THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAR. 30, 1976
Page 9
School Board Place 4
>ards
William
Wasson
am Wasson, 28,1312 Airline
systems audit manager for
is A&M System.
by do you think you’re qualified
^)ld a position on the school
hink that this school board is
to have to answer some of the
lifficult questions in the history
district, in particular in the
of finance. By that I mean
ring programs and financing
ies. I think my background ex-
nce lends itself well to this type
Icision making. I’ve been work-
™n administration and planning
since I graduated from college,
t eight years total.
William
Fitch
I'hat do you consider to be the
jest priorities of the board?
>gmmsf(^think at this point the highest
ity of the board has to be the
l0 *dd c«) opment and maintenance of
j ling fiscal plants. It must be
n to CO!] luate in terms of overcrowding,
hile (bed |
campus Ire you in favor of the April 3rd
•esponsili Pissue? What objections, if any,
mt ourd: | ou have to it?
til weld f 5 ' It looks like a good package to
at is res; land I think there are so many
ikeepMRs in there that we need and we
William Wasson
should have had some time ago that
we can’t afford to wait any longer.
One possible objection. It might
have been better to split it into pro
positions but as far as objections to
the Bond issue, I have none.
Would you support another bond
election if this one fails?
Yes, as soon as adequate planning
could be done and voter response
could be measured to determine
why this one failed.
See Wasson, page
William Fitch, 54, 1712 Glade,
builder and investor. Former
councilman, 1952-56.
Why do you think you’re qualified
to hold a position on the school
board?
I’m 54 and I’ve devoted the last 30
years of my life to building College
Station in home building, apart
ment, and commercial business and
developing subdivisions to provide
places for the people who come to
Texas A&M University to live — the
staff, faculty, and students. With the
experience I have had in this city, I
think I know what we can afford, and
what the people want.
What do you consider to be the
highest priorities of the board?
The highest priority of the board is
to see to it that we have a good, basic,
fundamental elementary education
system. It has nothing to do with
buildings, it’s what happens inside
the classroom. We want a good
school system, we want the best, but
I don’t think that it necessarily fol
lows that if you have the best it has to
be the most expensive.
Are you in favor of the April 3rd
bond issue? What objections, if any,
do you have to it?
I have to be in favor of the bond
issue because time is running out
and I would like to see the people
approve this bond issue. I’m afraid
they won’t.
I think all the cost proposals are
overstated by 30 per cent at least.
They have allocated twice as much
money as they need to accomplish
what needs to be done. We have to
have these additional facilities. And
rather than put it off for another two
months and not being able to finish
what we need to have finished by
next fall I d rather go ahead and pay
this one.
Would you support another bond
election if this one fails?
Yes, only we’d cut it to about $4.5
million, and we would clearly state
the needed items so the people can
pick what they want to vote for.
The school board has made a dili
gent effort to put out this informa
tion, but they cast the information in
such language that most people don’t
know what the board said.
Should the curriculum be ex
panded on both the elementary and
secondary levels? What courses
should be included?
I think if anything, we may have an
overexpanded curriculum right now.
I see a drift beginning toward more
and more cluttering up of our
elementary educational system with
what’s called enrichment programs.
But I think they’re confusing pro-
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Vhy do you think you are qual-
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Helen
Wilborn
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Helen Wilborn, 23, drug abuse
counselor at Crossroads Out
reach Center.
Why do you think you’re qualified
to hold a position on the school
board?
I’m very concerned with my
people and I love children. I’m will
ing to give time and effort to the
community and I can’t think of a bet
ter place to start than the school sys
tem. If the students fail then society
is going to fail too.
What do you consider to be the
highest priorities of the board?
The greatest responsibility that
they have is making the policies that
will affect the entire school district.
(See Wilborn, page 10)
William Fitch
grams at the expense of seeing that
children by the end of the third
grade can read and write well and
have a basic background in elemen
tary mathematics.
In what cases should corporal
punishment be used?
I don’t think that you ever need to
strike a child. I think that the proper
attitude and the demand of respect
on the part of teachers starting in the
very first grade, and if you let them
get to the fifth grade running wild I
think you create a bunch of little
hoodlums.
Is there a drug problem in the
district? If so, what corrective mea
sures should be taken?
I would really like to handle drug
pushers and peddlers by banging
See Fitch, page
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ment major at Texas A&M.
ir oft fhy do you think you’re qualified
bold a position on the school
rd?
ve lived in College Station for the
t 12 years and am attending
ool(Texas A&M) locally. I started
d grade in the A&M Gonsoli-
ed system and graduated in 1974.
It that being in the school system
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ngout of the system looking back
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etings would give me a good
kground.
rVhat do you consider to be the
jhest priorities of the board?
One of the most urgent needs is
bond issue. We need new
ilities and upgrading of the
llities we have because they are
|Tcrowded. They are falling apart
t jnojPsome of them are even washing
ntand* fV' 1 th® creeks from erosion.
"“'I these things need to be taken
of because of rapidly increasing
ollment. We also have to provide
m for a full-day kindergarten to
m in 1977. We also desperatelv
d a vocational building to al-
ate the crowding in the classroom
he high school and to keep our
accreditation which we risk losing.
Are you in favor of the April 3rd
bond issue?
Yes.
Would you support another bond
issue if this one fails?
The board woidd have to evaluate
why the bond failed and then do any
thing necessary to alleviate the prob
lems of the schools. It might even
call for a new bond issue, but if the
bond fails another solution may have
to be found.
Should the curriculum be ex
panded on both the elementary and
secondary levels? What courses
should be included?
In the fifth and sixth grade cur-
riculums should be expanded if the
bond issue passes because they will
be moved into a new building. I’m
satisfied with the elementary and
high school curriculums. I wouldn’t
be against any expansion in the
number of courses offered, but I
don’t see any need right now.
In what cases should corporal
punishment be used?
It should be used very seldom be
cause it is degrading to the students.
It shouldn’t be used in the first few
offenses. The students should be
counseled out of the classroom. Re
peated offenses, like constantly play
ing hooky, or serious offenses bor
dering on suspension, should re
quire it, but only in the case of
seventh grade or above.
Is there a drug problem in the
district? What corrective measures
should be taken if there is?
school jurisdiction over the drugs.
Have you been satisfied with the
performance of the present school
board?
I think the school board is doing a
good job. They have been examining
everything very closely. I’m satisfied
with their decisions. In cases where
they didn’t know themselves they’ve
asked the community. They’ve done
as good a job as they can do.
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Yes, there is a drug problem in
the district and it extends onto the
A&M campus. There are quite a few
students in the A&M Consolidated
system who do use drugs. Most of
the drugs are used away from the
school. Unless the students bring the
drugs on campus and store them in a
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under the influence of drugs, there
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I think any preventive measures
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