Tuesday, February 24, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9
A&M school principal program earns honors
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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.
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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
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anyway.”
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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.
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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 g<x>d
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<x:ial he should join one of tho
se,” he said. “As speaker, I can only
do so many things, and I’m not get
ting much helj from the chairmen.
“We have the problem of 87 peo
ple with different opinions of
whether to recreate or legislate, and
I think most want to do their jobs
and go home.”
Castro suggested alternatives to
the reform bill, such as a stricter at
tendance policy or making the Sen
ate a bicameral government with a
house and a senate.
Bradshaw responded wryly, “Let’s
hear it for bureaucracy.”
So the debate continues — and
the issue is far from dead.
At Wednesday’s meeting, a strict
attendance bill will lx: intrcxluced
which mandates that if senators miss
two meetings, they will lose their po
sitions.
These seats would remain vacant
until the end of the semester. From
past attendance, this could, in effect,
cut the Senate size in half by the end
of next year.
But many consider the stigma of
irrelevancy to be the real stumbling
bl<x:k facing the organization. Anti
as the Senate will take final action on
no more than two bills at this week’s
meeting, that question will remain
open.
Hays says that although the bill
failed to reach its goal, it did publi
cize a longstanding Senate problem.
“A lot of people took it as a per
sonal attack, and it wasn’t meant that
way at all,” Hays said.
“We just want to make this group
something people want to be a part
of,” he said.
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