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BER OF JUNIOR HIGH STUDE TS FAILING
IN ANY BASIC ACADEMIC COURSE
Gr8d.7
Grad. 8
M/K
FP
M/K
FP
TOTAL.
R
30
33
11
18
92
34
14
12
11
71
28
47
28
28
131
10
74
13
25
122
5
72
7
16
100
107
240
71
98
516
- Sum­
mer hoo for junior high
and element ry tudent who
ne d the opportunity 0 p
iinim I ills ndlor required
cl been in titu ted
t rtin hool year by
the Benton Harbor School
bard. The elementary program
will co t 9 502 and will come
from Ch pter I money - the
junior high program will cost
32 855 and ill come from
P rt I mon y. '
GI dys Peeple Burks, direct-
or of ate and federal pro-
td the elementary pro­
enroll approxim tely
tudent and will run from
Cover
y 'f y
COVERT - Covert Town-
ip Supervisor Jerry 0
announced y 13 that the
township's St te Equ 'zed
Valu tion incre d 5 million
from I t year.
The incre ill nerate
dditional 20,000 in
re enu for the township,
S rno aid. 'Thi will help
off t the 75,000 which he
nticipates losing if th govern­
ment di continue th federal
revenu aring program. Sarno
id the township's SEV ha
jumped from 88 million to
93 million, a 3.4 percent
incre . Sarno estimated that
Covert School Di trict would
recei e an dditional $100,000
in t revenue due to the SEV
incre
In other bu ine , the town­
'p bo rd voted to give the
Covert chool 4,000 to pay for
the di trict' ummer recreat-
June 17 to July 25. TIt junior
high summer chool will run
one dditional d y, accordin to
Dr. ahbah yegh director
of evaluation, and ill enroll
205 tudent.
Sayegh ys student will
take two, t o-hour cl s from
8 am. to noon. He said the
di trict can hire 22 teachers
to teach one c1 piece, or 11
to te ch two c s apiece.
The report compiled by Dr.
S yegh expects 34 venth gra­
der from cCord/King to flun
I ngu e rts, and 14 from
F irplain to flunk the same
bject. Other failing figure
for the venth grade: 28
from cCord/King in math, 47
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THE CITIZE
ional program. Sarno aid the
hool district budget another
4 000 for the program, but
the entire budget i higher
than 8000. He id udent
who particip te in the program
will have to pay me fees.
The bo rd voted to gi e
wn mo er and six r e to
th V n Buren United Civic
Organiz tion to u in it Youth
Corp program. Sarno said the
young people will u the equip­
ment to rake and cut the lawns
of elderly and handic pped
Covert Township residents.
The bo rd al 0 gave the
Civic Organiz tion permi . on
to hold a Independence D y
par de on Saturd y, July 6.
Lastly, the board gave per­
mi . on to Satellite Communi­
tion to put up ign on
ichigan 140 to direct cu to­
mers to their new tore located
on Cemetery Street off Depot
Street, one bloc ea t of -140.
from Fairplain, 10 in science
at 74 flunking science at
FP, five failing ial studie
at IK 72 failing th t t FP.
Tru tee Gertha Robbin ex­
pre d concern over the 1 rge
discrep ci in the figure. Dr .
Sayegh id the numbers are
b d on third qu rte marking,'
nd are only tent tive. ' e
don't kno ho could p
he id, ' 're taking in-
formation tentativ informa-
tion."
Ken Overly, principal at Fair­
plain, and all ce Dunn, princi­
pal at cCord/King, ttributed
the differences to st ff change
in certain subject and different
expectation at the two schools
to hat constitute a p sing
performance.
The board pproved a resolut­
ion to hold public hearin on
Jun 4, at 6:45 p.m. at the high
school to consi der a .1636
millage incre , after which the
bo rd will con ider raising the
millage by that amount, by a
resolution. Trustee James Dud­
ley' was the only no vote.
ATE .GRAY
The bo rd also termin ted
the contract of voc tional ed
te chef Robert Gray for' serious
misconduct which violate . . .
Uniform Code of Discipline and
Students Rights and Responsibil­
itie ', Superintendant Harry
Stephens said he could not
elaborate on the actual cts of
misconduct.
