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Highland Park Focus
d to ore ki der-
garten through 12th grade clas­
like library, ph ical educa­
m . c d computer scien-
e en out in t
d to create Adult
Educ tion Center ith II
progr ms nd ervice under
one roof.She supported the
aG<J'I)(1'( )Il of De dress code
d belie ungsters s ould
" top 100 ing t designer
. and "start hlking at
ho or 100· g ahe d for
educational gains."
When she first got on the
001 board, the Highland Par
chool system as 62 million
dollars in debt, but e says e
h been "involved in making
tough decisio -" reducing the
ficit to than a million, a
Sixth of hat it as. Under the
bo d plan, the board will fulfill
the requirement of eliminating
the d ficit by June, 1989, she
tates.
In order to do this, some cuts
ha been made. Schools have
been shut down. Part of the
reason for that is lack of st te
m ney ( ich i based on stu­
d nt population), because of
c of famili with children in
High! d P r. .10 states
will r for cooper tive ef­
f rts be een the school board,
city d ther institutio to t­
tr d (; milies.
S also fa some r�n
of rules for laying off teachers.
Currently, she tates, under
enio ity rules, chool boards
. e to keep teachers with the
most seniority, even if they are
inexperienced in the subject
which is being retained
M . Jones believes that
senio ity ould be based OIl the
time spent in priority. depart­
ments well as total experience
in the schoo system and to
seek to r with the union for
a modificatio in the rules,
s. Jones has a son currently
attending Highland Park Com­
muni� High School, and two
sons who recently graduated
from it. She is president of the
Ferris Middle School PTA, a
member of the Save the School
Advisory Committee, the .
Detroit uni of the ational As­
sociation of Parliamentarians
the High chool Boosters Club,
and served as vice president for
th Highland Park Chargers, a
baseball and footbaU team in
the Detroit Police Athletic
League and worked in it for
seven years. She is an aUumnus
of Highland Par Community
Coil ge. the' Michigan
Human ervices Award for
Fosler Parents in 1986 from the
Michigan Human Services Of­
fice for "significant contribution
William E.
iller, II·
Counselor &
Auome At Law
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