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1mis is ino rirst or a inrw-pan
series deafng with the quality
of education in Columbia area
high schools. Friday's segment
will present an opposing view, f
By Donald B. Weatherbee
Staff Writer
The quality of high school
education in South Carolina
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recently, but surveys conducted
by Columbia area
high schools indicate their
graduates are well-prepared
for college and careers.
The State Department
requires high schools to
conduct surveys of recent
graduates, said Barbara
Jeffcoat, a 12th grade
guidance counselor at
Brookland-Cayce High
School. High schools receive
college freshmen's grades.
Most reports indicate the
students are doing well.
nonny morgan, a iwhi
graduate of Richland
Northeast High School, said:
"I was prepared very well
here. I'm going into the
service next year, so the
education I received will
help me there. I'm interested
in their nuclear
science program. To be
accepted in this field in the
Army, you must take a
special nuclear science tesl
along with the Americar
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Armea rorces Ejiiuiiuct
Examination. I turned in one
of the highest scores on mj
particular test day."
John H. Hudgens, prin
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High School, said the survej
indicates graduates of hii
school are passing mori
courses in college than the?
passed in high school.
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special programs for gifted
students. <
Keenan High School has an I
advanced placement 4
program for juniors and 1
seniors and an honors j
program for all grade levels. 1
Kennan also offers courses ]
for college credit, according |
to Principal Johnny H. Lee.
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available to upperclassmen
gives students three hours of
college credit. The school
offers other college credit
courses from the USC School
of Education, Lee said.
Lottie Evans, who teaches
the psychology course, said
sometimes "one has to look
at the students individually.
"Some students 1 teach
are very capable in the
course. These students
really put themselves into it.
Some students can't take the
course seriously," Evans
said.
She said most of her
students go to college.
HIGH SCHOOL students
! are required to take the
1 . California Test of Basic
Skills. It covers two areas:
language expression and
! reading. The test results
s determine the average
i reading level of the class,
t according to Ben Nesbit,
i Spring Valley High School
5 principal.
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r spring vauey seniors were
tested in the nth grade.
Juniors were reading at a
t 12th grade level. Now those
t juniors are seniors, and
5 they're reading at a collegei
freshman level, Nesbit said.
/ Soring Vallev also has a
well-established vocational
program that includes job
r placement.
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survey i
"Niiiety-f ve to 97 percent
>f our vocational students
ind jobs," said Nesbit.
'This includes military jobs.
We help our graduates find
jobs. Almost half our
vocational students are
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graduate."
Improved teaching contributes
to the success of
high school students, according
to John M. Drummond,
one of five assistant
principals at BrooklandCayce.
"THE MARKET for
teachers is flooded, which is
on aHuantaOP for high
Ull - ? - 0schools.
It enables us to pick
quality teachers, which
improves the quality of th*
teaching," said Drummond.
But not everyone agrees.
"I think the teaching could
be improved. Most of my
teachers teach out of the
book and not out of what the>
know," said Renee Shealy, a
Brookland-Cayce junior.
Brookland-Cayce separa
tcs students into thre<
programs. Level three is th?
college-preparatory level
Students in level two tak?
traditional high schoo
courses, and level on<
provides a more basi<
^duration Students doini
well in one level may ad
vance to a higher level.
Brookland-Cayce has n<
honors programs or ad
vancod placement for it
academically talente<
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Jeffcoat said the school i
planning such programs.
,4I have parents who woul<
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By P? McCarthy
Staff Wrk*f
The unpaid bills of USC
STAN card holders cost
Southern Ben aoout 912,uuu
last year, according to Don
Caughman, Bell public
relations manager.
Neariy ?,uuu siuuenu* on
campus use STAN card
accounts for billing longdistance
telephone calls.
Caughman said some
students misuse their STAN
numbers by billing calls to
other numbers.
"A lot of people wno
wouldn't ever steal
uates
says
* like to see an honors
* program put in the school,
and we are moving toward
that. The present collegeprep
program will prepare a
student for college if the
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said.
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in front of the set
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lone
something tangible would cj
trunk aosoiuieiy nouung or c<
stealing telephone service," a
he said. ii
Toll fraud is serious r<
business, Caughman said. s<
On-campus students can lose &
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students can lose their phone r
service. State and federal
penalties range from r
moderate fines to prison. r
Despite last year's $12,000 I
loss at USC, Caughman said, 1
"I wouldn't say students i
misuse service that much" <
compared with non-students. j
Delinquent accounts are
another of Southern Bell's
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proDiems. n a cara noiaer
fails to pay a phone bill by
the date indicated on the
monthly bill, a service
representative calls to encourage
payment.
If the . customer has
financial " problems,
Caughman said, the size of
the bill, payment records
and other circumstances are
considered before Bell takes
further action.
"Believe it or not, we try to
be as understanding as
possible/' Caughman said.
But we are a private enterprise.
We have share
owners. We're as concerned
about collecting our debts as
anyone."
If it can't collect from the
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bills
ard holder, the telephone
ompany cancels the STAN
ccount. If a debt is not paid
1 one state and service is
equested later in another
tate within the Bell System,
ervice will not be granted
ecause of the poor credit
ating.
Southern Bell has
equested a $39.6 million
ate increase from the state
>ublic Service Commission,
rhat increase, however, will
lot directly affect longlistance
rates, Caughman
said.
"When we ask for a rate
increase, we ask for increases
in some services out
of thousands of services,"
Caughman said.
No changes will be made
in the rate structure of longdistance
calls.
Southern Bell plans to
develop one basic rate
schedule that would
eliminate major problems
such as rate inconsistency.
For example, an 80-mile outof-state
call may now cost
less than an 80-mile in-state
call in some areas,
Caughmansaid.
The proposed rates would
increase monthly charges
for residents and businesses.
Also, rates for optional
services would increase
Dr. Donald
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East Timor In Indonesia,
will speak
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