Portland Obaarvar February 2 1 ,1M0
DESEGREGATION
DRAFT II
Your Chance To Speak
* PUBLIC M EETINGS
7:30 TO 10:30 P.M.
• Feb. 22: Allen Temple CME Church
4236 N.E. 8th Ave.
• Feb. 27: Humboldt Primary School
49,5 N. Gantenbein St.
• Feb. 28: Boise Elementary School
620 N. Fremont St.
Sherri Johnson of George School with family,
after cermony at which the School Board presen
ted George students w ith the McPherson
Memorial Award for Interracial understanding.
(Photo: Richard Brown)
• Feb. 29: Maranta Church
1222 N.E. Skidmore St.
* PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board of Education
BUF: Administrators; teachers, curriculum
"The Negro needs neither segre
gated schools nor mixed schools. A
mixed school with p o o r and un
sympathetic teachers, with hostile
public opinion and no teaching o f
truth concerning Black fo lk , is bad.
A segregated school with ignorant
placeholders, inadequate equip
ment, poor salaries, and wretched
housing, is equally bad. O ther
things being equal, the mixed school
is the broader, more natural basis
f o r the education o f a ll youth. It
gives wider contacts; it inspires
greater self-confidence; and sup
presses the inferiority complex. But
other things seldom are equal, and
in that case. Sympathy, Knowledge,
and the Truth, outweigh all that the
mixed school can offer. "
W.E.B. DuBois, 1935
The Black U nited Front is
recommending that rather than em
phasize numerical desegregation,
the Portland School Board improve
teaching in Albina schools in order
to bring them to and above the
district norm.
The Scope and Sequence is the
curriculum format that is used in the
public schools, but implementation
varies from school to school. The
Black United Front recommends
that changes be made to strengthen
the curriculum , leading to expec
tation o f higher student achieve
ment.
F ollow ing are some o f the
curriculum recommendations fo r
elementary schools.
M a th e m a tic s :
N um -
ber/num eration; operation/com -
pu ta tio n
(heavy
emphasis),
measurement (heavy emphasis),
s ta tis tic s /p ro b a b ility , functions
(heavy emphasis).
Langu age A rts : reading (heavy
emphasis where needed at particular
grade level), literature (including
contriubutions o f Blacks), writing
(heavy
emphasis),
speaking,
listening/viewing.
F o re ig n L a n gu age: Languages
should be taught at the elementary
level, concentrating on conver
sational skills.
Art: Concepts o f art, cultural con
cepts, skills. The appreciation o f art
at the elementary level is essential.
The mastery/messages o f African
and African-American works o f art
should be explored.
Muaic: Rhythm, melody, form, ex
pression, harmony. Appreciation is
essential and can be done w ith
recordings o f Black musical artists
illu s tra tin g their interest tied to
above musical categories.
Science: Physical, biological and
combined science.
Physical Educaton: Movement
education, rhythm (including A fr i
can dance styles, game skills, f it
ness.
Social Science: Skills (heavy em-
ject with greater and more accurate
emphasis on Black people in te r
n a tio n a lly . It is suggested that
Africa be recognized as the begin
ning o f c iv iliz a tio n . P o litica l
systems, social systems, economic
systems, environmental systems.
Health and Safety: C aring o f
one’ s self; physical grow th and
development; growing and develop
ing m entally, em otionally and
socially; caring for and protecting
our environment; safety, first aid
and emergency care.
Staff Hiring
A personnel director should be
hired im m ediately to commence
recruiting Black teachers and ad
ministrators.
The S ta ff Selection Committee
should be reorganized to include
four community members and five
administrators. The responsibilities
o f the committee should be clearly
drawn and the School Board should
monitor recruitment and the reten
tion of Black administrators.
