Communi y
FLOD
Staff Reporter
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DETRorr - The once
flou dering public schools'
ports and music departments
have been restored, thanks to
loyal citizens who approved the ,
ept. 12 milla and bond issue.
But Dave ing, who came to
, the system's aid before Septem­
ber spearhe din fund raisers
to save public school sports, has
o tuc to his committment.
onaion to·
girls iace the funds for tbis I
program can now be utilized
from the millage.
Dave Bing and more than
125 individuals, called the Bing
Group, started raising money
after public schools officials an­
nounced last spring that sports
and arts could no longer be
funded under the system's
present financial status. Group,
the account is being kept open,
as stated in the report.
The board will be notified,
through monthly reports, of the
status of donations to th ac-
Bing recently submitted
565,000 pushing a ne total of
$373,796 in donati closer to
a targeted goal of $600,000, set
before the millage e ctio
During a Dec. 7 Finance
Committee meeting, chairman
David Olmstead asked nd
received committee approval
on a staff recommendation to
use the funds to purchase' addi­
tion 1 thletie equipment,
uniforms and 0 er one-time­
only essentials ... for boys d
Board· presentations
a last '89' meeting
By WD
Staff Reporter
DETROIT - The long list of
o or tarted with recognizing
Martin Luther King Jr. Senior
High School's championship
athletic teams and ended up
with board member Joseph
Blanding giving John Porter, in­
terim general uperintendent, a
piece of kintc clo as a cultural
gift.
Last Friday, 0 c. , Blanding
hosted a dinner-pre entation at
usc for African
American History inviting
boardmembcrs the uperinten­
dent nd hi' dcputie among
other.
At t e dinner Blanding gave
board m mbcr kinte cloths,
which they wore at the meeting.
African American
boardmernber: \ ithout kinte
cl th at the meeting included
Gl ri Co bin, Kay Everett and
J h Mack.
While board members,
David Olmstead, Ro e ary
Osborne and Ben Washburn
o ere t given cloths.
Blanding explained, white
board member were not given
cloths becau e the kinte cloth is
an African American pride
pi ceo
Also during the meeting
Edna Bell wa congratulated
or successfully completing re-
quircments for a bachelors de­
gree from Wayne State
University and Kelly Kemp
from Newberry Elementary
School got an award for winning'
a nationwide writing contest.
I n board action, member
. Frank Hayden proposed that
Pershing High School coun.­
selor Alma Jones be terminated
in connection with the changing
of grades on student transcrip .
Porter recommended, after
review, that Horizons Upward
Bound's vendor contr ct be
granted for 1990-91, but unl
the company complies with the
board's equal employment op­
portunity guidelines a contract
will not be renewed for the fol­
lowing year.
A parent, who described
himself as a single parent with
three children in the system,
urged the board to continue
going in a po itive direction.
"Wo�k with each other be­
cause the main issue is to edu­
cate these kid 0 they can be
good products," he said. "I want
you to work a little harder than
you are. weep the dirt that's
been in thi building", don't
top sweeping until it' out."
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Restoring instrumental
music was made pos ible by'
more than 200 individuals
donating $21,791. The money
was to be used also if the Sept.
12 millage failed.
Staff al '0 recommended that
the addition funds be u ed to
purchase musical instruments
for elementary and middle
schoolers.
A parent ad· d the board
to quickly in restoring th
programs.
item
(The schools) are i need
for money," she said, dding
that junior varsity spo also
must be re-instituted which
were recently cut and
tored when th millage ed.
W en Olmste dope ed up
discussion on the the next agen­
da item, issuing bus ticket , the
I parent spoke again.
"Students need more bus
ticket ," she aid.
I Committee member were
discussing a policy reco men-
t dation of re-i uing bu ickets
and bu cards to students,
. Another parent, Jan Wil­
liams, reported to the rd,
her observation of ticket being
old at on of the high sc ools.
lOne parent said the pr blem
is not unique to this sch I and
the bottom line is more c ets
are needed and discount cards
as a substitution does not ork.
. "Some students 100 older
and are not able to get on
(as a result)," she said.
A board staff me ber
reported that the number fbus
tickets, discount cards bus
transfers have not changed in
the last five year while the
population of students has.
Also during the meeting the
interim gener I
superintende t's fi cal integrity
deputy pres nted a m nthl
report.
Thes re rt fir t th ir
kind, will e u cd to monit r the
district s finan ial p ration
nd deal with bud t d vi - •
I tion .
The rep rt whi h in lud
ummary of revenue bud t d
nd ctual; summary ap­
propriations and expendi ures:
organizaiton umm ry of ex­
penditures and a summ ry of
major object expenditur was
I well received by board member
J eph Blanding.
"This is n out tanding job,"
I Blanding aid. "Thi i in­
credibl . Thi is rev lution ry."
Though Cooper and
Lybrand statu recomm nd -
tion from the interim general
uperintendent's office was on
th agenda, Olmstead did not
open up di cussion n the item.
