Page 4 - I'he Portland Observer—May 8, 1991
P r e s id e n t B u s h Is T a k in g W r o n g L e s s o n s ,III
BY PROFFESSOR MCKINLEY BURT
C om pounding the g ro w in g strain
on both urban and rural education budgets
is the im m ediate and depressing need
fo r e x p e m h e retraining pro
grams fore both late-tcens and a
w o rkfo rce w ith o u t the s k ills necessary
to com plete in a h ig h ly technical e n v i
ronm ent. Last week I exam ined the
short sighted and p o litic a lly expedient
push by this a d m in istra tio n fo r IN T E R
N A T IO N A L FREE T R A D E A G R E E
M E N T S ; on -going congressional hear
ings revealed that the ranks o f unem
I l appears more im portant than ever
to fo llo w thro u g h on that prom ise to
present m ore c rite ria and d ire c tio n fo r
p a re n ta l in v o lv e m e n t in the education
o f o u r ch ild re n ;*’ ...toward greater under
sta n d in g o f the ro le o f technology in the
sch o o l, w o rkp la ce and co m m u n ity-a n d
n u rtu rin g a 'science e n v iro n m e n t’ in
T H E H O M E A N D N E IG H B O R
H O O D .” In the next paragraphs you
w il l q u ic k ly see that a lo t o f ‘ se lf h e lp ’
w il l be required.
ployed w ith o u t co m p e titive technical
skills would be greatly swelled by greater
im ports o f electronics, autos, textiles
H o w m any readers have noticed
the new ed ucational storm clouds gath
e rin g o v c i the education scene w ith
frig h te n in g ra p id ity ? Just last week the
and garments.
N ow the local parents w ho are
m o n ito rin g these hearings on C-Span
H a b ita l” -5 m illio n acres in Oregon
alone. G iv e n an estim ated 500 o f the
little v a rm it that w orks o u t to 10,000
acres fo r each o w l co n d o m in iu m , a loss
o f 30,000 jo b s (100,000 fa m ily m em
bers), and a 2 b illio n d o lla r loss to the
e c o n o m y-ju st the firs t bie n niu m . T hat
is 4 m illio n d o lla rs per o w l!
G iv e n a ll o f these factors, it should
not be too d iffic u lt fo r parents to realize
that despite a ll the g lo w in g and enth u
siastic p ro je ctio n s o f a new lo o k and
report that the econom ic im p a ct w ill be
m uch greater than p re vio u sly thought.
an im m e d ia te in fu s io n o f funds from
Spokepersons
A m e ric a ’ s prim e
‘ n o -o n e --k n o w s -w h e re ’ ,A L L
SCH O O LS W IL L BE CLOSED DO W N
a g ric u ltu ra l sectors (w h ic h hire mas
sive numbers o f A fric a n A m ericans
and H ispanics) te stifie d that the ra p id ly
zations w h o also m ust re iA z e the g ra v
ity o f the situation.
N e x t w e e k’ s a rtic le w ill d e ta il how
low ered barriers to fu rth e r im p o rta tio n
o f foreign commodities w ill wreak havoc
this can be done, fu rn ish in g specific
exam ples. I w ill draw fro m re a l-tim e
peated across the c o u n try , especially in
those states where recent ‘ ‘ PRO PERTY
T A X L IM IT A T IO N S ” have derailed
Career and Technical Education
Teen Parent Summer School Program
enough m oney to m aintain the crip p le d
status quo. T h is makes it o b vio us that
parents w ill have to engage in vigorous
‘ s e lf-h e lp ’ projects to ensure that th e ir
ch ild re n are read fo r that technological
‘ prom ised la n d ’ (w ith industry assis
tance). The same perception w ill be
required o f m any c o m m u n ity o rg a n i
T H IS W E E K . B u t the ensuing d isru p
tio n and chaos is anticipated to be re
MARY KARTER
Portland Public Schools
structure in education (w ith in te rn a
tio n a l p a rity ), there w ill not even be
huge " S a n Francisco U n ifie d School
D is tric t announced that it is F IL IN G
F O R B A N K R L P T C Y ! Unless there is
fo r
LANITA DUKE
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Teen Parent Magazine
Hometown USA Finalist
Cork Youth International Video and Film Festival in Cork, Ireland -
Best Film School, Best Editing
International Media Festival on Disabilities Commendation Awards
upon A m e rica n grow ers o f C O T T O N ,
experiences such as the M a rtin -M a ri
S U G A R A N D R IC E-as w e ll as the
etta A lu m in u m C om pany sponsored
American Women in Radio and T.V. - Honorable Mention
T he San Francisco U n ifie d D is
tr ic t has been h ig h ly lauded by Presi
related refiners and processors. A re you
be g inn in g to get the pictu re o f a tw o -
pronged disaster? M ore unem ployed
education m odel here in Oregon du rin g
the 1960s. There w ill be a lis t o f a ffo rd
Best of the Northwest Video competition - Honorable Mention
d ent Bush as a “ fo rw a rd lo o k in g ”
w ith o u t technical training-and loss o f
o p e ra tio n whose expensive m agnet
schools and ‘ c h o ice ’ elements “ are to
be em ulated as a national m o d e l” (he
fa ile d to m ention that the superinten
the very industries co m p risin g T H E
T A X B A S E that supports education.
