School Board Oks Scholarship

An anonymous donation of $1,000 to begin a "Foreign Language Trip Scholarship Fund" for deserving Ann Arbor High School students was approved tast night by the Ann Arbor : Board of Education. The money is intended te provide partial scholarships for Pioneer and Huron High students who need financial assistance to make the school-sponsored trips during spring vacaition to Europe. This year, trips to Paris, '■ drid, Munich, London, Rome and ' Moscow and Leningrad will takt place between April 4 and 13. Richard Creal, administrative assistant to School Supt. W. Scott Westerman Jr., said the schools hope the $1,000 fund will be incroased by generous Ann Arboritejs. A maximum of $200 will be available to each student. The school board also approved a gift of $780 from the students who participated in the 1968 trip to Paris to be used for parlial scholarship for future Paris Trip participants. The money was a surplus from last year's trip. o o The Board of Education upheld by a 5-2 vote Supt. Westerman's denial of a grievance appeal from several faculty members of Newport Elementary School. The teachers had asked Ithat specified rooms in Newport be carpetea and an efficiënt system of bringing fresh air into these rooms be installed to cut down on noise. The teachers charged that the noise "drasiically limits the activities and earning experiences which can be carried on in these rooms comfortably." Westerman denied the appeal for the time being, saying until an acoustical study is completed he is not convinced carpeting and the installation of the freshair system is the answer. Westerman said if the study recommends such installations, and if money is available at that ; time, he will recommend that ] the installations be approved. James Scheu, executive secretary of the Ann Arbor Education Association (AAEA), charged that a grievance hearing on the matter last week had been improperly held, since the grievants were not permitted to speak. Scheu told the trustees the AAEA might appeal the decisión and request arbitration on the state level. Trustees Ted Heusel and Hazen J. Schumacher Jr. voted against Westerman's recommendation. Voting to uphold it were William C. Godfrey, Richard "M. Wood, Joseph T. A. Lee, Charles Good and President Joseph R. Julin. T w o trustees were absent. o o Harold Collins, president o; the AAEA, urged the board to include a bonding issue for con struction of the third high school and fifth junior high on the June 9 ballot. He also urged that a bond issue for library idditions and an administrative ouilding be delayed until after June 9. o o The board's Citizens' Committee on Family Life and Sex Sducation was disbanded last night, since its job is considered completed. The commit;ee helped to institute pilot sex education programs in several Ann Arbor schools. Trustee Hazen J. Schumacher Jr. read a resolution of appreciation and commendation to the committee f o r its "dedicated, sensitive, and expert service" to the school district. o o Trustee Richard M. Wood reviewed the board's quarterly fi-j nancial report and the auditor's report for the first quarter expenditures of the fiscal year. The reports were approved. o o The board accepted with thanks a Jean Martin oboe and an instrument repair kit for the Pioneer High music department f r o m Charles Single of 2420 Buckingham. - - - - -