Historical March 1996 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The board of Crossroads School, a private nonsectarian middle and high school, located at 500 DeBaliviere, has selected a new director who happens to live in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood. Present director Anne Spencer has resigned effective at the end of this school year to join her husband in Europe.
The Crossroads board conducted an extensive search for her replacement and ended up finding someone less than a mile from the school. Crossroads’ new director is William Beton Handmaker, a resident of 61xx Washington. Handmaker holds a B.A. in history and political science from George Washington University and a M.A. in teaching/history from Washington University. Since 1989, he has been employed at the Whitfield School in St. Louis, first as a history teacher, then dean of faculty, and finally assistant head. Handmaker has also taught as an adjunct education professor at Maryville University.
He has designed curriculum for the teaching of world history and has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
After Handmaker assumes his post, the Times plans to interview him in depth about his plans for Crossroads and his educational philosophy.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1996.
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