-
mentary School.
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together on Friday, March 21, at the Red Rooster,
Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek.
A social hour will begin at 7 p.m., followed by dinner
at 8 p.m. and dancing at 9:30 p.m. President Hill of
Chico State will be the guest speaker.
For information and reservations write to Harry Mc-
Millan, 17273 Via Melina, San Lorenzo, California, or
telephone 278-0249.
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VOLUME 40
MARCH 10, 1969
NUMBER 25
At Portola Junior High School
District, Telephone Company Develop Unit
Dr. Edward D. Goldman, Associate Superintendent,
School Operational Services, announces that an occupa-
tional education unit of guidance and instruction, de-
veloped cooperatively by the Pacific Telephone Com-
pany and the faculty of Portola Junior High School, has
been successfully implemented during the current school
year.
The unit involves Portola students in the eighth and
ninth grades and provides specific instruction in and
orientation to the world of work.
The curriculum design is an inter-disciplinary core
[program which involves some 52 students in areas of
English, social studies, mathematics, industrial arts, and
home economics. The teachers and counselors who are
active in the program work as a team with one goal in
mind — the student and his occupational aspirations.
A curriculum is being developed and constantly evalu-
ated which will relate the individual student's course
material to the changing world of work.
The District and the Pacific Telephone Company
have agreed to work with Dr. George Champion and his
colleagues at San Francisco State College's Center for
Technological Education which will conduct a curricu-
lum development workshop for the teachers and coun-
selors of the junior high school.
The workshops, which will be conducted on a team
basis, will provide the teachers the opportunity to de-
velop their own curriculums and try them in actual
classroom situations.
The Pacific Telephone Company's role in the pro-
gram is to make available a variety of supportive serv-
ices including the following: providing funding where
necessary; lending and producing audio-visual aid ma-
terials; reproducing course materials and other related
materials; assisting in setting up field trips to business
and industrial firms; providing guest speakers; making
employment presentations; and conducting industry-
education seminars as determined by the Portola staff
team and Pacific Telephone consultants.
The project illustrates opportunities open to the SF-
USD staff for cooperating with a major industrial organ-
ization in the area of occupational education counseling
and guidance. The Pacific Telephone Company has been
commended for its cooperation and for allowing skilled
resource personnel to become associated with school staff
in the development of relevant programs so vitally need-
ed today.
The project is being coordinated by Dr. George
Karonsky, Portola principal; Vito Ciarfaglio, Portola
project director; Gordon Smith, Pacific Telephone pro-
gram coordinator; and Ken Hettick, Pacific Telephone
public relations supervisor and president of the San
Francisco Chapter of the Northern California Industry-
Education Council.
Portola Junior High School students involved in an occupational
education unit, developed cooperatively by the Pacific Telephone
Company and the school, recently toured the Company's facili-
ties. The accompanying article details the program as it is being
conducted at the present time.
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ummer School Applications
Personnel Services is now accepting applications
for summer teaching positions in the San Francisco
Public Schools.
Application forms for service in senior and junior
high schools and elementary schools are available
in the Personnel Office, Room 116, 135 Van Ness
Avenue.
Completed applications will be received until
March 22, 1969.
Personnel Services requests that teachers refrain
from making applications unless prepared to teach
the entire season.
Teachers who are selected for' summer employ-
ment will be notified by mail. Because of the large
number of incoming calls, it is requested that ap-
plicants do not call Personnel Services concerning
their applications.
Applications will be processed and assignment
announced as quickly as possible.
NEWSLETTER
March 10, 196!
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Map Project Creates Interest
Developing individual projects is an important part of the Dis-
trict's Programs for Mentally Gifted Minors. One imaginative and
well-executed project was recently completed by David Hassel
(center left), fifth grade student at Robert Louis Stevenson
School. David developed a map of the Atlantic Ocean floor, using
a salt and flour technique with cardboard. He designed a special
carrying case for the display which can be closed to look like a
suitcase or opened flat when in use. Pictured admiring David's
project are Tennessee Kent, principal, and Mrs. Constance Ali-
pranti, teacher of the gifted, and three of David's classmates
(left to right), Stephen Goldstein, John Mailman, and John
Romero.
• INTERCULTURAL PANEL AT WASHINGTON
The George Washington High School PTA announces
that an intercultural panel of speakers, discussing the
kinds of material about their cultures which they would
like to see included in textbooks, will take place Wednes-
day, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Room M-23 at the
school, 600 - 32nd Avenue.
Panel members and the cultures about which they will
speak include: Afro- American — Mrs. Edwin Johnson,
Vice President, San Francisco Education Auxiliary;
American Indian — Earl Livermore, Director, American
Indian Center; Chinese American — Wellington Chew,
Supervisor, Chinese Bilingual Education, SFUSD; Japa-
nese American — Yori Wada, Director, Buchanan Street
YMCA; and Spanish American — Elmer Gallegos, Su-
pervisor, Spanish Bilingual Education, SFUSD.
Ruth Adams, George Washington High School princi-
pal, will serve as moderator.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE MEETING
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Visi-
tacion Valley School at 1 :45 p.m. on Wednesday, March
12.
Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit these to their representatives.
Three copies of the Supply Committee minutes will be
distributed to each elementary school. This policy will be
continued- in the future so schools will have an extra
copy for posting in the library alongside of the Supply
•Catalog for teachers' use.
TRANSFER, RETIREMENT INFORMATION
The Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Serv-
ices, wishes to remind all permanent teachers that
they may request transfers to other schools within
their division or transfer from their present schools
and appointment to another division in accordance
with Administrative Regulation #4115, copies of
which are on file in the office of all principals. The
deadlines for receipt of these requests from perma-
nent teachers in the office of Personnel Services are
November 1 and April 1.
Teachers who may be deciding to resign from
the District should give Personnel Services and
their principals as much prior notice as possible. It
is expected that at least thirty days of such prior
notice (P4112) shall be given in order that ade-
quate. preparation may be made .for suitable re-
placements. It is similarly desirable that those who
may be planning to retire should give as much
prior notice as possible. Your cooperation in these
matters will be greatly appreciated.
• LATIN FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED FOR 1969-70
The Classics Department of the University of Minne-
sota announces the availability of ten Ten Experienced
Teacher Fellowships for the academic year 1969-70.
Fellows will participate in a specially designed program
for Latin teachers.
A brochure explaining the program has been placed
on file in the Teachers Professional Library. There is an
April 6 deadline for filing.
• ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENT MADE
The following administrative assignment was ap-
proved by the Board of Education upon recommenda'
tion of the Superintendent at the March 4, 1969 meet-
ing:
Central Office
Donald W. Johnson assigned Project Administrator of
the National Teacher Corps (on leave from his position
as principal of Anza School).
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 25
March 10, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
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SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORTS
The Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Serv-
ices, wishes to remind those who have returned
from travel sabbaticals that Administrative Regu-
lation 4155 requires that "Upon completion of the
leave and within 60 days (March 29 this year) of
the teacher's return to duty, a detailed itinerary
and a written report of not less than 2,500 words
shall be submitted to Personnel Services, setting
forth the teacher's reactions to the trip and includ-
ing a statement of the benefits received from it. . . .
A description of the trip will not satisfy the re-
quirement."
Please turn in completed reports to Room 116,
Central Office, to Milton F. Reiterman, Assistant
Superintendent, Personnel Services.
Transcripts of accredited college or university
work, approved in advance by the Salary Office,
must be filed in that office upon return from leave.
At Emerson School
• CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
The San Francisco Electrical Industry Trust is once
again sponsoring a creative writing contest among San
, Francisco high school students.
The top three prizes consist of college scholarships in
the amounts of $1,000, $500, and $250. In addition, best
entries from schools submitting more than one will re-
ceive a portable radio or cartridge tape recorder.
All essays must be submitted no later than March 31
to be eligible. An information sheet has been forwarded
to District schools giving all particulars of the contest.
Winners will be announced at a special dinner later
this spring.
SUMMER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Those teachers who are interested in elementary
and junior high summer school administrative po-
sitions must file an application with Mildred Dold,
Room 116, Personnel Services, in order to be con-
sidered for 1969 summer school.
A previous notice announced that all former
candidates for administrative positions would be
considered. Personnel Services, however, needs an
indication from all applicants that they are inter-
ested in summer administrative employment and a
current application is necessary.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER PLANNED
A testimonial dinner honoring Edward H. Fowler,
who will retire as principal of John Adams Adult School
in June, has been planned for Saturday, May 1 7, at the
Brentwood Lodge, El Camino and Brentwood Drive,
South San Francisco.
The 6 p.m. social hour will be followed by dinner at
8 p.m. Banquet tickets are $10 per person.
Friends and associates are asked to make their reser-
vations as early as possible. Further information and
tickets may be obtained from F. J. Baron, W. Meeks, or
^Mrs. Frances Fried at 1860 Hayes Street, San Francisco
'941 17, or by telephoning 346-7044.
Mr. Fowler will complete a 30-year career of adult
education service as teacher, registrar, and principal.
Cafeteria Services Welcomed
The spring term brought the beginning of cafeteria services to
Emerson Elementary School. The school's PTA organization and
Western Addition community groups had listed the hot lunch
program as one of the school's priority needs. The Roosevelt
Junior High School kitchen services the food for Emerson. Pic-
tured on opening day are many of the happy students and the
following adults in the foreground: Mrs. Marion Maginnis, Emer-
son principal; Mrs. Elaine Gait, EH teacher; Mrs. Diann Melnick,
school nurse; Mrs. Rosie Colquitt, school custodian; Mrs. Clarrisa
Floyd, cafeteria staff; Mrs. Louise Austin, assistant supervisor,
school cafeterias; and Mrs. Reba Hartzog, yard supervisor.
• BROCHURES PLACED ON FILE
The following brochures have been received at the
Central Office and have been placed in the Special File
in the Teachers' Professional Library for teachers' use:
• An Academic Year Institute for Secondary School
Science Supervisors, Science Department Chairmen, Sci-
ence Curriculum Specialists, and Science Supervisor
Trainees, sponsored by the National Science Foundation
at Ohio State University.
• 1969-70 Directory of Academic Year Institutes for
Secondary School Teachers and Supervisors of Science
and Mathematics, sponsored by the National Science
Foundation.
• University of California, Berkeley, Third Annual
Summer Program for Teachers, from June 23 - July 25,
1969 (five weeks).
IN-SERVICE ART COURSE TO START
(The following District in-service course will be-
gin March 17.)
Introduction to African Art
One unit, non-college credit, seven meetings,
Mondays, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Art Workshop, P. A.
Hearst School, 3045 Santiago Street. Course starts
March 17. Instructor: Irene Sawyer, University of
California Art History Department. Pre-registra-
tion is required. Telephone Mrs. Ruth Davis, 863-
4680, Extension 323.
This course will cover the beginnings of African art, its reasons
for being, and its influence upon contemporary art. Through the
study of the arts and crafts of Africa, a better understanding will be
gained about the African peoples and their contributions to world
culture. The course will be most helpful for teachers desiring to
teach a unit on Black History.
NEWSLETTER
March 10, 1969
DIRECTORY CHANGE
Staff members are asked to make the following
change in their copies of the 1968-69 School Direc-
tory.
Page 23 — Change telephone number of Han-
cock School to read 441-7330.
• 'SHOES FOR KIDS' PROGRAM ENDS
The Civitan Club of San Francisco has announced
that its "Shoes for Kids" program, which has been car-
ried on through the School District for 15 years, has
been discontinued.
In the meantime, any numbered, outstanding shoe
orders issued up to now will be honored by the dispenser,
Ferrera's Shoes, 2456 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco.
• CHEMISTRY LECTURES ANNOUNCED
Do you still believe that electrons revolve around the
atom like planets around the sun (a theory that is 40
years out of date) ?
If you do, you are invited to attend the May 13 and
May 20 meetings of the District in-service course, Princi-
ples of Modern Chemistry, at Lowell High School at 4
p.m. and learn about the presently accepted theory (wave
mechanics) .
Dr. Pimentel, a chem study author and UC professor,
will deliver the lecture in Room 220.
DRUG ABUSE COURSES OFFERED
(The following two courses are being offered by
the University of California School of Criminology
on the subject of drug abuse.)
An American Dilemma: Drug Use and Abuse
(X404)
Three units, college credit, $47.50 fee, Mondays,
March 24 through June 9, 7:30 to 10 p.m. at 208
Woods Hall, UC Extension, 55 Laguna Street, San
Francisco. Instructor: David E. Smith, M.D., As-
sistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacology, UC
Medical Center, and consultant on drug abuse,
IMPAC, Department of Psychiatry, SF General
Hospital.
This course will utilize a multi-media learning approach to drug
abuse in historical perspective; it will cover strategies for prevention,
treatment, education, law enforcement, and legislation.
Junkies, Heads and Freaks: Social Types on the
Drug Scene (X171)
Three units, college credit, $47.50 fee, Tuesdays,
April 1 through June 17, 7 to 9:30 p.m., at 208
Woods Hall, UC Extension, 55 Laguna Street, San
Francisco. Instructor: Roger C. Smith, Director,
Amphetamine Research Project, Department of
Pharmacology, UC Medical Center.
A street-level view of various types of drug use among the middle
class with fickj i rips to treatment centers and guest speakers.
For. further information telephone 642-1061 or
write Continuing Education in Criminology, UC,
i ley 01720.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, March 18, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
TIME SHEET PICK-UP
March time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on March 28, 1969, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on March 25 and their full-
time teachers' time sheets on March 28 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for March 16 through
March 31 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on March 24, 1969.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in March for principals and
assistant principals is 20; the number of days for
teachers is 20.
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Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies
2724 — School Custodian, Male — City College
(nights), John O'Connell Vocational High (nights
Miraloma, Spring Valley, and Sheridan Elementary
Schools.
• TASF REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting of the building repre
sentatives of the Teachers Association of San Francisco
will be held Monday, March 17, at 4 p.m. in Room 30,
the Board meeting room, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
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The San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Representative Council will meet Monday, March 17, at
4 p.m. in the teachers' cafeteria of George Washington f
High School.
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'roblem Areas to be Studied
Pupil Services Conference Slated March 21
An all-day District planning conference, which will
>ring together the various disciplines within Pupil Serv-
ces to examine possibilities for more effective operations
vithin the schools, will take place Friday, March 21,
rom 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El,
^rguello Boulevard and Lake Street.
The conference theme is Are We in Touch with Chang-
ng Times? and will be concerned with three broad areas:
:urrent tensions within school and their causes, taking a
lew look at school-community relations, and individual
ittitudes toward change. Recommendations for dealing
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Educational Planning Starts
In the next issue of the Newsletter a detailed story will
ippear describing the "Organization for Educational
planning on a Regional Basis" which was recommended
:o the Board of Education on March 4, 1969, by Super-
ntendent Robert E. Jenkins.
The Board approved the proposal which will be imp-
emented in three of the seven proposed regions at this
:ime. These three are Galileo, Mission, and Polytechnic.
Other regions will be Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, George
Washington, and Woodrow Wilson. )
The Organization for Educational Planning has been
ipproved by the Negotiating Council. Dr. Lewis Allbee,
\ssociate Superintendent for Educational Planning, Re-
earch and Development, and Dr. Raymond J. Pitts,
— \ssistant Superintendent, Instructional Development
ind Services, will be responsible for implementing the
plan.
One of the first major steps will be to organize Task
Forces in the three regions mentioned above. This will
se done by election on Wednesday, March 19, at the
/arious locations starting at 3:25 p.m. Each region will
lave a Task Force of six teachers and administrators
two elementary, two junior high, and two senior high)
n each of the following subject areas: Reading, Lan-
?uage Arts/English, Social Studies, Mathematics, and
Business Education.
In as much as these three regions encompass the ele-
mentary and junior high schools feeding into each of the
omprehensive high schools listed, the teachers in each
:oncerned school will receive a special memorandum
:rom Dr. Allbee inviting them to attend the March 19
meeting and giving the location of the various section
meetings. Each member elected to a Task Force will
ierve one year.
Secondary assistant principals (pupil personnel), ele-
mentary community teachers, grade counselors, elemen-
tary assistant principals, Pupil Services staff, Central
Office staff, and members of the Board of Education
have been invited to participate.
Guest speakers will include Dr. Price Cobbs, co-author
of Black Rage, and George B. Leonard, senior editor,
Look magazine, and author of Education and Ecstasy.
A Pupil Services Interdisciplinary Committee on Inter-
action has organized to plan and coordinate the session.
Committee members include Vera Blackburn, school
social worker; Carlos V. Cornejo, acting assistant princi-
pal (Roosevelt) ; Dr. James Colwell, school psychologist;
Richard Date, assistant principal (Balboa) ; Leland Mc-
Cormick, assistant principal (Marina) ; James Hamrock,
supervisor, Guidance and Counseling; Miriam Whitman,
attendance supervisor; Alice C. Henry, director, Pupil
Services; Lorraine Honig, school social worker and com-
mittee chairman; Eloise Johnson, school psychologist;
Marjorie A. Kuhl, supervisor, Social Work Services ; Vin-
cent McGrath, psychometrist ; Robert Harelson, attend-
ance supervisor; and Mary E. Zimmerman, school psy-
chologist.
Junius Camp, field representative, Human Relations, is
serving on the committee as a consultant to the com-
munity.
Members of the Pupil Services Interdisciplinary Committee on
Interaction met recently to plan the coming March 21 confer-
ence. Participating members included the following: standing
(left to right): Leland McCormick, assistant principal, Marina
Junior High School; James Hamrock, supervisor. Guidance and
Counseling; Vincent McGrath, psychometrist; Dr. James Colwell,
psychologist; Junius Camp, field representative. Human Rela-
tions; seated (left to right) Vera Blackburn, social worker; Miriam
Whitham, attendance supervisor; Lorraine Honig, social worker
and chairman; Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman, psychologist.
NEWSLETTER
March 17, 1B69
School Site Committees Formed
Communications Plan Put into Operation
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced that
the School Site Communications Plan, approved by the
Board of Education in December 1968, is now being
implemented in the District's secondary schools.
A major goal of the plan is the improvement of com-
munications among students, parents, teachers, and ad-
ministrators, which will result in the continued advance-
ment of each school's educational program and the cre-
ation of a sound educational climate.
The plan is basically a school site innovation, working
with the school principal as the administrative and edu-
cational leader of his school.
It embodies the concept that presently established and
working school organizations, such as the faculty coun-
cil, the student body association, and the PTA or moth-
ers' group will not only continue to operate as they
do now, but will be strengthened by providing the
overall leadership for the new plan.
In brief, the School Site Communications Plan is com-
posed of the following: 1.) a Faculty Advisory Commit-
tee, 2.) a Student Advisory Committee, 3.) a Community
Advisory Committee, and 4.) a Site Advisory Commit-
tee (see the chart on page 3).
Although the plan outlined below has specific numbers
of personnel on each committee and council, the Super-
intendent has advised all principals that actual imple-
mentation of the plan in their schools could show varia-
tion in the number and method of selection of students,
teachers, and parents to better fit the situation of each
school and to permit flexibility.
The working description of each part follows:
Student Advisory Committee — This committee of 15
students, with a teacher sponsor, is formed with the
guidance of the operating student body association offi-
cers. The student association is an elected body with the
entire school student body voting.
The normal pattern, however, is for those who run for
student body association office to meet certain qualifica-
tions as to grades and citizenship set by the school.
The new Student Advisory Committee is composed of
three members from the student body association select-
ed by that group, nine members elected by the entire
student body, and three members selected or appointed
by the committee members with the advice and help of
the teacher sponsor.
The nine members selected by the election procedure
are from the entire student body and are voted upon by
the entire student body. This secret ballot election is
arranged and conducted with the advice and help of the
student body association officers. The nine candidates
are not required to meet a set of criteria other than being
a member of the student body.
The three members of the Student Advisory Commit-
tee selected by the committee members and their teacher
sponsor provide a means by which three students who
were not elected could be added to the committee to
further broaden the viewpoints of the group. The inclu-
sion of these three students will provide an open-end con
cept which will be beneficial to better communications.
The teacher sponsor for the Student Advisory Com-
mittee is selected from a list of three names submitted to
the school principal by members of the committee.
Faculty Advisory Committee — This committee of 15
teachers from the school is formed with the help and
guidance of the operating faculty council.
It is composed of three members of the faculty council
and 12 additional members whose method of selection is
left to the faculty council. These 12 teachers might come'
from the entire faculty.
Community Advisory Committee — This committee
of 15 school parents is composed of three present mem-
bers or officers from the school PTA unit or its recog-
nized parent group, three parents who are non-members
of the PTA or recognized parent group, and nine parent!
to be appointed or elected from the school PTA or recog-
nized parent group. This selection is supervised by the
school PTA or recognized parent group.
All members of the Community Advisory Committee
are parents of students attending the school.
Members of this committee will provide avenues foi
the resources of the community to be used and for com
munity groups to present concerns.
Site Advisory Council — This council of 13 member:
is composed of four members selected by the Student Ad-
visory Committee, five faculty members selected by the
Faculty Advisory Committee, and four parents selectee
by the Community Advisory Committee.
The Site Advisory Council works directly with th<
school principal at the school site to resolve problem:
brought to it by the delegates from the three committees
The Superintendent placed Mrs. Josephine Coll
Supervisor, Student Relations, on special assignment t( s
his office to aid principals in organizing their school site
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 26
March 17, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S. |
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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committees. Coordination and implementation of the
program is being conducted through the offices of Ralph
Kauer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education.
Mrs. Cole reports that 19 secondary schools now have
at least one of the Site Advisory Committees functioning,
and 15 have two or three of the committees now work-
ing.
Mrs. Cole adds that the secondary schools of the Dis-
trict have been divided into three area groupings with a
secondary supervisor available to assist the principals in
the area with the continued development of the plan.
The area schools and the supervisors include the fol-
lowing:
Area I — Dr. Myron Moskowitz, Supervisor — Abra-
ham Lincoln, Balboa, Lowell, Opportunity, A. P. Gian-
nini, Aptos, Herbert Hoover, and James Denman.
Area II — George Moscone, Supervisor — Galileo,
George Washington, Polytechnic, Benjamin Franklin,
Francisco, Marina, Presidio, Roosevelt, and Visitacion
Valley.
Area III — Ivor Callaway, Supervisor — Mission,
Woodrow Wilson, Samuel Gompers, John O'Connell,
Everett, Horace Mann, James Lick, Luther Burbank,
Pelton, and Portola.
Each Advisory Committee has been encouraged to
develop its own appropriate set of operating procedures
and to select its own leadership from its members. In
accordance with Board of Education policy, the com-
mittees will not be concerned with such items as indi-
vidual personnel grievances.
The principal of the school is available as a consultant
to the Advisory Committees upon their request or to
provide information or persons to help them in their
deliberations.
Mr. Kauer indicates that the School Site Communica-
tions Plan provides the necessary channels through
which opinions and concerns relating to the schools'
educational programs can be heard. The plan allows for
flexibility within individual schools and increases com-
munications among the various groups described.
It is planned that these procedures will be able to pro-
vide avenues for the solution of most problems. If pro-
cedures set forth in the plan are followed, it should be
unnecessary in most cases to make presentations to any
higher administrative channels and/or the Board of
Education.
• CSHA 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The 17th annual conference of the California Speech
and Hearing Association will be held March 20-22 at the
Sheraton-Palace Hotel.
Special short courses for members only will precede
the general conference sessions which are open to all
persons interested in communications disorders.
SFUSD personnel assuming leadership roles in the
conference include A. Donald Cross, hospitality chair-
man; Mary Warner, hospitality co-chairman; Mrs.
Dorothy Labudde, local arrangements chairman and
public relations chairman; and Ruth Price and Carol
Yee, public relations co-chairmen.
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IN-SERVICE COURSE REMINDER
The District in-service course, Human Biology —
Refresher Course, will be offered on five Thursday
evenings (April 10, 17, 24, May 1, May 8), from
7 to 10 p.m., at the Bothin Auditorium, Children's
Hospital, 3800 California Street.
The course carries one unit, non-college credit.
Pre-registration may be made by calling Dr. Fran-
ces Todd at 863-4680, Extension 368.
• COACHES' DINNER DANCE
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its annual dinner
dance on Saturday, May 24, at the Italian American
Social Club, 25 Russia Avenue, San Francisco.
For further information, contact President Erv Del-
man, Abraham Lincoln High School, 2162 - 24th Avenue
94116.
• CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPEN HOUSE
All SFUSD personnel are invited to attend an open
house at the Child Development Center, Children's Hos-
pital, Sacramento and Maple Streets, on Thursday,
March 27, from 3 to 7 p.m.
Dr. Jerome Mednick, medical director, and members
of the staff will conduct tours of the facilities, show
slides, and offer information regarding the total services
of the center.
• POETRY LECTURE ON RADIO PROGRAM
David Smith, special poetry lecturer in the District's
Programs for the Gifted, will be featured on a half-hour
radio broadcast on station KPFA-FM, Tuesday, March
18, at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Smith will read several of his own works. He is
noted for his San Francisco themes.
• GRANT STUDENTS PLANT TREES
In conjunction with the observance of Arbor Day,
March 7, students from Grant School planted trees on
Lyon Street along the Presidio Wall.
Mr. Brian Fewer, Street Planning and Landscaping
Supervisor, has worked closely with the school over the
years in a number of tree planting projects in the school
area.
DIRECTORY CHANGES
Staff members are asked to make the following
changes in their copies of the 1968-69 School Direc-
tory.
Page 15 — Change telephone number of Act.
Asst. Principal — Ramona Galeno to 585-2044.
Page 18 — Change directions to read: "Reached
by sou-thbound No. 15 bus at First and Market
. . ." for Burnett School.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, March 18, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• RAPHAEL WEILL PROGRAM
Black History Week was recognized at Raphael Weill
School with a "Parade of Progress," presented under the
guidance of Mrs. Bradie Session and Mrs. Bess Ricketts,
teachers.
Assemblyman Willie L. Brown, Jr., was the guest
speaker. He presented significant information relating to
his duties as the representative of the 18th Assembly
District.
• INTRAMURAL PROGRAM IN SKIING
A "first" in the SFUSD scene has taken place at Abra-
ham Lincoln High School where skiing has become a
sport in the school's intramural program.
A ski club was formed in November under the spon-
sorship of Bernard Greenberg, physical education teach-
er. Some 22 students, all beginners, have taken part in
four ski lessons.
In addition, the group has taken two ski trips, with
another planned this month.
SUMMER BILINGUAL APPLICATIONS
Spanish Bilingual Education Summer School ap-
plications for teaching positions are now available
and are being accepted in the Personnel Services
office, Room 116, and in the Spanish Bilingual
office, Room 213-A, at 135 Van Ness Avenue.
Applications for the summer bilingual schools
are different than the regular summer school ap-
plications.
Completed applications will be received until
Friday, April 11.
• COGSWELL EXTENDS INVITATION
Cogswell Polytechnical College has extended an invi-
tation to all SFUSD personnel to attend its open house
on Friday, March 21, which will be held in the afternoon
and evening.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
MARCH 24, 1969
NUMBER 27
Regional Task Forces Organized
Educational Planning Proposal Begins
The District's comprehensive plan to study, evaluate,
and streamline the instructional programs in the schools
made two major advances this past week with the selec-
tion of three regional task forces and the appointment of
live subject-area teacher specialists.
The "Organization for Educational Planning on a
Regional Basis" plan was recommended by Superintend-
ent Robert E. Jenkins and approved by the Board of
Education at the March 4, 1 969 meeting.
The plan is being implemented in three of seven pro-
posed regions at this time. The elementary and junior
Siigh schools feeding into each of the District's seven
comprehensive high schools will form a separate region.
The three regions now actively involved include Galileo,
Mission, and Polytechnic. (Other regions will be Abra-
ham Lincoln, Balboa, George Washington, and Wood-
row Wilson.)
Each region will have a task force of six teachers and
ladministrators (two elementary, two junior high, and
two senior high) in each of the following subject areas:
Reading, Language Arts/English, Social Studies, Mathe-
matics, and Business Education.
