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- - LANCE. W....,, JIII!IIIIY 23 , tiiO - 5 - - - -- - - -- Student representative proposed again for b08rd I 1!1 By TROY DECKERT Editor Dan Hallsten, Hellgate Student Federation president , will again propose that a non-voting student representative be on the MCHS Board of Trustees , and hopes to gather more support and interest for the proposal than students have had in previous efforts . Similar proposals were brought to the board by Hellgate students last year and in 1975, but no motion was made for consideration . Past and recent comments indicate that only two board members favor the proposaL Under Hallsten ' s proposal , the student would sit with the other board members at regular , special and committee meetings and would debate issues . The student would also receive a complete information packet , containing correspondence , minutes , reports and agendas that other board members receive. The proposal will be in the form of a bill pas~ed by tl\e Student Sen- ates of - Hellgate , Sentinel The bill originally said that the student adviser should be able to attend meetings closed to the pub- lic , but Hallsten said that was elimi - nated to make the proposal more favorable to the board. The bill says a student adviser is needed to give students representa- tion because the board continually makes decisions affecting students . Because students might be dis- couraged from debating on an issue , a recognized , non-voting posi- tion would encourage the attend- ance and participation of the gov - erned students , said the bilL Students wishing to be the repre- sentative would apply to the admin - istration . The faculty would then vote to eliminate some of those seeking the position , with the top three or four being considered next by the Student Senates of Hellgate , Sentinel and Big Sky . The Student Senates would vote , sending the top two candidates to the board for the final choice . Hellgate's Student Senate changed the election procedure through an amendment eliminating the provision allowing the faculty to vote on the student adviser. Ap- proval of the bill as a whole was de- layed until next week . Hallsten was very angry because of the amendment. He said the amendment seriously jeopardized the chances for board approval. \ They ' ve essentially killed the bill .\ said Hallsten . He said having the faculty vote was a compromise to the board ' s objections to earlier proposals for a student adviser , and without that compromise the board's approval is very doubtfuL Junior Sen. Mike Windham said that the faculty does not need to vote for the student representative because they already can vote for the regular school board . \Why do we have to kiss the school board ' s feet? \ asked Wind- ham . Senior Sen. Steve Albini , who proposed the amendment, said Hallsten was diluting the students ' · strength in selecting a board repre-- sentative , before finding out that it · was needed . Board member Peggy Eudaily said she thought having a student member was unnecessary . Eudaily said although students attend meetings when they have a personal interest , \ I still feel that students haven ' t shown a constant interest in board matters .\ Board chairman Rueben Diettert said that his policy has been to allow the public to comment any- time at board meetings . He said the . students do not need a speical posi- tion to comment to the board. \ I wouldn ' t vote it down \ said board member Kermit Schwanke of the proposal . Schwanke said he doesn ' t favor letting a student rep- resentative vote , but he has no ob- jection to a non-voting member. In December the Montana State Board of Public Education in Hel- ena approved Hallsten ' s proposal , urging all public school boards to adopt student representatives . Iir a letter to a Montana ' s school boards Marjorie King , the chairman of the Board of Public Education, said \ although some Board ( of Pub- lic Education ) members had mis - givings about a student adviser when we first began on a trial basis , our student has become a vital part of our board meetings and we are always impressed with their thoughtful hardworking approach to board business . The benefits local districts will reap will be well . worth the effort .\ The proposal was also endorsed by the Montana Association of Stu- dent Councils and the Montana ' s YMCA Youth Legislature . Hellgate ' s senate will probcibly pass the bill next Monday . Sen- tinel's Student Senate considered the bill yesterday . The executive boards from Sentinel and Hellgate will meet to work out any · amend- ment before they present the bill to the board , probably at the board ' s February meeting . ~Obituary l Science, music present schedules O•J•\\'\' · two .. ,.