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The Mount Joy
BULLETIN
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
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THE BULLFTIN, MOUNT JOY, PA.
\What Is Best School Board Size?
How large should a school
board be?
Probably no one knows
for whatever it is today is
probably what it will not be
tomorrow!
For several years Donegal
schools have been working
slowly but systematically and
surely from a big number to
a small number,
At least that is the trend
which was followed as Mt.
Joy and Marietta boroughs
and Mount Joy and East
Donegal townships first form-
ed a jointure and then a un-
jon for school purposes.
From a board of about 20

Entered as the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as sec
: ; ’ members, that number has
ond class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. now. been cul to seven.
, But, on July 1, 1966, the

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Letters fo
the Editor...
board will be increased to
nine.
Yes, nine. And, there is
US.MAIL
an outside chance that the
number might go as high as
fifteen.
This is what is happening.
And, Donegal is right in the
middle of this teeter totter
situation.

=. — = After reaching its lowest
February 19, 1965 ties. For this we are particul- [number of members, Done-
The Editor arily grateful. gal now will be obliged by
The Bulletin regulations of the new school
11 East Main Street
Mount Joy, Penna.
Dear Ediaor:
Boy Scout Week, 1965, is
now history. It was a time
of great celebration, reflect-
ion, and plans for the future.
In Lancaster County Coun-
cil is inaugurated in an all-
time membership-high of 6,-
616 boys in 230 various
Scout Unity This was only
ene of the many fine accom-
plishments of Scouting in
our Council this past year.
We want to pause to pay
tribute and to say thanks. To
pay tribute to your newspa-
per for the excellent cover-
age you have given to Scout-
ing events over the years. To
say thanks, so you will know
of eur gratitude.
So many newspapers are
willing to publicize crimes
and misdeeds of young peo-
ple, after ignoring the larg-
er. elecent among the young-
sters. Your newspaper has
eonsistenty printed, and giv-
ea wide coverage to the
good deeds done by the
youngsters of our communi-

Science Fair at Annex
The Annex Science Fair
will be held Thursday and
Friday, Feb. 25-26, with vis-
iting hours for parents on
Thursday evening 7 to 9 p.
m. Also on this same even-
ing there will be Annex par-
ent-teacher visits for those
who wish it. On Friday eve-
ning the students will be re-
moving their projects from
the gym area and parents
and the public are welcome
te be present at this time.
The winning projects will
be entered in the Donegal
high school Science Fair in
two weeks. Judging will be
by Robert Sensenig, Emerson
#tehman, Henry Hackman
and Mrs. Charles Ruhl on
Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m.
Aboard Carrier
Aviation Storekeeper 3rd
Class William B. Pennell,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs
James I. Pennell of 116 W.
Main St., is participatrng in
“Operation Springboard” in
the Caribbean while serving
aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS - Franklin D.
Roosevelt, operating out of
Mayport, Fla.
“Operation Springboard”
is designed to give ships,
squadrons and other forces
ef the Atlantic Fleet an op-
portunity to train in the fa-
vorable Caribbean weather.
During this training period
Atlantic Fleet units will con:
duet drills in antisubmarine,
anti-air and amphibious war-
fare .techniques.. . , .
Ts eRe

As we head toward anoth-
er great Boy Scout Week
next year we wish you and
your Staff more continued
prosperity and success.
districting laws, to up that
number to nine. But, in the
meantime, there is a bill in
the Legislature which, if it
passes, will jump that num-

Sincerely, ber to 16.
: In the meantime, before
Thos. F. Lehmier July 1, 1966, the Donegal
Scout Executive Union school district — as

will all other districts—will
be dissolved and reformed as
the Donegal School district,
The change will be simply
the omission of the word
UNION. In like manner all
districts will lose such names
as Union, Jointure, etc. This
is supposed to straighten out
and simplify the record keep-
ing.
And, it is strange to note
that men’s ideas about the
size of the local school board
change.
When Donegal had a big
board, there was an air of
expectancy as the number
dwindled and dwindled and
approached the low tide in
membership. It was felt that
the board would be less un-
wieldy, that it would be eas-
jer to make decisions and
that action might be speeded
as fewer people were in-
volved in the finding of a
corporate mind.
However, with a smaller
membership, board members
find that they have more and
more work to do as individ-
vals. There are not fewer
decisions to be made, no
less homework to be done
before these decisions can
be reached and instead of
fewer meetings on school
business, each member now
attends more meetings.
Broad investigations into
various problems still are
made by committees, but
each member is now work-
ing on more problems until

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1965
ny
the opinion was expressed
with some nostalgia in the
school board meeting no |g.
ter than last week that there
were ‘‘some virtues” in ga
larger board.
These dedicated and con.
scientious men can see the
virtue of “making haste
slowly.” A larger board has
that built-in precaution a-
gainst too-quick decisions.
More people require more
time to present their ideas
and to reach agreement,
At any rate, Donegal will
have two more members
within a relatively few
months.
The new members will
be appointed by the present
board in the same manner as
if there had been a vacancy.
Then, as regular elections
follow, members will be el-
ected according to a some-
what complicated “district-
ing” arrangement, yet to be
hammered out on the local
basis. The rule calls for nine
areas, each represented by a
school director. These dis-
tricts are to be formed in
such a way that each area
will have a population as
nearly even to the others as
possible, while following
certain corporation bound-
ries.
When in need of printing
remember The Bulletin.

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