Page 4, Portland Observer, October 2, 1986
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Portland teachers return from
Nicaragua with slideshow
R e c e n tly -re tu rn e d m em b ers o f a
P o rtla n d tea chers d e le g a tio n to
Nicaragua w ill present the results o f
their investigation in to that co u n try's
revolutionary educational system and
the re su lts o f the I I. S . w a r on
N ic a ra g u a ’ s s c h o o lin g . T h irte e n
teachers a n a lyze d s c h o o ls , a d u lt
e d u c a tio n p ro g ra m s , lite ra c y c a m
LOCATION
CHRIST MEMORIAL
CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST
paigns, n e ig h b o rh o o d c u ltu ra l cen
ters, teacher and you th organizations.
T each ers G ra c e G ra n th a m and
M a u re e n Sheedy w ill present a
slidesh ow Ih u rs d a y , O c to b e r 10, 7
p .m at 925 SI Sandy, sponsored by
the P o r tla n d I a b o r C o m m itte e on
C entral Am erica.
4237 N MISSISSIPPI
PHONE 288-1400
No more white train
The ‘ ‘ w h ite t r a i n " m ay n o t be
co m in g to the P o rtla n d area in the
future.
V a n c o u v e r c ity m an ag er Paul
G a rre tt said he believes the C .S.
D e p a rtm e n t o t E nergy (1 )0 1 I has
responded to a n ti nuclear protesters
and com p la ints fro m city o ffic ia ls by
lu ll mg the trains.
C ity o ffic ia ls had com plained that
the large protests put a massive strain
on local resources.
The tr a in s , be lie ved to ca rry
n u cle a r w eap ons co m p o n e n ts fro m
Texas to the I n d e n t sub base at
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EVERY WED
4-6 PM
Bangor, W A , has come through each
F e b ru a ry a n d J u ly since 19X2, but
tailed to appear this July.
Protesters had developed an e ffe c
tive na tion w id e network, fo r tracking
the trams and w a ttling protesters f u r
ther along the line According to Van
couver Police ( hiel I eland Davis, the
D O T has cha ng ed its r o u tin e and
plans to make it more d iffic u lt to Imd
out how and when the weapons c o m
ponents are being shipped.
Protesters ate now saying they w ill
c o n v e rt th e ir n e tw o rk to w a tch lo r
trucks carrying the weapons
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M r Joseph Taylo r is th e n e w President of th e C o lu m b ia River U nit of
the O regon S o ciety of Tax C o n su lta n ts Ho w a s e le c te d in A u g ust for
1985 86 by u n a n im o u s v o te M r T aylo r is a Licensed Tax C o n s u lta n t
a n d fo r m e r in s tr u c to r fo r H ft R B lo c k a n d P o r tla n d C o m m u n ity
C ollege He ta u g h t b oth Basic and A d va n c ed In c o m e Tax classes In
1981 M r Taylor began his o w n successful tax firm , J ft M Taylor and
Associates, located ut 5621 N E 39th Portland
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Black students'
drop out rate
lower than
Portland average
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Prices Good Wed. Oct. 2 thru Tues., Oct. 8, 1985
Find 100’s o f values
in every department.
I ewer students dropped out o l Por
ll.in d p u b lic hig h schools last year,
w ith Blacks lo t the first tim e posting
an ‘ ‘ early le a s e r" percentage lower
Pick up o u r
than the school district average.
P o rte r S e x to n ,
m an ag er o l
management in fo rm a tio n services lor
P o rtla n d P u b lic S chools, said I JR,9
stud ents 7 .2 percent o t I4.X2X
e n ro lle d in tir a d e s 9 12 le lt high
school m 19X4 X5.
I hat com putes to d istrietw id e per
cenlages o l 7.5 in 19X1 X4. 6 9 in
19X2 X I and 7 I in 19X1 M2. I asl
s e a r’ s e a rly leaver percentage lo r
Blacks was 7.1 (141 students), com
pared to X I in 19X1 X4 By contrast,
last year's d ro p out percentages tor
n o n - m in o r ity students was 7 1(791
students), compared to 7.X in 19X1 X4
N a tion al d ro p out tales lo t Blacks
ate genet alls one-third higher than the
averages fo r non m in o rity students,
according to Sexton.
Sexton said the low er d ro p out pet
cenlages lo r P o rtla n d a lso were
especially s ig n ific a n t because o l in
c re a s in g ly s trin g e n t h ig h sch o o l
giaduation requirements.
A c c o rd in g to S e xto n , G ra d e I I
( ju n io r yea r) c o n tin u e s to base the
highest n u m h e i o l e a tls leavers.
( o m p a r a liv e d is tr ic tw id e d a ta on
d r o p o u t has been c o m p ile d since
I977-7X
O th e r stu d e n t ra c ia l g ro u p s
represented in 19X4 X5's total o l 1,069
d r o p o u ts were 71 A s ia n s , 14
A m erican Indians and 26 Hispanics
I he to ta l male fem ale ra tio was ^X6
males and 4X1 females
E a rly leasers are d e fin e d as
e n ro lle d students w h o leave school
and d o n o t re tu rn d u rin g the
academic seat.
Such students, according to Sexton,
may e m o ll m co m m u n ity colleges, in
p riv a te or a lte rn a tiv e sch o o ls or
p ro g ra m s , m ay re tu rn later lo high
schtM'l or may drop out entirely fro m
lo rm a l education
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