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1,1 jdortlaitò (Observer
Local Schools Keep P.E.
Portland S u p er
intendent C arole
S m ith to ld the
school
b o a rd
M onday that ev
ery Portland el
e m e n ta r y a n d
m id d le s c h o o l
w ill have at least a halftim e physical
education teacher this fall-rather
than lose PE entirely. Sm ith says the
decision m eans about 120 teaching
positions w ill be cut, not the 180
originally proposed.
School Named for Chavez
The Portland school board voted
M onday to renam e the Portsm outh-
C larendon school in north Portland
for labor rights leader C esar E.
C havez. It's the first o f P ortland's 85
public schools to be nam ed for a
Latino. Last year's sw itch from 39th
A venue to C esar E. C havez B oule
vard sparked a contentious debate
but no controversy surrounded this
latest nam e change.
T. Week n
The Review
co n firm ation w ithin w eeks.
Jobless Benefits Delay Ends
L egislation to restore u n em p lo y
m ent benefits to m illions w ho have
A polarized S enate Judiciary C o m
been out o f w ork for m ore than six
m ittee T u esd ay a p p ro v e d E lena
m onths broke free o f Senate R epub
K agan to be the fourth fem ale Su
lican delaying tactics on T uesday.
prem e Court ju s
Senators voted 60-40 to m ove ahead
tice. Just one Re-
Prom Dispute Settled
on the bill, clearing the w ay for a
publican jo in ed
A rural school d istrict in M issis
final Senate vote and c o nsideration
D e m o c r a ts to
sippi that canceled its prom rather
by the H ouse on W ednesday.
a p p r o v e
than allow a lesbian student to a t
K ag an 's n o m i Missing Boy Costs Mount
tend w ith her g irlfrien d has agreed
nation and send M ultnom ah C ounty com m issioners to pay $35,000 to settle a d iscrim ina
it to the full Sen will consider budgeting extra m oney tion law suit the A C L U filed on her
ate, w here she's expected to win
High Court Pick Approved
m
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Voluine XXXX. Number 15
Wednesday- • Msnh 11. 2010
server
Special Edition
Sev Inside, pages 4-5
‘Oh . I Roses
Ci'mmittec/ to Cultural Divenity
k jì “I
ontinuitilì’ sen««’
Black
Gi fted I
Recognizing kids
on right track
Hl J a HK I HOM.xx
TMI Poftll
Portland > A iris u u A in c rica n youth aie oiten vauyh: up
in a ret or negative public perception* brought by new» oi
gang violentv. the sobering aeiuevemeui gap ami achcml
drop out rates.
Ht’.t there * plenty ot yovug black kids oi Portland * ho are
ou the right path, making good grade», beaded us college,
and aie making poM iict contribution» to the city A new
photographic tribute recognt/cs the hard work o f tome o f
these »indent» and shows that there is s till reason to he
opbmtatM.*
“ Young. Itlaek & G ifle J .'' a photo e»*ay putting die
spotlight on ihe accompli ■itneni o f high achieving A fn
can \m encan students, «»peas to the public on Monday,
A p ril 5 ai Portland Schoo: Distr:»?t headquarters at SOI \
Dixon s i end w ill Inter be moved to the I loyd Center
Mail
Ihe protect ia the brain child o f Reiko Wi ilium» the
distiiet'« family androftununity engagement manager, who
M id she gt»t the idea .titer lu v iu y a etmveixation with
someone »ho accmrU »hocked wlwn she mentioned an
Ab n an American atudeiU that wa»cxcelling After the eon-
versatkm she worried that il l the ¡mention on ih r problem»
o f young black skid« nis was drowning out th< hard work o f
n ih tn
"You hrai st» mtk' h ahout deficits and achievement gaps,"
»he Mid.
W illiams said the exhibit came together with a call for
nominations «>1 black »indcm* doing we-’l district*-»itic »;.»!
the »ccr«ib»»ent o f» (thotitgraphcr and u eh developer
skylar Hoh. a fmshman at .»eflerton I iix h school is one of
the i I tturient» featured in the exhibit
Holt» get» A'»and B'» in .school. Site doe*especiMily well
m i nghah classes, taught hy Anne Novmgci. one o f her
favorite teacher*. and chemiatry • getting steadily easier.
Holt pUns to go to vollegc and is think mg about law school
down the r-.iad
"I'm enp»s ng n a lot she said o f her high »«hool "? like
< onr/nuei/
ort/Mge
to h elp find m issin g 7 -y e a r-o ld
K yron H orm an. S h e riff D an Staton
a n d D is tric t A tto rn e y M ic h a e l
S c h ru n k w ill
ask the board
T h u rsd a y fo r
m o re
th a n
$ 4 3 8 ,0 0 0 fo r
their investiga
tion. T he search for m issing S kyline
E lem entary boy has alread y cost
the co unty m ore than $412,000.
FMornMvJaiiK T hmmsx / T h » Puan «MiOtonn » n
ÄAy/m Hort rrrorx 4» bmshm/ni M /H ferton HUgb Sonor»/ *n north Portland Her contribution M one o f the
rìly t ‘ Youn#. Black & Gtftod" »todeofy >•> part 0 / a oaw twbfctf opt »'# to school d istrict i>eadouattani and
l.loytl Center
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behalf. C onstance M cM illen, 18,
said the victory cam e at the price o f
her being shunned in her small hom e
tow n o f Fulton, M iss.