~~~! Ti~~z .... _., ... diiv. The science and music depart- ments presented their proposed schedules and class offerings at a meeting of the MCHS Education - Committee last Tuesday night. The goal of the committee was to create a common curriculum at the three high schools . MCHS Curricu- lum Director Joe Roberts said the curriculum will not be identical at the three schools , but it \ will be as close as possible. We pulled them together and made them as com- mon as possible .\ The science departments at Big Sky, Hellgate and Sentinel will vary depending upon the expertise of the teachers at each school. Courses which will be common to the three schools will be Biology , Chemistry I and IT, Physics and Unified Environmental Science. Sentinel ' s science dpeartment will also offer a course called In- tegrated Physics and Chemistry . The ciliss , which has been taught at Sentinel in previous years, is a two- year course with physics and chem- istry being taught during alternate quarters. Hellgate will not offer the course because it will not have teachers qualified to teach both physics and chemistry. Hellgate ' s science dpeartment will offer Ad- vanced Biology and Practical Phys- · ics instead of the physics and chem- istry course . Roberts said he did not think Big Sky would offer the A chance to travel across the country or across the ocean ; thirty days paid vaca- tion, jobs and education are just a few of the reasons why it pays to go Navy. To find out more , contact : TOM THOMPSON MISSOULA 549-7586 NAVY. IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S AN ADVENTURE. - - - - - .... .. - - - course either, although it would de- pend on the final staff selection for the schooL During period 0 , which will be held from 7 : 50 to 8 : 35 a . m. , Jazz Band and choir ensembles such as the Chevaliers and Spartanaires will be taught by the music departments at each schooL Students may re- ceive plus credits for these activi- ties . Plus credits are written on a student's transcripts but do not ful- fill any of the 22 credits needed for graduation . Roberts said because the schools will be operating on a six-period day next year, music students will have less free time in which to re- ceive additional _ help from their teachers . He said students will be allowed to miss one baH hour of a class every six weeks to have a pri- vate music lesson with their teacher . Hellgate Choir Director Neil Dahlstrom said the music depart- ments at the three schools \will be identical all the way through.\ Dahlstrom said the classes that will be taught are freshman , intermedi- ate and advanced band , freshman , intermediate , treble and advanced choir and string orchestra which win be taught one period only at each school. Other changes in next year ' s cur- riculum approved by the MCHS Board of Trustees at its January meeting were an increase in the number of credits required for graduation in social studies and the dropping of an electricity course from the schedule for one year. The board agreed to drop the electricity course because of a lack of money needed to supply the three schools with the equipment needed to teach the class . FIRST NATIONAL BANK'S TOP TEEN Katie Richards Katie Richards has been chosen as this iuue's TOP TEEN . Katie, a speech team member for four years . was state champion in Girls Ex- temp in 1979 . She has been on the Troubadour staff for two years and is the 1980 editor . She is also a Lance columnist and won the National Council of Teachers of English writing award last year . A Student Sen - ate member, Katie is the Senate representative to the school board . She does plan to go to college, although she ' s not sure where, and ltb''\'\~ First Natlonat . Montan _ a Bank Front and Higgins Minoula (406} 549 - 6161 Member ~f FDIC ior Jeff Tietz ' s 18th birthday, he to help the family pay for expenses. died in his home of a sell-inflicted gunshot wound. Tietz was interested mainly in fixing cars and planned to go to a technical school in Phoenix, Ariz. ' after graduation to study auto mechanics . He did well in his mechanics class and enjoyed fixing people ' s automobiles. He was em- ployed by National Car Rental. While attending Roosevelt Grade School , Tietz enjoyed school and playing basketball. Memorial services were held by Rev. Mike McGovern at the North- side Four Square Gospel Church and Tietz ' s body was cremated at the · sunset Memorial Gardens . Memorials may be sent to the Jeff Tietz Memorial Fund in care of . Jean MacDonald at 620 South Sixth East. \ They need all the help they can get , \ said MacDonald . SOAR above the rest when you visit · the Pressboxl Tietz is survived by an older sister Jaylene , 20, who is attending the University of Montana , two twin sisters Bonnie and Brenda, 11 , who attend Meadow Hill Grade School and a brother Greg , 15 , who is a sophomore at Hellgate . ...... Jeff Tietz PIZZA SANDWICHES • GAMES - 4$oo'C>Cooe>-§o~t\\ri~ne>s (Bres~ box.~~
