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^ E S fe p p p o s itio n organizes to oppose boundary changes that would send children north o f Reg ents Drive -- part o f the Alameda district - to Sabin School. A t a meeting held at Alameda School Wednesday evening the then current proposal was explained and alternatives suggested. Parents were told that all voluntary transfers into Sabin ECE were cut o ff as o f 5:00 p .m ., January 23rd and that no voluntary transfer children would be allowed to attend Sabin next year. They were also told no trans portation would be provided children traveling less than one mile. The Board's proposal would send 18 students fro m Boise (East o f Union), 40 students from King, 82 students from Sabin, and 77 students from Irvington to Alameda. One- hundred sixty-five students would go from Alameda to Sabin. Sabin would be 45 percent m inority and Alameda 30 percent m inority. While the parents were meeting, the Board changed its plan, leaving the 77 Irv in g to n students at I r vington and sending the 18 Boise students to Irv in g to n instead o f Alameda. Concerns expressed by parents in- J INFANT 5 _____ P,.’ --,S A S lN B E AU M O N TS i . p ALAMEDA I IRVINGTON1 • P I ’’ CCCk j S fa r k r iO T t GRANia’ HOLLYROCC tegration committee meeting when C aw thorne rejected M cN am ara’ s plan to send Black children from H u m b o ld t and K ing to the West Side, but to refrain from assigning w h ite ch ild re n to the A lb in a schools. He said he would not en dorse a one-way tra n sfe r. M c Namara responded that he would not support a plan that w ill cause ‘ resegregation’ , placing the plan ning in the hands o f a judge rather than the School Board. McNamara closed the meeting shortly thereaf ter, and when the committee recon vened the following day he spoke to Cawthorn only when necessary. In the Wednesday Board meeting, after Cawthorn had left, McNamara expressed concern about the desire o f the m ajority o f the Board to have Boise as a K or Pre-k-8 school, w ith o u t m aking an e ffo rt to desegregate it. He stated that he ROSE; PARKJ FERN WOOD w rtfa i ____ j. . . . J : P M v i D t t c ? . !•’ eluded: long travel distances (33rd to 18th); differences in socio-ecomic class and life styles; extension o f the attendence area to Union Avenue; " o ld B o a rd ” promises that Alameda/Beaumont children would not have to attend Sabin; inclusion ot Boise and King children in the schools. Parents discussed tw o options: form ing a Pre K-2nd grade school at Alameda and a 3-5th grade school at Sabin, or vice versa. Approxim atly hall o f the 120 attending favored keeping the schools as they are. M ethods discussed included organization, boycott, legal action. Camp Fire sells candy C awthorne quits planning (Continued from page I column 6) • M O L£ t r iz r - Camp Fire boys and g irls w ill begin kn o c k in g on doors in Washington and M ultnom ah Coun ties at 4 p.m ., Feb. 7, kicking o ff the P o rtla n d area C o u n c il o f Cam p Fire’ s annual candy sale. The sale w ill continue through Sunday, Feb. 24, an a d d itio n a l fo u r days over past years. Heath Toffee Miniatures and M in it Truffles w ill again sell for $1.50 per box, for the fifth year in a row. Profits from this sale benefit the whole c o u n c il, c o n trib u tin g thousands o f dollars to the area’ s programs, as well as helping to keep resident and day camp fees low. In dividual clubs also benefit, earning a percentage o f each sale to use on projects, field trips or programs that each club chooses. This sale is ex tremely important to Camp Fire, as it helps to fill the gap between small m em bership fees, d onations and U nited Way allocations, enabling C am p F ire program s to benefit thousands o f youth each year. feels a legal o b lig a tio n to move toward a 50-50 ratio at Boise, but docs not have a sense o f legal con cern about Boise as about King and Hum boldt. Buel responded that the legal aspect does not bother him. I f Boise is 91 percent m inority under the new plan and was 91 percent m in ority under the old plan it doesn’t matter. “ We have a clean bill o f health for y o u ” , he directed to D r. B la n c h a rd ." Y o u said we a re n ’ t d is c rim in a tin g , that there is no problem. They aren’ t suing us on the Boise deal. The State isn’ t going to come and take away our money. I don’ t think it is a legal problem.” M cN am ara replied th a t i f the Board does something which results in an increase o f m inority percen tage in buildings that are above 50 per cent m inority and someone goes to co u rt the " fe d e r a l jud ge w ill make your plan for you.” Portland Observer January 2 4 ,1S80 Page 3 Ju stice D e p a rtm e n t sues D e n ve r schools The Department o f Justice filed a civil suit today charging a suburban Denver, C olorado, school district with discriminating against Blacks, Hispanics, and women in its em ployment practices. A tto rn e y General Benjam in R. C iv ile tti said the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver again st the Board o f Education o f Jeffer son County School District R -l and its su pe rin ten de n t, A r th u r L. Ohanian. The suit charged school district o ffic ia ls w ith v io la tin g the C iv il R ights A ct of 1964 by discrim inating against Blacks and H ispanics in fillin g teaching and faculty jobs and against women in fillin g administrative positions. The school district had 16 Blacks and 36 Hispanics among its 4,374 teachers in November 1978, and 56 wom en am ong its 297 ad ministrators, the suit said. The suit said the school district has refused to h ire Blacks and Hispanics who are as well or better q ualified than whites fo r teaching jobs and has refused to appoint and promote women who are as well or better qualified than m en fo r ad m inistrative positions. The suit asked the court to issue pre lim ina ry and permanent in ju n ctions p ro h ib itin g school o fficia ls from discriminating against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. 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