Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 19

EDITORIALS AND FEATURES SUNDAY AUGUST 23 1970 SECTION EDITORIALS 2-3 Chaotic Class Bells To Jangle Thursday Additional School News Page 1A and Pages 8-10B By TOM BOND With some classrooms still in rubble some teachers without homes and under the specter of a possible federal court order that could rearrange the entire system Corpus Christi public schools will begin classes Thursday In the understatement of an administration official has not been a normal year by any The chaos began in May with the trial of the Jose Cisneros desegregation case and reached its zenith Aug 3 when Hurricane munization against smallpox If the student is coming to the district for the first time he also must have a similar statement of current Immunization against diphtheria poliomyelitis measles (rubeola) and tetanus All kindergarten and students in grades 1-6 must also be immunized i A student who has attended public schools taS -erf PPlytaS tor ewDmcrt But in spite of it all the schools that have a Ul0k card dm- before 8 is clear and a ing that his textbook record record of former school work doors will open them shortly Thursday and some 45900 school age children will file through to grasp pencils and information for 1970-71 Even knowing where the students will be or ready for operation when classes start Architects estimated storm damages to city schools at $2688000 STORM WRECKAGE Three portable classrooms at Allen Elementary School at 2002 Elizabeth were demolished and other? damaged but the main school building is still usable and will be IN GETTING the buildings ready for Thursday Bradley said 'The biggest story is what has been done by the architects conlrac- how many will show up is not easy The hard- maintenance men and school staffs to get 1U aJ ttA Mtifpsl aMmc urge il mah Tluitr'i-a rlnna a fgntastif hit of the central offices was done a fantastic schools open the job est area the building that houses personnel offices and the division of instruction REVISED SCHOOL CALENDAR Calallen Schools Restored Damages Were Heavy At Gregory DR LEO BRADLEY assistant for administration described the to school records this way: (Aug 3) was just a normal busy workday for us As the hurricane approached we closed down but He said some principals stayed in their schools during the hurricane to operate shelters while their families were at home they rpent the following week working in the schools without lights or he said Where classrooms were severely damaged or destroyed Bradley said portable buildings will be utilized a few he said have classes in libraries or cafeterias until we can get the buildings in He said no halfday shifts are contemplated Air conditioners were a priority item Bradley said because of possible further damage if the units were not repaired He said all should be working except where window units were blown away by the storm much of the paper work was left out on desks Of course all those papers were soaked when the windows Mew out as soon as possible after the storm the staff returned in work clothes and picked up the records and hung them out like wash to dry When possible Xerox copies were made of the damped Bradley said If the records were blotched beyond repair parents and students were contacted for new information He said all information in filing cabinets was dry the roblem was similar at the FALL SEMESTER Teacher Workdays Aug 24-Aug 26 1st Six Weeks Aug 27-Oct 9 Aug 27 first day of school Labor Day Holiday Sept 7 2nd Six Weeks Oct 12-Nov 20 Holiday for TSTA Meeting Oct 30 3rd Six Weeks Nov 23-Jan 21 Thanksgiving Holidays Nov 26-27 Winter Holidays Dec 21-Jan 1 Teacher Workday or Inservice Jan 22 SPRING SEMESTER 4th Six Weeks Jan 26-March 5 Teacher Workday or Inservice Jan 25 5th Six Weeks March 8-April 23 Spring Holidays April 5-9 District wide Staff Development Seminars April 5-7 6th Six Weeks April 26-June 3 Teacher Workday June 4 Additional day for staff development (to be added later) ANOTHER PRIORITY item of course was textbooks Bradley said that those damaged beyond use will be replaced by the state He said state education officials us before he i Another problem worrying the administra-: relocation of famines is the relocation of families whose homes the storm had cleared and offered assistance" The district carries a 10 per cent surplus he said that will cover some of the loss Those that are useless have been identified and are on order he said the most part we had very little textbook he said were very Explaininthe long school year Bradley By BOB CROOK Calallen schools will begin classes on Aug 31 as scheduled thanks to an alert school administration Only two days after Hurricane Celia hit Calallen on the city's far western edge an architect had been consulted and a contractor hired As a result the damage suffered by the school system especially to roofs will be paired by the time classes begin Magee Elementary School which houses the school system's central kitchen lost the roofs of three of its four buildings The kitchen and cafeteria the school offices and the south wing of classrooms lost their roofs and water damage in those areas was extensive One wing of classrooms was left with only a few broken windows Annaville Elementary had many of its windows broken and there was some damage to the roof of the cafeteria By GRADY PHELPS CallerTimes Staff Writer GREGORY The Gregorys Portland School District