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An AVGraphics Center
by Robert F. Savitt Jerome Botwinick Jack Tanzman
JL HE Plainvdew-Old Bethpage district is one of the fastest growing school districts in the United States. The lOO-pupU enrollment in 1952 has exploded into the present enrollment of over 9,000. With this growth has come the need for more effective tools of communication to interpret our dynamic school programs to the commimity, to distribute helpful information to staff members and to assist these staff members in carrying out their instructional programs more effectively.
With many new families coming into our district each month, the Communications Center has been a valuable source for the development of printed brochures and other information which orients these new citizens to the school district. The center does all printing for the school district, thus contributing a saving of approximately $10,000 a year.
A monthly newsletter emanating from the center, as well as a yearly budget report and periodic educational progress reports, are mailed to every district resident. The latter are extremely important because of the new educational concepts that are being put into effect in our school district. We have found that print
ed material sent directly to our citizens has been invaluable in explaining the new educational directions in which we are moving— i.e., team teaching, planned heterogeneous grouping, and a comprehensive philosophy of education for our high school.
The Communications Center also provides valuable service to our staff members in two ways: first, numerous bulletins and educational information are organized, printed and distributed through the center, allowing us to focus attention of staff members on common problems or matters of interest. Another significant contribution of the center is the vast amount of teaching materials and services that is provided in order to allow our teachers to carry out their professional tasks more effectively. A variety of instructional materials is constantly flowing to the classroom teacher. Such materials are provided with a minimum of red tape, so that the teacher can have at her fingertips specific materials, allowing her to do a more effective classroom job.
In addition to the economy effected for the school district, we find an excellent instructional station for practical work experience.
A plan view of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Communications Center. The rooms across the top, from left, are an AV studio and workshop, photo lab and dark room, typing and drawing, and the AV office. Across the bottom: prop and utility room, projection and control room, office, and the graphic production and offset printing room.
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Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — February, 1961