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School Board selects superintendent candidates
The P o rtlan d School Board ha*
selected six final candidates for the
position o f Superintendent.
The candidates will be invited to
Portland to be interview ed by the
Board, an internal advisory commit
tee o f staff, and a citizens com m it
tee. The interviews will be open to
the public.
Manford Byrd, Jr. is Deputy Sup
erintendent, Systemwide Reorganiz
a tio n , C hicago P ublic School
System, has been with the Chicago
school system since 1934. H e ha*
taught, served as principal, and ha*
been a Deputy Superintendent since
1968.
Byrd has developed programs for
parent involvement, principal selec
tion and evaluation, student disci
pline, administration evaluation, af
firm a tiv e a ctio n , and student
achievement. He earned his M .A . at
Atlanta Univeristy and his Ph.D . at
Northwestern University.
Carl Candoli is superintendent o f
the Fort Worth Independent School
District. He previously was superin
tendent at Lansing, M ichigan. H i*
doctorate is from M ichigan State
University. Candoli has published
extensively in school administration
and planning and has done research
on urban education and desegrega
tion.
James Fenwick is acting superin
tendent o f the Portland district. His
doctorate is from Stanford Univer
sity. Experienced at all levels o f
teaching, his expertise is in curricu
lum development.
G lenn R. H o u d e is S u p erin ten
dent o f the Elk G ro v e, C a lifo rn ia
school d istrict, where he has been
since 1970. Houde earned his doc
torate at Stanford U niversity. H e
taught and was vice -p rin cip a l at
Grant and Wilson H igh Schools in
Portland.
Richard Hunter is Superintendent
o f the R ichm ond, V irg in ia public
schools.
H unter previously was assistant
superintendent o f the Seattle school
district and was a p rin cip al in the
Berkeley and Richmond, C alifornia
districts. H i* areas o f experience in
clude inter-racial and inter-cultural
instruction, urban education and
staff development. H e is a graduate
o f the U n iversity o f C a lifo rn ia at
Berkeley.
M a tth e w W . P ro p h e t, J r ., is
Superintendent o f schools in L an
sing, Michigan. Following a military
career he returned to school and ob
tained a doctorate from Northwest
ern University. He has been with the
Lansing school district since 1972.
B yrd, H u n te r and P rop h et are
Black.
The Board expects to make a final
selection by m id-October. Prior to
the selection the members o f the
Board w ill interview school board
members, s ta ff and students, and
com m u nity members in the c ity
where the candidates now work.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
Septambar 3 , 1S51
Volume XI, Number 47
254 Par Copy
Minorities make no job gains
The C ity o f P o rtla n d ’ s recently
released Second Quarter Report on
equal opportunity employment op
p o rtu n ity dem onstrates that no
gains have been made by minorities
in city employment.
Set yourself free
Grassrool News, N. H i — For the
last m onth w e’ ve presented seg
ments on drug abuse aimed directly
at the abuser. We stayed away from
the textbook approach to this prob
lem and showed the up* and downs
o f drug abuse through tbe eyes o f its
users.
The other side o f drug use is, o f
course, non-use. There are modes
and methods that are u tilized for
those who want to get o f f the E u
phoria escalator. W ith m ariju an a
the only addiction is psychological.
“ All that's required to beat a smoke
habit is to use a little self-discipline
and self-control," a counselor from
one o f the many drug abuse clinics
offered. The main problem with the
use o f weed is th a t, for the most
part, if you wake up high and go to
bed high you might not be as p ro
ductive as you could be. C ertainly,
the haze that it places on your brain
makes you less perceptive during
times when your survival may de
pend on your awareness.
W ith cocaine the same mind de
pendency exists. But cocaine is the
caviar o f drugs and the high-flying'
life-style requires a change in the liv
ing habits o f those who want to
quit. "W h en I stopped the first few
days were O K. But soon I met up
with my old buddies and before I
tried to kick I would have to buy it.
Now they were going to turn me on
free. I guess the theory o f the lobster
is right. They wanted me down with
them ."
" In dealing witft people who want
to quit any cycle o f drug abuse we
start with re-education. W e show
that you can go out and have a good
time without the use o f drugs. We
try to have the people sort out their
values and w ill teach other values
and communications skills. The var
ious therapies range from the Ges
talt method to the basic rap
session." The Gestalt approach is
one o f many textbook therapies.
