Heath faces 13
charges
voted ag in t.
Mami Cooper
the meeting.
He th' u pen ion ill be
with pay pending the outcome of
tbe he ring scheduled for M rch
28.
The bo rd ppointed Dean of
In truction Vivi n Ro a titular
COllege pre ident until her retire
ment in June.
HEATH W
. char ed wi th
misconduct, failure to perform
duties, and breach of contr ct.
The misconduct cb rge in
cluded inappropriately using
college funds for the enrichment
of employees, in ubordinated
conduct in refu ing to correct
employe b nefus, nd in ubor
din non In providin th bo rd
timely inform tion.
Ch rge under f ilur to p r->
form dutie included. allure to
upervi e e mp lo e di pure .
i lure t . upervi the efficient
pending 0 college re e nu ,
fai lure to up rvi e nd recom
mend fi c 1 effort for reducing
the college' $3 million deficit,
failure to provide the board with
timely information on college
finance, failure to properly su- .
pcrvi e the providing of finan
cial data to auditors, and failure
to upervi c the m inten nee
con
tract ch r e, th t the bard. up
ported him when he r n for CI ty
council in 1984, and that his
council po ition i a part-time
. job which doe not ffect his
dutie t the college.
Other bu ine ,th board ap
proved the employment of 13
non-re ident employees for
extr -contractu I in tructional
and non-in truction I job open-
ings;
prob tion
ry employment of Sheil
hi Church to dmini trative
ecret ry I;
pproved the prob tion ry
employment of Rit Taylor to
Secret ry III;
Approved the recall of Dawn
D vi -Re ve to the Vocational
Placement Cooperative Educa
non Speciali t po ition, with a
1 ry of $27,226;
Accepted 12,518 matching
grant from the Michig n Dep rt
ment of Education for tbe Spe
cial Need Project 9109;
Accepted a $21,660 grant
from State Dep rtment of Educa
tion for the continu tion of con
ult tive services under tbe Job
Training and Partner hip Act, for
the period of March 1991 to June
30, 1991, and;
Approved a cbec request for
Americ n Express in the amount
of $36.15 for president's expen- .
se .
State of the City address:
I Ctime down, housing starts up, city moving'
fire protection trammg.' and the
fire ection i under t ff d.
In the area of neighborhood
Once again Mayor Martha improvement. Scott aid the city
Scott stated "public af'e ty is will continue working with the
alive and well in this city," Wayne County Alternative Work
during her State of the City ad- Force to a i t the city with the
dre Feb. 20 t High\ nd P rk _
Community College.
Scott cited statistics which
stated in 1990, major crimes
droppcd 12. percent from 1989.
There werc 23 homicides in
1990, compared to 32 recorded in
1989. Of the recorded homicide
in 1990, 17 have been solved.
Scott attributed the decrease
in crime to effective investiga
tive strategies and community
support.
Scott indicated public safety
has implemented programs to
reach out to the city's youth. The_
Public Safety Department joined
with the educational community
to initiate the Drug Free School
Zone, where officers adopted
each ef the city's nine schools.
where it's their job to keep that
school "drug free:"
Another initiative is the Police
Athletic Leaque program started
in 1988. The program offe rs
football. baseball, basketball,
physical fitne s, and tutoring for
the youth, and officers serve as
role models. It Fir t Annual
Fundraising Dinner will be
March 15.
.by DERRI,CK . LEWI
Staff Writtr
ALTHOUGH CRIME is
down, a report relea ed by the
Public Safety Investigative Com
mittee at the Feb. is city council
meeting, Indicated Scott
presented only half the tory.
The report said the department
is suffering. from low morale
among its officers because of
uspen ions' and harrassment, of
ficers are not receiving adequate
J&J.
Plumbing
&.
Heating
Service
20220 Gilchrist
835-3270 .
Reasonable Rates
dg eeds,
She i ndicat city i
every opportunity to preserve
and rehabuitatc cxi ting housing,
while seeking affordable alterna
tive new housing. The demoli
tion proces . will continue for
abandoned structures.
Scott poi nted out an effort to
build 48 new homes on
Manchester Parkway was under
way. and aid the Genesis Hous-
• ing Development will be the first
housing for sale units in High
·land Park in more than 25 years.
In 1990. the city was awarded
a S300.000 grant for rehabilita
tion and neighborhood improve
ment. Scott indicated the city
will receive another $300,000 to
provide a si ranee to resident of
the A hanti Village neighbor-
o led t als or
Strategic Planning Committee to
develop and implement an ag
gressive and realistic program of
economic growth, industrial
development, job creation, and
commercial/retail revitalization
and e pansion is underway.
During the past year more than
eight new businesses have moved
into.the City, Scott stated.
The proposed $31 million
Town Center Shopping Mall
development has a $4.85 million
Urban Development Action
Grant to get it started. and Sears
has agreed to be an anchor tore.
Another project in the works is
the $3.5 million Children and
Youth Services Center develop
ment to be located on Hamilton at
Waverly.
De pite tate budget cut:
Scott said, " ... Highland Park will
not default on city services." She
commented on implementing the
five-day work eek for city
employees, saying employees
will actuall y work for the 40
hours they are being paid.
Local 41 voted Feb. 19 to
reject the contract offered by the
city for a five-day work week.
The vote was 25-11. This was the
fifth time the contract was
rejected by the city workers.
