chool
a f
onder
Thirty-three recommenda
tions relating to educational
qu lity, fiscal stability and
m nagerial accountability
m de by a citizens group were
broken up and assigned to John
Porter, general superintendent
and his four deputies.
Darrell Burks, Arthur
Carter, Barbara Ort -Smith and
Ellen Stephens, deputy superin
tendents will advise Porter
regarding implementation
status and plans for 1990 and
ill indicate what additional
re ources are necessary.
The Citizens Education
Committee's recommendations
include:
-:- The district should con
tinue to pursue local school em
powerment.
• - The district must prepare
principals and teachers for their
'new roles in school manage
ment.
- The district must
I gitirnately balance its budget
every r.
- The district should COD
tinue its ork to reduce th ad
ministrative costs of employee
benefits.
- The district should ag
gressively market its surplus
buildings, material and equip
ment.
- The Board of Education
m st determine the precise.
obligations of the Detroit Public
Schools to its students, staff,
parents and the community .at
large.
- The district must improve
employee attendance.
- The district must develop
ystem of prom ion and com
pen ation that re ar ds
employees of aU types for supe
rior perform nee within their
igned roles. •
DID YO 0 ... that one
out of every thre white omen
in America is 0 erweight by the
time sh reache middle age.
Ho ever, two out of three
Black n are OYerweight by
middle age.
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I n memory of the dream. : .
1990 Coors Br ng Company. Golden. COOado 80401