This puts the person back into
contact with all the facets o f his per dus goes over his therapeutic ap
sonality. “ We try to get them to ex proach.
press their unresolved feelings they
Among the devices used to rid a
might have suppressed during the person o f the monkey called heroin
course o f their lives."
is a legal substitute called M e th a
Another is transactional analysis. done. Richard M ayfield , a mental-
“ W e deal w ith a person’s learned health therapist and drug counselor,
decision-making process. The child explains the M ethadone cycle.
is one who w ill go get high when “ Methadone is a man-made opiate
things aren’t going their way. The and basically we transfer addiction.
adult has to weigh the consequences This way they aren’t shooting it or
o f his action and whom it effects. committing a crime to obtain it. For
And the parent is the part o f the per a person to get accepted he would
son that says I ’ m nothing because I have had to try other ways to detox.
take drugs. Once these phases are I f a woman is pregnant she must be
dealt w ith separately we can deal given Methadone and there’s a unit
with the reasons for the desire to get at the U. o f O . H ealth Center that
and stay high."
will assist the baby’s withdrawal.
The rap session is another mode
“ The reasons why people want to
that deals in rehabilitation. " W ith quit are that they get tired o f that
this we show that no one is unique. life-style. They run into legal and
Most o f the problems are in the ma fam ily problems and are em otion
jo rity . The rap sessions serve as a ally and physically burnt-out.
support group for creative problem
“ Black women with children are
solving."
easier to counsel because they want
W hen these therapies are being to quit to take care o f their children.
used the problem is to find the right I just w ork on th e ir m aternal in
therapy for the in d iv id u al. “ It stinct. W ith Black men I use the
comes down to trial and error, intui family and mate. I gear my counsel
tion. experience and practice.”
ing tow ard the c lie n t’ s education
“ M y life did a 360-degree change and skills. We show them that they
because I got saved. I had no desire can do other things which aren’t il
to do the things I used to do or see legal and once they aren ’ t craving
the people I used to see. When I ac drugs it ’s not hard to get them lo lis
cepted Jesus into my life my motiva ten to you.
tion changed. The people who
" I have run into those who won’t
backslide aren’t praying and fasting change because they’ re used to the
because you have to walk with Him
money and the big car. They want
everyday. This is how and why I the life-style that drugs bring.”
changed."
As an A fro-A m erican, M ayfield
I f you want to quench your thirst states that he counsels from a cul
without the use o f alcohol the sup tural perspective. " I try to build up
port structures are numerous. They a person’ s self-esteem through
range from the A . A . to the House knowledge o f their culture.”
o f Exodus. " In the group that I deal
Among the problems that occur
with I don’ t focus on the fact that when a person wants to quit is to
the person gets high or has a give up one drug and just go to an
drinking problem. We know that. I other. A ll this docs is switch addic
try to get them to take it a step fur tions.
ther by saying, O .K ., you have a
M ay field sums up w ith the fact
drinking problem, now what. This is that a person really has to want to
where all my counseling begins." A change. “ And rem em ber, there is
counselor from the House o f Exo no change without pain."
Project connects jobs, workers
With the present state o f the econ
omy many people are looking for
ways to cut corners and find means
to save or earn money. A service in
existence since 1976 called Senior
Job Center is providing the oppor
tunity for many Portlanders to save
dollars and at the same time allows
for some residents to earn extra in
come. The agency is city-funded and
charges no fees.
From crowded quarters and with
a small s ta ff located in Northeast
Portland, Senior Job Center has re-
cruited hundreds o f skilled and ex
perienced workers 30 plus years o f
age. The workers are dispatched
throughout the city on short-term
jobs with home owners and busi
nesses. “ We have enrolled persons
w ith v irtu a lly every occupational
title imaginable from accountants to
zoo keepers, states agency director
t urt M a rk u *. “ The elderly home
owners may lack the cap ab ility to
perform essential chores around the
house. They can get the help they
need by contacting the Senior Job
Center for an older w o rker. The
workers perform jobs such as yard
work, minor repairs from leaky fau
cets to making the steps safe to pro
viding aid and attendance for a dis
abled person. Our «,orkers perform
a myriad o f jobs throughout the city
in the course o f a year.”
“ The agency’s success," accord
ing to Markus, "is due to the quality
o f our workers’ skills and the costs
o f their labor." The worker and the
employer work out the charges for the
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The City has made some progress
in hiring minorities but turnover o f
m inority employees keeps over-all
percentages low. Over three-quart
ers o f the minority workers hired re
placed other m inority workers who
had left. The percentage o f m inor
ities in the C ity workforce remains
at 7.7 per cent.
