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The Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as tru th, courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and con cern, then academic achievement naturally follows. Hy de School founder Joseph Gauld claims success with the program at the $18,000-a-year high school in Ba th, Maine, which has received considerable publicity for its work with troubled youngsters.

"We don't see ourselves as a school for a type of kid," says Malcolm Gauld, Joseph's son, who grad uated from Hyde and is now headmaster. "We see our selves as preparing kids for a way of life —by cultivating a comprehensive set of principles that can affect all kids."

Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his controversia l Character First idea to public, inner-city schools willing to use the tax dollars spent on the trad itional program for the new approach. The first Hyd e public school program opened in September 1992. W ithin months the program was suspended. Teachers pro tested the program's demands and the strain associat ed with more intense work.

This fall, the Hyde Foundation is scheduled to begi n a preliminary public school program in Baltimore. Teachers will be trained to later work throughout the entire Baltimore system. Other US school manag ers are eyeing the program, too. Last fall, the Hy de Foundation opened a magnet program within a publ ic high school in the suburbs of New Haven, Connec ticut, over parents' protests. The community feared the school would attract inner-city minority and tro ubled students.

As in Maine the quest for truth is also widespread at the school in Connecticut. In one English clas s, the 11 students spend the last five minutes in an energetic exchange evaluating their class perfor mance for the day on a 1-10 scale.

"I get a 10."

"I challenge that. You didn't do either your gramma r or your spelling homework."

"OK, a seven."

"You ought to get a six."

"Wait, I put my best effort forth here."

"Yeah, but you didn't ask questions today."

Explaining his approach to education, Joe Gauld sa ys the conventional education system cannot be refor med. He notes "no amount of change" with the horse and carriage "will produce an automobile". The Hyd e School assumes "every human being has a unique p otential" that is based on character, not intelligen ce or wealth. Conscience and hard work are valued. Success is measured by growth, not academic achiev ement. Students are required to take responsibility for each other. To avoid the controversy of other character programs used in US schools, Gauld says t he concept of doing your best has nothing to do w ith forcing the students to accept a particular set of morals or religious values.

The Hyde curriculum is similar to conventional sch ools that provide preparation for college, complete with English, history, math and science. But all st udents are required to take performing arts and s ports, and provide a community service. For each co urse, students get a grade for academic achievement and for "best effort". At Bath, 97% of the gradu ates attend four-year colleges.