"You earn
Si ter Pe rl," Comb t Boot
Wearing ·d. "You can't
buy it You can't get it by being
ordained and heaven kmws you
can't be eleclcd into it, ei�r."
"Hold 0 girlfrieoo," WIChita
Id, "What you me ying' fine
but can it I have Highlaoo Park
Community College (HPCC) on
my miOO."
"So what' �?" Sam ed.
"Every where I go peopl are
talking about HPCC. They are
scratching their heads and
wondering out loud about what
many say needs to be corrected in
ahuny."
"GO AHFAD, Reverend.
Speak your mind. Don't let these
young folks bulldog you, " Sister
Pearl said.
"Er, well, praise tI¥: Lord," the
Right Reverend Deacon Demon
c-Crease Jones began. "I've
talked with SO� of � church
foUes, brotbers and sisters woo
have businesses in Highlarxl Park
and they are concerned about
what HPCC and the college
board are doing and what they
perceive as HPCC anogance."
"cCrease Jones! Since the
day we met you have been
longwinded," Bessie said. "Why
can't you say what is on your.
mind and hut up?"
"Yeah!" Sam said. "Like,
have any of you heard that Wayne
County Community College
(WCCC) is running HPCC's
bookstore? How many students
are complaining about 'the
cafeteria's ounageous prices?'
ArxI what about this S650,(XX)
loan HPCC fang dangled from
the grade scbools? ArxI also, is it
a conflict of interest for the same
people to sit on both the scbool
aOO college board of directors?"
"I can't answer all of that,"
Wichita cut in "Butl don't under­
stand how the board can protect
both parties interest if they are
involved in, and are on different
sides of, the same issue."
"YOU GOT THAT right,
Sugar P�" Bessie said. "Now
HPCC needs almost three
quarters of a million dollars .. .aOO
forwhat? Pleasedon't tell me that
lOOney will be used to set up col­
leges in England and West
Africa."
"Well," Sam said. "That's
open for speculation because Dr.
Mitchell isn't talking except
� through PRo However, the park­
ing area is still dangero�." .
"Oh, yes. That reminds me,"
Wichita cutin "One of the ladies
over in that Reggie McKemie,
Devco, Chamber of Commerce
and Teacher Credit Union area
said she shoveled the snow from
the walkway so they could get to
work."
"Well," Wichita said, "That
explains why some of the cos­
todians are upset Serre believe
they are going to lose their jobs,"
"Mister Wrote. Since these
youngsters won't let the
Reverend have his say, how do
you feel about all of this?" Sister
Pearl asked.
"I think the public has a right
to expect more out of Dr.
Mitchell. After all. Some of
HPCC's students pay tution and
slxluldn't have to risk breaking a
limb to get to ciess," I said. "By
not cleaning the parking and
scrool arees the scbool subjected
i If to a law suit On the other
baOO, the ultimate respOnsibility
li with the college board. So my
question is: How etIective are
tt.:y? aOO that is the bottom line."
RE ID T 0 Highland
Parksinc 1975, he aid. "Thi (col­
lection of photographs nd clippings
atte ting to the legacy and hi tory of
Blacks) i omething I like to do."
Love's collection includes a clip­
ping of her great-great-grandmother
and her two i ters, So Journer Truth,
Lead Belly, Ma Rainey, Paul
Robe on, arian Anderson, Robert
Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, W.
C. Handy, Bishop Desmond Tutu,
Nelson Mandela and an impre ive
list of Black cho tars , digni taries,
entertainers and people from the
HIGHLAND PARK
imple walks of life.
Love i also proud of the fact that
an uncle, Bobby Hill, was a "cook in
the Civil War."
She added, "(At the time) he was
14-years-old."
Love plans to put the material she
h into book fonn. And, she said,
sh explained why she complies the
collection, "It' (Black Hi tory)
omething I thought I should know.
Blac Hi tory i omething I wanted
(and want) to get a handle on."
"And," he added, "it' impor­
tant. "
oard approve economic
recovery plan for HPCC
By RON SEIGEL
HIGHLAND PARK - A plan to
reduce the Highland Park Com­
muni ty College budget deficit was
approved by the Highland Park
School Board last week. The
Economic Recovery Plan for High­
land Park Community College
(HPCC) recommended by its current
president, Dr. Charles Mitchell, Jr.
