University Dally Kansan, April 6, 1983
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Math
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and science teachers has been declining in Kansas since 1975.
In 1975, Kansas certified 274 new junior and senior high school math teachers. In 1981, only 180 were certified, a 34 percent decrease in six years.
The decline of new science teachers in that period was even sharper, Lashier said. In 1975, 171 science teachers were certified, and in 1981, 102 were certified, a 40 percent decrease.
LASHER SAID THIS DECLINE in supply probably had occurred because potential math and science teachers were hared away from it to higher paying jobs in business and industry.
Better pay and more recognition for outstanding teachers would probably alleviate this
Carl Knox, superintendent of Lawrence Unified School District 497, said, "Hopefully, we will be able to develop individuals who will continue their training in the world of teaching.
"But that still doesn't mean everyone should be in those areas - math and science. We need people in social sciences, fine arts and other areas."
This shortage of qualified math and science teachers could become more prevalent, some say, if high schools adhere to a college preparatory curriculum recently approved by the Board of Regents. More teachers could be tended to teach the recommended courses.
THE PREPARATORY PROGRAM, which was designed by the Regents academic affairs and special programs committee to better prepare students for college, comprises 15 units: four in English, three in mathematics, three in science and in natural science and two in foreign languages.
To be accredited by the state, Kansas high schools must require 17 units for graduation; four in English, two in social studies, one in math, and three in science, one in physical education and eight electives.
Joe McFarland, Regents director of academic affairs, said the preparatory plan was only a minor step in the process.
Many schools have additional requirements, said Freden, of the Kansas department of education. The highest requirement of any high school in the state is probably 24 units, she said.
McFarland said most Kansas high school officials seemed to approve of the recommendations, although some had expressed concern about not having enough teachers to meet the
KNOX SAID THAT HE thought the recommendations were adequate for college-bound students, but that he had reservations about amending them to all high school students.
"It seems that an individual should be able to make his choice," Knox said. "We won't deny a
student taking a fine arts class if he thinks that is appropriate, even if it means not taking one unit of math, just because the Regents recommend taking the math.
"They ought to be able to be in the school play, or take industrial arts and business, because they are all important to a well-developed high school student. We have to be careful that we don't sacrifice those students for a well-prepared college student.
"TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS universal for all students seems to ignore the individual. What may be right for one student may not be for another."
Charles Himmelberg, chairman of the KU department of mathematics, said that he thought the Regents' recommendations were a good idea, and that all students, not only planning to attend college, should take the recommended courses.
Freden said she approved of the recommendations if they were used only as a guideline. However, she said she also thought students should study other subjects, such as music and
McFarland said that if a student took all of the 15 recommended units, he still would have one-third of his time in high school to take elective courses.
Himmelberg said current high school requirements were too low — the reason many students were not prepared for college. The university's staff said they needed students to be prepared for college, he said.
AND WHEN UNPREPARED students get to college, he said, they are forced into remedial classes to teach them what they should have learned in high school.
"So the University makes up for the deficiencies of high school programs. But they are not as good as some other institutions."
"Ideally, students should have the skills by the time they get to college." Himmelberg said. "But realistically, students aren't made to understand that they need that preparation.
Competency testing at the high school level also could be used to determine whether students are prepared for college. However, it should be used with consideration, said Robert Hohn, professor of educational psychology and research.
"I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS about competency testing," he said. "Minimal competency is OK if you say, 'These are the minimum things that all people should know.' But you shouldn't want high competency in one area. If you do that, things like history and music suffer."
Harmony said, "If we are going to have the scientists and mathematicians we need, then we've got to be certain that students get the proper preparatory training to do so, but I don't know if rigid standards and testing are necessary."
Regents
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the station, and Emporia State and Fort Hays State have been left behind," he said.
During two hours of debate, some senators attacked a new method used this year by Carlin and Regents representatives to determine how $14 million in Regents budget cuts made last year should be distributed among the Regents schools.
DURING THE STATE'S FISCAL2crisis last July, Carlin asked the Regents schools to pare 4 percent from their budgets. Those reductions were supposed to be returned, but were made permanent through a vote in the Legislature this session.
Carlin and Regents officials built the fiscal 1984 budget using both an old pro-rata system and a new peer-funding method for distributing money to the schools from the state's general
Under the pro-rata system, money was distributed according to university enrollment
Critics of the method, which was used for the first time this year, have complained that KSU, Emporia State and Pittsburg State would eat larger portions of the $14 million budget reductions than they would have if Carlin had used the old form of calculating the budget.
within the state Peer-funding attempts to finance Kansas schools on the same level as colleges in other states.
