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STMATS ;, LlO. S7S. YRICST4L SO--" C'I" ETiYr COLUMBIA. o. ; S81l ' SEBV 78th Year No. 33 Good Morning! It's Friday, October 21, 1983 2 Sections 16 Pages 25 Cents House votes to end CIA aid to Nicaraguan rebels WASHINGTON ( UPI) The House, warned that the United States is " heading straight for war" in Central America, Thurs-day rejected Reagan administration appeals and voted to stop CIA aid to rebels battling Nicaragua's Marxist- le- d regime. By a vote of 227- 19- 4, the House approved a Democratic amendment ordering a cutoff of funds for the anti- Sandinis- ta forces. The roll call went generally along party lines, with only 18 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority. The amendment to the intelligence author-ization bill is identical to a bill that was ap-proved by the House, 223- 19- 5, in July but ig-nored by the Republican- controlle- d Senate The latest vote ensures that the issue will be dealt with by a House- Senat- e conference committee White House spokesman Larry Speakes said: " The vote today was not unexpected We knew it would be a difficult vote. We think we will do well in the Senate We think our position will be upheld in the Senate and we hope our differences will be worked out in conference." House passage of the amendment followed warnings by Democrats that the CIA- sponsor- ed covert activity threatens to expand the conflict in Central America " The situation has never been worse," said Rep Michael Barnes, D- M- d., " We are heading straight for war." The GOP- dominat- ed Senate Intelligence Committee has backed Reagan's efforts to keep pressure on the Marxist Sandinistas to stop the flow of arms to leftist rebels in neighboring El Salvador. Critics of the actions which have includ-ed guerrilla raids against coastal oil depots and some aerial attacks say the adminis-tration actually seeks the overthrow of the Cuban- - and Soviet- backe- d Sanduusta gov-ernment Committee Chairman Edward Bo- lan- d, D- Mas- s., said the Nicaraguan conflict has intensified since the House voted in July to halt the covert aid " It is now an air and sea war," he said Although Reagan has submitted a new re-port to justify continued aid, Boland said, " The bottom line is a continuation of the war " Rep Henry Hyde, R-- Hl , said continued re-bel pressure on the Sandinistas is necessary " to drive them to the negotiating table " He said helping the Nicaraguan rebels is " just as just" as U S covert aid to guerrilla forces fighting Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan Boland's amendment, in addition to cut-- ting off funding for the rebels, would provide $ 50 million to friendly governments in the re-gion to use in halting the flow of arms to oth-er guerrilla forces It also calls on the president to seek action by the Organization of American States to stop Nicaragua's support of insurgents in neighboring countries In a later vote the House rejected, 223- 19- 4, a Republican move to allow the covert aid to continue until Nicaragua agrees to stop sup-porting leftist rebels in neighboring coun-tries The overall bill was then passed and sent to the Senate on a 243- 17- 1 vote House Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas, in an interview on NBC television be-fore the debate began, said Reagan is follow-ing a double standard " If we believe that it's wrong for Cuba and Nicaragua to try to export revolution and try to overthrow governments in neighboring countries, then . . I don't think we ought to be supporting and raising and recruiting and paying for armies to overthrow a govern-ment that we don't like," he said Secretary of State George Shultz warned Wednesday a cutoff of aid to the rebels would " virtually destroy" any chance the Sanduus-ta government would agree to end its back-ing of leftist guerrillas Reagan defended his policy during his Wednesday news conference without actual-ly acknowledging the covert aid " I do be-lieve in the right of a country, when its inter-ests are best served, to practice ccrvert activities," Reagan said Congress voted in December 1982 to bar any aid to groups trying to overthrow the Sanduusta government, but aid to the rebels has continued. Lester L. Merrell Bill Wesfhoff Jr. Robert F. Rennick Fire chief selection panel seems to settle on a favorite candidate By Valerie Mass Misaourian ta writer One of the three finalists for the job of Columbia fire chief emerged from Thursday's public interviews as the overwhelming favorite, according to City Manager Dick Gray. But Gray isn't saying who the choice is. The six- mem- ber advisory commit-tee interviewed the three finalists, grading them on six questions. Five of the six panelists chose one candidate as their first choice, while the sixth committee member