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By Kent Larsen
Innovative Educator, Stake President Melvin Carlson Woodland Dead at 85
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA -- Innovative high school teacher and former LDS
Stake President Melvin Carlson Woodland died of cancer on Friday, October
5th. Woodland was known for his 25-year-long program of placing his best
students in part-time local jobs while they earned high school credit. The
program is now called ROP (Regional Occupational Program). "Upon graduation,
virtually all of them had full-time jobs waiting for them," said his son,
Lee. Woodland was named Norte Del Rio "Teacher of the Year" in 1980, the
year he retired. H was also active in the Boy Scouts and served as bishop of
the El Camino Ward and as president of the American River Stake. He was 85.
Obituary: Melvin Woodland, student job pioneer
Sacramento CA Bee 11Oct01 P2
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