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form better in de lin ith dif
ferent ituations.
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Harper emph ized paren
could aid young people in think
ing by king them que tlo not
only about their cfioolwork, but
L HARPER, head of the TV programs we11.
Highl nd Park Curriculum "They hould 'Why did
Dep rtment emph Ized that the thi character do thi 1'" be id.
te t were no longer imply On the new MEAP tea :
mea uring "ba ic kill," but . 8.6 percent of Highland Par
kill which were nece ary for 4th graders pas ed the 4th grade
the modern marketpl ceo reading tes comp red with
"They re no longer con- the tate average of 34 percent.
cemed with remembering nd - 12.8 percent of the High-
understandin the information land Parkers pas ed the 7th
tuden which are given, but the gr de re ding tes compared
ability to think: to analyze the with tate' average of 29 per-
information, evaluate it, put It cent
together nd apply it in new and - 10.6 percent of Highland
different area," Harper ex- Park 10th graders pa sed the
plained. reading compared to the state
"There is a power to this average of 38.7 percent.
tlcn
-Thirty
who dIq)ped out Of
oouId firxl a job t living
amI Corwardk>eaming
eoough in til: 'future to upport a
family. Today, a high I
dropout only 0 chance in.
tlJ'ee of� a full-� job.
-Fony ye&JS go, a young
woman wID ta1 child at 17
likely k> be married, m1 m Ius-
baOO likely k> haYe a job.
Thday rmstlikelyk>be�
and � to support ber
family. re tlIm 8) pereers o(
single rmtms than
2Sarepoor.
- Thirty years &SOt feuding
teenage boys might j t get ink> a
fist fight. Today, t:enage boys are
more likely l> die from gursbot
wounds than from aU natural
cases oombincd. By the time trey
reach adolesa:m:, many children
alreOOy have experienced a level of
violence that only oombat soldiers
used to know,
- Until the last decade- un
proeced sex might lead to preg
J'l8OCj', but it was mt likely to lead
to death. By Much 1991, bow
C\U, roore than 34,<XXl» to 29-
year-olds had bcendiagtDCd with
AIDS. 1k lag tiR \)etween HIV
infection m1 � onset of AIDS
sugges tmt many of ttae young
adul were infbdcd with the fa
�
These firxIi¥ are extIanely
troooling. Ournalioncarmt afford
to sacrifice the a>ntnbutions of any
of our young people k> the etIeds
of poverty, violeJe, drug am m.
ooOOl ebise, premature pregnarqr
m1 childbearing, am inadequa�
education.
We canmt allow even a small
proportion of young people to
reach adultOOod Wllalthy, un
skilled, or alienaed,
All these distwbing figures
makes you 'NOOOer if our children
have a fighting caarce in an in
aecSngly dangero\5 world. My
answer is, "yes they do!" I koow
many yourpIS wOO mvc proven
that difficult ciIt\mstaooes Ired
ootsklp someone fromsuoceeding
in life. I offer the example of a
� man wID tlI1'r.da potntial
ly dcstru:tive, 00peka life ink> a
bright, pooitive future.
EIGlfI»N-YFAR-old
CU'uthcrsoould eu youaboutwhat
too many African American
youngsters have experienced:
"Growing up in my family �
clmotiC," ��. '1 had 00 su
pervision. No one told me wbat to
do or made me get l4> in the J1'K)m
� k> go to school,"
�rs was born toa teenage
roother and a young, unemployed
high school dropout in
WaWngi>I\ OC. He was initially
given k> tm griux1Ioother to IUe,
but WM swi� every few yeaIS
to tm roo�r � back k> �
grm1rmtber, �n � ¥in.
After reaching high scbool
Quudas left m� stayed brletly
with a friel¥S, tim � 00mc-
1 llvingon �streetinwbateYer
sId�r be oould fiB1 am finally
dropped out eX acmol. He even
t\Blly received help from a tnmcd
adult frieOO, wOO opered 1m tone
to �1S am re-auolled him in
school
CARt1I1IERS NOW main
taim i B &Vel8F am doesn't rna
a day of scmot. His teacb!m 8IX1
mcnk>r are oonvitad of his great
potential. So am L
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tJanerma. Too many would
have given �aod .weon
the tree . But itt DOt for
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UIz ew:rybody
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decided I want ., do IOOlCtIing
with my lifearxt � my iadam
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HIOHfAND P RX - Th High
land Park Bo rd of Education will
be voting on the dministratfon'
Economic Recovery Plan for High
land Park Community College
(HPCC) at its next meeting.
At the end of its February 17
meeting, Board Member Titus Me
Cleary moved to Change the date
from Tuesday February 18 to Mon
day February 17. As usual the
meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 336 of the community col
lege, between Second and Third.
In making the change, Mc�eary
said he was doing 0 in order that
the board chalrm n could attend the
meeting.
How ver, fonner HPCC Pte i
. dent Comer He th charged that the
coUe e' economic recovery plan
"abo x nda mel ndvolced
I pic ion that the date bruptly
changed the community ould not
kno when it being held.
eUmin. eel e deficit by June 30,
1993.
- COntinuing to freeze person
nel hiring except for "critical posi
tions" determined by college
preslden.
- Allowing ddition 1 2.28%
"required to contribute to the State
of Michigan retirement ystem."
- Budgeting on an annual basis
more (unds (or maintaining exi ting
(acilitie citizens and school
'employe will have a community
participation e ion to express
their concerns and suggesnons.
;>0101 W Sove n Mllr'
(3 blocks West of Ever qr er.m
Detroit. MI 48219
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HE ALSO POINTED out that
the meeting w cheduled at the
ame time the Highland Park
City Council meeting, which most
Highland Park re idents would be
attending. Heath charged the
chool board had done thi pre-
viously this year. .
The plan was drafted by current
HPCC Pre ident CharI Mitchell,
and involved:
- AdJ tmen to the 1991-92
coli operating budget to further
reduce the deficit this fi cal year by
$645.548.
- Prep ratio for I 1992·93
opcratln budget to "totally
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