ranked that man second, Gray said. -- No decision would be made for a week, he said, because a background check is needed. The panel, however, seemed most impressed with Bill Westhoff Jr., di-rector of the University's Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute and a long- tim- e officer of the Boone County Fire Protection District. He spoke last but longest to the panel, and stressed management, internal communications and public rela-tions. Gray has emphasized that the next fire chief would be a fire department " director," one skilled in manage-ment After Westhoff s hour- lon- g presentation, Gray shook Westhoff s hand. The other finalists are Lester L. Merrell, assistant fire chief of the In-dependence Fire Department, and Robert F. Rennick, fire chief of the Jefferson City Fire Department Merrell's interview lasted for 20 minutes and Renmck's for 30 min-utes Merrell, who has been with the In-dependence Fire Department for 20 years, was the first to be inter-viewed He said that he applied for I. ! ' nmi H I.., i- - 1 Mm 1 11. ii. i. 1 . , pw. bm 1 1 mm 1mmmmmmm I Thome E. McCanrar Cable TV viewers and the advisory panel get a look at candidate Bill Westhoff Jr. the job because it was " extremely attractive." " I think I am experienced enough to deal with Columbia's close to $ 4 million budget," he said. He told the panel that his manage-ment philosophy is " to get the job done with what you have to do it with " He said the major areas he would emphasize would be fire pre-vention and training " A well- traine- d department can cope with any situation," he said Rennick, who worked for the Boone County Fire Protection Dis-trict and the Columbia Fire Depart-ment before joining the Jefferson City Firs Department, said his back-ground has prepared turn to take on community challenges " I feel that Columbia offers a big challenge," he said, noting Colum-bia's 108- mem- ber force and its $ 3 6 million annual budget more than double that of Jefferson City " I've had a first- han- d grasp at de-- veloping a budget and maintaining it," he said. He described his man-agement philosophy as " seeing to the needs of the personnel and personnelmanagementisthekey " When asked, Rennick didn't speci-fy any particular area that a pro-gressive fire department needs But he said, " We must be able to handle all emergencies. That requires train-ing, education, key personnel, and a See PANEL, Page 8A Bond can't find sponsor for tax proposal By Mary Kaull State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY At the close of the first week of the General Assembly's special session, Gov. Christopher S. Bond still has not found a leg-islative sponsor for his tax proposal package, House and Senate leaders said Thursday. Bond's controversial package faces universal opposition from both chambers, despite a lunch-eon meeting he held Thursday with legislative leaders to discuss the problem. House Majority Leader Tom Villa, D- S- t. Louis, said when he asked Bond if he'd found a sponsor for the tax bills, Bond didn't answer him. The gov-ernor's press secretary, Nancy Vessell, confirmed that the search is still on. Sen. Roger Wilson, D- Colum-bia, said Bond may face real difficulty selling the the package, which includes a 2 percent corporate tax increase, a dou-bling of the franchise tax and a one- fourth- c- ent sales taxincrease. " I don't know that hell ever get one," Wilson said of Bond's effort to find a sponsor. But Bond remains committed to supporting the measures. At a press conference Thursday morn ing, he said the proposals were modest and work-able. " The business community can and should bear a portion of the burden," he said. " I feel it is a bal-anced plan, and I hope it will have support." Although some legislators feel other tax mea-sures such as a flat- ra- te income tax increase would be more fair, Bond remains opposed. " I do not propose to take a further bite out of pay-checks," he said. Bond's tax measures, together, would generate $ 150 million in revenue for the state In his open-ing address to a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday, Bond warned that unless additional revenue is generated, the state will face deep mid-year budget cuts next year and the possible clos-ing of some state institutions. In addition to defending his tax proposals at the press conference, Bond attempted to mollify the General Assembly's angry black legislators by is-suing an invitation to meet with them " at the ear-liest convenient time." Bond said members of the Black Caucus misun-derstood the strong language he used in his open-ing address to the Legislature. His comments, critical of the costly court- ordere- d St. Louis de-segregation plan, triggered a walkout of 10 of Mis souri's 12 black legislators In his address, Bond