- Date
- 1979-08-19
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Summer 1979 issue reports the August 19 school opening, new staff, and Barbara Rakowski as the first lay principal after ninety-two years of Dominican- Sister teaching.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper staffing notice, not a contract, personnel file, or complete school-year record.
Sources
- Reports the August 19 school opening, Barbara Rakowski as principal, Kathleen McNamara as teacher, and Jacqueline VanHolder as librarian and teacher, including their stated qualifications and island connections. It is a newspaper staffing notice, not a contract, personnel file, or complete school-year record. 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 · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page Summer 1979 issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the school staffing report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School announces new 1979 staff and lay principal”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-staff-opening-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Summer 1979, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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