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By AllIs
DETR
Public Sch I students return­
ing for second semester January
23, will find themselves in larger
classes.
Faced with a $160 million
deficit and the threat of a state
take-over, Detroit school ad­
ministrators are moving to trim
costs. Larger class sizes and
early retirement for ad- \
ministrators are the first steps. • ......
In memo dated Nov. 21,
1988, Supt Arthur Jefferson in­
structed Regioaal Superinten­
dents to &$Sign teachers at all K-
8 alternative schools according
to the 3S pupils per tea er ratio
aUowe in the contract with the By S y d-
Detroi Teacher'S Union. NNPA Correspondent
Also effectne Jan. 23, high A major effort is underway to
schools are to maease class size head off proposed changes to a
from 32 to 34 per room, accord- law that would limit bonding op-
ing to the memo. . f fi doi
No one at the board could trons or irms omg over
$25,000 in co truction business
I give any figures on ho many with the federal government!
teacher, classrooms or stu- The move, opponents argu
dents would be affected by the would exclud many minority
cu� his memo, Jefferson did firms from qu lifying for the
note that the cuts -elimin te the only bonding source av Ilable to
them, and threatens the loss of
direct consideration of small billions of dollars in contracts.
(. yocati�;Jasses and ROTC The Department of Defense
mstru�n.. _ (DOD), National Aeronautics
nus �aper �Id learn t�at and Space Administr tion
Ford High Will lose five (NASA) and General Services
teac�er ; Mumford, three; Administration (GSA) arre .
Ren�ce, ; but � un- proposing changes to federal
able to dis��r the �ll impact regulation und r the Miller Act
ofJefferson s mstruclJo. which would eli inate in­
Cobbin offered the NHU the Spo e�person Marie dividual surety bonds, the
use of the church' auditorium Furcron said the cuts fe P;iU"t prim ry form of- in urance
as sleeping quarters. of the "regular reor amzation protection utilized by many
Pippin said he too Rev. from one semester to another." small and minority construction
Cobbin up on his offer to house For som of the alternative contractors.
the homeless, after HUD schools, the cutbac mean a The agencies claim that
refused to implement the re- I� �f up to four teacher per tightening the rules would
quirements of the McKinny building. prevent incidents of fraud and
Homeless Act, by making avail- Bates Academy parents abuse by firms submitting tho e
able its surplus properties (or protested the planned cuts at bonds.
the homeless. the January 10 Board meeting, The regulations require th t
Pippin said the temporary ying the proposed 10 of four all rums warded a federal con-
shelter has been in operation teachers would create ao "at struction contract f rover
since January 2. He said the the school . '. $25,000 0 tain surety ond,
first night there re 19 people, Parents 0(Rena3ce HJ&h which rves a guarantee to
the third night there were 44, School students wer told 10 the government th a proj ct
and as of January 9, there were December that the s 001 was will be completed greed d
90. He said after word-of- losing a French and Englisb that e ryone j volved in th
mouth spread the news, many • teamer because of the cutbacks.
Co tI' do 11 The principal warned the Co t1
. I
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By
HU: ' ot
d feated
byHUD
bureaucracy'
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DETROIT - National
Homeless Union (NHU) mem­
bers saythey are not defeated by
HUD but that its cold-hearted
measures served only to make
their efforts stronger in their
fight against homelessness.
Members of the Wayne
County Union of The Hornless
(NHU) push on as they have
come up with yet another way to
save many homeles men,
women and children from the
bitter cold I
After being ousted by po ce
· from vacant homes owned by
the Department of Housing and.
Urban Developmeot (HUD) on
Christmas eve, NHU Vice
President Wayne Pippin and
staff members refused to be
thwarted as they called in back­
up assistance from Freedom
Missionary Baptist, a charitable
Eastside church t 2228
La eview.
Earlier, in 1 ,Pastor of
Freedom ·onary, Rev. E.1....
parents that thou it sounded
like a small num to lose, it
a "drastic" mo and would
hurt the program. She urged
parent protest of the cu
Co tin 0
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