Brownsboro Names Riley School Head

Brownsboro Names Riley School Head

Brownsboro, Texas (Sp.) - H. H. Riley, who replaced H. D. Bass last April as temporary superintendent of the Brownsboro schools, Saturday was named to that post by the board of trustees.

Riley succeeds Bass who was dismissed last April by the new board of trustees shortly after they had taken office. Bass had served as Brownsboro superintendent for 23 years.

Riley formerly was superintendent of the Canton schools for 16 years. He has been principal of the Brownsboro schools for eight years.

The dismissal of Bass last spring resulted in a shooting spree during a school board session in which one man was killed.

Dr. C. C. Rahm, secretary of the board, was indicted for murder in the shooting death of Thurman Jackson, 42.

Riley's appointment as superintendent was by agreement of the school board and Bass himself. Although Bass and the board agreed to resign en masse at a hearing last June in Austin with Dr. J. W. Edgar, state commissioner of education, none as a whole have resigned. Dr. Rahm and board member Billy Stokes resigned at a special board meeting several weeks ago.

The school board is continuing to serve for the present, pending a decision on the mechanics of electing or appointing a new board.

Bass has said he would formally resign as superintendent as soon as the school board makes out his check and submits their resignation.

Since the hearing in Austin last June, Dr. Edgar and Bass have been in conference with the board and their attorneys in an effort to solve the problem prior to the opening of school Sept. 6.

The school board, meanwhile, is expected to approve the 1960-61 budget next Thursday.

Dallas Morning News
Sunday, August 14, 1960
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