Jewell Record News (Newspaper) - August 27, 1987, Jewell, Iowa 0683 9999 2 OF BUILDING 12TH South Hamilton Kamrar Record News Stanhope j 3T IOWA 50130 AUGUST Volume Number 95 Public hears pros and cons concerning sharing y The advantages and dis advantages of a sharing agree ment with the Radcliffe school district were discussed at a school board meeting August Dick Textor outlined some of the One is the financial gain for the if the tuition charged is high if the fifth grade is moved to the elementary build there will be more space available in the high If Radcliffe sent high school students to South a larger high school would mean more course offerings and higher with if the high school and middle school staffs were clearly it would reduce grade level assignments for thus allowing them to devote more time to their particular grade or Extracurricular events would benefit from the higher number of participants and the increase talent More students would broaden the class and the There would be more help for the principals if a curriculum director was There are also several dis advantages in sharing with Textor If South Hamilton did not send students and only received there would be The lunch room at the noon would be overly Transportation would also be a problem if Hamilton did send students The maximum travel time for grade school students is an The maximum time for high school students is one and IS Some bus routes are presently at those time restrict If did send students to these students would be in their own instead of putting them with the older there is also the possibility of adding more space to the elementary and only sending fifth grade students to South Hamilton can survive without sharing for the time Textor But well have to pay a price for he Were going to have to do some things that will take a lot of time and All of the new standards are and they probably will improve Textor estimated the number of fifth and sixth grade students for the 198889 school the first year any sharing agreement could take He estimated South Hamilton to have 78 fifth and Radcliffe to have for a total of will have about 48 sixth graders and Radcliffe will have about for a total of Textor also estimated that would have 306 712 grade and Radcliffe would have for a total of No final decision was made at the South Hamilton presents proposal to Radcliffe By Ed Doney Its difficult to make a deal when you dont know what the other side is asking But thats the situation facing the South Hamilton Board of Edu cation as it deals with a possible sharing agreement with neigh boring The South Hamilton Board made its proposal to the Radcliffe Board of Education when they met in a joint session Monday evening in South Hamil ton stressed very strongly that the proposal made is not and that it is willing to discuss and renegotiate the As has been the the Radcliffe Board of Education has during talks between the two After receiving South Hamiltons proposal they remained very and no action was Nothing we proposed is said South Hamilton Superintendent Richard We want them to know we are willing to renegotiate after talking to their South offered to accept Radcliffe students in a sharing program at per student in grades 7 through If the board recom mended that an assistant admin be hired to help with the student South Hamilton also offered to provide an activities bus at its South Hamilton would want to leave open an option to send some of its students to To ensure the South Hamilton Board of Edu cation would sign a multiyear South Hamilton will give a slide presentation to the Rad cliffe public sometime in Sept the facilities it has to That date will be set after a review of the activities calendar so that as many Radcliffe persons can attend as Jon Danielson earns top beef honors at State Fair Correction on bank article A was made in last weeks story announcing that Denny Rouse had been named the MW president of the Farmers State The incorrectly stated that Rouse replaced Gary It have read that Rouse replaced Gary The takes full responsibility for this Jon Danielson of Ellsworth received top honors in the FFA Beef Performance Show at the Iowa State Fair last a member of the South Hamilton FFA showed both the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion steers in the The Champion Perfor mance steer was a Charolais cross with a per day that placed Reserve Champion in the live The Reserve Champion Per steer was also a Charolais weighing with a per day rate and was named Grand Champion in the live Absentee ballots are now available Lana Hamilton absentee ballots for the up County Auditors office or may sent y receipt of the County coming September 1987 School send a written request for an request absentee ballot will of Elections the residents Election are now absentee ballot stating their be mailed of the school districts fri Persons wishing to vote absentee and address Hamilton County that the may do so in person at the where they wish the ballot to be Opening game could be measuring stick for volleyball programs progress invades local gymnasium Although the South Hamilton volleyball program is still relatively the hope to make a strong showing in the Heart of Iowa Conference this Most of the varsity players have been with the program since its inception in the fall of and now have two years of Most conference schools are at about the same stage in volleyball having started programs during the past few coach Clark Mowry is looking forward to the up coming and hopes his can battle Roland Story and West Marshall for the West Marshall grab bed the regular season crown last while won the conference South Hamilton will field a led by a pair of perfor Carolyn Marcalus was an hitter a year and Mindi Wicks was an all conference middle Mar calus will play the role of a setter this replacing Nel Dalbey who moved to Texas late this Dalbey was all conference honorable mention as a setter last Other seniors coming back are Margo a middle blocker Deanna a side hitter and Teresa a ser ving Others expected to help the varsity are Teresa Courtney Betsy Young and Pauline It was this group of girls who but had to struggle to do This time Mowry hopes his can come out on the winning end to prove that his program has indeed It would be fun to win that said I feel we have a healthy We have had super fan and super support from our ad The Olympics have given the sport of volleyball a big and its fun to be a part of a rapidly growing pushed to five games in the finals of the sec tional tournament last That game was one of the most ex citing athletic events coach Mowry has been involved and gives his something strong to build Pam Norem is serving as var sity as well as junior varsity and freshmen John Golden is serving as an unpaid volunteer That trio of coaches is working with about 30 girls in the top four Volleyball is fun to said The girls like the and we have fun at prac The early practice sessions are leading up to the a non conference clash against visiting This 3 outing is an important one for the because Mowry feels it is a measuring stick as to the progress of the Two years an experienced team whipped the upstart Last won These girls are expected to lead the during the upcoming volleyball Front from left are Staci Pauline Teresa Lowe and Tricia Back Margo Carolyn Mindi and Deanna photo
