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DATE: TUESDAY, September 14, 1993                   TAG: 9309140024
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COMMITTEES MAKING MORE DECISIONS IN SCHOOLS

The committees may include teachers, parents, administrators, students and community people.

Each school establishes its own structure for a committee, said Doris McElfresh, Montgomery County director of elementary education. "One of our schools is small enough to consider all its teachers as members of the site-based committee," she said.

Since the concept is still developing, some schools may not have functioning committees yet. Secondary school committees are a little more active than elementary ones, McElfresh said.

At Blacksburg High School, there are about 20 on the site-based committee. Most are teachers, but Principal Alfred Smith plans to add parents, students and community representatives.

Anyone can address these groups at meetings or in writing. If you want to be heard, drop in at a meeting, write a letter or ask to be placed on the committee as space permits. Call the administrative office at any school to get details about that school's site-based committee activities.

The SITE-BASED COMMITTEE OF CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL will hold a public hearing on non-curriculum-related student clubs and organizations Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. The public is invited to address the committee on this topic at the meeting or by written comment before that day. More information on the options under consideration is available from the administrative offices at the high school.

If you went past CHRISTIANSBURG PRIMARY SCHOOL on Friday morning, you would have seen a woman greeting the pupils at the school buses. Her makeup was meticulous and the flower in her dark hair was the shade of red in the flowers on her dress. She wore stockings and carried a purse that matched her pumps, beads and earrings.

She was Principal Doug Morgan, as in Mr. Doug Morgan. He said he'd dress up if the Parent Teachers Association recruited 200 new members during the first week of school. Well, they did. And he did. Or she did??

The MARGARET BEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Parent Teachers Association will meet today at 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the school.

The VOCATIONAL BOOSTERS OF BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL will resume monthly meetings Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the school. This group of students, teachers, parents and community service and business leaders will work toward many goals, including raising money for vocational clubs.

Meetings will be on the third Wednesday of each month. For more information, call 951-0371.

There's a lot to consider when PLANNING FOR COLLEGE. A seminar for parents and college-bound students is planned at Floyd County High School on Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m.

Fred Phlegar, a former Radford University professor, will talk about entrance requirements, personal adjustments, and the financial, academic and psychological aspects of planning and going to college.

Cost is $10. For more information, call New River Community College at 674-3607.

Joanne Anderson is filling in for Melissa DeVaughn, who is hiking the Appalachian Trail. If you have an interesting news item from your school, please write to Classnotes at the New River Current in care of the Roanoke Times & World-News' New River Valley Bureau, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.