El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 11, 1982 Page: 3 of 33
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ECISD Trustees Schedule
Hearings To Adopt Budget
El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed., August 11,1982 Page3-A
By KAY RICE
Despite the lack of a
tax roll, the Board of
Trustees of the El Campo
Independent School
District scheduled hear-
ings at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17
and Aug. 24 to adopt a
budget for the upcoming
school year and establish
a tax rate.
The action Tuesday
night was necessary ac-
cording to Superinten-
dent Jack Birtchet
because the state man-
dates that a budget be
adopted prior to Sept. 1,
even if it is a preliminary
one. The budget can later
be amended up or down,
depending on the final
tax roll, he added
Birtchet said Chief Ap-
praiser Vernon Warren
had told school officials
that a tax roll for the
district would be ready
soon.
In other action Tues-
day night, trustees ap-
proved the revised stu-
dent handbook, which
was printed this year by
the high school voca-
tional class.
Richard Manske,
board president, did
question the definition of
a school "term” in
regards to the district’s
drug policies. The cur-
rent policy states that
students will be suspend-
ed for the remainder of
the term when possess-
ing, under the influence,
or attempting to sale any
illegal or dangerous
drugs while on school
grounds.
Previously, term has
referred to the entire
school year.
Under this policy, a
student suspended at the
first of the year would
miss nearly an entire
school year, while a stu-
dent suspended in March
would only miss a few
months.
Garza said a recom-
mendation to update the
policy would be made at
the board’s Aug. 24
meeting. The handbook
would then be amended if
the board accepted the
revision.
The approximately
1,500 handbooks printed
cost the district less than
$200, Garza added.
Previously the books
were printed by a
Houston firm every two
years at roughly $2,700.
Pat Rogers, ECISD
curriculum director,
presented a report on the
upcoming in-service
schedule for teachers and
staff members, Aug.
23-27.
"We have tried to keep
in-service in line with
how we have preceived
our needs and to meet
state requirements,”
Rogers said. This year
the slate lequiies that
each teacher have seven
hours of special educa-
tion training during in-
service, Rogers added,
and the district opted to
devote an entire day to it.
A surplus of $436 was
realized from this year’s
summer school session
according to a report by
Garza. The surplus will
be used as a reserve for
future summer sessions
The board v#ted to in-
crease adult breakfast
prices from 65 tents to 75
cents The state requires
the price be at least 724
cents.
Trustees authorized
the advertising for bids
on two 10-year-old Inter-
national Harvester
buses. The district will
purchase four buses and
repair two this year as
part of its recytling pro-
cess.
In the area of person-
nel, the board accepted
the resignationsof Karen
Meinardus, special
education director, and
Charlotte Popp,
teacher’s aid
The following were ap-
proved for employment:
Jeri Ann Ishnael, high
school deaf Education;
Cheryl Pete's, high
school Englsh and
speech; Beverk Throm,
high school English;
Sheila Miller aid Leigh
Ann Neel, high school of-
fice secretaries
I S Photo b> Km\ Klee
Getting Ready For School
Cathy Munoz of Sheridan, left, and Milly Schneider of El Campo, were
among students enrolled in a math methods workshop conducted at the El
( ampo High School campus last week. The five-day course was offered
by the University of Houston at Victoria.
Garwood Correspondent Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday
Clara Shaw, writer of
the Leader-News Gar-
wood column, says she
sympathizes with young
people who can’t make
up their minds about
what to do with their
lives. She once had the
same trouble.
"I couldn’t decide what
I wanted to do,” Mrs.
Shaw, who turned 90 on
July 26, said. After
graduating from high
school in her home town
of Leesville, she attended
what was then Southwest
Texas Teachers College
in San Marcos, receiving
a bachelor’s degree in
elementary education.
She taught in Leesville
a few years, then went to
Kingsville for a degree
which would allow her to
teach high school art She
later recieved a master’s
degree in education and
psychology from the
University of Houston
(main campus) and at-
tended a business school
in San Antonio fir a short
time.
During this tme, she
also tried her hand at
working for a drugstore
and as aisistant
postmaster in leesville.
But once Mn. Shaw
decided that eaching
was what she wanted to
llrhint! The llodge
Officer Likes Variety Of Police Work
Sergeant Phil Forsythe
of the El Campo Police
Department chose the
life of police work
Iiecau.se he wanted to do
something different
every day.
