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President Jim m y Carter looks on w ith a smile as
Patricia Harris is sw orn-in as S ecretary of H ealth,
Education and W elfare by S uprem e C ourt Justice
Thurgood M arshall in the East Room of the W hite
House Harris' husband. W illiam , looks on. The Presi
d e n t c a lle d H a rris ' p e rfo rm a n c e as S e c re ta ry of
Housing and Urban D evelo pm ent "sterling ' and said
she is a m anager "w ith a heart. "
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Members o f the P ortland Area
Women’s Political Caucus voted una
nimously Tuesday night to endorse
Commissioner Charles Jordan fo r
Mayor o f Portland to replace depart
ing Mayor Neil Goldschm idt, Sue
Juba, Caucus president, announced.
After interviewing all members o f
the Portland City Council on issues
o f concern to the Caucus, represen
tatives o f the W om en’ s P o litic a l
Caucus reported the results o f the in
terviews to its members. Commis
sioner Charles Jordan, as a declared
candidate, met the Caucus criteria o f
administrative ability, involvement
in and knowledge o f the city, com
mitment to ongoing programs, a
supportive attitude toward citizen
participation and support for Caucus
positions on affirm ative action, job
sharing, c h ild care, c iv il service
reform and economic development.
“ Women’ s Political Caucus felt it
important to register its overwhelm
ing su pp ort fo r C om m issioner
Charles Jordan as the most qualified
o f the announced candidates.”
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Blanchard responds to recommendations
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not indicated that it would create a
middle school without community
acceptance. He reponded to Steve
Bud's questions that there is no plan
for a middle school at Eliot or Boise
and that he has not been directed by
the Board to develop one. Members
o f the C o a litio n state that they
recollect no meetings regarding an
Albina middle school.
Scattering
Dr. Blanchard reported that his
new standard assignment plan has
reduced scattering o f students who
are moved from A lb in a schools.
Students are given standard assign
ments o f one or more schools, with
several o ptions, and can s till be
recruited by others schools or be
assigned according to ‘ ‘ parent
choice” . The assignment pattern
reduces the standard receiving
schools from 168 to 45.
New students were assigned in the
new p attern, although students
already in schools will remain. For
the corning year, 370 students on
administrative transfer for the first
time were assigned to 63 schools. O f
these 64 will attend standard assign
ment, 34 optional assignment, and
86 other schools. O f the 370, 186 will
attend middle schools.
According to statistics provided,
childrn are still going alone or with
one or two others to many schools.
Woodlawn is sending 237 students to
25 schools; 263 Vernon children go
to 25 schools; 389 King students go
to 43 schools; 192 Irvington students
•go to 12 schools; 167 Sabin students
go to 20 schools; 82 Boise children go
to 20 schools; 33 Eliot children go to
I2 schools; 2 II Humboldt children
go to 19 schools.
Buel said he does not consider this
performance as responsive to the
Board’ s directive “ to reduce sub
stantially” the scattering. Newman
said that in some m iddle school
clusters, C o lu m b ia /W h ita k e r fo r
example, in order to maintian racial
balance Blacks must be reeuited to
go elsewhere. Dr. Blanchard said
their is also a heavy recruiting effort
directed at students in grades one
through five.
group full-tim e classroom teachers is
between 75 per centum and 125 per
centum o f the proportion o f such
minority group teachers which exist
in the faculty as a whole.” He said
that it would be d ifficult to establish
the educational ju s tific a tio n to
change that agreement.
The Coalition's response is to hire
a higher percentage o f Black teachers
and to desegregate the schools so
assignment o f teachers would not be
to "racially identifiable schools."
M IN O R IT Y H IR IN G
C oalition R ecom m endation:
That the Board set a priority on
hiring m inority teachers and persons
in direct contact with students; that a
goal o f 20 per cent m inority staff be
set; that this goal be reached in five
years. Establish training program for
teachers interested in administrative
and fo r aides to become certified
teachers.
Board Response
The Superintendent shall, from
tim e-to-tim e, establish short term
and long term goals to achieve a
reasonably balanced staff. The per
centage o f m inority workers in the
work force should not be any kind o f
maximum target for the District.
Give priority to recruitment and
hiring o f minority professional staff
who are in daily contact with students.
Assist aides to prepare for certifica
tio n. In te nsify e ffo rts to employ
m inority social workers and coun
selors.
A plan be developed for teacher
placement that will enhance desegre
gation plans; emphasize placing
m inorities as teachers; not assign
single m inority teachers to a school;
comply with regulation that minority
teachers not be concentrated only in
minority schools.
