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Beaver Island school board September governance and staffing, 1972

Also 1972 school dress code · 1972 nonresident-student resolution

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-09-11 – 1972-09-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1972-09-11 – 1972-09-21
Kind
Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras
Modern era
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educationgovernancecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island school board revised its student dress code and adopted a resolution that nonresident students would not be accepted in the district at its September 11, 1972 meeting, according to the Beaver Beacon. The issue also reported retiring superintendent Charles Robinson’s September 21 visit with newly appointed superintendent James Shepard and Lawrence McDonough’s appointment to a vacancy after Mrs. Frank Nackerman’s resignation.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper account of board action and personnel change, not a minute book or legal policy publication. The article does not establish the resolution’s later administration, an employment contract, or the complete policy text beyond the summarized dress-code rules.

Sources

  1. Reports the September 11 dress-code revision and nonresident-student resolution, the September 21 visit by retiring superintendent Charles Robinson and incoming superintendent James Shepard, and Lawrence McDonough’s appointment to a vacancy; it does not reproduce minutes or legal policy records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school board September governance and staffing, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-board-september-governance-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1972, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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