University Daily Kansan, February 28, 1983
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Small schools may find guidelines hard
By JOEL THORNTON Staff Reporter
A new recommendation for college preparatory courses will mean nothing new for larger high schools but could pose problems for smaller schools, state school superintendents said last week.
Superintendents from Lawrence, Kansas City, Kan., and Shawnee Mission school districts said the recommendations, which were approved Feb. 18 by the Board of Rogers, varied only slightly from the college preparatory curriculums they already required.
However, superintendents from smaller districts said they did not have enough teachers to fulfill some of the requirements.
The new recommendation states that a college-bound student should complete four units, or years, of English, three units each of mathematics, social studies and natural sciences and two units of foreign language in high school.
"I DON'T HAVE any trouble with it," said Brad Tate. Lawrence High School
principal. "For the most part, it will give good direction to the kids."
The recommendation will not change the Regents schools open-admissions policy for state high school graduates. Schools do not have to require the courses, but they are strongly recommended by the Regents, said Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Board of Regents.
They are designed to better prepare state high school students for college, Konlik said.
Peter Karlin, superintendent of the Nes-tel School district in Utica, said his district did not have enough teachers to teach foreign languages.
KARLIN SAID HE thought a lot of smaller high schools were in the same boat as his district and could have trouble providing the foreign language or some of the science recommendations.
Ness Trelago is the smallest school district in the state. It has 92 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. About five of the nine students in the school's graduating class will go on to college this year, Karlin said.
difficulty is in providing teachers," he said.
"It's easy to mandate something. The
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Tony Stansberry, superintendent of the Basher-Linwood school district, which has an enrollment of 385 students, agreed that some of the requirements could cause problems in smaller schools.
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HE SAID HIS district might have to find additional mathematics teachers if a larger than normal amount of students wanted to attend college in a particular year.
The foreign language recommendation could also cause problems, he said, because it is not required by the district and has not been popular among students.
Haj Chopra, superintendent of the Shawnee Mission School District in Johnson County, said he thought the new recommendations were a good idea, although they varied little from present plan for college bound students.
Shawne Mission has two recommended curriculums for students who plan to go to college, he said. One is a course in English course, requires four units of English,
mathematics, science, foreign language and social studies.
DON WILSON, ASSISTANT superintendent for instruction at Shawnee Mission, said most college-bound students took the intensive preparation, which was stricter than the Regents recommendations.
O. L. Plucker, superintendent of the Kansas City (Kan.) School District, said, "I would assume almost any student in our district is able to provide that basic a program."
Tate said the Regents plan recommended more mathematics than did Lawrence High School. Lawrence requires only one year of mathematics, he said, but is considering requiring more.
TATE SAID, HOWEVER, that students at his school could take classes during their senior year from the University of Texas to take courses in both political science for college credit.
Tate said he thought the new curriculum recommendation would be a warning to students that the Regents wanted high school students to be prepared for college.
Commission to consider parking and rezoning
The Lawrence City Commission will consider parking restrictions and rezoning, review the timetable for downtown redevelopment and hear comments about historic preservation at 7 p.m. tomorrow in City Hall.
The commission will consider on first reading an ordinance that would remove parking on the south side of
Yale Road from Schwarz Road to Crestline Drive.
The commission will also consider removing parking from the north side of 11th Street from Louisiana and Ohio streets and placing it on the south side. Mayor Marci Francisco recommended extending the south side parking to Tennessee Street.
Preservation Task Force concerning a grant proposal from the State Historical Preservation Department.
THE GRANT WOULD be used for a survey of historical sites in Lawrence and for setting up a system of priorities for their use...
would come from the U.S. Department of Interior through the State Historical Preservation Department, and 30 percent would come from the city.
The city staff will prepare the application for the grant that, if approved, would be received after July 1.
Dale Nimz, a member of the task force, said yesterday that the grant for the survey and planning would total about $20,000. Seventen percent of that
In other business, the commission will review the timetable for downtown redevelopment.
KU student to run as write-in candidate for City Commission
A KU student announced yesterday his plan to seek a seat on the Lawrence City Commission as a write-in candidate.
David Allen, 27, Lawrence junior and education major, said he had examined the program.
"I've discovered that no one is really addressing the issues," he said.
Allen, 1311 Tennessee St., said that the commission should establish a dress code for itself and that downtown
redevelopment should be expanded to include an area from Seventh to 11th streets and from Massachusetts to Rhode Island streets.
In addition, he said, the city should construct a helicopter landing pad near the new K.S. "Boots" Adams Alumni Center to make it easier for alumni to attend KU sporting events and to increase endowments to the athletic
ALLEN SAID HE had been employed
a carnival barker, cement finisher,
truck driver and furniture mover. His
hobbies include reading, music and
taking care of his houseplants.
Allen said that he would have difficulty in winning election to the commission as a write-in candidate but that he was a serious candidate.
Mayor Marci Francisco announced last week she was running for reelection to the commission as a write-in candidate.
Voters cannot write in candidate's names in tomorrow's primary election but will be allowed to do so in the April 5 general election.
THE 13 CANDIDATES who filed for the primary will be narrowed to six for the general election. The three commission seats open in the general election are now held by Francisco, Don Binns and Tom Gleason. Binns is seeking re-election.
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