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PORTLAND -¿5 OBSERVER
Education______
Student’s project
brings fam e
School consolidation order threatens
national redistricting
'J u s t as t he city's geo­
graphic borders, v tewed as
The publ ic school of the c i t y
lim its upon pupil assignment,
of R ic h m o n d , Virginia and
do not correspond to any real
those of two suburban counties
physical obstacles, so also are
were o r d e r e d by a federal
they unrelated to any marked
judge to c o n s o l ld a t e their
practical or administrative
school districts before n e x t
necessities
of school opera­
September to end an Increas­
tion. The boundaries of Rich­
ing pattern of unequal and seg­
mond are le s s than eternal
re g a te education.
monuments to a city planner's
T h e schools of Richmond
vision.'*
are 70 percent black and those
He pointed out that it is the
of the two suburbs are each
state's
responsibility tocarry
about 90 per cent white.
out a n educational system that
T h e consolidation order is
is within the law and swept
the most f a r reaching court
aside
the concept of " l o c a l
order handed down by a feder­
control".
al court designed toerxl school
"School district lines with­
segregation. Judge Robert R.
in
a state are matters of po­
Merhige, J r. went far beyond
litical convenience," he said.
the extensive bussing program
The claim that the defendant
he had e a rlie r ordered for the
counties had a right to keep
Richmond schools. He held
•eparate school systems had
that bussing within a predom­
little m erit in the face of past
inantly b la c k s y s t e m h a d '
discriminatory practices on
failed. |n effect, he sakl that
the pert of all the defendants.
the constitutional requirement
"S u ch
a c o n t e n t io n ,
that black and white children
buttressed by the historical
have an opportunity to atteiU
fseta o f gross discrimination
*n equal, unitary school sys­
against the blacks in almost
tem transcends the right of lo­
all aspects of life which have
c a l government to establish
in
the instant case approxi­
their own educational bound­
mately resulted in the white
aries.
islands surrounding the city
"The court c o n c lu d e s ,”
o f Richmond, s i m p l y points
Judge M erhlge's opinion de­
up the immediate need of the
clared, “ that the duty to take
relief sought.”
whatever steps are necessary
The court dec is ion is c e r -
to achieve the greatest possi­
tain to be a p p e a le d to tne
ble degree of desegregation in
United States Court of Appeals
form erly dual systems by th e
and then to the U.S. Supreme
elimination of racially klenti-
Court, if it survives the Su­
fiable schools is n o t circum­
p r e m e C o u r t , the impact
scribed by school division
across th e country could be
boundaries created and main­
enormous.
tained by the cooperative e f-
The impact would be felt
forts of local and central state
most in the North where the
officials.
white suberban housing p a t ­
tern is more pronounced than
in the South.
J s c k Green burg, director
anl c h i e f c o u n s e l of tbs
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed­
ucational F u n d .|n c . , w h o s e
l a w y e r s a r g u e d th ecase,
hall»! the ruling as one of
"immense importance, w 1 1 h
Implications that go far be­
yond the desegregation of a
l a r g e city school system."
1 he decision also offers a way
of equalising school expendi­
tures between cities and their
a iiu rb s . Suburban jurisdic­
tions in the U n it e d S t a t e s
usually apeixl more per child
on education than urban areas
do.
The suit was o r i g i n a l l y
brought by a group of black
plaintiffs a g a i n s t the City
School Board, the State Board
of Education and the school
boards of th e tw o suburban
counties. Then the Richmond
School Board moved to change
its position from that of a de­
fendant to an ally of the black
plaintiffs. The legal strategy
was to prove that the stats had
a controlling role inescablisn-
in g th e segregated school
boundaries, that the state had
pleaded that itco uld no telim i-
nate its own creation, and that
the state had failed in its duty
to eliminate the dual school
system.
J u d g e Merhige, 52 years
old, is a native of New York
C ity, a Democrat and a Roman
Catholic. He practiced law in
Richmond for 25 years before
being appointed to the federal
court by President Johnson
in 1967.
Students at Highland Park
College, an Inner city com­
munity college with 99 per
cent black enrollm ent, have
attracted national attention
with the African coloring book
they have produced.
The project was initiated by
a 15 member advanced draw ­
ing class. The project was
conceived by their instruct -
or, who aald she had seen
coloring books on Greek and
Egyptian a rt - but none on
African a rt.
The
achool'a
marketing
class assisted in sales of the
book. With the permission of
college offllals and a grant
of $1,300 from the school board
ot Highland Park, thastudents
formed Highland Park Col-
Portrayal of a Nigeria«
royal leopard la
A federal court inSanAnto-
nlo, Texas ruled that Texas'
public school financing system
unconstitutionally discrim i­
nates against children in poor
communities and ordered th e
system to become less depen­
dent on local property taxes
within two years.
