May 2001 
Facility and grade realignment plan benefits student learning By James W. Scott, Ed.D., Superintendent
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W elcome to the final edition of The Reporter for the 2000-2001 school year. The reader will find useful information regarding the facility needs of Eureka High School. The main building at the high school has withstood 76 years of weather and temblors and now is in need of some strengthening of its structural integrity. As grand as the main building is, new safety requirements require immediate attention. Winship and Zane have been very busy planning for their inaugural year as 6-8 middle schools. The principals and staffs have been meeting regularly to address curriculum and instruction issues as well as molding what the student day will look like. Parents have been given opportunities to meet the principals and staffs to hear about developing plans and to ask questions. Everyone seems very excited about the middle school program. As we greet spring and look forward to summer, Marshall School is celebrating its distinguished contributions over the past five decades to the education of our children. Marshall has touched many lives in Eureka as the school in the heart of the city. Please join us as we congratulate Marshall for its very special place within our community. With summer approaching, Eureka City Schools will be busy planning for major maintenance projects, placing new classrooms at the middle schools, and ensuring that thirty teachers changing schools and classrooms will be ready to teach when the bell rings on the first day of school September 4. We will also be continuing to fine tune our budget, watching enrollment trends, and assessing financial news from Sacramento as we put the final touches on our 2001-2002 fiscal plan. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, we have spring testing to look forward to and, of course, our graduation ceremonies. On behalf of the governing board, I want to thank parents and community for your continued support. I would also like to recognize the following Eureka City Schools teachers and staff, who combined for 507 years of teaching and school service, are about to retire at the conclusion of the school year. They are: Carol Ballard, Eureka High home economics teacher; Diana Berliner, Eureka High resource specialist teacher; Michael Kellogg, Eureka High social science teacher; Steve Lau, Eureka High science teacher; Bob Lopez, Eureka High art teacher; Robert Sorenson, Marshall Elementary teacher; Nancy Walker, Lafayette Elementary teacher; Carolyn Whitmire, Zane resource specialist teacher; Joan Bronder, Eureka High special education instructional assistant; Ardith Carter, Eureka Adult School office supervisor; Dave Costa, district maintenance; Joan Crossan, Eureka High counseling clerk; Melva Duclo, warehouse delivery and storekeeper; Jean Eglian, Jefferson special education instructional assistant; Robert Porter, Zane lead custodian; Earline Shamblin, Eureka High special education instructional assistant; Josephine Terry, Winship special education instructional assistant; Ruby Watkins, Washington special education instructional assistant; and Margaret Wilson, Eureka High food services. The children of Eureka thank you for dedicated service to education.
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