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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1980)
THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980 consol expects tax ncrease next year & timeoii 1 D®! Ixti lon’t?" 7 ludf I// lew At by USCHI MICHEL-HOWELL Battalion Staff The A&M Consolidated School Board expects to raise taxes at least 7 ntsper $100 evaluation of property “just to stay even this year,” Dr. ihn C. Reagor, school board president said Monday. The 7-cent raise would compensate for the loss of $100,860 due to B. 1060, which exempts certain homesteads and open land from ixation. The exact amount of tax raise cannot be estimated now, Reagor Med, because the 1980 tax roll is not yet set by the tax assessor- llector. Currently the school district collects $1.29 per $100 and assesses roperty at 80 percent of its market value. The board committed 80 percent of its $6.3 million preliminary idget for the 1980-81 school year to supplies and equipment. The ew budget represents an increase of 7.14 percent, or $424,010 this ar, reported Dr. Donald Ney, assistant superintendent. Most (84 percent) of the increase will be for the payroll, Ney said. Itilities and service contracts will make up another 12 percent of the o then ,crease - irtreadl °^ ier act i° n the board awarded a milk contract to Oak Farms, a ,! akery items contract to Rainbo and several vocational equipment "Intracts worth $31,301. Contracts for the use of school rooms by six local churches were ended for the coming school year. \ $4,973 regional media services agreement, which provides in- ructional materials for classroom use, was passed by the board. Dr. Judy Huffty, instructional resource worker for the district, resented an update on the district’s performance in Texas Assessment (Basic Skills tests for fifth and ninth graders. Ninth graders did extremely well in language arts and mathema- s,” Huffty said. Ninety percent mastered the exit level tests in ading, 87 percent in math and 78 percent in writing, according to test suits. Huffty defined “exit level” as the minimum amount of skills a icondary student should have acquired by the end of the twelfth •ade. The tests are designed to show what an individual knows in relation information or a skill, Huffty said. Results of the tests can be used in lanning future instruction methods and can point out in which areas students need improvement, Huffty said. nderson support 'rowing at A &M by SCOT K. MEYER Battalion Staff h group of Texas A&M University dents for independent presiden- candidate John Anderson met nday night to discuss their peti- i drive. Anderson for President,” a Uni- sity-recognized organization, is rking during the summer to get derson on the Texas November leral election ballot. To do so, y need about 41,000 registered ers to sign a petition, iccording to Bruce Crooker, one he leaders of the local organiza- i, over 1,000 signatures have n gathered in the College Station a, Crooker said 20,000 signatures 'e been gathered so far state- le. )ne of the major concerns at the eting was the upcoming premiere the movie “The Empire Strikes :k” at a local theater Wednesday, ooker said that Anderson suppor- sin Houston have gotten 100 sign- res per night from people waiting ine to see the film. Irooker said he believes a recent IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF )LD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER AUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE RT OF SEWING — SO HELEN marie taught edith marie the secrets of sewing and ALTERATIONS DON'T GIVE UP — WE'LL MAKE IT FIT!" tock nS 1 jsroi din i0» Jte' 1 A ALTERATIONS AT WELCH'S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HAgD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. 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University Dr., College Station, Tx. 77S40, 846-570i Campus Names Purina awards scholarship Kenneth Ray Rothe, a junior at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the Ralston Purina Scholarship Award for the Fall 1980 semester, according to an announcement made in St. Louis by George H. Kyd, direc tor of public relations, Ralston Purina Company. The Ralston Purina Scholar ship is for $650. It is awarded each year to an outstanding junior or senior in the state universities and land-grant colleges in each of the 50 states, and in three Cana dian agricultural colleges and in Puerto Rico. Schneider to head ag activities Dr. Vernon E. Schneider has been selected to head expanded activities involving student re cruitment, cooperative educa- tion, placement and develop ment for Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture, announced Dean H.O. Kunkel. In conjuction with assumption of the student-related responsibi lities, Schneider, will relinquish his title as the Roy B. Davis Professor of Agricultural Cooper ation, effective June 1. Kunkel said Schneider will continue to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in agribusi ness management in the Depart ment of Agricultural Economics and coordinate agribusiness field study trips to agricultural busi- ness firms in Texas, Mexico, Cali fornia and various parts of the Midwest. Schneider joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1973 as the first holder of the Davis professorship. The professorship was estab lished in honor of the late Roy B. Davis, who was designated in 1968 as one of Texas A&M’s dis tinguished alumni. Mobley to head management Dr. William H. Mobley, pro- fessor of organizational behavior at the University of South Caroli na, has been named head of the Department of Management at Texas A&M University. Mobley, who takes over July 1, has been at South Carolina since 1973. Prior to that he worked for five years in the industrial rela tions and personnel area for PPG Industries, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Penna., the latest assignment as manager of corporate employee relations research. His undergra duate degree in psychology is from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. July 31 set as deadline for admission Prospective undergraduates plan ning to attend Texas A&M Universi ty in the fall have until July 31 to apply for admission. Director of Admissions Dr. Bill Lay said the deadline applies to new students and transfer students, as well as those who previously attended Texas A&M and are ap plying for readmission. Students who attended Spring semester clas ses are not affected. Lay said freshman applications are running about normal and transfers are slightly ahead of last year for the fall. PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. »s efficient nome?! 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