Underutilization o f minorities is a
problem in specific jo b classifica
tions. M in o rity representation in
creased in only three jo b categories
— technician, paraprofessionais and
service/maintenance. Both the num
bers and the percentage o f m in o r
ities declined in professional, pro
fessional services and skilled crafts
cagetories.
A review by the M e tro p o lita n
Human Relations Commission sug
gests that the key to m inority turn
over could be lack o f coordinated
training programs. “ A t the present
time, a centralized or centrally-coor
dinated tra in in g pro g ram w ith
goals, objectives and career ladders
does not exist.”
The employment o f minorities in
Commissioners’ staffs reflects the
o verall p ictu re. C om m issioners’
staffs are composed o f “ profes
sio n a l” and “ c le ric a l” w o rk e r*.
Tw o o f the twelve clerical workers
are m inority; four o f the 32 assist
ants are m in o ritie s. T h ree o f the
fo u r m in o rity assistants are em
ployed by C om m issioner Jordan,
the fo u rth by C om m issioner
Schwab.
■ ■ I Mtt Hk.
Laat Day* of Summer: Katrina Williams, Tarasa
Jackson, and Holly S to w e ll give the law n one
more cut before school starts and fall sets In.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
U.S. vetoes Africa resolution
The U n ite d States has vetoed a
resolution o f the United Nations Se
c u rity C o u n c il that called for
condem nation o f South A fric a 's
raid on Angola had required imme
diate and unconditional withdrawal
o f South African troops.
Assistant Secretary o f State Ches
ter A. Crocker tipped the U.S. hand
Saturday when he told an American
Legion audience that the U n ited
States would not take sides between
Blacks and whites in the southern
African conflict.
“ In South A fric a , the re g io n ’ s
dominant country, it is not our task
to choose between black and white.
In this rich land o f talented and di
verse peoples, im p o rtan t Western
economic, strategic, moral and po
litic a l interests are at stake. We
must avoid action that aggravates
the awesome challenges facing
South Africans o f all races.”
Angola had taken the issue to the
S ecurity C o u n c il, charging that
South A frican troops had invaded
Angola, occupying its territory, de
stroying its villages and k illin g its
people. South A frica claims that is
has no evil designs on Angola, but
was attackin g S W A P O bases in
I
Angola.
In the largest invasion since the
Angolan civil war o f 1975, in which
the U.S. and South Africa supplied
troops opposing the M P L A govern
ment, South A fric a claimed it was
aim ed at insurgent troops. H o w
ever, South A frican air force com
mander Oliver Holmes said, " I t was
necessary to n eu tra lize the radar
that was providing early warning to
S W A P O ," and to destory air
defense protecting the sites.
South Africa reported that it had
killed approxim ately 450 A ngolan
troops. “ I f they stand in our way,
they must be prepared to accept the
consequences,” Brigadier Baden-
horst said.
. A ngola reported that invading
South A frican forces have bombed
schools, hospitals and businesses
and are still occupying Angolan ter
ritory.
C ro cker in dicated that South
Africa is o f prime importance to the
U.S. "The area contains immense de
posits o f many strategic m inerals
which are v ital to economies like
ours. There is no longer much de
bate about southern A fr ic a ’ s eco
nomic significance. W ith regional
stability, the area can prosper and
serve as a fo c a l point o f A fric a n
economic progress. Trade and pri
vate-investm ent flows fro m the
United States and other Western na
tions can re in fo rc e this p o te n tial
and provide a solid base o f mutual
interest for U n ited States-A frican
relations."
The U .S . position is that Angola
shares the blame for the conflict be
cause o f the approxim ately 20,000
Cuban troops that have been in that
nation since 1975. “ Faced w ith
large-scale foreign intervention, the
presence o f African guerrilla groups
and strains in its relations with its
traditional Western partners. South
Africa has significantly expanded its
defense potential in recent years."
Crocker reiterated the Reagan ad
m inistration’ s policy toward South
A fric a . " T h e U .S . also seeks to
build a more constructive relation
ship with South A fric a , one based
on shared interests, persuasion
and im p ro ved c o m m u n ica tio n .
There is much ferment in South A f
rica today centered on question* o f
how all South A fric a n s can m ore
fu lly share and p a rtic ip a te in the
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