The task forces for the Galileo, Mission, and Poly-
technic regions were selected last week at meetings of
elementary and secondary teachers interested in the five
subject areas.
At the initial meeting in each subject, participants
balloted for task force members. The names of the six
receiving the highest number of nominations for each
level (elementary, junior high, and senior high) were
voted on for the second time. The two candidates (out
of the six) from each level who received the highest
number of votes on the second ballot became task force
members.
Each elected member will serve for one year (until
February 1970). Task forces will meet once every two
weeks.
The general functions of the task force are 1 . ) to study
the instructional programs, subject by subject; 2.) to
recommend ways of streamlining the instructional pro-
grams to make them more relevant and significant; 3.)
to recommend ways of individualizing instruction; and
4.) to help plan better articulation from pre-school
through City College.
Between now and the end of the current school year,
it is hoped that the task forces will also give serious con-
sideration to those curricular changes and instructional
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Reports Due on School Complex Idea
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Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has set an April 1 1
deadline for feasibility reports from the principals of the
20 elementary schools in the Richmond Elementary and
the Park-South Elementary complexes as outlined in the
Report #2 of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to the
Superintendent's Task Force Studying Educational
Equality/ Quality and Other Proposals.
Shortly after the Report #2 was presented to the Board
of Education, the Superintendent presented a seven
sB point plan for faculty-community involvement which was
approved by the Board and which is now in operation.
Lucy Cannarozzi, principal of Madison School, has
been assigned as director of the study now underway in
each school to determine the feasibility of the complex
proposals. She will coordinate and furnish support to
the principals of the schools concerned in the complexes.
Madison is one of the complex schools.
Richmond complex schools (12) include Madison,
Geary, Anza, Sutro, Andrew Jackson, Frank McCoppin,
George Peabody, Argonne, Alamo, Sutro Annex, Ca-
brillo, and Lafayette.
Park-South complex schools (8) are Grattan, McKin-
ley, Twin Peaks, Laguna Honda, Clarendon, Dudley
Stone, Jefferson, and Columbus.
At each school a committee of administrators, teach-
ers, and parents has been formed to lead the study in
depth of the complex idea and to provide a series of in-
formational meetings for the parents of students now at-
tending the schools so that they can understand the com-
plex idea which would reorganize the grade structure of
the complex schools. Each school would have a kinder-
garten. Some schools would have grades 1 through 3 or
1 through 4, while others would have grades 4 through
6 or 5 and 6, depending on school size and facilities.
Geographical areas would be assigned to particular
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NEWSLETTER
March 24, 1969 I *
. . . Educational Planning Starts
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improvements for which more detailed planning may be
done in summer workshops.
Summer workshops provide an excellent opportunity
for preparing course outlines, drafting tentative curricu-
lum materials, and collecting necessary references, texts,
and other resources for initiating new courses or pro-
grams. However, if new courses or new programs are to
be initiated in the fall, the employment of personnel,
making of building alterations, and ordering of supplies
and equipment need to be worked out before summer
workshops begin.
Advisory committees, composed of representatives
from all of the schools in each region, will be selected by
the task forces to assist them with the above stated func-
tions. They will meet as needed, at times to be worked
out with the task force.
Curriculum steering committees for each subject will
be formed and will be composed of three representatives
selected by each task force from each region. Steering
committees will meet once a month as a group to inter-
change ideas being generated in each region and to ben-
efit in whatever ways they can from each other's most
promising developments.
At the March 18, 1969 meeting, the Board of Educa-
tion approved the appointment of five teacher specialists
in the designated subject areas:
Reading — Leon Del Grande, teacher, Marina Junior
High School on leave to SB 28, LAMP; Language Arts/
English — Edwin J. Knapton, English Department
Head, Balboa High School; Business Education —
Gwendolyn Z. Austin, teacher, Balboa High School;
Social Studies — Catherine M. Marconi, teacher, Visi-
tacion Valley School on leave as resource teacher; and
Mathematics — Clarence A. Taylor, Mathematics De-
partment Head, Woodrow Wilson High School.
The teacher specialists are outstanding classroom
teachers who will continue to teach one hour per day or
one class per day in their subject area and will serve from
three to five years.
They will be attached to the Assistant Superintendent
for Instructional Development and Services and will
work out of his office with each of the seven regions as
well as with the special schools.
The teacher specialists and the District's curriculum
consultants will attend the meetings of the task forces
and will be responsible for preparing the agenda and
minutes of the meetings. They will perform the same
duties for the steering committees.
It is proposed that teacher specialists in the areas of
Science and Foreign Language be appointed in August
1969. The District already has curriculum specialists in
Art, Music, Industrial Arts, Home Economics, and
Health and Physical Education.
The three active educational planning regions and
their feeder schools include the following:
Galileo Region — Benjamin Franklin Junior High,
Emerson, Golden Gate, John Swett, Raphael Weill,
Redding, Anza; Everett Junior High, Bessie Carmichael,
Daniel Webster, Douglas, I. M. Scott, John Muir, Mc-
Kinley, Marshall Annex, Patrick Henry, Sanchez; Fran-
cisco Junior High, Bessie Carmichael, Garfield, Han-
cock, Jean Parker, Washington Irving; Marina Junior
High, Commodore Stockton, Emerson, Grant, Hancock,
Redding, Sherman, Jean Parker, Spring Valley, Winfield
Scott, Yerba Buena.
Mission Region — Aptos Junior High, Commodore
Sloat, Diamond Heights, Farragut, Lakeshore, Frederic
Burke, Miraloma. Jose Ortega, Sunnyside; Everett Jun-
ior High, Bessie Carmichael, Daniel Webster, Douglas,
I. M. Scott, John Muir, McKinley, Marshall Annex,
Patrick Henry, Sanchez; Horace Mann Junior High,
Bryant, Hawthorne, Le Conte, Marshall Annex,- Starr
King, Buena Vista; James Lick Junior High, Kate Ken-
nedy, Twin Peaks, Fairmount, Alvarado, Douglas, Edi-
son; Luther Burbank Junior High, Junipero Serra, Mon-
roe, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Cleveland, Guadalupe
Hillcrest, John McLaren; Pelton Junior High, Burnett
Daniel Webster, Hunters Point I and II, I. M. Scott, Sir
Francis Drake, Fremont, Washington Irving, Jedediah
Smith, Hunters Point Naval Station.
Polytechnic Region — A. P. Giannini Junior High,
Dudley Stone, Francis Scott Key, Lawton, Robert Louis
Stevenson, Mark Twain, Ulloa; Everett Junior High,
Bessie Carmichael, Daniel Webster, Douglas, I. M. Scott,
John Muir, McKinley, Marshall Annex, Patrick Henry,
Sanchez; Herbert Hoover Junior High, Clarendon, Col-
umbus, Grattan, Jefferson, Laguna Honda, Parkside
West Portal, Twin Peaks; Roosevelt Junior High, Anza
Andrew Jackson, Frank McCoppin, Geary, George Pea-
body, Madison; Benjamin Franklin Junior High, Emer-
son, Golden Gate, John Swett, Raphael Weill, Redding,
Anza.
The special high schools — John O'Connell, Lowell,
Opportunity, and Samuel Gompers — will not be
regular part of any particular region, but will relate
with all regions through their participation in the meet-
ings of the assistant principals for curriculum from all
over the city and the Assistant Superintendent for In-
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 27 March 24, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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structional Development and Services. Moreover, each
of the special schools will have access to the curriculum
resources of the District and may develop whatever edu-
cational committees are appropriate and necessary.
City College will relate to the educational planning of
the school region in two major ways: by providing facul-
ty representatives to meet from time to time with each
region, and by sending representatives to the city-wide
meetings of the assistant principals for curriculum with
the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Develop-
ment and Services, the latter and the curriculum re-
source people being responsible for keeping City College
and the special schools informed concerning important
educational planning meetings as they are scheduled.
The Organization for Educational Planning on a Re-
gional Basis has been approved by the Negotiating Coun-
cil. Dr. Lewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent for Edu-
cational Planning, Research and Development, and Dr.
Raymond J. Pitts, Assistant Superintendent for Instruc-
tional Development and Services, are responsible for the
plan's implementation.
. . . Feasibility Reports Due April 1 1
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schools so that all schools would have racial and ethnic
percentages more closely approximating the population
of the entire complex.
At least one complex should contain an instructional
resource center to serve both complexes.
The in-depth study now underway in each school by
parents, teachers, and administrators is centered on the
necessary quality components which would be effected
by this plan. The report lists some ten major points in-
cluding specialization of schools in special programs such
as science, art, and ethnic studies; better utilization of
teacher talent; emphasis on reading and language skills
in K-3 level; and pilot programs in team teaching and
non-graded experiences.
Under the direction of Miss Cannarozzi, an over-all
study of both complexes as entire units is being carried
out by a task force committee of some 28 parents, teach-
ers, and administrators (representing all 20 schools)
which will also report to the Superintendent by April 1 1 .
Consultant help will be provided when and where
needed, and a speakers bureau is being operated in the
office of Dr. William L. Cobb, Assistant Superintendent
for Human Relations. Miss Cannarozzi, as director, is
working closely with Dr. Cobb's office.
In as much as about half of the students (6,800 in one
complex and 4,200 in the smaller) will be able to walk
to school, the limited short distance busing within each
complex which would be provided by the District in the
proposal would be of the shuttle variety and would sup-
plement existing transportation.
ROTC Drill Competition Set
The massing of the colors is an impressive feature of the
annual ROTC Drill Competition involving the District's
senior high schools. This year's event will be held April 1 8
in the Civic Auditorium.
The Reserve Officers Training Corps of cadets
of nine San Francisco Unified School District high
schools extend a cordial invitation to all personnel
of the District and their families to attend the 23rd
Annual ROTC Drill Competition.
This spectacular and colorful event, featuring a
military review, the massing of colors, individual
and competitive drill, girls' drill teams, and a mili-
tary band, insures a performance of interest for the
entire family.
Place: Civic Auditorium
Date: Friday, April 18, 1969
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
• HOLLAND-McCARTHY DINNER
Friends of Margaret Holland and Dr. Mary McCarthy
may now make reservations for the dinner to be held in
their honor at the Fairmont Hotel on Wednesday, May
21, 1969.
The cost is $12.50 per person. A gift donation is op-
tional. Tables for ten may be reserved under one name.
Checks must accompany all reservation requests.
Make checks payable to the Holland-McCarthy Dinner
and send to Mrs. Adrienne Chan, Room 212, 135 Van
Ness Avenue. Reservation deadline is May 9.
Reservation forms have been sent to each school. Ad-
ditional forms may be received by calling Mrs. Chan at
863-4680, Extension 239, or by contacting Robert Cun-
ningham, James Hamrock, Alice Henry, or Agatha Ho-
gan at 863-4680, or Edith Cochran at 585-5012. 1 >
NEWSLETTER
March 24, 1969
TEACHERS' MARCH PAY WARRANTS
.Because of Easter Vacation, warrants for teach-
ers for the month of March will be mailed to the
homes (the addresses the Payroll Department has
on file) so that the warrants will be received on
April 1.
• MADRIGAL SINGERS AT TREASURE ISLAND
Treasure Island School will host the Bella Vista Mad-
rigal Singers from Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks,
California, on Friday, March 28.
The special appearance by the talented young per-
formers will feature traditional madrigals and selections
from Oklahoma and Camelot and songs from the "Roar-
ing Twenties."
CHINESE BILINGUAL APPLICATIONS
Personnel Services is now accepting applications
for elementary and secondary teaching positions in
the Chinese Bilingual Education Summer Program.
Preference will be given to teachers who have had
some training and experience in teaching English
as a Second Language and a knowledge of Canto-
nese.
Application forms are available in the Personnel
Office, Room 1 16, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
Completed applications will be received until
April 7, 1969.
Teachers who are selected will be notified by
mail.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Sanchez and
Commodore Stockton Elementary Schools.
TIMEROLL DELIVERY FOR APRIL
Certificated timerolls for April and classified
timerolls for the first period of April will be mailed
by United States mail to the schools during Easter
Vacation.
If these timerolls are not received in the schools
by April 7, please telephone the Payroll Depart-
ment immediately.
• DELTA KAPPA GAMMA MEETING
The San Francises chapters of Delta Kappa Gamma
will meet April 9 for dinner at International Joe's in
Westlake to hear Dr. Catherine Pike of the University
of California Medical School faculty and member of the
State Commission on Family Life Education speak on
current controversies in Family Life Education.
Reservations can be made for $5 through Mrs. Marian
Ward, 1575 - 32nd Avenue.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, April 1, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• MARCH 29 PTA WORKSHOP
"Bridging the Gap" will be the theme for a one-day
workshop for all newly elected officers and chairmen of
units in San Francisco Second District PTA. It will be
held on Saturday, March 29, 1969, between 9 a.m. and
3 p.m. at George Washington High School, 600 - 32nd
Avenue near Anza Street.
This year there will be a special workshop for teachers
and administrators. Registration will be 50 cents per
person including packets containing information for use
during the year. This is considered a legitimate unit
expense. Further information may be obtained by phon-
ing the chairman, Mrs. William Thomas at 333-4861.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MEET
The Department Heads Association of San Francisco
will meet in the Teachers' Cafeteria of Abraham Lincoln
High School at 2 : 45 p.m. on Thursday, March 27.
• SCHOOL PRESS DEADLINE APRIL 1
The National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.
reminds all senior high school principals that the dead-
line for submission of entries in its High School Press
Awards competition is Tuesday, April 1.
Details of the creative writing activity have been for-
warded to all principals. Awards will be given to the best
published articles in high school newspapers on the sub-
ject "Why I Am Interested in a Career as a Police
Officer."
For additional information contact Mrs. Thomas
Rowe, Director of Education, at 391-2850.
• WOODCUTS ON DISPLAY
William F. Wolff, Youth Guidance Center teacher, is
currently showing a display of his woodcuts at the San
Francisco Art Commission office, 165 Grove Street.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
APRIL 7, 1969
NUMBER 28
Detailed Analysis Presented
Gifted Program Outlined in Board Report
A detailed report describing current activities and pro-
grams for mentally gifted minors in District schools was
presented to the Board of Education by Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins at the March 18, 1969 meeting.
The report indicates what is being done to implement
and extend the recommendations of the Superintendent's
Gifted Programs Task Force by providing special pro-
grams for those students who have been identified as
having intellectual capacity which places them in the
top two per cent of the population.
William B. Cummings, Supervisor, Programs for the
Gifted, indicates that the number of two-percenters in
San Francisco accounts for about 3.5 per cent of the
student population in grades K-12.
There are 1,223 children identified as mentally gifted
minors in the Elementary Division. Of these, 984 (80
per cent) are currently in programs staffed by on-site
teacher specialists. Nine teacher specialists conduct part-
time programs in 41 schools.
Seven intermediate level teachers work with approxi-
mately 110 pupils each in groups of 12 to 20 for three
hours a week. The two teachers at the primary level
teach groups of less than 15 students for an hour and a
half per week.
The Secondary Division has provided special oppor-
tunities for over 2,000 mentally gifted minors this year.
Special classes, seminars, large and small group instruc-
tion, independent study, and experimental courses have
helped to extend learning opportunities in required and
elective courses.
The philosophy of the program is to provide an edu-
cational climate in which students can learn independent-
ly as the individual student is capable of functioning. This
allows the student to move at his own rate in directions
of prime interest to him while providing the teacher the
opportunity to function as manager of the learning pro-
cess.
The teacher acts more as a resource person than a
disseminator of facts. The student is provided with a
learning situation in which he directs his own learning
toward the goal of discovery — an act which is intrinsic-
ally rewarding.
The goal of independent study is common to the
gifted program at all levels. What happens in the classes
for the gifted at the primary level differs only in degree
from that which takes place at the high school level.
Thus articulation, both vertical and horizontal, is built
into the total program.
Quality control is structured into the elementary pro-
gram by having teachers state objectives of their indi-
vidual areas in terms which can be measured. At the
secondary level each school is responsible for designing
its own program for its gifted students and for structur-
ing evaluation procedures within the initial design of the
program. Teacher time is allocated primarily on the
basis of program quality. Other criteria such as the
number of mentally gifted minors, high potential/low
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Best Roosevelt Entries
Science Fair Starts April 12
The Fifth Annual Roosevelt Junior High School Science Fair was
held recently, drawing a total of 99 entries from which the best
six will be entered in the Bay Area Science Fair to be held at the
Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, from April 12 through
April 16. The first place trophy at the school's competition went
to Michael Krasnobrod whose project is entitled "Paramecium —
A Micro-photographic Study." Second place went to Karen Jako-
bovits with a project entitled "Weight Watching Beans." The
third place project was by Janet Lee, a previous Bay Area Science
Fair award winner, and is called "Habit of Snails." Pictured
above (left to right) are Charles Corsiglia, Roosevelt's Science
Fair coordinator; students Michael, Janet, and Karen; and Walter
S. Nolan, principal.
NEWSLETTER
April 7, 1969
Math Class Visits
Everett Students Tour Business
Nineteen 8th grade students from Everett Junior High School
recently toured Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Pacific
Coast head office in San Francisco. The tour was undertaken as
part of the curriculum of the school's mathematics course. The
students visited the various offices and departments which com-
prise the administrative center of the insurance company. The
tour was designed to allow the students to see the practical appli-
cation of the mathematics skills they are learning in their class.
The students were luncheon guests of the company.
. . . Gifted Programs Report Made
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achievers, disadvantaged, etc. are also given considera-
tion.
There are five resource teachers assigned to the men-
tally gifted minors program. They include Dr. Robert
Bahnsen, senior high school; EfEe Argyres and James
Keolker, junior high school; and Mrs. Virginia Ryder
and Richard Code, elementary school.
These specialists provide resources and services to
classroom teachers of the gifted which makes it possible
for these teachers to involve their students in so many
diverse areas of study. Other functions of the resource
teachers include divisional coordination, program plan-
ning, encouraging experimental programs, promoting
inter-school activities, and seeking available community
resources.
While most of the identified gifted students in San
Francisco are in a special program, the report stresses
that efforts must be made to bring all mentally gifted
minors into expanded programs. There are groups with-
in the two-percenters whose needs require attention.
The report adds that it is necessary that provisions be
made for the disadvantaged gifted, who are difficult to
identify; for the underachieving gifted, whose talents
cannot be allowed to be lost: and for the highly gifted
( there arc more than 75 children with I.Q.'s of over 160
literally one in 10,000).
The report includes overviews of the current elemen-
tary and secondary programs, including school by school
ptions. It further details a number of creative arts
s for gifted students offered this year by the
Dist.
The latter include the activities of the Junior High
School Forensic League, namely, the Public Speaking
Contest, the Debate Tournament, and the newly initi-
ated Drama Festival.
Also described are ballet performances by the San
Francisco Conservatory of Ballet, poetry lectures and
workshops, art workshops, and a proposed summer
workshop in drama. Students artistically gifted as well
as intellectually gifted are involved.
In addition, the report outlines individual school pro-
grams and activities which are in progress.
For example, it cites a cultural appreciation program
at A. P. Giannini Junior High School in which the eighth
grade Spanish class has planned a series of six field
studies in conjunction with Spanish-speaking students at
Horace Mann Junior High School. A study of Spanish
painters at the de Young Museum and the Spanish his-
toric tour of the Presidio, both conducted in Spanish, are
a major part of the program.
It further describes the program at Woodrow Wilson
High School in which an experimental class has been
established composed of about 50 students both gifted
and academically talented led by a team of five teachers
who are specialists in a variety of subject areas. The
class is being conducted partly in large and small group
seminars and as an independent study section in which
the students are engaged in projects of their own choos-
ing. Many students are making use of data processing
procedures as an important part of their research pro-
jects in the social studies.
The report closes with a list of future needs of the
program including time for more in-service training of
teachers of the gifted both during the school year and
the summer; time for meetings with coordinators of the
gifted programs for all levels so as to insure divisional
articulation and curriculum upgrading; summer pro-
grams for gifted children; greater use of community
resources; programs designed especially for those gifted
whose needs are most evident: the disadvantaged, the
gifted underachiever, and the extremely gifted: and
time for programming for those whose ability is high
but does not quite qualify for a gifted program.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 28
April 7, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kcmmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S. '
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
' I April 7, 1969
NEWSLETTER
From the Legal Adviser
Political Expression Opinion Reviewed
(Irving G. Breyer, Legal Adviser for the District, has
received a number of requests for an analysis and inter-
pretation of the effect of the United States Supreme
Court decision in the case of Tinker vs. Des Moines Inde-
pendent Community School District, 37 USLW 4121
(February 24, 1969), relative to the right to regulate
student and teacher political expression on school premi-
ses. Mr. Breyer's opinion, presented to the Board of Edu-
cation at its March 18, 1969 meeting, follows.)
Opinion
The Supreme Court in Tinker vs. Des Moines Inde-
pendent Community School District, 37 USLW 4121
(Feb. 24, 1969), held that the Des Moines School Dis-
trict could not constitutionally forbid a group of school
children to wear black armbands to class as a protest
against the Viet Nam war, because there was no showing
that their doing so would "materially and substantially
interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline
in the operation of the school." (37 USLW at 4123) . In
my view, this decision reaffirms the Court's willingness to
protect the First Amendment rights of teachers and stu-
dents, but it does not prohibit the school district from
reasonably regulating the exercise of those rights.
Burnside vs. Byars, 363 F.2d 744, 5th Cir. 1966, the
case that formed the basis of the Court's opinion in
Tinker, makes clear that any First Amendment claims of
teacher or student must be carefully balanced against the
"compelling" interests of the state in maintaining an edu-
cational system and in fulfilling its duty "to further and
protect the public school system." (363 F.2nd at 748).
Burnside suggests that rules needed to maintain "an or-
derly program of classroom learning" are constitutional
even though they restrict the student's freedom to speak
when, and to associate with whom, he wishes. Tinker
makes plain that rules impinging upon freedom of ex-
pression are allowed when necessary to prevent significant
interference with "appropriate school discipline." And, in
light of Burnside, "appropriate school discipline" should
be used to encompass, not just "order in the classroom,"
but also, "the achieving of the basic education goals of
our public school system."
Although it is clear that a school district may reason-
ably regulate speech activities, the difficult question re-
mains about what regulations are reasonable. The most
obviously reasonable rules are those that are necessary
preconditions for the orderly exchange of ideas — the
very object of free speech. It is obvious, for example, that
unless there are rules prohibiting everyone from speaking
at once, no one can be heard. Every deliberative assembly
has "rules of order" so that free speech, can further,
rather than inhibit, the basic aims of the body. What
rules are reasonable in the context of the classroom de-
pends upon the relation of the rule to the overall pur-
poses of the school system.
Thus, a school district can regulate the time and place
of speech activities. (Cox vs. Louisiana, 379, U.S. 554,
574). It can obviously "forbid unnecessary discussion in
the classroom and prohibit the exchange of conversation
between students." (Burnside vs. Byars, supra). Also,
school districts can impose reasonable controls upon their
curriculum and the way in which that curriculum is
taught. A mathematics teacher could be forbidden to
discuss politics during mathematics classes. I see nothing
unconstitutional about prohibiting a student from re-
peatedly responding to questions concerning biology or
calculus with long statements about some political issue
such as the war in Viet Nam. And, a school district surely
may insist that opinions on political or other subjects be
expressed with appropriate politeness and decorum.
There have been posters placed on school property
making derogatory remarks about police officers. I am
reasonably certain, for example, that a school board
would be acting constitutionally in prohibiting a teacher
from posting in her classroom such a sign. Such an act is
essentially anti-intellectual. It teaches, and is an example
of appeal to emotion rather than reason. It creates social
division rather than social cohesion. It suggests the very
opposite of that cool and dispassionate interchange of
diverse points of view that it is the policy of a public
school system — and of the First Amendment — to pro-
mote. The dangers that displaying such a sign creates are
compounded by the facts that it is posted by a teacher —
the symbol of authority to his students — and that its
language is highly indecorous. Moreover, these dangers
are present even if the class maintains perfect order.
Further, I should think that a school board could pro-
hibit students from displaying similar signs, for I suspect
that Courts would hold that the Board's right to enforce
reasonable rules governing the time, place, and circum-
stance of students' speech activities includes the right to
insist upon rules of decency and decorum in expression.
The Burnside court stated: "We support all efforts made
by the school to fashion reasonable regulations for the
conduct of their students and enforcement of the punish-
ment incurred when such regulations are violated. Obedi-
ence to duly constituted authority is a valuable tool, and
respect for those in authority must be instilled in our
young people." (363 F. 2d at 749). This is. not to say
that students or teachers can be prohibited from peace-
fully expressing political ideas; it is only to say that the
time, place and manner of expression may be regulated
so as not to interfere with the basic educational goals of
our school system.
• DOCENT TOURS OF INDIA PAINTINGS
The Docent Council of the de Young Museum an-
nounces that it is conducting special tours for children on
village paintings from India through April 20.
The colorful paintings depict many interesting myths
and folktales which should be of interest to children. For
further information contact the Docent office at 387-
5922.
NEWSLETTER
April 7, 1969
Top Players Instruct
Tennis Clinic Held at Pelton
Participating in the Pelton Junior High School Tennis Clinic were
(left to right) Thomas Sammon (Pelton principal), Ray Moore,
Dennis Van der Meer, Mrs. Billie Jean King, Mrs. Althea Gibson
Darben, Rosemary Casals, Fred Stolle, Mrs. Barbara Rosenthal
(Youth Tennis Foundation chairman), and Harold Fox (super-
visor, physical education).
Pelton Junior High School students were privileged to
participate in a Tennis Clinic with six of today's top
ranking professional tennis players as their instructors.
The clinic was sponsored by the Youth Tennis Foun-
dation of Northern California.
More than 600 boys and girls were individually in-
structed, and each had an opportunity to stroke and
volley tennis balls with a new teaching device called a
self-trainer.
Excitement prevailed in a series of contests during
each period to select a champion with the lucky winners
receiving prizes.
Tennis players who participated were Fred Stolle,
Mrs. Althea Gibson Darben, Rosemary Casals, Mrs.
Billie Jean King, Dennis Van der Meer, and Ray Moore.
Mrs. Billie Jean King, top ranking professional tennis player,
instructs Pelton Junior High School students at the recent Tennis
Clinic.
EMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
•Vmentary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
Wednesday, April 9, in Room 10, Central Office,
i building.
New Assignments Announced
The following administrative assignments were ap-
proved by the Board of Education at the March 18, 1969
meeting upon the recommendation of the Superintend-
ent:
John Getas assigned as Acting Principal, Anza School,
on leave as Assistant Principal, Bret Harte School.
Mae Threadgill assigned as Acting Assistant Principal,
Bret Harte School, on leave as Community Teacher,
ESEA Program, Title I.
John Z. Soso assigned as Educational Supervisor to
Project SEED, on leave as Principal, Paul Revere School.
Sam Cohen assigned as Acting Principal, Paul Revere
School, on leave as Assistant Principal, Sherman School.
Carol B. Choye assigned as Acting Assistant Principal,
Sherman School, on leave as teacher, Sherman School.
Michael Kittredge assigned to the Supplemental Edu-
cation Planning Center in connection with the Chinese
Education Center, on leave as Assistant Principal, Jean
Parker School.
Rosemary Fong assigned as Acting Assistant Principal,
Jean Parker School, on leave as teacher, Jean Parker
School.
Joseph A. Stallone transferred to a special assignment
to assist Lucy Cannarozzi, Principal, Madison School,
who has been assigned as project director to coordinate
the feasibility study of the two elementary school com-
plexes proposed by the Citizens Advisory Committee.
Staff members are asked to make the above changes in
their copies of the 1968-69 School Directory.
• 'LAW, ORDER, AND THE STUDENT REVOLT
The Constitutional Rights Foundation is co-sponsor
ing a two-part community conference in cooperation
with the Bar Association, the Lawyers Club, the San
Francisco Unified School District, and the San Fran
cisco Council for the Social Studies designed to assist
teachers, administrators, and the general public to un-
derstand the effect that the law, the courts, the educa-
tional system, and the urban crisis are having on student
attitudes and values.
