M a r t in L u th e r K ing
lanuary II, 2006
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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."
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Heating Help Trickles In
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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.
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M otorist Dies in
Police Confrontation
Grand Jury to review shooting
(A P) — Authorities said a man
steering a stolen car in reverse to
ward police officers on Northeast
64lh Avenue and A lam eda was shot
and killed by a police lieutenant.
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.
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an o th er officer.
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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
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policy regardin g sh o o tin g at a
m oving vehicle. T he ch ie f stated
that officers th reaten ed by a car
should try to ge, out o f its path
instead o f firing at it or its o c c u
p a n ts.
T he case w ill be p resen ted to a
M ultnom ah C o u n ty grand ju ry
for review .
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