Hunt decision angers blacks f^sa,
(not permitted to work on the case),
Mr. Hunt is willing to sign a waiver
so that Mr. Sparrow can make the
decision in the case.
In his book, "Professional
Responsibility," Ronald D. Rotunda
discusses "Vicarious Disqualifica
tions" and their application to govern
ment and former government lawyers.
He says, "Any affected client protect
ed by the principles of Rule 1.10 may
waive its protections if each client
consents after consultation and the
lawyer reasonably believes that his or
her representation will not be
adversely affected. Rule 1.10(d)."
He adds, "Rule' 1.10 does not
itself provide for any screening mech
anism ? any 'Chinese Wall' around the
affected attorney, cf. Rule
1.11(a)(1) ? but the affected client
may, if he so chooses, agree to con
sent on the condition that the affected
attorney is screened."
Mr. Sparrow said, "I am required
under the Code of Professional
Responsibility as it was interpreted by
the State Bar not to proceed, and they
have informed me that it cannot be
waived by the defendant. And I'm
going to abide by that. I have to."
The Rev. Eversley said Mr. Spar
row is using that ruling as a conve
nient way to avoid making a decision
because the Hunt case is so sensitive.
"The ethical thing to do is exer
cise the responsibility of the office of
district attorney and make a determi
nation in the case," he said
The Rev, Eversley expressed
concern about the outside prosecutors
and said Mr. Bowman is perceived in
,the black community as a "hanging
judge" type of district attorney, and
said the community fears that the
Bowman team will "come in and
manufacture another conviction."
Another committee member said
Mr. Spanow's move was a political
cop-out. "The reason for an election is
? to hold the D.A. accountable to the
citizens. With outside prosecutors
who are not responsible to the citi
zens, to whom do the citizens com
plain?"
The Rev. Eversley said, "The
black community and people of good
will will hold Mr. Sparrow account
able morally, politically and in every
other way for the way the outside
prosecutors conduct this case."
On those statements Mr. Spar
row said he had no comment. Neither
did he comment on the charge of
"abdicating and avoiding his electoral
responsibilities by not deciding
whether there was enough evidence to
retry Darryl Hunt," as leveled by The
Rev. Eversley.
"The issue is a matter of courage
and backbone, and Warren Sparrow
has been charged with the responsibil
ity of having them or not," Mr. Evers
ley said. Again, Mr. Sparrow said, "I.
don't have any response to that."
Asked if ethics were not an issue.
would he pursue the Hunt^case and
make a determination, Mr. Sparrow
said, "I don't have anything further to
say about this. I'm not going to get
into any hypothetical discussions
about it."
He then added, "The reality is
that we have two people here who
worked on (Hunt's) defense. The
State Bar says we cannot proceed
with the decision to prosecute or not
prosecute. We can't make any deci
sion as long, as that exists, so I will let
the system work the way it's designed
to work.
"There were two options here,"
he continued. "One was to get the
special prosecutions people from the
..attorney general's office to take over
ihe case; ihe second was to assign
someone specially. That's what has
happened. I cannot do anything dif
ferently, once the conflict existed.
That's just the way it is."
The Rev. Eversley remains
adamant. "We are asking no favors.
Our campaign is for truth and justice.
In no way will the community accept
this."
Mr. Hunt is serving a 40-year
sentence in the Southern Correctional
Center in Troy for stabbing Arthur
Wilson in 1983. That murder convic
tion, which a Defense Fund Commit
tee member said was made possible
by the Sykes conviction, was over
turned and is up for review by the
N.C. Supreme Court.
Blacks trail on CAT test From Page A1
tcr than 50 out of every 100 students
in the norming group.
Among all students, the largest
gains were made by sixth-graders
who scored at the 66th percentile, 16
points above the national average, 10
points above the state average, seven
} more than those in the region (which
consists of school systems in Stokes,
Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Guil
ford, Alamance, Orange, Davidson,
Randolph, Chatham and Forsyth
counties) and five points better than
last year.
A look at the performance of
Afro-American sixth-graders indi
cates that their scores were 32 points
below that of white sixth-graders.
Afro-American sixth-graders in the
region scored 24- points less than
whites, and those in the state scored
27 points less than white students in
the same grade.
Third graders improved their
total scores by two percentage points,
from 66 last year to 68 this year,
according to the test results. Their
scores were seven points higher than
other third graders in the state and
five points higher than those in the
regioa
Afro-Americans in the third
grade scored 36 points below white
students. Those in the region scored
29 points less, and those in the state,
30 points less.
Eighth graders improved their
scores by one point, from the 50th to
the 60th percentile. They also beuered
the performance of eighth graders in the
- region by four points and scored six
points higher than the state average ?
Local Afro-American eighth
graders scored 31 points below
whites, at the 41st percentile. Those
in the region scored at the 40th per
centile, and those in the state at the
37 th percentile.
Last year students in grades four,
five and seven began taking the test
locally.
"One of the reasons we give the
test in grades 4, 5, and 7 is so they
can become acquainted with the test
and the test-taking process," Ms. Old
ham said.
