Frank Leslie Schlagle

FRANK LESLIE SCHLAGLE Superintendent of Kansas City, KS Public Schools 1932-1962 Pg. 1 – March 17, 2004

"A school system should have ideals which shape its destiny."

Kansas Teacher and Western School Journal, Volume XLV, Number Four, Sept 1937, pg. 5 - F. L. Schlagle, one of the youngest city superintendents of the Middle West, is not young to Kansas City, for he has served the school system of the city since 1908. In these twenty-four years he has held grade and high school administrative positions, and from 1924 to 1932 was assistant superintendent of schools. In the five years of his superintendency, the new Wyandotte High School has materialized and plans are under way for a new Sumner High School. Mr. Schlagle is interested not only in buildings, but is vitally concerned with teacher welfare, as is shown by the new tenure law for his city. A hard hitting, efficient, eventuating administrator and educational expert, Superintendent Schlagle is leading his community in better things. - C.W.

Old Kerr School, 3650 State, was established in 1868 as District 2 of Wyandotte County. First one-room stone building, in 1906 a three-room brick addition was erected. District 2 was annexed to the city system in May, 1911. Mr. F. L. Schlagle, superintendent of KCKs schools from 1932 to 1962, was Kerr principal from 1913 to 1916.

In 1916, Central Junior High School, sometimes referred to as the Whittier Junior High School or just "the junior high school", opened in September with an enrollment of 800. H. P. Shepherd from Atchison was appointed the first principal, and F. L. Schlagle, former Kerr School principal, was named assistant principal.

In 1921, Principal F. L. Schlagle planned a grand review of high school work on April 6. The idea of showing a class work to parents was original with the Argentine High School. Only seven absences at the evening session were reported. Mr. Schlagle was pleased with the attendance of 800 visitors, and newspapers hailed the demonstration as unique in the state and maybe in America.

PERSONAL

Residence: 2008 Washington Avenue; Kansas City, Kansas Wife: Doris Wilson Schlagle Children: None

EDUCATION

Graduate of Wyandotte High School, KCKs, 1908 B.S. Degree from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KS, 1916 M.A. Degree from Columbia University, New York, NY, 1923 Additional graduate work taken at Columbia University FRANK LESLIE SCHLAGLE Superintendent of Kansas City, KS Public Schools 1932-1962 Pg. 2 – March 17, 2004

Recipient Distinguished Alumnus Citation – Kansas State College Emporia, KS, June 1960

MILITARY

Ensign, United States Navy, 1918-1919

TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Syracuse, Kansas and Wolcott, Kansas 1909-1912 Principal, Kerr Elementary School, KCKs, 1913-1915 Vice-Principal, Central Junior High School, KCKs, 1916-1918 Principal, Argentine High School, KCKs, 1919-1924 Assistant Superintendent of Schools, KCKs, 1924-1932 Superintendent of Schools, KCKs, 1932-1962 Superintendent of Schools Emeritus, KCKs, 1962-1974

KANSAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Vice-President, 1930-31 Chairman, Board of Directors, 1936-1940 Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1941-1943 Chairman, Salary Schedule Committee, 1947 Chairman, Revision of Constitution, 1936, 1960

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

President, 1944-1946 Chairman, Executive Committee, 1944-1946 Secretary, Board of Trustees, 1944 – July, 1961 Member, Educational Policies Commission, 1944-1946 Member, Defense Commission, 1944-1946 Member, War and Peace Fund Campaign Commission, 1943 State Director, 1932-1964 Member, Budget Commission, 1942-1944 Life Member of the N.E.A. Chairman, Board of Trustees, July 1961 – July 1967 Board of Directors, Emeritus Member, July 1967 – 1974 FRANK LESLIE SCHLAGLE Superintendent of Kansas City, KS Public Schools 1932-1962 Pg. 3 – March 17, 2004

UNITES NATIONS

Consultant on Education to US Delegation UN Conference, San Francisco, California, 1945 (Appointed by U S Secretary of State Stettinius) Member of US Delegation to Conference on UNESCO, 1945 London, England (authorized by US State Department) Charter Member, Kansas Commission for UNESCO Treasurer, Kansas Commission for UNESCO, 1949-1952 President, Kansas United National Conference, 1951 President, World Conference Teaching Profession Endacott, NY, 1946 (28 foreign nations represented)

NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, American Assoc of School Administrators Member, Horace Mann League Member, National Board, Camp Fire Girls, 1947-1950 Member, Advisory Council, Bold Journey Teacher Awards Television Series, 1956-1957 Member, Advisory Council, High Road Teacher Awards Television Series, 1958-1959 Member, Advisory Council, NEA Division of Travel Service, 1954-1959 Member, Educational Administrators Group participating in month’s tour Of Soviet school, October, 1959 Member, Advisory Council, Expedition Teacher Awards Television Series, 1959-1974 White House Conference on Rural Education, 1944 White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1959

STATE ACTIVITIES

Member, Kansas State Board of Education, 1939-1945 Member, Kansas State Board for Vocational Education, 1939-1945 Member, Kansas State Textbook Commission, 1939-1945 Chairman, Kansas State Polio March of Dimes, 1950-1953 Member, Kansas Schoolmasters Club Member, Kansas Assoc of School Administrators Kansas Chairman, US Savings Bonds Division for Schools, 1945- Member, Kansas State Teachers Assoc Life Member, Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers Chairman, Kansas Governor’s Defense Commission on Education, 1940-1947 Member, Board of Trustees, Kansas Council on Economic Education, 1959- FRANK LESLIE SCHLAGLE Superintendent of Kansas City, KS Public Schools 1932-1962 Pg. 4 – March 17, 2004

LOCAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Board of Directors, United Community Fund and Council Member, Board of Directors, Kansas City Camp Fire Council Member, Executive Board of Kaw Council Boy Scouts Member, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Member, Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Member, Phi Delta Kappa (Honorary School Men’s Fraternity) Member, Kiwanis Club Member, Mason (32˚ Scottish Rite, Shriner) Member, Kansas City Board of Directors YMCA Member, Board of Trustees, Science Pioneers Member, Board of Governors, American Royal Member, Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Recipient Julius H. Rabin Interfaith & Interracial Award, 1957 Member of American Legion Wyandotte Post #83 Member, Board of Directors, KC Regional Health & Welfare Council Member, Board of Directors, Cancer Society Member, Greater Kansas City Area Safety Council Member, First Presbyterian Church Kansas City, Kansas Teachers Association Recipient of YMCA Man of the Year Award, February 28, 1961

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Listed in Who’s Who in America since 1946 Listed in Who’s Who in American Education Listed in Leaders in Education

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