The next meeting will be at
Osborn High School, 11600
East Seven Road, 011 Tues
day Oct. 10.
r ry
On Sept 26 meeting agenda,
at the Detroit Public Schools
Center Building, the school
board dopted reoommenda
tion to hire Lydia Barlow
replacing M ry Simmons as
board ecretary effective Oct. 1
through January 23,1990.
Barlo is former employee
of bo rdmember : David
o cad 0 abstained from
\ding during a Sept. 18 Per-
sonnell . tee meeting
I
rnto
i' fin
General Superintendent,
Jo Porter's p eseatatio
comprised of a video tape of
children Ieaming how to use die
yellow pages�
J ame Austin, from'
Ameritech Publishing, made
the presentation.
·We think this is an absolut
IeJy fant tic program, Austin
said in his introduction.
The vi ing show d tu
dents between the grades of
School
han
HIGHLAND P - At least
once month, 4,200 men and
women erving on board of
education in communitie
cr Michigan meet to make
decisio that ffect t e lives
t futur of 1.6 million
001 children.
This th, Highland Park
and ot er ichi
munities are h ser-
vice of the e public c
trust during the Iii aJUnw
obscrv ce of School Bo d
Member Recognition Wee�
October 9-13.
The ee, declared by
Gov. Jam Blanchard, offers
local communities a ch ce to
pay tribute to the men d
omen elected �y fello
citize to set direction d
policy for their schools thro
Qe(l1IC·.cd rvice Ill' lonDCCl
leader hip. It a 0 offer all
citize the chance learn more
u Michigan' 10 u ..
of loc I control of school
. ch predates tatehood.
Schoool board members
. m govem schoo in ccord-
ance 'th state, federal and
judicial guidelines, while f: clog
the chal1eng of serving ItU
den and commonty edu tio-
al needs amid limited resources
expect tions regard-
quality. .
�1Ifte OIl the Board of
three through eight learning
how to let their fingers do the
alking through the yellow
. pages,"
Children in the video said the
exer gave them motivation
and were interesting and fun.
e're going to be looking at
it very carefully to see ifthis
program can be utilized with
other programs," said Porter.
The idea for the program
originated when Emmitt Polk,
principal of Mann Elementary
School saw the Yellow Pages
resourece material that could
provide students with useful
and immediate information for
practical life application of
skills.
Board to fill vacancy
The schoolboard is tilllac -
ing one member representing
district six.
In compliance with the
policy of the Detroit Board of
Education, doptedSept.18 the
Board anno nees a vacancy in
the board.
The board is also looking for
people to serve on a screening
committee. On Oct. 11 the
Community Relations Commit
tee will hold a special meeting
to chose the selectio commit
tee. Call the "office of t e
secretary to the board as soon as
possible for further information
and de dlines at 494-1270.
On Oct. 5t' Bo rdmember
Frank Hayden announced that
the deadline for applying for the
board t has been extended
until Oct. 13.
board ru t e
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
"I�I-C
RECOGNITION WEEK
Education of the H' land Par
School District are Pre . ent
M ie 1:. Cooper, Vice Presi
dent cotty W inwright,
Secret ry AnD Joe,
Tr urer I....eoaara W. Rob' -
on, and �eriaber Kevin J.
Da' John H. Ho y, and
T' McClary.
Their contributions are
being recognized a a pecial
Appre . tion Day breakfast
Oct. 12.
H
yto
maYOr
� HAVEN, Ct. - New
Haven, Connecticut ppean on
the verge of getting its first
Blac mayor. State Sen tor
John Dame wo 59% of the
vote in I t Tuesday's
Democratic orimarv and uoset
the city's • e, ethnic political
chine.
Observer belie...e the size
- the D' victory will insure
him succe alai t any
Republican ch·1Jeaaer.
AlD491CJua H
Se 29 d for the�CI
C te r; J State a d Bethune-<: D.
Detroit African Histo�y Club
goes to Circle Ci v ella sic
By FLODEAN S. RIGGS
Staff Repol1er
INDIANAPOUS - Rap artists
LL. Cool J. and Public Enemy's
Chuch D. and flavor Flav. were.
at the "Circle City Classic" with
their po .
, But, more import ntly
Detroiter Tal J me -and hi
posse were t re too. . hing
the lac on State University
Tigers defeat the Bethune
Cookman Wildcat 27-7. -
J ames organized a travelling
African History Club, an adult
activities group made up of
friends whq go to �he �ker
Room Bar, 18290 LIVernoIS, to
take outings enhancing African
American culture.
·We support (the African
American Colleges) and we
enjoy getting away," James said.
Black
c'ontlnu
core iOI""5I!!��'
PRINCETON, N.J. - Vir
tually every ethnic group in
America continues to score
higher on the nation . de SAT
examination than African
American students.
SAT stands fOT Schol ic
Aptitude Test and its is normal
ly given to hi&h school senior
trying to enter college. It is the
m widely used examinltion �
of . type in the' .
Out of a ib e 1600- ints
on the verbal d math portio
of the test, the aver score for
B m. This compares
to 757 for Puerto . cans; 810 for
MeXican -Americans; 820 for
other . pani ; 930 for Asian
Americans and 935 for . es. .
However, scores for Blacks
ha...e been improWDa OYer the
pastten�
,. ".
As a Detroit elementary
school teacher, James said he
has organized children activity
groups and because of his kn ck
for succe CuI ro d trip , he w
asked to d velop an dult club.
J mes has t ken tudent
groups on tours of U. S. African
A. erican �,�olle e ,
WctWngtOQ D. • �dAa�rq
to pl ces uc Africa So
taking adults to the "Circle City
Classic," a football benefit game
played between tWo African
American college, was right
up his alley.
J ames said events such as the
classic is good for Arican
Americ n students'exposure
and for their schools as well.
"A lot of Black kids dont't
even k ow Black colleges exist,"
J ames said. "And mo t of us
can t go to schools Ii e
Michigan State University,"
Long-term friend Lucius
Cotton said James has always
been active in educational ven
tures knowi exactly what his
career choice was as early
high hool.
"He's always w nted to be
teacher: Cotton . d.
13u teaching is not all the
African History Club offers,
member a sponsor even
such fundraisers for scholar
ship for African American stu
dents wanting to go to college,
Cotton id,
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