A partial list of panelists include Chief Deputy Attor-
ney General Charles O'Brien, Assemblyman Willie
Brown, Marshall Kruse of the ACLU, and student rep-
resentatives of the Third World Movement. This portion
of the conference will be held at Galileo High School
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 1969.
The evening dinner program starting at 6:30 p.m. in
the Gold Room of the Fairmont Hotel will feature U. S,
Senator Joseph Tydings of Maryland, State Senator
George Mosconc, and Mayor Joseph Alioto.
Tickets for the entire conference including lunch and
dinner will be $17.50 for teachers or $7.50 for the day-
time conference and lunch only. Reservations should be
sent to Mrs. Pat Wally, CRF, Suite 406, 503 Market
Street, San Francisco 94105 by April 1 1. Telephone 986
2480 for further information.
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NEWSLETTER
1st, 2nd Place
Hoover Speakers Take Awards
Two Herbert Hoover Jr. High School 9th graders walked away
with first and second place awards recently in the annual student
speakers contest sponsored by the South 0' Market Lions Club.
From left to right Kathy McClendon, runner-up, and Harry Auer-
bach, winner, admire trophies presented by Ronald J. Miguel,
club contest chairman, while Frank Perez, Hoover coach, looks
on. Entrants delivered 5-10 minute original speeches on the
assigned topic, "The Hopes and Fears of Today's Youth." The
contest marked the 32nd year the Lions Club has sponsored the
activity, open to all students from the 9-12 grades. Winners from
individual clubs will compete soon at the zone level, followed by
the regional meet. Eventually, top winners at the district level
will receive scholarships ranging from $550 to $1500.
• SCOPE CONFERENCE SLATED APRIL 12
"Broaden Your Scope on Decentralization and Com-
munity Schools in Urban Crisis" is the over-all theme of
the Saturday, April 12 conference sponsored by the
Service Committee on Public Education (SCOPE).
The program will take place 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at
the Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street. Willie L.
Brown, Jr., San Francisco Assemblyman, will serve as
Master of Ceremonies.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins will participate in
a 1:45 p.m. panel with Rev. Charles Lee, School-Com-
munity Coordinator, Project SEED, and Rev. Colvin
Blanchard, President OMI Association, to discuss "Inno-
vation and Community Projects in San Francisco."
An 11:45 a.m. panel will discuss "Community Schools
— Who Controls Them?" and a 2:30 p.m. group will
highlight "Complexities of Decentralization."
Featured speakers will include Dr. Henry Levin, Stan-
ford University, "The Social and Educational Objectives
of the Community School"; Rhody A. McCoy, Ocean
Hill-Brownsville Demonstration Project, Brooklyn, "Ad-
ministering a Community School"; and Dr. Bernard E.
Donovan, Superintendent of New York Schools, "De-
centralization: A Superintendent's Point of View."
Registration will commence at 9:30 a.m.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The San Francisco Field Librarians will meet at Ma-
rina Junior High School, 3500 Fillmore Street, on Thurs-
day, April 17, at 4 p.m. All school librarians are invited
to attend.
J. P. McELLIGOTT TESTIMONIAL DINNER
A testimonial dinner honoring Joseph P. McElli-
gott, General Administrative Officer, upon his re-
tirement in June from the San Francisco Unified
School District will be held Thursday, June 5, at
the San Francisco Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton
Street.
The 7 : 30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 6: 30
p.m. social hour. Checks in the amount of $7.50
(which includes tax, tip, and gift) should be made
payable to the Joseph P. McEUigott Testimonial
Dinner and sent to Mrs. Dorothy Burns, Room
119, 135 Van Ness Avenue 94102.
The closing date for reservations is May 27.
Notices have been forwarded to each school on
which those who wish to attend should sign so that
the dinner committee will have an idea of how
many will attend.
• TEACHER TO SPEAK ON AFRICA
Stephen Marvin, Polytechnic High School teacher and
author of a forthcoming book on Africa, will speak at a
dinner meeting of the San Francisco Council for the
Social Studies on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. at the
San Remo Restaurant, 2237 Mason Street.
Mr. Marvin, who taught at a teacher training college
in Uganda, will describe his experiences and the direc-
tions education is taking in East Africa. Reservations for
the $3.75 dinner can be made with Robert Bahnsen, 863-
4680, Extension 469, no later than April 15.
After-School Sessions
Galileo Tutoring Program Starts
The Bay Area Students for Chinese Assistance (BASCA), a non-
profit student corporation, has started a Student Tutorial Pro-
gram (STP) at Galileo High School. Twelve college students come
to Galileo twice a week after school to assist students who have
indicated a desire to secure a higher education. The two-hour
sessions start at 3:10 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, and
students are tutored in English, chemistry, Spanish, French, math,
history, and business. The program's coordinator is Michael
Young, a Galileo student who also attends City College of San
Francisco under the District's Advanced Placement Program.
Pictured above is BASCA president. Derrick Quan, as he observes
Howard Joe, college student, tutoring Terrence Gee, Galileo
student. It is hoped that the program can be expanded this
semester to involve more students, according to Principal James
Kearney.
NEWSLETTER
April 7, 1969
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Administrative Position Open
Personnel Services is seeking applications for the posi-
tion of Director, Special Education.
The Director is responsible to the Assistant Superin-
tendent, Special Educational Services, and is responsible
for the Supervisor, Programs for the Educationally Han-
dicapped; Supervisors, Elementary and Secondary Pro-
grams for the Mentally Handicapped; Supervisor, Pro-
grams for the Speech, Hearing, and Visually Handicap-
ped; Supervisor, Programs for the Physically Handicap-
ped; Principals, Louise M. Lombard School and Sun-
shine School; and all other personnel assigned to the
department.
The minimal requirements for the position include:
1.) Master of Arts Degree; 2.) Ability to be credentialed
in California Administrative Credential; 3.) Five years
experience in supervision of Special Education programs.
The salary range is $19,655 to $22,930.
The major duties and responsibilities of the Director
include: 1.) Directing the operation and administration
of all Special Education programs of the District; 2.)
Visiting schools having special programs and through
combined evaluations by director, supervisor, site ad-
ministrators, and teachers, promoting staff morale and
better understanding of programs;
3.) Disseminating information on Special Education
programs to all schools, parents, public and private
agencies, and when requested, meeting with groups to
discuss such information; 4.) Planning and recommend-
ing programs, policies, goals, and objectives for the
Special Education programs for handicapped minors of
the District;
5.) In cooperation with the Director, Pupil Services,
recommending the standards for eligibility for each of
the programs for exceptional children; 6.) Evaluating
the performance of immediate subordinates; 7.) Co-
operating with Personnel Services in the recruitment,
selection, placement, and evaluation of staff;
8.) Identifying, planning, and recommending needed
programs for professional growth for the certificated
and classified staff working with programs for handicap-
ped minors; 9.) Coordinating the planning and develop-
ment of course guides, teacher guides, and special hand-
books describing or implementing the services for handi-
capped minors; 10.) Recommending the budget and per-
sonnel needs required by the department; 11.) Perform-
ing other duties as assigned.
Applications are available in the Personnel Services
office. Room 116, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
• CHINESE CALIFORNIA HISTORY SEMINAR
The Chinese Historical Society of America announces
a one-day seminar on the subject "History of the Chinese
in California" to be held Saturday, April 19, from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1044 Stockton Street, San Francisco.
An $8 registration fee includes box lunch and syllabus
on the subject. For information call the Society's office
at 391-1 188. Attendance is limited.
• BROCHURES PLACED ON FILE
The following brochures have been received at the
Central Office and have been placed in the Teachers'
Professional Library for the information of interested
teachers.
8 EPDA Institute in Speech (for secondary teachers
of speech, grades 7-12, working with culturally different
children) at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
from June 23 through August 1, 1969.
• 1969 Summer Session at California State College at
Hayward from June 23 to August 1, 1969 (application
cards for summer programs) .
° Field Courses in Archaeology at the University of
California campuses of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara,
from June 25 to September 11.
• Summer 1969 Program, Education Extension, Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley.
• EPDA Institute for Teachers and Principals on
"Integrated" History in the Inner-City Elementary
Schools at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from
June 23 through August 15, 1969.
• Linguistics for Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
from June 23 through August 14.
• University of California Teacher-Training Fellow-
ships for Prospective and Experienced Teachers of Eng-
lish as a Second Language to Elementary and Secondary
Pupils at UCLA from September 29, 1969 to June 16y
1970.
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A pilot program designed to improve reading ability
and to stimulate pleasurable reading activities among
students at Log Cabin Ranch School has received recog-
nition through reference in the House of Representatives'
Congressional Reco'rd.
The September 10, 1968 issue, under the heading
"Project Read: A Fresh Approach to an Old Problem,'
contains an address delivered by Claude Pepper of Flor-
ida, relative to efforts being made nationally to help
solve the problem of functional illiteracy.
SUMMER COUNSELING COURSE
(San Francisco State College announces that the
following course for teachers and administrators
will be offered this summe'r from June 23 to August
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Explorations in Counseling: Innovations in Career
Guidance (277B)
Three units, college credit, $66 fee. Pre-registra-
tion may be made by contacting Dr. Pearl Starkey,
San Francisco State College, 1600 Holloway Ave.,
94132. Regular registration will take place Satur-
day, June 21,8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the college gym-
nasium.
The course is designed to provide the most current vocational
counseling resources through exposure to new techniques and media
which are presently being used in the Bay Area for disseminating
career information. Field trips to selected industries will acquaint
participants with trends and opportunities in a wide spectrum ot
occupations requiring a vocational/technical background rather than
those classified as professional.
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ersonnel Services Holds Meet
Representatives from local colleges were guests of the District at
a recent meeting and luncheon called by Personnel Services to
serve as an orientation to personnel policies and procedures and
teacher recruitment. Pictured above are five of the 1 5 college
staff members who participated. They are (left to right) Noele
Winanst, California State College at Hayward; Dr. Vernon Wal-
lace, San Francisco State College; Ruth S. Schneider, Stanford
University; Madeleine Bendorf, College of Holy Names, Oakland;
and Carole Short, College of Notre Dame, Belmont.
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5 Meeting and Luncheon was held recently at the Central
Office under the direction of Personnel Services.
Representatives from a number of .Bay Area universi-
ties and colleges attended the session called by Milton F.
Reiterman, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services.
The orientation featured an overview of the District
by Mr. Reiterman, an explanation of new personnel pro-
cedures by Jack Abad, Personnel Services, a presenta-
tion of salary information by Dr. E. Kemp Frederick,
Personnel Director, and a question and answer period.
Guests included Noele Winanst, California State Col-
lege at Hayward; Adelaide Scott, Clark Robinson, and
Paul Weidoff, University of California; Dr. Vernon
Wallace and Gail Humphrey, San Francisco State Col-
lege; Bernice Brown, Marjorie Comnarn, and Helen
Caddick, San Francisco College for Women; Dr. Kath-
erine Bishop, University of San Francisco; Ruth S.
Schneider, Stanford University; Madeleine Bendorf,
College of Holy Names, Oakland; and Dolorita Falvey
and Carole Short, College of Notre Dame, Belmont.
Personnel Service participants also included George
Boisson, Mrs. Mary W. Bryd, Robert Seymour, Ray-
mond DelPortillo, Mrs. ELfrida Noland, and Bennett
Fonsworth.
• ACE TO PRESENT SCIENCE PROGRAM
The Association for Childhood Education will present
"Experience Center Science — Science with Everyday
Items," a demonstration program designed to help
teachers with science in the classroom. A tentative date
of Monday, May 19, has been set for the program to be
held at A. P. Giannini Junior High School at 3:30 p.m.
For additional information contact Noel Mertens at
282-5080.
Wax Museum Has Group Visits
The management of the Wax Museum has extended
the free use of its facilities to supervised school groups
accompanied by the teacher. This invitation is to chil-
dren of elementary grades through junior high school.
The Wax Museum was evaluated by a group of
teachers recently and found to be a desirable addition to
trips established within the Field Trip Program. The
exhibit is most desirable for groups of upper elementary
through the ninth grade. It will, however, not exclude
the "primary grades" if the teacher desires to take such
a group to this exhibit.
The exhibit is a "walk through" type and lasts ap-
proximately one-half hour. It is recommended, there-
fore, that the teacher plan additional points of interest
while visiting the Wax Museum. The Wax Museum is
located at 145 Jefferson Street, at Fisherman's Wharf,
and schools desiring to take school groups there should
contact the Wax Museum management at 885-4834. It
is necessary that advance reservations be made directly
by the school.
At that time the teacher will be sent a special guide
book and program learning brochure free of charge
which may be used as study material prior to the trip.
The exhibit is free and only transportation, if required,
would be charged against a school's Field Trip Budget.
If you desire further information, contact the Division
of Supplies, 863-4680, Extension 228.
Trip to Nation's Capital
Wilson Senior Visits Washington
Daron Beasley (seated), 17-year-old senior at Woodrow Wilson
High School spent one week in Washington, D.C. participating
with 350 other high school seniors in the newly created Presi-
dential Classroom for Young Americans Program. Daron was the
only San Francisco student taking part in the program and was
sponsored by The Guardsmen. The week-long session included
seminars with leading governmental officials. Pictured with Daron
are (left to right) Dr. F. Armand Magid, Wilson Social Studies
Department head; William C. Callender, president of The Guards-
man organization; Alan Fibish, assistant principal for curriculum;
and Saul Madfes, Wilson principal.
NEWSLETTER
April 7, 1969
APRIL 8 PLANNING MEETINGS
Elementary and secondary teachers and admini-
strators in the Galileo, Mission, and Polytechnic re-
gions who are interested in helping to elect the task
forces for Regional Educational Planning are asked
to attend the Tuesday, April 8 meetings in various
schools designated for this purpose.
The first series of meetings scheduled in mid-
March were not successful as some schools did not
receive notification in time to make necessary plans.
A March 21, 1969 memorandum from the office
of Educational Plannings, Research and Develop-
ment has been sent to all schools in the three re-
gions announcing the locations of the April 8 meet-
ings which will be concerned with electing task
forces in the following subject areas: Reading,
Language Arts/English, Social Studies, Mathema-
tics, and Business Education.
A detailed account of the Regional Educational
Planning proposal was published in the March 24,
1969 issue of the Newsletter, which is available in
the main office of each school.
• WILD FLOWER SHOW COMING
The 46th Annual Spring Blossom and Wild Flower
Show will be held in the Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate
Park, on Saturday, April 19, 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April
20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Monday, April 21, 10 a.m. to
3:45 p.m.
On display will be wild flowers, California natives,
and cultivated spring blossoms. There will be educational
exhibits of interest to students of horticulture, floricul-
ture, and conservation. There is no admission charge.
In addition, a large collection of water colors of wild
flowers, garden flowers, and birds by Harriette D. Kiefer
will be shown.
• IN-SERVICE COURSE NOW CLOSED
Over 200 teachers have pre-registered for the District
in-service course, Human Biology, to be conducted by the
San Francisco Medical Society on Thursday evenings,
April 10, 17, 24, May 1, and 8, from 7 to 10 p.m. in
Bothin Auditorium, Children's Hospital, 3800 California
Street. Registration is now closed.
• PI LAMBDA THETA CONFERENCE
The Pi Lambda Theta Northern California Regional
Conference will be held Saturday, April 19, from 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room 270, Tresidder Hall, Stanford
University.
Checks for $2.65 (registration, coffee, and luncheon)
should be made out to San Jose Alumni Chapter and
sent to Marilyn Dobson, 14234 Saratoga-Sunnyvale
Road, Saratoga 95070, no later than April 14. For addi-
tional information call Dott;e Lucas, President, Beta
Gamma Chapter, at 564-8522.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, April 15, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
A testimonial dinner honoring Mrs. Myrtle Peck, re-
tired principal of Daniel Webster and I. M. Scott
Schools will be held Friday, April 25, at Sabella's Res-
taurant, Taylor and Jefferson Streets.
A 6:30 p.m. social hour will precede the 7:30 p.m.
dinner. The price will be $8 per person.
For reservations send checks to Marlys Moyer, 1700
Broadway Street, San Francisco 94109, before April 21,
1969.
• TEACHERS QUALIFY FOR 'INCREMENT A'
One of the recommendations of Superintendent Robert
E. Jenkins which was incorporated in the 1968-69 Salary
Schedule by the Board of Education was the adoption of
an "Increment A" for teachers who had served three
years or longer at maximum classification and rating for
their respective salary schedules.
Personnel Services announces that about 900 teachers
are currently receiving "Increment A."
Teachers receiving "Increment A" include those on
Rating 14 of Classification VI of the Children's Centers;
those on Rating 12 of Classification III of the Basic
Single Salary Schedule; and those on Rating 13 for in-
structors at City College of San Francisco.
The "Increment A" for Children's Centers teachers is
$120; for those in the two other groups it is $150. It is
hoped that the Board of Education may be able to ap-
prove the full increment for next year ($375, $480, and
$485).
• RETAIL FLORISTRY OPEN HOUSE
The Retail Floristry classes at City College of San
Francisco will hold an Annual Open House on April 15
from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Ornamental Horticulture Build- tud
ing.
The Open House will continue on April 16 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. for City College students and the general
public.
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APRIL 14, 1969
NUMBER 29
Monday through Friday Sessions
)utdoor Education Program Is Initiated
A descriptive report of the District's Outdoor Educa-
ion Program in cooperation with the Marin County
schools was made to the Board of Education by Superin-
endent Robert E. Jenkins at the April 1, 1969 meeting.
The report explains how the Outdoor Education Pro-
gram, one of the components in Dr. Jenkins' Educational
'quality/ Quality Report #1 . . . Program Alternatives
lated December, 1967, and in Report #2 of the Citizens'
idvisory Committee to the Superintendent' s Task Force
tudying Educational Equality/ Quality and Other Pro-
posals, is currently functioning.
The program, funded under the provisions of Title I
>f the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
ind SB 482, the McAteer Act of 1965, involves five
chools in the Intensive Compensatory Education Serv-
ces Program: Bessie Carmichael, Commodore Stockton,
olden Gate, Jedediah Smith, and Marshall.
Fifth grade students from these schools are picked up
it 8:30 a.m. on Mondays and taken to Camp Redwood
31en in San Mateo County where they remain until
7riday afternoon when they return home.
The camp is leased as a resident outdoor school by the
Marin County Superintendent of Schools, and Marin
tudents attend the camp and participate with the San
Francisco students.
The week spent at camp is on a cost-free basis for the
participants and is a voluntary program for both the
tudents and their teachers.
It is planned as a new educational experience for the
itudents with the resident outdoor school site and its
natural setting serving as a different kind of classroom —
in outdoor laboratory where students learn more readily
through direct observation and experiences.
James T. Rodman, on leave as principal of Treasure
Island School, is serving as Director of Outdoor Educa-
tion. The students are under his direct supervision and
their own classroom teachers while at the camp. Addi-
tional personnel who work with the students are cabin
:ounselors, resource teachers, and naturalists.
While at camp, the students study five major areas:
the forest community, the meadow community, the
haparral community, the riparian community, and the
ieashore community. Instruction in these areas involves
the acquisition of knowledge in math, reading, social
tudies, astronomy, geology, plants and animals, conser-
vation, personal hygiene, arts and crafts, and note tak-
ing.
Students of Commodore Stockton School are seen loading their
baggage on the bus that will take them to Camp Redwood Glen
near Pescadero, California, for a week of residency as part of the
District's Outdoor Education Program. The pupils and their
teachers left early on a Monday morning and convened their
classes under the trees at camp. They returned to their houses
the following Friday.
These subjects become more meaningful because they
are experienced in natural surroundings. The program is
predicated on the fact that students learn more quickly,
understand better, and retain longer those things that
are acquired through direct experiences.
Mr. Rodman emphasizes that the camp experiences
are not recreational in nature, but rather are academic
in content and purpose. He asserts that the Outdoor
Education Program should not be confused with the
summer recreation camp type of activity.
This cooperative program involving the inner-city and
suburbia, a first for San Francisco, provides an opportun-
ity for inter-group experiences across racial, socio-eco-
nomic, and cultural lines. This broadening of experience
will contribute to improved human relations and better
racial understanding.
An important aspect of the program is the pre-camp
experience orientation by a resource teacher for both
parents and children. A post-camp follow-up with the
students is aso an integral part of the program.
The ten-week schedule is now in its fourth week of
operation with students from Commodore Stockton hav-
ing participated the first week, Marshall the second
week, Golden Gate and Bessie Carmichael the third
week, and Jedediah Smith the current week. Some 430
District students will be involved in the current program.
NEWSLETTER
April 14, 1969 1
At A. P. Giannini
Mayor Alioto Installs Officers
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto was present at the installation ceremonies
for new student body officers at A. P. Giannini Junior High
School and administered the oath of office to the students. The
Mayor cited the same oath he took as Mayor of San Francisco.
Pictured (left to right) are Mayor Alioto, Judy George (president),
Ron Truelove (boys' vice-president), Yvonne Beaner (girls' vice-
president), Debbie Blum (secretary), Paula Tomaich (treasurer),
and Irene Choy (yell leader).
• SPECIAL SHAKESPEARE PROGRAM
EPOCH, the Educational Programming of Cultural
Heritage center in Berkeley, has announced that James
Keolker, District Programs for the Gifted, will perform
a special Shakespeare program for the forthcoming cele-
bration of William Shakespeare's birth on April 23.
The program is entitled "The Elements of Shake-
speare" and is said to be a unique teaching approach to
the medieval influences in Shakespeare. A 1,000 square
feet circular screen, an independent study lab, and a
mini-museum are part of the program.
Reservations may be made with EPOCH to view the
April 23 program to be presented at the center. Mr.
Keolker has done extensive research in Elizabethan
studies at Oxford University and at the Shakespeare
Institute, Stratford, England.
Ted Samuel, Leon DelGrande, and Mrs. Jackie Blum
of the LAMP Program, Mrs. Josephine Cole, supervisor,
student relations, and Mrs. Diane Burke, Project READ,
have assisted Mr. Keolker in the preparation of special
materials for the program.
Mr. Keolker presented the program at the recent
National Council of Teachers of English Convention in
San Francisco. For further information, he can be
reached at 863-4680, extension 469.
• PROGRAM ON EARTHQUAKES APRIL 18
The city's Recreation and Park Department will at-
tempt to "clear the air" concerning misconceptions
about earthquakes by presenting a program on "Seis-
mology" on Friday, April 18, at 10 a.m. at the Josephine
D. Randall Museum, 100 Museum Way.
Many earthquake specialists will participate in the
program that is free to the general public. For further
information call Joyce Jansen at 558-4268.
Public Schools Week April 21
"The Public Schools — Freedom's Foundation
Stone" is the state-wide theme selected for the
commemoration of Public Schools Week, April 21
through 25, 1969.
Elroy D. Joyce, owner of Joyce Sheet Metal
Works, will serve again this year as chairman of
the San Francisco Citizens' Committee supporting
Public Schools Week.
Jack Harrington is coordinating both Public
Schools Week activities and the assignments of
businessmen to the schools on Education-Business
Day, Thursday, April 24.
Most District schools will hold an "open house"
or some type of program during the week, featur-
ing exhibits, assemblies, demonstrations, and spe-
cial programs.
The Annual Song Fest Program will serve as the
opening ceremonies for Public Schools Week. The
Song Fest will be held Monday, April 21, in the
rotunda of City Hall at 12 noon.
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto and Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins will speak to the assemblage.
Students from Patrick Henry, Francisco Junior
High, and Polytechnic High School will sing. The
public is invited to attend.
• LOWELL STUDENT IS WINNER
Shelbourne Fung of Lowell High School has been de
clared top winner in the West of Twin Peaks Soropti
mist Club's "Youth Citizenship Award Program."
Twenty-two students from seven high schools com
peted in the local program covering the territorial limit!
of the West of Twin Peaks Club.
Shelbourne received $100 as his prize. Joanne Marjanc is
of Balboa was a $25 recipient. The award recognize;
youth achievement in the family, the home, the com
munity, and the world.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 29 April 14, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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April 14, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Many Services Offered
1969 Summer School Plans Are Approved
The District's Summer School Program for 1969, as
proposed by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, was ap-
proved by the Board of Education at the April 1, 1969
meeting.
Services for the summer will include the following-
areas: City College; Senior High School; Junior High
School; Elementary School; Adult and John O'Connell
Vocational High Schools; Sunshine, Gough, and Louise
Lombard Schools; Hospital, Juvenile Court, and Special
Classes; Pupil Services; Summer Diagnostic Reading
Clinic, Guidance Service Centers; Homebound; De-
velopment Centers for Handicapped Minors; Student
Interviewing Service; Music Advancement Workshop;
Bureau of Audio Visual Education — Staffing; and Bi-
lingual Education Program.
The City College, Junior High School, and Elemen-
tary School programs will run from June 23 through
August 1 (City College will have a special June 16 to
August 1 session for specific science courses) ; the Senior
High School program will begin June 18 and conclude
August 8. The Adult School program will start June 30
and end August 8, and John O'Connell will commence
June 16 and finish August 8.
The 1969 Summer Senior High School program will
be conducted at four sites — Abraham Lincoln, Lowell,
Mission, and Woodrow Wilson with a daily schedule
beginning at 8:15 a.m. and concluding at 12:35 p.m.
Administrators appointed to the senior high schools
include the following: Abraham Lincoln — John D.
Moriarty, principal; Joaquin J. Arago and Susan L.
Greendorfer, assistant principals; Lowell — Philip A.
Lum, principal; Richard W. Duvall and Billie T. Scott,
assistant principals; Mission — Adolph E. Lubamersky,
principal; Richard W. Murphy and Frances Tywoniak,
assistant principals; Woodrow Wilson — Albert F. Nuti,
principal; James K. Donohue and Doradea V. Banuet,
assistant principals.
The Summer Junior High School program will be held
at five schools — A. P. Giannini, Horace Mann, James
Denman, Marina, and Presidio with a daily schedule
from 8:25 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Administrative appointments include the following:
A. P. Giannini — Leo J. Lowe, head teacher, and Helen
E. Murray, assistant head teacher; Horace Mann —
Anthony Rameriz, head teacher, and Carmen Trasvina,
assistant head teacher; James Denman — Mario P.
Juricich, head teacher; Marina — Joseph R. McCaffrey,
head teacher; Presidio — Robert S. Lustenberger, head
teacher, and Julie P. Waldron, assistant head teacher.
The Summer Elementary School program will operate
at Argonne, Burnett, Commodore Stockton, Fairmount,
Hillcrest, Jefferson, John Muir, Le Conte, Miraloma,
Treasure Island, and Ulloa. Hawthorne, Jean Parker,
and Washington Irving will be utilized for the Bilingual
Program.
Elementary administrators will include the following:
Head teachers — Paul B. Reinhertz, Leonard E. Silver-
man, John G. Campbell, Samuel Wright, Hal Solin,
Richard G. Storer, A. Jean Brown, Constance Alipranti,
Terry A. Meckler, Janet T. Hoffman, and Dorothy A.
Downs; Assistant head teachers — Marie M. Mathios,
Douglas A. Butler, Samuel Y. Louie, Roberta F. Posz,
Vermuta D. Morris, Dorothy Thomas, William L.
Green, Thelma A. Phillips, Pauline Mathios, Margot L.
Eichmann, and Agnes F. Pritchard.
The Senior High School program will offer specific
courses in the following fields: art, business education,
English, foreign languages, homemaking, industrial arts,
mathematics, science, social studies, occupational educa-
tion, special education — adjustment, Spanish and Chi-
nese bilingual education, and driver education.
The list includes such courses as Swahili 1 and 2,
Asian Studies, Black History, Data Processing, Critical
Reading, and Psychology 1.
