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B lack H istory M Page A2 The Portland Observer USPS 9 59^80 Established 1970 4 7 4 7 NE M a rtin L u th e r King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 9 7 2 1 1 E D IT O R -IN -C H IE F , PU BLISHER: Charles H. Washington E d ito r : M ichael L eighton D is tr ib u tio n M anager : onth ecia l t f _ 2005 sp coverage February I6..2OO5, Proposed School Closures Hit Home Impact greatest in north and northeast A m assive plan to shift school assignm ents and close six Portland Public S chools has its greatest im pact in north and northeast Port land. T h e p ro p o s e d c h a n g e s a n nounced at a school board meeting M onday night w ould require about 3,(XX) students overall to be moved to different schools throughout the city. Superintendent Vicki Phillips’s plan w o u ld ld u d e ex p an d in g Jefferso n High, co nverting tw o schools into m agnet program s and changing attendance boundaries at four schools. Phillips’ basis for the proposal is declining en ro ll ment, an unsteady budget and the need to raise achievem ent. This w ould be the m ost dram atic shak eu p o f local schools since 1981, w hen three high schools and four elem entary schools w ere closed. Three public meetings in the next three w eeks are expected to bring n eighborhood opposition to the plan. T h e p r o p o s a l w o u ld c lo s e T u b m a n and W h ita k e r M iddle S ch o o ls in north and northeast P o rtla n d , m o v in g se v en th and eig h th g rad ers to an ex p an d ed Jefferson High School, w hich has an issue with low achievem ent and dropping enrollm ent. A pplegate and K enton E lem en tary Schools in north Portland would close, as well as Edw ards E lem en tary in southeast Portland and Smith E lem entary in southw est Portland. O ckley G reen M iddle School in north Portland w ould be expanded serve grades kindergarten to eighth as an arts an d scien ce m agnet school. R ichm ond E lem entary in southeast Portland would ex clu sively becom e a m agnet school for students w ho study Japanese. O ther boundary changes w ould affect F ranklin and G rant High Schools and Rieke and H ayhurst E lem entary Schools. M ark W ashington Din ector : Paul N eu feld t C reative Mt. Hood Honors Women’s History O f f ic e M anager : Kathy L inder Mt. H ood C om m unity College p ro u d ly a n n o u n c e s th e 2 0 0 5 W o m e n 's H isto ry C e le b ra tio n “W om en C hange A m erica, ” with visits from O reg o n 's first, and only w om an governor, Barbara Roberts, and W orld W ar II survivor M ichiko K ornhauser. A ssistant E ditor : Katherine Kovacich The Portland Observ er welcomes freelance submissions Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will he returned d accompanied by asell addressed envelope. 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O R 97208 Periodical Postage paid in Portland, OR Subscriptions are $60.00 per year 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 3 3 FAX 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 1 5 news@Dortlandobserver. com subscriDtion@Dortlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver. com classifieds@portlandobserver. com \dvcrtise with diversity in M J J o r tla n h (O b se rv e r Derry Jackson A strong advocate for en viron mental m anagem ent, hum an and civil rights and creative w orkforce developm ent, G overnor R oberts will speak about her role as a w oman in politics on T hursday, Feb. 17. On T uesday, Feb. 22, M ichiko K ornhauser will share her ex p eri ences o f grow ing up in Japan d u r ing W orld W ar II. D iscover the years 1941 to 1945 through the eyes o f a child w ho w as ju st 100 m iles from H iroshim a w hen the atom ic bom b w as dropped. On Thursday, Feb. 24, the MHCC Forensics team students will cel- ebrate the heroic women who played a vital role in the afterm ath o f the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. All the events are free and open to the public and held from noon to 1 p .m .in th eT o w n and G ow n Room on the G resham cam pus, 26IXX) S . E. Stark St. School Man Charged in Suicides Plot Board Member Sentenced Portland School Board m em ber Derry Jackson was sentenced to tw o years probation on M onday for violating a retraining order and co n tactin g his estran g ed w ife, Bernel Jackson, via telephone. Jackson will have to attend an anger m anagem ent class and re pay the state $120 in co u rt-ap pointed attorney fees. It w as noted that Jackson had not paid child support since S eptem ber o f 2003, so he was not asked to pay any fines by his w ife 's attorney. Jackson does not plan to resign from the school board and has not yet decided w hether he will run for re-election when his term expires in June. (A P) - In an Internet chat room, an O regon man reached out to more than tw o dozen em otionally fragile w om en, but prosecutors say he w asn ’t looking for dates. Instead, he allegedly tried to persuade them to end their lives. Gerald Krein, 26, is charged with solicitation to com m it m urder for o rg a n iz in g a m ass su ic id e on V alentine’s Day, possibly while the fem ale participants were all logged online at the sam e tim e, said K la m ath County S heriff Tim Evinger. “The com m on theme is that these were w om en w ho w ere vulnerable, who were depressed," said Evinger. “He invited them to engage in cer tain sexual acts with him - and then they were to hang them selves na ked from a beam in his house.” County Prosecutor Ed C aleb said no one know s for sure w hether Krein intended to bring participants to his hom e or conduct the suicide o ver the Internet. Because Krein was living in a m obile hom e w hile organizing the suicide, the idea o f hanging bodies from beam s may indicate the idea w as a fantasy. No deaths had been found that w ere linked to K rein, the sheriff said. H ow ever, he said he would Attorney General Begins Term President Bush speaks o f his confidence in his newly appointed attorney general Alberto Gonzales, the first Hispanic to hold the nation's top law enforcement post, during a swearing in ceremony Monday. Bush also urged Congress to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, the administration's widely criticized anti terrorism law. (AP photo) Gerald Krein not be surprised if som eone had killed h erself as a result o f K rein’s alleged activities. Correction: Tests Negative In th e a r tic le “T a k in g C o n tro l o f L if e " in la st w e e k ’s P o r t la n d O b s e r v e r , it s ta te d th a t n e ith e rC h e rre ll E d w ard s n o r h er lo n g -te rm b o y frie n d k n ew th a t th e y w e re H IV p o s itiv e b e c a u s e th e y h a d n 't b e e n te s te d . In fa c t, E d w a rd s h a d b e e n te s te d p rio r to , an d d u rin g th e ir r e la tio n sh ip a n d te s te d n e g a tiv e . Mt. Hood Community College salutes the contributions African-Americans have made to our community and looks forward to the achievements of tomorrow. “Now more th an ever, it’s im portant to understand our past struggles and achievements in order to re inforce the strength of our wills. We m ust focus on the similarities that we share in history, rather th a n our differences, which can act as barriers to our progress in society. If knowledge is truly power, then knowl edge of self and our history of oppression will only bring African Americans closer to the true American value of equality and freedom.’’ Marcia L. Graves S upport A nalyst C oordinator M t . H ood C o m m u n it y C ollege Registration for spring term begins March 7. Visit www.mhcc.edu for more information! 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