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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1974
Page
9
Danville city schools introduce advance fee payments for elementary and middle schools with Aug 28 and Aug 29 collection windows, while junior and senior high fees are due after school starts. Items include textbook rental seven dollars, supplies five dollars, optional accident and dental insurances, and various project costs.
Danville public schools start Monday Aug 19 for 1974 75 and end Thursday June 13 1975 announced by Superintendent Dr Zane E Eargle. Teachers report Aug 19 at 8 30 am for two week pre school conference while students begin Sept 3 with specific hours for each level and cafeterias operating. Parents urged to register their children by contacting the local school.
The control room upgrades at the school allow television programs to be shown in every building on campus across five channels. Previously broadcasting was one channel in one building. Instructors will tape courses into 26 segments to be aired citywide via Danville Cablevision. Credit seekers register at the campus, study at home, and are tested at DCC, aiding fulltime workers to earn credits.
Gage announced a third psychologist is now available for diagnostic and consultative services to the whole district and a fourth visiting teacher will boost coordinated school, home, and community support. The cooperative program will maintain services at the W.W. Moore Jr. Juvenile Detention Home serving eight divisions, with readers noting campuses hosting ride lists for weekend travel.
Pittsylvania teachers will attend a workshop on individualized instruction at the Educational Cultural Center in Chatham. Speakers include Dr Hal Burbach of the University of Virginia and Mrs Jane Andees of Lynchburg College. Several summer workshops have been held, with graduate credit offered.
Henry County schools announce new efforts this year including rehabilitation for severely handicapped children, an artist in residence, compensatory and gifted programs, and continuous achievement for early grades. About 13 450 students return Aug 26 with 707 teachers Aug 19.
Halifax County School system expands seven programs per Dale Yeatts. New or expanded offerings include special education at elementary and high school levels, kindergarten music Title reading and math programs. Grades one to three will use open classrooms at Virgilina School for individualized reading and math instruction. Open classrooms already exist at Turbeville. The sixth program is to be regularized during the day.
The text discusses attendance practices at Danville Christian School and GW, noting past permissive excused absences and a shift toward not penalizing students academically for absences. It mentions a federal court ruling, Haskins commentary, and GW's goal to raise attendance from 88 percent to a state-standard level. It also references Halifax schools' reading and Math programs, plans for a new senior high and vocational building, and changes in transportation, with emphasis on fostering kindergarten growth and transportation improvements.
Woodlawn Academy near Chatham will begin its fourth year in 1974-75 serving kindergarten through seventh grade. The school maintains a 25 to 1 student teacher ratio with emphasis on individualism and supplemental trips and a program including drama, art, crafts, and inter-school basketball and track.
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