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PORTLAND OBSERVER
October 22, 1381
Volume XII, Number 2
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Headstart plans cuts
W illia m Masters, A cting Com
missioner o f the Agency fo r
C hildren, Youth and Families o f
Health and Human Services,
Washington, D.C., addmitted to a
crowd o f angry parents and workers
Thursday that cuts in the Headstart
program are on the planning board.
Masters initially denied that Head
start would be cut, explaining that
the March 1981 Reagan budget in
creased Headstart funding by S I30
million while most social programs
were decreased by 25 per cent. The
program will retain its “ comprehen
sive” nature—continuing to provide
health services, education, social
services and parent involvement.
The future holds a “ fairly optimis
tic picture,’ ’ he explained. He ex
plained that rumors and a proposal
caHed the “ John Hopkins report,”
which projected numerous cuts,
have caused unnecessary grief and
anxiety
However, he fin a lly adm itted,
upon finding a greater budget defi
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cit than he had earlier projected, the
ends of U nion A v e n u e , w h ile leaving th e m ore
dem o n strates on the m ap th at PD C 'e eco n o m ic
President has now requested that
depressed center untouched.
development program targets the north and south
(Photo: Richard J. B ro w n !, Headstart be trim m ed by 12 per
V e n t. This cut can be absorbed by
careful budgeting and local govern
ment can be expected to pick up
some of the program function.
More ihan 100 citizens at tended a
opportunities in the Northeast area,
Five elements o f the first year’ s
meeting at King School Tuesday
he presented the purposes o f the
plan include creating a Task Force
night called by the Portland Devel
strategy: to develop a framework to
o f City and agency representatives.
opment Commission to present its
focus C ity efforts to impact econ
PDC also plans to develop a
draft proposal for an Economic De
om ic development and to target
marketing program with River East
The Urban League o f P orlland
velopment Program for the North
areas, especially for the short term,
Progress, In c., the NE Business for the pasi eight years has provided
east Target Area. Pat I.a Crosse, ex
within larger areas.
Boosters,
and
neighborhood high school youths with exposure
ecutive director o f PDC, introduced
Long term objectives, he said, in
groups. Mr. Petersen said that be to different career fields through its
Steven Petersen, director o f PDC’ s
cluded creation o f jo b o p p o rtu n
sides the typical “ shotgun” ap annual Career Awareness Day. This
Economic Development D epart
ities, expanded commercial and
proach o f making in fo rm a tio n
is a chance for High School students
ment,
light industrial development in cur
available generally, PDC plans a to meet face to face with career rep
Petersen detailed constraints that
rently designated zones, w orking
one-on-one approach to the real es- resentatives o f their interest to ex
would affect implementation o f the
w ith business and neighborhood
¡cte development community, going amine the road to success.
plan, including the state o f the na
groups to improve the area’ s livabil
to them specifically with a list o f op
Since 1975 the Urban League,
tional economy, high interest rates,
ity and to promote a positive out
portunities and incentives to devel w ith education director Vernon
the unavailability o f capital and fed
look for the future, and support for
op the area.
Chatman, has held this annual event
eral funding and program cutbacks.
small and minority-owned business
Other elements o f the first year’s on the campus o f the University o f
A fter highlighting problems and
development and expansion.
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Portland. Since this time the Career
Citizens challenge PDC plan
Under closer questioning Master
revealed that plans fo r the 1982-
1983 budget year w ill bring drastic
changes—many o f the changes sug
gested in the earlier-debunked
“ John Hopkins report.”
These changes include:
•Phase out the full-year, full-day
programs and fund a maximum o f 8
months at 6.3 hours per day. Full-
day programs now average 8.3
hours per day. This would save $35
million.
•Close the 37 Parent Child Pro
grams, one o f which is in Portland.
These programs provide education
al, health and social services to preg
nant women and families with chil
dren under three years o f age. This
would save $11.5 million.
•Close ten Child Family Research
Projects, none o f which are located
in Portland, which provide services
to families with children under eight
years o f age.
Master said, “ early intervention
and prevention such as is embraced
in the PCs and PFRPs is an excel
lent idea. I am concerned that there
are so few program s.” However,
e lim inating these programs com
pletely w ill allow the concentration
o f funds in the “ core programs,”
the Headstart Centers.