Members of the House and Senate Ways and Means committees are scheduled to meet today to hash out differences in their Regents packages.
IF THE REGENTS BUDGET was pieced together using the old method, KU would have lost an additional $450,000 from its fiscal 1984 budget.
However, the Senate and House both voted to keep the new method.
The compromise package will then be sent to Carlin for his signature.
Election
Angino, who lost bids for election to the commission in 1983 and 1971, said, "It feels very good. It feels a lot better than in 1969 and 1971."
voters wanted to return respect and credibility to the commission.
"I'm sorry if that issue offended some people," he said. "But it was an issue to many people."
Amy, a barber at the Amy Barber Shop, 842v Massachusetts St., said of his election to the commission, "It feels damn good. I've got to be one of the happiest men in Lawrence, Kansas."
The three will take the seats of Francisco, Binns and Commissioner Tom Gleason.
The commission could have yet another face within the next month if commissioner Blankenship said so.
HE SAID YESTERDAY that he planned to resign his seat on the commission in the next few weeks. He said that a commissioner took over and that he wanted to spend more time at home.
Clark, a KU professor of law specializing in commercial and banking law lectures on bank fraud.
If Clark resigns, the four remaining commissioners will choose his successor. In case of a tie, the commissioner will vote for the winner.
Longhurst said that Clark's successor should be somebody the community could support and that the fourth-place finisher in the general election would be a possibility.
However, Longhurst said he could support someone who did not run in the election as long as they were voting.
LONGHURST SAID HE WAS not sure whether he could support putting Francisco on the back of the bus.
"I think you'd have to look at four, five, and six before you look at seven," he said, referring to his daughter.
Angtiu said that if Clark resigns he would review candidates for Clark's seat based on their qualifications.
"I do feel it ought to be the people who ran through the primary," he said.
But Bims said last night that he would not accept Clark's seat on the commission.
"I FEEL THE PEOPLE said no," he said. "I were running for the first time, I would. But as I did, the people didn't."
Marcj
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"I have gotten complaints about the dogs and the garbage, but the dogs are picked up and the garbage is taken."
"I've also had some complaints about the length of the meetings."
Another problem of being mayor, she said,
was the low pay, which inhibited her from doing
anything else.
"I't hard to live on $83 a month," she said.
Francisco, a 35-year-old architect, also works for the firm.
SOME OF THE PROGRESS she said she had been involved with on the commission included establishing regular hours for the mayor, providing the media the same information as commission members and establishing better communication with the public.
"I've tried to supply a range of solutions to a problem. Such as, now we have hot water so that I can keep the children warm."
"I think one of the things I'm most pleased about," she said, "is moving the coffee out of the back room. The people in the meetings could never tell what was going on in there.
Francisco said that since she would no longer be mayor, she planned to plant a garden, draw some pencil and ink sketches and make plans to remodel a 100-year-old house.
"I think I'd like to take it easy for a while," she said. "But I still have things to do."
David Longhurst, the first place finisher in yesterday's Lawrence City Commission election, helped his son, John, do homework last night as they waited for votes to be counted at the Douglas County Courthouse.
Also-ran
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Parkway as examples of Lawrence's prosperity during his time on the commission.
"I'M VERY PROUD OF what happened for the first six years, but not so proud about the last."
City commission meetings in the past few years have been too long and repetitive, Binns said, something that the new commission needs to avoid.
In addition, Binns said, the new commission will inherit a lot of problems the present commission did not settle, such as land use and downtown redevelopment.
The possibility of having four new members on the commission could change the course of departmental affairs.
"No one really knows what's happening. Downtown redevelopment is a long way down the road."
commission will complete the task. I think it will take two or three more commissions.
Binns, who is retiring from his job in the Lawrence High School extension program in May, said he thought the new commission would do a good job for the city.
*THINK WE'LL START with a new group of commissioners who will get the city moving
Allen said that he thought the other commission candidates had a lot of big ideas for Lawrence, but that they had no clear idea about how to finance them.
He said he thought it strange that some candidates were worried about Lawrence business losing customers to stores in other states and being left-out-of-town firm to plan downtown development.
"I wonder how much money we'll lose to the outside developer," he said.
'I'm pleased with the job I've done. I think we've made some progress. I have gotten complaints about the dogs and the garbage, but the dogs are picked up and the garbage is cleaned up.'
— Marci Francisco
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