r ROG +7 :LW 'Z :11: >.:1>.-.1 V 3 THIS ISSUE 75cP N I 9 2..9 2.. F.: S 113N I-1S :1: 00000 1: SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JUNE 15, 1990 / 22 SIVAN 5750 Education Task Force Backs Broad Changes SUSAN GRANT and KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writers A a task force set up 2 1/2 years ago will ask the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration to hire a staff consul- tant to map out and imple- ment a revitalization pro- gram for Detroit's formal and informal Jewish educa- tional programs. Hiring a professional for one year is part of the Jew- ish Educatior ql Task Force's broad set of recommenda- tions to be proposed to the Federation board of gover- nors before the fall, Federa- tion officials said. A report has not yet been drafted. But Federation ex- ecutives this week outlined the committee's blueprint for providing educational services on a broader com- munal level. Federation officials say they hope to take a more ac- tive role in Jewish education by heightening interest among community mem- bers. In doing so, the com- mittee is recommending United Hebrew Schools' afternoon and Sunday pro- grams become decentralized, possibly placing these UHS programs under the auspices of a new, still undefined en- tity to be structured by the consultant. The Agency for Jewish Education would continue to operate the Community Jewish High School, which would incorporate joint pro- grams with private Jewish schools. Although the Agen- cy for Jewish Education now is charged with overseeing educational programs within the community, the task force will not ask the existing agency to develop any new programs "We want new blood. We want a new perspective," Federation Executive Vice President Robert Aronson said. "The ,onsultant is not a threat to the Agency for Jewish Education's exis- tence. The agency is a part- ner in this." Ofra Fisher, the agency's executive director, said she doesn't think the task force recommendations will replace the role carved out by the Agency for Jewish Education. But if the new entity "would bring more coopera- tion (among educators), I would support it," Fisher said. Rabbi Chuck Diamond, who oversees Shaarey Zedek's educational system, said in the last year Shaarey Zedek, Hillel Day School and Continued on Page 22 1989-90 Enrollments Akiva Hebrew Day School Hillel Day School Jewish Parents Institute Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Boys School Beth Jacob School For Girls Agency for Jewish Education Adat Shalom UHS Beth Achim UHS B'nai Israel UHS Shir Tikvah UHS UHS special education Community Jewish High School. Yeshiva Gedola Darchei Torah Workman's Circle Lubavitch Cheder Adat Shalom Nosh n'Drosh Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Beth Shalom B'nai Moshe nursery Shaarey Zedek Yavneh Academy Shir Tikvah Beth El Temple Emanu-El Temple Israel Kol Ami Temple Shir Shalom Birmingham Temple TOTALS = 7,747 nursery 49 5 109 K-8 205 533 126 209 218 9-12 29 2 88 45 548 139 67 83 24 39 19 65 35 34 30 100 70 149 159 30 205 352 12 130 215 275 40 8 10 486 348 940 230 305 89 1,310 5,425 142 52 54 23 4 69 15 86 33 253 110 52 1,012 The handful of Jewish students at Renaissance High School must live wit issues most teen-agers only confront in th classroom.