In the plan were adjustments in
the 1991-92 college operating
budget, which Dr. Mitchell said
would reduce the deficit by
$645,548. The board also gave the
college administration permission to
prepare a 1992-93 operating budget
"with the intent of totally eliminat­
ing the deficit by June 30, 1993."
Cashflow projections in the plan
show the college would pay all "ex­
ternal" major debts by June 30,
1992.
"THE ONLY REMAINING
major debt," Mitchell wrote, "will be
internal with K-12, " in a reference to
tl\e loan the college made from the
Kindergarten through twelfth grade
section.
Former HPCC President Comer
Heath charged that thiS was painting
a false picture, because the deficit
was not really being reduced. He
said the college was simply borrow­
ing from another school department.
Heath also charged that this was
adding money to the. college, by
taking away money from children
between kindergarten and high
school.
He noted that the voters had
rejected a millage proposal for the
college two years ago, but approved
. millage for the K-12 section recent­
ly.
Therefore, he argued, such a loan
was ignoring the will of the voters.
HEATH AID HE still sup-
. ported rnoro funding for the college,
but said that it would have been
more hone t d more in the interest
of Highland Park for the board to g"o
back to the voters for another mil­
lage request, rather than taking
funds away from younger students.
Mitchell's plan also required $10
million for complete renovation of
the college. - . .
The priority would be repair of
the roof, installation of ventilation,
and air conditioning at a cost of $3
million. While help from the state is
necessary, Mitchell' report stated,
the legislature h prevented the
funds from being utilized.
The report expre d hopes that
this would be changed.
. THE REPORT also recom­
mended a commis ion planning
study for a Ma ter Plan for total
building renovation. It also ex­
pressed interest in demolishing un­
used buildings to provide ground
level parking.
It mentioned � "second pha e
which would consist of a light teel
parking tructure econd level park­
ing facility providing secured park­
ing for students, ecurity, and taff.
The chool board approved an ad­
ditional 2.28 percent that Mitchell
aid the state is required to contribute
to the Michigan Retirement Sy tern.
Shouid buslnese leaders
become school principals?
By RON SEIGEL '
(certified public accountants) confirmed
witbout an acx:ounting background?"
She notes that OSAS has long sup­
ported the position that principals rmst
come from "tt.: ranks of teachers."
McGritI's plan, she warned "will
destroy the morale of a lot of people who
have worked very hard within the sys­
tem for advancement"
The Michigan Association ofSecon­
dary Scbool Principals Executive Direc­
tor Jack Bittle said under the plan,
"somconewouldbeinchargeofevaluat­
ing ... (teachers) who has never been in
the classroom,"
"You would have an uprising of the
teachers, " he warned.
DETROIT - A proposal by Detroit
School Superintendent Debroah Mc­
Griff to allow business and com­
munity leaders to become principals
was highly criticized by the Organiza­
tion of School Principals and Super­
visors (OS AS) President Helen
Martellock.
She noted that' OSAS has serious
concerns about this plan, because educa­
tional and public training would not be
required.
"Are lawyers hired because of their
legal training?" she asked. "Are CPA's
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H agreed th t th incident
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V RAL P 0 PL I the
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about afety.
One woman aid, "I've heard
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and I've been in the building.
There's no ecurity."
Another woman spoke of a
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emphasized this is a problem
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"It tell my nephew to
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time for school to traighten out
too."
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hope to delay debt payments
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By RON SEIGEL
HIGHLAND PARK-Highland Park
Mayor Unscy Porter, Finance Direc­
tor Michael Ferris and Qty Council
President Dwight Downe met
Thursday, Feb. 13 with Michigan
. Governor John Engler to talk about
city conditio and create rclatio hip
with the tate and the new city ad­
ministration.
"It is an open meeting with no set
agenda," noted the Mayor' Ad­
ministrative Assistant Scotty
Wainwright. "Everything is on the
table."
Wainwright noted that Mayor
Porter hoped that the Governor would
agree to delay payment on the debt
which the city owes the state. He
added, however, there was concern at
the state level that if Highland Park
was granted a delay, the same con­
sideration would have to be given to
other cities in a similar position, Ben-
ton Harbor and Hamtramck.
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