Page 16-Friday, October 13, 1978-The Michigan Daily
Group formed for study
of A2 school integration
By ELEONORA DI LISCIA
Under pressure from the state, the
Ann Arbor school board is appointing a
committee to study desegregation in
the city's schools.
By state standards, six elementary
schools - Mack, Bryant, Newport,
Freeman, Lakewood, and Northside -
are considered racially "impacted."
This means there is at least a 15 per
cent difference between the percentage
of minority students in these schools
and in the district as a whole.
SERVING ON the committee will be
41 parents, seven professional
educators, seven ex-officio members,
and representatives from seven com-
munity groups, including the Chamber
of Commerce, the Board of Realtor.
the Ann Arbor Community Center, th
Interfaith Coalition of Churches, th
League of Women Voters, the PT
Council, and the National Associatio
for the Advancement of Colored Peopl(
The Board of Realtors and the Char
ber of Commerce were included t
represent the business community. Th
Coalition of Churches represents th
religious sector.
"I have high hopes that it (the con
mittee) will function," said Wile
Brownlee, administration deput
superintendent. "I think the board too
a lot of pains to get all kinds of people.'
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Student Advocacy Center, a grou
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"The kids that are affected are not
being represented in an adequate sort
of way," she asserted. "To my
knowledge, they are making no effort to
assure minority representation."
According to Brownlee, the reasoning
behind the state's guidelines holds thai
"if it's a solid white school, the kids
don't get the. chance to be fully
educated by living with and interacting
with minority people. They don't get a
picture of the real world."
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he personally favored making all can
didates open to scrutiny 'by the three
committees before any final decision
was made.
"He (Brown) said it was sort o
foolish if we weren't exposed to all th
names that would be considered," Ar
4 nson said yesterday.
ROBERT NEDERLANDER (D-Bir
mingham) would not commit himself
4' either way on the proposals, saying hd
hoped any differences could be worked
out when the Regents finalized th~
guidelines for the process. He predicte
that would happen sometime nex4
week.
JAMES WATERS (D-Muskegon)
who could not be reached for commen
on the MSA resolution, insisted las
week that all the Regents' action
would be in the open.
One strong dissenting opinion on th
proposals came from Regent Davi
Laro (R-Flint).
LARO FOUND the request that th
Regents divulge their list of candidate
to the committees to be "an insult." "I
believe its (the Board of Regents)
resolution is assurance enough. I don't
intend to do anything in private. I do not
believe there will be any surprises
whatsoever," Laro said.
Gerald Dunn (D-Lansing) spoke fir-
mly against the committee com-
munication proposal.
"We're going to be in touch, but we're
riot going to set up anything fof-mally,"
Dunn said.
Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) and
Sarah Power (D-Ann Arbor) refused to
comment on the resolution.
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