Lohan Begins Jail Term
L indsay Lohan w as taken into c u s
tody to serve a ja il sentence for
pro b atio n violation T uesday. T he
2 4 -y ear-o ld a c
tress show ed up
at th e B e v e rly
H ills courtroom
about 10 m inutes
late. A fter a short
hearing, she rose
an d w as h a n d
cu ffed behind her back to serve a 90
d ay sentence, w hich m ay be signifi
cantly shortened.
NAACP Takes
Back Criticism
After worker
pushed out of job
( A P ) — N A A C P leaders are c a ll
in g o n th e O b a m a a d m in is tra tio n
to re c o n sid e r its o u s tin g o f a b la ck
A g ric u ltu re D e p a rtm e n t w o rk e r
w h o w as p u sh e d o u t o f h e r jo b
.o v e r ra c ia lly tin g e d re m a rk s , re
v e rsin g th e ir p re v io u s c ritic is m o f
th e e m p lo y e e .
N A A C P P re s id e n t B e n ja m in
T o d d Je a lo u s said in a s ta te m e n t
th a t th e g ro u p w as "sn o o k e re d "
in to b e lie v in g th a t U S D A e m
p lo y e e S h irle y S h e rro d e x p re ss e d
racist sen tim en ts at a local N A A C P
m eeting in G eorgia earlier this year.
Je a lo u s said c o n s e rv a tiv e a c tiv
is t A n d r e w B r e i t b a r t , w h o s e
w e b site p o ste d v id e o o f S h e rro d 's
re m a rk s , d e c e iv e d m illio n s o f
p e o p le b y re le a s in g o n ly p a rtia l
c lip s. H e said the fu ll v id e o m a k es
c le a r th a t S h e rro d w as te llin g a
sto ry o f ra c ia l u n ity .
"T h e ta p e o f M s. S h e r r o d ’s
sp e e c h at an N A A C P b a n q u e t w as
d e lib e ra te ly ed ited to c re a te a false
im p re ssio n o f ra c ial b ia s, an d to
c re a te a c o n tro v e rs y w h e re n o n e
e x iste d ," Je a lo u s said T u e sd a y a f
te rn o o n . " T h is ju s t s h o w s th e
le n g th s to w h ic h e x tre m is t e le
m e n ts w ill g o to d is c re d it le g iti
m a te o p p o s itio n ."
T h e c o n tro v e rs y b e g a n M o n
d a y w h e n th e c o n s e r v a t i v e
w e b s ite b ig g o v e r n m e n t.c o m
p o ste d a tw o -m in u te , 3 8 -se c o n d
v id e o c lip o f S h e rro d 's re m a rk s to
a lo c a l N A A C P c h a p te r . T h e
H u ffin g to n P o st said a Y o u T u b e
v id eo w as then aired on Fox N ew s.
T h e fo o ta g e has sto k e d ra c ia l an d
p o litic a l te n sio n a m id a lle g a tio n s
b y th e N A A C P th a t th e T e a P a rty
m o v e m e n t is b ig o te d .
E a rlie r T u e s d a y , A g ric u ltu re
S e c re ta ry T o m V ilsa c k a c c e p te d
S h e r r o d 's r e s ig n a ti o n , s a y in g
Shirley Sherrod
th e re w as "ze ro to le ra n c e fo r d is
c rim in a tio n at U S D A ."
B u t S h e rro d , in an in te rv ie w
w ith C N N , said h e r re m a rk s to the
N A A C P w e re b e in g in te n tio n a lly
m is c o n s tr u e d b y c o n s e r v a tiv e
g ro u p s sto k in g ra c ia l te n sio n s.
"I w as sp e a k in g to th a t g ro u p ,
lik e I'v e d o n e m a n y g ro u p s, an d I
tell th e m a b o u t a tim e w h en I
th o u g h t th e issu e w as ra c e an d
race o n ly ," S h erro d to ld C N N . She
said th e in c id e n t she d e sc rib e d in
h er sp eech o c cu rred so m e 24 years
a g o , w h en sh e w o rk e d fo r a n o n
p ro fit a id g ro u p . "I w as te llin g the
sto ry o f h o w w o rk in g w ith him
h e lp e d m e to see th e issu e is not
a b o u t ra c e. It's a b o u t th o se w ho
h a v e v e rsu s th o se w h o do n o t
h a v e ."
T h e f a r m e r 's w if e , E l o is e
S pooner, 82, told T he A tlan ta Jo u r
n a l-C o n s titu tio n o n T u e s d a y th a t
S h e rro d h e lp e d sav e th e ir land.
S p o o n e r, w h o c o n sid e re d S h erro d
a "frie n d fo r life," sa id th a t "the
fe d e ra l o ffic ia l w o rk e d tire le s sly
to h elp " th e c o u p le h o ld o n to th e ir
farm as th ey fa c ed b a n k ru p tc y in
1986, th e A tla n ta n e w sp a p e r re
p o rte d .