CHILD
ATCH
Lui Parra i tenth grader
wh e "model" ppearance giv
no hint of hi bomel . He
doesn't kno hi father nd rarely
ee hi mother, ho live in
Mexico.
Lui lived with hi
grandmother and uncle until be
w forced to move out. Since
then, he moved from place to
place, often staying with friends.
He earns money washing cars and
. doing other odd jo .
Despite these difficulties, Lui .
has maintained a B+ average in
chool. A teacher says he is so
cooperative, eager, thoughtf 1 and
neatly dre ed that he appears to
be "a model student from a model
home. " When ked how he
managed, Luis said, "You got to
take care of yourself."
RACHEL MENDE2' father
died five years ago of a drug over
dose. Her mother, also struggling
with substance abuse, has been in
and out of jail.
Rachel now lives with her
grandfather and has primary
responsibility for taking care of
her younger siblings while manag
ing her own school work and ac
tivities.
R chel managed through the
_ .... ..,.,u·st year of high school. But she
fel t overwhelmed in the tenth
grade and "just gave up." She
ditched school and hung out with
"the wrong crowd." But just as
she was hitting bottom, Rachel
decided she could do better.
'She returned to school where
she is doing well academiCally,
running track, studying dance and
getting group counseling. With
. plans to study and teach dance,
Rachel say modestly, "I'm no
geni us, but I try hard."
By the time Jeanni Grooms was
16, she had lost both parents: her
father to gunshot wounds when
She was 12 and her mother to can
cer four years later. At age 13,
Jeanni moved into an apartment
with her older sister and the two
girls' boyfriends. Jeanni stopped
going to school to be with her
ailing mother. Her principal
brought Jeanni's school assign
ments to her, which she completed
while out of school.
SINCE HER MOTHER died,
Jeanni, now living with her
grandmother, returned to school.
She has good attendance, is work
ing in the student store and volun
teering at school and in the
.community. She would like to
study medicine.
When Robert Dechion Webb
entered the ninth grade both of his
parents were spending the
family's income to support their
drug habits. At times, Robert and
his three younger brothers went
hungry. Robert was so angry he
couldn't concentrate on school.
He ditched and started failing his
classes, stayed out late, and got
into fights and gang trouble.
When his mother entered drug
treatment, Robert decided to be
come a good role model for his
brothers. He went back to school,
did his homework and looked for
a job. He cooked for his brothers
and helped them get ready for
school. With a 2.66 GPA, Robert
hope to study computer science
in college.
When Mariah Boykin's
mother died unexpectedly two
years ago, she wa: sent to live
See WATCH A10 .
G P ecutive
Branch of the Highland P Com-
muniti First Co ition formed from
representatives of different . ghl d
P ", organizatio d l-
d n, part of te program
formed by chigan Governor John
Engler, form ted draft report
u tin re th te
aid the city.
A Community Forum w be eld
on October 14 to get citizen ide on
the draft proposal. For further infor
mation and for copies of tb propo al,
citizens can call (313) 883-6176.
The Governor' office te
the Community rust Initiative w
et up "to communi ty-driven
service delivery model to incre e the
, bility of children and families to
function more productively and inde
pendently."
In early 1992, Governor Engler
elected Highland Par as one of the
cities to participate In the program.
HIGHLAND PARK
report recomme
- Demoli hin 150
tru
- Providin
Dep ent, with an
enforcer.
- Providing b dg ,equipment,
upplies and tipends for e par-
ticipating in the eighborhood
W tch program.
- U ing the fire tion dis-
patch office for the eighborhood
Watch program.
- Hiring three new officers for
the purpo e of liaison/policing to
three different neighborhoods.
- Giving inform tion to the
chool board on Conflict Re olution.
e, nd
S FIRSTA10
providin
programs or women ith children,
giving funding to The Bl ck Family
De elopment Inc. to give outreach,
intensive home-b ed ervices and
upport group for 150 high ri k
familie in three Highland P r
neighborhoods.
- Providing an dditional truant
officer at the middle chools, at a co t
of 38,000 for al ry and fringe
benefits.
HP resident Wanda Undsey Bostic talks to community members on the importance of getting Highland
Park's' registered voters to the polls November 3. .
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