Tuesday, February 24, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9 A&M school principal program earns honors lad bet •I tiddit n Wime By Beverly Click Reporter A Texas A&M program aiding school principals was acknowledged Friday by (he American Association of'School Administrators at the an nual AASA awards ceremony in New Orleans. Dr. David Erlandson, professor and head of (he A&M Department of Educational Administration, ac cepted the award for (fie Principals’ Center — an A&M institute of fering live weeks of intensive management skill training. The center was recog nized as an exceptional program f or supporting the principals of Texas. “The first major program that A&M started was the Principalship Institute for new and prospective principals,” Erlandson says. Erlandson says participants attend the institute in the summer and re ceive six hours of graduate credit f or their work. In 1983, Erlandson says he was concerned that while the institute had good programs for preparing principals, many certified principals needed help. So, he says, the Princi pals’ Center was formed. The Center was created to provide training, technical assistance and other kinds of support to principals on the job, he says. In 1984, House Bill 72 gave a Ixxist to the center by requiring prin cipals, superintendents and other administrators to have additional training each year in three areas: in structional leadership, teacher as sessment and management skills. Principals somehow had to get the training, Erlandson says, and one way the center provided this is through the Summer Academy. “The academy is a single, inten sive week for practicing principals,” he says. “From morning until night, they get high-power training.” Another program is the forma tion of regional clusters, Erlandson says, which are geared toward groups of principals. “Our concern is not only witfi get ting the principals technically profi cient in doing all that House Bill 72 demands,” Erlandson says, “but also developing a person who is really in control of that school.” The center offers other pro grams, including a toll-f ree number called the Hot Line which gives any information or help a principal might need. Guardsman : Eviction : (Continued from page 1) call myself an innocent bystander Ixlieves the action by the campus because I was written up last se- ' . officals was drastic. mester. But I was told to “We’ve (students) talked to so straighten up and I did. It’s kind many people that said they had to of strange when you stay out of do something, but this is kind of trouble and then you get IxxXed * '' drastic,” Bolner said. “I wouldn’t anyway.” (Continued from page 1) A&M student and Aston Hall resi dent Anthony Ep]M>lito was driving in the vicinity of the parking lot and of fered a ride to Jarrott, Wiatt said. Ep|X)lito and Jarrott then pursued Grammas to Lublxick'Street, where Grammas drove up on the lawn in front of the Quad and fled the car, dropping his pistol on the ground, Wiatt said. Police said Grammas then re turned to his motorcycle and was chased by police officers f rom PA 24 on the south side of campus to PA 30 behind the USDA Building, where he was arrested. Grammas also has been charged in Glute with burglary of a habita tion, which has a maximum penalty of two to 20 years in prison, Wiatt said. Police believe the burglary was committed late Saturday or early Sunday. Grammas will be tried in Brazos County first because charges against him here take precedence over the Glute charges, he said. Police found items in the rcxmi of Grammas’ friend in Dorm 9 that they believe are connected with bur glaries in Glute, Wiatt said. Wiatt said Grammas originally claimed that would-be assailants had chased him through wixids near Lake Jackson and had left him for dead after shooting him three times — being unaware that Grammas was wearing armor. But after further questioning. Grammas admitted that he had shot his clothes himself, Wiatt said. Grammas reportedly told Univer sity Police that he participated in a auto-theft ring in the Killeen/Coppe ras Cove area in 1984-1985, but claims that he was forced to commit the thefts against his will, Wiatt said. v his® hey wait very fan. | for tin : a lot oi| ptOltK i M& ry pod y posiiK o.p.h.fi£ Reform ce :k$ ght 's baste- y on tkt takes m s tonijki bite W ;. r<§ in Critt! [ reboundi Ricefi- (Continued from page 1) ators attended the meeting when the bill was voted on. The Senate already has a strict ab sence policy — after more than one absence |x:r semester, senators are called before the Internal Affairs Committee to explain their actions. But Hays says the policy is lightly en forced — all a senator must do is show up before the committee alter being notified by mail and he’ll lx? pardoned. “The absence policy now really says that the only way to get kicked out is to fail to respond to a certified letter,” Hays said. Student Body President Mike Sims said some senators have been concerned for three years that the Senate has been acting at less than peak efficiency. But while he de plores the failure of (he bill, he says he understands it. “Psychologically, no group would want to cut itself in half,” he said. “But it appears apparent to me that [ a student body of about 3p,()00 can’t I supporf a Senate of over 5 f mem bers.” But many members disagreed — some quite vehemently. Douglas Baird, chairman of the External Af fairs Committee, said he didn’t think such a small number of senators could effectively legislate for over 36,()()() students, because that would leave only one senator to each 1,500 students. He said the bill was an attempt to solve all the Senate’s problems at one time. “I think they were trying to solve the problems the wrong way,” he said. “If something’s not broken why fix it? “If attendance is the problem, de velop an attendance policy. We need to look at the leadership of the Stu dent Senate and make sure it’s doing its job. I think it is, to some degree.” Jose Castro, chairman of the Stu dent Services Committee, also lob bied against the bill and suggested the Senate, which is considered to have about 50 active members out of 87, might end up with only 30 active members if its total size were cut to 51. “Usually in an election it’s not who is the Ivest leader that gets elected, it’s who has the best sign,” Castro said. “We always try to get people in volved and by cutting the Senate in half, we could lose the really gd people.” Castro also laid part of the blame on the Senate leadership. “I think it’s the duly of the speaker of the Senate to keep sen ators involved anti interested,” he said. “Ever since I’ve been in the Senate, the sjveakers have done the same thing. There ought to lx; some thing else, something extra that we do to make it more interesting. ” Bradshaw said he didn’t think it was his job to make sure everyone gets involved and has a good time. “There are a lot of stxzial organiza tions on campus, and if Jose wants to be s. 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