said the plan was a " man- ma- de disaster" that threatened to bankrupt Mis-souri and raid the state treasury While many black as well as white legis-lators were offended by what they perceived as an anti- desegregati- on stance, Bond said he was mis-interpreted. " I was surprised and disappointed at the black legislators reaction," Bond said The intent of the comments, he said, was to emphasize the exces-sive costs of the plan and the urgency for mea-sures to replace lost state revenue Regardless, some black legislators are still an-gry with Bond and wary of any invitation " The general consensus of the caucus is that we must have an apology," said Rep Quincy Troupe, D- S- t. Louis He said members will find it difficult to talk with Bond until the apology is offered But Sen. John Bass, D-- St Louis, said although Bond's comments were tactless and undiplomatic, the caucus would be politically unwise to respond similarly. " As politicians, we can't become so volatile and emotional so as to be bund to our role," he said " The communications system needs to be open, even to negative expression " Times Beach may be site of dioxin storage bunker ST. LOUIS. ( UPI) A state task force will hear a recommen-dation that Tunes Beach be the site of a $ 200 million concrete storage bunker for dioxin- con- tanunat- ed soil, a newspaper said Thursday The recommendation to the state Task Force on Dioxin is con-tained in the final draft of a re-port panel members will consider Monday, the St Louis Post- Dispatc- h said in a copyright story " I haven't heard any qualms about it, except that Tunes Beach is in a flood plain," said Sharon Rogers, a member of the task force. " But our hope was to con-solidate the contaminated sod at the site where the greatest amount of material already was " Tunes Beach, with its 23 miles of contaminated streets, seemed the likely place" The 10- memb- er panel is sched-uled to present its recommenda-tion to Gov. Christopher Bond on Oct 31. Bond established the commission in February to study ways to clean dioxin sites in the state Missouri has 33 confirmed diox-in sites, including Times Beach, which is being bought out with $ 33 million from the federal Super- fun- d The task force report said building the bunker and moving the approximately 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil there could take up to five years and cost $ 200 million, Mrs. Rogers said Hickman may divide academic day into 7 periods By W. Kevin Armstrong Misaourian stall writer Tradition is a tough thing to let go, but as Hickman High School's prin-cipal Kenneth Clark is finding out, sometimes it's necessary. Hickman is the only secondary school in Columbia that still oper-ates on a six- penod- a- d- ay schedule. Rock Bridge High School and Jeffer-son, West and Oakland junior high schools divide their academic day into seven parts. Teachers and administrators at Hickman say rumors are circulating around Kewpie halls that Columbia's oldest and largest high school will join the others by adding an addi-tional class period next year. Clark won't say for sure whether that talk is well- grounde- d, but he confirms that he's " gang to be tak-ing a serious look at changing next year." Eliot Battle, director of guidance at Hickman, says he's " pretty sure" the new schedule will be imple-mented during the 1984- 8- 5 school year. Hickman has been considering the sevenienod plan for five years, Clark says, but the school now is tak-ing a more serious look at the idea, frimarily because of increased col- e- ge entrance requirements. " Until the ( college) admission re-quirements were increased, we didn't have very many students who wanted to take more than five classes ( each day)," Clark says. Implementing the plan, however, will involve more than a break with tradition. There are advantages and disadvantages, he says The extra period would increase enrollment in most non- bas- ic courses such as band, orchestra or yearbook. Teachers in these subject areas complain that there aren't enough periods in the school day for students to take their courses. " I've counseled kids out of my classes," says journalism teacher Minerva Howard College- boun- d stu-dents have a hard tune just meeting admission requirements, let alone taking courses like newspaper or yearbook staffs, she argues. John Patterson, chairman of the fine arts department, also supports the seven- perio- d plan. " It might be a help m allowing more students to take performing classes," he says. " Sometimes in a six- perio- d day they can't geteverythingin " Clark says there are only 30 to 40 students interested in music who might be forced out of fine arts classes because of the schedule. " Do you change the whole school just for these students7" he asks Classes at Hickman last 55 