A priority system for enrollment will be followed for
the senior high schools, based upon the student's objec-
tive for enrollment. The enrollment priorities are as fol-
lows: 1.) To complete graduation requirements (high 12
students planning to graduate from summer high school) ;
2. ) To take enrichment courses, to promote acceleration,
or to take subjects that are difficult to fit into regular pro-
grams of study, or that are not available in the student's
home school ( Priority 2 is for students taking courses for
the first time); 3.) To take bilingual (Spanish-English)
courses in English and Social Studies (offered only at
Mission High School); 4.) To make up failing grades;
5.) To raise low grades by repeating courses for no addi-
tional credit; 6.) To provide enrichment for entering
low 10's.
The Junior High School program will offer courses in
reading, mathematics, speech arts, journalism, science,
foreign languages, arts and crafts, industrial arts, typing,
homemaking, library, and physical education.
Special sections for academically talented students
will be offered in the subject fields of creative writing
and developmental reading. The schools will offer make-
up subjects in English and mathematics for certain high
ninth grade students.
The Elementary Summer School program will include
courses in arithmetic, reading, language arts, science,
social studies, art, music, and physical education. Prefer-
ence will be given to students requesting help in remedial
reading and/or arithmetic and related language arts.
The Bilingual Summer Education program will cover
instruction for both Chinese and Spanish. Classes will be
held in the following schools: Elementary — Jean Parker
and Washington Irving (Chinese) and Hawthorne
(Spanish); Junior High — Marina (Chinese) and
Horace Mann (Spanish); Senior High — Marina (Chi-
nese) and Mission (Spanish).
The principal of the Adult Summer School will be
Raymond S. Bergman.
NEWSLETTER
April 14, 1969
Announcements
WASHINGTON HAS POSTER WINNER
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of
George Washington
High School has been
named the first place
winner in the annual
"Trees for the City"
poster contest. Albert
received a $50 sav-
ings bond as his prize.
Other winners in-
cluded Ellen Yu,
Lowell, second place;
Alex Allen, Abraham
Lincoln, third place;
and Marvin Chin,
First Place winner Albert Sakuda Marina) f ourth plaCe3
each received a $25 savings bond.
The 60 posters entered in the competition will be fea-
tured at the California Spring Blossom and Wildflower
Show from April 19 through April 21 in the Hall of
Flowers in Golden Gate Park.
• STANFORD EDUCATION CLUB DINNER
The Stanford Education Club of San Francisco an-
nounces that its annual on-campus dinner will be held
Sunday, May 25, 1969. A 4 p.m. social hour will take
place in the Bowman Alumni House patio followed by
dinner at 6 p.m. in the upstairs lounge of Tressider
Union.
Dr. Lawrence Thomas, club advisor, will evaluate the
1968-69 program and will help members plan for 1969-
70. The slate of new officers will be submitted and acted
upon.
Reservations for the social hour and dinner (including
tax and tip) in the amount of $7.50 should be made out
in check to the Stanford Education Club of San Fran-
cisco and sent to Luke Angelich, Treasurer, 669 Haw-
thorne Drive, Tiburon, California 94920. Deadline "for
reservations is May 20.
• INDUSTRIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION MEETING
The next meeting of the San Francisco Industrial Arts
Association will be held Monday, April 21, at 3:45 p.m.
at Herbert Hoover Junior High School.
• DANCE PROGRAM AT CITY COLLEGE
The Women's Physical Education Department at City
College announces two performances of a special dance
program, "Movement Is the Message," featuring stu-
dents from the college at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April
16, and again at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 18, in the Little
Theater.
The program will feature free exercise, primitive,
modern, folk, social, ballet, and jazz dancing. There is
no admission charge and the performances are open to
all interested parties.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, April 15, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street.
TIME SHEET PICKUP
April time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on May 1, 1969, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on April 28 and their full-
time teachers' time sheets on May 1 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for April 16 through
April 30 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on April 21, 1969.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in April for principals and
assistant principals is 18; the number of days for
teachers is 18.
• SUMMER STUDY GRANTS AVAILABLE
District teachers of special education classes and
teachers who will be employed by San Francisco Unified
School District to teach mentally retarded or physically
handicapped classes in the fall may apply for grants to
pursue courses in these areas during the coming summer.
Teachers who will take summer courses for comple-
tion of certification requirements to teach physically
handicapped or mentally retarded youngsters may avail
themselves of these state grants.
Grants may be made up to $50 per unit or a possible
maximum of $450 to successful applicants. Funds for
this program are subject to passage by the Legislature
and approval by the Governor. Grants will be paid after
successful completion of the course work.
Interested District personnel may secure applications
from the office of Margaret Holland, Room 19, Central
Office, Telephone 863-4680, Extension 288.
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APR 21 1969
NEWSLETTER
/OLUME 40
APRIL 21, 1969
NUMBER 30
iong Fest Today in City Hall
district Observes Public Schools Week
The District's observance of Public Schools Week be-
ins April 21 with the 7969 Song Fest from 12 noon to
p.m. in the Rotunda of City Hall.
Participating in the program will be the Mission High
chool ROTC Color Guard, the Patrick Henry Elemen-
ary School Glee Club, the Francisco Junior High School
vlixed Chorus, and the Polytechnic High School A Cap-
jella Choir.
Greetings will be extended to the audience by Mayor
oseph L. Alioto, and opening remarks will be made by
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools. The
>rogram is under the direction of Dr. Albert A. Renna,
Director of Music. The public is cordially invited to
ttend the ceremony.
The state-wide theme of Public Schools Week this year
The Public Schools — Freedom's Foundation Stone.
lroy D. Joyce, owner of the Joyce Sheet Metal Works,
once again serving as the Citizens' Committee Chair-
nan.
At the District level, Hugh E. Wire, Administrative
Assistant, Educational Information, and Jack Harring-
on, Coordinator of Public Schools Week, are making
lans to show several hundred businessmen and members
f the Citizens' Committee many of the District schools
n Thursday, April 24, during Education-Business Day.
The visitors will be the guests of the schools for lunch.
Photographic displays of classroom activities and dis-
lays of student art work will be featured by various
tores around the city. A special video-tape presentation
las been set up in the window of the Downtown Em-
>orium which depicts a variety of classroom activities
eaturing District students and teachers.
Acting Mayor Dorothy Von Beroldingen (seated) is seen checking
the Proclamation for Public Schools Week, signed previously by
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto, before presenting it to Robert A. Crigler,
Grand Master of Masonic Lodges in California (right). Public
Schools Week, April 21 through April 25, was first sponsored by
the Masons in 1920 and has been observed every year since then.
Pictured also at the presentation of the proclamation are (left)
Elroy D. Joyce, Chairman of the San Francisco Citizens' Commit-
tee supporting Public Schools Week, and Dr. Edward D. Goldman,
Associate Superintendent, School Operational Services.
This latter display was set up through the cooperation
of Herb Simon, Director of Art, and Ted Samuel, Senate
Bill 28 — Junior High School, Video-tape Programmer.
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto has issued a special proclama-
tion in honor of this week, copies of which have been
sent to all District teachers. Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins held a press conference to announce the various
activities planned for the week.
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' Music Advancement Workshop Planned for Six Week Summer Period
-:. This coming summer the District's Music Department
vill offer a special Music Advancement Workshop for
•lementary, junior high, and senior high school music
tudents to be held at Lowell High School and Lakeshore
Llementary School.
The workshop will include a broad study of music and
ts relationships to other branches of the humanities.
Students will be given opportunities to study music
receive instrumental
choral and instru-
theory, creative music writing,
training, and gain experiences in
mental ensembles.
Students admitted to this program will be enrolled at
Lowell High School and will attend each day from 8:15
a.m. to 12:35 p.m. for six weeks, beginning Wednesday.
June 18.
All interested music students should contact their
school music instructors for application forms.
NEWSLETTER
April 21, 1969il
At West Portal
'Dangers of Smoking' Studied
The utilization of community resources has contributed to the
development of a vital health program for students at West
Portal School. Dr. Kenneth Gould, Physiology Department, UC
Medical Center, utilized lung section specimens and a smoking
mannequin, "Modern Millie," from the American Cancer Society
to involve the fifth grade students of Gloria Garcia in a study of
the dangers of smoking. Pictured assisting Dr. Gould are Miss
Garcia and students (left to right) Kenneth Gould, Barbara Chang,
Charlene Kresevich, and Brian Kirk.
• DISTRICT PROJECT READ WORKSHOP
Plans have been announced inaugurating the first full
scale workshop in programmed reading sponsored by the
SFUSD. The course will be offered for two units incre-
ment credit, 10 meetings, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the last two
weeks in August, at Herbert Hoover Junior High, 2290
14th Avenue.
The in-service type workshop will be open to elemen-
tary teachers who have used or plan to use Sullivan pro-
grammed reading materials. Although the sessions will
be devoted in the main to programmed reading as taught
in McGraw Hill and Behavioral Research Laboratories
Sullivan approach, the needs and techniques of individ-
ualizing instruction will be stressed.
In announcing the course, Roy Minkler, in charge of
the present Project Read program here, stated, "This
in-service workshop course is something teachers and
administrators have been anxious to have ever since the
pilot program was introduced a year ago." Volunteers
and aides who helped get the Sullivan program going
are invited to attend any of the sessions. For further
information call the Project Read office, 863-4680, Ex-
tension 437.
• INSTITUTE IN MEXICAN CULTURE
The National Conference of Christians and Jews an-
nounces that it is sponsoring a Human Relations Institute
in Mexican Culture from July 27 to August 15, 1969, at
the University of the Americas in Mexico City.
Scholarships for the institute are available. For infor-
mation contact Mrs. Thomas A. Rowe, Director of Edu-
cation, at 391-2850. '
J. P. McELLIGOTT TESTIMONIAL DINNER
A testimonial dinner honoring Joseph P. McElli-
gott, General Administrative Officer, upon his re-
tirement in June from the San Francisco Unified
School District will be held Thursday, June 5, at
the San Francisco Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton
Street.
The 7 :30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 6 : 30
p.m. social hour. Checks in the amount of $7.50
(which includes tax, tip, and gift) should be made
payable to the Joseph P. McElligott Testimonial
Dinner and sent to Mrs. Dorothy Burns, Room
119, 135 Van Ness Avenue 94102.
The closing date for reservations is May 27.
Notices have been forwarded to each school on
which those who wish to attend should sign so that
the dinner committee will have an idea of how
many will attend. -
Those unable to attend the dinner may wish to
consider donating to the gift fund in an amount
not to exceed $3 maximum.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol 40, No. 30
April 21, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
• ADULT SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT
An exhibit of works of the evening art classes of
Pacific Heights Adult School conducted at the Sharon
Building, Golden Gate Park, is now in progress in three
American Savings and Loan branches through May 16.
Toby Klayman, art instructor, announces that the ex-
hibits will be on view at the following locations: 1841
19th Avenue, 2201 Irving Street, and 5 Southgate Av-
enue in the Westlake Shopping Center. The exhibits may
be seen during business hours.
• NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS SYMPOSIUM
A science symposium commemorating the 25th anni
versary of the National Science Teachers Association
will be held Friday, April 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., and '»
Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Diabloi p.«
Valley College in Pleasant Hill.
A $1 registration fee will be charged for the Saturday
program, and luncheon will cost $2.50. For further in-
formation contact Gene Goselin at the college.
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NEWSLETTER
A Look to the Future
Teacher Needs for LAMP Classes Reviewed
Bills seeking to amend certain sections of the Educa-
tion Code relative to San Francisco's current Senate Bill
28 (McAteer, 1966) Demonstration Programs in reading
and mathematics, namely LAMP and the EDP" Learn-
ing Laboratory, have been introduced in the Senate and
Assembly.
Senators Marks and Moscone introduced Senate .Bill
531 which was co-authored by Assemblymen Brown,
Burton, Foran, and McCarthy, followed by Assembly
Bill 938 introduced by Assemblyman Horn and ten of his
fellow Assemblymen.
If passed, these amendments would extend the opera-
tional dates of these programs through the 1971-72
school year; furthermore, the amendments would allow
LAMP and EDP= to articulate through grade 12, rather
than the present 7th to 9th grade design.
The February 24, 1969 issue of the Newsletter con-
tained a projection of teacher needs of the (EDP")
Learning Laboratory. What follows relates to the antici-
pated personnel requirements of LAMP (Language
Arts - Mathematics Programs). This is not to be con-
stituted as an offer of employment, the data presented
being purely informational and the orientation program
strictly anticipatory.
Program Description
LAMP is a team approach to reading and mathema-
tics utilizing a single curriculum that is mathematically
concept-oriented and strongly supported by language
arts in the development of reading and communications
skills.
Special attention is given to basic arithmetic and read-
ing weaknesses as diagnosed by a set of inventory tests
recently developed and field-tested by LAMP personnel.
The techniques and material employed to attain pro-
gram objectives are open-ended, allow for teacher cre-
ativity, and are intentionally directed towards subject
matter relevancy.
Present plans call for articulating LAMP and (EDP5)
programs in grades nine through eleven. This will per-
mit greater administrative flexibility and will intensify
parent, community, and Central Office participation and
support.
The LAMP team would consist of a mathematics
teacher, a language arts teacher, and an adult member
of the community. Two classes are assigned to this team,
each class blocked for two periods of classroom instruc-
tion and consisting of approximately 25 students each.
The rest of the day is devoted to curriculum develop-
ment and intensive involvement.
Teacher Qualifications for LAMP
The LAMP teacher 1.) must be in the secondary divi-
sion; 2.) must have English and/or mathematics back-
ground (training and experience in the language arts
and contemporary mathematics is preferred, but not
mandatory); 3.) must be sensitive to the needs of the
underachieving student and his community; 4.) must be
willing to attend a summer pre-service workshop; 5.)
must be willing to become effectively and intensively
involved in after school and evening community pro-
gram activities; and 6.) must be prepared to give total
commitment to the program.
Orientation Program
Plans are being drawn up for an orientation program
which will give prospective LAMP teachers a historical
summary of this program, a brief overview of Senate
Bill 28 philosophy, and extensive opportunities to review
existing special developed curriculum materials.
Teachers who are interested in this orientation pro-
gram are invited to contact William P. Keesey, Project
Director for Senate Bill 28. Mr. Keesey can be reached
by calling 431-2766 or 431-2767.
Through Opera Guild
New Sears Grant Expands Opera
A $2,000 grant to
the San Francisco
Opera Guild by the
Sears, Roebuck Foun-
dation for the Cultu-
ral Arts will be used
to bring additional
opera performances to
students in the San
Francisco Public
Schools.
Mr. H. Abolofia,
general manager of
the Sears Mission
Street Store, present-
ed the check to Mrs.
Alan H. Nichols of the Opera Guild which will provide
for four more performances by the Western Opera Thea-
ter in city schools.
The performances will include the following : Monday,
April 28, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Jedediah Smith
School, 110 Southridge Road, two performances of
Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini; Tuesday, April 29,
10:30 a.m. at Bret Harte School, 1035 Gilman Avenue,
one performance of The Old Maid and the Thief by
Gian Carlo Menotti; and Wednesday, April 30, at 10
a.m. at Roosevelt Junior High School, 460 Arguello
Boulevard, one performance of The Old Maid and the
Thief.
The School District had originally contracted for 14
one-hour performances by the Western Opera Theater.
The Sears, Roebuck grant allows for increasing the total
to 18 performances.
Dr. Albert A. Renna, School District Director of Mu-
sic, states that following each presentation, the artists,
conductor, and producer will discuss various techniques
of opera as an art form with selected students from music,
art, drama, foreign language, and English classes.
Mrs. Alan H. Nichols accepts $2,000
check from H. Abolofia of Sears, Roe-
buck and Campany.
NEWSLETTER
April 21, 1969
Announcements
PELTON STUDENT IS SPEECH WINNER
Otis Watson, ninth
grade student at Pel-
ton Junior High
School, won the first
place trophy at a re-
cent public speaking
contest at the club
level sponsored by
the San Francisco
Lions Club.
Otis has been ac-
tive at Pelton in a
variety of student
functions. He is cur-
rently serving as stu-
dent body president,
a member of the
track team, and is on the Pelton Honor Society.
Otis' coach at Pelton is Linda Van Winkle, speech
teacher.
Otis Watson and coach
Linda Van Winkle
• DISTRICT SPONSORS MAY CONFERENCE
A "Conference on Solutions," centering on the prob-
lems of educationally disadvantaged youth, will be held
Friday evening, May 16, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Everett
Junior High School, and Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at Woodrow Wilson High School.
This is a Northern California follow-up conference
similar to one held at Anaheim late in January. The con-
ference is jointly sponsored by the San Francisco Unified
School District and the In-service Education Collabora-
tive, University Extension, University of California,
Berkeley.
District teachers and administrators will participate
along with leaders from many other school districts in
presenting exemplary and experimental programs de-
signed to meet the educational needs of children from
poor families and from disadvantaged racial and ethnic
groups.
In addition, "homeroom groups" will be set up so that
teams of participants or heterogeneous groups of partici-
pants can meet together between sessions to evaluate
the diet of "input."
School personnel and leaders from many segments of
the San Francisco community and from other Northern
California school districts are meeting to plan the con-
ference.
It is one component of District staff development
effort being made through various activities and will be
used to help detail the in-service education program for
1969-70.
The conference fee of $7 includes lunch on Saturday.
Registration forms have been forwarded to all schools.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 6, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, May 20,
1969, Masonic Auditorium, meeting to be devoted
to Report #2 . . . Report of the Citizens' Advisory
Committee to the Superintendent's Task Force
Studying Educational Equality / Quality and Other
Proposals.
CHINESE BILINGUAL WORKSHOP
(The fallowing District-sponsored workshop will
be held this summer for interested school person-
nel.)
Summer In-service Workshop: Intensive English
for Chinese-Speaking Students
One unit, non-college credit, ten meetings, July
7 through 18, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at Marina Junior
High School, 3500 Fillmore Street. Pre-registra-
tion is requested. Please call the Chinese Bilingual
Education Program at 431-5380 or 863-4680.
Vern Neal, San Francisco State College, will coordinate the work-
shop which will include methods, media, and materials designed for
the teaching of English as a second language. Mr. Neal will be
assisted by specialists, community resource persons, and School Dis-
tricts teachers. Classroom observations and practice teaching by
workshop participants will be emphasized.
COURSE FOR BUSINESS TEACHERS
(The following in-service course will be offered
by the District for business education teachers.)
The Preparation and Use of Modern Audio-Visual
Materials for Business Education Classes
One unit, non-college credit, two Saturdays,
May 10 and May 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in
the Audio-Visual Preview Room, 135 Van Ness
Avenue. Instructor: James A. Martin, SFUSD
audio-visual specialist. Course limited to 25 teach-
ers. To enroll, contact C. Norman Glattree, head,
vocational business education, telephone 863-4680.
Emphasis will be placed on the preparation and use of overhead
projected transparancies. One quarter of the time will be spent in
actually preparing transparancies. Instruction will be gi\en in the
use of automatic sound filmstrip projectors, school tape recorders
and other audio-visual devices available for use in business cists-
rooms. The use and availability of the video tape recorder will be
explained as well as demonstrated.
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NUMBER 31
'After-School Gifted Program
Art Workshops Held at Three Locations
i The San Francisco Unified School District, under pro-
|!/isions of the Gifted Program, is conducting three after-
;chool workshops for talented art students.
J These tuition-free workshops are a continuation of a
successful program started during the spring of 1967 in
|:he Fillmore, Hunters Point, Chinatown, and Mission
Districts.
I The 1968-69 program, entitled STUDIO 3:30, is pro-
I/iding services for the Richmond and Noe Valley Dis-
tricts. The art workshop locations are as follows:
I Drawing and Painting Workshop — James Lick Junior
high School, 1220 Noe Street, Monday and Wednesday
[jifternoons, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., John A. Brooks,
Instructor.
This workshop offers projects involving creative and
Inventive approaches to drawing and painting with ex-
periments in new media and traditional techniques.
I Printmaking Workshop — Presidio Junior High School,
■1-50 - 30th Avenue, Monday and Wednesday afternoons,
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., John Hamilton, instructor.
Warehouse 'Open House' Set
The annual "Open House" at the School District's
varehouse will be held May 12 through May 16, 1969,
iccording to Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies.
School District personnel, including administrators,
eachers, clerks, custodians, etc., are cordially invited to
'isit the warehouse to observe the supplies processing op-
xation and to gain better insight into the many different
upplies items that are processed through the warehouse.
Tours will be conducted each day during the week at
I p.m. and 4 p.m., following a short briefing session and
•efreshment get-together in the employee lunchroom.
The warehouse, located at 1000 Selby Street, corn-
irises an area approaching that of a city block and stores
)oth supplies and furniture.
This is the second annual "Open House" to be held at
he warehouse facility and is intended to better acquaint
chool personnel with the supportive services such as sup-
)lies that are a part of the total educational picture.
A showcase exhibit has also been prepared to display
he many new items that have been made available for
ise by schools beginning with the fall 1969 term.
Mr. Lahl states that all school personnel are invited to
■isit the warehouse on the dates and times indicated.
This workshop offers projects including etching, aqua-
tint, engraving, drypoint, collograph, and relief prints.
Ceramics and Jewelry Workshop — George Washing-
ton High School, 600 - 32nd Avenue, Monday and Wed-
nesday afternoons, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Stan Feld-
man, instructor.
This workshop includes projects in hand building,
wheel throwing, glazing, casting, enameling, lapidary,
and other techniques.
Students for STUDIO 3:30 are selected from appli-
cants throughout San Francisco, including parochial and
private schools. Applicants, between the ages of 14 to 18,
may apply by writing a letter stating their reasons for
wanting to attend the after-school workshop of their
choice and also describing their former art training.
Such letters should be sent to Herb Simon, Director of
Art, San Francisco Unified School District, 135 Van Ness
Avenue, San Francisco 94102. Enrollment in each work-
shop is limited.
Arbor Day Celebration
Trees Planted at Jose Ortega
Arbor Day was commemorated at Jose Ortega School with the
planting of six young trees on the hillside adjacent to the school
by Walter J. Morris, principal, and several students. Brian Fewer,
director of the Tree Planting Division of the City and County, has
been the main resource person for the school and the general
OMI community in efforts to plant the area. Jose Ortega students
plan to cover the barren hillside facing the school yard by plant-
ing trees in honor of outstanding Americans and events. Luther
Burbank, Martin Luther King, and Veterans Day have been se-
lected for such honors in March, April, and May.
NEWSLETTER
April 28, 1969' S
Polytechnic Field Trip
Students Tour Bethlehem Steel
J. M. Anderson, Bethlehem Steel Company Industrial Relations
Assistant, is seen explaining a piece of machinery to Don Smith,
Alan Ross, Gary McLeod, Robert Oldknow, and Richard Coblyn
of Polytechnic High School when the students recently visited
the company's Pinole plant. A g'roup of 47 students and two
teachers toured the modern steel fabricating plant to enable
drafting and machine shop students to witness the correlation
between detail drawings and the actual cutting, punching,
welding, and bolting of steel shapes. The tour was arranged by
Dwight Sandifur, mechanical drawing teacher at Polytechnic.
• EDUCATION HANDICAPPED SCHOLARSHIPS
The California State Department of Education has
been authorized by Public Law 85-926, as amended, to
provide grants for the further preparation of professional
personnel in the education of handicapped children.
Grants will be available September 1, 1969 through Aug-
ust 31, 1970.
Fellowship grants are for full time study at any grad-
uate level for one full academic year beginning with the
fall quarter, semester or trisemester, and must be com-
pleted within the award period. Renewals are subject to
satisfactory progress in the previous year and upon re-
application.
Undergraduate traineeships are available for full-time
study at the junior and senior year levels.
Stipends for fellows and allowance for dependents is
as follows: $2,200 for study at the master's level; $3,200
for study at the post-master's level; and $600 allowed
for each dependent.
Individuals interested in applying for a grant under
this act should address inquiries to the California State
Department of Education, Division of Special Schools
and Services, Attention: E. E. .Black, Special Consultant,
721 Capitol Mall, Room 610, Sacramento 95814. The
deadline for receipt of applications is May 15, 1969.
• KINDERGARTEN 'TALK-IT-OVER'
Has the kindergarten teacher been forgotten?
The Association for Childhood Education will sponsor
a general kindergarten teachers meeting at Anza School,
40 Vega Street, on Tuesday, May 6, at 3:45 p.m.
For additional information contact Ann Martinovich,
Francisco Scott Key School, 664-2062.
BOARD TO MEET AS COMMITTEE OF WHOLE
The Board of Education will meet as a Commit-
tee of the Whole on Tuesday, April 29, 1969 at 7:30
p.m. in Room 30, 170 Fell Street, for the purpose
of considering the proposal of the Board of Educa-
tion Curriculum Committee and the Superintend-
ent of Schools for a master plan for excellence in
the San Francisco school system, as well as a pre-
liminary progress report on the master plan for
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• TESTIMONIAL DINNER PLANNED
A testimonial dinner honoring Edward H. Fowler,
who will retire as principal of John Adams Adult School
in June, has been planned for Saturday, May 17, at the
Brentwood Lodge, El Camino and Brentwood Drive, «F
South San Francisco.
The 6 p.m. social hour will be followed by dinner at
8 p.m. Banquet tickets are $10 per person.
Friends and associates are asked to make their reser-
vations as early as possible. Further information and
tickets may be obtained from F. J. Baron, W. Meeks, or
Mrs. Frances Fried at 1860 Hayes Street, San Francisco
941 17, or by telephoning 346-7044.
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• SFCEC DINNER MEETING MAY 16
The San Francisco Chapter of the Council for Excep-
tional Children will hold its annual dinner meeting Fri-
day, May 16, at the Olympic Club, 524 Post Street.
A 6 p.m. social hour will precede the dinner which
starts at 7 p.m. The cost is $8 per person (including tax
and tip). Margaret Holland, Director, Special Educa-
tion, who retires in June, will be the guest of honor.
Featured speaker will be S. W. Patterson, Chief, Divi-
sion of Special Schools and Services, Department of
Special Education, State of California. Officers for the
coming year will be formally installed.
Checks should be payable to the SFCEC, Chapter 127, l)I1(ju
and sent to Mrs. Margaret Scanlon, Sunshine School,
2730 Bryant Street, San Francisco 94110, by May 12
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 31
April 28, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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City College Courses Offered
Three courses of particular interest to teachers are
scheduled for the 1969 Summer Session at City College.
Of particular interest too is that they will be given on a
three-and-a-half-week schedule to enable teachers to
have greater flexibility in planning their summer vaca-
tions.
Highlighting the special offerings are a course in French
Cultural History (French 41), taught by Dr. Doris E.
Hernried (June 16 - July 8), and two sections of Drama
56, (June 16 - July 8; July 9 - August 1) conducted by
James Haran.
Dr. Hernreid, who is Chairman of the Language De-
partment at City College, has given courses comparable
to French Cultural History at Purdue University under
an NDEA grant. She is a graduate of Berkeley and has
received her Masters degree from Mills and her doctorate
fom the Sorbonne. She has been awarded the Palmes
Academiques from the French Government. Three units
may be earned in the French 41 class.
Mr. Haran's drama course includes story-telling for
children, principles of acting adapted for children and
preparation of scenery and costumes and staging of plays
for children. Mr. Haran, who teaches both speech and
drama at City College, received his Masters degree at
Stanford.
He has taught at the College of the Holy Names and
at the University of San Francisco, has written, directed,
and acted in 15 children's plays and was a member of the
Actor's Workshop. First Drama 56 section, designated as
Drama 56-1, will meet from June 16 thru July 8; the
second Drama 56 section, designated at Drama 56-2, will
meet from July 9 thru August 1. Two units may be
earned for either section of Drama 56.
Helping to satisfy the new elementary credential re-
quirement, City College will offer Math 38, new math,
conducted by Frank Cerrato, from June 16 thru July 8.
Complete course listings and special registration infor-
mation can be obtained by contacting Irene O'Neill,
Summer Session, City College of San Francisco, Ocean
and Phelan Avenues, S. F. 94112. Applications should be
made no later than May 29.
