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TUESDAY, MAR. 30, 1976
Bouse
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j| which I believe would be of some
j benefit as we appear to be moving
into a building program again.
What do you consider to be the
highest priorities of the board?
1 think probably to assure that we
have an atmosphere in our schools
that is conducive to learning to pro
vide adequate facilities for the
teachers to work with.
Also, to insure that we have
policies and goals that the people in
our community woidd like for us to
have.
Are you in favor of the April 3rd
bond issue? What objections, if any,
do you have to it?
Yes, I am supporting it. The bond
issue will go a long way to satisfy a lot
of needs that our schools have, espe-
i cially with overcrowding in the
j classrooms.
Some of the other things in the
bond issue that I think are extremely
important are the vocational
facilities.
Would you support another bond
election if this one fails?
I think we have to kjeep coming
back until we get some of these
needs satisfied and I really don’t
think we have any choice. I don’t
know for sure what I would be in
favor of cutting out if we felt like we
had to reduce it at this time. So many
of the things are important, and
we ve fallen behind in a number of
areas that this bond issue will take
care of.
Should the curriculum be ex
panded on both the elementary and
secondary levels? What courses
should be included?
I think this is something that
would have to have a lot of study and
I have not been deeply involved with
curriculum. I have not looked closely
at some of the enrichment programs.
I think they would have to be
evaluated in a lot of detail.
The first area that comes to mind is
the vocational area. I think that we
could use a stronger industrial arts
type program in the high school and
the vocational area. I know that we
need to strengthen the vocational ag
ricultural area some, we need better
facilities there and possibly some
additional help in the teaching area.
In what cases should corporal
punishment be used?
Wilborn
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My concept of the school board is
that it should be an agent of the
community and take it on them
selves to investigate the problems
and relay it back to the community
and find out what they feel about it.
Often times the policy is made with
out soliciting any input.
Are you in favor of the April 3rd
bond issue? What objections, if any,
do you have to it?
Yes, I’m supporting the Bond is
sue. I wasn’t aware of the over
crowded conditions in the high
school because I had graduated from
the old high school. The bond issue is
Filing for positions for Graduate Student
Council is now open. You may pick up an
application in Room 216 of the MSC (see
Linda, the Student Government secretary).
All forms must be returned by 5:00 p.m.
on Friday, April 2. Filing will close at 5:00
p.m., April 2. Elections will be held April 7
and 8. If you have any questions, please
call Sandy at 845-2646.
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I think this has to be left pretty
much to the discretion of the school
administration and the principal of
the school at each campus. I cer
tainly do not favor any rash action by
teachers or by administrators. I think
they should use all other possibilities
first. But I think certainly discipline
must be maintained, and if they feel
this is the method that will be bene
ficial to the student then definitely
this should be the policy and I would
support it.
Is there a drug problem in the
district? If so, what corrective mea
sures should be taken?
I really don’t have any first hand
knowledge of the drug situation in
the schools. I hear a lot of things but
as far as Tm concerned they are
strictly hearsay. Tm sure that we
have professional people that are
looking at this all the time.
Have you been satisfied with the
performance of the current school
board?
I have thought that the present
school board should probably have
put some emphasis on some areas. I
think the maintenance of our
facilities should have been much bet
ter through the years.
I would also like to see the board
take a stronger interest in the area of
community relations. I think many
times either the community does not
understand the problems that the
board has or the board fails to com
municate their problems. I would
like to see more cooperation be
tween the schools and city in many
areas, especially in the recreational
programs.
a building issue. It’s all to handle the
facilities and the facilities are bad. It
may not have been projected far
enough into the future but the ad
vantages outweigh the disadvan
tages.
Would you support another Bond
election if this one fails?
I would have to. One is definitely
needed. I would be willing to work
and make another one more perfect.
Should the curriculum be ex
panded on both the elementary and
secondary levels? What courses
should be included?
In the high school, I am for expan
sion. What is definitely needed now
is allocated for in the bond issue —
the vocational program. In the
elementary schools, they have just
started a career guidance program
and I don’t think elementary school
is too early to start it. The enrich
ment programs open up more doors
for students. Some of the things I’m
talking about can be incorporated
into existing programs where you
don’t have to have additional
teachers. It’s necessary to make
maximum use of what is there.
In what cases should corporal
punishment be used?
I am against corporal punishment.
I’m for discipline but I think
whenever you’re talking about a dis
cipline problem, you’re talking
about a behavior problem. The prob
lems should be handled with be-
havorial methods. I’m not for any
corporal punishment in the high
school. Often we get caught up with
handling the symptom rather than
the problem. I would try and sit
down and deal with the student and
his behavioral problems.
Is there a drug problem in the
district? If so, what corrective mea
sures should be taken?
