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The Midland Journal
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland
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The Cecil County Board of Education reorganized for the 1940-41 term, re-electing officers, reappointing staff, approving teachers and budget, and planning to sell closed school buildings at auction on June 19. They considered requests for music, vocational agriculture, bus service, and curriculum changes, accepted a resignation, and noted scholarship exams.
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Cecil School Board Reorganizes
Teachers Appointed Will Sell Closed School Buildings
The Cecil County Board of Education reorganizing for the 1940-41 school term considered several requests, approved appointment of three teachers and the school budget and decided to sell all closed school buildings at public auction on June 19.
The board, in reorganizing, re-elected J. Edward Crothers, president, and Mrs. Wallace Williams, vice-president.
The board then reappointed Prof. H. E. McBride, county superintendent, and Miss Lidie Sagers as clerk.
Representing the Cecil County Choral Club, Lynn B. Gillespie requested the board to return music to the school curriculum. A committee representing the Cecil County Farm Bureau asked that provision be made for the teaching of vocational agriculture in the schools of the county. The board agreed to consider both of the requests.
A committee from Fair Hill district, with Mrs. Osborne Mackie, spokesman, requested that additional bus service be provided in that district and that the curriculum of the Kenmore High School be revised to include additional subjects, such are industrial arts.
The board received and accepted with regrets the resignation of Mrs. Ruth M. Denison, commercial teacher in the Chesapeake City High School.
The following appointments of teachers were approved by the board: Miss Mary V. Tomlinson, as assistant in the Cecilton High School; Miss Elizabeth Crowgey, as assistant in Chesapeake City High School, and Miss Mary Hutton, as assistant in the elementary schools.
The Commissioner of motor vehicles notified the board that the second school bus inspection will not be necessary this year due to the fact that the department is accepting the Save-A-Life Campaign Inspection in lieu of the second inspection.
Superintendent McBride reported to the Board that competitive examinations will be held the latter part of next month for the following scholarships: Day, night or Saturday tuition scholarships to Maryland Institute, male or female; two tuition scholarships to the Blue Ridge College, male or female.
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May 24, 1940
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The Cecil County Board of Education reorganized for the 1940-41 school term, re-electing officers and reappointing staff, approving teacher appointments and budget, deciding to auction closed school buildings on June 19, considering requests for curriculum and bus service enhancements, accepting a resignation, and noting scholarship examinations.