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Board
plays
name
game
Aldermen could be
'council members'
by end of the year
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The Board of Aldermen
may soon be no more.
On Monday members
voted to take the first baby
steps
i toward
i changing
the name
of the
Board of
Alder
men to
the Win
s t o n -
Salem
City
Council.
Instead
Johnson
pt aldermen, those elected to
serve the city's eight wards
would be known as council
members, under the proposal.
j Board member Joycelyn
Johnson began discussing the
idea of changing the name last
November. She says the term
alderman is confusing, espe
cially to people outside of the
city, Winston-Salem has had a
Board of
Alder
men for
nearly a
century,
but it is
one of a
very few
cities
that uses
that
name for
its local
Robinson
govern
ing body.
Alderwoman Vivian Burke
also wanted to change the
name of the board back in the
early 1980s. But she gave up
on the idea because she said
trying to the change the name
became a "political football"
competition.
Burke, the longest serving
member of the board, said the
term alderman has caused con
fusion at national conferences.
She said at her first Confer
ence of Cities convention
many people thought an alder
man was a city council person
in training.
"People thought we had to
learn
fl how to t>e
a coun
(ci 1 man,
that
(alder
man) was
the first
. step,"
said
I Burke,
who said
Burke
a name
change would eliminate such
confusion.
Alderman Dan Besse is
supporting the proposal
because he says the term alder
man is not sensitive -to
females.
"I believe this is a small
See Aldermen on A4
* Photo by Bruce Chapman
Fifth-grade student JamaI Smith joined his other classmates at Forest Park Elementary
School on the anniversary of Sept. 11 for a patriotic ceremony. Students joined local fire
fighters and police officers in the courtyard of the school for a moment of silence. The
school's color guard also took part in the occasion.
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Zion Memorial unveils new
programs for senior citizens
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE ______
Zion Memorial Baptist
Church announced Tuesday
the establishment of the Mary
Newton Hinson Senior Social
Support Program. "Mother
Hinson." as she was called by
her church family, passed
away earlier this year at the
age of 94. She was the driving
force behind the creation of
the senior program at her
church when she was alive.
Realizing the rich and
important role that older
adults play in the church and
community, Zion Memorial
decided to create a program
that would cater to the needs
and interests of senior citi
zens.
Twenty seniors have
signed up to participate in the
program and can look forward
to spending a few days out of
the week with a morning
devotion, exercise class, vari
ous workshops, seminars and
Bible study classes. Seniors
also will have the chance to be
driven, care of Trans-Aid, to
any necessary destination of
their choice.
"The establishment of this
particular program, we are
hoping and praying, will
advance our concept of fami
ly, advance our concept of
See Seniors on All I
Rev. Jones
Phrto by Kevin Walker
Latham Elementary it on Hutton Street. Most of the students
at the school come from low-income households.
Latham makes
local history
with ABCs test
Elementary school fulfills late principal's dream
, by being named School of Distinction last week
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
It is the best of times and the
worst times for students and
staff at Latham Elementary
School. Last week, the school,
as expected, became the first
Equity-Plus school in the Win
ston-Salem/Forsyth County
School System to be named a
School of Distinction under the
ABCs of Public Education test
ing program. The week before
the school reached that mile
stone, Larry Fields, the vision
ary principal who took Latham
from the bottom to the top, died
unexpectedly as a result of an
aneurysm.
Latham was one of 17
schools that were named
Schools of Excellence or
Schools of Distinction last week
when the state released results
of the ABCs tests, which meas
ure students' growth from one
year to another. Schools in
which at least 90 percent of stu
dents tested at or above grade
level received the highest dis
tinction, Schools of Excellence,
while Schools of Distinction are
schools in which 80 to 89 per
cent of students achieved that
feat.
Equity-Plus is used to signi
fy schools that have at least 75
percent of their students on free
or reduced lunch programs,
which indicates that the students
come from low-income homes
and are more than likely minor
ity. Latham is one of several
Equity Plus schools in the sys
tem.
j am, on
Hutton
' street off
Peter's
f Creek
Parkway,
joined
Im o s 11 y
white,
suburban
schools
such as
Fields
Clemmons, Cash and Mead
owlark elementary schools in
the School of Distinction
league.
Latham's achievement is
especially momentous because
locally Equity Plus schools have
not had much to shout about
when it comes to ABCs results.
Latham had some of the
lowest test scores in the system
at one time. Fields was given the
reins at Latham in 1992,
researching and designing new
approaches for his teachers, who
See ABCs on A9
WSSU honors alumna who died on 9-11 flmht
Clark was escorting students on a school trip to Los Angeles
Photo by Courtney Gaillard
Among those who helped plant the tree in front of WSSU's education build
ing were Chancellor Harold Martin and several education students.
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE _
Winston-Salem
State University
joined the rest of
the country last
week in remember
ing the tragic
events of Sept. 11.
The school held a
number of special
observances. One
event in particular -
a tree-planting cer
emony - paid trib
Clark
ute to WSSU alumna Sarah Miller Clark,
65, who was a passenger on Flight 77,
which crashed into the Pentagon.
Several students from the WSSU
School of Education joined Harold Mar
tin. chancellor; Brenda Diggs, chair of
the WSSU board of trustees; and Donna
Benson, School of Education dean, in
planting a tree at the Anderson Center.
After Clark received a degree in ele
mentary education from WSSU in 1958,
she went on to spend the next 36 years of
her life teaching in Washington, D C.
Clark, who was a sixth-grade teacher at
Backus Middle School in the nation's
capital, was one of three teachers chosen
to chaperone a group of students on a
field trip sponsored by the National Geo
graphic Society and the National Ocean
ic Atmospheric Administration. All were
scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles in the
early afternoon on Sept. 11 to learn about
the ecology of the ocean as well as enjoy
hiking, kayaking and deep-sea exploring.
Clark was known by colleagues as a
teacher who "came to work early, stayed
late and went above and beyond the call
of duty."
Chancellor Martin said: "Sarah
See Clark on A4
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