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By GREGG KRUPA
Late last night, the Ann Arbor Board
of Education was to consider a policy
proposal intended to serve as "a begin-
ning point from which we may consider
and discuss desegregating the Ann Ar-
bor Public Schools."r
The proposal, offered by trustee
Kathleen Dannemiller, states that "It is
the declared policy of the Ann Arbor
Board of Education that in all
programs in our district every effort
shall be made to prevent and elimi-
nate segregation, provide quality edu-
cation, and assure equal educational
opportunities for all of our students."
ROBERT MOSELEY, Assistant
Superintendent for Public Relations
said that although he did not want to
second-guess the trustees, he would
"strongly suggest that the Board will
either table or defeat the motion."
Moseley said that the trustees want to
wait until a socio-economic impact stu-,
dy of the school system is completed in
October before they commit them-
selves to desegregating the schools.
, The city has three schools that are
labeled "racially impacted." The state
Board of Education says that a school is
racially impacted if it has more than 50
per cent minority enrollment.
THE ANN ARBOR schools con-
sidered racially impacted include: Nor-
thside Elementary, with a 50.2 per cent
black enrollment, Mack Elementary
with a 51.1 per cent black enrollment,
and Bryant Elementary with a black
enrollment of 46.7 per cent and a total
minority enrollment of 52.7 per cent.
Trustee Dannemiller has urged a
"reasonable racial balance," with
black enrollment not exceeding 25 per
cent in any school.
In addition to these schools, several
city schools are almost completely
white. These include Lakewood Ele-
mentary with a 94.2 per cent white
enrollment, Freeman Elementary
with a 98.4 per cent white enrollment,
Allen Elementary with a white
enrollment of 91.8 per cent, and
Eberwhite Elementary with a white
enrollment of 91.9 per cent.
nel views
tion policy
THE BOARD began to look at
desegregation of Ann Arbor schools
last summer when it appeared the
state Board of Education would pass
guidelines forcing local districts to
eliminate "racially i m p a c t e d
schools."
Then in June, State Attorney
General Frank Kelly ruled local
districts cannot be forced to comply
with racial balance guidelines. As-
sistant Attorney General Gerald
Young explained the reasoning be-
hind the riling.
"The state board cannot force local
boards to comply with racial balance
guidelines, simply because the state
board is not so empowered under
state law," said Young.
YOUNG said the Attorney Gener-
al's office only enters a desegrega-
tion question when someone files :a
complaint claiming the local board is
"intentionally separating people by
race."
Several individuals have appeared
before the board in the past, asking
the trustees to alleviate the racial
impaction at several Ann Arbor
schools.
Walter Hill, director of the Ann
Arbor Community Center, urged the
Board to set a desegregation policy
very soon. Hill pointed to the poor
performance on academic tests of
students who attend racially impact-
ed schools.
Robert Green, a social scientist
from Michigan State University,
appeared before the Board in Janu-
ary and argued that black students
cannot learn as well in all-black
schools.
Trustee Dannerniller has suggest-
ed a number of alternatives to
achieve the goal, once it becomes the
policy of the board to . eradicate
segregation. These, alternatives in-
clude redrawing the school boun-
daries to achieve a racial balance,
developing recommendations to
achieve racial balance, and setting
up a blue. ribbon committee to make
recommendations.
Successful delivery
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ed from his customers - the most
agonizing period for a paperboy, he
said.
"It (collecting) took up the most
time," he said. However, the chore
also had its fringe benefits
Mayben reports that he had earned
about $400 in tips at Christmas.
MAVBEN, a pre-medical student
and recipient of a four year Air Force
scholarship from ROTC, said the
route had its lighter moments.
"The people were great," recalled
the lanky freshperson. "It was really
interesting working at the apart-
ments. It's all senior citizens and you
learn a lot from them - about their
habits and the way they think. One
man would constantly be telling me
about his adventures, all the women
he had married and the money he
had. Very gong-ho stories."
Tuesday night, the Detroit News
honored Mayben at a dinner at the
Detroit Plaza Hotel. He won his News
award by virtue of his delivery
achievement and academic record in
high school. The honor put him in
contention for the national award, a
prize he had never dreamt could be
his.
"When I won, I couldn't believe it
- I couldn't even talk," said May-
ben. "Every paper in the country
sends in a representative, and I
didn't figure I had a chance."
Although Mayben abandoned his
route for college, he believes he left it
in good hands: His younger brother,
Burton, will now try to uphold the
Mayben family tradition of paperboy
excellence.
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