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PARK BOARD MEETING <br />September 6, 1972 <br />Meeting was called to order at 8°0~ p.m. <br />Board members presents Cook , Dahl, Gunderman, Hagemeyer, <br />Sherlock, Smith, Weissman and Council Representative Rebelein. <br />Others presento Robert M. Wicklund, Mr. David Conover - repre- <br />senting School District 621, Terry Aitken - Citizens Study <br />Committee and Richard Newman. <br />Minutes of the regular meeting of August 2, 1972 were approved <br />as submitted. <br />Community School <br />Mr. David Conover, who is heading up the 621 Community School <br />Program, appeared before the Board to explain status of the <br />program. He stated that it was the tentative plan to employ a <br />non-school person in each of three areas in the districto Bel- <br />Air, Sunnyside and Snail Lake. This person would work through <br />local neighborhood groups to organize programs for school and <br />non-school people. The basic orientation of the program is to <br />make school facilities available to the maximum amount for edu- <br />cational and recreational purposes. He stated that he wanted to <br />bring about the idea that schools belong to the community. It <br />was his intent to go into each community to get a picture of that <br />communityts needs. <br />The Park Board held a brainstorming session of what their concept <br />of a community school is. <br />Dahl stated that she felt that it was a two-way street and both <br />school and other community facilities should be included. <br />Sherlock stated that the major purpose of a community school is <br />to avoid duplication of efforts so as to keep taxes down. <br />Cook replied that the real purpose was to maximize the availability <br />of educational and recreational facilities and that financial <br />savings would be a by-product of this intent. <br />Gunderman stated that the total community, including churches, <br />Y.M.C.A.; etc., must be involved. <br />Sherlock replied that the program must be kept to a practical <br />level by starting small. He further stated that if an attempt <br />was made to get every sin gle interested agency involved in the <br />beginning, the whole thing would fail due to confusion. <br />