"That hould not interfere in ny
relation hip betwe n t t te of
ew Columbia and the federal
Rep.
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forthe ote.
vote.
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ure before the full
ureb h d the
we to create tb tate of
e Columbia pa ed the
Democratic-contrelled Ho Di -
trict of Columbi Committee on
7-4 party-line vote.
The floor vote, expected in fe
mon , ould be the first for the
tatted mailing letters to the
parents of 134,000 tuden ,ex­
plaining the program, hich'
oppo ed by the Catholic Church
and other religio grou .
way " by i isting on new taxing
powers while epingi ann I p y­
ment in lieu of e from the federal
government.
"When you wantto be a full tate,
there h to be transition at the
ional re pre-
orton r u d th t the
cbange of the tructure of th new
government hould not be held
against it
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t tift
DETROIT - Detroit Police
Cmdr. Rudy Thom testified
Monday that ex-cb.ief William
Hart regularly gave him tip
about narcotics activity in the
mid- to late 1980s.
The defense tried to imply
Hart got much of the information
from undercover officer Syl­
vester Chapman. Hart ba
claimed Cbapman got most of
the $1.3 million in missing secret
fund money, but Chapman tes­
tified he got just more than
$200,000 to pay informants.
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will be put together af r transfer re­
qu ts have been received.
Board member John Holloway ,
praised he School of Ctoice Com­
mi ttee for i work.
each grade level, with staff to contact
in order to get information about the
characteri tics of K-8 chool, and
procedure to follow for transferring.
-Building principal will' et
times and make nece ry arrange­
ments for parents to visit their build-
ings. One day will be e tablished for
each school.
tabli hed by May 15, 1992. Students
will be a signed beginning with
"resid n tudents," followed by
non-resi n with permission. If
slots are available after this process,
transfer requ ts will be granted.
-In gene I, transfer requests
will b considered only for enroll­
ment in the fall. But in emergency
ituations, requests for transfers will
be co idered if space is available at
the requested school.
-All parents will soon be sent
information about the new policies
and procedures to follow if they wish
to transfer their children.
vey showed most parents and stu­
dents in Highland Park would not
like to change their chool for
another in the district, some do, for
personal reasons, like conflicts wi th
teachers or other children or the fact
that going to another chool might
make it easier to get a baby ilter.
Stindt added that transportation
was required to get students from on
area to another. He added that the
state promised it would pay transpor­
tation costs and not leave it to the
school district.
"But I have my doubts that they
will deliver, at least in a timely man­
ner, 0 we know what we're dealing
with."
Waterhouse asked if one school
could become so popular that there
wO\lld have to be large c1 ize of
40 or more pupils. Stindt said there
would be a limit on how many stu­
dents there could be in one school. .
The Highland Par School Board
unamimously adopted a " chool of
choice" program allowing parents
the right to transfer their children to
different school in the system.
Under tate law, school districts
must adopt a school of choice plan or
hold an election of the .voters on
whether this requirement should be
waived. The Board approved a plan
set up by a pecial committee, made
up of parents, teacher nd ad­
ministrators. The committee i
chaired by Andre Lowe, a com­
munity activist and blec club
leader.
Advoca of schools of cboice
say that under uch a program, 'stu­
dent achievement tends-to improve.
Students are more actively engaged,
have better behavior and are more
positive toward school, parents have
greater participation and the at­
titude of teachers and ad­
ministrators are better.
PARENTS ON TH committee
are Chairperson Andre Lowe, Shir­
ley Brew ter, G yle Chilson Bever­
I y Gibson, Lorraine God on, Denise
Mill ,Mildred Nevels, Lynn Robin-
on, Laura Scott, LaRita Smith and
Theresa Wheeler.
-Because f the lack of resour­
ces for transportation, students want­
ing to go to a different school will
have to take the bus in the morning
and be dropped off in the afternoon
at specific top. Before the start of
the school year, parents will be
notified of the pickup and drop-Off
locations.
-The recommendations for ex­
penditures for vehicles and drivers
AIDS pre d
young peopl
WASlIINGTON-A report
released Sunday by a House
committee details the spread of
AIDS among young people and
criticize tbe government's
response.
The report noted:
- In the last two years, the
number of young people diag­
no ed with AIDS has increased
77 percent.
- More than 5,000 children
and young adults bave di� of
AIDS, making it the sixth lead­
ing cause of death among young
people ages 13-24.
