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The Esperian family, from left, Brigitte, Justine, and John and Christopher,
will be leaving Lititz Friday after nine years, during which Esperian was head­master
at Linden Hall.
E s p e r ia n T o H e a d D a y
S c h o o l I n F lo r id a
Headmtister leaving after 9 years at Linden Hall School
by Kathleen King
On Friday morning John
Esperian and his wife will
load up the car, pile the kids
and the cat in the back seat,
and head south.
After nine years as
headmaster of Linden Hall,
Esperian has accepted a
position at a school in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
“It was a very, very dif­ficult
decision,” Esperian
said in a recent interview.
“But I just felt that I was
beginning to get in a rut,” he
explained.
“ The same problems
started to come across the
desk,” he said.
Esperian said he views
Lititz as a nice community in
which to raise children and
admits that he will miss the
excellent teachers who made
up his staff and the students
to whom he has often been
father, counselor and dinner
companion.
“I’ve made some good
friends...that’s the toughest
part of moving,” he said.
But when he “started to
feel himself bogging down,”
he knew it was time to look to
something new.
“I’m not quite at the age to
get bogged down,” he said.
Esperian’s new post will
be quite different from his
current one as headmaster
of an all-girls boarding
school headed by the
Moravian Church, he said.
The job as headmaster at
St. Mark’s School en­compasses
overseeing ap­proximately
250 day
students in an Episcopalian
day school with grades from
nursery to grade nine, he
explained.
“The kids go home at the
end of the day - that’s the
difference,” he said.
He and his wife are looking
forward to having a private
life again, he said.
“In a boarding school you
are responsible for kids 24-
hours a day,” which meant,
he said, being on-call all the
time.
But in a day school a
headmaster has a lot more
contact with parents, he
said.
Esperian said he had
originally looked into some
schools in the European
area. But because European
schools hire several months
later than schools in the
United States, he was of­fered
the job in Florida
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Church 16
Business Directory 18
Business Update 19
before he knew if any of the
European schools were
going to make an offer.
As it turned out, he said, he
did receive an offer from a
school in Europe after he
accepted the job in Florida.
Prior to coming to Lititz,
Esperian worked in schools
in suburban New Jersey,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, he said. So working
in a metropolitan area will
not be anything new to him,
he explained.
His children, Christopher,
age 10, and Justine, age 5,
will both be enrolled in St.
Mark’s School, he said.
“That’s part of the benefit
package,” he added.
Esperian said he likes to
think that he made some
important contributions to
Linden Hall and its future
while he served as head­master.
“I like to feel I’ve given
the school a new life,” he
said.
When he came to the
school in 1976, there were 63
students enrolled. Now
there are nearly double that
many.
“In the mid-70’s there was
a great dip in enrollment in
private schools,” he said.
“A lot of schools closed or
came close to closing - or
went co-ed.”
Linden Hall, however, did
not go co-ed, but rather “just
hung on.”
“We walked a tight-rope,”
is how he described it.
Gradually the interest in
single-sex private schools
perked up again, and at the
same time some changes at
Linden Hall helped make the
school more attractive to
students^ Esperian said.
A new library was built,
the “physical plant” was
made more attractive, and
faculty apartments were
made from a former student
dormitory.
With some additional
changes in the curriculum,
such as offering the
awareness week program in
which students ’’experience
life” at some active program
outside the classroom, the
academic life was improved,
Esperian feels.
“We' try to be more
s e le c tiv e with our
enrollment,” he said. Now
about 75 percent of the ap­plicants
are accepted.
Several years ago, it was
about 90 percent, he said.
“Boarding school is still
viewed as a fairly suitable
way to prepare kids for
college - with living away
from home,” he said.
And in all types of
education, whether it be
public education, private
schools, boarding schools,
the important thing is that
there is a choice, Esperian
believes. —---- "
In spite of some positive
changes, not every attempt
was successful, Esperian
said.
Although his personal
relationships with the
community have always
been positive, Esperian said,
-as' a whole '“I always felt
separate from the com­munity.”
And not by his own choice,
he adds.
“Linden Hall is still kind of
isolated both mentally and
spiritually.”
Efforts made to address
that were not completely
successful, he said, although
definite inroads were made.
But in many cases, he said
it seemed like “every effort
was greeted by wonder or
suspicion.”
It’s the town and gown
breach, he said, which an­noys
him because he says he
“doesn’t like to subscribe to
cliches.”
“I think we can have a
good healthy relationship.”
That is apparently for a
future headmaster to per­fect,
because he feels that as
he leaves Lititz the
relationship between the
school and the community
and his own family and the
community has been
“ cordial, friendly and
respectful, but nothing
terribly deep.”
But Esperian refuses to let
that bother him too much.
“I can’t imagine a bad
e x p e r ie n c e ,” he
philosophizes. “You have to
learn from each experience.