Fourth graders improved their
scores by one point; fifth graders'
scores went up by three points, and
seventh graders' scores were bettered
from the 58th to 62nd percentile.
Afro-Americana in grades three,
six and eight scored higher, than other .
black students on regional and state
levels. That, however, does not take
away from the fact that they aren't
doing as well as whites, Ms. Oldham
said.
"It's a two-fold kind of thing,"
she explained. "We want African
American children to succeed, and by
all the evidence of the test scores,
they are succeeding. But one thing the
tests do not do is measure certain fac
tors, like socioeconomics and rein
forcement from home.
"We all know the children who
succeed come from homes where
there's supposed to be two parents
tfrat are educated. If there are no
books at home, how are children sup
posed to be motivated to learn."
stanHarHizprl tests are. the nnlv mr?a
sure that educators have developed to
determine students' progress.
Copies of the test results go to
Superintendent Larry D. Coble, prin
cipals and teachers throughout the
system.
"Curriculum and instruction is
the next step," Ms. Oldham said. The
superintendent helps curriculum pep
. sonnel formulate a curriculum to help
with some strengthening," Ms. Old
ham said.
"We try -to make sure we have
the proper tools, resources and that
teachers have the proper training and
we also look at next year's results --
this measures our progress ? not that
of the teacher. It's not a question of is
this a good or bad teacher but we're
doing a good joh-OveialL- ?
Afro-Americans have long criti
cized standardized tests like the CAT
and SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
for asking biased questions, however,
the tests aren't as biased as they once
were, Ms. Oldham said.
"I think that the tests are becom
ing a little more realistic," she said.
used to be all white, now people' are
portrayed using different colors. In
the Dick and Jane' books, Dick may
come from a one-parent household or
Jane could have a handicap.
"Materials are more realistic and
representative of society. The best
part about it is now the Indian doesn't
have to have parents but is depicted
with the red skin color. We, I think,
are becoming more in touch with
^vhat students' needs are."
Aldermen
criticized at meeting From Page A1
"triadism" and "regionalism" and join
forces with nearby Greensboro and
High Point to market this area. Gayle
N. Anderson, executive vice president
for the Greater Winston-Salem Cham
ber of Commerce, best summarized
the business leaders' discussion of the
issue.
"There seemed to be a general
consensus among the representatives
of the business community that the
entire region needed to work together
more cooperatively, to take the initia
tive and begin to promote the Triad
area as a whole to the rest of the
country," Ms. Anderson explained.
"In a situation like that Winston
Salem would benefit, the whole area
would benefit from a regional
approach rather than a local one.
Together we have nearly one million
people and that makes us an attractive
area to market nationally."
Winston-Salem used to have a
better working relationship with sur
rounding municipalities, said Richard
N. Davis, owner of Davis Manage
ment Services and a city alderman
from 1970-1977.
"If you look at the last several
years, we haven't had cooperation
among governmental entities," Mr.
Davis said "When I was on the Board
of Aldermen we had regularly sched
uled meetings with the county com
missioners and the state legislators.
We told them our plans and goals and
they shared theirs.
"We were, as far as government
was concerned, the most innovative
city in the southeast. Now aldermen
have stopped looking at things in that
innovative fashion. They are now
interested in protecting their own turf.
Instead of Winston-Salem being a
leader we began to follow."
Another businessman accused
board members of grandstanding and
said the present leadership has no
vision.
Alderman Martha S. Wood, who
recently filed as a mayoral candidate,
was the only elected official at the
chamber's forum; She strongly dis
agreed with criticisms against the
board.
"This Board of Aldermen is
probably one of the most active
boards of any group of city -council
boards in the country," said Mrs.
Wood. "We regularly attend Rational
meetings, sit on national boards and
many of our members sit on national
boards and are chair? of policy com
mittees.
"I don't want anybody in this
room to go away thinking we're a
bunch of individuals looking after our
own turfs. We're a board, a group of
individuals committed to service
without any self-interest."
"I don't believe a word you're
saying," one businessman interrupted.
Others said that while Mrs.
Wood's statements may be true, the
community perception of the Board
of Aldermen is a negative one.
Another chamber member said
the best city-management systems he
had seen were those in which officials
were elected in non-partisan races and
were not paid for their services.
Margaret Tennille, a former state
legislator, said she also remembers
r -
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the education of its youth.
"I was in the school system when
we had the best system in North Car
olina," Mrs. Tennille said. "We were
25 years ahead of our time. One of
the most important people who needs
to be here (attending the forum) is the
new superintendent of schools."
Blanche Robinson, community
affairs director with the chamber, told
members that their comments would
be included in the next newsletter and
their concerns conveyed - maybe in a
panel discussion - with candidates
seeking office in the upcoming
<*Si
November elections.
In the meantime, said Mr. Davis,
business people should take more
active roles in setting up the commu
nity's leaders.
"We just sit back and wait to see
who's running," he said. "We need to
take the leadership role and go to peo
pie who (we) feel will make a good
candidate and say, 'We want you to
run.'
"Tap the right people for office
instead of waiting for Tom, Dick and
Harry and picking from anybody,
nobody and somebody."
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