- The virus is hitting espe­
cially hard at young
homosexuals, Blacks, Hispanics
and runaways.
mong
The committee al 0 include
teachers Francine Calloway, R yvetta -
King, Debbie Leavell and Teresa
Stephen. School administr tors
Earl Dixon, Dr. Birdlene lernan
and nonv ing members 11 Stott
and John Stindt.
FA H CH 00 L will prepare a
package that feature information
about the choot facility, its • taff,
udents nd the rogram otIered at
ONE OBSERVER noted that
while this might be practical, it was
eliminating the idea of competition
between the schools, which was sup­
posed to be the justification for the
entire program.
Parents can chose their children's
school as early as the 1992-93 school
year.
Under this program:
-All requests to attend a dif­
ferent school outside "the attendance
area" must be made by May 8 for
consideration in the fall. Those re­
quested afterward will be kept on file
and considered after those filed
before the deadline.
-The availability of space will
be the only consideration for making
decisions on individual requests. If
there are more requests than spaces.
available for a particular school,
decisions will be based on a random
drawing and a waiting list shall be
established for those who are not
selected.
-Persons on the waiting list will
be notified as places become avail­
able. Once notified, those requesting
to attend a school must respond
within two days. After the second
day, the space will be offered to the
next person on the list.
-In each grade and school, the
number of student places will be es-
"SINCE ONLY few Michigan
districts have had school of choke
programs, there is little solid
evidence to support these claims," a
report aid.
John Stindt, deputy superinten­
dent of Highland Park Schools,
noted that Gov. John Engler believed
that such plan would generate
pater competition among choo .. ,
improve the school y tems and
solve education problems.
Stindt added, however, "We who
have been in the business feel this
. represents a naive view and does not
deal with the political problems."
He noted the choice of students
only involved schools within their
own district. .
School Board member Arnet
Waterhouse said, "This is like send­
ing someone from one bad bathroom
to another bad bathroom."
Stindt noted that the state of Min­
nesota does give youngters a choice
to go into other school districts,
giving those in poor inner city areas
a chance to get into more affiuent
suburban.
AIDS is also soaring amana
young heterosexuals, � resi­
dents and whites.
Two chool add d to
empowerment list
Dlllroit - The school board on
Tuesday added Joyce Elementary
School and Jemison Academy to
the list of empowered schools and
authorized $195,000 for a discre­
tionary fund that would be avail­
able to schools affiliated with the
Detroi t Compact.
MORE THAT 220 TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION {TLOO, Inc), Lords (husbands) and Top Teens of
America (ITA's) gathered recently at Area Five's 20thAnfliversary Conference. Shown her are honoree
Dr.' Nina Mack Lester and Ms. E. Kathleen Cooke, TLOO Area Five director. I
Haiti' 0 fen
Mini ter quit
Polf..t" Prittc., HtJki - Haiti's
defense and tntenormlnister.Ret.
Col. Gracia Hlean, has quSit the
interim government installed
after a coup, a high-ranking
government official speaking on
condition of anonymity. con­
firemed Tuesday.
STlNDT SAID that while a sur-
Conference to address
A.frican-American male crisis
Blood Pr ur.
drug could •
heart attack victim
DALLAS - A COIDllldD blood
pressure medicine substantially
reduces the risk of death in heart
attack victimS and could save
to 15,OOOli ayear,�
to a recent study. .
Doctors who conducted the
study recommended giving the
drug, captopril, to about 250,000
cf the men and women in the
United States who urvive heart
attacks each year.
'By Bernlc. Brown
BWfWrllw
Fund, and Paul Robeson Jr., founder
and president of an organization to
preserve a record of the life and work
of his famous father.
Other highlights include a youth
rally with more than 1,000 West
Michigan youngste led by Jesse
Jackson, Jr., who, like his father, i a
powerful peaker and political ac­
tivist.
The African-American Male
Conference is being presented by the
Michigan State University Center for
Urban Affairs and Grand Rapids
Community College and sponsored
by a bo t of otber businesses and
institutions. For more information,
call Michigan State University Cen­
ter for Urban Affairs, at 458-6805.
A tbree-day African-American
Male Conference, "Working
Together to Make . A DIfference,"
ill be held May 6-8, 1992 at Grand
'Rapids Community College.
The conference aims to address
the cri' facing African-American
males: an ever-present drug problem,
the dissolution of the Black family
and Black cui tural val ue , un­
employment and incarceration,
well exposing African American
mal and tbe community to posi tive
role models and fu1 pro�
d� these' ues •.
A SERIES of worksho led by
Paul Robe onJr.
W t Michigan experts and keynote
pe�kers such as former Con­
gressman William Gray, now Pre i­
dent of the United Negro College