Jean Parker, Clarendon Classes
Exchange Program Is Successful
• HOLLAND-McCARTHY DINNER
Friends of Margaret Holland and Dr. Mary McCarthy
may now make reservations for the dinner to be held in
their honor at the Fairmont Hotel on Wednesday, May
21, 1969.
The cost is $12.50 per person. A gift donation is op-
tional. Tables for ten may be reserved under one name.
Checks must accompany all reservation requests.
Make checks payable to the Holland-McCarthy Dinner
and send to Mrs. Adrienne Chan, Room 212, 135 Van
Ness Avenue. Reservation deadline is May 9.
Reservation forms have been sent to each school. Ad-
ditional forms may be received by calling Mrs. Chan at
863-4680, Extension 239, or by contacting Robert Cun-
ningham, James Hamrock, Alice Henry, or Agatha Ho-
gan at 863-4680, or Edith Cochran at 585-5012.
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Mrs. Janet Chu, Jean Parker teacher (left), and Abigail Abe,
Clarendon teacher (right), were busy helping students from both
schools master the intracacies of eating with chopsticks as part
of a current cultural exchange program between the two schools.
Jean Parker School second graders hosted the Clarendon School
third graders for the day in the reciprocal program.
To stimulate an interest in and an awareness of cul-
tural contributions, the classes of Abigail Abe, Claren-
don School, and Mrs. Janet Chu, Jean Parker School,
initiated a cultural exchange program.
Students at Jean Parker hosted those from Clarendon,
beginning with a tour of Jean Parker. Numerous Chinese
delicacies were sampled with an emphasis on special
occasion (Chinese New Year) foods, including Nien Go,
the New Year rice flour pudding wrapped in tea leaves.
An authentic Chinese luncheon was arranged at Song-
hay Restaurant, 650 Jackson Street. After lunch the
students toured a fortune cookie factory to see how the
cookies are baked on special machines and to see the
hand-molding of the cookies.
An afternoon of shopping, sightseeing, eating, and
enjoying each other's companionship along Grant Av-
enue completed the day's activities.
Mrs. Virginia S. Wales, principal, and Michael Kitt-
redge, assistant principal of Jean Parker, hosted the
Clarendon visitors.
• CANHC TO MEET APRIL 30
The San Francisco Chapter of the California Associa-
tion for Neurologically Handicapped Children will meet
Wednesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. at Aptos Junior High
School, 105 Aptos Avenue.
Guest speaker will be Mrs. Dorothy Blair, EH teacher,
Los Gatos, who will discuss "Some Special Views on
Teaching the EH Child."
NEWSLETTER
April 28, 1969
Announcements
• WASHINGTON GIRL HAS PERFECT SCORE
Tamra Suslow, sen-
ior at George Wash-
ington High School,
recently performed a
rare achievement.
Like many other stu-
dents, she took the
SAT Achievement
Test, but the results
were quite eye-open-
ing.
In the Spanish lan-
guage test, Tamara
made a perfect score
— 800 out of 800
possible.
She plans to attend
the University of California 'where she will major in
languages in preparation for a career in teaching.
Tamara's Spanish teacher at George Washington is Mrs.
Diane Morris.
Tamra Suslow and Spanish teacher
Mrs. Diane Morris
HEALTH SERVICE CHANGES IN MAY
All school personnel are notified that the month
of May is the time to make any changes or trans-
fers in Health Service System plans. Notices to this
effect will go to all schools with the May 1 pay
warrants.
• PTA SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The California Congress of Parents and Teachers has
allocated funds for two summer session pilot projects in
teacher education in the fields of Family Life Education
and deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Scholarship
amounts will be based on course fees.
Deadline for applications has been set as May 1, 1969.
For further information contact the Second District of-
fice at 861-0538.
• TWO UNITS FOR BILINGUAL WORKSHOP
The Summer In-service Workshop: Intensive English
for Chinese-Speaking Students to be offered July 7
through 18 will give two units of non-college credit, not
one unit as announced in the April 21, 1969 Newsletter.
• 'DANGERS OF SMOKING' CORRECTION
A photograph and caption in the April 21, 1969, issue
of the Newsletter indicated that lung section specimens
and a smoking mannequin used at West Portal School
were from the American Cancer Society. The caption
should have read that the equipment was from the San
Francisco" Inter-Agency Committee on Smoking and
Health.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 6, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, May 20,
1969, Masonic Auditorium, meeting to be devoted
to Report #2 . . . Report of the Citizens' Advisory
Committee to the Superintendent's Task Force
Studying Educational Equality/ Quality and Other
Proposals.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER ANNOUNCED
A testimonial dinner honoring Dr. Charles Gerstbach-
er, retired principal of A. P. Giannini Junior High
School, will be held Tuesday, May 20, at International
Joe's in Skyline Plaza, Daly City.
A 7 p.m. social hour will precede the 8 p.m. dinner
which will cost $6.50 per person. Reservations may be
made by sending checks for this amount made out to
Bob Sarcander, A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 3151
Ortega Street 94122.
• UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER PROGRAMS
A presentation of Bell System. Aids to Understanding
Computer Programs will be held at 4 p.m. today, Mon-
day, April 28, in the Board of Education meeting room,
135 Van Ness Avenue.
Jo Hurley, Pacific Telephone representative and a sys-
tems engineer, will present "The Thinking Machine," a
film explaining the following: how a computer works;
five super 8mm film loops: memory devices; input/output
binary number system; information processing; compu-
ter flow charts; and cardiac: a cardboard illustrative aid
to computation.
For further information contact Pat O'Reilly at 863-
4680, Extension 462.
• TWO SECONDARY PRINCIPALS HONORED
Two District secondary school principals — Ruth
Adams of George Washington High School and Reginald
Alexander of Abraham Lincoln High School — were
honored at a special awards dinner by the Citizens' Com-
mittee for Public Schools in conjunction with Public
Schools Week.
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DOCUMENTS
MAY 6 1969
VOLUME 40
MAY 5, 1969
NUM.BER 32
~ In-service Education, Improvement of Instruction
Impetus Given to Drug Abuse Program
The School District is currently engaged in an inten-
sive project to improve instruction in the area of drug
abuse and other hazardous substances.
The first phase of the project is concerned with the
in-service education of teachers, and the second phase
deals with the improvement of instruction.
On April 21 and 23 a drug abuse workshop program
for secondary school principals, resource teachers, spe-
cial educational services personnel, and PTA secondary
school council members was held at the Central Office to
further implement phase one.
A group of doctors, educators, businessmen, city offi-
cials, community organization representatives, state offi-
cials, and parents concerned with drug abuse problems
appeared at the two-day workshop.
The secondary school principals, as a follow-up, are
coordinating school-site in-service education programs
in their individual schools.
In addition, faculty drug information centers have
been established in each secondary school to serve as a
resource materials depository and for community agen-
cies referral information.
Previous in-service efforts in this regard were con-
ducted in December 1968 when the District course,
Leadership Training in Drug Misuse Education, was
offered. Over 90 enrollees took the course which included
study at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program Center,
Mendocino State Hospital.
In February 1969 another District course, Workshop in
Consumer Health Education, attracted some 225 teach-
ers. Approximately one-third of the course was devoted
to the drug problem.
The second phase of the program includes the prepa-
ration and trial of sample units and lesson plans for a
sequential instructional program at the elementary (in
the self-contained classroom), junior high (in health,
science, and social studies), and senior high (in health
and family life education) .
Also in progress is a pilot program using the Lockheed
Educational Systems Drug Decision program at Abraham
Lincoln, Lowell, and Woodrow Wilson High Schools and
Everett, Herbert Hoover, and Marina Junior High
Schools.
Teacher training for this phase has been completed,
and parent previews of the program are being held this
week in the schools involved. The instructional program
will take place for three weeks in May to be followed by
pupil-parent-teacher evaluations.
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Another aspect of phase two is the organization of
school-site committees to plan the 1969-70 drug abuse
program. It is projected that membership of the com-
mittees will consist of an administrator, teachers, pu-
pils, parents, school nurse, and special educational serv-
ices personnel.
These committees will be concerned with the fol-
lowing areas: pupil resource teams to aid in nearby ele-
mentary schools; pupil, parent, teacher education, pupil
drug information and referral center; identification of
community rehabilitation resources; identification of
community recreational resources for youth; identifica-
tion of community service opportunities for pupils; im-
provement of instruction; and constructive use of peer
pressure or student power for prevention and alleviation.
Concerted District efforts in the drug abuse area were
prompted by a reassessment of the program of instruc-
tion related to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs and other
hazardous substances when the District's Health Pro-
gram and Family Life Education Program were com-
bined under the single title, Health Education.
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Convention Demonstration
Portola Math Class Is Featured
The Lam G9 Olivetti experimental math class at Portola Junior
High School was featured during the demonstration sessions
when the National Association of Secondary School Principals
held its convention in San Francisco. Mrs. Hattie Torrenco, Por-
tola teacher (right), is seen in action with some of her students
(left to right) Juliana Rose, Maria Rodriquez, Ricky Allen, and
Denise Coleman. Dr. George Karonsky is principal of Portola.
NEWSLETTER
May 5, 1969 <
At Opportunity High
Assemblyman Visits History Class
Opportunity High School is implementing a class in Urban Prob-
lems as parr of the school's over-all innovative program. One
phase of the class is the appearance of a number of guests who
are involved in community problems. One such recent guest was
Assemblyman John Burton (left) seen discussing inner-city topics
as they relate to young people. Ron Cabral, instructor, is piloting
the program. ,
All-City Concert Due May 25
The District's Music Department announces that the
Second Annual Opera House Concert by the All-City
Honor Orchestra and Honor Choir will be held Sunday,
May 25, 1969, at 3 p.m. at the War Memorial Opera
House.
John Pereira of Lowell High School will conduct the
Honor Orchestra, while John Land of Polytechnic High
School will direct the Honor Choir.
Featured selections by the Honor Choir will include
Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Faure, He Who
With Weeping Soweth by Heinrich Schiitz, Calvary (Ne-
gro spiritual) by Robert Shaw, and 11 Lamento Di Frede-
rico by Francesco Cilea, featuring the solo tenor voice of
Carl Meggers, music instructor at Polytechnic High
School.
The Honor Orchestra will perform several selections
from Romeo and Juliet Suites One, Two, and Three by
Serge Prokofiev. Daniel Reiter, a student at George
Washington High School, will perform the second and
third movements of Dvorak's Cello Concerto.
Works of a special nature will feature two string or-
chestras performing Ralph Vaughn Williams' Fantasia
and the orchestra and choir performing Howard Han-
son's Song of Democracy.
Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music, states that the
close relationship and support of the San Francisco Sym-
phony and Maestro Josef Krips has had a profound im-
on the students of the All-City performance groups.
dds, "The Music Department and staff are deeply
indebted to Joseph Scafidi, General Manager of the San
cisco Symphony, and his administrative staff."
The performance is complimentary. Tickets may be
obt;<: I ox office on the day of the concert.
. . . Drug Abuse Program Reviewed
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The office of Educational Planning, Research, and
Development, under Dr. Lewis Allbee, Associate Super-
intendent, is directing the current project.
A Committee on Drug Abuse has been active in an
advisory capacity. Its members include the following:
George Canrinus, Coordinator, Health, Physical Educa-
tion, Athletics, and Recreation (chairman); Mary Ana-
stole, Principal, Daniel Webster-I. M. Scott; Sister Paula
Butier, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Dr. Arthur Car-
fagni, Director IMPAC, City and County Hospital; Lt.
Norbert Currie, S. F. Bureau of Narcotics; Dr. Edward
Macklin, S. F. Medical Society; Mrs. Stuart Dodge, Sec-
ond District PTA; John Freeman, teacher, Balboa; Eu-
gene Huber, teacher-specialist; Mrs. Alexander Lifschiz,
Second District PTA; Mrs. Viola Mails, Supervisor,
Secondary Physical Education; Matt O'Connor, Cali-
fornia Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement; Randolph
Street, Youth Guidance Center; Mrs. Donald Pratt,
Second District PTA; Dr. Frances Todd, teacher-spe-
cialist; Mrs. Richard Wilson, Second District PTA; and
Teong Wong, teacher, Marina.
All District junior and senior high schools now have
resource teachers on their staffs who have had training
and instruction about drugs and potentially dangerous
substances.
The subject of drug use and misuse is one of a number
of major subjects included in the District's Health Edu-
cation program, which also covers in detail consumer
health, family health, physical fitness, oral health, food
and nutrition, diseases and disorders, mental and social
health, environmental health, and commnuity health in
a K through 12 sequence.
It is anticipated that, in the fall, the District will offer
a drug abuse workshop for elementary school principals
and resource teachers and that a school-site committee
concerned with elementary education about drugs and
other hazardous substances will be activated in each ele-
mentary school.
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NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 32
May 5, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
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NEWSLETTER
Three Start Internship Program
Three District teachers are currently taking part in an
Administrative Internship Program, developed jointly by
the School District and the University of San Francisco.
The three are Carmen Trasvina (Everett Junior
High), Paul Malveaux (George Washington High), and
Stanton Tong (Galileo High) .
The purpose of the program is to provide the School
District with qualified administrators from various racial
and ethnic minorities, particularly Orientals, Negroes,
and Latinos.
Candidates are carefully selected by Personnel Serv-
ices on the basis of successful, full-time teaching, evi-
dence of scholastic and leadership ability, and satisfac-
tion of the requirements for graduate work at the Uni-
versity of San Francisco.,
The candidates must also agree to remain with the
School District for a minimum of two years after com-
pletion of the program.
Those who successfully complete the program will
meet the requirements for the M.A. degree in education
and the California requirements for the Administration
or Supervision Credential.
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Administrative Internship Program include (seated, left to right)
Stanton Tong, Carmen Trasvina, and Paul Malveaux. Taking part
in a recent meeting relative to the program were (standing, left
to right) Ralph Kauer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Edu-
cation; James Kearney, Acting Principal, Galileo; Ruth Adams,
Principal, George Washington; Carl H. Hanson, Jr., Principal,
Everett; and Dr. Anthony Seidl, Director of Administration and
Associate Professor, University of San Francisco.
• ELEMENTARY SUPPLY COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Supply Committee will meet at Haw-
thorne School, 825 Shotwell Street, at 1:45 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 14.
Principals having items for discussion are requested to
submit them to their representatives. Three copies of
the Supply Committee minutes will be distributed to
each elementary school.
This policy will be continued in the future so schools
will have an extra copy for posting in the library along-
side the supply catalog.
Public Schools Week
Students Shine in Song Fest
The 1969 Song Fest held in the rotunda of City Hall
marked the beginning of the District's celebration of Pub-
lic Schools Week. The Patrick Henry Elementary School
Glee Club, the Francisco Junior High School Mixed
Chorus, and the Polytechnic High School A Cappella Choir
performed individually and as a group (see picture above).
Dr. Albert A. Renna, Director of Music, is seen directing
the combined choruses.
• CANHC ANNUAL CONVENTION
The Seventh Annual Convention of the California
Association for Neurologically Handicapped Children
will be held May 17-18 at the Huntington-Sheraton
Hotel in Pasadena.
Fees include $4 for the day session (including lunch)
and $8 for the evening banquet. Checks should be made
payable to "CANHC" and mailed to Emile J. Maassen,
10901 Cullman Avenue, Whittier, California 90603 by
May 10.
SOCIAL SECURITY OPTION EXPLAINED
A meeting to explain the option to elect mem-
bership in the Social Security System will be held
Thursday, May 8, at 4 p.m. in the A. P. Giannini
Junior High School auditorium.
Many teachers who did not elect to enter the
Social Security System in June of 1959 may now
do so through May 19. The meeting is sponsored
by the Personnel Services Division, the San Fran-
cisco City and County Retirement System, and the
Social Services Administration.
All employees will have received information in
the mail concerning this option to enroll in the
Social Security System.
NEWSLETTER
May 5, 1969 |J
Announcements
• GALILEO STUDENT IS TOP GYMNAST
Patti Young, a Gal-
ileo High School sen-
ior, placed "Second,
All - Around" in the
high intermediate
level of the Division
for Girls and Women's
Sports Elite Gymnas-
tics Meet at San Ra-
fael High School.
The judges voted
her the outstanding
gymnast at the meet.
She was the only San
Francisco student in
the competition.
Patti Young In the pac;fic As-
sociation of the American Athletic Union Northern Cali-
fornia District Championship Gymnasts' Meet, Patti
placed "Third, Ail-Around," qualifying her for partici-
pation in the Regional Meet, June 6 and 7 in San Diego.
Monica Maxfield of Marina Junior High School start-
ed Patti in gymnastics and is currently instructing her.
Patti has won numerous awards for previous outstanding
gymnastics performances.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Monroe, Galileo,
(nights) , James Lick, Marina, and John McLaren.
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Golden Gate.
• ADMINISTRATORS' ASSOCIATION DINNER
The annual banquet to honor retiring District admini-
strators will be held Wednesday, May 28, at the Mark
Hopkins Hotel.
The cost of the dinner is $10 and checks for that
amount should be made out to the San Francisco Asso-
ciation of School Administrtators and sent to Lee
Mahon, Garfield School, 420 Filbert Street, 94133.
GUIDANCE SERVICE CENTERS POSITIONS
Teachers who are interested in being considered
for positions in the District's Guidance Service
Centers are asked to contact Raymond DelPortillo,
Supervisor, Personnel Services.
Openings are expected in both the elementary
and secondary divisions. Applicants should be able
to demonstrate successful teaching experience and
an interest in working with pupils who exhibit
serious problems in social adjustment.
The basic teaching credential is required; a Pu-
pil Personnel Services Credential, obtained or in
process, would be an asset. Interviews will be ar-
ranged following application.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 6, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular meet-
ing, Room 30, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, May 20,
1969, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Auditorium, 1111 Cali-
fornia Street, meeting to be devoted to Report #2
. . . Report of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to
the Superintendent's Task Force Studying Educa-
tional Equality/ Quality and Other Proposals.
• ACE PRESENTS SCIENCE PROGRAM
The Association for Childhood Education invites all
interested teachers to an "Experiment Centered Science
Program" conducted by Andrew Vamos, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Physical Science, San Francisco State College.
The program will be held at A. P. Giannini Junior
High School on Monday, May 19, at 3:30 p.m. in the
school auditorium.
Mr. Vamos will help all those in attendance learn how
"to incorporate the basic minimum concepts in physical
and biological science in a few action-oriented experi-
ments that can be performed by students at all grade
levels."
Participants are asked to bring a milk carton with the
top removed and about three feet of heavy twine with
them.
• COACHES' ASSOCIATION MEETING
The San Francisco Association Athletic Coaches and
Physical Education Teachers will hold its next general
meeting on Monday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Abraham
Lincoln High School, Room B-4.
• CHORAL MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING
A Choral Music Area Festival, featuring choral groups
from Francisco and Marina Junior High Schools and
Galileo High School, will be held Thursday, May 8,
at 7 p.m. in the Marina Junior High School auditorium.
All District personnel are invited to attend this special
program.
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NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
MAY 12, 1969 DOCUMENTS
NUMBER 33
A Preliminary Report1
MAY 5 1969
Occupational Education !P\M Presented
(A Proposal for the Master Plan fur Excellence for the
San Francisco School System and a preliminary report of
the District's Occupational Education Master Plan were
presented to the Board of Education on April 29 when
the Board met as a Committee of the Whole. A review of
the Occupational Education Master Plan follows. Next
week's Newsletter will feature the Master Plan for Ex-
cellence.)
Members of the District's Occupational Education
Steering Committee presented a preliminary progress re-
port of the Vocational Education Act of 1968 Master
Plan to the members of the Board of Education at the
April 29 meeting of the Committee of the Whole.
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins had previously met
with Joseph Stephenson, Director of California's State
Department Vocational Education Large Urban Cities
Project, staff members from the Occupational Education
Division, and the San Francisco Human Rights Commis-
sion to review initial plans and specifications for the first
phase development of the District's Occupational Educa-
tion Master Plan.
The Large Urban Cities Master Plan Project is de-
signed to facilitate the full use of the provisions of the
Vocational Education Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-576) re-
cently passed by the U.S. Congress.
The members of Congress, in giving unanimous en-
dorsement to this legislation, recognize the current prob-
lem of unemployment in large cities as an item of
national importance and concern. The strengthening of
occupational education is seen as a strong contribution
to ease the problem.
The project focuses attention upon the five large cities
of California: San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach,
Oakland, and San Francisco. (Other cities maybe added
to the project as it progresses and the evidence seems to
warrant the addition. )
The total project will consist of three major phases:
1.) the gathering of appropriate data as a basis upon
which decisions can be made; 2.) the preparation of an
overall master plan for both short and long range devel-
opment of vocational education in the large cities (of
particular concern is planning for the program of voca-
tional education not now being offered in the large cities
which is necessary to provide a better relationship among
unemployment, employment demand, and the supply of
trained persons, with special emphasis on the problems
of disadvantaged youth and adults) ; 3.) the implementa-
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A' preliminary report on the District's Occupational Education
Master Plan was presented to the Board of Education when it met
as a Committee of the Whole on April 29. Participating in the
presentation were (left to right) James Dierke, Assistant Superin-
tendent, Adult and Occupational Education; Joseph Stephenson,
Director, State Department of Vocational Education Large Cities
Project; and Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools.
Posting of Materials Studied
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has set up a
Task Force responsible to the Superintendent which
will formulate guidelines to cover the posting of
materials by teachers within the criteria which are
clearly stated in the Education Code of California.
Co-Chairmen of the Task Force will be Dr. Wil-
liam Sanborn, Director of Instructional Materials,
and Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant, Edu-
cational Information.
Task Force members will be Harry Lieberman,
teacher, Horace Mann Junior High; Miss Mary
Devine, teacher, Winfield Scott; Roger Walsh,
teacher, Garfield; Bart Concannon, Social Studies
Department Head at Balboa; Maurice Englander,
English Department Head at Lowell High ; Walter
Morris, Principal of Jose Ortega ; and Harry Kryt-
zer, Principal of Mission High, who is currently
chairman of the Secondary Study Committee on
this subject.
Mr. Irving G. Breyer, District Legal Adviser, will
be the legal adviser to the Task Force.
NEWSLETTER
May 13, 1969
i-o-Primitive Dance
Local Dancer Instructs Classes
Black culture, through Afro-primitive dance, is being taught in
eight District senior high schools and at City College this term.
Zack Thompson, choreographer for the San Francisco Opera and
manager of his own dance company, the Ballet-Afro-Haiti, is
scheduled to teach a 15-hour course in each of the schools as
part of the modern dance curriculum. He has taught at the Uni-
versity of Toronto and has choreographed a number of nationally
televised dance numbers on shows sponsored by Bell Telephone,
Ford Motor Company, and Dupont industries. Mr. Thompson is
pictured above conducting a session at George Washington High
School.
. . . Occupational Education Plan
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tion of the plan utilizing to the maximum extent the pro-
visions of the 1968 amendments to the 1963 Vocational
Education Act.
Depending on the progress of phase one, the second
and third phases will be initiated at staggered periods
prior to completion of the first phase. The collection of
rough data describing current enrollments in the various
vocational subject offerings as related to occupational
needs of business and industry in the Bay Area in phase
one may indicate sufficient program weaknesses to war-
rant initiation of the second and third phases.
Included in the first phase are the following tasks: 1.)
identifying the current status of vocational education in
the large cities of California in regard to enrollment,
occupations served, characteristics of students, and other
pertinent data; 2.) studying the potential of each of the
cities for expanding program offerings in vocational edu-
cation; 3.) summarizing employment data for the large
cities (together with trends) and providing information
concerning actual employment and demand for employ-
ment; 4.) making tentative recommendations concerning
the expansion of vocational education in terms of critical
employment demands.
James Dierke, Assistant Superintendent, Adult and
Occupational Education, is serving as general chairman
of fhe local Master Plan Committee. The initial report
the first phase of the master plan for Occupa-
ication Counseling and Guidance, K-14 —
Adui: inity, will be completed by Mr. Dierke
and the .1 Education Steering Committee
and will ted to Dr. Jenkins by June 1, 1969.
• CITY COLLEGE SUMMER COURSE
Problems of Latin-American youth in San Francisco
schools will be one of the offerings included in the course
"Latin-American Community Organization" (Sociology
5), an added offering to teachers in the SFUSD.
Sociology 5 has been scheduled by the Departments of
Ethnic Studies and Sociology for the June 23-August 1,
1969 summer session at City College.
Characteristics of the barrio (San Francisco Latino
neighborhood), of ethnicity, and of the institutions of
the family, religion, education, government and employ-
ment are studied to help establish an understanding and
basis for working with the problems of Latino commun-
ity organization.
Carrying three units credit, the class will meet Mon-
day through Friday from 10 to 11 :30 a.m.
The complete course listing and special registration
information can be obtained by contacting Irene O'Neill,
Summer Session, City College of San Francisco, Ocean
and Phelan Avenues, S. F. 94112. Applications should
be made no later than May 23.
• HEALTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIPS
San Francisco Chapter — March of Dimes is accept-
ing health career scholarship applications from graduat-
ing seniors in the public and parochial high schools of
the city.
Vincent I. Compagno, Chapter chairman, states that
five $500 scholarships in the fields of nursing, occupa-
tional therapy, physical therapy, speech pathology, aud-
iology, medical social work and medicine are being
offered for the seventh consecutive year.
Application forms and full information sheets may be
obtained from the principal's office of the city high
schools. The scholarships are designed to help students
begin their first year of educational preparation for pro-
fessional careers in the health field.
Completed application forms and all other required
credentials must be mailed to the San Francisco Chapter
— March of Dimes, 1 1 1 Sutter Street, no later than
May 23, 1969.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 33
May 12, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
May 12, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Blood Donor Drive Starts Today
Harold Graubart,
a young teacher at
West Portal Elemen-
tary School, was one
of the most active
supporters of the San
Francisco Classroom
Teachers' Association
Blood Donor Club
account, which he
originated in 1964.
Tragically, in 1966,
as a victim of cancer,
he required numer-
ous blood donations
• Edward Roper (standing), a 46-time
I blood donor and Len Silverman, a 32-
I time blood donor to Irwin Memorial
I Blood Bank of the San Francisco Medi- over a period of sev
I cal Society, recruits a first-time donor,
t Barbara Benigni, for the weeklong
blood drive of the San Francisco Class-
room Teachers' Association, May 12-
18. Mr. Roper and Miss Benigni are
{teachers at Madison Elementary School
and Mr. Silverman teaches at Visita-
i cion Valley Elementary School.
eral months until his
death.
In memory of
"Hal" Graubart, who
served as president of
the Association in
drive throughout the
I 1965, members will hold a blood
[week of May 12-18. All San Francisco school teachers
I are urged to make blood donations during the week at
I Irwin Memorial Blood Bank, 270 Masonic Avenue.
Donor hours are Monday through Friday, 8 : 30 a.m. to
6 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Sunday, 10
I a.m. to 2 p.m.
Donors may drop in Monday through Saturday, but
are asked to make appointments for Sunday, by calling
the blood bank's Donor Recruitment Department, 567-
I 6400. The Association will hold an open house breakfast
| for the teachers in the blood bank's Conference Room
i during donor hours on the final day of the drive, Sunday,
May 18.
Len Silverman and Edward Roper, co-chairmen of
the drive, announce that donations should be credited to
the "Hal Graubart Memorial Blood Fund of the San
Francisco Classroom Teachers' Association." These
credits, applied to the Association's account, will cover
future blood needs of members and their families.
• OPPORTUNITY HIGH STUDENTS FLY
Students in the United States History-Urban Prob-
lems class of Ronald Cabral at Opportunity High were
the recent guests of S.F.O. Airlines, Inc. and spent part
of a morning studying specific Bay Area problem areas
while 1,500 feet in the air, traveling at a speed of 150
miles per hour.
