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M a r t in L u th e r K ing lanuary II, 2006 j R . ai,d R osa P arks Page A5 Jefferson Design Following in the Footsteps Plans Submitted co n tin u ed Complaints of unfair treatment heard Superintendent Vicki Phillips Superintendent Phillips formally presented a plan M onday to im prove education for students at Jefferson High Schixil and its feeder middle schools in north and north east Portland. T he p roposals to the S chool B oard follow a plan ad o p ted by 22 Jefferson com m unity m em bers w ho served on a Jefferso n d esign team. Jefferson students attending the board meeting opposed plans call ing for school uniform s and sepa rate program s for boys and girls, saying they discrim inate and are unequal because they treat them differently from other kids in the school district. Phillips said the follow ing rec om m endations, to be phased in over tw o or three years, could cre ate new opportunities for students in the Jefferson cluster starting next tall: • E very Jefferson cluster school would build a culture o f achieve m ent through high expectations, high-q u a lity sch o o l leadership, im proved curriculum and strong instruction. • M ost elem entary schools in the Jefferson cluster w ould becom e p r e -k in d e r g a r te n th ro u g h 8th grade, with a fe w other options. • Je ffe rso n H igh S ch o o l w ould be o rg a n ized in to tw o o r three sm a ll schools: A rts a n d T ech n o l o g y A ca d em y (g ra d es 9-12), a Young M e n 's L ea d ersh ip A c a d em y (grades 7-12), a n d a n o th e r a ca d em y w ith a rig o ro u s c o l le g e p r e p a r a to r y c u r ric u lu m , w ith an In tern a tio n a l B a c c a la u reate pro g ra m o r e n v iro n m en ta l stu d ies fo c u s (g ra d es 9-12). • H a r r ie t T u b m a n M id d le S c h o o l w o u ld b e tra n s fo rm e d into H a rriet Tubm an L ea d ersh ip A c a d e m y fo r Y oung W om en (grades 7-12), w ith a fo c u s on scien ce a n d technology. • U niform d re ss w o u ld be re q u i r e d f o r s t u d e n t s a t th e Je ffe rso n cam p u s sc h o o ls a n d a t Tubm an. The School Board will take com m ents on the plan at a public hear ing Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Jefferson and again before the scheduled vote on the recom m en dations M onday, Jan. 23. fr o m F ront poverty in New O rleans could incite the public into stronger fight against poverty, Toran said she only hopes this is the case. “ M an y o f us d id n ’t need K atrina to know there w ere poor p eople. I'm hoping p o licy m ak ers m ake a co m m itm en t to say this is u n accep tab le. W e 're not a th ird w orld co u n try . T h is is a c o u n try w h ere p eo p le d isc u ss buying $50 0 ,0 0 0 hom es, and w ith peo ple w ho d o n 't know w here th eir next m eal is c o m in g fro m ." H er so lu tio n ? T o ran is carefu l to say she d o e s n ’t hold all the an sw ers, but b eliev es w e should place g rea ter im p o rtan ce on e d u catin g o u rselv es. jo b o f saying these opportunities “ O u r h isto ry o f c u ltu re has are reachable and that education been com pletely destroyed," she is hard work, nothing is easy about said. “ R eligious p ractices, la n it.” guages, they have changed from "W e do have to get back to 300 years ago. Because o f that, it’s really loving each o th e r,” she taken a longer tim e to find a social added "M o re people are m a k co h e sio n and m ove the social ing m istakes and we need to g iv e agenda. E ducation isn ’t the high them a second chance. W e d o n ’t est priority. We need to do a better give up on p eo p le." SAFEWAY O Ingredients for life. i* Lean Ground Beef ___ f^Guociiuiivuiinii Heating Help Trickles In VI U O regon received $524,986 in em ergency heating and energy funds from the Bush A dm inistra tion last week, but local officials say the additional federal aid isn’t enough to keep many low -incom e fam ilies warm. Thousands o f O r egon fam ilies still face, quite liter ally, being left out in the cold. W ith staggering heating bills and thinly spread resources, the federal Low Income Home Energy A ssistance P rogram 's federal pur chasing pow er is 47 percent o f what it was in 1985. Funding from the state contin ues to be dism al as well; Oregon only has enough state resources to serve about 20 percen t o f the 413,(XX) low-income Oregon house holds that are eligible for energy assistance. T h e im p a c t o f n o n - h e a te d h om es is far-reach in g ; co ld s and the Hu w orsen, and heart c o n d i tions d ev e lo p in the eld erly . For m any w ho are unable to afford h eat, h o m e lessn ess beco m es a reality. Portland’s Com m unity Energy Project provides home w eatheriz ing tools and inform ation through volunteers and workshops. C E P funding com es from the City o f Portland, w hich receives federal funds from the O ffice o f Housing and Urban D evelopm ent. A fter an early cold spell in D e cem ber, CEP is struggling to help even a fraction o f targeted resi dents. “W e have more than we can handle, it’s been rough,” said CEP executive director Sherry Burbach. T his year C E P expects to reach 200-senior/disabled households. Through their w eatherizing w ork shop program they are contracted to reach 540 homes, down from 847 hom es served last year. Burback said they're dow n to their last 1 (X) w eatherizing kits, but will continue to provide inform ation as cold w eather persists. T o find out more about home heating assistance, call 1 -800-453- 5511 or one o f the follow ing com m unity service centers: A lbina Ministerial Alliance, 503-285-0493; Catholic Charities. 503-669-8350; Human Solutions, 503-548-0200; Asian Family Center, 503-235-9396; N ative A m erican Rehabilitation A ssociation, 503-224-1044; Port land Im pact, 503-988-6000; St. Vincent DePaul. 503-595-0288; Sal vation Army, 503-239-1264 and the YMCA. 503-721-6760. LI PACK » V ilu lle Olli 11 lip 1 wW Emergency funds not enough by S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver > & •A 80% Lean 20% Fat SAVE up to $3.29 per lb. on 2nd package. Rj-ar 31 to *O-cr per lb or CocAtC51 to6O-ct SoWlrortn r 2-I6 tu g d S Z M M ID c im p m c f ) . - ■ T v Jp w SAVE up to $2 50 I t . M U d iD jbL. Oel Monte Gold Pineapples SAH up to U N n Gala, Braeburn or Fuji Apples r h ' •* w L p -f * ’ Av Hass Avocados Large size Imported Club Pnce $1.00 ea SAVE up lo S9>0 on 10 Club Price: 50c lb. 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The m otorist was identified as Dennis Lam ar Young. 28. The Jan. 4 incident started when Lt. Jeffrey K aer's sister called her brother because she noticed a sus picious car parked in front o f her house. W hen Kaer approached the vehicle, he found Young asleep behind the wheel and called for backup. A fter tapping on his d riv e r’s side w indow and g etting no re sp onse, K aer o p en ed the d o o r and shook Y oung to try to w ake him up and he becam e com bative, said Sgt. B rian S chm autz, P o rt land police spokesm an. S chm autz said Y oung drove into a tree in an attem p t to get aw ay, then placed the car in re verse, heading tow ard K aer and an o th er officer. P o lice said K aer fire d tw o shots. An autop sy found the man died o f a sing le w ound to the upper torso. T he second bullet hit the car. T he shooting co m es less than a year after P o rtland C h ie f D er rick F oxw orth ad o p ted a new policy regardin g sh o o tin g at a m oving vehicle. 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