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For the first 15 years that Gertrude presided over Barclay School (1971–1986), William Donald Schaefer presided over Baltimore (1971–1986). In a 1983 portrait of the mayor, The Baltimore Evening Sun described his “ferocious, stubborn hold on all levels and details of the city government… his demanding standards, his fostering of new ideas, his unrelenting dedication to the city, his fierce criticism and his massive temper.”1 In only slightly qualified form, that same description might be applied to the Barclay principal.
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William Donald Schaefer’s biographer recorded a ten-item list of “Schaefer’s Rules.” Item number ten pegs Gertrude’s use of temper to a tee: “Act out: Most people will back down in the face of outrageous behavior. Don’t worry when they accuse you of throwing tantrums. When you’re right, you’re right. And you’re always right.” C. Fraser Smith, William Donald Schaefer (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999) 395.
Szanton, Baltimore 2000, A Choice of Futures (Baltimore: Morris Goldsecker Foundation, 1986) 12.
Jill Jonnes, “Everybody Must Get Stoned: The Origins of Modern Drug Culture in Baltimore,” Maryland Historical Magazine 91.2 (Summer 1996) 133–155. Ibid. Quotations: “lifestyle” 136; “highly troubled” 143; “It soon reached” 143–144; “when these people,” 143.
[For a historical examination of this legislation, see Julie Roy Jeffrey, Education for Children of the Poor: A Study of the Origins and Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1979).]
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Williams, G.S., Robinson, J.A.O. (2005). Principal at Barclay, Part Two: “To Learn as Fast as They Can and as Slow as They Must”. In: Education as My Agenda. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-8140-0_8
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