The class took off from the Ferry Building Heliport,
stopped at Marin County Heliport in Sausalito, flew to
the San Francisco International Airport, and returned
to the Ferry Building, all through the courtesy of the
company.
All but one of the dozen students involved had never
flown before.
Open House Begins
Warehouse Open for Daily Tours
The teachers pictured above were one of the groups which toured
the District warehouse last year as part of Open House Week.
School personnel are invited to visit the facilities again this week
through Friday to observe the operation of the supplies facility.
Warehouse Open House begins today and continues
through Friday, May 16. All School District personnel
are invited to visit the warehouse to observe the supply
handling operation and to see the furniture section.
Two tours are scheduled for each day of Open House
Week, one at 3 p.m. and one at 4 p.m. An exhibit of new
supplies items available for fall 1969 is featured.
Edgar Lahl, Supervisor of Supplies, will greet visitors
and hold a short briefing session and refreshment get-
together in the employee lunchroom preceding the tour.
Visitors will see the extensive warehousing facility that
stores just some of the many items provided to schools.
Many supplies items are "direct" shipments to the
schools by the vendor through contract arrangements
and never pass through the warehouse.
The warehouse is located at 1000 Selby Street, below
the new freeway overpass that goes from Third Street to
Army Street. It can be reached by heading south on the
Old Bayshore Highway from Army Street to Oakdale
Avenue (first stop light). Turn left (east) at Oakdale
and proceed approximately three blocks to Selby Street
and turn left one block.
The entrance to the warehouse is located directly un-
der the new freeway section that crosses over the Pro-
duce Mart area. For assistance call 285-2686.
• DELTA KAPPA GAMMA BRUNCH
The Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Society of Teachers
will hold its annual buffet brunch at the Jack Tar Hotel
on Sunday, May 18, at 10:45 a.m. in the Cosmopolitan
Room.
The affair is sponsored by the Alpha Theta Chapter
and will be followed by a report on the state convention
by Mrs. Bessie Shiffman, chapter president.
Cost is $4 which includes free parking. Reservation
checks should be sent to the treasurer, Marion Ward,
Horace Mann Junior High School, 3351 -23rd Street,
San Francisco 941 10, by May 14.
NEWSLETTER
May 12, 1969
Announcements
GUEST FROM LIBERIA VISITS
Mrs. Dorothy
Cooper from Liberia
was a recent guest
speaker at a Colum-
bus School assembly.
Mrs. Cooper is in
the United States to
study for an advanc-
ed degree at San
Francisco State Col-
lege, having been sent
here by the Liberian
government.
She originally ap-
peared before Mrs.
Dorothy Lathan's
Mrs. Dorothy Cooper is welcomed by second grade class as
Vivian D. Green, Columbus principal. part of a social stud-
ies unit.
Her talk was so interesting, she was asked to return
and speak to an upper grade assembly.
Mrs. Cooper illustrated her talk about Liberia with
slides and various art objects.
• FIELD LIBRARIANS TO MEET
The San Francisco Field Librarians will meet Thurs-
day, May 15, at 4 p.m. in the library of Abraham Lin-
coln High School, 2162 - 24th Avenue.
• TASF TO MEET MAY 19
The Teachers Association of San Francisco will meet
on Monday, May 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 30, the Board
of Education Meeting Room, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesdav, May 14, in Room 10, Central Office,
170 Fell Street.
MAY TIME SHEET PICK-UP
May time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on June 2, 1969, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on May 26 and their full-time
teachers' time sheets on June 2 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all
schools, including the adult schools, for May 15
through May 31 will be picked up at the schools
at 8:30 a.m. on May 22, 1969.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in May for principals and
assistant principals is 21; the number of days for
teachers is 2 1 .
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, May 20, 1969, 7:30 p.m., Masonic
Auditorium, 1111 California Street, meeting to be
devoted to Report #2 . . . Report of the Citizens'
Advisory Committee to the Superintendent' s Task
Force Studying Educational Equality/ Quality and
Other Proposals.
• WOODROW WILSON PRESENTS 'MUSIC MAN'
Woodrow Wilson High School will present the famed
Broadway hit musical, The Music Man, on the evenings
of May 9, 10, and 16 in the school auditorium.
Last Friday, several hundred students and the school
band joined the cast in a parade down San Bruno Avenue
to announce the coming production to the community.
Woodrow Wilson has become known as a leader in the
performing arts, having staged such hits as Annie Get
Your Gun, South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls in recent
years.
Harry J. Lieberman, drama instructor, is directing the
show. The public is invited to attend.
• RETIREMENT DINNER ANNOUNCED
A testimonial dinner honoring Novella Lumbert, head
teacher at Irving M. Scott School, will be held Thurs-
day, June 12 at International Joe's Restaurant, 35 Sky-
line Plaza, Daly City.
The 7:30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 6:30 p.m.
social hour. Checks in the amount of $8 (which includes
tax, tip and gift) should be made payable to Novella
Lumbert Testimonial Dinner and sent to Mrs. Virginia
Seymour, Irving M. Scott School, 1060 Tennessee Street,
San Francisco 94107 before June 3, 1969.
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MAY 19, 1969
NUMBER 34
Long-Term Guidelines and Priorities
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On April 29, 1969 the Board of Education, meeting as
a Committee of the Whole, considered A Proposal for the
Master Plan for Excellence for the San Francisco School
System, which was presented by Commissioner Alan H.
Nichols, Chairman of the Board Curriculum Committee,
and by Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
A proposal for a Master Plan was submitted to the
Board of Education on March 9, 1967. The Board fa-
vored establishing long term guidelines and priorities
and referred the proposal to the Curriculum Committee,
directing the committee to report back to it at a later
date.
The method of approach to create the Master Plan
was unique. It began with individual ideas of qualified
and interested teachers, professors, administrators, writ-
community leaders, Board members, and parents
being compiled in a proposal put together by Mr.
Nichols. It was then referred to the Curriculum Com-
mittee of the Board of Education. The committee then
Board Meeting Date Changed
Dr. Laurel E. Glass, President of the Board of
Education, after consultation with the Superintend-
ent and individual members of the Board, has issued
the following statement in connection with the
scheduled meeting to be held at the Masonic Tem-
ple on Tuesday, May 20, at 7 : 30 p.m.
"In order to furnish the opportunity for the citi-
zens of San Francisco to evaluate fully Superintend-
ent Jenkins' recommendations which are to be sub-
mitted to the Board of Education on the subject of
Equality /Quality Report #2, a decision has been
made to postpone the scheduled meeting from May
20 to June 3. On the evening of May 20 at 8 p:m.
the Superintendent will present his proposals to the
public on television station KQED. At that time he
will answer questions submitted by a panel of re-
porters. The Board will schedule a special meeting
at Masonic Temple on Tuesday, June 3, at which
time the public will be given a full opportunity to
make statements concerning the recommendations.
"It is the opinion of the President of the Board
and the Superintendent that this plan for presenta-
tion of the report will enable the community to
study the proposals and therefore furnish them with
a more meaningful opportunity to respond."
appointed expert advisors in a number of the selected
elements of the Master Plan proposal.
Elements of the Master Plan included class size, teach-
ers, curriculum, measurement of progress, research and
innovation, books and materials, community participa-
tion and support, auxiliary-type support, facilities, ad-
ministration and the Board of Education, special pro-
grams, guidance, discipline, and City College, San Fran-
cisco State College, and other institutions.
As the Master Plan was submitted to the Board on
April 29, 1969, the current progress made since July
1967 in all these major areas was also shown on the
document.
Advisors mentioned above were eminently qualified
people in the areas in which they were consulted. Com-
pleted reports were submitted by the Curriculum Com-
mittee to the Superintendent and to the Board on class
size, measurement and progress, community participa-
tion and support, and discipline.
In December 1967 the Superintendent presented to
the Board of Education Equality /Quality Report #i
which included "Selected Components for Quality Edu-
cation — An Appraisal Design," a supportive analysis of
the important program elements in the major areas in-
cluded in the preliminary Master Plan. This section is
attached to the Master Plan document also.
The Superintendent has indicated in his covering let-
ter to the Master Plan that the Master Plan and the
Report #1 have served as a guide for the many action
programs which have been initiated during the past two
years in response to the urgent educational needs in San
Francisco. A number of action programs and Task
Force studies for phasing in urgent improvement have
given the District a strong move toward the goal of ur-
ban excellence.
These moves have been included in a broad frontal
attack ranging from massive reduction in class size and
the first major administrative reorganization in 25 years
to the implementation of specific instructional programs
and services.
Dr. Jenkins concluded that he feels that the Board and
Superintendent are now in a sound position to develop
priorities for continued educational improvements and
that the Master Plan can be refined with more specific
priorities during 1969-70 and submitted to the Board as
long-term guidelines for the pursuit of urban excellence.
Copies of the Master Plan have been sent to each
principal.
NEWSLETTER
May 19, 1969 »!
At McKinley
Filipino Contributions Studied
For some time McKinley School has conducted an on-going pro-
gram of study about the cultural heritage of its faculty and stu-
dents. This school year the teachers and students have studied
in depth about the Spanish-American, Negro, Asian, and Euro-
pean cultures and their contributions to American society. A
recent school - community program, "Mabuhay - Philippines,"
studied the Filipino culture on the occasion of the 448th anni-
versary of the discovery of the Philippines by Ferdinand Magel-
lan. Pictured (left to right) are Mrs. Julita T. McLeod, assistant
principal, Lily Garcia, Myra Cruz, and James M. Susoeff, princi-
pal, at the Philippine display table which was cooperatively ar-
ranged by parents to help students understand various aspects of
Philippine life. Several parents took part in a Filipino fashion
show and served delicacies such as puto, bibingka, kochinta, and
biko. Ten former McKinley students, now at Everett Junior High
School, performed colorful Filipino dances. Dr. Raymond J. Pitts,
Agatha Hogan, and Bertha Widmer from the Central Office were
guests.
Submit Budget System Request
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins' request to submit
a proposal for the School District to be selected as a
pilot project on the Operational Testing, Phase II of the
State Planning, Programming Budget System was ap-
proved by the Board of Education at its May 6, 1969
meeting.
The State Advisory Commission on School District
Budgeting and Accounting has set a goal of fiscal year
1972-73 for the adoption and implementation of Plan-
ning, Programming Budgeting System in all California
school districts.
Nine districts out of 28 will be selected to participate
in the operational testing of the PPBS design in 1969-70.
The amount of financial support has not been estab-
lished by the state, but the District's proposal is for
$66,435, which would be sufficient to conduct the pilot
project without any additional cost to the District.
Seek Guidance Program Funds
Two applications for projects to be funded under Title
V of the National Defense Education Act were approved
by the Board of Education at its May 6, 1969 meeting
upon the recommendation of Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins.
The first application is for a School and Career Guid-
ance Project for Portola Junior High School and Wood-
row Wilson High School. The funds would make it possi-
ble to expand the Career Guidance Program being car-
ried out at Fortola in cooperation with the Pacific Tele-
phone Company. (See Newsletter of March 10, 1969 for
a detailed account of the program. )
It is planned that the program will matriculate into
Woodrow Wilson.
The second application would expand the Elementary
School Counseling-Learning Centers approach that has
been in effect at Raphael Weill School this year.
The project involves a learning specialist and coun-
selor working together with the building principal and ''{"
other special personnel such as speech therapists, school
nurses, etc.
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• LUNCHEON HONORING ELINOR MATTES
A luncheon honoring Elinor Mattes of Pupil Services
will be held at the new Kabuki Theater Restaurant at
Post and Fillmore Streets on Friday, June 6, 1969.
Guests will be seated at 1 1 :45 a.m. and, in addition to
luncheon, the restaurant features an impressive review
which is over shortly after 1 p.m. Reservations may be
made to Anne McFaden, Room 37, 135 Van Ness Av-
enue, San Francisco 94102.
The price of $5.75 includes a gift donation. Checks
should be made payable to the Mattes Luncheon Fund
and received by May 28.
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May 19, 1969
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Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
May 19, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Four-Time Winner
Free Lunch Program Expands Galileo Tops ROTC Competition
A follow-up report on the District's expanded Free
Lunch Program was presented to the Board of Educa-
tion at its May 6, 1969 meeting by Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins.
The School District budget for the 1968-69 school
year allows $298,200 for free meals to needy students.
The amount for the 1967-68 year was $76,756.
All schools are entitled to offer free meals to their
needy students, and most schools do. Approximately
3,563 free meals are served daily in the public schools,
as opposed to 1,274 in 1967-68.
Figures show 2,606 free lunches will be served daily in
elementary schools, nine in special schools, 774 in junior
high schools, and 173 in the senior high schools. Only
two elementary schools with feeding operations did not
provide some free lunches for needy students, while all
junior and senior high schools do so at the present time.
A new policy allowing children to pay a portion of
their lunch costs if they cannot pay the full price was
approved by the Board.
It has been announced that a District application for
federal funds has resulted in an entitlement of $180,000
for the expansion of cafeteria serivces and/or free
lunches through the period of June 30, 1969. The sum
is in addition to the amount called for in the District
budget.
Hunters Point Bond Issue Slated
A $5 million school bond issue scheduled for the
November 1969 election for schools in the Hunters Point
district was approved by the Board of Education at its
May 6, 1969 meeting upon the recommendation of
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins.
The funds would be used for the construction of two
lew elementary schools and the rehabilitation of existing
;lementary schools in the area.
The inclusion of new schools in the Hunters Point
district is an integral part of the Redevelopment Plan for
hat section of the city.
The school bond issue was forwarded to the city's
apital Improvement Advisory Committee for approval.
J. P. McELLIGOTT TESTIMONIAL DINNER
... A ROUSING SENDOFF PLANNED
For his 39 years of public service to the city of
San Francisco and the School District, Joseph P.
McElligott will be honored at a gala retirement
dinner to be held Thursday, June 5, at the San
Francisco Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton Street.
The 7:30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 6:30
p.m. social hour. Checks in the amount of $7.50
(which includes tax, tip, and gift) should be made
payable to the Joseph P. McElligott Testimonial
Dinner and sent to Mrs. Dorothy Burns, Room 119,
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 94102.
The closing date for reservations is May 27.
Participating in the awards ceremonies of the 23rd Annual ROTC
Drill Competition are (left to right) Richard C. Ham, Cadet Lt.
Col. Calvin C. Chew, James Kearney (Acting Principal, Galileo),
Cadet Major Eric Shiraishi, and Major General Stewart Menist.
For the fourth consecutive time the Galileo High
School Battalion took first place in the 23rd Annual
ROTC Drill Competition held recently in the Civic
Auditorium.
James Kearney, acting principal of Galileo, and Cadet
Lt. Col. Calvin T. Chew were presented the winning
trophy by Richard C. Ham and Major General Stewart
Menist, sponsors of the event.
The George Washington High School ROTC Battalion
won second place with Balboa High School taking third
place.
The Abraham Lincoln High group was awarded the
Honor School trophy for 1969.
Winners of the specific competitions were as follows:
Drill Team — 1st Balboa; 2nd Galileo; and 3rd George
Washington; Drill Platoon — 1st Galileo; 2nd Lowell;
and 3rd George Washington.
Individual drilldown -awards were as follows: 1st Year
Group — 1st Cadet Sgt. Donald Chen (George Wash-
ington); 2nd Cadet Pvt. John Leary (Polytechnic); 3rd
Cadet Cpl. Joe Garcia (Mission); 2nd Year Group —
1st Cadet 2Lt. Jack Smith (Galileo); 2nd Cadet MSgt.
Kenneth Chin (John O'Connell); 3rd Cadet 2Lt. Mario
Ceballos (Mission); 3rd Year Group — 1st Cadet SFC
Collin Wong (Abraham Lincoln) ; 2nd Cadet Maj. Allen
Kong (George Washington); 3rd Cadet 1st Lt. George
Spence (Balboa).
• ADULT AUDIO VISUAL WORKSHOP
An "Audio Visual Demonstration Workshop" for adult
school English as a second language instructors will be
held Thursday, May 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the auditor-
ium of John Adams Adult School, 1860 Hayes Street.
Mr. James Martin, audio visual specialist, will instruct
the session. The workshop is limited to 30 teachers. Res-
ervations may be made by contacting Victor M. Torres
at Mission Adult School, telephone 431-4899.
NEWSLETTER
May 19, 1969
ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS DUE
Applications for the positions of Supervisor AA,
Elementary Education, and Supervisor AA, Sec-
ondary Education will be accepted in the Person-
nel Services Division until May 29, 1969.
These administrative positions are presently
classified as Supervisor AA; however, they may
be reclassified prior to June 30, 1969.
The administrative or supervisory credential and
a Master of Arts degree are prerequisites, as well
as three years of successful administrative experi-
ence.
Interviews will be held in the Personnel Office
the week of June 2, 1969. The functions and re-
sponsibilities of these positions may change as
greater emphasis is placed on decentralized serv-
ices.
• STUDIO 3:30 ART DISPLAY
A two-day art show, featuring work of the District's
after-school workshops for talented art students, will be
held Saturday, May 24, from 2 to 5 p.m., and Sunday,
May 25, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., at the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's offices.
The show is open to the public. Guests should enter
the company's 765 California Street or 650 Pine Street
entrances to view the student work.
The after-school workshops are being conducted un-
der provisions of Programs for the Gifted at George
Washington High School and James Lick and Presidio
Junior High Schools, and are identified by the title
STUDIO 3:30.
Two scholarship winners in the Buffano Society's Art
Scholarship Program, Machiko Kimura of Abraham
Lincoln High School and June Resner of Mission High
School, have been STUDIO 3:30 participants. Six other
finalists for the Buffano Society's awards are also active
in the gifted art workshop program.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS OPEN
Applications for the following administrative
positions are being accepted by the Personnel Serv-
ices Division:
Project SEED Curriculum Assistant and Evaluator
This position requires the Elementary Admini-
stration or Supervisory Credential and a Master of
Arts degree. Salary will be equivalent to that of an
elementary principal which begins at $14,825.
Those candidates who have been interviewed for
this position need not re-apply at this time.
Director, Special Education
Applications for the position of Director, Special
Education, must be submitted by Friday, May 23.
Interviews will be held shortly thereafter. See pre-
vious announcement in the April 7, 1969 issue of
the Newsletter.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Wednesday, May 21, 1969, at 4 p.m. on the bud-
get, Room 30, 170 Fell Street; Wednesday, May 28,
1969, at 4 p.m. on the budget, Room 30, 170 Fell
Street; Tuesday, June 3, 1969, time to be an-
nounced, Masonic Auditorium, 1111 California
Street, meeting to be devoted to Report #2 . . .
Report of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to the
Superintendent's Task Force Studying Educational
Equality /Quality and Other Proposals.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER ANNOUNCED
A testimonial dinner honoring Dr. Charles Gerstbach-
er, retired principal of A. P. Giannini Junior High
School, will be held Tuesday, May 20, at International
Joe's in Skyline Plaza, Daly City.
A 7 p.m. social hour will precede the 8 p.m. dinner
which will cost $6.50 per person. Reservations may be
made by sending checks for this amount made out to
Bob Sarcander, A. P. Giannini Junior High School, 3151
Ortega Street 94122.
• SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS DINNER
The banquet to honor retiring District administrators
will be held Wednesday, May 28, at the Mark Hopkins
Hotel.
Cost is $10 per person, and checks should be made out
to the S. F. Association of School Administrators and
sent to Lee Mahon, Garfield School, 420 Filbert Street,
San Francisco 94133.
• MUSIC FESTIVAL SCHEDULED MAY 27
The eighth annual Instrumental Music Area Festival,
featuring instrumental groups from Francisco and Ma-
rina Junior High Schools and Galileo High School, will
be held Tuesday, May 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Galileo
High School Auditorium.
All District personnel are invited to attend this pro-
gram.
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VOLUME 40
MAY 26, 1969
NUMBER 35
Galileo Student Europe Bound
For the third
straight year a Galileo
High School student
has been awarded a
scholarship to study
in Europe by the Am-
erican Institute for
Foreign Study.
The winner is Da-
vid Boitano, who was
selected in competi-
tion with candidates
from the District's
high schools.
David's scholarship
will take him to Eng-
land this summer where he will study English literature
at the University of Anglica.
The scholarship was presented to David at special cere-
monies on the steps of City Hall by Acting Mayor Wil-
liam Blake, Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins, and Alan
Morgan, British Deputy Consul General.
Participating in the ceremonies were Mrs. Use Stern-
berger, Field Secretary, American Institute for Foreign
Studies; Dr. Lewis Allbee, Associate Superintendent, Ed-
ucational Planning, Research and Development; Mrs.
Esther Alpers, Galileo Social Studies chairman; John
Orofino, Galileo English chairman; and David's parents.
The 75 member Galileo Lion Marching Band also
took part in the ceremonies.
From Marina Jr. High
' Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, David Boitano
and Alan Morgan.
WASHINGTON D.C. EXCHANGE POSITIONS
An exchange teacher program is being proposed
with the Washington D.C. public schools. Ten ten-
ured teachers from the Elementary or Secondary
Division of the San Francisco School District will
have an opportunity for an exchange position on a
volunteer basis with their counterparts in the Wash-
ington D.C. School District. Exchange teachers will
receive their regular San Francisco salaries.
It is planned to begin this pilot program when
schools open in September; therefore, the selection
of the ten volunteers will take place in June.
All teachers who are interested in this exchange
program should make application in person to Mil-
dred Dold, Personnel Services Division, Room 116,
135 Van Ness Avenue. The closing date for receipt
of applications is Friday, June 6.
Five Students to Attend Exeter
Marina Junior High will send five students to Phillips Exeter
Academy this summer as part of the Special Urban Program.
Pictured are (front row, left to right) Dale Jung, Mary Horn,
Priscilla Chew; (middle row) Tony Tom, Jennifer Pang, Mrs.
Margaret Zordrager (counselor), and Dion Wong (teacher); (top
row) Robert Marcus (Marina principal).
Five eighth grade students from Marina Junior High
School will attend the Phillips Exeter Academy in New
Hampshire this summer under the sponsorship of the
Special Urban Program (SPUR) .
This the fourth year that San Francisco has partici-
pated in the program which will send close to 500 stu-
dents to the Academy from various parts of the nation to
enrich their academic backgrounds.
The program is designed to elevate personal standards
of achievement and raise the aspiration level of students
from inner-city schools. The Marina students will spend
six and a half weeks at the Academy.
The five include Dale Jung, Mary Horn, Priscilla
Chew, Tony Tom, and Jennifer Pang. They will be ac-
companied by Dion P. Wong, Marina teacher.
• LUTHER BURBANK ART WINNERS
Three students of Mrs. Jacqueline Reddick, art teach-
er at Luther Burbank Junior High School, were declared
$25 winners for their vocational montages which were
judged and shown at the convention of the International
Association of Personnel Women in San Francisco.
The winners were Paul Giusti, Samuel Milan, and
Laura Barberis.
NEWSLETTER
May 26, 1969
SCHEDULE OF DATES FOR 1969-70 STAFF USE
Following is a schedule for 1969-70 developed for the guidance of principals and members of the Central
Office administrative staff:
Dates for
Central Office
Administrators'
Meetings
(a) and Sept. 23
Oct. 7 and Oct. 21
Nov. 4 and Nov. 18
Dec. 2 and Dec. 16
Jan. 13
Feb. 3 and Feb. 17
Mar. 3 and Mar. 17
Mar. 31 and Apr. 14
Apr.28andMay 12
May 26 and June 9
Principals' meetings are scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of the School Month and Central Office
administrators' meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays, with the exception of afternoons preceding holi-
days.
(a) Admission Day
(b) Veterans Day
(c) Easter Vacation
Following are the dates established for report card periods for the school year 1969-70.
School
Month
Fall, 1969
1.
2.
3.
Sept. 1 - Sept. 26
Sept. 29 - Oct. 24
Oct. 27 -Nov. 21
4.
Nov. 24 -Dec. 19
5.
Dec. 22 - Jan. 23
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Spring, 1970
Jan. 26 - Feb. 20
Feb. 23 - Mar. 20
Mar. 23- Apr. 17
Apr. 20 -May 15
May 18- June 12
Dates for
Principals' Meetings
(a) Sept. 2 and Sept. 16
Sept. 30 and Oct. 14
Oct. 28 and (b)
Nov. 25 and Dec. 9
Jan. 6 and Jan. 20
Jan. 27 and Feb. 10
Feb. 24 and Mar. 10
(c) and Apr. 7
Apr. 21 and May 5
May 1 9 and June 2
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Period
1st
2nd
3rd
Period
1st
2nd
Fall 1969
Date
October 10
November 28
January 23
Fall 1969
Date
October 3 1
January 23
No. Days
28
32
30
Period
. 4th
5th
6th
Total 90
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
No. Days
43
47
Total 90
Period
1st
2nd
Spring 1970
Date
March 13
May 1
June 12
Spring 1970
Date
April 10
June 12
No. Days
32
30
29
Total 91
No. Days
47
44
Total 91
• BUSINESS EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
The Office of Educational Planning, Research and
Development will hold its first Business Education Sym-
posium at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel, Rosewood
Suite, 4th floor, on Wednesday, May 28, 1969 at 4 p.m.
The program will be conducted in two parts. Part I
will feature an overview of business education and voca-
tional education within the San Francisco Unified School
District in addition to displays, exhibits of instructional
materials, and handouts for participants.
Part II will provide for a choice of informal group
sessions by curricular areas of interest. In addition to
business teachers of the District, Merle Wood, Bettc Root
and other distinguished guests from businesses and indus-
try will be present.
For further infromation call 863-4680, Extensions 361
or 461.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 35
May 26, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
May 26, 1969
NEWSLETTER
I969-70 Calendars Approved by Board
ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND SENIOR
CITY COLLEGE
OF SAN FRANCISCO
HIGH SCHOOLS
Calendar 1969-70
Calendar 1969-70
Fall, 1969
Fall, 1969
School
School
Holidays
Month
Days State Local School Holidays
School School Holidays
1. Sept. 1 - Sept. 26
18
2 .... Labor Day, Sept. 1
■.Month Days State Local School Holidays
2. Sept 29 - Oct 24
20
Admission Day, Sept. 9
1. Sept. 1 - Sept. 26... 18 2 .... Labor Day, Sept. 1
3. Oct. 27 - Nov. 21
19
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
(Classes begin Sept. 2) Admission Day, Sept. 9
4. Nov. 24 - Ian. 2
16
2 12 Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 28
2. Sept. 29 - Oct. 24..._ 20
Christmas Vacation,
3. Oct. 27 - Nov. 21 19 1 .... VeteransDay.Nov.il
Dec. 18 - Jan 2
4. Nov. 24 - Dec. 19 18 1 1 Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 28
Institute, Dec. 18, 19
5. Dec. 22 - Jan. 23 _. 15 2 8 Christmas Vacation,
(Classes end Jan. 23) — Dec.22 - Jan. 2
90
5. Jan. 5 - Jan. 23
15
88
Spring, 1970
Spring, 1970
6. Jan. 26 - Feb. 20 .18 11 Mid-year Recess, Jan. 26
(Classes begin Jan. 27) Lincoln's Birthday, Feb 12
6. Jan. 26 -Feb. 27
18
2 5 Mid-year Recess, Jan. 26-30
7. Feb. 23 - Mar. 20...- 19 1 ... Washington's Birthday
Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
Observance, Feb. 23:
Washington's Birthday
8. Mar. 23 - Apr. 17 15 .... 5 Easter Vacation, Mar. 23-27
9. Apr. 20 - May 15 20
'10. May 18 - June 12 19/ 1 .... Memorial Day Observance,
Observance, Feb 23
7. Mar. 2 - Mar. 27
15
5 Easter Vacation, Mar. 23-27
8. Mar. 30 - Apr 24
20
(Classes end June 12) — May 29
9 Apr. 27 - May 22
10. May 25 - June 12
20
91
14
1 .... Memorial Day Observance,
— .
May 29
School Days (90 + 91)...J81 Total Teacher Days
87
School Days (88 + 87)
175
iThe following days are designated as minimum school days: Sept. 2, Jan. 23,
Institute (Dec. 18, 19)
2
Jan. 27, June 12.