min-utes. Classes at other area second-ary schools have been shortened to 50 minutes to add the seventh period and not lengthen the school day " There is a real concern among the academic departments about adding a seventh period, unless the school day is lengthened by 35 min-utes," Clark says. " It could affect achievement on these levels." It definitely would affect science learning, says Richard Henderson, science department chairman. " Sci-ence teachers would not be in favor of changing," he says. The short-ened period would hurt lab periods. " We're having to push as it is now." The mathematics department also opposes the shortened periods " I think there is documentation that indicates very clearly that achievement in mathematics is pro-portionately related to the time given to it in class," says Harry Old- weil- er, department chairman " If we're concerned about achievement, we won't shorten the penods " Neither Henderson nor Oldweiler would oppose the seventh period if the day were lengthened rattier than classes shortened. " I see no problems with that," Henderson says. " We've always been in favor of having a one- - or two- ho- ur block for labs." Longer lab pe-riods are out of the question on the six- peri- od schedule. Oldweiler says he feels the same pressures with computer labs " There's not enough time in the day for that kid. He is pressured " Administrators at other secondary schools say the switch from six to seven penods wasn't much of a problem for them. Jefferson Junior High added a sev-enth period during the 1978- 7- 9 school year, and according to Principal Roy Willard, there have been no problems " We have hung in there real well about this," Willard says The only problem occurred with science lab cumculums designed specifically for the 55- min- ute period. " But teach-ers have tiled to accommodate," he says. " If teachers will get the clerical type of stuff done at the beginning ( of class), they'll find they have plenty of tune to get through. Many people are accustomed to thinking of time in terms of boxes," Willard says. " Most of us don't concentrate in 50- minu- te segments " Clark says adding the extra period by shortening other classes is an ad-ministrative decision that will be discussed at the school this year. Lengthening the school day to com-pensate for the seventh period, how-ever, would require approval by the school board.
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Item.Transcript | STMATS ;, LlO. S7S. YRICST4L SO--" C'I" ETiYr COLUMBIA. o. ; S81l ' SEBV 78th Year No. 33 Good Morning! It's Friday, October 21, 1983 2 Sections 16 Pages 25 Cents House votes to end CIA aid to Nicaraguan rebels WASHINGTON ( UPI) The House, warned that the United States is " heading straight for war" in Central America, Thurs-day rejected Reagan administration appeals and voted to stop CIA aid to rebels battling Nicaragua's Marxist- le- d regime. By a vote of 227- 19- 4, the House approved a Democratic amendment ordering a cutoff of funds for the anti- Sandinis- ta forces. The roll call went generally along party lines, with only 18 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority. The amendment to the intelligence author-ization bill is identical to a bill that was ap-proved by the House, 223- 19- 5, in July but ig-nored by the Republican- controlle- d Senate The latest vote ensures that the issue will be dealt with by a House- Senat- e conference committee White House spokesman Larry Speakes said: " The vote today was not unexpected We knew it would be a difficult vote. We think we will do well in the Senate We think our position will be upheld in the Senate and we hope our differences will be worked out in conference." House passage of the amendment followed warnings by Democrats that the CIA- sponsor- ed covert activity threatens to expand the conflict in Central America " The situation has never been worse," said Rep Michael Barnes, D- M- d., " We are heading straight for war." The GOP- dominat- ed Senate Intelligence Committee has backed Reagan's efforts to keep pressure on the Marxist Sandinistas to stop the flow of arms to leftist rebels in neighboring El Salvador. Critics of the actions which have includ-ed guerrilla raids against coastal oil depots and some aerial attacks say the adminis-tration actually seeks the overthrow of the Cuban- - and Soviet- backe- d Sanduusta gov-ernment Committee Chairman Edward Bo- lan- d, D- Mas- s., said the Nicaraguan conflict has intensified since the House voted in July to halt the covert aid " It is now an air and sea war," he said Although Reagan has submitted a new re-port to justify continued aid, Boland said, " The bottom line is a continuation of the war " Rep Henry Hyde, R-- Hl , said continued re-bel pressure on the Sandinistas is necessary " to drive