Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 16, 1990 TAG: 9005160705
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Short
The School Board Selection Commission also reappointed member Ann Neighbors to a second term after a 35-minute closed meeting.
Commission Chairman Ralph Allison said the vote was 2-1 for each appointment, but he would not say who voted which way.
This is the 47-year-old Thompson's 16th year on the board.
"I wish we could have had another black," he said, explaining there were no other black candidates because the entire black community backed him. "We don't have anybody representing us now.
"For years we were on the outside looking in," Thompson said. "I don't know how the black community is going to react."
Allison said it may be possible to add another at-large member to the board. He said the commission was looking into the matter.
Saltz, the owner of a Pulaski antiques shop, was a math teacher and coach for 10 years at Richmond's George Wythe High School and was principal for eight years at Salem Middle School in Chesterfield County.
Saltz said he would like to see teachers be more actively involved in attending School Board meetings. "I'll be very, very visible in the schools," he said.
He said he supports expansion of computer-assisted instruction and the plans for a performance-based curriculum at Pulaski County High School.
by CNB