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-A good listener willing
to accept input. f
, n individuals tal to us
about the pro pective uperin­
tendent, we find that their com­
ment can be categorized. Usua­
ly, people talk about the person
a being le der, man g r
with dministr tive re ponsibil­
ity for finance, program (cur­
riculum), staff and faculty, tu­
dent ,facilitie and communi y
relations. Often, the
made by the peopl
similar and it is to
report that a number of people
upported a certain thought or
made a similar comment," said
Brautigam.
The report given to the
Board repre nted the two-d y
HARBOR - The t
Benton Harbor Area School
Do rd of Education, met in
special . on Thursd y e ning,
September 13, finding from a
rvey en 1 t ee to
determine the qualities mo
ght by the community in
their arch for a ne per-
intendent.
Dr. Carl B utigam of the
·dugan A . of School Board
reported his findings were ba d
upon interview and urvey
filed by approximately 100
peopl .
"About two-third of the
people were emp oyee of the
School District. We h ard
from custodian, secretaries,
te cher , principals and central
office dministrators and ere­
taries," id Brautigam.
Hi report showed the top
five qualitie lected were:
-Ability to involve paren ,
teacher, dministrator effec­
tively in the decision-making
process.
-Ability to communicate
effectively with' Board, com­
munity and taff.
-Ability to organize and u e
staff effectively.
-Strong background in cur­
riculum and instruction.
vi itation to the School
trict last wee Thursday
Friday. The Board
tinue to receive nominati
and applications for the per-
. intendent's post through Sep­
tember 21.
In the Board' effort to
arch for cand ida t to the
po , it has retained
vice of th . chigan �1ILft.oI ..
tion of School Board
Brau tigam, the . . 's
consultant in this effort, in- I
dieated that he 0 d con .
to rve the Do rd to maJlIltam
its time hedule that coacl
with the hiring of superin­
tendent by "the first of the
year ," said Brautigam,
AAC·
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By Michael er
Commendations on the deseg
program and a threatened law­
suit constituted the majority
of the busine at last week
Benton Harbor hool board
meeting.
Dr. James Comer, professor
of child psychology at Yale
and court appointed author of
Benton Harbors desegJschool
improvement program, stated to
the board that he felt the school
w progressin faster than the
original ew �ven pilot school
projects.
In Dr. Come original udy,
two inter-city ew Haven
schools, rated 32 and 33 in that
city, were ranked one and two
after veral years in his pro­
gram. Dr. Comer added that
since the Benton Harbor chools
serve a disproportionate number
of under-privileged children,
added tre is placed on both
the school and community_But,
h dded, BH schoo can
deal with to-thirds to three­
quarters of their pro
effectiv ly.
Dr. ichael Stolee, court-
m ter appointed by Ju
Douglas Hillman, told the board
that the court felt it important
for the hool bo to restate,
in) a policy or resolution, that it
will m e Dr. Comer's pro .... , ....
a number one priority.
Dr. Stolee dded'that Colo
at one point h d tried to dis' �lIe
it' coordinator of
gram po ition, and
felt it nece to inte
Stolee quoted from the y I �
1984 court order: "Tbere ]
no place in any of these districts,
for teacher who re not com­
mitted" to the ell g program.
Dr. Stolee said tr er d
termination are the t 0 best
methods for dealing ith noo­
supportive taff.
ary DeFoe, president of tile
Twin Cities Branch of
AACP, asked the board to
reconsider it's Aug. 23 d ..
not to hire Dr. Sue Taylor.
(Citizen, Aug. 29-8ept. 4)
DeF oe said th t the AACP
had been ed by Dr _ Taylo
to intercede on her behalf,
if necessary. DeFoe dded t
Dr. Taylor already h a sta.lXIllI�
suit against the board
cerning discriminatory hirin
practices, and may c to
refile that also. Dr. Tay r
was the first Blac te cher hired
by the Benton Harbor schoo •
nd
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ST. JOSEPH - Only one
candid te for th Fourth Con-
e ional District, will appe r
at th monthly . on of the
South e em ichigan omen'
Political Coalition.
ccording 0 the group'
chair, Dot Golze, the b nee
of the incumbent i through
no fault of theirs.
In a ne rele , Golze
told of the group's effort to
bring Congressman Siljander b -
fore . constituen .
Both Rep. Siljander and r.
Rodeb ugh ere contacted on
u t 13th, inviting th m to
deb te at our September meet­
ing, Golze id.
Charle Rodeb ugh immed­
i tely (over the phon) con­
nted to debate Rep. Siljander
n any and all i ue, in any
type of formate, she noted.
Golze continu , "Rep. Sil­
j nder' St. Jo ph office tated
h ould prob bly be in town
on September 26th but that
e would have to call hi Three
Ri r office for his hedule.
e Three River
formed us that invitations could
not be accepted over the phone.
A letter ould have to be
ritten, giving exact deb te
formate and listing specific
. ues to be di u d. Our
confirming letter, with com­
pete details and including time
gments for full debate period,
mailed on Aug. 15th. e
requested Rep. Siljander to
reply before our Augu t 29th
meeting, at which time we
planned to announce the S p­
tember program. There was no
respon by the specified time."
On S turday, September 8th,
Golze, ran into yor ilee I
Coo e, t a Benton Harbor
Supermarket. Golze told him
of their failure to get a response
from the Congressman. Cooke
id h would be contacting
Rep. Siljander the following
onday morning and would
mention our concern.
On onday morning, Sept.
10th, Golze said, 'Siljander's
Three-Rivers office called and
informed u that th Co ..
man 0 ld n de atlrig
- "Sending more military air
to Central America, instead of
promoting peaceful negotiations.
- "Pulling the United States
out of the United ations.
- "Granting , equal rights"
to unborn female fetuses bu t
en . tently voting against "equal
right " for grown omen ..
- "Book-banning at the iles
Library.
- ''Hi poor voting record on
Environmental lues.
- "His poor voting record on
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Charles Rodebaugh at our Sep­
tember meeting, or at any other
meeting, before the ovember
election. The Congre man feels
that hi views on the various
issue are already well known.' "
"Ye, e are familiar with
his views," Golze said. "That
i exactly why our Coalition,
with a mailing list of 700 re­
sponsible and well-informed men
and women, would have very
much welcomed the opportunity
to hear the "reasoning" behind
Rep. Siljander's stands on:
Democratic Women's Caucus endorses five
BENTO HARBOR - Five
Democratic women candidates
were endor ed and voted special
fmancial support by the South­
we tern Michigan Democratic
omen's Caucus at it regular
meeting Sept. 10.
The five - Dorothy Grabe­
meyer (State Rep. 49th Dist. ,
ry Hui mann (State Rep.
5th Di t. , Cheryl Luca (State
R p. 54th Di t. ine Iven
(C unty) rk) and or
Jefferson (Benton Township
Trustee) - are member of the
Caucus.
Virginia ivens, Provi ional
Chair of the Caucus, id,
'While we support our entire
Democratic slate, we intend t
help these women be u of
their outstanding qu lifieation
and becau e they repre nt th
early achievement of our g 1
to recuit and upp rt worth
men andidat for publi
office."
Permanent officers will be
el cted at the October meet­
ing. The Caucus meet the
cond ond y of each month
t 'the rrien County Demo-
cr tic P rty headquarters in the
offi building at Fairplain
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