
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 13, 1991                   TAG: 9103130228
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Southwest bureau
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                 LENGTH: Short

NO CHIEF NAMED AT DUBLIN GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL

The Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Science, Mathematics and Technology still has no director in the wake of Michael Bentley's resignation last week.

The school has 36 juniors commuting to it for a half-day from high schools in Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski and Wythe counties and the city of Galax.

The school's board met Tuesday in a 37-minute closed session to discuss personnel, but named no interim director and started no proceedings to seek a new director.

"When things are going as well as they're going now, why bother them?" said Susan Goforth, board chairwoman, who represents Wythe County.

Bentley was the school's director when it opened last fall. He resigned last week effective June 30, but the board granted him an immediate leave of absence to complete a textbook for science teachers that he and a colleague are working on.

Joy Colbert, secondary supervisor and coordinator of the gifted and talented program for Pulaski County schools, has been given time off from those duties to teach Bentley's science classes at the governor's school and help with the day-to-day management. Colbert was one of those who helped get the school established last year.

Goforth said oversight also is being provided by Galax Superintendent James Stuart and Pulaski County Superintendent William Asbury in conjunction with Colbert.

The board Tuesday accepted another resignation, from part-time teacher Chris Parker, who is leaving the area for another job.

by CNB