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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1977
Page
7
A dense school calendar lists band workshops, orientations, in service days, sports schedules, concerts, and holidays from August through June. It includes dates for football, basketball, marching band contests, open houses, graduation events, and teacher workshops across multiple months and locations.
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency in Washington Community School District operates a comprehensive special services program led by Coordinator Jim Miller in the Coralville Center. It includes a school psychologist, two speech clinicians, and programs for educable and trainable mentally retarded, deaf education for deaf and hard of hearing youths, plus various supports such as social workers and vision consultants. The facilitator is Mr. Al Kinzler. the psychologist serves as diagnostician and district consultant, guiding referrals, diagnosis, placement, curriculum changes, counseling, and parent contact.
The district announces a municipal lunch program with modern kitchens in every attendance center. Mrs. Margery Voelker becomes General Food Service Director working with Food Managers under the Department of Public Instruction to set nutritious menus. The program starts Monday August 29 with 50 cent lunches, 60 cent adult meals, and various ticket options. A free and reduced price lunch policy based on income scales is available with confidential applications and hearing rights for disputes.
Washington Community announces trial runs for all 16 regular and 3 kindergarten bus routes on August 19 to familiarize drivers with stops. On opening day August 29 residents should watch for buses as drivers acquaint themselves with homes. Director Don Zwicki can be reached at 653-6543. Bus mechanics Tom Kerr and Gary Wade prepared vehicles for about 800 students daily. Transportation staff include Stan Foster, Walter Sojka, Doris Sojka, Florence Sobaski, Phyllis Stout, Marge Tappan, Jane Whitaker, Gene Booth, Wesley Mullikin, Don Myers, Marion Dodson, Loren Robertson, Dick Stout, Loretta Mellinger, and Robert Ridder. Kindergarten routes are operated by Florence Sobaski, Phyllis Stout, and Loretta Mellinger.
No school on Wednesday September 28 1977 as students and faculty attend the Farm Progress Show. Classes cancelled all day and a makeup day is set for Tuesday May 30 1978 extending the school year by one day. Other closures will be made up after Memorial Day to meet 179 days.
The district assigns nurses Mrs. Sandra Rich and Mrs. Betty Farrier to multiple campuses with on call availability for emergencies. Parents are asked to notify if a child misses school due to contagious disease and to keep records of home and work phones and the family physician for illness or injury. The act HF 163 requires immunization against several diseases for school entry, with provisional enrollment possible and religious or health exemptions limited to epidemics or emergencies. Local health and education authorities will enforce and publish implementation rules.
The document lists school supply needs by grade for Brighton Lincoln and Stewart Elementary, including glue crayons pencils tissue rulers and boxes. It also notes grade level P E requirements and staff names for each campus and instructs labeling clothing.
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