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s the community
ponders Gov. John
Engler's plan to re-
structure school fund-
ing, local leaders are
preparing a forum to respond.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, two
weeks following the an-
nouncement of the governor's
proposals, the Jewish Com-
munity Council will discuss
educational reform at its del-
egate assembly. The public is
invited to the meeting at
Temple Beth El.
"Crisis In The Schools:
How Will School Reform Af-
fect The Jewish Community"
will focus on topics such as
schools of choice, decentral-
ization of school districts and
equity in funding.
Featured speakers include
Kathleen Straus, a member
of the Michigan Board of Ed-
ucation, and Phil Jacobs, ed-
itor of The Detroit Jewish
News and the Atlanta Jewish
Ilhefropolitan
Ms. Straus said she hopes
to clear up some misconcep-
tions at the forum and focus
on the most immediate
changes.
"I think these are basical-
ly issues for everyone to be
concerned about — equity,
funding. But we're also deal-
ing with issues of the separa-
tion of church and state, a
longtime platform for many
Jewish organizations," Ms.
Straus said.
Charter schools, learning
institutions which could be
developed by businesses,
cities and nonprofit organi-
zations, as an alternative to
public schools could be eligi-
ble for state funding if for-
mally proposed and passed by
the legislature.
Religious schools could re-
move crosses from their walls
and call themselves charter
schools, Ms. Straus said.
"The thing that worries me
most about charter schools is
the same number of dollars
"I think these are
issues for everyone
to be concerned
about."
would be spent there as for
pupils in public schools, but
the same rules would not be
enforced. It's a way to get out
of legislative-imposed regu-
lations. The rules exist to pro-
tect the students," Ms. Straus
said. "I think there will be a
lot of resistance."
Ms. Straus believes the
governor may focus on more
immediate issues, like basic
funding needs, in hopes of
passing policy through the
legislature by the end of the
year.
"When push comes to
shove, I don't think that
much will change this time
around," Ms. Straus said.
"Consolidation, tenure, col-
lective bargaining — it prob-
ably won't be tackled at this
time."
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RUTH UTTMANN STAFF WRITER
W
hen Sheldon
Schwartz of Novi
was employed as an
engineer with a local
company, he was religious
about getting annual physical
exams.
Then he lost his job and
health insurance. Unwilling
to go without regular medical
check-ups, Mr. Schwartz at-
tended a free prostate cancer
screening program.
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Schwartz underwent radical
surgery at Veteran's Hospital
in Ann Arbor. After-effects of
the cancer surgery included
impotence and temporary in-
continence.
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strikes an estimated 165,000
men in the United States. The
highest incidence of prostate
cancer is in men like Mr.
Schwartz, between the ages of
50 and 70.
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prostate gland, which pro-
duces an ejaculatory sub-
stance making young men
more fertile. Often, the cancer
is asymptomatic. It also is
slow-growing, but is known to
spread to other areas of the