Word: kellner
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...elected school board, dominated 4 to 1 by conservatives. A deliberate throwback to the past, John Marshall offers its 1,100 pupils a no-nonsense curriculum grounded in the three Rs. The school runs through the eighth grade, and even in kindergarten the emphasis is on reading. Principal Mike Kellner also stresses patriotism: each morning, as the flag is raised, student trumpeters sound the call to the colors through the school's loudspeaker system...
Strict discipline is enforced by the paddle-often administered by Kellner-and every day from five to 20 children may be held after school in a detention room for "character training," designed to curb unruly behavior. Neatly dressed students move about only on passes and line up single file for recess. Says Board Member Henry Myers, a chemical engineer: "This is my idea of the way basic education should be carried out. Parents are fed up with violence, vandalism, poor teaching and permissiveness. They want their kids to be disciplined and to learn the basics-how to count, spell, read...