The Wrangell Sentinel

Local School Situation
Approaches a Crisis

Superintendent Hagie is in receipt of a communication from Dr. Frederick E. Bolton, Dean of the College of Education of the University of Washington, containing the advance warning that unless the Wrangell High School meets the new requirements which are being made effective for the high schools of Washington, beginning with next fall, our high school must be dropped from the accredited list. The new ruling applies to all high schools recognized for accreditation by the University of Washington.

The new ruling provides that no high school with less than four teachers, including the superintendent, shall be accredited; that all teachers must be graduates of an accredited college or university and have at least twelve semester hours of approved work in the department of Education, and that teachers who have taught five years or more must have taken at least one quarter of advance work and have earned a total of not less than thirty-five semester credits in the department of Education.

"Adequate laboratory equipment" is also stipulated as a part of the new requirements.

To anyone familiar with the situation it will be evident that if Wrangell is to continue to keep abreast of the times and provide the children with the opportunities they are entitled to, provision must be made before next fall for additional high school accommodations and equipment besides adding the additional teacher to the staff.

Under present arrangements it has been necessary to combine a number of classes and offer various courses only in alternate years.

Will the voters of Wrangell rally to the support of their most valued institution or, through neglect and indifference, will they allow their high school to be wiped off the university accredited lists of the country? Since the present building will be positively inadequate to meet the new demands the question is,

"Are you ready to vote School Building Bonds?"