lost 52 of 148 classrooms to Hurricane Celia along with total damages that win run $17 million according to SupL Andrews The heavy destruction at the three elementary schools will necessitate half-day classes in the lower grades for an indefinite period About 100 elementary students from Gregory will have to be bused to class in Portland Andrews said the junior high school and the high school plants sustained lesser damage and will open Aug 31 on fuB-day schedules At Austin Elementary in Gregory a total of 26 classrooms were destroyed but It is hoped hat nine classrooms will be available for use when school Cliff Elementary in Port-and lost 10 of 26 classrooms and 3ark Elementary also in Portland had 16 rooms either destroyed or not operable out of 30 classrooms there tion were destroyed by the hurricane know where some of our students Bradley said We know the exact attendance until With fingers crossed however the registra tion should weak down as 10017 in 11665 in ji schools ana gram high school junior high 23619 in elementary 642 In the new kindergarten pro- said past the school year by law was 175 days could operate a little if you he said There was noi THE SCHOOL board has adopted a transfer Man that win allow students displaced by the storm to return to the school they attended last year if they wish without paying tuition The family must certify that its residence is unliva-ble because of the storm and that It intends to TOTALS May 30 All high school baccalaureate service une 1 Ray High School graduation June 2 Miller High School graduation June 3 Moody High School graduation June 4 Carroll High School graduation June 5 King High School graduation Senior Days for graduation exercises June 1-3 SUMMER SCHOOL June 7 Beginning of summer school July 5 Holiday Independence Day July 30 End of Summer School return to its home when passible the requirements for re- Bradley outlining ment for extra teacher work although districts had one or two days extra Christi traditlonalty has operated a longer school year 178 or 179 days and we have required five extra days for the teachers Bradley said Legislature increased the minimum number of days to 180 and teachers are required to have 10 workdays in addition With this schedule there Is no way to Include the traditional holidays and still have school between September and May calendar was to begin on Aug 17 but the hurricane caused us to give the teachers an extra week off until Aug 24 However we did change the student Bradley said gistration said students coming to public school for the first time must present a birth certificate issued by a legal agency He said hosptal or batismal certificates are not acceptable AH students must have on record evidence signed by a licensed medical examiner of im- At Same Site Gym Floor Ruined Registration at UCC Reset For Times on Sepember 9 Calallen Elementary Calallen Junior High and Calallen High School are all at 4602 Cornett but the elementary school unlike the two others escaped with very little damage The junior high school had one portable classroom destroyed The office which in another portable building At the junior high there was some roof damage and water leakage and the gymnasium floor will have to be replaced Some books in the library were a) damaged Roof damage and water leakage also occurred at the high school where the gym industrial parts and auto mechanics rs shops stadium and three portable Registration at the University (Research and Practicum a field provided office space there and of Corpus Christi is scheduled (course which will give the stu-UCC will be contracting with 'some Del Mar faculty to frach applied-music in areas of specialization not represented the UCC faculty This is a year of experimentation Wrotenbery said It had for Sept 9 In the Science Building from 8:30 to 11:30 am and 1:30 to 3:30 pm Registration will be by time permit Permits previously issued for August 27 will be honored whose work is of a sociological been decided before the storm to contract with Del Mar for a beside the one one that was destroyed still has its walls standing but little else remains Principal Dick Morgan will set up his office on the stage of the cafetorium until more permanent quarters can be built A wall panel also was blown out of another part of the school and many books were destroyed The state will fUm'sh new books for those destroyed Morgan said nature Dr Carl Wrotenbery dean of the college said cademic academic program is of the music program the lcane made it practical to on Sept 9 Students are requested to come to the campus on Sept 8 for conferences with advisors prior to registration Essential repairs will have been made when classes begin on Sept 10 and the campus will be operable Dr Kenneth A Ma-roney UCC president said Permanent repairs later may cause some slight inconvenience but ill not disrupt classes he said Dormitories will be haMtable with major repairs to windows move the entire program there UCC students will participate in Del music organizations classrooms were damaged Andrews said he believes most of the $17 million In losses will be adequately covered by either insurance or federal disaster funds One pleasant note is that school trustees decided last week not to raise the tax for the coning year An 8-cent Increase had been studied But school board members felt property owners had sustained enough damage and delayed a tax rate increase another year Andrews