Board Resolution:
Encourage efforts to place m inori
ties in classrooms; directs Superin
tendent to remain in compliance with
federal requirements; endorse Super
intendent’ s willingness to consider
alternatives; directs Superintendent
to report to Board.
Blanchard Response
No action.
Discussion:
In a legal opinion provided to the
Board Monday, attorney Mark Mu
Clanahan pointed out that in response
to a HEW finding in I975 that Black
teachers were assigned dispropor
tionately to "ra cia lly identifiable”
schools, the district agreed that "the
schools’ p ro p o rtio n o f m in o rity
Adapt a series o f categories o f dis
c ip lin e extending fro m tw o day
"class exclusion" to expulsion in
stead o f the current suspension-
expulsion; students not be suspended
solely to contact parents; assign
ments be given to suspended students;
regular review o f practices.
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Board Resolution:
Request Superintendent to submit
recommendations on: categories o f
disciplinary action; reporting; in
volvement o f parents; regulations re
garding homework fo r suspended
students; provisions for bus riders;
analysis o l types o f d is c ip lin a ry
problems and responses. Prepare
student handbook w ritten at fifth
grade level.
Blanchard Response
Recommendation to adopt Coali
tion recommendations on discipline
categories. " I t is also essential, in
some occasions when parents simply
refuse to work with the schools in
connection
w ith a d iscip lin e
problem, to make parental involve
ment a condition for early return o f a
student who has been disruptive."
Suspensions should be effective at
end o f school day.
When students are expelled,
"Students and parents are and will
continue to be counseled by appro
priate staff members on the avail
ability o f other school alternatives
and opportunities."
Blanchard Response
D IS C U S S IO N
From February I, 1979 to A pril
15, 1979 44 temporary teachers were
hired, 10 m inorities. For 1979-80
school year, 99 new teachers hired,
26 minorities. Two oriental female
psychologists and one Black male
social worker hired.
New discipline categories are not
included in the rough draft o f the
new student handbook.
No programs have been developed
to deal specifically with the cause o f
the d isp ro p ortion ate suspension/
expulsion o f m inority students.
DES CONNALL
Professional Corpororion
LEGAL CLINIC
CONCENTRATING IN THE FIELDS OF;
CRIMINAL LAW
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
WORKERS' COMPENSATION
BANKRUPTCY
PERSONAL INJURY
W ILLS-PROBATE
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Discussion:
McClanahan advised the Board
that the legality o f a 20 per cent
m inority goal would be determined
by the degree to which the proposed
"g o a l" would be a “ preference" and
whether it would be considered tem
porary or permanent.
Dr. Blanchard said in response to
Steve Buel’ s questioning that the
district does not now have minority
hiring goals.
Other topics discussed included:
MINORfTY TEACHER PLACEMENT
D IS C IPLIN E
C oalition R ecom m endations;
M U L T I ETH N IC E D U C A TIO N
Coalition R ecom m endation:
Include teaching o f minority cul
tures with special emphasis on Black
• culture a a "M a jo r Category” in its
basic curriculum incorporated into
courses now taught in Social Studies,
Language Arts; have an independent
survey o f the districts’ inclusion o f
minority cultures in current leaching.
A D V IS O R Y B O A RD S
Coalition R ecom m endation:
The Board should closely monitor
representatives on advisory boards to
avoid having the same person sit on
several boards and to insure they
meet regulations.
Board Resolutions:
Superintendent to report on ( I)
manner o f selection, extent o f and
reason for duplication; (2) whether
to co n fo rm to regulations; (3)
recommendations to assure appro
priate.
Blanchard Response:
One member is on Title I, Title
V II, and Area Advisory Committee.
Another is on Title V II and Area
Advisory Committee. District is in
full compliance.
Board Resolution:
C O M M U N IC A T IO N
Coalition R ecom m endation:
Instruct the Curriculum Depart
ment to survey the extent and
quality of instruction in m inority cul
tures; in stru ct p rincip als to en
courage teachers to use multi-ethnic
themes; provide materials; continue
to review textbooks.
School Board establish an on
going relationship with the Coalition
to work on im p lem en ta tion o f
recommendations; provide informa
tion to Coalition; obtain relevant in
formation from Coalition.
Blanchard Response:
Board welcomes the advice o f
citizens, including Coalition. Board
asks Chairperson to facilitate com
munication.
Prepared curriculum outline that
"identifies elements that should be
included in the teaching o f minority
cultures” and which provides criteria
for determining extent and quality o f
instruction in m inority cultures. Sur
vey will be conducted during 1979-80
school year. Textbook selection to be
given special attention.
Board Resolution:
Blanchard Response:
District representatives met with
Coalition representatives until Coali
tion terminated meetings. "A dvice
from citizens and citizen groups has
been welcomed and used."
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