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Living Dolls Photo by Bruce Chapman Young girls hold up their Venus and Serena Williams dolls Tuesday on a tennis court at Hayes Taylor YMCA in Greensboro. They were among several youngsters who gathered at the Y for a chance to get a quick ten nis lesson from Richard Williams, | the father of the i two top-ranked tennis stars. The kids were disap pointed, though, when they learned that Williams had to cancel his planned stop in Greensboro. Williams reported ly had to fly to Cal ifornia to help Venus with a rec curring injury. Offi cials said Williams may reschedule in the weeks to come. > ; School \ from page A1 "I think they ought to build it where they said they were going to build it," Brown said. "They keep saying that there's not enough land to build it on Old Greensboro Road, but that looks like an excuse to not follow through with what they said." "When you say something, you ought to do what you say," Brown added. "But it looks like just another broken promise. The people that I talked to before the bond vote said they would vote for the bond if the school was going to be put in East Winston. They voted for it. and now it's time to see the School Board deliver it." Johnson said the issue isn't cut and dry. The local School "Board has had a. difficult time obtaining cenough land on Old Greensboro Road to accommo date the state-of-the-art technolo gy school that he envisions. The School Board has lined up a 25 acre tract, but Johnson said he believes that is not adequate lor the school's physical plant. "I just can't live with the idea of having a facility on 25 acres when there's going to be a new school built in the Northwest District on more than 60 acres." Johnson said. "When the bond vote took place, we thought we had enough land and we moved forward with those plans." Since then there have been many complications and set backs. One of them involves the price of land that one owner is asking the School Board to pay tor land on Old Greensboro Road. That has caused the School Board to seek another site. The one that it is now consid ering is off Waughtown Street near Hall-Woodward School. It is 10 miles away from the original site. Johnson said he doesn't see a problem in mak ing the switch if it will help all par ties involved. "Some people are going to raise sand about the change in sites, but they need to consider what's at stake," he said. "We promised to build a school in i East Winston and that's what we want to do Rut " we also want to put up a school that we can be proud of and that will offer the children of this community what they really need. We want to do what's right for the children of East Winston." That, according to Johnson, includes broadening the plans for the school. "We haven't built a new high school in East Winston, in more than 40 years," he said. "When we build one we should have one that will be representative of what we want and need. If we go with the new site, we can increase the enrollment from 1,000 to 1,400 students, and that will allow us to have the type of curriculum that will attract top students. We would serve a resi dent population of 1,000 and then try to attract another 400 stu dents. "I believe once people find out what type programs you have available, enrollment would fill up. Technology is the way to go today, and I think the top students realize that." Brown said she too wants to see a state-of-the-art school. However, she said it is incumbent upon the School Board to realize how African Americans perceive its actions. "This is one situation where I believe the School Board needs to keep its word," she said. "In the long run it's going to cause problems for the school system if they don't follow through. There is already a mistrust of the School Board by many African Ameri cans. If they don't do what they said, a lot of people might not vote for a school bond in the future." City pairs top administrators, up-and-comers for program BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE! CHRONICLE Martha Marcolini has spent the past three years man aging the accounting depart ments for Lawrence Joel Vet erans Memorial Coliseum. As finance director, financial statements, budgets and capi tal improvements occupy much of Marcolini's time, but still she figures she has plenty more to learn on the job. "I like to leant new things. That gives me a lot of job sat isfaction. and I'm always iftterested in knowing more," said Marcolini, who is one of 14 mid-level city employees to participate in the leader ship Management Program to leant more about the details of city operations. City officials supported the establishment of , such a program that would iaiMc successionai planning. The program, developed by the Office of Organizational Effectiveness, began in May and was designed to develop and cultivate employees for future leader positions. Current city leaders are pajred with proteges to iden tify and analyze the individual strengths and weaknesses of the protege on the job. Applicants were invited from sec ond-tier supervisors and screened by a panel of department heads before being selected as proteges for the program. The program is scheduled to conclude in November. Derwick Paige, director of develop ment for Winston-Salem, was chosen to mentor Marcolini and he believes "the more you can groom people now," the more prepared they will be for future professional opportunities. Paige wears numerous hats on the job and Marcolini is getting a firsthand perspective of the various tasks and situations Paige jug gles on a regular basis. Paige and Marcolini meet for sever al hours each week. During that time, they discuss current projects or chal lenges Marcolini is facing and they attend city meetings where Marcolini can sit in and observe other aspects of city development. "I think one of the biggest pieces of the program is trust, because we do talk about a lot of things that are confiden tial....It just gives her another opportuni ty to lean on somebody who has been through the organization a little bit longer." said Paige, who has been work ing for the city for almost 20 years. Participation in the Leadership Management Program in no way guar antees future professional advancement, said Lee Garrity, assistant city manager, who explained that it is a way to devel op job skills and get exposure to city government. "It's good for employees and it's good for the city. We're investing in our employees. Turnover is vety expensive for us. and all things considered, there are a lot of advantages to recruiting from within your own ranks," said Gar rity. who said the city hopes to offer the program annually. Marcolini is enjoying the change of gears from number crunching to policy and procedures of city functions. Much of what she is learning from Paige in the program is organisational and structural skills and methods, much of which she doesn't get to dabble in. Paige said he is benefiting from the Leadership Management Program as much as his protege. "I think (Marcolini) is extremely valuable to the organization, as some body we'd like to keep around for the long term." Paige said. "I think just the fact of mentoring and grooming employees for the long term has been extremely enjoyable." Photo by Courtney Gaillard Martha Marcolini, of Joel Coliseum, spends time with Derwick Paige, city direc tor of devlopment, as part of the city's new Leadership Managment Program. 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