Headstart provides educational
experiences, and in some cases full-
day child care, fo r children ages
three through five. In Portland, the
Portland Public Schools sponsors
half-day centers which provide edu
cational enrichment and a “ head-
start” for low-income children.
The Albina M inisterial Alliance
Headstart program provides fu ll
year, fu ll-d a y child development
services for 200 children whose par
ents work or are in tra in in g or in
school. These children are served in
nine child-care centers in N o rth ,
Northeast and Southeast Portland.
Discontinuation o f full year, full
day care would force most o f the
families using the A M E Headstart
program to drop out o f w ork or
school or to seek unsatisfactory
“ baby sittin g " arrangements. The
major provider o f child care in this
com m unity, A M A is the only
provider o f free care in the state.
“ It
is
iro n ic
fo r
the
administration to say ‘ Go to work*
and then talk about destroying the
programs that help people w o rk .”
Ron Herndon, d ire ctor o f A M E
said. “ Throwing these people out o f
ow rk w ill put them in even worse
circumstances. The parents are the
ones who will be hurt most and they
are leading the fig h t to stop the
cuts.”
UL plans Career Awareness Day
Awareness program has provided
thousands o f Portland school stu
dents the o p p o rtu n ity to gather
first-hand career inform ation. Co
directing this year’s even are Loretta
Reid o f Benjamin Franklin Savings
& Loan, cu rre n tly on loan to the
United Way, and James Harris o f
First Interstate Bank, now on loan
to the N ational A lliance o f Busi
ness.
This program will be held on No
vember 14th from 8:30 am to 2:45
pm. Announcements w ill be made
to High Schools in the Portland area
with registration inform ation. Pre-
registration is required.
Students w ill have a chance to
meet with members o f many d iffe r
ent career fields. The Career Aware
ness Committee members and their
fields are:
Insurance'. A llstate Insurance
Co., Blue Cross o f Oregon.
Finance: Benj. Franklin Savings
& Loan, First State Bank, First In
terstate Bank, Equitable Savings 8t
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Speaking o f Schools
The following are excerpts from
the remarks o f Dr. Manford Byrd,
candidate for the position o f Super
intendent o f Schools, to the Super
intendent Search Citizen Advisory
Committee.
0R • MANFORD BYRD
Photo Rlch. rd j Brown
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Superintendent A ccountahility— I
think there arc two levels o f superin
tendent accountability. In the first
instance, 1 think after the superin
tendent, in consultation w ith the
Board o f Education, establishes the
goals and objectives o f the school
system for that year—that is, where
the system is going, what it attempts
to do in broad terms, then the super
intendent should develop his goals
and objectives for his activities for
the year. That set o f goals and ob
jectives for the school system w ill
serve as a basis for the Board o f Ed
ucation evaluating the success, or
lack thereof, o f his efforts, over that
year’ s time. At the same time (it)
will serve as the basis for developing
performance objectives for all other
administrators in the school system.
Racial fairness—My idea o f racial
fairness is to have no one ethnic
group bear the brunt o f any policy
that results in any inconvenience or
sacrifice on the one hand, and
would also suggest that racial fa ir
ness is the openness or the freedom
o f opportunity o f all racial groups
to participate in the benefits or the
rewards o f the school system in
whatever it had to offer. And how
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The following are excerpts from
the remarks o f Dr. James P. Scam-
man Jr., candidate fo r the position
o f Superintendent o f Schools, to the
Superintendent Search Citizen A d
visory Committee.
Superintendent accountability:
Superintendent accountability is a
big factor in a superintendent’ s suc
cess—and success means keeping
your job. One o f the basic factors
superintendents have to look at if
they wan, to have impact on the sys
tem over a long term and want to see
some o f their ideas implemented is
staying on the payroll.
One o f the best ways to stay on
the payroll is to work very diligently
on how performance is accounted
for. There are several key elements,
most important o f which, I think, is
getting clear directions sc, by the
community through its representa
tives, through the board. So it is es
sential I think that any model o f ac
countability has to be a clear state
ment o f expectations___One o f the
things I will ask the Board this even
ing is that if I ’ m selected the Board
w ill develop a definitive list o f ex
pectations so (hat when I or anyone
who may come starts there won’ , be
a period o f ambivalence or confu
sion about wha, is being expected.
Racial fairness and racial balance:
I ’ d like to differentiate between de
segregation and integration. In that
differentiation that implies dealing
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DR JA M ES P. SC A M M A N . JR.
Photo Richard J Brown