The California S u p r e m e
Court ruled last August that
th e s y s t e m of financing
schools through local property
taxes is unconstitutional and
iaw suitsand legislation have
been initiated 1 n several other
states.
As In most states, T e x a s *
public schools are supported
th ro u g h lo c a lly r a is e d
property taxes. The system
was challenged by 15 Chicano
parents. The parents argued
that their children were short­
changed because poorer com­
munities h a v e less money to
spend on education. They ar­
gued that school funds should
be based on the wealth of tne
state as a whole.
Hawaii is the only state that
pays the full c o s t o f l o c a l
schools out of state revenues.
Utah has an equalization plan
that helps even out expendi­
tures. Other s t a t e s h a v e
equalization plana but they do
not fully l e v e l f i n a n c in g
resources.
S o m e changes are b e in g
made in the way auto mechan­
ics is being taught at Portland
Community College. Gone is
the traditional scheduled pro­
gram where a student Is locked
in t o a highly structured s e ­
quence of courses . ."you have
to take this course before you
can take that course." Gone,
too, is the need for a student
to take all courses of the pro­
gram before he is prepared to
hold a job.
Hare at PCC, in a te a d , a
flexible, u n i t i z e d , auto me­
chanic! program allowing a
student to b e g in and end his
studies at any time, select one
of s ix certificate o r degree
programs, plan his schedule
around his needs, and receive
satisfactory achievement rat­
ings by successfully perform ­
ing a c t u a l "o n -th e -jo b " ob­
jectives, is being offered tor
the firs t time.
The a u to mechanics p r o ­
gram is a c o l l e c t i o n of 17
t h r e e k - w e e k instructional
units. Each unit Is a s h o r t
c o u r s e teaching the k n o w -
ledges and skills of a special
area. At the completion of the
unit, the student must demon­
strate that he can perform the
unit's o b j e c t i v e s .
T h is
achievement is documented,
and the student proceeds to an-
Have Your Birthday
party free at
Geneva’s
other unit. The student w ill
repeat a unit until he can sat­
isfactorily demonstrate tne
skill and knowledge necessary
for successful performance on
the job. Most units may betak­
en in any order and for t h is
reason students may enter the
program at th e beginning of
any three-week unit. Only six
units out of 17 have prerequi­
sites. A student has maximum
flexibility in setting up a pro­
gram to meet his time and ed­
ucational needs.
The auto mechanics student
may also select th e Jobantry
skills he wants to develop. He
may be certified as havingjob
entry skills as either a Brake
Specialist or as an Alignment
Specialist after just two three-
week units. In nine weeks a
student may receive a ce rti­
ficate in automatic transmis­
sion repair and in 21 weeks in
tune-up. Twenty-two u n it s
w ill qualify a student for a two-
year certificate. With the ad­
dition of 18 hours of general
studies a student completes
requirements for an associate
degree in auto mechanics. A
student may take what units he
wishes, enter th e workforce,
and then return at any time to
b u i l d on the knowledge and
skills he has already achieved.
PCC has facilities to offer
as many as 13 units during one
three-week period. Staffing,
too, differs from traditionally
scheduled programs. T h e r e
are Instructors and assistant
Instructors. Each instructor
Is a h ig h ly qualified profes­
sional responsible for t h r e e
assistant Instructors; heglves
the m ajor class presentations
and makes the decisions con­
cerning students and classes.
An assistant instructor usual­
ly has an associate degree and
some experience in the field;
he supervises "hands on"
work and demonstrations ot
the u n i t performance objec­
tives.
N e w auto mechanics units
begin January 24, February 14,
M arch 16, A p ril 3, April 2 4,
and May 15.
h's simple. W e figure if we know you
better, we can do more for you.
And, also, if you know us better, you'H be
more apt to ask for help when you want it. Even if it’s just
getting change for your parking meter.
Drawing of a I
Nigeria la la tlM High­
land Park College
So stop in at the First National Hank of
Oregon and introduce yourself.
"African A r t" , a 4 page
collection of sketchea of art
objects from II different A f­
rican countries, has sold a l-
threee weeks. Major Detroit
department stores have bought
the book, which sells for 81.33
a op>. Students have gone to
Cleveland to Western Reserve
University and to Chicago on
•alas expeditions.
The
Detroit Institute of
Arts, the Smithsonian Insti­
tute in Washington, D .C ., the
Philadelphia Institute of A rt,
the Frederick Douglass Mus­
eum in Washington and the
Harlem Museum in New York
have also placed orders.
The United States Inform a­
tion Agency Is considering us­
ing portions of It in Topic,
a USIA magazine circulating*
In Africa.
The proceeds from sales go
to a scholarship fund and to
finance future projects.
It II give us a chance to do those little
things that make your hanking a lot nicer.
That’s why.
F IR S T
N A T IO N A L B A N K O F O R E G O N
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Local school
PCC makes innovation
support
barred
in auto program
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want to get
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