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Schiller a' d Engler's pro­
posal ould give the te more
control 0 local districts with
higher tanda the trade­
off.
McCauley . d just the oppo­
site should happen.
"If they relazed the regula­
tions, then e could try some
things that would make the
school better,· McCauley said.
·WeVe got some people here who
want a four-day w k with 10-
hour days, but we can't even con-
sider it .
co lnu d from pa A1
Gov. John Engler' education
proposal' a plan that ould
a110 Schiller to evaluate
00 on their per-
formance, graduation ra , at­
tendance and other facto
·Money is not neoessarily the
y factor in improvement in all
cas ,. Schiller said. ·We've
been very weak in holding dis­
tricts, schools and teachers ac­
countabl . We've been more
input-oriented. •
C UC TIO in-
clud econd language, basic
math and literacy programs. It
is on t tud ta learn
through t eighth grade. Secon­
daty education allows adul to
attain a high school diploma by
completing high school require­
men
Schiller . d that in the fu-
ture, organizatio uch busi- .
n or community colle
will likely be abl to compete SCHILLER AID schools
with school . rida for go - that fail some parts of the evalu­
ment grants to enabl them to ation could be put on a sort of
offer the same em probation. The worst schools
"It will be more of a mar� face being taken over and run by
ystem," h said. the State Board of Education.
LMCMusic
D partment
hold udition
"IF CONTRACTORS ARE
not required to hir at least
some residents' of th city, the
residents will be displaced from
working on their own funded
projects since most of the con­
tractors have also fled the city
[and] normally hire only non­
residents,· he wrote.
Brewer said "such resident
set-a-sides" could be used by cit­
ies "with few or no minority i­
dents to discriminate against
minority non-residents."
Publius countered that "there
is no indication" that cities with
non minority residents, such as
Warren, Livonia, or Redford,
plan to "enact such legislation,
and it would "be very difficult"
for them to " the m type
of justifications" in le lly tab­
lishing this ordinance.
THE CENTER FOR the
Arts and Scienoos in Saginaw
and county vocational-technical
schools are examples of creative
programming districts have
been able to create despite strict
regulation, McCauley said,
And the state probably
couldn't regulate schools as well
as the local districts do, Kiedel
said.
"We are strong suppcrtera of
accreditation, but not necessar­
ily in this way," he said. "We
aren't convinced the state has
the wherewithal or insight to do
this in an appropriate manner."
Both McCauley and Kiedel
said indicators like dance
aren't n y reurate
to judge a school, principal or
staff.
"You could have the best prin­
cipals and teachers in the world,
but you can't always control the
social factors," McCauley said.
"The school is a reflection of the
community." .
The Lake Michigan College
Performing Arts Department
announces auditions for 1994
Winter eme ter LMC choral
and instrumental group. All
auditions are scheduled by ap­
pointment during the week of
December 11-16. Interested
community members and stu­
dents are encouraged to audi­
tion.
. Music scholarships are avail-
able for qualified tudents. Win­
ter mester begins January 13.
For further information or to
schedule an audition, call Carla
Fletcher at (616) 927-8100, ext.
5237, or toll fr , 1-800-252-
1LMC, ext. 5237.
Rev. John
Blacka m ore
The REW. John Blackamore, 72, of
Benton Harbor, died November 10, at
M rcy M moriaI Medical Center, St.
Joseph, after a short Illness.
The funeral was held November
15, Second Baptist Church, Benton
Harbor. Bur w in North Shore
Memory Gard Arrangements was
made by Robbins Brothers Funeral
Home, Benton Harbor.
R . B roore w born oao-
ber29, 1921, nS� M . Hew
a landlord. a r estate developer and
Layman id she beli
that this will ca problems.
"In order to return to school
our udents 'build a com-
fort level," he id. "I think
lot of them would be intimidated
by a place they aren't famj]jar
with.
Layman explained that a lot
of adult students dropped out of
school for negative reasons and
that m it diftiallt to urn.
She id she batiAVIIMI
more comfortable returning to
classes at the school building in
their neighborhood.
"In extreme- instances, the
school would be closed .and the
students nt to another school;
Schiller said.
Lapeer School Superinten­
dent Jack McCauley said Public
Act 25 already forces chools to
keep quality up or face state
sanctions, but the state hasn't
enforced the law.
,·K.alkas a schools closed
down, and the te didn't do
bing abo t,· ul
said. "You're hearing a lot of hot
air.
"(With the proposal) they
could possibly identify (some
schools) that could be closed, but
90 percent of the schools in the
state wouldn't even come close to
that. It is a lot of political cam­
paigning instead of reality. "
But McCauley said he's far
from content with the current
system.
I ADDITION, Layman
said that transportation is a
problem for a lot of adult stu­
dents.
"I f the closest grant was
a warded somewhere in down­
town Lansing, a lot of them
wouldn't be able to get there,"
she id.
Engler spokesman John
Truscott said that Engler's plan
will allow school dropouts under
the age of 18 to get a basic grani
to put toward their education if
they chose to return to school.
Adults, Truscott said, would
have their academic education
linked to job training. The Jobs
Commission and work force de­
velopment programs would re­
ceive funds from the state and
hopefully from the federal gov­
ernment for training adults, he
said.
"We don't believe that a (di­
ploma) alone gives people the
skills they need to get a job," he
said.
Discritnination
against bright
minort ty pupils
According to journalist, Wil­
liam Celis 3d, United States
Magistrate P. Michael Mahoney
of the Northern District of Illi­
nois filed a ruling that the Rock- '
ford, m., Public Schools
discriminated against bright mi­
nority students by failing to in­
clude them in classes for high
achievers.
Judge Mahoney said Black
and Hispanic students were
placed in less-challenging aca­
demic courses, even though
some of them had received
higher test scores than white
students who were permitted to
enter the classes.
"I ABSOLUTELY believe we
can be bette;r," he said "This
isn't 'Hey, we're OK so leave us
alone."
Gerard Kiedel, executive di­
rector of the Michigan Associa­
tion of School Administrators,
said PA 25 created a system of
school accreditation, but the
Legislature never appropriated
any money to set it up.
"We have a structure in place
to have systematic reform,"
Kiedel said. "I think PA 25 is an
excellent foundation and should
be built upon .. the schools are
'Subject to loss of funding if they
don't comply."
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