co nu
I CLA Is press
secretary to W )'DC Q)unty Execu­
tive Ed M amara. Last A t, she
ppointed to the School Board
vice chair of Community Con­
fidence. She is also member 0 the
School Board' Special Bargainin
Committee.
"Since I've been on the Board, I
w the Board' representative to
(Superintendent Dr. Debor h)
McGriff' leadership team," she
ide "Right 00 , I am pearheading
tbe creation of a Communication arts
high chool. I would also like to
make the Croc en Vocatlonavrech­
nieal Center Into a comprebe lve
high school.
"The problem with children com­
Ing out of the high schools Is that
they don't have any job trJlning
kills," Cl r dded.
The race for seats on the School
Board bas brought to light. number
of i ues of concern to the com­
munity. One of them is school em­
powerment, a plan to give
neighborhood school and parents
control over curriculum; teacher
selection aDd other items. Most of
the candidates are not in favor of It at
all, while others would lib to have
the plan clarified before accepting it.
"I AM having some pro�I��
o AND Jac on feel that
chers would be unfairly treated if
empo erment Is implemented.
"Empowerment places I em-
p . on teaching and more em­
ph is on admini trating," aid
Owens. "It would loe teachers up
with m tings and forms instead of
letting them te ch,"
"I'm not for school empowerment
in i present form," said Jackson. "I­
am for teacher empowerment.
Teachers should be able to exercise
their bility to teach without our in­
terference. I've een the way em­
powerment can be u ed against
teachers and other workers."
"I know that the labor unions are
oppo ed to empowerment," said
Clark. "But let the teachers decide.
The unions hould trust their mem­
bellhip to make that choice for them-
elves. I am a
one-hundred-proponent of em­
powerment," she added, "but the
more important lasue Is for teachers
to have the option to choose em-
werment."
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"EMPOWERMENT has to be
more practical in order to work," said
_S.!!!>rt. "Where do you get the money
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"YOU CAN'T eparate a tudent
from his culture," Pinkins aid, "but
(multicultural education) doesn't
need to be primary. The matter of
teaching culture i for the family.
She added, "I'm for perpetuating
the culture of a group, but it does not
have to be part of the school cur­
riculum, because we (the school y -
tem) can't do everything. We don't
have enough time or money to give
the importance to culture that we
give to the ABQ&."
"I believe in multicultural educa­
tion because this is a multicultural
oeiety," Boyce aid. "But if you're
going to do something pecial for
African-Americans, you hould do
omething pecial for Hispanics and
everyone else. You can't just educate
about one culture; that's wrong.
"I also believe that you have to
teach the American way to
everybody," Boyce added. "You
have to teach basic American prin­
ciples, like good citizenship."
"We need to raise the mentality of
children to know what all people
have contributed around the world,"
said Jackson. "We don't want to be
See BOARD, A10
e�elect
Congr 8 man Cony r . and. th
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