A person is the sum total of
his experiences,” he adds.
So when he and his family
leave Friday, Esperian will
take with him his nine years
of experiences at Linden
Hall and in Lititz - some
good, some bad, but all, in
his mind, memorable.
Enrollment Update
Student enrollment in the
Warwick School District has
been reduced by five for the
1985-86 school year.
Total enrollment for the
upcoming year is 3,092. The
total elementary enrollment
is 1,335, up from 1,317.
Middle school enrollment
has dropped from 819 to 727,
while high school enrollment
has risen from 961 to 1,030.
Kindergarten enrollment
has dropped from last year’s
240 to 227, although kin­dergarten
enrollment has
gone up in the last few years,
according to Superintendent
John Bonfield.
Proposed for Register
Old Section
May Become
National Site
The Trustees of the Lititz
Moravian Church will be
holding a public meeting on
Monday, June 24, to discuss
a proposed National
Register Historic District in
Lititz. The meeting will be
held at 7:30 p.m. at the
Brothers’ House on the
Moravian Church Square.
The proposed National
Register Historic District is
to include the areas bounded
by Main Street, Cedar
Street, Marion Street and
Locust Street. The purpose
of this proposed district is to
’■ recognize some of the
earliest buildings in Lititz
and place them on the
National Register of Historic
Places, the official list of the
Nation’s cultural resources
worthy of preservation.
Unlike local histo ric
districts, properties located;
within a National Register
Historic District are not
subject to review by a board
of historical review.
Mary T. Wiley and Jane E.
Higinbotham, represen­tatives
from the Historic
Preservation Trust of
Lancaster County, will be on
hand to present a brief talk
augmented by a slide
presentation.
Higinbotham said post­cards
have been sent to
about 60 property owners in
the area under consideration
for historical review.
Residents will be given the
opportunity to ask questions
and participate in a
discussion following Mon­day’s
presentation. '
F or more information
about the meeting, contact
the Historic Preservation
Trust at 291-5861.
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.The former Rothsville School, subject of a
lengthy and heated zoning battle, is now an
apartment building for low and moderate income
residents. Nine of the 15 apartments are occupied,
many by former Lititz area residents.
Half The Units Now Rented
R o t h s v i l l e S c h o o l A p t s
F i l l i n g W i t h T e n a n t s
by Kathleen King
Five-and-a-half years
a fte r purchasing the
property, the Housing
Development Corporation of
Lancaster (HDC) has
completed the renovation of
the former Rothsville .School
into low and moderate in­come
apartments and is now
renting them to tenants.
The former school, built in
1910, was the center of a
bitter zoning battle between
the Warwick. Township of­ficials
and HDC that
dragged on over several
years.
The Rothsville School has
12 two-bedroom and three
one-bedroom apartments,
according to James Eby,
director of development at
HDC.
Warwick School Board Approves
Salary Schedules For 1985-86
The Warwick School
District Board of Directors
approved new sa la ry
schedules for district em­ployees
during their June 18
meeting.
Approved were the 1985-86
administrative salaries, the
new salary schedule for non-instructional
employees and
the “extra pay for extra
duty” salaries, which are not
included in instructional
contract bargaining and are
considered “miscellaneous
services.”
Administrative salary
changes for the 1985-86
school year include: Dr.
John Bonfield, district
superintendent, from $58,160
to $62,700; Dr. Gary Mc­C
a rtn e y , a s s is ta n t
superintendent, from $44,304
to $47,571; Stephen Iovino,
high school principal, from
$39,400 to 42,558; and Jerry
Shupp, middle school
principal, from $38,117 to
$40,573.
Also, Robert Heron,
elementary principal, from
$37,591 to $39,600; Thomas
Logan, assistant middle
school principal, from
$25,771 to $27,586; and David
L. Zerbe, business manager,
from $36,275 to $41,415.
Other administrative
salary changes include:
Whitney Evans, supervisor
of pupil personnel, from
$24,519 to $26,316; Glen
Badorf, supervisor of the
mathematics department,
from $30,364 to $32,554; John
Ogurcak, supervisor of the
social studies department,
from $27,992 to $30,014; and
Sally Watkins, supervisor of
the English department,
from $28,899 to $30,985.
Also, Larry Zeamer,
director of psychological
services and exceptional
children’s programs, from
$24,190 to $26,019; Dean
Miller, , supervisor of
buildings and grounds, from
$27,396 to $29,590; and Doris
Stauffer, cafeteria super­visor,
from $20,050 to $21,654.
In the extra pay for extra
duty ca tag o ry , some
changes approved include:
director of athletics, from
$3,000 to $3,400; dramatics
director, from $1,100 to
$1,200;and stage manager,
from $600 to $1,000.