them to the negotiating table " He said helping the Nicaraguan rebels is " just as just" as U S covert aid to guerrilla forces fighting Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan Boland's amendment, in addition to cut-- ting off funding for the rebels, would provide $ 50 million to friendly governments in the re-gion to use in halting the flow of arms to oth-er guerrilla forces It also calls on the president to seek action by the Organization of American States to stop Nicaragua's support of insurgents in neighboring countries In a later vote the House rejected, 223- 19- 4, a Republican move to allow the covert aid to continue until Nicaragua agrees to stop sup-porting leftist rebels in neighboring coun-tries The overall bill was then passed and sent to the Senate on a 243- 17- 1 vote House Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas, in an interview on NBC television be-fore the debate began, said Reagan is follow-ing a double standard " If we believe that it's wrong for Cuba and Nicaragua to try to export revolution and try to overthrow governments in neighboring countries, then . . I don't think we ought to be supporting and raising and recruiting and paying for armies to overthrow a govern-ment that we don't like," he said Secretary of State George Shultz warned Wednesday a cutoff of aid to the rebels would " virtually destroy" any chance the Sanduus-ta government would agree to end its back-ing of leftist guerrillas Reagan defended his policy during his Wednesday news conference without actual-ly acknowledging the covert aid " I do be-lieve in the right of a country, when its inter-ests are best served, to practice ccrvert activities," Reagan said Congress voted in December 1982 to bar any aid to groups trying to overthrow the Sanduusta government, but aid to the rebels has continued. Lester L. Merrell Bill Wesfhoff Jr. Robert F. Rennick Fire chief selection panel seems to settle on a favorite candidate By Valerie Mass Misaourian ta writer One of the three finalists for the job of Columbia fire chief emerged from Thursday's public interviews as the overwhelming favorite, according to City Manager Dick Gray. But Gray isn't saying who the choice is. The six- mem- ber advisory commit-tee interviewed the three finalists, grading them on six questions. Five of the six panelists chose one candidate as their first choice, while the sixth committee member ranked that man second, Gray said. -- No decision would be made for a week, he said, because a background check is needed. The panel, however, seemed most impressed with Bill Westhoff Jr., di-rector of the University's Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute and a long- tim- e officer of the Boone County Fire Protection District. He spoke last but longest to the panel, and stressed management, internal communications and public rela-tions. Gray has emphasized that the next fire chief would be a fire department " director," one skilled in manage-ment After Westhoff s hour- lon- g presentation, Gray shook Westhoff s hand. The other finalists are Lester L. Merrell, assistant fire chief of the In-dependence Fire Department, and Robert F. Rennick, fire chief of the Jefferson City Fire Department Merrell's interview lasted for 20 minutes and Renmck's for 30 min-utes Merrell, who has been with the In-dependence Fire Department for 20 years, was the first to be inter-viewed He said that he applied for I. ! ' nmi H I.., i- - 1 Mm 1 11. ii. i. 1 . , pw. bm 1 1 mm 1mmmmmmm I Thome E. McCanrar Cable TV viewers and the advisory panel get a look at candidate Bill Westhoff Jr. the job because it was " extremely attractive." " I think I am experienced enough to deal with Columbia's close to $ 4 million budget," he said. He told the panel that his manage-ment philosophy is " to get the job done with what you have to do it with " He said the major areas he would emphasize would be fire pre-vention and training " A well- traine- d department can cope with any situation," he said Rennick, who worked for the Boone County Fire Protection Dis-trict and the Columbia Fire Depart-ment before joining the Jefferson City Firs Department, said his back-ground has prepared turn to take on community challenges " I feel that Columbia offers a big challenge," he said, noting Colum-bia's 108- mem- ber force and its $ 3 6 million annual budget more than double that of Jefferson City " I've had a first- han- d grasp at de-- veloping a budget and maintaining it," he said. He described his man-agement philosophy as " seeing to the needs of the personnel and personnelmanagementisthekey " When asked, Rennick didn't speci-fy any particular area that a pro-gressive fire department needs But he said, " We must be able to handle all emergencies. That requires train-ing, education, key