Literacy tutors sharpen skills
MORTON PH.D.,
Program Director
Literacy Now! Highland Park
emtl College _
One of the most rewarding ex
perience to wi tness as Project
Director i the
development
and improve
ment of the
course as it ma
tures to become
an integral part
of the ins ti t u
tion.
Our' class
la t semester has registered for
the ADVANCED LITERACY
NOW! (EED 111) course which
affords them the opportuni ty to'
continue tutoring their' clients
into this semester. They will
receive three hours credit for this
cour e, al 0,
The our e involves advanced
training in the classroom which is
taken on Saturdays while they are
tutoring during the week.
They wi 11 receive educational
theory. educational research
methods leading to under
standing the theories of learning,
wri ting more proficient lesson
plans, doing a essments and
evaluation, etc.
Our contact with the E::a:�
students is also enhanced by th
new Literacy Now! Coor . ,
Mr. Ibraham Muhamed.
Mr. Muhamed will e per
forming the d uti of monitoring
the tutor. assisting them in ac
quiring proper materials, listen
i ng to the t u tee's needs, and
coordinating a myriad of other
duties which the Project 'Direc
tor. was doing last year.
We are fortunate to have an
experienced coordinator in our
midst. Mr. Muhamed has had ex
perience a a tutor in mathe
matics for the Center for
Instruction 1 Support at the Col
lege. H� also was a Technician
for the CIS. He. is currently a
well-liked tutor with the Reggie
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. The chool di trict i training
Staff Writ,r teachers to teach tudent to un-
HIGHLAND PARK - Highland der tand what they read .
Park's Michig n Education I Ac- Byndrian ay reading c tegory
cessment Program (MEAP) te t te t core h ve dropped
core from 1990, were a mixed tatewide because of the tate'
bag of advance and retreat. new reading definition.
A completely revi ed and In the math category, 64.4 per-
more difficult reading category, cent of fourth grade tudents
met with only Iigh advance in achieved passing tatu, com
reading scores for 4th and 7Jh pared to 65.7 percent in 1989.
graders, according to school dis- Seventh grade tudent
trict Public Relations Officer managed a 44.3 percent pa ing
Greg Byndrian. rate, compared to a 53.4 percent
Only 8.6 percent of fourth rate in 1989.
graders passed both sections of Only 22.9 percent of the 10th
the reading category, compared graders passed, in' 1989 the
to 7.1 percent in 1989. percentage was 28.5 percent.
The seventh grader fared bet- The state average for passing
ter with 16.7 percent passing, but the math category was 88 percent
it was only a slight incr·easle-f:uM¥t-"�r fourth graders, 73.8 percent
1989' 16.6 percent. for eventh graders, and 70.6 per-
Tenth graders experienced a cent for 10th graders.
dr arna ri c increase in reading In the newly initiated science
score (rom eight percent in �y lli�\\ w. �'(lC1d in
1 9 t 1 .i p�tcent in 19 '0' • � 2 ,h � b
The state average in reading graders pa sed, compared to 35.4
for fourth graders is 36.6 percent, percent the year before.
32.8 percent for seventh graders, In 1989 12.4 percent of the
and 37.1 percent for 10th graders. eighth grade students passed the
Byndrian says the chools dis- category, but in 1990 26.4 per
trier is doing a number of things cent passed.
to improve the reading scores,. In 1990 only 5.4 percent of the
because it connects directly with 11th grade students passed the
how well students do on the other category, compared to 5.8 per
parts of the test, such a math and cent in 1989.
science. The state average is 67.3 per-
He says the states definition of cent for fifth graders, 51.4 per
reading includes the reading of cent for eighth graders, and 39.1
words off of a page and reading percent for 11 th graders.
comprehension, where in the past
McKenzie Tutorial Program for
the youngsters in the k-12 High
land Park School District.
It is not an easy task for Mr.
Muhamed who is a foreign ex
change student from Sierra
Leone. However, he speaks
English very well. along with
French and Arabic. He enjoys
working with youngsters and
seeing the growth of the new pro
gram.
Mr. Muhamed has visited �II
of the sites which our Literacy
Now! and Advanced Lit program
will-utilize.
We already have tutors placed
wi th Mr. George WilliaPls at
Project S.T.A.R.T.
This semester, Mr. Glen Hol
man has opened an evening tutor
ing aspect for our tutees which is
directed by Ms. Zupmore at the
Highl-and Park Adult Basic
Education Center on Hamilton.
We have also retained our
relationship with Mr. Janet
Matier at the Unity Missionary
pentacostal "Reach One - Teach
One" program which tutors over
70 students weekly.
Ms. Linda Watson at the
Franklin Adult Basic Center in
Detroit has been a stalwart sup
- .porter in allowing our trainees to
tutor their non-reading adults.
At the Christian Mission Cen
ter on Trumbull, Mr. Ed Bell has
also flexed hours so that our stu
dents will be able to gain ad
vanced experience in \he world
of teaching.
.A�OVE AND BEYOND THE C LL OF DUTY - Michael Lewis (center), orthopedic heiper at
Detroit 0 teop thlc Hospital, 12523 Third Avenue, Hlahland Park, wa recently honored 1990
Employee or e Year at a luncheon held at the ho pltal. Offering Lewis their congratulations
were (from left) Arthur B. We t, DOH Vice Pre Ident, Penny Foley, Admin trator of Patient Care
ervlce ; Martha B. Scott, M yor or Highland P rk and DOH boardmembej-j and Je e Goodwin,
board chairman.