U of
cmGAN FI11ZEN JUNE U31, 1990
I
C z n
fro p'age 7
City Council ant
Co erica to give an
eq .... abc:m. for why other .
are not adequ te for their
needs. .
Council Pr . dent Maryann
Mahaffey st ed she would get
co . wyers to see if there
are any city or state at es
concerning gift to
municipalitie ith the ope
that the sale of the uditorium
could be topped.
Ford auditorium made
possible as gift from the Ford .
family in 1950, when they de
money av ilable for its
construction.
Even though a lot of
Detroiter are opposed to the
Co rica project, the outcome
will prob hly be on Comerica's
ide,
Com
al ie
Contin ed fro Pel
ccording to c y.
A caring in front of the
Library Commission revealed
to the group th t the
commission had already made
decision on which libr ries
would close, and that what they
had to y did not figure in at aU,
ccording to McKay.
cKay said the i ue was a
"political. thing." She said,
"Libraries should not be
political."
She said no one has given the
group any rationel for the
closing of the Lincoln branch.
Sh nt on to y the branch is
Ioc ted in a very stable
neighborhood, and has about
ten schools feeding into it with
over 5000 children. McKay
asked what will happen to the
children, and pointed out that
the nearest library is two miles
way, which is too far for
children and senior citizens to
, cKay st ted the library .
r n ed eighth out of
t enty-five, nd was. ranked
nty-two only five year ago.
She said the library has good
community support, and has
been receiving letters of
�port from various people,
but Letters of support are not
going to keep the library open," ,
·dMcKay.
She said the group will
continue to fight the issue,
because it is too devastating to
the community.
"If they close the e doors
they wilt never open again," said
c y.
a vice for improving ch '1018"
ARBOIl- P old
be full partD� ith smook in
the educatioo of their children,
but too often schools vie
parents as a necessary evil,
according to University.of
Michigan educatioo Prof. Percy
I Bates ..
P in tum, oftCIl �
the limited rolta pesaibed to
them by the schools, . d,
• pereata sec teadas
the oo1y qnal;fied to impart
acbool-type kDowledge to their
kids.·
the IlUIDber of cookies or a
bake sale, acccrdiDg to the M
authors. Tod y, pa ent
involvement program ave
'expanded to include the full
spectrum of school life, rom
participatiDg on policy- .
bo rds to organizing m jor
fuod-raisiDg drives.
Whatever the' scope 0
initiative, -Equity Coali on­
authors offer educators the
follQWing tips for succe ful
involvement DI'OIID'8IQs
=Offer
translation; child care and
transportation to make it easier
for parents to attend school
functioes;
- Use parents to help
teachers plan the school's ocial
calendar;
- Write all communicati
to parents clearly and simply;
Bates, director of the
federally fuDded Programs for
Fdncational 0pp0rtuiDty (PBJ)
the U-M School eX Educatioa,
is ODe of eight CClDtri to
• Equity Coalttion," a ae
pUblication for te chen and
parent . The spring issue
highlights 3 w ,5 that parent
involvement can improve
student achievement and
attendance and prevent
Once a principal could
measure parent involvement by
Single copies of Equity
Coalition are available free fIOOl
PH>, 1005 School of Educatioa,
the U-M, Ann AIbor, MI 48109;
(313) 763-9910.
WIle eLege ..........
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Maryland, Dominique Wil in learned all
about the la of gravity. After ch I
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k, we ar als en uraging
young athlet . to th b t th y can
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Ren al Program. Ware refurbi hing
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across the country because w . kn w
that .even for upersta like Dominique
there" n thing like a hom
c urt advantage.
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