There is definitely a drug problem
in this area. I have not dealt with
anyone in the elementary school
level but I know for a fact that even in
elementary school there is ex
perimentation with drugs. Often the
children get into their parents’
medicine cabinet.
There are approximately 200 he
roin addicts in Bryan-College Sta
tion. From the high schools we get
mostly abusers of pills and
marijuana. Often it is the result of
family problems.
There was a legislative mandate
handed down which said that drug
abuse education and crime preven
tion programs would have to be
taught in the schools. Teachers are
tiying to set up workshops and semi
nars in the schools. This is something
they can easily do without increasing
anybody’s taxes because there are so
many social agencies that are avail
able.
Have you been satisfied with the
performance of the school board?
I don’t want to say that I’m not
satisfied because I know that the
people on the board are doing as
much as they can. But the fact is each
person only carries one vote and
often decisions are made too quickly.
A little more information could be
acquired before making a decision.
Other than that I am satisfied with it.
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create a 42,000-acre reservoir located on
the Navasota River, 12 miles southeast of
College Station. A reservoir on the
Navasota was first mentioned in 1954, and
the Millican site was chosen from among six
possible sites. The Brazos River Authority
and the U.S. Corps of Engineers are coor
dinating the studies of the site.
Congress has appropriated more than $2
million during the past five years for pre
construction plans and studies on the proj
ect.
The Brazos River Authority maintains
that the reservoir is needed for water sup
ply, recreation and to relieve downstream
flood problems.
Area environmentalists have opposed
the project. They say the reservoir is un
necessary and would destroy a unique hab
itat, the heavily-wooded Navasota River
Bottom.
The Corps of Engineers and the Brazos
River Authority recently announced that
the Millican site may be reconsidered be
cause of a large amount of lignite coal in the
basin of the proposed reservoir and the
surrounding area.
Six candidates are opposed to the dam,
three are in favor of it and two had no
opinion.
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that we are wedded to Bryan. We will not
stick with them under all conditions.
Why are you running?
I think I have the responsibility as a citi
zen ... to take an interest in municipal
affairs. In a larger sense Tm running be
cause I have a stake in seeing that this
community has an orderly growth.
Would you like to see College Station
change to a ward system of elections, as
proposed in the referendum on April 3?
I’m against the change and in favor of the
at-large system. My viewpoint toward stu
dents doesn’t influence me one way or
another. Some people have said they favor
the ward system because they are worried
about students taking over city govern
ment. I’m not worried about students tak
ing over city government. I think that stu
dents in this community are generally satis
fied with the way city government is run.
They don’t have any stake in trying to run
something like city government and I don t
think they would particularly want to. Tm
basically in favor of retaining the present
system because it’s more advantageous to
citizens in general. If you have a complaint
you can talk to seven people instead of just
somebody from the ward, because theoret
ically all seven people represent you.
How do you think the ambulance service
should be run in Bryan-College Station?
I feel that the citizens of College Station
deserve a first-class ambulance service. I
suspect that this city government will move
bit by bit toward a first-class ambulance
service, and if this means leaving Sherrill
(the present service) I suppose it means
leaving Sherrill. If Sherrill can provide the
Hazen
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job. I would like to follow up on what I have
been doing on the bikeways and walkways.
Tm concerned about all the apartment
complexes and the need for more protec
tion from the fire and police.
We need a larger city staff to handle the
road maintenance. I suspect they need a
larger staff, but they’re just overwhelmed
with the everyday problems caused by the
rapid growth. I feel the ordinary citizen is
not being heard. When the city spends its
time worrying about where tbe new de
velopments are going to go and what we re
going to do with the waste material, water
run-off and safety, the ordinary citizen that
needs a new street light or needs his street
swept is just sort of neglected. I think I can
represent a lot of people that had not felt
that they had anyone in city hall.
Would you like to see College Station
change to a ward system of elections, as
proposed in the referendum on April 3?
No, I would not. I think that this town is
still small enough so that the councilmen
should be able to represent the whole
community. If the community grows and
then stabilizes, a ward system may be
needed. But I think that now, during this
period of rapid growth, by the time they set
up a definite ward it could change too
rapidly. For instance, apartment com
plexes being built could change the whole
population.
How do you think the ambulance service
VCollege Station buys its electric and
water supply from the city of Bryan. Bryan
recently requested a 24 per cent increase in
electric rates and a 19 per cent increase in
water rates.
There has been talk among councilmen
of finding another source for utilities. Gulf
States Utilities, a private firm, has offered
the city a price for electricity that is 40 per
cent less than what is being paid to Bryan.
All council candidates advocated going
with the source that gives the best price to
the city.
VCity officials are currently chosen at-
large, that is, all voters cast ballots for every
position on the council. A referendum on
the ballot asks if voters would preferaward
system. In this system the city would be
divided into six districts or wards, and
everyone in a ward woidd vote for one
councilman from that district. Under tbe
ward system, the mayor would be elected
at-large. Two candidates are for the ward
system, six for the at-large system and two
for a combination ward-at-large system,
One candidate expressed no opinion.
