- Date
- 1976-09-01
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Sister Nancy Malburg (departing principal) · Sister Dennis Marie Kirt (incoming principal) · Sister Agatha Artman (high-school teacher) · John Murphy (special-education and physical-education teacher)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Community School opened on September 1, 1976, with reported enrollment of 57. Sister Dennis Marie Kirt replaced Sister Nancy Malburg as principal; the issue also describes elementary, high-school, special-education, music, and school-board staffing.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary school-news report, not a complete staff roster, enrollment register, personnel file, or proof of every described program’s later operation.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports the September 1 opening, enrollment of 57, principal transition from Sister Nancy Malburg to Sister Dennis Marie Kirt, elementary and high-school staffing, the Island special-education program led by John T. Murphy, a new music department headed by Joseph Moore, and Jewell Gillespie succeeding Philip Gregg as school-board president. It does not provide a complete staff roster, enrollment register, or district records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the school opening, enrollment, staffing, and board transition.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School opens the 1976–77 year”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-year-opens-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1976, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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