Much tinkering went on in Middletown's 11 schools this summer while the city's little scholars bulged their muscles in the hot sun and pulled the shades down on their gray matter. The students will get their first peek at all the changes when they slip into the buildings for the first time this school year on September 8. Alteration number one is the figure that sits in the chair of the superintendent of schools. On August 1, Earle R. Seidner took over the post from Wade E. Miller, who retired after 36 years of service to Middletown schools. A major share of the other differences are more physical than personal. Students at the high school and Roosevelt junior high, for example, will have new roofs over their heads. The Roosevelt pupils also will note a widened driveway on the east end of the school, a new parking lot in the back of the building and a remodeled home economics room inside...

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