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PCC Board of Directors Swears
in New Chair, Vice-Chair
T h e P o rtlan d C o m m u n ity C o l
lege B o ard o f D ire c to rs o n Ju ly 16
h anded the gavel to lo n g tim e b o ard
m e m b e r a n d fo r m e r v ic e c h a ir
N o rm a Je a n G e rm o n d o f L ak e O s
w ego. A lso sw o rn in at th e m e etin g
w as Z o n e 2 R ep re se n ta tiv e H aro ld
W illiam s, w h o w ill till G e rm o n d ’s
v ice c h a ir p o sitio n .
H aro ld W illiam s w as e le c te d to
the b o a rd in Z o n e 2, w h ich in clu d es
N o rth P o r tla n d , a n d C o lu m b ia
C o u n ty , in clu d in g St. H elen s and
S cap p o o se, in 1991 a n d ag a in in
1995. he is cu rre n tly th e p re sid e n t
o f C H 2 A A sso c ia te s, a co n su ltin g
firm . W illiam s h as b een a lab o r
re latio n s m a n a g e r an d eq u al e m
p lo y m en t o p p o rtu n ity co o rd in a to r
fo r th e S tate o f O reg o n . H e also
serv ed as a ffirm ativ e a ctio n d ire c to r
fo r fo rm er O reg o n G ov. B ob S traub.
W illiam s is a m e m b e r o f th e B lack
L ead ersh ip C o n feren ce, th e U rb an
L eag u e, is p ast c h a ir o f th e co alitio n
o f B lack M en , an d has se rv ed o n the
b o ard o f th e O reg o n C o m m u n ity
C o lle g e A s s o c ia tio n ,
he has
b a c h e lo r’s and m a s te r’s d eg rees from
P o rtlan d S tate U n iv ersity . W illiam s
liv es in N o rth east P o rtlan d .
T h e PC C b o ard is m ad e up
o f sev en m em b ers w h o c o llectiv ely
g o v ern th e c o lle g e ’s 1,500 sq u a c
m ile d istrict, w h ich in c lu d e s all o r
p arts o f M u ltn o m ah , W ash in g to n ,
C lack am as, Y am h ill an d C o lu m b ia
p o licy an d ap p ro v es th e b u d g e t to r
co u n ties. T h e b o a rd o f d ire c to rs sets
th e c o lle g e ’s m u lti-cam p u s sy stem .
Safe Schools-Then Prevention, Experts Say
M arian W right E delman
Drug Strategies, a W ashington DC
based research instituteonw hoseboardof
directors 1 am proud to serve, has just
published an excellent report entitledSa/e
School, Safe Students: A Guide to Vio
lence Prevention Strategies. I’d like to
share with you som e o f their findings.
The report is a first-of-its-kind guide to
school violence prevention programs de
signed to help schools choose the best
ways to meet the safety needs o f their
students. W orkingw ithviolencepreven-
by
tion experts from universities across the
country, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention in Atlanta, the Office o f
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven
tion, the Department o f Education’s Safe
and Drug f ree Schools Pn'gram and oth
ers, Drug Strategies looked at 84 violence
prevention programs and gavethem grades
o fA ,B ,C ,o r D . Unfortunately, only ten
programs were given an A; 49 received
gradesofC orD . Obviously, there is work
to be done.
O ur schools must play asignificant role
in preventing the shocking violence that
has grabbed national attention in recent
months inSpringfield,Oregon;Jonesboro,
A rkansas; E dinboro, P ennsy lv an ia;
Paducah, Kentucky; and Pearl, Missis
sippi. T hey must also be a part o f the effort
to find remedies for the outbreaks in our
schools, streets, and homes that fill our
local news with honor and our hearts with
dread. The program elements Drug Strat
egies developed should be examined by
every school district, as should their rec
ommendations. First let’slookatthem ost
important ingredients that should be in
cluded in any violence prevention pro
gram:
♦activities tochangeopinionsabut vio
lence, aggression, and bullying
♦skills training based on sound theories
♦a plan that includes families, peers,
the media, and the community
♦changes in buildings and school staff
that promotes a positive school climate
♦at least ten to twenty sessions during
the first year and five to ten sessions in the
sm oke at work even if it bothered others,
todrivedrunk,andtoignoreseatbelts. O ur
society must begin to understand that
violence is not acceptable, and w e must
teach that to our children. W e must also
teach them to control anger, to be able to
imagine someone else’s pain, to solve
problems peacefully, and to resist media
sensationalism.
rhe report also makes recom m enda
tions forstopping student violence. Som e
suggestions are decreasing class size; re
teaching and re-testing failing students;
involving parents and the comm unity in
school activities and decisions; providing
opportunities for students to help in devel
grams are properly taught.
Preventing violence. Drug Strategies
warns, "requireschanging norms.” While
this is difficult, it is not impossible. Look
oping a violence prevention program;
prohibiting students from leaving school
during the day; requiring uniforms or
dress codes; prohibiting beepers, head
phones, and cell phones; m aking changes
in school building including increasing
light, closing o ff stairways that are hard to
supervise, and removing locker doors;
posting teachers and staff in hallways to
supervise; and installing metal detectors
and surveillance cameras is necessary,
among other strategies.
Before school starts again in the fall,
you might w ant to clip this colum n and
send it to your local school board. L et’s
all w ork together to put a stop to the
how public opinion has changed in other
d ead ly v io len ce that is tak in g o u r
areas. O neepeoplethought isw asokayto
children’s lives.
next two
♦teaching that includes discussions anti
roleplayingthat allow students to practice
social skills
♦recognizing that certain kinds o f vio
lent behavior is more comm on at certain
ages
♦material that is appropriate to the
racial and ethnic characteristics o f stu
dents
♦teacher training to ensure that pro
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roughly h a lf a m illion d isad v an tag ed
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valuable w ork ex p erien ce
R epublicans hav e v oted to e lim i
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nying up to 53 0 ,0 0 0 y o u n g p e o p le jo b
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jo b and train in g o p p o rtu n ities fo r up
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successful p rogram . T h e H ouse b u d
get also elim in ates the $250 m illion
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