The Selection Committee, under
the auspices o f the School Board,
should submit recommendations for
hiring and transferring principals
and teachers. Principals should
work w ith local review panels in
selection o f teachers. This commit
tee would also recommend hiring or
transferring principals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CALL;
carefully handled by staff
- respect cultural plurality and in
sist on the same from staff
- be committed to education to
the
extent
that
student’ s
achievement is a personal reflection
- transmit expectations to staff,
parents and students
- have the capacity to clearly ar
ticulate the school’ s goals and ob
jectives
- make parent involvem ent a
priority
- establish good com m unity
relations
- require teachers to have goals
and objectives defined in terms un
derstandable to parents and
teachers.
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The Morns Marks House
1501 SW Hornson Street
Portland 97201
Telephone 22 7 -2 6 6 6
Teacher responsibility
The teacher has the prim ary
responsibility to teach and to assess
the students’ learning. The teacher’s
presentation should set the tone that
lets students know they w ill be
required to achieve, demonstrate
self-discipline,
and
develop
adequate study skills.
- The teacher’ s presentation
should reflect the m u lti-c u ltu ra l
world
- Classroom environment should
have meaning to the students
- The teacher must have an un
derstanding o f the community
- Relevant assignments and ac
tivities must be utilized
- Provisions must be made fo r
students to complete assignments
that w ill allow fo r individual in
terests and preferences
- Teachers must have expec
tations for each studsent that w ill
challenge that student
- Instruction should allow for in
dividual student learning styles and
encourage creativity
- Teachers should relate present
learning to fu tu re learning and
career choices
- Teachers should be required to
have individual plans for students
below grade level
- Teachers
should
assign
homework
DES
CONNALL
Professional Corporation
LEGAL CLINIC
CONCENTRATING IN THE FIELDS OF:
CRIMINAL LAW
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICANTS
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
WORKERS' COMPENSATION
BANKRUPTCY
PERSONAL INJURY
WILLS - PROBATE
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Administrative Responsibility
A PERSONAL MOMENT
FOR THOSE W HO CARE
We adjust our driving to traffic,
our clothing to weather Our
relationship with others calls
too. for adjustments. We must
talk louder to one that Is deaf.
Are all these adjustments wor
th harmony? How many ad
justments are others making
for me? Maybe the lack of
harm ony
comes
from
measuring the adjustments.
When love is alive an adjust
ment becomes positive, the
maker of all harmony.
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1979 Wm A K um n,,i
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PRESENTED BY
A M E R IC A N
STATE
BANK
2737 NE Union Ave.
School principals are the key to
education. The principal should:
- have the fin a l w ord in s ta ff
selection
- support staff and provide incen
tives for staff to do an excellent job,
offer assistance to teachers wanting
to enhance skills, and seek change
among teachers needing assistance.
- be visible w ithin the school,
com m unicating w ith s ta ff and
students
- besure that discipline is
Recruiting Staff
To insure that Black children
have positive role models and that
they are m otivated, the Black
United Front recommends that the
school d istrict develop a com
prehensive affirm ative action plan
that w ill move representation o f
Black adm inistrators, teachers,
guidance and counseling personnel
and other supportive staff to 20 per
cent in each o f the aforementioned
categories.
BUF asks academic remedy
(Continued from page I col. 3)
The current capacity o f Eliot is
600 students. The Front suggests
that the middle school maintain a
program for 300-600 students, from
Humboldt, King, Eliot, and Boise
upper grades who select the
program. This would allow space
fo r approximately 150 additional
students to transfer to Eliot from
outside the community.
Boise would continue as a P-8
program to provide fo r children
who do better in self-contained
classrooms.
Kennedy school, near 33rd and
K illingsw orth, would become the
second middle school. Kennedy has
been closed as a school since 1975,
used to house students from other
schools which buildings are ren-
novated.
Kennedy would house students
from Vernon and W oodlaw n,
leaving over one hundred spaces for
transfers, with a total enrollment o f
480. This would relieve the over
crowding at Columbia/Whitaker.
These middle schools buildings
w ould be rennovated, w ith ad
d itio n a l property purchased fo r
Eliot, and they would be named af
ter Black persons who have made
contributions to the community and
/o r would.
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