The director of adult
education salary was held at
$1,000 as were the special
area head teacher salaries,
a t $350. Supervisory
positions in pupil personnel
services, social studies,
science, language arts and
mathematics were all raised
by $100-plus.
Substitute teacher pay has
been raised from $42 per day
to $45 per day. The hourly
wage of $12 has been
m ain tain ed for adult
education in stru c to rs,
c u r ric u lum w r ite r s ,
homebound instructors and
summer school instructors.
A newly scheduled position
of transportation coor­dinator
has been set at
$1,500.
Personnel Changes
The school board accepted
the resignation of Patricia
Imes, a Spanish teacher at
the high school and a teacher
in the district for 27 years.
R ecom m en d in g the
board’s acceptance of her
request for retirement ap­proval,
Dr. McCartney cited
Ms. Imes as a “superior
teacher,” one who has had
“excellent influence” on
students.
Said McCartney, “She’s
going to leave a void.”
Directors approved the
election of the following
instructional employees:
Mary Klinedinst of Lan­caster,
at a salary of $14,758
for the 1985-86 school year, to
re p la c e K a th ry n
Frankhouser, who is on an
unpaid leave for childcare;
Lisa Macik of Olean, N.Y.,
as a Reading Specialist at a
salary of $16,585.
Also, Judy Bowlby, 202 S.
Spruce St., at a salary of
$14,758 for the 1985-86 school
year, to replace Dixie
Heacock, who is on an un­paid
leave for childcare;
Margaret Lynch at Mt. Joy,
as a high school English
teacher at a salary of
$20,265; and Nelson Gibble of
Lancaster, as a fulltime
teacher of mathematics
from part-time, at a salary
of $19,205. The position was
extended because of the
increased mathematics
elections.
In other business, direc-tojs
approved the transfer of
Rebecca Hostetler from
Reading Specialist to first-grade
teacher at the John
Beck Elementary School at
her request.
Tenants, whose income is
required to fall within the
maximum limits set by the
United States Department of
Housing and U rb an
Development, ($10,500 for
two persons ranging through
$15,250 for six persons) are
careMly Screened, he said.
“We do a credit check, we
check with the previous
landlord and we do an in-home
v is ita tio n for
housekeeping,” he said.
So far nine of the 15 units
are rented, Eby said. Of
those nine tenants, one is
originally from Brickerville,
two from Ephrata, four from
Lititz, and two from outside
the county who formerly
lived in Lititz, according to
Eby.
Tenants pay 30 percent of
their adjusted monthly in­come
for rent and utilities,
excluding telephone.
The two-bedroom apart­ments
rent for $454 and the
three-bedroom apartments
for $545, he said.
Since it is subsidized
housing, a tenant with an
adjusted monthly income of
$1,000 would pay $300 a
month for rent, regardless of
whether he or she rented the
smaller or larger apart­ment,
Eby explained.
HDC re c e iv e s the
remainder of the rent from
the Lancaster County
Housing Authority.
The Rothsville apartments
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Linda Harris Kathleen King
G. Rhoads Is Student Rep
To Warwick School Board
G re tc h e n R h o ad s,
daughter of Richard and
Barbara Rhoads, 931 May
Road, has been appointed
student representative to the
school board for the 1985-86
school year.
Gretchen was secretary of
her class during her junior
year and was active in
student government as a
sophomore.
She h a s been a
cheerleader for two years, is
a member of the band, and
has been elected to the
National Honor Society.
Gretchen played the
female lead in the high
school’s spring musical,
“Bye Bye Birdie.”
Student representatives
a tten d school board
meetings on an advisory
basis only. They are not
voting members of the
board, but they do present
student and school concerns
to the board.
The student represen­tative
also acts as a con­sulting
member of the
education committee.
Two Staff Changes
At Record Express
Linda A. Harris, 37, of 5 S. Yale Ave., Lancaster, has
joined the Record Express as news editor.
Harris holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism
and a paralegal certificate from The Pennsylvania
State University.
A native of Shamokin, she has resided in Lancaster
County since April 1970.
She has five years experience as a daily newspaper
reporter, feature writer and editor in Shamokin and
Lancaster. In addition, she has worked as a radio
continuity director, and as a community information
specialist in Lancaster County; a publications
specialist/media liaison in Philadelphia; and as a
media consultant in Harrisburg.
Harris is a member of the Lancaster Area Paralegal
Association and of its public relations committee. She
is also a volunteer with the “Let’s Lifebelt Lancaster”
campaign.
Harris is filling the vacancy left by Kathleen King,
who has recently moved into the associate editor’s
position.
A one-time correspondent with the Lancaster In­telligencer
Journal, King joined the Record Express
staff over two years ago.
She is a graduate of Warwick High School and
Millersville University, with a bachelor’s degree in
secondary education, major in social studies.
King has received additional credits in journalism
and communications. She served two years with the
U.S. Army, during which time she was stationed in
Germany.