Tru tee Dudley objected say­
ing the board had not even met
with Gr y, and w going
"only on hearsay". Tru tee
Lynn Haye id sh felt that
the dvice of counsel to take
this ction w enough. Board
ttorney Steve Small . d since
the administration had met with
Gray and becau Gray is not
tenured, it was not nece sary
for the board to meet Gray,
only to ct on dismissing him.
TO D OLISH JR. HIGH
The board heard the final
recommendations of the com­
mittee charged with coming up
with a disposition of the aban­
doned junior high building on
Broad y. Trustee Dudley
said the di tricts ctions over
the p st fi e years were "a
di gr ce to the school. '
.Trustee Robbins
Dr. Joh H. cOon
tho sentiment ,addin "the
hool ould ha dded to t
beautific tion of Benton Harbor,
and in te d have added only to
it deterior tion." The final
recommend tion call for aIlo -
in district princip to salv e
from the building whatever their
own building need, then putting
hat' left up for public e.
Demolition contr ctor would
ha the opportunity to urv y
the building during July and
ugust.
Bids for demolition would
be olicited ith contr ctor
deducting from their costs what­
. er they can salv ge from the
l)uilding. The building would
b razed but the hool would
retain 0 nership of the land.
The building will be demolished
c·
ofzo
during ccording to
Tre urer Jane Str d on rchi­
tects dvice - it will b le
likely to dra crowd, which
could result in inuuries if om -
thing oe wron .
The board he rd reque t
from ike Schroeder, teacher
with the di trict, to recon . der
tits decision not to ne oti te
with the te cher
in urance crier.
id the te cher re,
are willing to witch companies
claiming uch a mo could
ve 73 000. chroeder id
the teacher ha offered to
plit the vin with th district
in any ay both side gree
upon - the te cher receiving
th ir share in the form of ded
benefit.
il
By Ron Leuty
BENTO HARBOR
Petition to Gov. Jam s
Blanchard urging the p e
of an Enterpri Zone for
Benton Harbor, were
pproved by the Benton H .
bor City Commi ion, May
13.
The petitions, to be cir­
cul ted by the city' Enter­
prise Zone committee, will
be m de avail ble . to city
resident and other interested
people, aid Robert J ck on
chairman of the local com­
mittee.
The concept of the enter­
pri zone i to revitalize
urban reas by mean of' a
collection of incen rives",
hich includes tax break for
busine and residents, said
City an ger Elli itchell.
J ck on id the petitions
are needed to ow "local
support' for the enterpri
zone bills which are current­
ly being debated before t te
House committee .
Enterprise zon bill were
approved by the state Senate
earlier in the month which
named Benton H rb r and
White Pine, an Upper Penin­
sula community, pilot en­
terpri zone. Similar bills
passed the state Senate last
year, but did not get past
Hou e committee .
The enterpri zone con-
cept' upported by th Rea-
, gan dministration is being
pu hed in Michigan by state
Sen. Harry Oem , a B nle
Cr Republi n.
In other ction, the com
mi . on voted to commend
attie Roddy and city em-
ployee arion Fulton, for
u . ng cardiopulmonary
re usitation (CPR) to save the
life of Benton Harbor
child April 25.
Fulton who aid that e
too CP cla at the urging
of City ana er itchell
witne d an accident on
Broadway here 5-year-old
icaiah Butler wa injured.
The youngster reportedly ran
into the side of a car driven
by Roddy.
Al 0 t the meeting, th
comrru sion tre ted to
entertainm nt by winner of
"rap' contest to prom te
the city-wide pring clean­
up.
Fir t place w n by
Ezra Rodgers; cond p ce
- yle Yarbrough and Dar­
ren Haynes' third place -
Glori Lowe d Freda c-
Coy; fourth pl - Dariu
cCoy. Rodgers won
for his effort. Second, third
and fourth place received
50 25 and 10, re-
spectively.
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Continued from P J
incre or staff redutions ould
be necessary if federal revenue
sh ring fund were reduced or
eliminated.
In t face of federal revenue
fund uncertain y, Ch lton al 0
propo d a freeze on capital
improvements.