e.
chool
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0% pay hik
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" BARLOW'
ALARY will
jump from about $41,564, which
is what Mary Simmons, the
board' former secretary earned;
to $60, 093, Cobbin said.
Also voting against the reclas­
sification was board member Bell
who is the former Equal Employ­
ment. o.,portunity .Commi ttee
chair said he di agreed with the
large increase.
"I don't think their jobs reflect
director status and that amount of
money," Bell said.
Of the 63 12-month-director-.
ships, 3 are approved leaving
33 vacant.
Calli ng for a debate of the
proposed chool-based enpower­
ment and school of choice,
newly elected board member
April Howard-Coleman a�ked
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emi ions of mercury and other
toxin' from the incinerator can
have a deadl y effect on un now­
ing Detroit are re ident .
The Michig n Air Pollution
Control Commi ion ha in-
tituted a 45-d y public comment
period during which resident
can voice their opinions about
the incinerator, after which time
the city could receive their per-
. mit for tbe inciner tor �
By Flodean . Ri g the board to adopt a resol uti on to thing."
form a ta k force to tudy the
Michigan Citizen issue. .. AN l'H R CONCERN Cob- Crime prevention/Defen
Lydia Barlow, the Detroit Under the empow rment plan, bin had was privatization, taking
Public School Secretary to the. artered school will have the the school ystem's money out of DETRoIT-Un rmed '-self
Board and Virginia Sutter, assis- power to govern themselves in the public ector and putting it . defense. . home security,
tant to the General Superintendent spending money, handling chool into a prive ector such as a liabilities and familiarity with
are two of 63 approved for reclas- achievement and implementing private chool. common "con" games are some
if cation a director, increasing staff policy - holding the ad- . .Howa d-Coleman also said of the issue to be addressed at a
their yearly alaries to $60,093. ' mini trator and supervisor ac- the task force will be set up to Crime Prevention Seminar to be
The new director po itions arc countable for everything in their discuss which chools will be en- held on Saturday, February23, at
, on the executive, management ef- . chools - not the board and u- powered and whether current Madonna College, Livonia.
; 'fectivene s, fiscal integrity, perintendent. private schools will be included. Tbe program, presented 9a.m.
educational quality, community In other board action, mem- to 5 p.m. in Kresge Hall for men
confidence. and school improve- TH T A K FO E com- bets voted to extend a contract and women 17 years and older,
ment levels. Barlow and Sutter are pri ed of district officials includ- between the Floretta McKenzie will be led by two local' police
in the executive divi ion. ing, " and uad· Groun, a WashiD'Dton D.C .. b ; .offlcer and a sCOI'lrity sy te
r e.,- p.u," nllw m. I 03W31V
Sevedof t� e bo�dmem� mi� � i� i� '�consOJtjhg groijp�M�g tfit di! ��������������������������������������
ber voted Tues alt. 22 to ap- report b, � • ina WIle �ttrict in it \Jpetiriteh<kS�t a1iSb�1l1
prove the -reclassifications. :April 30. The Group worked with
Boardmembers Gloria Cobbin and Joe Greene, president of the boardmembers on the earch
Edna Bell both voted no. Organizaiton of School Super- committee. which excludes Cob-
. "1 think that the quality of the visors .and Administrator said he bin and Bell, during phase one of
po ition doesn't call for that was dissati fied with the em- the earch. Board Prcs i dent
amount of pay," Cobbin said. powermcnt is ue put on the floor Lawrence Patrick r-: said. adding
by Coleman-Howard. they wanted to retain their ser-
"We have a igned. ealed and vi e .
delivered agreement on enpower- "I'm pleased to reportthat we
men t," Greene said. "We do completed phase one wi thin
believe that our members are 'n t budget," Patrick said. "The board
cnthu iastic by" this proces ." agrees that we should use her for
Member Cobbm asked, if. a phase two and phase three, �
student at one enpowcred 601 Patrick s aid, adding' that he
decides to go to another, wil] that . wanted 10 get 'a maximum amount
student be at a disadvantage be: 'of $25,000 for each phase to be
cause the schools wi II u e dif- approved by members.
ferent textbooks. . Phase. one involved the Mc-
Reassuring Cobbin that her Kenzie Group and \loardmem-
concern will be con idered, bers publicizing the posttion,
member David Olm tead told her wri ting potential candidates in-
that issue will be hammered out viting them· to apply,. accepting
by the task force. The resolution applications nationwide and �
proposed at the meeting wa only screen-interviewing.
to spark a debate and not to During phases two and three
charter enpowerment or choots a li t of semi-finalists ,will be
of choice.' . compi led and 5 to 7 finalists will
"We're just trying to move the be brought to Detroit for inter-.
process along," Olmstead said. view ng,
"We're not going to change any-
E VIRONMENT L
GROU S claim that the in­
cinerator t located in the
southeast quadrant of the 1-75
and 1-94 intersection. is an over-
e ource concernin
the emi ion," Smith id.
But environmental roup re
claimin th t the incinerator's
buil der nd Michigan .
. poli tici n new before it
built that the inciner tor could
environment I t nd-
never p
.rd .­
Alex S gaty, who i wor ing
with the Sierra Club in # la -
ui t-one of three again t the in­
cinerator by environment 1
group -said tha t m ny of the en- .
vironmental problem ould not
e i t if the proper control h d
been pI ced on the inciner tor
from the beginning.
"If politician h d acted e r­
Iier lhi might have een
avoided," Sagaty aid. "Fo er
Gov. Bl ncha� nd M yor Yong
should shoulder a big part of the
blame. They could have acte-d
before tbe inciner tor a built."
THE PROBLEMS WITH the
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specialist.
Participants will benefit from
37 years of police experience.
Learn ways of detecting would­
be attackers and con arti ts and
valuable knowledge and, techni­
q ues to keep you from being a
victim, say organizers.
"We are .offering a brand new
approach in' a imely manner to
the age-Old question of in-
v ver
Environmental roup h ve
ur ed Detroit are re ident to
et involved in cle n-up e fo
and pea up durin t e public
comment period ince tb y re
the one ho will be mo t f­
fected by, mercury emi ion
from the inciner tor.
M ril ynne Burton- i t u 0
Ever reen AlIi nee, group ho
fought to eep the inciner to
from opening nd continue i
protes , aid that m ny people in
Detroi t are concerned bout the .
city's environment nd ouldn't
be accused of being uncon­
cerned.
"Detroit's a bi city nd
people are reeo nizing the prob­
lem. A lot of people haven't
given it much thought," Burton­
Ristau id. "There' tremen­
dou amount of education that
need to be done.· .
emln
r top c '.
defense specialist. "This infor­
mation is designed to last a.
lifetime."
Enrollment for the Crime
Prevention Seminar i limitc;d.
The charge or the clas is $25
pre-registered or $35 at the door.
Individuals or group are wel­
come. C 11 Jan Lewis of the
Madonn College Athletic
Department t #(313) 591-5163.
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