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VOL. XV NO. 29 1\111,,'o"n('dP('(lp/t'/sAF,e(}Pcop/� JUNE 6.1993 - JUNE 12.1993
Detroit artist Benny White stands in front of his
most recent project, a bigger-than-life mural
depictir_lg great African American. The mural is
WANDA F. AOOUEMOAE/Michig n C iz n
painted on the side of Black-owned AAA Party
Store, 13023 E. Warren in Detroit.
JUUEREY OLD
Mloh n Citizen
DET ire t en-
hance education i th main oal of
Guyton elementary c I' Year­
Round edu ation program:
Guyton elementary, 10 ated on
355 Philip on the eastside of Detroit,
i implementing a program that will
help-increase learning.
Year-Round Education i a pro-
gram that will begin Au t 1 3.
The program will not ext nd day
students attend cbool: however, it
will prcad th day throughout the
entire year.
"Year-Round Education will re-
duce burdens. in re e and tivat
interest, increase rctcnnon krlls, and
it will mak educati n mOT enjoy­
able", said Loui e Smith. second
grade teacher at Guyton.
By RON SEIGEL
HI JUA D P RK_:_Mami Coo­
per p ident of t Hr hland Park
Public Service workers ernpl yees,
said he \ inf nned by ity Per­
sonnel Director S tty Wainwright
that41 employ In her union \ ould
receive notic indi ann they
would be laid off July 1. t.
Wainwright told Th MI tu an
T id 0 Y around booling
h many objective that will timu­
late education. Th main objectives
of th program are to impmv atten­
dance, incrc e tud nt' learning,
improve tud nt's behavior increase
teach r's morale, reduce burnout,
and decreas review time.
How The Program Will Work
Year-Round Education eYRE)­
will tart at Guyton during th next
ch I year. YRE will c IlSI t of the
arne 180 day of cl over a
twelve month p riod. Stud nts will
b in cl for nine months and have
three months of vacation ti m . The
calendar will be 45/15. Thi means
there wiu be 45 day of cl and 15
day off throughout the year. .
Tne Inner es ion Program
would
ent
The idea that th Afri
in Jam town in 1619 h
landed
been
c pled historical iforcenturies.
The 375th annive ary of their arri­
val i at the center of Wild r' P
po al for th museum.
But John Rolfe t husb d
Po hont wrot in 1619 that
Out h hip with "20 and odd e­
groc " landed at Point Comfort, now
the ite of Fort Monroe in Hampton.
"POI T 0 ORT w' the
official point-of-entry to Virginia,"
David on aid." Ship were sup­
p ed to tqp th re and identify
themselv ."
There i no evidence the Dutch
hip received permis ion from the
ovemor to ail up the Jam River
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JUUE AEYNOLDS,h.4ichig n Citizen
Guyton student talks with teacher.
tractin id out 0 a pnvat
pany represented a Violation
union ntract With the ity.
dmmi tra­
SeeAXED,A8
..
to Jam town, Davi on . d. It 1 ft
three day aft r it arrived at Point
Comfort. h aid.
Jamestown may have
become Ii ted th od­
in ite in hi torieal re­
cord b cau e a 1625
cen u of the colony
bowed many 0 the I v
living th re, historian W ley Frank
Craven wrote in hi 1971 book,
"Red, White and BI k: the Seven­
teenth-Cemury Virginian.'
The lav were li ely ferried by .
hip to the fort at Jam town, but
s
,FIRST, Pa
A-8
DERRICK THO AS- ·Well,
the way things have changed
OUI streets are so Impacted
With things we don't need.
When they're not in school they
have too much leisur time If
I had to vote on it yes or no I
would vote yes.·
CELENA WHETSTO E-"I f
there should be year arou
sch oling because It will ke p
them busy I thin th y should
be in school more mayb th t
will help s comp t� more With.
foreign countries. It 'II uld m­
ph IZ educatior I.
Jac on:
'Clinton
broke job
promi e' .
ATlANTA (AP) _ The Rev.
Jes Jac on criticized President
Clinton' urban policy Sunday am
called on workers to demand "jobs,
equal opp rtunity and j tice."
. J on, in to
2,500 m mbers at t all n
Black Trade UnJo i wa
quet in Atlanta, id Clinton broke
hi covenant withAm rican wor e
by foe ing on topics other than the
economy during his first four months
in office.
"We voted for a plan, a covenant,
to reinve t in America. And we
won" he aid. "We cannot win in
the fall and then lose iD the pring.
We m t put job , equal opportunity
and j u tice back on the front
burner." ,
Ja kson aid, there would be
m iv march on W hington in
August to help et the i ue that
working people are interested in
back on the admini tranon' a nda.
. 'TOnight, there i a plan to bail
out Ru ia, but ther is n jobs
plan,' , aid Jon.
He told the union members they
must demonstrate against the poli­
ci they di agree with, uch as the
North American Free Trade Agree­
ment and right-to-work law .
•. Unle we ,fight back. jobs
won 't b on the agenda," Jackson
aid.
, • Travel ate and g tti ng haircuts
on the runway hav nothing to do
with urban policy.v h aid at a pre
co nfe rcn before the dinner. "The
problem in the Whit House i not
gridl k; it' a lack of commitment
to education, jo and a truggle for
J ti ."
Ja .k on aid h w uld not
.. rad .. the pr ident' perform­
ance, but he w di turb d by the
makeup of th Whit Ho taff.
"Th inner circle of Clinton i basi-'
ally whit 'and male." J kson aid.
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. What is your
view on year
around
schoollnqtor
students in
public
schools?