the fu n d in g structure (sound fa m ilia r).
d e n t w h o c oncealed the gro w in g fin a n
c ia l debacle had been ousted). A p p a r
e n tly , the president urgently needs les
sons in areas o ther than com puters. A
num ber o f m a jo r school d is tric ts across
the co u n try have announced that they
m a y fo llo w suiL
T hat scenario co u ld p re tty w e ll
assure econom ic disaster fo r fourteen
southern slates, C a lifo rn ia and H a w a ii-
b u t w hat about here in Oregon? A l
ready reeling fro m the im pact upon
education brought about by “ P roposi
tions 5 ” , we are now to ld that 11.6
m illio n more acres o f northw est tim b e r
w ill be set aside fo r “ Spotted O w l
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e le ctro n ic and b io lo g y kits , and o f
Teen Parent T.V.
com panies s u p p lyin g science in stru
ments and experim ents fo r kids. A d d
relevant magazines , posters. There
w ill also be in fo rm a tio n on how to set
up neighborhood science clubs w ith
structured parent participation-and how
to tie such a c tiv itie s in to the school c u r
ric u lu m . It is not a ll that d iffic u lt; some
Tenth annual Cork Youth International Video Festival - Best Photography
American Women in Radio in T.V. - First Place 1989
Special Thanks
local parents are already doing ju s t
Liz Schillenger, Joe Johnson, Nia Gray, Joe Bean Keller,
Richard Brown Photography, Selmene Rodriguez,
Students of Summer School Teen Parent Program, Anna Street, PIVOT,
& Ja’Bell's Beauty and Barber Supply
Ockely Green
Middle School
Annual Carnival
It is tim e again fo r the O cke ly
Green M id d le School C a rn iva l. T his
Able Video, Northwest Video Works, Jane Scott Video Productions,
& Portland Cable Access
annual event w ill be held in the school
gym on M a y 17 fro m 2 to 7 pm . A ll
proceeds go to b e n e fit the O ckle y
Green M id d le School Band program.
There w ill be m any e x c itin g and
Sponsered By the Portland Public Schools,
North Portland Youth Service Center & Private Industry Council
fun booths and events in clu d in g :
Cake w a lk , D u n k tank, C low ns,
Students To Raise Funds
For Children Of Ex-offenders
Games o f S k ill, and Great Food and
B ig D rin ks.
B rin g the w hole fa m ily , support
a w o rth y cause, and have great fun!
T icke ts are fo u r fo r one d o lla r at the
door. Advance purchase may be made
at the school. T icke ts purchased in
advance are fiv e fo r one d o lla r.
O c k le y Green M id d le School is
located at the co m e r o f Interstate
A venue and A in s w o rth . A d d itio n a l
details m ay be obtained by c a llin g
Jim D u n lo p , Band D ire cto r, at 280-
5660.
“ E very k id should be g ive n a
chance to go to the zoo. D o n ” t yo u
th in k so?” asks C h ris W ils o n , a L e w is
& C la rk C o lle g e senior.
T o m ake that and o th e r educa
tio n a l o p p o rtu n itie s possible fo r the
ch ild re n o f w om en liv in g at O u r N ew
B eginnings, W ils o n is o rg a n izin g a
“ C h ild re n ’ s Fund B ike /W a lk-a -T h o n .”
The event w ill start at 1 p.m ., Sunday,
M a y 19, at T ry o n C reek Park.
O u r N ew B e g in n in g s is a n a tio n
a lly-re co g n ize d program designed to
help fem ale ex-offenders w ho w a n t to
change and better th e ir lives.
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found them to be p re tty depressing,”
said W ils o n . “ W hen w e v is ite d O u r
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fe e lin g o f re lie f-th a t someone d id care.
T a lk in g w ith C arole Pope, the fo u n d e r
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P articipants w ill gather as m any
sponsors as possible, each sponsor w ill
be asked to donate in increm ents o f one
o f the program , was an in c re d ib ly ener
g iz in g and am azing e xp e rie n ce .”
d o lla r. Each d o lla r represents a chance
at w in n in g a p rize in a “ thank y o u ”
d ra w in g . A ra lly at L e w is & C la rk
C o lle g e w ith speakers and perform ers
W ils o n , w h o plays the g u ita r and
has w o rke d as a cam p counselor, v o l
unteered to v is it O u r N e w B e g in n in g s
and to sing w ith the ch ild re n .
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