personnel, and a See PANEL, Page 8A Bond can't find sponsor for tax proposal By Mary Kaull State capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY At the close of the first week of the General Assembly's special session, Gov. Christopher S. Bond still has not found a leg-islative sponsor for his tax proposal package, House and Senate leaders said Thursday. Bond's controversial package faces universal opposition from both chambers, despite a lunch-eon meeting he held Thursday with legislative leaders to discuss the problem. House Majority Leader Tom Villa, D- S- t. Louis, said when he asked Bond if he'd found a sponsor for the tax bills, Bond didn't answer him. The gov-ernor's press secretary, Nancy Vessell, confirmed that the search is still on. Sen. Roger Wilson, D- Colum-bia, said Bond may face real difficulty selling the the package, which includes a 2 percent corporate tax increase, a dou-bling of the franchise tax and a one- fourth- c- ent sales taxincrease. " I don't know that hell ever get one," Wilson said of Bond's effort to find a sponsor. But Bond remains committed to supporting the measures. At a press conference Thursday morn ing, he said the proposals were modest and work-able. " The business community can and should bear a portion of the burden," he said. " I feel it is a bal-anced plan, and I hope it will have support." Although some legislators feel other tax mea-sures such as a flat- ra- te income tax increase would be more fair, Bond remains opposed. " I do not propose to take a further bite out of pay-checks," he said. Bond's tax measures, together, would generate $ 150 million in revenue for the state In his open-ing address to a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday, Bond warned that unless additional revenue is generated, the state will face deep mid-year budget cuts next year and the possible clos-ing of some state institutions. In addition to defending his tax proposals at the press conference, Bond attempted to mollify the General Assembly's angry black legislators by is-suing an invitation to meet with them " at the ear-liest convenient time." Bond said members of the Black Caucus misun-derstood the strong language he used in his open-ing address to the Legislature. His comments, critical of the costly court- ordere- d St. Louis de-segregation plan, triggered a walkout of 10 of Mis souri's 12 black legislators In his address, Bond said the plan was a " man- ma- de disaster" that threatened to bankrupt Mis-souri and raid the state treasury While many black as well as white legis-lators were offended by what they perceived as an anti- desegregati- on stance, Bond said he was mis-interpreted. " I was surprised and disappointed at the black legislators reaction," Bond said The intent of the comments, he said, was to emphasize the exces-sive costs of the plan and the urgency for mea-sures to replace lost state revenue Regardless, some black legislators are still an-gry with Bond and wary of any invitation " The general consensus of the caucus is that we must have an apology," said Rep Quincy Troupe, D- S- t. Louis He said members will find it difficult to talk with Bond until the apology is offered But Sen. John Bass, D-- St Louis, said although Bond's comments were tactless and undiplomatic, the caucus would be politically unwise to respond similarly. " As politicians, we can't become so volatile and emotional so as to be bund to our role," he said " The communications system needs to be open, even to negative expression " Times Beach may be site of dioxin storage bunker ST. LOUIS. ( UPI) A state task force will hear a recommen-dation that Tunes Beach be the site of a $ 200 million concrete storage bunker for dioxin- con- tanunat- ed soil, a newspaper said Thursday The recommendation to the state Task Force on Dioxin is con-tained in the final draft of a re-port panel members will consider Monday, the St Louis Post- Dispatc- h said in a copyright story " I haven't heard any qualms about it, except that Tunes Beach is in a flood plain," said Sharon Rogers, a member of the task force. " But our hope was to con-solidate the contaminated sod at the site where the greatest amount of material already was " Tunes Beach, with its 23 miles of contaminated streets, seemed the likely place" The 10- memb- er panel is sched-uled to present its recommenda-tion to Gov. Christopher Bond on Oct 31. Bond established the commission in February to study ways to clean dioxin sites in the state Missouri has 33 confirmed diox-in sites, including Times Beach, which is being bought out with $ 33 million from the federal Super- fun- d The task force report said building the bunker and moving the approximately 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil there could take up to five years and cost $ 200 