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Wright State University CORE Scholar The Miami Valley School Documents and Letters The Miami Valley School (MS-358) 12-4-1962 The Marti School Board of Trustees Meeting December 4, 1962 Joan W.C. Wood Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms358_documents  Part of the Education Commons Repository Citation Wood , J. W. (1962). The Marti School Board of Trustees Meeting December 4, 1962. . This Minutes is brought to you for free and open access by the The Miami Valley School (MS-358) at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Miami Valley School Documents and Letters by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact library-corescholar@wright.edu. TRUSTEES MEETINGWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30thMEAD bqahd dcom 8th Floor ~ Talbott Towers4 :00 P.M.The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held December 4, 1962 at the School House. Mrs. Robert Hughes, Jr., Chairman, presidedThose answering roll call-waresDr. Marti Mrs. Marti Mrs. Walker Davis Mr. John CoteMrs. Fred DeCamp Mrs. Robert HughesMrs. Daniel Mahoney Mr. Daniel Mahoney Rev. Harold KocherMrs. Hebert NevinMrs. Nelson Mead Mrs. Pierce WoodMrs. Hughes reviewed the property purchase situation reporting that the $100,000 Hummert property had been declared unsuitable for school purposes by State authorities She also reported that school representatives had examined the Willows property con-sisting of 10 acres, 2 buildings and a small house, probably available for about $75,000.Mrs. Marti spoke on the these “Culture Goes to School", stating that The Marti School will continue to emphasise taste and aesthetics through such means as pre-senting full texts of the classics, displaying good art and avoiding that which, is cheap and easy.She also mentioned that a report had come hack from Wing Cmdr, and Mrs, Hyde saying that their children had not been put back a grade, as is normally expected in English schools, and that they were most grateful to the school. Reports from AndoverMrs. Nevin announced that a total of $800 had been raised by Mrs. Marti to pay for the boarding expense of Rose Marie Strattner, our Brasilian pupil. Rose Marie has been speaking to numerous Women's organisations on Brazilian customs and the resulting publicity has been valuable to the school. Volunteer Scholarship funds collected to date total $468, Athletic Equipment donations $160. A gift of $200 for operating funds has been made by Globe Industries, through Mr. Robert Stein.IM PO R TA N T N O T I C EPage 2Groton and St. Paul*a indicate that tha stiff grading policies at, The Marti School have paid off in the success of our former pupils.Mrs. Nevia asked the opinion of the Trustees on the question of passing on to theparents the extra expenses involved in having tutored study halls for those pupils on2nd quarter probation. She stated that the school had undertaken this expanse forfour weeks on a trial basis, but did not feel that it should continue to do so if  theparents did not feel that this was of value to these pupils. Mr. Lewis motioned,Mr. Mahoney seconded that this expense be passed on to the parents.Dr. Marti announced that he had been invited to give two lectures in the Dept, of Theology at Notre Dame.Mrs. Hughes turned the meeting over to Mrs. Mahoney, who had recently returned from the East where she had conferred with Mr. Francis Parkman, Chairmen of the National Association of Independent Schools.The following suggestions emerged from this conference:1. Lack of State Accreditation is not considered a detriment by many private schools. Some schools have even dropped it.2. A Headmaster to work on athletics, finances, lunch progress night be,hired at a salary between $6500 end $10,000 per year.3. Membership In Ohio Association of Independent Schools would be desirable. Mrs. Mahoney will write concerning this.Mr. Mahoney moved that we authorize the formation of a committee to investigatethe above mentioned proposals. Mr. Lewis added the proposal that the first objectiveof this committee be the definition of duties to be assigned to any new employee.Motion seconded by Mr. Cote and carried.Meeting adjourned at 5:50 P.M.Respectfully submitted,Joan W. G. WoodMBATENTATIVE AGENDA, January 30th: Review of Board Organization, School Curriculum,Finance and Future Planning.

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