American Education Week, Nov. 10-14, 1969.
Total Teacher Days
177
Public Schools Week, April 20-24, 1970.
Education-Business Day, April 23, 1970.
ADULT & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
ADULT &
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS —
FULL-TIME TEACHERS
PART-TIME TEACHERS
Calendar 1969-70
Calendar 1969-70
Fall, 1969
Summer
Session, 1969
School School Holidays
Month Days State Local School Holidays
11. Sept. 1 - Sept. 26 18 2 .... Labor Day, Sept. 1
(Classes begin Sept. 2) Admission Day, Sept. 9
School
Month
1. June 30 - July 25
School Holidays
Days State Local School Holidays
19 1 .... TndpnenHcnrp Dav. Tnlv 4
2. July 28 - Aug. 8
10
2. Sept. 29 - Oct. 24 20
29
3. Oct. 27 - Nov. 21 19 1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
14. Nov. 24 -Dec. 19 18 1 1 Thankjgiving, Nov. 27, 28
5. Dec. 22 - Jan. 23 .15 2 8 Christmas Vacation,
Fall. l¥&9
(Classes end Jan. 23) — Dec. 22 - Jan. 2
90
1. Sept. 1 - Sept. 27
22
2 .... Labor Day, Sept. 1
(Classes begin Sept.
2)
Admission Day, Sept. 9
2. Sept. 29 - Oct. 25
24
3. Oct. 27 - Nov. 22
23
1 .... Veterans Day, Nov. 11
4. Nov. 24 - Dec. 20
15
1 2 Thanksgiving, Nov 27-29
Spring, 1970
6 Christmas Vacation,
Dec. 15-20
6. Jan. 26 - Feb. 20 18 1 1 Mid-year Recess, Jan. 26
5. Dec. 22 - Jan. 24
18
1 8 Christmas Vacation,
(Classes begin Jan. 27) Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
7. Feb. 23 - Mar. 20..._ 19 1 .... Washington's Birthday
(Classes end Jan. 24;
Dec. 22-31
1 2 New Year's Day, Jan. 1-3
Observance, Feb. 23
8. Mar. 23 - Apr. 17 15 .... 5 Easter Vacation, Mar. 23-27
9. Apr. 20 - May 15 20
103
0. May 18 - June 12 19 1 .... Memorial Day Observance,
(Classes end June 12) — May 29
91
Spring, iy/u
ichool Days (90 + 91) 181 Total Teacher Days
6. Jan. 26 - Feb. 21
(Classes begin Jan.
22
27)....
1 Mid-year Recess, Jan. 26
1 .... Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12
The following days are designated as minimum school days: Sept. 2, Jan. 23,
7. Feb. 23 - Mar. 21
... 23
1 .... Washington's Birthday
Observance, Feb. 23
an. 27, June 12.
8. Mar. 23 - Apr. 18
18
... 6 Easter Vacation, Mar. 23-28
n addition to the above calendar, apprenticeship training classes may be
9. Apr. 20 - May 16..—
10. May 18 - June 6
... 24
•eld on the following days: Dec. 22, 23, 26, 29, 30; Jan. 2, 26; Mar. 23,
16
1 1 Memorial Day Observance,
4, 25, 26; June 15, 16, 18.
(Classes end June 6
May 29-30
imerican Education Week, Nov. 10-14, 1969.
103
'ublic Schools Week, April 20-24, 1970.
Education-Business Day, April 23, 1970.
School Days (102 + 103). .205 Total Teacher Days
NEWSLETTER
May 26, 1969 i
Announcements
• HEALTH EDUCATION COURSES OFFERED
(The following three summer in-service courses in
Health Education will be offered to District teachers and
administrators.)
Veneral Disease
One unit, non-college credit, Monday, August 25, and
Tuesday, August 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at George
Washington High School, conducted by the San Fran-
cisco and California Departments of Public Health. Pre-
registration is advisable. Mail the following information
to Gene Huber, Teacher-Specialist, Room 203, 135 Van
Ness Avenue, by June 2, 1969: name, school, subject
taught, home address and telephone. Late registration
accepted if space is available.
Course will include methods and materials for teaching about VD in
secondary school classes of science, health, social studies, family life educa-
tion; course will highlight social and medical aspects of VD.
Drugs and Hazardous Substances
One unit, non-college credit, Wednesday, August 27,
and Thursday, August 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
George Washington High School, 600 - 32nd Avenue.
Pre-registration is advisable. Mail the following infor-
mation to Gene Huber, Teacher-Specialist, Room 203,
135 Van Ness Avenue, by June 2, 1969: name, school,
grade or subject taught, home address and telephone.
Late registration accepted if space is available.
Course will feature the psychosocial, medical, and pharamacological
aspects of hazardous substances, including drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and
common substances misused and abused by youth; methods and materials
for instruction in grades K through 12; survey of community agencies
which offer assistance to youth with drug problems.
Workshop to Prepare Elementary School Health
Education Resource Teachers
One unit, non-college credit, Monday, August 25,
Tuesday, August 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wed-
nesday, August 27, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, at George
Washington High School. Workshop director: Dr. Fran-
ces Todd, Teacher-Specialist, Health Education, Room
203, Central Office. Enrollment is strictly limited to
teachers of grades 4, 5, and 6, who are recommended by
their principals. Interested teachers should contact their
principals for further information concerning enroll-
ment. Deadline for pre-registration is June 2. Later en-
rollment accepted if space permits.
Course will prepare a team of at least three teachers in each elementary
school as resource teachers in health education; priority areas are the use
and abuse of drugs and other hazardous substances, family health, including,
but not limited to, human growth naturation and reproduction, ethnic and
cultural diversity in attitude toward health and family life.
• KPIX FEATURES GOVERNMENT SERIES
KPIX, Channel 5, is presently running a 20-week
series that should be of interest to teachers and students.
The twice-a-week program is titled "The Government
Story" and can be seen on Channel 5 on Sundays at 6:30
p.m. and Thursdays at 9 : 30 p.m. The series tells the story
of the federal government from its formation to the pres-
ent-day operation of the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial branches.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Wednesday, May 28, 1969, at 4 p.m., business
meeting, Room 30, 170 Fell Street; Tuesday, June
3, 1969, 7:30 p.m.. Masonic Auditorium, 1111
California Street, meeting to be devoted to Report
#2 . . . Report of the Citizens' Advisory Committee
to the Superintendent's Task Force Studying Edu-
cational Equality /Quality and Other Proposals.
• NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENT
The following administrative assignment was approved
by the Board of Education at its May 6, 1969 meeting:
William P. Gelardi, transferred from his regular posi-
tion as Assistant Principal, Francis Scott Key School, to
that of Acting Principal, Cleveland School.
This change should be made in all copies of the 1968-
69 School Directory.
• TESTIMONIAL DINNER ANNOUNCED
A testimonial dinner honoring Mary J. O'Farrell, prin-
cipal of Sherman School, will be held Friday, June 6, at
the Hilton Hotel.
The 7 : 30 p.m. dinner will be preceded by a 6 : 30 p.m.
social hour. Checks for $9 (which includes tax, tip, and
gift) should be made out to the Sherman School Faculty
Fund and sent to Lois Molkenbuhr, 1651 Union Street,
San Francisco 94123 before June 3, 1969.
• RETIREMENT DINNER PLANS MADE
A retirement dinner honoring Raymond Milani of the
Building and Grounds Division will be held Sunday, June
8, at the Fort Mason Officers' Club, Franklin and Bay
Streets.
A social hour will start at 5:30 p.m. with dinner fol-
lowing at 6 : 30 p.m. The cost is $6 per person, including
tax, tip, and gift. Checks for this amount should be madef
out to the Ray Milani Retirement Dinner and sent to|
James Morena, Room 407, 135 Van Ness Avenue.
• TWO NAMED MERIT WINNERS
Two District high school seniors, Cynthia Darnell and
Shelbourne Fung, both of Lowell High School, have been|
named 1969 Merit Scholarship winners.
• ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET|
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, in Room 10, Central Office.!
170 Fell Street building.
• CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Daniel Webster
and Lafayette Elementary Schools.
SUMMER COURSE ON AFRICA
(The following summer course may be of particu-
lar interest to District teachers.)
Education S343 — Africa for Educators
Three quarter units, college credit, at the Uni-
versity of Santa Clara, Monday through Friday,
June 16-20, from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., $54 fee,
registration deadline of June 13. Director: Sister
Mary-Louise Bourret. For information telephone
(408) 246-3200, Extension 205 or write the Sum-
mer Sessions Office, Room 5 Administration Build-
ing, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara 95053.
Focus on Africa south of the Sahara. Interdisciplinary, five-day
workshop for teachers, administrators, and students of African
affairs. Lectures by Africa specialists: extensive exposure to audio-
visual and other educational materials currently available; exhibits
of books on Africa for use as school texts and library acquisitions.
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
JUN-2 1BS!
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
JUNE 2, 1969
NUMBER 36
General Fund Proposal of $108,403,133
Work Sheet Approach Presented to Board
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins presented his 1969-
70 expenditure proposals to the Board of Education for
study and consideration on Wednesday, May 14, 1969.
The proposals were presented by the Superintendent
in a work sheet approach with a summary of the budget
items under consideration. This initial budget report does
not include any salary adjustments for certificated or
classified personnel since these are being carefully review-
ed by the Superintendent and staff, and the recommenda-
tions will be presented to the Board for consideration
prior to the Publication Budget.
The expenditures proposed by the Superintendent total
$108,403,133, not including any salary adjustments. This
fis an increase of $10,885,393 over the 1968-69 budget of
$97,517,740.
At Long Cabin
Students Complete Shell Program
The first group of graduates in the Shell Oil Company Service
Station Attendants Training Program at Log Cabin School re-
ceivcd certificates recently from John Finsland (right). Regional
| Representative of Shell Oil Company, and Martin Dean, Assistant
[^Superintendent, Special Educational Services. Pictured above with
Mr. Finsland is John Anderson (left), the service station program
[instructor at Log Cabin. Mr. Anderson attended the Dealer
I Management Development class offered at the Shell Company's
I Mountain View Training Center to prepare him for his responsi-
I bilities in the pilot program. Those boys who had acquired posi-
tions with the company were given their first suit of business
I' clothes by Pat Murphy of the Lion Uniform Company. Honored
guests at the ceremony included Roy F. Cobb, Shell Oil; Bryant
Lane, Supervisor, Occupational Preparation; Leslie Russell, Prin-
cipal, Court Schools; and Elmer J. Gaetjen, Youth Guidance
Center.
This increase is accounted for by the inclusion of items
required to conform to legal provisions or established
policies, maintenance of present programs, class size re-
duction (a $2,390,883 item), programs approved by the
Board for 1969-70, negotiated agreements, and Superin-
tendent's proposals.
It is proposed to finance the expenditures (before sal-
ary increases) from the following sources: Federal —
$836,719; State— $17,829,372; and Local— $89,737,042.
Twenty-eight percent of the tentative estimated in-
crease of $10,855,393 provides for additional retirement
benefits voted by the people at the last November elec-
tion and improved Social Security benefits, for an over-
all increase of $3,063,009 as a part of fixed charges.
The continuation of the class size reduction program,
improvement of counseling and guidance services, a con-
tinuation of the bilingual education program with Dis-
trict funds, and the expanded summer program for 1969-
70 account for $3,440,354 of the suggested increases.
Dr. Jenkins has met with the various groups which
have made salary proposals and will come to the Board
of Education with his salary recommendations during
June.
At the close of the 1968-69 fiscal year the Superintend-
ent will make the revisions necessary in the budget be-
cause of personnel changes, salary adjustments, contract
awards, and other changes and modifications that will be
required between now and the end of the year.
The Publication Budget will be submitted to the
Board of Education for approval prior to June 30, and in
conformance with the requirements of the Education
Code the budget will then be presented for a public
hearing and final action at the August 5 meeting of the
Board of Education.
The State Education Code prescribes that each school
district is legally required to conform to the following
calendar in taking action on its budget: 1.) On or before
July 1 — adoption of the publication budget; 2.) July 25
to 31 — publication of the budget in the official news-
paper; 3.) August 1 to 7 — public hearing of the budget;
and 4.) On or before August 10 — adoption of the final
budget.
NEWSLETTER
June 2, 1969
Red Cross Project
Wilson Students Plan Ghana Trip
Eleven Woodrow Wilson High School students were recently in-
troduced to community leaders at an African-style luncheon. Five
of them will spend nearly two months in Ghana this summer
working with the Red Cross program. Pictured (left to right) are
Patricia Nicholson, Gary Hood, Sheila Jackson, Robert Lane,
Pamela Medearis, Ricky Lee, Orlean Flowers, Mark Alexander,
Valerie Greenly, Nelson Coleman, and Brenda McArthur.
"Project Africa," which will send five students to
Ghana for two months this summer, has been in high
gear at Woodrow Wilson High School this semester.
The school's student body has taken on the task of
raising $10,000 which is needed to make the project
become a reality.
Eleven Woodrow Wilson students were selected as
candidates for the program, of whom five were recently
chosen to make the trip by representatives of the School
District. Youth for Service, Young Men for Action, the
Economic Opportunity Council, the American Red
Cross, and community business organizations.
The five students will work with members of the
Ghana Red Cross Youth teaching first aid, mother and
baby care, sanitation skills, and general health practices.
The Red Cross will train the students, complete the
travel arrangements, and supervise the trip.
Coordinating the project at the school have been Mrs.
Judith Borcher, Red Cross advisor; Saul Madfes, prin-
cipal; and Mrs. Billie Scott, assistant principal.
The students who will make the trip are Mark Alex-
ander, Patricia Nicholson, Robert Lane, Sheila Jackson,
and Nelson Coleman, with Orlean Flowers serving as
first alternate.
The group's itinerary includes a stop at Washington,
D.C., Senegal, Ghana, Upper Volta (where they will
represent the United States at an international confer-
ence), and a visit to Geneva, Switzerland, where they
will meet the president of the International Red Cross.
They will leave July 1. In the interim, the Woodrow
Wilson students are hard at work, continuing to raise
funds for the project.
IN MEMORIAM
George Coe Lorbeer
THREE WEEK SUMMER IN-SERVICE COURSE
(The following ESEA Title VI in-service course
will be offered to teachers in the SFUSD and the
Archdiocese of San Francisco this summer.)
Phase II of the Summer In-service for the Educa-
tionally Handicapped
Six hours of non-college increment credit, 8:30
a.m. to 1 :30 p.m. daily from June 23 to July 1 1 at
Francis Scott Key School, 1530 43rd Avenue, no
fee involved. Project director: Muriel D. Tarnopol.
Teachers interested in this Title VI project should
write a letter of application to Educationally Han-
dicapped, Room 18, SFUSD, 135 Van Ness Av-
enue, San Francisco 94102.
The course will be centered around 60 pupils screened for the EH
program and will be taught by eight master teachers. Among the
master teachers will be Jerry Gibson, the EH teacher in the film
"Why Billie Couldn't Learn"; Lewis Hanson, intermediate EH
teacher at Longfellow School in Berkeley; Marilyn Sidon, formerly
a primary teacher in the EH program in South San Francisco who
was trained in behavior modification under Hewitt; Beverly Couch,
EH teacher specializing in the emotionally disturbed at the Child
Development Center of Children's Hospital; Carmella Cottonaro,
John Muir elementary EH teacher; Mrs. Dorothy Blair, EH teacher
in Los Gatos, with special training in the area of the neurologically
handicapped; Elizabeth Mitchell, primary EH teacher at West
Portal, with special training in teaching the neurologically handi-
capped; and Mrs. Ruth Dromensk, a regular 6th grade teacher in
the Santa Clara Schools who works with children of bright to
superior intelligence. A resource room equipped with the latest in-
structional materials and supplies will be staffed by a professional
librarian for use by the master teachers and the teachers in training.
This project will offer the opportunity to observe children and
teachers working on learning and behavior problems. Included will
be field trips to Raskob Learning Institute and the Marin Child
Center, a Title VI teacher training program under Dr. Keith Beery.
• LAST CALL— PROJECT READ COURSE
Teachers interested in the Sullivan programmed read-
ing methods who have not already preregistered are re-
minded that there is still time to do so.
The San Francisco Project READ in-service summer
course will be given at Herbert Hoover Junior High
School for two units of non-college increment credit and
will be held the last two weeks in August (August 18
through August 29) from 9 a.m. to 12 noon daily.
The course will emphasize needs and techniques
of individualizing reading instruction.
For further information or registration, call the Pro-
ject READ office at 863-4680, Extension 437.
SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 36
June 2, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
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June 2, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Innovations at George Washington
Office Occupation Laboratory Idea Expands
An innovative occupational education program has
been implemented at George Washington High School
during the current school year.
Termed the Office Occupation Laboratory, it is a cap-
stone course designed to utilize the office skills acquired
by the student in a realistic work situation.
Students are exposed to the structure of a company, its
personnel policies, office etiquette, business procedures,
and the like. They are able eventually to assume various
positions in the company on a rotational or promotional
basis.
They may be promoted from a purchasing clerk to a
marketing supervisor or from administrative manager to
president of the company.
The corporation at George Washington is called
GWHS Educational Enterprises which simulates the pub-
lication and sales of textbooks and educational materials.
A second Office Occupation Laboratory has opened this
semester at Galileo High School and plans are underway
to complete a laboratory at Polytechnic High School for
fall 1969.
The establishment of laboratory programs is one of the
on-going projects of the Occupational Preparation office,
Bryant Lane, Supervisor, and C. Norman Glattree, Vo-
cational Business Education Program head.
• JOHN ADAMS TO GRADUATE 331
John Adams Adult High School will hold its gradua-
tion ceremonies in the afternoon of Thursday, June 12,
1969, at 1:30 p.m. The location will be the auditorium
of Marina Junior High School, Chestnut and Fillmore
Streets.
John A. Ertola, President of the San Francisco Board
of Supervisors, will deliver the main address, and Ed-
ward H. Fowler, principal of John Adams Adult High
School, will award the diplomas.
Included among the 331 graduates will be 66 members
Of the United States Armed Forces who have earned
their diplomas while attending after-hour classes.
ELEMENTARY BOOK COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Elementary Book Committee will meet at 1:30
p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, in Room 10, Central Office,
170 Fell Street building.
Business Education Day was held recently at George Washington
High School. Administrative Management Society members who
served on the Advisory Board in the planning stages of the Office
Occupation Laboratory are seen above visiting the lab. Observing
Washington students at their various positions are (left to right)
Sheldon Bornstein, teacher of the Office Occupation Laboratory;
Mrs. Bette Oxborrow Root of Western Girl, Inc. and AMS Func-
tional Director of Management Education; Ralph Rose of City
Transfer and Storage Company and AMS Vice-President; and
Mrs. Sarah Wong, Curriculum Specialist, Occupational Prepara-
tion Office.
• SKILL CENTER EXTENDS INVITATION
The District's new San Francisco Manpower Training
Skill Center will be open to visitors Wednesday, June 11,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All personnel are invited to tour the Skill Center and
receive available information concerning its operation
and facilities.
The Center is located at 1485 Market Street, and since
many people will visit at various times during the day,
no formal program of greeting has been arranged.
Visitors should take the elevator to the third floor and
follow the posted directions.
PROJECT SEED OFFICE MOVES
The Project SEED offices, formerly at 4602 - 3rd
Street, have moved to a new location: Burnett
School, 1551 Newcomb Avenue, telephone 282-
2700.
SPRING
School
Abraham Lincoln
Balboa
Galileo
George Washington
Lowell
Mission
Polytechnic
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel Gompers
John O'Connell
SEMESTER 1969
Day
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Friday
Friday
HIGH SCHOOL
Date
June 1 1
June 12
June 10
' June 9
June 11
June 10
June 1 1
June 13
June 6
June 6
GRADUATION
Time
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
DATES
Location
U.S.F. Gymnasium
Masonic Temple
U.S.F. Gymnasium
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple
Lowell Auditorium
Mission Auditorium
NEWSLETTER
June 2, 1969
Announcements
PORTOLA STUDENTS TOUR
Gerald Curry learns from Edward Du-
prie of the maintenance planning staff
at U. S. Steel.
U.S. STEEL
As part of the
school's vocational
guidance program, a
group of ninth grade
students from Portola
Junior High School
recently toured the
United States Steel
Company's Pittsburg
plant.
The trip was co-
ordinated by Vito
Ciarfaglio, vocation-
al guidance counsel-
or, as part of the reg-
ular curriculum de-
signed to increase the
students' awareness of
the relationship be-
tween education and job opportunities.
Some 26 Portola students toured the steel plant and
met with and talked to employees at various levels of the
steel production process.
The trip was one of a number scheduled for students
involved in the special Portola program which seeks to
stimulate the educational processes by adding relevancy
to the students' school work.
A detailed account of the Portola program was pub-
lished in the March 10, 1969 issue of the Newsletter.
FINAL 1969 SOCCER STANDINGS,
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, ROUND ROBIN
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division A
School
Won
Tied
Lost
Points
1.
Marina
6
0
0
12
2.
Horace Mann
5
0
1
10
3.
Everett
3
1
2
7
4.
Roosevelt
2
2
2
6
5.
Presidio
1
2
3
4
6.
Francisco
1
1
4
3
7.
Benjamin Franklin
0
Division B
0
6
0
School
Won
Tied
Lost
Points
1.
James Lick
7
0
0
14
2.
Luther Burbank
6
0
1
12
3.
A. P. Giannini
4
0
3
8
3.
Aptos
4
0
3
8
3.
James Denman
4
0
3
8
6.
Herbert Hoover
1
1
5
3
7.
Portola
1
0
6
2
8.
Pelton
0
1
6
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THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, June 3, 1969, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Aud-
itorium, 1111 California Street, meeting to be de-
voted to Report #2 . . . Report of the Citizens'
Advisory Committee to the Superintendent's Task
Force Studying Educational Equality / Quality and
Other Proposals.
• TEACHER'S ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Helen H. Boufner, job counselor at Opportunity High
School, has an article published in the Spring 1969 issue
of the California Personnel and Guidance Association's
CPGA News/ Journal.
The article is titled "High on Opportunity" and de-
scribes the program in operation at the school.
DIRECTORY CHANGE
The following change should be made in all
copies of the 1968-69 School Directory:
Page 19 — Change telephone number of Daniel
Webster School to 826-6195.
CUSTODIAL VACANCIES
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancies:
2724 — School Custodian, Male — Benjamin Franklin
Jr. High (nights), Marina Jr. High, Daniel Webster,
Lafayette, and Winfield Scott.
• TEACHER SERVICES SOUGHT
The Bureau of Jewish Education is looking for public
school teachers interested in teaching in Bay Area Jewish
religious schools on Sunday mornings for two to four hour
periods. The positions are professional teaching jobs with
remuneration. For information contact Rabbi Bernard
DucofT, 639 - 14th Avenue, San Francisco 94118, tele-
phone 751-6983.
• MISSION WINS VOLLEYBALL TROPHY
Mission High School girls' volleyball team took home
the perpetual trophy as well as individual awards on
Friday, May 16 in the first city-wide high school compe-
tition in team volleyball held at Sunset Recreation Cen-
ter. Mrs. Willette Goodlett selected and coached the
players as sponsor of the G.A.A. sport at Mission.
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DOCUMENTS
JUN - 9 1969
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 40
JUNE 9, 1969
NUMBER 37
Report #3
Superintendent's Proposals
Board Considers School Complex Concept
Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, June 10, the Board of
Education will meet to further consider Superintendent
Robert E. Jenkins' Report #3 . . . Time for Action!
Recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools for
Educational Equality /Quality.
Report *3 contains Dr. Jenkins' recommendations as
first outlined on his recent appearance over television
station KQED on Tuesday, May 20. The Report was
the subject of the June 3 Board of Education meeting at
Superintendent's Message
Time for Rededication
As we come to the close of a difficult but eventful
school year, San Francisco more than ever is being
recognized as a school system with a forward thrust
toward urban excellence.
In these troubled times, our lives as educators
become even more difficult and yet more rewarding.
It was never more important for us to achieve a pro-
fessional unity in rededicating ourselves to the all-
important goals of educational excellence for all of
the children, youth and adults in our schools.
Dr. John W. Gardner, Chairman, The Urban
Coalition, has stated it well:
"If we have the steadiness of purpose to keep
our heads through times of controversy and
confusion, we can make this land what it was
meant to be, a fit place for the individual
human being — any and every individual
human being to live a life of dignity and mean-
ing."
I wish to express my deep appreciation to all of
my colleagues in this great school system. I wish
each and every one of you a rewarding summer of
rest and relaxation as you prepare for the school
year ahead. Thank you for a job well done!
Superintendent of Schools
the Masonic Auditorium at which time interested citi-
zens expressed opinions on the plan which would estab-
lish two elementary school complexes in the Richmond
and Park-South areas of San Francisco.
At tomorrow evening's session the Board will continue
its study of the Superintendent's recommendations as
outlined in Report #3 with a view toward possible future
implementation of the plan.
Based on the Citizens Advisory Committee report of
February, 1969 and the School-Community Feasibility
Studies, submitted to the Superintendent by April 20,
Dr. Jenkins has recommended the following:
1. Elementary School Complexes
That two elementary school complexes, the Richmond
and the Park-South, should be created as models for
future complexes in San Francisco, and that 1969-70 be
used for instructional planning, in-service education,
preparation of school facilities and the arrangement for
transportation through limited shuttle busing, with imp-
lementation September, 1970 in accordance with the
basic proposals for educational equality/quality recom-
mended by the Citizens Advisory Committee.
It is further recommended that in order to achieve
greater educational equality /quality the grade structure
of all the schools in the two complexes be reorganized
with several schools serving kindergarten through fourth
grade, and others designated as kindergarten, 5-6
schools, depending upon the school site and facilities, and
that the Curriculum Material Center concept be ex-
panded to provide a Cultural Learning Center for each
complex, with specialized resource centers to be develop-
ed in several of the elementary schools.
a. The Complex Idea
The Complex approach was initially proposed in the
Superintendent's Equality /Quality Report #1 and is a
key recommendation of the Citizens Advisory Commit-
tee. The School Community feasibility studies indicated
that slightly more than 50% of the participants believed
this to be a reasonable, practical plan for San Francisco.
Our objective is to bring together the essential ele-
ments for superior education for children and adults that
will be as appropriate in the year 2000 as they are today.
We propose to do this in a setting which will stimulate
learning and create in pupils a better understanding of
the society in which they live.
The Complex concept is another effort in reconstruct-
ing San Francisco's entire public school system. The con-
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NEWSLETTER
June 9, 1969 I
. . . Board Considers Report #3
(Continued from Page 1)
cept is a response to the need for quality education,
available to all individuals in the community, irrespective
of race or socio-economic background. Some of the dis-
tinctive characteristics provided in the Complex con-
cept:
• Quality education in racially balanced schools.
• Wider choice of subject matter.
• Extensive opportunity for independent study.
• Specialization of teachers.
• Extensive use of resource people, aides, lay com-
munity personnel, etc.
• Extensive adaptation of contemporary and innova-
tive teaching approaches.
• Adjustable modules of instructional time.
• Larger, more appropriate physical education and
recreation programs.
• Wider community center uses.
• Extensive and appropriate library facilities, both
for student and adult use.
• Enlarged and improved counseling services.
• Increased opportunities for various student group-
ings.
• Extensive use of the new technologies.
The Basic Framework was devised by incorporating
all the necessary elements for equality/quality education
within the parameters of financial reality. That is to
say, every effort was made to use current school sites and
Lions Club Gesture
Braille Machine Gift Presented
The West of Twin Peaks Lions Club through its project chairman,
J. A. Perino, who is also principal of Samuel Gompers High
School, presented a new Braille duplicating machine for use in
the sight-saving classes of Polytechnic High School. The machine
will reproduce any Braille sheets and raised designs or diagrams.
