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board pos School board members aren't paid, at least not directly. "We don't get paid a damn thing," Witten said, "not even expenses. I usually work five to eight hours a week on school board business." Those "five-to-eight hours" plus his teaching and administrative work at USC make Witten a rather busy educator-about-town. But he calls education "his hobby," adding that there is no television in his house. Tolley, 41, said he decided to get into the race because he "has seen through direct and personal involvement how the school work of our children has deteriorated. "There has been a breakdown in what is being expected of our children in the classroom," Tolley said. "My oldest boy, a sixth grader, is doing work he did two years ago in the fourth grade. "I don't see how we can consider our schools the cradle of Western democracy unless we transmit ideas and set standards for our students to meet. 4I vI Carry Out OR Po-Bo Fresh Shrim; $1.75 Generous Serving of Free P O-Boy Slaw - French Fries - T Flouer OO Puppies - Tar ter Sauce. $1.3s Po-Bo 112 Lb. Fresh FiletCmbato of FlounderCObntF Cole Slaw - F. Fries $1.90 Tater Tots - Hush Puppies Fresh Filet of Fl Shrimp & Oy Cole Slaw - F.Fries Hush Puppies - T a 1208 Knox A TELEPHONE C 786-1w ition "The real solution to the district's problems," Tolley continued, "is to get new board members. It is obvious things have really been out of shape around here the last few years. People are tired and indifferent, and they are moving out of the district. The athletic programs of all the schools except one (Lower Richland High School) lost money this year and attendance is down." On busing, Tolley flashes his Deadline '72 credentials. "We need to cut out 95 per cent of this busing," he said. "To me, busing has done more to cause hate and violence than anything. It breaks up neighborhoods and families and cuts children away from their background, culture and environment." Tolley's solution is "not to write more guidelines, more laws, more policies, but to expect out of our students what we expect of ourselves--that they be given certain requirements and that they meet them. If it becomes necessary, we need to have black disciplinarians for blacks and white disciplinarians for whites. No special privileges for anyone." Gergel, who says he has the support of the black community and "mobs" of students, is basing his campaign on vast curriculum reform and student individualization. "The greatest problem in our schools is a basic lack of involvement," he offered. "School is boring for most kids. There is nothing there for those who fail, so the school sort of breeds failure. "I don't think the people who are graduating today are thinking people. Society is so com plex today that schools are no longer meeting E A uiH \il 11 Dining In Box h Shrimp - Cole Lter Tots - Hush Po-Boy NE Fried Oyster, Box Large $1.75TO LreServing of Fresh Box Oysters - Cole Siaw French Fries - Tater Tots ounder Hush Puppies - Tarter LOW ;ters Sauce. -later Tot s ter Sauce bbott Drive OR EDERS '54 DAYS A.. EEK its needs. They might have at one time, but no longer." Although Gergel said he was happy that the Deadline '72 group is taking an interest in education, he disagreed with some of the group's ideas. "I think some of their motives are racial," he said. "They think discipline is the problem, but that's really not so. They want to fill the halls with cops, but that's hot the answer." Gergel said he is not concerned with "false issues such as busing and discipline. My con cern is the expansion of programs to achieve a quality education for all the students of South Carolina, and not school desegregation." Witten And so, the words go on and on. Will Witten, Tolley or Gergel get the shot at a Republican challenger in November? Or does it really matter? After all, politics means never having to say you're sorry. xam Schedule Ionday. .Iulv 1o Tuesday. July i .\ .\ ('LIsses 8:1K) to 10(K) \Ii 12 : 11 lasses 8:(K I lIAKI A .\ ('lasst-s 11.() tn IM .1I ! IK I ( s to I-KM .\ I ('\lasses 2:IKI In 4:K) .\l ulh r Chasses 2(K) to 4-X) * .\onday. .IU1y 14) ..\ll 5:30) 1latsses 5:30 to 7:30 A\ll 7:1K0 (lasses 8:0)0 to 10:00 Tu'iesday. .July 11I A ll 11 ('Ihasses 3 :0 to7 1(1:00 stration for the second term of Summer School will be held in gBLUE DENIM OR CORDUROY STRAIGHT LEG OR BELL # SHIPMENT OF PRINTED TANK 'S, T-SHIRTS - $1.99. CUT BELLS, 'lT TOPS, MOST ANYTHING. MOE LEVYS CORNER LADY & ASSEMBLY CHARGE CARDS WELCOMED