V College S tation contracts with Sherrill’s
Ambulance Service of Bryan for ambulance
services to the city. The city owns a
modular ambulance which it loans to Sher
rill. There has been criticism in thepastby
residents and councilmen concerning
Sherrill’s response times to calls, its han
dling of victims and its record keeping prac
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pose we ll stay with Sherrill. 1 don’t know
how good the service is right now. I im
agine we ll investigate that. In tennsofa
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emmental units, Tm sure we ll be open to
that. We ll do whatever we have todotoget
a first-class ambulance service.
Are you satisfied with the enforcement
of existing ordinances? Do you have any
plans for new developmental controls?
I think we need to have an ongoing re
view of our ordinances. I imagine we ll con
tinue to review our building standards and
standards relating to construction of
streets. The recently enacted parks ordi
nance is proving somewhat complicated to
administer and we might have to amendit
to make it a little simpler to administer.
You might see a new sign ordinance anda
new ordinance dealing with noise, particu
larly dealing with minibikes and
motorcycles, as well as cars.
How do you view the role of mayor?
Other than the ceremonial aspects, I
think the mayor has the responsibility of
conducting the council meetings and trying
to get the city council to have some goals.
I think one of the first things the city
council will do is to try to formulate some
short-range goals and some long-range go
als. The short-range goals are those which
we can probably accomplish within one
year, such as enactment of the new sign
ordinance and a stopgap noise ordinance.
The long range goals you might classify as
working toward an adequate park system,a
civic center and a system of lanes and paths
for bicycles and pedestrians. You have to
recognize that there are a lot of strong indi
viduals on the city council. I think you
won’t have a dominant mayor on this city
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Tm not happy with the ambulance ser
vice the way it is. I feel very strongly that
we should have a good ambulance service
and that we’ve got the money to pay for it
somewhere.
It does cost money and it won’t make a
profit. Mr. Sherrill (tbe owner of the pre
sent service) is in it to make a profit. That’s
his business. I feel that just like the fire
department sits there waiting for some
body to need it, you should have the same
thing with an ambulance seivice. I’m not
ruling out that it should be paid for by tbe
county. I think in this instance we all pay
county taxes and this might very'well be a
function of the county. It has to serve the
whole county and I think perhaps this
might be a better way to go.
Are you satisfied with the enforcement
of existing ordinances? Do you have any
plans for new developmental controls?
Tm not satisfied with the existing ordi
nances. I think many of them are outdated.
I would like to see them strengthened, and
I would like to see stricter developmental
controls. Tm discovering every day new
ordinances we should have but don’t.
As far as narrowing it down to specifics,!
certainly would like to see “no parking
ordinance for hike lanes. We still have not
been able to get the hike lanes signed. The
city says it doesn’t have money to buy tbe
signs. I think they should find the money. I
think it’s just as important as having
another policeman to have safe bike lanes.
We go by the Southwest Building Code
now. I do not think it is strict enough con
sidering the number of complexes we have.
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classroom with average students and the
normal classroom teacher. In the special
education classes, students and teachers
are in many cases on a one-to-one basis.
They are using classrooms that are de
signed for 25 or 30 students.
Another real problem in our educational
system is the fact that SAT scores are going
down. To me this is very basic; having the
ability to communicate and having skills in
reading, writing and math. We should have
very strong improvement in these areas,
regardless of whether the student is going
on into college or whether he is going on
into a vocation.
In what cases should corporal punish
ment be used?
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evaluate what the superintendent’s people
'come up with.
In what cases should corporal punish
ment be used?
I think corporal punishment has a place.
Discipline is a need that exists in all the
schools. I don’t think corporal punishment
should be administered in a way that
humiliates or ridicules.
I think corporal punishment should be
used as a last resort. I think we do have a
good policy on this and the teachers are
very conscientious in following these
policies. This form of discipline is not
abused, as far as I know.
Is there a drug problem in the district?
If so, what corrective measures should be
taken?
I think if you have only one kid there isa
drug problem. I haven’t had enough re
ports to say whether there is a real dmg
problem.
Have you been satisfied with the per
formance of the school board?
I think every one of them is working and
has had a sincere attitude. I am not in
agreement with them in all cases. In fact,
I’ve been in a minority on many of these
issues, including the bond issue and the
past budget.
Is there a drug problem in the district?
If so, what corrective measures should be
taken?
I hear that there is the beginning of a
drug problem. I don’t know to what extent
it really exists. We really can’t make a
judgement without adequate data.
Have you been satisfied with the per
formance of the school board?
I’ve been impressed with what they’ve
done. They’ve done a tremendous job over
the last two or three years, beginning to get
these policies written down, and beginning
to get an evaluation process.
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