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...week's synod in Greenville, Pa., Roth seized the podium and refused to leave the auditorium, shouting, "There is great corruption in the church!" He was arrested again, along with a fellow dissident minister, then released on the condition that he not go near the auditorium. Said Bishop James Crumley: "We're tired of (the controversy). We've been embarrassed by it, and it has hurt the church internally...
Bishop James Crumley, the L.C.A. leader, says, "There have been few times in my life when I have felt this kind of elation: a thrill in every fiber of my being. I fully expect the new church to be realized." Problems still remain, however. Though the churches embrace the same creeds, there are some differences in organization. Also, the L.C.A. belongs to the socially active National Council of Churches; the other two groups...
Fitler emphasizes basics-reading, math, science, spelling and writing, including 15 minutes daily of penmanship for all pupils. Handwriting is of great concern to Crumley: "What good is it if you can't read what they wrote?" The 24 other Academics Plus elementary schools in Philadelphia have a similar academic plan. But Fitler follows through. Students are not promoted unless they receive at least a C in math and reading. Parents must come in person to pick up report cards. Parents and teachers must sign the one-hour homework lessons assigned to pupils four times a week. Says...
Principal Crumley himself seems to be omnipresent, popping up as lunch periods begin in the school's barracks-like cafeteria and walking the halls when classes are changing. He knows many of the students by name, and most of their parents. Third-Grade Teacher Mary Robus credits him with being instantly on call for any teacher. She recalls a morning when her class was a bit slow lining up to return from the playground. A voice boomed from the fire tower above: "I'd like to see those lines straight." It was, of course, Crumley...
Philadelphia School Project Evaluator Arnold Escourt notes that parents are naturally more cooperative because they deliberately chose the school. Principal Crumley also has an advantage in running a small school and in having been able to attract a new teaching staff when he started the experiment; he thus avoided problems with seniority and mediocrity that plague many schools. But at a time when so many elementary school students are failing the new minimum-competency tests-one-third of the primary-graders in Washington, D.C., for example-the Fitler experience has application far beyond Philadelphia. As Fitler Parent Carmela Dunyan puts...