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§ he controversy concerning the Portland Pub-
1 lie Schools han on military recruiters contin
ues to heat up. A resolution to repeal the 5-year-
old policy is expected to come to a vote May 21.
The War Resisters League is rallying troops
to gather 6:30 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum
parking lot at the comer of Northeast Broadway
and Interstate Avenue. Organizers say they then
will march to the Blanchard Education Service
Center at 501 N. Dixon St. and hope to make a
grand and unified entrance during the meeting.
Recruiters were banned in the wake of the
military’s anti-gay “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
... .
.
The school board
concluded that any
employer that ac
tively discriminates
in its hiring prac
tices would be in
violation of the dis
trict’s own policy.
The repeal reso
lution is being spear
headed by Derry
Jackson. He main-
tains that under-
privileged students need access to all educational
and employment options.
Jackson says that discrimination is wrong but
that kids’ need for information outweighs that
issue. He recently has been lambasted in the
Portland press for saying, among other things,
that homosexuality is a choice.
Joining the critics is the Portland New Party,
which endorsed Jackson but now is accusing
him of failing to uphold a platform he helped
craft. The pledge stated that the district “should
continue to oppose anti-gay discrimination and
so retain the ban on military recruiting.”
“A New Party endorsement commits the
party to major time, resources and talent for the
candidate,” chairman Cecil Prescod said in a
statement May 14. “Jackson received training,
planning, literature production and distribution,
phone calls to voters and other campaign assis
tance from the New Party. NP distributed
50,000 Rainbow News and phoned thousands of
voters for the candidates.... Jackson’s current
failure to uphold the platform puts his relation
ship with the New Party in jeopardy.”
remain on the fence
Jackson s current
failure to uphold
the platform puts
his relationship
with the New Party
in jeopardy."
— Cecil Prescod
tion about the military at a student’s request.
Under current policy, that action is not allowed.
Abrams has been vocal in his criticism of
Jackson’s priorities, noting that the district is
facing a $20 million deficit. The military ban
issue, he says, is sidelining the school board at a
crucial time when it should be focused on mak
ing hard decisions.
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intendent George Russell spelling out its feel
ings about the Boy Scouts of America being
allowed into public schools.
The letter said no discriminatory groups
should be allowed to recruit in elementary or
middle schools. The committee also spoke out
against school sponsorship of Scouts in light of
policies excluding gay men and atheists.
The letter further said the Scouts shouldn’t
be granted free access to school buildings after
hours. It recommended they be allowed to hold
on-campus meetings for a small fee during non
school hours.
The 20-member committee, composed of
students, staff and representatives of diverse
minority groups, studied the issue for six
months. It considered remarks from district
lawyers and the American Civil Liberties
U nion and concluded that, despite the
Scouts’ long history of working with youth,
their discriminatory policies are at odds with
the district’s own policy forbidding discrimi
nation on the basis of sexual orientation or
religion.
Russell asked the committee for its recom
mendation after the U.S. Supreme Court hand
ed down a decision last summer upholding the
Scouts’ right to discriminate against gay leaders.
The suggestions will be presented to the school
board in the coming weeks.
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