said the half-day schedules in the elementary grades will mean will be emphasizing the basic He said there will be a limited amount of music and physical education Cafeteria a Class now designed around a core of courses in which there is versatility of content and the opportunity for a great deal of independent study Wrotenbery said and the trend is to avoid adding new courses The regular faculty is composed of 28 members 48 per cent of whom have earned doctorates 'In addition there are a number of parttime faculty For example Dr Kendall A Dickinson of the US Geological Survey will teach geology and Dr such as choir chorus and string ensembles This will also be an experimental arrangement Wrotenbery said He does not know of any other Mace where two different type schools in the same city have such a coopera tive program UCC students will have access to libraries at Del Mar and Tex and roofs completed Some inte-itfon will remain to rior redecoral as AH University and buses or in- automobile pools Peter Ortiz will be in the Span- stitutions are being considered i between the Faculty Reporting New faculty members will re The lost classroom will force the cafeteria to be used as a classroom four periods each day and some teachers will have to move from room to room because of the space shortage Calallen High suffered most of its damage when the roofs were blown off the cafeteria and band hall The roofs were covered with gravel and the wind-driven pebbles broke many windows and pock-marked others The football stadium on the high school campus lost its press box light poles and scoreboard The first game with Taft on Sept 11 will probably be played in the afternoon port at 8 am tomorrow at the nigh school cafeteria for a two- be done while the buildings are occupied Three New Majors Three new majors gre being offered at UCC this year-corn munity service international relations and social science A new art course Introduction to Art Media will be offered This will deal with various art forms including painting sculpture graphics and film making A new course has been added ish department Music at Del Mar -One music course involving people other than music majors will be taught on the UCC cam-9us this fall All other courses ncluding theory music literature conducting and all applied brass music-piano These arrangements will be temporary until UCC is able to get-all books dry and in place so that an inventory can be made to determine what has been lost All glass in the library has been restored the roof is intact the air conditioning is runnini and books are drying Approximately 18 to 20 volunteers are working daily drying and restor- hour indoctrination All other faculty members will join the new members at 10 am for a week-long workshop Elementary classes will not begin until Sept 8 but all students are asked to register the Iweek of Aug 31 woodwinds and voice-will be taught on the Del Mar campus the community service major music faculty will be ing Del Mar Expects Record Number XCo and Southwestern Bril lone Co have occupied the tered in the fall term of 1969 The numbers do not Include hundreds more who are expected to enroll in adult education and vocational classes The summer session ended ing to enroll in vocational classes at Del Mar Technical Institute should consult the registrar for class arrangements Due to damage in Del Mar Auditorium caused by Hurricane Celia the college has canceled this freshman orientation program Repairs to the building on the main campus were expected to take several weeks two '60-bed dormitories at Del Mar College Both dormitories are expected to be vacated by the repairmen by tomorrow when they were scheduled to be opened for fall term students Dormitory reservations are made through the office yesterday with the completion of final examination pairs were being rushed in order to have the buildings in shape by the beginning of classes Meanwhile a critical housing shortage in the area caused the Navy to cut back its academic program affiliated with Del Mar College About 20 petty officers of a total of 225 enrolled here in the associate degree completion program (ADCOP) have been transferred to other colleges due to the lack of hous- "few the hurricane emergency out-of-town repairmen working with Central Power and By ED DESWYSEN Registration for fall classes at Del Mar College will begin Tuesday with classes opening on Aug 31 A record enrollment of 4570 is expected for the fall semester Registration for regular academic students will be held Tuesday through Thursday this week with times assigned by the office Evening students may register and 8:36 pm any evening during the threwfay registration period Persons wish Several new courses will be offered during the fall semester at Del Mar College Included will be Introduction to Visual Totals Compared Repairs Hashed Art History of Mexico Inten-Spanish Review and Ecolo- slve The anticipated enrollment of 470 students in academic class BOOKS OF ALL KINDS Mrs Dorothy Wilcox supervisor of the book pro- cessing office at Cabaniss Held gets textbooks ready for distribution to the' various schools in the city Assisting her are Ventura Ramirez (left) and Luis Lugo Cosmetology will be offered the first time at Del Mar TariwiUa InaHtnto The hurricane caused exten-damage throughout the rjis wtth estimates totaling about half a million dollars Re es compares with the previous record Ugh total of 495 regis i' A.