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The on-going battle for
more local control of the
public schools will continue
as the State Supreme Court
is expected to hear an
appeal by the Department
of Education to restore
student rights and
responsibilities regulations
Board of Education.
school districts, almost
one-third of the state’s 505
school boards, have
organized = under the
Committee for Local
Educational Control and
the Girard School District,
which originally began
legal action challenging
the state board’s rule
making authority.
The Girard School
District, along with 28
other school districts
joined the original action
two years ago. An ad-
ditional 12 school districts
and one intermediate unit
also supported these
districts.
Commonwealth Court
last March handed down a
6-1 decision that said the
state board’s student rights
regulations were ‘‘invalid
for want of a statutory
authority to support
New residents of the
Wyoming Valley area who
would like to meet other
families and take both a
civic and social interest in
the community, may join
the Newcomers Club on
Sept. 12, 8 p.m. at Grace
Episcopal Church, Butler
Street, Kingston.
The Newcomers Club is
an organization designed to
bring together women who
are new to the area.
Members help create new
friendships and take an
active interest: in the
community. Some of their
projects include the
American Cancer Society,
Blind Association of
Wilkes-Barre, Leader East
Nursing Home, Valley
Crest, WVIA-TV, Juvenile
Diabetic Association, and
the Childrens Museum.
With the assistance of
Mrs. . Thomas Brightbill,
who was a resident of
Johnstown, the club
collected personal items to
a1 the Johnstown flood
victims. Mrs. William
Corgan of Kingston, and
Mrs. Kenneth Kozel of
Dallas, also assisted.
There were several new
and general membership
coffees held during the
summer and a picnic at
Bowman’s Creek for the
general membership.
Persons wanting more
information about the
Newcomers Club may
contact Mrs. David
Waligorski, Dallas.
Thomas F. Feeney, High
School Principal, an-
nounces that West Side
first day of school on Aug.
30. All students returning
to West Side Tech and all
new students should report
to the school by 8:15 a.m.
on that day. Buses from all
member districts that
make up the West Side
Area Vocational-Technical
School, will be running to
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the Tech school.
The districts include
Wyoming Valley West,
Wyoming Area, Northwest
Area, Dallas Area and
Lake-Lehman. The
be opened
and ‘serving lunches the
first day of school. Parents
and students are reminded
that school will be in
session Tuesday through
Friday inclusive.
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them.” The court found the
state board has no
statutory authority to
adopt such regulations, but
rather the school Code
specifically grants
conduct to local school
boards.
J. Donald Schwab,
operating committee
chairman for the con-
sortium and a former
member of the Girard
School board, said a
request had been made for
the Supreme Court to hear
the case in Pittsburgh in
September.
“Contributions have
been received from large
metropolitan areas as well
as small school districts,
which indicates the broad
base of support for our
position in this case,” he
said. “We are enthused by
the support of so many
districts and pleased that
the Supreme Court will
hear: this issue of statewide
interest in September with
the hope that local control
or schools will be assur:
The Department of
Education appealed the
Commonwealin Court
decision in April. Lake-
Lehman School District is
one off the 170 school
districts participating in
the appeal.
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aide at the
Pettebone Nursery School,
Wyoming Seminary Day
School, it was announced
by Bryant T. Hudson,
Headmaster.
Mrs. Morgan, the former
Jessica French of
Plymouth is a 1966
graduate of Wyoming
Seminary and graduated in
1971 with a B.A. degree in
Elementary Education and
English from Wilkes
College. She ad
student teaching at the
Payne-Pettebone House
while attending college.
While attending
Wyoming Seminary she
was a member of the
choral group called the
Seminary Singers and
worked on the staff of the
Opinator, a student
published periodical.
At Wilkes College she
was President of -the
College Sorority, Theta
Delta Rho and president of
the English Club.
Mrs. Morgan was sub-
stitute teacher for Dallas,
Wilkes-Barre and
Wyoming Valley West
School Districts for three
years. She taught art and
crafts to pre-school
children at the Back
Mountain Cultural Center.
She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
French of Plymouth and is
married to James Morgan.
The Morgans have two
children, Elizabeth and
Mitchell, and reside in
Dallas.
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Trinity youth
build chapel:
Has
in N. Hampshire
Twenty one vat
members and their
chaperones of Trinity
Lutheran Presbyterian
Church returned home last
weekend from Camp-
Wilmot, Presbyterian
Church in central NEW
Hampshire.
The local group spent:
week, Aug. 13 to Aug. 20 at
the camp where they:
constructed the -
seating for the camp’§
outdoor chapel. TE
project was completed
the local members in time:
to have a Communion:
Service in the chapel ofl
Friday evening.
This year marked the:
second visit to the camp by:
a group from the local
church. In 1974, the local
group built a bridge which
the
campsite. %
This year, the members’
volunteered to build the “
seats for the chapel. While
there they took several side
trips to points of interest in
New Hampshire.
Silver Leaf Club
meets
at Pink Apple °
The Kunkle Silver Leaf,
Club met at the Pink Apple’
in Tunkhannock on
Tuesday, Aug. 16 at noon.
President, Mrs. Edith
Costanzo presided at the
business meeting. Mrs.
Ella Brace was the hostess.
In attendance were Mrs.
Virgie Elston, Mrs. Lillian
Shoemaker, Mrs. Myrtle
Hess, Mrs. Ella Brace,
Mrs. Edith Costanzo, Mrs.
Lena Martin, Mrs. Naomi
Ashburner, Mrs. Mildred
Lutes, Mrs. Arline Updyke,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, Mrs.
Grace Ide, Mrs. Ruby
Miers.
The hostess, time and
place of next meeting will
be announced at a later
date.
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