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August 22, 1979 - Image 3

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-08-22

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A pu li h
duled for
cia! ta force
appointed by the Bo rd
h corne in ·th its find­
in.
T t
a
The ena trnent of
law in ichigan em-
high .h I
three
w gc in- m�nth . in. wbegan,
tat ment i the b said Benjamin L. H k
out thi week Th e ec�ti dir tor of the
nt thci tiona} A sociation for the
Ir age f C 1 d
mcrea ac ording to dvancement 0 re
f livm incre People,'" c have su
.k· ully guided our first le i .
1 e I . . h
ture mto ena ung t e
Cpo high school de­
puty regi t r t program."
H s noted that the
event. 'is p r nail an
e termely pr ud m mcnt
f r m , but iust impor­
t ntly it ign Is an out-
tanding mpli hment
for ter Education
t ternent."
di on. '
measure requir s
puJii hugh h 01 principal
to be appointed deputy
regi tr t in their schools
itt-at "graduatm ni r
will h diplon., in one
h nd and their fanchi to
vote in the other "
The plan i 'p ttern d
fter one no e isting in

pr
the state of Georgia, that
s initiated by the
governor t that time.
J imrny: Carter.
The bill at the time,
a cording to G rgia State
nator Juli n Bond,
c u d n great fur r.
"Pa age wa imply an
ut rowth 0 e en e rlier
efforts by th state to in­
v I it young citizen in
the politic I proce. e
shouldn't forget that
Ge rgia becam the first
state in the union to gr nt
oting right to 18- ears
Ids bac in 1943. that
w s when AACP chapter
throughout the state first
initiated their annual tradi-
....


,
c
B rd and I a 12 kindergarten student
from artindale going to
John n.
The plan by bringing
a pro- J hn on enrollment up to
257 would result in a net
vings of $63.593 with
lion.
ith utting two teach­
er nd other cost , some
38,210 would be the
ving.
- Plan F: ith the
closing of Pearl, illburh,
Spinks Comers and
Sodus schools, the S.A. .P.
School e Mothers, Pro­
gram) wid then be in a
po ition to leet from
the clo d school, a
facility th t ould be 'f­
ficient for it need and
the SA .P. portables
located t the Techni
Center ould be do d.
Advant
I. e . ble better
physical f cili ties to ho
the SA .P. Prop'am.
. 2. T 0 of the four
mentioned hools (pearl
iDbury) '0 provide
more space to accomodate
additional tu t the
U US 22 ... 2 , 979
E CI
E
� E 3
Pe rl, r Ii
- PI C: ince Johnson
school ill be under: it
pacity of 215, and ill­
bury is under enrollee with
only 72 from ilIbury to
Johnson. Also, the plan
call for 80 fourth A fifth
If er from rd. and
plan
im d at the 0 rcrowd­
in at Bard. This ould
move 41 third graders to
artindaJe and clo the
rd annex.
The net vi
be $4,966 and
more efficien t
artindale.
ould
for
of
o
PUBLIC INVITED
C

Ir
Ctoe
ltwill
the first
The United Com­
munity Developm nt Cor-
poration U ill
hold g neral meting
of all its member on
ugu t 27 at
p.m. t the Benton
Harbor Library.
n electi n of a ne
Bard of Due tor will
b held.
time in the organization
history of Benton H rbor
busine people ill p rt­
i ip t in such an electi n.
i a non-profit
orgianization to do t
its n m implie de elop
job and a ta b for
nton Harbor.
The publi m-
vited .
o reg-
lo cred the a e rna ont .
but It registerin th t gives
the t imp .t nd mean­
in. It ould b tr i
if lar nd vit I gment
of our iety failed to
av il it elf of the privi­
I ges and bi tions of
full itizenships. ,.
Other t t here the
PI n 8: 10 the reduction of I � teachers
portables Colmubus. nd I S retary.
Bus 45 cond gr dcrs and _ Plan D: Thi
68 gr ders from Columbus
to t hool. AI
15 fifth grader nd 83
sixth If ders from Sterne
Brunson to cst school.
This pi n ould eli
the combination r
est hool ·th
d' tan b . .
The net vin of this
plan are prQjcted at 14,680.
ti n 0 mar hing Black high
.h 01 enior down to
courthouses to regist-
The legi lation known
a Senate Bill 95 and in­
trodu ed in the ichigan
legislature by t te
S nator Ja ie Vaughn III
ill me n can expe tant
139,000 state ide gradu t­
ing regi tered ter for
1980. Vaughn said he hoped
the bill ould "stimulate
an increa d intere t in par­
ticipatory demo ra y. nd
a an e ellent civi
tea .hing m th d-
nator Vau hn i ) 0
the -chairm n of the na­
ti nal political ef rt in
the n tion' st te legisla­
ture being conducted on
behalf of the bill, long
with G rgia State enator
Julian Bond.
"It i my hop that
thi legislation ill in ure
a ne genation of voters
in the politi al pr ce
iJliken aid. ' e ha
tables at the pre nt site
of the S.A .P. Progr m.
Di dvant s:
I. dditional tran por­
tation cost and di ranee.
Th T Force feel
that the implem ntation of
three of the Committee'
re ommend tion not
fe sible at thi time:
The recommended
closin of Columbu School.
Clo . n the entire Cloumb
S 001 will creat Undue
h rdship on the School
Distr" t. There d be
vere transport tion pro­
bl m created by such
action the force'
District
bill h
are:
Pennsylvania,
lina Tenn
Virginia, nd
Ohio.
ro­
Tex
R commendation
o the 0 d lion
Boynton School. The
force ted,' Cl0 . j t
portion of Boynton
School t thi time ould
be undersirable for the
fono� : I
vacated portion ould pre-
nt a hazardo conditio
for the rest of the' 001
unl it' razed immed­
lately; (2) The old per-
'tion con .
t are ill' disll)CJlSlbl1e
the opera .
(ki chen,
tuy·,

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