Born in Mexia, For-
sythe attended A&M
Consolidated High School
in College Station After
graduation, he was
employed by Texas A&M
Campus Security.
Following his nine-
month stint with A&M
Security, Forsythe was
employed by the
Navasota Police
Department in October of
1974 While serving on the
police department, he
enrolled in Sam Houston
State University where
he studied law enforce-
ment for two semesters.
In October of 1977, he
joined the El Campo
Police Department as a
patrolman After being
promoted to sergeant,
Forsythe enjoyed the title
of "Officer of the Year”
in 1979 He duties include
the handling of patrol
cars and uniforms.
Forsythe recalls one
memorable experience
w hen he assisted a couple
w ho had car problems “I
stopped one Sunday
afternoon to see if I could
help them,” he
remembered
“I helped the man get
his vehicle repaired and
later received a letter
from him in appreciation.
He also had the letter put
in the newspaper and
sent an additional copy to
the chief of police
thanking him for the help
I gave them.”
Forsythe's hobbies
include deer hunting and
fishing. "I enjoy guns and
getting outside," he said.
The sergeant also enjoys
bow hunting
Advancement in the
department is Forsythe’s
major goal "I want to
move up in the depart-
ment as far as possible
and use the training that I
have been sent to school
for," he said
He also enjoys helping
people "who are in need
and want help" The
sergeant believes that the
crime situation in the city
is a direct reflection of
'■y'S'
at
i
do, she stuck with it.
In 1925, Mrs. Shaw ac-
cepted a teaching posi-
tion in Garwood and she
taught grades 1-4 in that
town, Vanderbilt, Cres-
cent and El Campo for
the next 43 years.
Mrs. Shaw taught in El
Campo for about 20
years, and she served as
substitute for several
years after her retire-
ment at age 70.
After her retirement
about 20 years ago, Culp
Krueger, former pub-
lisher of the El Cam-
po News, asked her to
write the Garwood col-
umn. "I didn’t want to at
first,” Mrs. Shaw said.
She had written for
several newspapers
before and had written
plays for the children in
her class, she said, but at
first she just wasn’t in-
terested.
MRS. R.B. SHAW
"I decided to try it for a
while,” Mrs. Shaw said.
“I’ve been writing it (the
column) for about 20
years now, and I hope to
write it for a while
longer.”
In addition to her
teaching duties and her
column, Mrs. Shaw has
Ni
PHIL FORSYlilE
growth “The I more
people, the more (Time,"
he explained
In assessing tip fight
against crime, thoofficer
said, "we are con^olling
crime to a minimusi The
problem is that sipects
get out of jail fast# than
the police officer tan do
the paperwork."
Firemen Respond
To Kitchen Blaze
been a member of the
First Baptist church of D
Campo for about 40 years
and has been a member
of the Womens Christian
Union there In addition,
she taught a women’s
Sunday School class for
about 15 years.
Mrs. Shaw also belong-
ed to the State Art Club
for "a good longtime."
She also belongs to the
Delta Kappa Gamma
teaching association,
which recently presented
her with a gold pendant
and chain for her 50 years
in that organization. "It
was one of the grandest
things I’ve ever seen,”
she said. "About 1800
teachers were at the ban-
quet in Austin.” In addi-
tion to the pendant, Mrs.
Shaw also received a gold
pen
“I don’t realize I’m this
old,” Shaw said. "I turn-
ed 90 on July 26, and it
was the grandest birth-
day ” Mrs. Shaw
celebrated with her
seven nieces and several
friends
"People ask how I’ve
lived so long,” Mrs. Shaw
said. “I don’t know. My
eyesight is still good, and
I still have a good ap-
petite. I eat lots of fruits
and vegetables.”
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The El Campo
Volunteer Fire Depar-
tment responded to a call
Saturday morning at the
residence of Fred Dorris
located at 408 Ave. G,
which sustained major
damage to the kitchen
According to Garland
Myers, fire marshall. Mr
and Mrs Dorris were
away when their son put
a pot of grease on the
stove to cook some french
fries
The son reportedly fell
asleep and awoke 15
minutes later to find
smoke throughout the
kitchen Myers praised
the firemen for con-
trolling the fire "The
firemen did a good job in
getting it out quick.” he
said
Damage to the kitchen
area was extensive
Four units and 21 men
responded to the call
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 11, 1982, newspaper, August 11, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006846/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.