Mothers anxious as' Black English plan begins new approach to teaching children to work without feeling they have lost something," said Zweifler. The mothers added that many outside observers thought they brought suit simply to win damages.. "Kids had the wrong idea; they would ask my how much money we were making off the suit. If I explained it to them, they would still have the same feelings about it," said eighth grade student Michael Blair, who was in sixth grade when the suit started. THE COURT awarded no monetary compensation to the plaintiffs. The la )suit was taxing on all of the parents. "I got bad nerves, sleeplessness, my kids were being harassed, and I was being harassed," said Brenen. "A few days after the decision, me and the kids went to the grocery store at night and as we crossed the street a white van with its lights off speeded up and tried to hit us." Remembering her frustration, Brenen, who initiated the suit, said it was "a shame" she had to take legal action, but it was the only way she thought she could solve the problem, partly because of poor communication between teachers and parents. "I started the suit because of the lies - lies in the reports I got at home that told me Dwayne could read and how well he was doing, but when I went there for conference, they only had bad things to say about him. I didn't find out until fifth grade that Dwayne was reading at first grade level, and that he had a lot of pressure on him," said Brenen. ANOTHER COMPLAINT was a lack of tutorial services, according to Zweifler. In King School tutoring is a volunteer program run by the Parent- Teacher Organization (PTO). Although King School principle Rachel Schreiber denies there was a shortage of turors, Zweifler said "Our kids were not get- Black English victory only a beginning, the parents are hopeful about their childrens' future education. 'After working with a private volun- teer tutor, Michael Blair is working in the same books as the rest,of.his class. "Before I would just be reading words just to get it over with, and I would go-to class because I was forced. I would un- derstand what they were saying, but I couldn't put it to use, and I wasn't taught the things I should've been taught," said Michael Blair. "Now people realize that it really isa learning problem; and they have to do more than go to a teaching consultant and work in workbooks," he said. Although some of the plaintiff E children will not benefit from the King School plan, their families feel they have still gained through the lawsuit. Certain IQ tests ruled unconstitutional. SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-IQ tests that lead to the place- ment of an unusually large number of black youngsters in so- called mentally retarded classes were ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge yesterday. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Peckham, ruling in a statewide class action suit filed in 1971 on behalf of five black children, said the use of standardized IQ tests to place children in educable mentally retarded (EMR) c sses violated recently enacted federal lawsk and the state and federal constitutions. THE JUDGE SAID the evidence showed IQ'tests were developed on white populations and not adjusted or even re- examined when it became clear that certain groups-notably blacks and Hispanics-received low scores. His decision also extended a ban on IQ testing for placement of blacks into EMR classes. Peckham had ruled in 1972 that no black children in San Francisco could be placed in EMR classes based on IQ test results. He expanded the or- der to the rest of the state in 1974. Peckham's decision ordered the state to retest the youngsters now assigned to the special classes. He also 6r- dered the state to review its assignment criteria and receivo: court approval before resuming use of standardized iil- telligence tests on black children for placement purposes. ......... _ . ._ ... ............ .........._.._.._....._....... ............. ................ "Kids at school call me names and say more bad things than before (the lawvsuit)," said Dwayne Brenen, now in eighth grade. Janice Brenen said residents of the Green public housing project, where all three families live, gave little support to the legal battle because they feared harassment and "parents were afraid to admit their children weren't as smart as they should've been." BUT THE problem affects the entire Green community, according to the plaintiffs. "I know all the people out here that have kids and from all the parents that I talk to, I know all the kids are behind grade level. Something has to be wrong if all the kids are behind," said Betty Davis, mother of Gary, Jacqueline and Tyrone who attend King School, and Carolyn who attends Clague. ting hooked up with tutors of any kind of consistent basis at all." Brenen claimed that because of un- der-staffing, her children and others from the housing project were classified as disabled or emotionally impaired which made them eligible for special education under state law. She said parents are 'tricked" into allowing their children to be labelled learning disabled because they don't understand what it means. "Michael got labelled and he just stayed labelled," said Annie Blair. "I thought he would move more toward his grade level, but he didn't." BUT ALTHOUGH they consider their "Now the teachers are aware of how much I care about ' my Ichild's education, so I think they would be more quick to call and not let things get too far," said Blair. 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