million, Mrs. Rogers said Hickman may divide academic day into 7 periods By W. Kevin Armstrong Misaourian stall writer Tradition is a tough thing to let go, but as Hickman High School's prin-cipal Kenneth Clark is finding out, sometimes it's necessary. Hickman is the only secondary school in Columbia that still oper-ates on a six- penod- a- d- ay schedule. Rock Bridge High School and Jeffer-son, West and Oakland junior high schools divide their academic day into seven parts. Teachers and administrators at Hickman say rumors are circulating around Kewpie halls that Columbia's oldest and largest high school will join the others by adding an addi-tional class period next year. Clark won't say for sure whether that talk is well- grounde- d, but he confirms that he's " gang to be tak-ing a serious look at changing next year." Eliot Battle, director of guidance at Hickman, says he's " pretty sure" the new schedule will be imple-mented during the 1984- 8- 5 school year. Hickman has been considering the sevenienod plan for five years, Clark says, but the school now is tak-ing a more serious look at the idea, frimarily because of increased col- e- ge entrance requirements. " Until the ( college) admission re-quirements were increased, we didn't have very many students who wanted to take more than five classes ( each day)," Clark says. Implementing the plan, however, will involve more than a break with tradition. There are advantages and disadvantages, he says The extra period would increase enrollment in most non- bas- ic courses such as band, orchestra or yearbook. Teachers in these subject areas complain that there aren't enough periods in the school day for students to take their courses. " I've counseled kids out of my classes," says journalism teacher Minerva Howard College- boun- d stu-dents have a hard tune just meeting admission requirements, let alone taking courses like newspaper or yearbook staffs, she argues. John Patterson, chairman of the fine arts department, also supports the seven- perio- d plan. " It might be a help m allowing more students to take performing classes," he says. " Sometimes in a six- perio- d day they can't geteverythingin " Clark says there are only 30 to 40 students interested in music who might be forced out of fine arts classes because of the schedule. " Do you change the whole school just for these students7" he asks Classes at Hickman last 55 min-utes. Classes at other area second-ary schools have been shortened to 50 minutes to add the seventh period and not lengthen the school day " There is a real concern among the academic departments about adding a seventh period, unless the school day is lengthened by 35 min-utes," Clark says. " It could affect achievement on these levels." It definitely would affect science learning, says Richard Henderson, science department chairman. " Sci-ence teachers would not be in favor of changing," he says. The short-ened period would hurt lab periods. " We're having to push as it is now." The mathematics department also opposes the shortened periods " I think there is documentation that indicates very clearly that achievement in mathematics is pro-portionately related to the time given to it in class," says Harry Old- weil- er, department chairman " If we're concerned about achievement, we won't shorten the penods " Neither Henderson nor Oldweiler would oppose the seventh period if the day were lengthened rattier than classes shortened. " I see no problems with that," Henderson says. " We've always been in favor of having a one- - or two- ho- ur block for labs." Longer lab pe-riods are out of the question on the six- peri- od schedule. Oldweiler says he feels the same pressures with computer labs " There's not enough time in the day for that kid. He is pressured " Administrators at other secondary schools say the switch from six to seven penods wasn't much of a problem for them. Jefferson Junior High added a sev-enth period during the 1978- 7- 9 school year, and according to Principal Roy Willard, there have been no problems " We have hung in there real well about this," Willard says The only problem occurred with science lab cumculums designed specifically for the 55- min- ute period. " But teach-ers have tiled to accommodate," he says. " If teachers will get the clerical type of stuff done at the beginning ( of class), they'll find they have plenty of tune to get through. Many people are accustomed to thinking of time in terms of boxes," Willard says. " Most of us don't concentrate in 50- minu- te segments " Clark says adding the extra period by shortening other classes is an ad-ministrative decision that will be discussed at the school this year. Lengthening the school day to com-pensate for the seventh period, how-ever, would require approval by the school board. |