Mrs. Willa Johnson, teacher, ingeniously glues string and tooth-
picks to heavy paper and produces the original diagram from
which many duplicates can be made. This has proven particularly
helpful in teaching the sciences to blind and partially sighted
students. Pictured at a demonstration of the machine are (left to
right) Kenneth Vergano and Ernestine Patterson, Polytechnic
students; Valentine Becker, Supervisor, Speech, Hearing, and
Visually Handicapped; Mrs. Willa Johnson; and J. A. Perino.
facilities. In addition, the framework was structured to
keep kindergarten children close to their homes; empha-
size the basic fundamentals for grades 1-4 and provide a
more appropriate environment for grades 5-6. These two
complexes composed of 20 schools with over 9,000 stu-
dents would represent one of the first large de-segrega-
tion plans in a major urban center in America. The com-
plex approach offers an excellent sampling for an evalu-
ation of the program.
The Complex utilizes the enlarged neighborhood for
several schools (12 in the Richmond complex and 8 in
the Park-South complex) . Initial studies have indicated
that with the present school facilities the reorganization
of the grade structure can best be provided through the
designation of certain schools to serve K-4 grades, and
others would be K-5-6 schools. Geographic areas would
be assigned to particular schools, so that all schools
would have racial and ethnic percentages more , closely
approximating the population in the entire complex.
It has been estimated that about one-half of the stu-
dents in the two complexes would be within walking
distance of the school. Shuttle busing would be provided
according to locations and time schedules and would
make it possible for the transportation to be confined to
a restricted area of pickup and delivery. It is estimated
that transportation might be provided for approximately
4,500 children, but this would be an option of the parent
and the child.
The restructuring of the grade levels in schools would
make it possible for all of the schools in the two com-
plexes to develop innovative and creative programs, the
most effective deployment of staff and the use of person-
alized and individualized instructional programs with
the most modern instruction materials and methods.
Large student groupings at the primary and intermedi-
ate levels should provide for better utilization of the
talents of teachers and instructional materials. In addi-
tion there could be a more effective use of supportive
services, as well as a realistic program of professional
development and in-service education related directly to
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SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 40, No. 37
June 9, 1969
135 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Published each Monday during the school year
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Laurel E. Glass, Ph.D., President
Alan H. Nichols Edward Kemmitt
Vice President Mrs. Ernest R. Lilienthal
Reynold H. Colvin David J. Sanchez, Jr.
Zuretti L. Goosby, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools
Hugh E. Wire, Administrative Assistant,
Educational Information
June 9, 1969
NEWSLETTER
I . . Board Considers Report #3
(Continued from Page 2)
i the teachers and administrators in the schools served by
• the complex.
The complex idea could provide for a massive move
to achieve quality education in all the schools served by
the complex.
The joint planning of the schools in the complex will
) be an opportunity for the most effective combination of
, promising and proven educational innovations. Behavi-
oral goals must be agreed upon and stated in clear, con-
cise terms. School-community involvement in education-
,' al planning to achieve the goals is essential. Carefully
' planned curriculum would reflect a vital and dynamic
instructional program designed to individualize learning
: with continuous learning progress for each student. The
ungraded concept could be applied especially at the pri-
jmary level where there should be intensive emphasis on
[the reading and basic skills so that before leaving the
f primary school every child would have developed to his
:full potential. For most children this would be at the
completion of four years. Some would be able to move
[into the intermediate school at the end of three years
while others might need five years in the K-4 school.
Better utilization of staff could be provided through a
carefully developed program of team teaching at ap-
propriate levels, with large group and small group in-
struction and independent study. Instructional ex-
changes will be encouraged between schools. The use of
multi-media resources and new technological aids in
specialized Resource Learning Centers could be located
at various K-4 and K-5-6 schools and used wherever
necessary by other schools in the complexes. Some schools
could provide special resources in diagnostic reading,
ethnic studies, science, arts, and other areas.
The Complex would provide an opportunity to initiate
differentiated staffing on a multi-school basis. Various
staff members, depending upon ability and experience
could serve in different capacities, such as senior teachers
with special responsibilities in instructional leadership,
teachers with key teaching responsibilities and junior
instructors who would be serving on an assistant basis.
Para-professionals could be utilized even more effectively
in this kind of differentiated staffing with whatever staff
designations might be decided upon.
The individualized program could provide much
greater opportunities for the gifted to have truly chal-
lenging educational experiences. There could be expand-
ed programming for the special educational needs for
the educationally handicapped children. Bilingual pro-
grams could be intensified for Chinese speaking, Spanish
speaking and other children with a language handicap.
The Complex could provide the opportunity for more
adequate supportive services to include librarians, social
workers, psychologists, audio-visual specialists and
school-community teachers which have only been avail-
able at the elementary level on a limited basis. The in-
tensive thrust in quality education would be supported
by equality for students who are presently in ethnic and
racial isolation from one another at the elementary level
and would now have the ''equality" advantage within
an educationally innovative framework. Intensive efforts
will also be made to achieve integrated staffing in all
schools.
The Cultural Learning Center which could be initi-
ated first as a Curriculum Materials Center could pro-
vide rich opportunities with resources not available at
each school. This could include a reading clinic, tutorial
study center, communications skills laboratory, typing-
shorthand laboratory, language laboratory, science-math
computer laboratory, health services, testing and evalu-
ation center, social skills center, Children's Center, fam-
ily services, drama, arts and craft laboratory, television
studio workshop skills laboratory, music center, physical
education and aquatic center and food services. The
Center would be open day and night and could serve the
community on weekends and during the summer. Fund-
ing for this creative approach would depend upon the
possibility of state, federal and/or foundation support.
b. The Richmond Complex
This Complex will include twelve schools — Alamo,
Andrew Jackson, Anza, Argorine, Cabrillo, Frank Mc-
Coppin, Geary, George Peabody, Lafayette, Madison,
Sutro and Sutro Annex for a total of 5,342 students
based upon recent enrollment figures.
In order to implement the plan the K, 5-6 schools had
to be identified. Anza and Cabrillo were selected. Anza
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Governor Signs Measure
Bill Opens Classes at Airport
State Senator Milton Marks (left) and James T. Healy, District
Administrative Assistant, Legislation and Administration (right),
were present when Governor Ronald Reagan (seated) signed into
law Senate Bill 109. The Bill, authored by Senator Marks and
Senator George R. Moscone, allows the School District to conduct
classes at the San Francisco International Airport and the San
Francisco County Jail which was prohibited prior to the Bill's
passage. The significance of the Bill was highlighted last Thurs-
day when Mayor Joseph L. Alioto and Superintendent Robert E.
Jenkins held a press conference at the San Francisco Interna-
tional Airport and explained its provisions. For the past several
months the School District has worked closely with community
groups and the airline industry in developing an innovative voca-
tional education training program to be established within the
airport complex.
NEWSLETTER
June 9, 1969 I
. . . Board Considers Report #3
(Continued from Page 3)
is currently the newest school (built in 1952) with the
largest site in the Complex with many desirable facility
features. Cabrillo will be torn down, rebuilt and opened
in 1971. During the interim period Cabrillo children will
attend Ulloa. Due to the two-year building period, Ala-
mo will need to be used as the K, 5-6 until Cabrillo
becomes available. All other schools in the Complex will
be designated K-4.
It is anticipated that one or more new sites will be-
come available in the future. Although, generally speak-
ing, the numerical and ethnic groupings within the
Complex are relatively static, government housing units
in the Presidio make additional school buildings a neces-
sity if class size ratios are to be reduced.
Tentatively, the Cultural Learning Center would be
located at Sutro' Annex; wheTesp"aceis"availahle. Addf-
tional Resource Centers would be located at various ele-
mentary schools in the Complex as a result of careful
school-community planning.
c. The Park-South Complex
This Complex would include eight schools: Clarendon,
Columbus, Dudley Stone, Grattan, Jefferson, Laguna
Honda, McKinley and Twin Peaks for a total of 3,684
students based upon current enrollment figures.
Grattan and Columbus were identified as the K, 5-6
schools for this Complex. Grattan is to be torn down and
rebuilt to open September 1971. Columbus is presently
operating with only eleven classrooms and has available
African Influences
Local Artist Speaks at Douglas
Students at Douglas School recently viewed the original paintings
of Irene Clark (center, right), local professional artist, when she
brought many of her works to the school. Miss Clark discussed
how the arts of Africa have influenced her paintings. The pro-
gram was one of a series being offered on the arts of many cul-
tures. In April, Minnie-Ellen Hastings shared her many American
Indian artifacts with the students. During Public Schools Week
the Douglas students demonstrated many art techniques moti-
vated by these programs to parents and interested members of
the community. Pictured (left to right) are John Ward, principal,
Verla Leonard, art supervisor, Karen Jeffrey, Irene Clark, artist,
Johhny Serrato, and Robin Schneider.
site (39,000 sq. ft.) on which to build additional facili-
ties. Due to the two-year building period, it will be neces-
sary to use McKinley beginning in September 1970 as an
interim K, 5-6 until Grattan is available.
All the other schools will contain grades K-4. It may
be anticipated that Twin Peaks will be expanded to a
full size K-4.
The Cultural Learning Center would be located at
Clarendon where additional property is available. Other
Resource Centers would be located at various elemen-
tary schools in the complex as a result of the careful
school-community planning.
d. Administration of the Complex
An Administrator would be appointed to be in charge
of each Complex. He would coordinate the educational
planning, and develop effective staffing patterns and on-
going professional development and in-service programs
for teachers and Administrators in the Complex.
e. Proposed Plan of Action
A proposed Plan of Action is incorporated in this re-
port, indicating in general the activity required to imple-
ment the model complexes in September 1970 with con-
tinued development of the program resources and facili-
ties. Next year is devoted to people and planning. In
1970 after the plan is implemented, and for several years
after that, the development of facilities should continue
to insure equality/quality environment. It is anticipated
that when the plan is fully implemented pupils will re-
main within their Complex and attend schools that have
approximately the same ethnic balance as does the Com-
plex and that in all schools with the aid of the Cultural
Learning Center, quality education will prevail.
f. Cost
This is a bold plan to achieve Educational Equality/
Quality and to provide a model for other areas in the
San Francisco Public Schools. It is hoped that funding
could be provided through a combination of district,
state, federal and foundation funds.
Priority 1, cost-wise, would be for people (in-service
training, staff for the complex and planning), program
(instructional, planning, implementation, and materials),
and transportation (leasing and personnel) for a. total of
$1,000,000. The Superintendent feels that possible fund-
ing through state, federal, and/or foundation funds up to
$350,000 may be secured, leaving a balance for District
funding of $650,000.
Priority 2 would be for places (rehabilitation, renova-
tion, and construction) for a total of $500,000, making
the estimated total District funding by 1970 $1,150,000.
Priority 3, the Cultural Learning Center, has no re-
liable estimates yet on funds necessary, but costs would
be about the same as a new elementary school. Funding
is anticipated through state, federal, and foundation
sources.
2. Junior High School
The Superintendent recommends that immediate
studies be made for the possible redistricting of the Lick
and Everett Junior High Schools.
The School-Community feasibility studies indicate a
very heavy negative reaction from both schools in re-
gard to the Lick-Everett plan proposed by the Citizens
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June 9, 1969
NEWSLETTER
. . . Board Considers Report #3
Advisory Committee where all seventh grades would be
at Lick, all eighth grades at Everett, and ninth grades in
both schools. Continued studies must be made for possi-
ble zone changes of the junior high schools to achieve
better ethnic distribution.
3. Senior High School
The Superintendent recommends that immediate
studies be made to determine boundary modifications
| that will provide for better ethnic distribution in all of
, the high schools by 1970 and 1971. The current review
I of the Citizens Advisory Committee proposals to rezone
! all high schools and elementary boundaries has raised a
\ number of problems that make it impossible to rezone
; the high schools for September, 1969, since the students
in each high school must be programmed early in the
j spring.
4. Secondary School Quotas for District-wide Program
The Superintendent recommends that whenever possi-
ble, if space is available, plans be developed to establish
! quotas for each secondary school for students to elect to
(take special programs now being offered at specific
schools such as the Lux Laboratory Program, the Elec-
i tronic Data Processing Resource Center, Marine Science
[Resource Center (as recommended) and other similar
unique opportunities.
5. Lowell High School
The Superintendent recommends that the Citizens Ad-
Ivistory Committee recommendations to achieve greater
ethnic balance at Lowell High School be implemented
with follow-up guidance procedures that will be effective
•during the 1969-70 school year and a target date of 1970
to achieve better ethnic balance at Lowell. Current plans
provide that the entering low-10 class of February, 1970
will reflect an improved racial balance. This recommend-
ation is to be carried out with the understanding that
iJLowell will continue to maintain its current standards
as an academic high school.
6. Supplementary Education Center
The Superintendent recommends that in accordance
with the Citizens Advisory Committee proposal the Dis-
trict seek outside funding (State, Federal, and/or Foun-
dation) to establish a Supplementary Education Center
to provide integrated educational experiences for elemen-
tary children throughout the District with emphasis on
the "Heritage" of various ethnic groups in the City and
drawing upon the artistic, cultural and technical re-
sources of the community. The Center would include
exhibits and educational resources not now available in
a central place in the City.
7. Human Relations Education
The Superintendent recommends that the Citizens
Advisory Committee proposal for Human Relations
Training be adopted with emphasis at various grade
levels in the elementary, junior and senior high schools
and in the existing courses in literature, history, geogra-
phy, science and the arts, as well as to field trips, educa-
j tion films, TV, and assembly programs. This would pro-
vide for a concentrated effort to expand some of the
1
effective programs that are now being carried out in the
District in a less systematic way.
8. Bilingual Program
The Superintendent recommends that there be a con-
tinued expansion of the Bilingual Education Program
for Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking children with
language handicaps. The program was initiated in the
School District last year and over $500,000 has now been
invested in this important instructional opportunity.
Every effort must be made to seek additional funding
for a continued expansion of this program.
9. Community Relations
The Superintendent recommends that the Community
Relations Program be expanded and accelerated as pro-
posed by the Citizens Advisory Committee, so that there
can be community-wide support and understanding of
the efforts of the San Francisco Unified School District
to achieve educational equality-quality. This must in-
clude continued expansion of community involvement
and the maximum use of the mass media to acquaint the
citizens with important educational developments and
the continued progress of the School District to achieve
the goal of urban excellence.
• 'CITIZEN OF DAY' AWARD
William Johnson, assistant principal of Starr King
School, was recently named "Citizen of the Day" by
radio station KABL. The award is given in recognition
of outstanding contributions to the welfare of the com-
munity.
Mr. Johnson has devoted many years of volunteer
service in behalf of San Francisco youth. He has also
contributed to the cultural life of the area through the
publication of his musical compositions and poetry.
District Winners
Business Awards Are Presented
Janet Tom, Polytechnic High School senior (center), was one of
three District students receiving scholarships from the San Fran-
cisco Chapter of the Administrative Management Society on the
basis of a review of school records and an oral interview. Janet's
scholarship was in the amount of $500. Congratulating her are
Nathaniel Brooks, principal (left), and Mrs. Juanita Pascual, busi-
ness teacher (right). Other District winners include April Ong,
Mission, $500, and Manuel Pappas, Galileo, $300. The winners
also received plaques commending them on their scholastic
achievements.
NEWSLETTER
June 9, 1969
Invest-in-America
Mission Student Takes First
Mrs. Anna Lou Kline, teacher, (left) and Harry Krytzer, Mission
principal, (right) congratulate Alejandro Martinez and Virginia
Yaranon on having been named winners in the 1969 Invest-in-
America competition.
Alejandro Martinez, a senior at Mission High School,
has been named first place winner in the 14th Annual
Invest-in-America Competition for his essay on the sub-
ject "How My Savings, Wisely Invested, Participate in
and Influence Our Business System."
Alejandro's prize was a $1,000 life insurance policy on
which the premiums will be paid five years in advance.
The winners for the best entry from each school went
to the following: Laura J. Federighi, Balboa; David L.
Aron, Galileo; Zelma Black, Samuel Gompers; Alice
Doyle, Abraham Lincoln; Michael C. Baum, Lowell;
Virginia M. Yaranon, Mission; Burt Lustig, George
Washington; and Paul O'Haire, Woodrow Wilson. Each
received a share of stock or a $25 savings account deposit.
In the 2nd Annual Journalism Competition, in which
articles on the same topic were published in high school
newspapers, the best entry was submitted by Shirley
Eogaino in the. Galileo High School Pendulum. A com-
mendation was also received by Belinda Kunkle of the
Polytechnic High School Parrot.
Frank Brady, instructor in English and journalism at
Galileo, was awarded a special commendation of merit
in recognition for his outstanding guidance to his jour-
nalism classes. His students won first place this year and
last year.
In addition, Mission High School reports that Alejan-
dro has received confirmation that his application to at-
tend Harvard University in the fall has been accepted.
• READING CONFERENCE JULY 9, 10
The eighth annual Reading Reform Foundation Con-
ference will be held July 9 and 10 at the Hilton Hotel in
San Francisco. The two-day meeting will feature many
local, state, and national authorities on the teaching of
reading.
For additional information contact Consultants, Inc.,
127 Montgomery Street, San Francisco 94104, or tele-
phone 781-2787.
Lowell Plan Has High Priority
Superintendent Robert E. Jenkins has announced that
one of the top priority items for the 1969-70 school year
is the implementation of the reorganization of the instruc-
tional program at Lowell High School as contained in the
report, Project On-Site, Educational Improvement
Through On-Site Initiative, which was presented to the
Board of Education at the May 28, 1969 meeting.
Barton H. Knowles, Lowell principal, highlighted the
important components of the proposal which is designed
to free teachers and students from constraints in the high
school program which significantly inhibit desirable pro-
cesses of teaching and learning.
It incorporates a modular-flexible schedule whereby
teachers will have greater opportunities for professional
decision-making, and students will enjoy greater oppor-
tunities for self-direction and self-discipline.
The plan includes the development of on-site multi-
media resource centers, the mini-course curriculum con-
cept, a unique teacher assistant program, and a broad,
continuous program of evaluation.
The Lowell plan is scheduled for inception in Septem-
ber 1969, subject to Board of Education approval of an
$80,000 appropriation in the 1969-70 school budget. This
amount will provide for a video tape system, furniture,
equipment, curricular materials, and supplies.
• WORKSHOP ON EDUCATIONAL CHANGE
California State College at Hayward in cooperation
with the California Association of Secondary School Ad-
ministrators is presenting a workshop featuring national
and California educators who are effecting significant
changes in their own schools and districts.
The workshop will run from June 23 to June 26. For
information and reservations call 697-4832 or write
CASSA, 1550 Rollins Road, Burlingame 94010.
URBAN EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Urban Education Program, now entering
its second year in the School of Education at the
University of California at Berkeley, is interview-
ing applicants committed to improvement of edu-
cation in the urban areas and interested in earning
a graduate degree with this specialization. There
is a preference that applicants for the program be
less than 35 years of age and have experience as a
public school teacher or administrator.
Stipends amounting to $4,800 plus $720
per dependent are available to an extremely limit-
ed number of applicants interested in enrolling for
full-time study. Competitiors for these awards are
numerous as there have been over five hundred
applications for less than 20 positions.
Information concerning the Urban Education
Program can be obtained by contacting: Urban
Education Program, 3525 Tolman Hall, School of
Education, University of California, Berkeley, Cal-
ifornia 94720, (415) 642-5353.
June 9, 1969
NEWSLETTER
Supervisor Applications Sought
Personnel Services announces that applications are now
being received for the position of Supervisor, Education,
of the SEED Project.
The Supervisor, Education, of the SEED Project shall
have the following major responsibilities :
1.) Work in cooperation with the School-Community
Coordinator; responsible for the planning, coordination
and direction of all phases of development and imple-
mentation of the instructional program; 2.) Interpret
California school law and San Francisco Unified School
District policies and regulations to the Project School
, Community Coordinator, the Project Board, and the
'community; 3.) Function as a school resource person to
Certificated and classified SEED personnel; 4.) Assess
educational needs; identify and evaluate learning ex-
periences; plan and develop sensitivity programs and in-
service training programs; work with the Bureau of Re-
search of the San Francisco Unified School District; 5.)
Keep abreast of relevant educational, psychological and
sociological research; 6.) Evaluate the effectiveness of the
SEED instructional program, including demonstration
and innovative projects; evaluate the services of person-
nel in the program.
Minimum qualifications include the following :
1.) Experience in teaching minority group children
and sensitivity to their educational, emotional, and en-
vironmental needs ; practical knowledge of their environ-
ment; 2.) Knowledge of the historical, sociological, and
cultural heritage of the American Negro; 3.) Ability to
establish rapport with the community served; 4.) Valid
California teaching and administrative credential and
Master's degree.
Salary for this position will be paid at the rate equiva-
lent to that of Supervisor AA, beginning at $17,870. A
full year's service in this position will consist of 229 days.
Application for this position must be in writing on
forms available in the Personnel Services office and must
be returned to Milton F. Reiterman, Assistant Superin-
tendent, Personnel Services, 135 Van Ness Avenue, San
Francisco, no later than June 13, 1969.
Interviews will be scheduled soon after June 13, 1969.
JUNE TIME SHEET PICK-UP
June time sheets for teachers will be picked up
at the schools at 8:30 a.m. on June 13, 1969, for
senior, junior, and elementary teachers.
The adult schools will deliver their part-time
teachers' time sheets on June 23 and their full-time
teachers' time sheets on June 13 at 9 a.m.
Time sheets for clerks and janitors for all schools,
including the adult schools, for June 15 through
June 30 will be picked up at the schools at 8:30
a.m. on June 19, 1969.
Sheets are to be completed and signed by the
deadline dates above to enable delivery service to
keep the schedule.
The number of days in June for principals and
assistant principals is 12; the number of days for
teachers is 10.
James Penman - Balboa Plan
Cooperative Tutoring Progresses
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Participating in the James Denman-Balboa cooperative tutoring
program are (left to right) Coieen Lua (Balboa), Jerry Diaz (Den-
man), Mrs. Lucie Jensen (Balboa), Joe Lewbin (Denman), Ron
Hunter (Balboa), and Clifford Dunn (Denman).
A new cooperative tutoring program has been in oper-
ation this semester between James Denman Junior High
and Balboa High Schools, which are located across the
street from one another.
Unlike many tutorial programs which meet before or
after regular school hours, this new venture brings 30
students from Balboa into James Denman classes twice a
week during regular school hours.
Most of the tutors are teaching in reading classes, and
others are working in mathematics, social studies, special
education, and science classes. The tutoring is conducted
in the regular classrooms, the school library, or in unused
classrooms where quiet is essential.
The Balboa tutors, mainly from compensatory classes,
have shown unusual understanding for the problems of
their students. Faculty coordinators of the program, Mrs.
Lucie Jensen, Balboa, and Joseph Lewbin, James Den-
man, both feel that tutors and their pupils are deriving
important personal benefits from the one-to-one relation-
ship inherent in the tutoring experience itself.
In addition to having senior high school students help-
ing younger pupils at the junior high level, James Den-
man parents are also tutoring weekly at Denman.
Through their dedicated work, plus the efforts of the
Balboa tutors, a large group of Denman boys and girls is
receiving individual coaching and encouragement so im-
portant to their future success in school.
• TEACHER'S STORY PUBLISHED
Veotta McKinley Adams, teacher at Commodore Sloat
School, has a story, "Captain Joe and the Eskimo," in-
cluded in the Teachers' Manual to the second grade text-
book, City Lights, published in March in the Singer/Ran-
dom House Literature Series.
The story continues in the supplementary reading text-
book, Treat Shop, for third grades, published by the
Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company.
NEWSLETTER
June 9, 1969 i
Announcements
KPIX TO REVIEW
'EQUALITY-QUALITY' PROPOSALS
A study of the San Francisco Unified School
District's efforts to provide quality integrated edu-
cation for the city's schools will be featured Friday,
June 13, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on KPIX, Channel
5.
The program, a KPIX Public Affairs presenta-
tion, is titled "'The Battle of Busing," and was film-
ed in cooperation with Dr. Robert E. Jenkins, Su-
perintendent of Schools, school district administra-
tors, and staff members involved in the elementary
school complex concept.
• DISTRICT SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS
District winners in the 1969 Bay Area Science Fair
include the following :
12th Grade Biological Science — From Abraham Lin-
coln High School : 2nd Place Award to Norine Osborne
for research in "Further Investigation of Symptomatic
Changes in Leukemic Mice" ; 2nd Place Award to Joseph
Tringali for research in "Thermo-regulation in Scelo-
porus occidentalis" ; 3rd Place Award to Carl Sundholm
for research in "Ecological Determination in Uromastix
and Sauromalus."
11th Grade Physical Science — From Abraham Lin-
coln High School: 1st Place Award to Michael Schweizer
for research in "High Speed Audio Transmission"; 4th
Place Award to Russell Pasqualetti for research in "Laser
Diode Communications."
11th Grade Biological Science — From Abraham Lin-
coln High School: 1st Place Award to James Mahoney
for research in "The Physiological Effects of Ampheta-
mine sulphate Injection and 'tolerance' in Rats"; 3rd
Place Award to Thomas Cunningham for research in
"Comparative Discrete Trial Training Behavior in Non-
human Primates" ; 4th Place Award to Marguerite Long-
tin for research in "The Physiological Effects of Cycla-
mate Ingestion."
9th Grade Physical Science — From Roosevelt Junior
High School: 2nd Place Award to Lucy Heyheman for
research in "Bubbles in a Colorful Life"; 3rd Place
Award to Joanna Wong for research in "How Sensitive
Are Your Nerves?"; 3rd Place Award to Karen Jako-
bouits for research in "Weight Watching Beans."
8th Grade Physical Science — From Roosevelt Junior
High School: 3rd Place Award to Coleen Yamamoto for
research in "Which Paped Towel Is Most Absorbent?"
8th Grade Biological Science — From Roosevelt Junior
High School : 4th Place Award to Timothy Hanf ord for
research in "Music and Radishes."
7th Grade Biological Science — From Roosevelt Junior
High School: 4th Place Award to Grace Mak for re-
search in "Temptation for Sleeping Seeds."
• CUSTODIAL VACANCY
Notice is given of the following custodial vacancy:
2704 — School Custodian, Female — Hancock School.
THE BOARD WILL MEET:
Tuesday, June 10, 1969, 7:30 p.m., special meet-
ing, and Tuesday, June 17, 1969, 7:30 p.m., regular
meeting.
• SPANISH BILINGUAL EDUCATION POSITION
Secondary teachers who are interested in being con-
sidered for a resource teacher position are asked to con-
tact Elmer Gallegos, Supervisor, Spanish Bilingual Edu-
cation.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate successful
teaching experience and have had training in teaching
English as a Second Language. Fluency in Spanish is also
required.
The General Secondary Education Credential is re-
quired.
Interviews will be arranged following application. Call
431-5381 for further information.
• OPPORTUNITY HIGH TEACHER AT UC
Marcia Perlstein, teacher and counselor at Opportu-
nity High School, will teach a summer course at the Uni-
versity of California on Monday and Wednesdays from
4 to 7 p.m., June 23 to July 23. The course is titled
"Teaching Minority Literature, X323.5" and will be
held in 4423 Tolman Hall.
• SUMMER COUNSELORS NEEDED
The San Francisco Youth Opportunity Centers have
been authorized to offer 1969 summer work experience
to two school counselors to be hired as special consultants.
Youth Opportunity Centers are located in "target" areas
of high unemployment of out-of -school youth in the Bay-
view, Mission, Chinatown-North Beach, and Western
Addition, as well as a central branch serving the 16 to 21
year olds unemployed in the rest of the city.
To qualify for this assignment, teachers must be high
school counselors with the Pupil Personnel Credential
with 1.) a Masters Degree in education with counseling
emphasis or 2.) 30 graduate semester hours in counsel-
ing-related courses. Interested parties should contact
Karl Ziegler at the Central Youth Opportunity Center,
626-2550, for further information.
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