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basic instruction that they really"
have to have ... so we as a state
CaD prepare our youna people to
be competitors in the orld '
market" '
Ha ks said &Dottier needed
. improvement is in foreign lan­
guages. Students not only need
to mo the languages of foreign _
countries, but also the cultures,
e said. "
"Culture is very UDportant," .
Hawks . d. "As you're dealing
with people in the orld
markets you have to understand
what the signals are that people
send."
McCauley s id he agree �
with H wks, but to cover the
foreign � well as he
would like more money, and
teachers would be needed.
McCauley said he would like
to see French and Spanish
started as early as the 7th or 8th -
grade.
Carlson aid Spanish is espe­
cially important in his area be­
cause of the large Hispanic
population in Almont.
Both Carlson and McCauley
said they ere interested in a
business-school partnership
program th t is supported by
Hawks.
"You have the business Com­
munity orking with the school ..
people, II Hawks said.
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LANSING - Stu nts need
to be prepared to be competitM
in the orld, and there are
several ways this can be ac-
complished, " . ,
chief said. I
Gary D. Ha said early in-
tevention, forei 1 au CI
nd busine -school partner­
ships are omt of the thiDp that
should be more fully developed
into the education em.
Ha interim ate super-
e intendent of public instruction,
said a recent visit to a prise in
the northern part of the La r
Peninsula convinced him that
early intevention in education .
necessity.
"In talking to some of the in­
m tes getting into a little more
detail, you can't help but think if
omeone had taken an intere t
" them early on in their life, they
may have been able to coatrol
their life a little bit better," he
"d.
For examp e, H said be
old like to see" funds goiag
into preschool programs that
have a proven tr ck record.
Lapeer Superintendent J c
cCauley � d he a1so supports
preschool program , but he
d favor � ne
programs now.
"That' not our priority,
Cauley id. 'We have rio
problems with the programs
have so we're not supportive of
funding ne progr "
McC uley id there is no '-
se in sendiDg children to pre-
chool progams if they will ter
be going into classroom that
h too many studen to do
proper job in g neral education.
. cCaul y said the ver
cl ize in Lapeer's elemen­
ta� schoo . lB, ·th the big-
. g t c1 aving 34 children.
The tate' ver, ealeu-
1 ted in 1 , 21.1 en
per teacher in elementary
chool .
� nt upermtendentJohn
C bon . d he recognized the
need for pre 001 programs in
his re also, but he ould
rather any mo ey coming in
go into the t ole educa '0 {I -
mula.
QDl, which recently a
bid for miDaF increase, can't
afford. to art ne prOD1UD1,
.• CarIsoD . d.
ere' been a ubst tiaI
incre e in property value,"
Carlson . d, People j do 't
. want to pay dditio taxes."
McCauley said the (ar�
property in Lapeer f eed a .
decrea e invalue, bile non-
f rm property value h in­
ere d . it difficult to
raise more money for edu .
in his area also.
cCauley . d $3,000 is cur-
re tly pent on each udeet,
and that i belo the tate
CarlsOn said funds are not
. distributed equitably in the
state. .
Haw said he agrees that a
y to provide equal education
to all students in the e aeeds
to be found.
"There are few peo e if any
that YQu talk to that feel that the
preaent system of fUWl' our
chools i a good system,"
H said.
"In the old days. . . a of
people felt that one of the good
thinp about the ystem the
f ct that you have ucll heavy
reliance on your millages, re­
lated to your property taxes,
which tradition Uy have been
tab e: H w said.
"That's not-true anymore
cause in a lot of rural com­
munitie the valu of property
has go down, It he said. "The
stability of the property tax real­
ly isn't what it use to be."
"Schools are being called
upon all the tim to do more and
more things. . . in many cases
with less resources," Hawks
said.
Ha . d -school districts
where thpy do have the money
are able to pr . de some of the
upport services that other
te can't ha'Ye beea of lac
ofmooey.
e're WlWIa bo main-
.. basic progr " Ha
id, "We're talking about trying
to find a , ay to provide
yo ter in some areas with
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HARTFORD, CO N -
Twenty years after the death of
Martin Luther King, Trinity
College will gather former civil
rigb activists to examine the
historical role of the Student
on- Violent Coordinating
Committee (S.N.C.C.).
'We Shall at Be MoVed':
The Life and Time of the
S.N.C.C., 1960-1966" will bring
together more thaD 25 former
ctivists - both S.N.C.C. worke
and local Ie ders - and a Dumber
of historians and journalists to
reflect on, and remini cence
bout the S.N.C.C.
The conference will be held
Thur day-Saturday, April 14-16,
in the W hington Room of
Tri· 5 Ma her Hall.
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