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How EXTENSIVE IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? How

EXTENSIVE SHOULD IT BE?

Do YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE SCHOOL VOUCHERS? WHY?

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books such as Night tfrElie
Weisel. The Holocaust was cov-
ered around the time we were also
studying slavery in the United
States. However, each subject was
handled totally separate from the
other.
As a student who received this
education on the Holocaust, I feel
it is covered adequately and there

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many
in many
'.. to many
motives It has
humanS throughout history to
various degrees, but the root is the
same. We must learn to embrace
our uniqueness and work together
to learn from history to eradicate
hatred and greed regardless of
form. It is what is best for all of us
as the human race.

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I strongly
oppose the pro-

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- 6/2
2000

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CANDIDATE PROFILES from page 14
Edwards is married and is the mother
of one child.
• Alvin T. Harris, 18, is a computer
technician with Trott and Trott P.C. He
is vocationally certified in computers.
Harris, a 15-year resident of the
school district, has served as either a
chairperson or board member for
World Church of God for the last
nine years and is the chairperson of A-
6 Computer Research Information
Specialists.
Harris is single and has no children.
• William R. Seikaly, 48, is an attor-
ney and partner of Seikaly & Stewart
P.C. in Bloomfield Hills. He has a
bachelor of the arts degree in social
science from Michigan State
University, a master of education from
Indiana University and a juris doctor
from the University of Detroit.
As a 15-year resident of Southfield,
Seikaly has served on a number of
school-related groups at Bussey Center

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and McIntyre Elementary School. He
has been a Southfield Board of
Education member for the past four
years. As a member of the Michigan
Bar, he has served on a number of
committees for the past 20 years.
Seikaly is a divorced father of two
elementary-aged children.

• Mark G. Benner is the
owner of M & M
Accounting Service and holds a degree
in the subject from the University of
Michigan.
Benner has been a member of the
Berkley Board of Education for eight
years. He is a member of the National
Society of Public Accountants, the
National Association of Tax
Practitioners, Rotary International
(Berkley Chapter) and the Parent
Teacher Association.
He is married and the father of a
daughter who is a sophomore at
Berkley High School.

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HARRIS on page 17

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very and
our history,
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not as sepiiite entities or events
but that they be embedded in the
curriculum and taught through-
out the various grade levels. I
believe this for two reasons:
• He who fails to learn history
is doomed to repeat it.
• It is only by the teaching of
these "dark periods" of our histo-
ry that students will learn that

SEJKALY on page 17

Berkley Schools

I am proud to say that

Q1 Berkley High School devotes

an entire week to a series of

Holocaust programs, exhibits, lec-
tures, speakersbring life to one of
the most horrific periods of
human history_
In addition, two of our stu-
dents have produced a stunning
video presentation on the
Holocaust that is a sobering
reminder of what hate can do.

I emphatically oppose. This

Q 2 proposal will only benefit a

very few, but will cost all taxpayers.
Private schools will not be held

accountable for anything to anyone;
public schools are accountable for
everything to everyone. Anyone will
be able to start a "school."
Do you want your tax dollars
going to support a school started by
the KKK or some other hate group?
Under this proposal, you won't even_
have the opportunity to object! The
individuals and organizations dri-
ving this proposal want to promote
their own narrow agendas and line
their pockets at the public's expense.
This evil idea has little to do with
education or the public good.
If passed, the social and educa-
tional effects will be devastating.

