I I E. STEVENS BINDER ... ■ "' ' in co...

I I E. STEVENS BINDER ... ■ "' ' in constant focus the effectiveI ness of the spending. For instance, a small increase in expense in elementary reading I might save money on remedial teaching, or disruptive lyouth programs, in later lyears. The new millage reIquest seems reasonable. I like rSupt. Harry Howard's gradual I approach, especially in restorI ing the cut programs. l Planning: anybody who eau I count ought to be able to get a Ipretty good picture of how I many students are going to be I in a school the folio wing year. I It is necessary to do someIthing with the information. iLast minute decisions, and Isurveys after a decisión is I made, is just bad procedure.' The U-M Bureau of School I Services study is a step in tho I right direction. I hope maxI imum use will be made of the I results. It is possible to see I what has succeeded and failed I in other systems. Careful I study of the research and othI er systems will prevent exI perimenting with students. Middle schooljunior high: I how long are we going to be in I a transition period? Either I one or the other, but a deciI sion should be made. I think I the middle school has more 1 - positive potential. Communityschools: the board supports this concept. I'd like to know if anything has been done, if there is any movement in this direction. Taxpayers seem to have reached the point where they balk at paying for buildings used one half of the year, by one-fifth of the people, for one-third of the day. John Kennedy said that children are our most valuable resource, and our best hope for the future. Mobilizing the community resources to help develop excellence in education is both noble and prudent - it is saving our hope and our future." Binder, 27, is . a teacher at I the Human Resources Center in Pontiac; He received nis bachelor of arts degree at Hope College and has done gradúate work at the University of Michigan. Binder is a ruling eider at First Presbyterian Church. He is chairman of the youth committee, a member of the executive committee and adviser to the senior high and junior high fellowship and teapher of the elementary church school. Binder is a member of the board of directors of the U-M Presbyterian Corporation. In Pontiac Binder is a 4-H adviser and chairman of the staff advisory council. A resident of Ann Arbor for 25 years, Binder lives at 4001 Pratt Rd. - -- J