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w I I Vol. III. No. 35 Bp?- SKSS ^mB^^HBL^.. -,. ^a. oS* ... KWPyW*^;^|:.i<fc^faffvr-.fy ?" ?JH ^ JBAyi^lMHlMiHII^HII^x k Jfl *?\< iir> '^|yk fe. .... . N^- ^ V s- .-V IT'S STORY-TELLING TIME Hamlin is so engrossed in tellinj that the big kid on the right is G< personnel from across the stat lawn last week commemorate {CCNS] ?Wagner Tei "Political Ft 4 41 would like very much to avoid having Goler Apart ments become a political football without proper attention being focused on the benefits to be derived from this complex by the 150 tenant families living here," stated Attorney David Wagner in response to pickets who protested at the meeting announcing his candidacy for alderman. At a press conference held Thursday at Goler Apartments,. Wagner indicated his willingness to hear solutions Black * Chapel Hill, N.C. [CCNSf ? Salvatore Degraffenreidt is one of the 221 or so black students who comprise 28% of the student population at Guy B. Phillips Junior High School in Chapel Hill. He was suspended from school V?/N n ?-* A-l At* o aitci 11c; aiiu uuici ovuutuwo were accused of being in the school hallway when prohibited, and later was told to leave the campus. The school's suspension policy requires that after an informal hearing in the principal's office or assistant principal's office in which suspension results, the principal will "attempt to INST< WlNSTON-S v r ffnilffWi fBBT iir mw^ mm*- ^npH WM|pppp^y^^T k|9 - Storyteller Mrs. Beatrice S a story that she isn't aware overnor James Hunt. library e told stories on the capitol ng National Library Week. *ms Goler lotbalV for any problems at Goler, and asked for assistance in _the_formation _of_ja_tenantoriranization to imnrove t living conditions at the complex. A meaningful tenant organization, he maintained, could improve the project bv reducing litter and protecting common areas from vandalism. 4 The present group led by Mrs. Lee Faye Mack and Mr.Rodney Sumler will not help the situation since they are See WAGNER, Page 2 )uspensioi call the parent." If the parent cannot be reached "the student is kept at school in a status of 'in school' suspension" for the rest of the day. After Assistant Principal Barbara Booth attempted to call his parents to inform them of the suspension without success, Salvatore was told to leave the school. Salvatore told a reporter that he did not have money to catch a bus and waited at the edge of school property to catch a ride. Meanwhile, school officials warned him that he was trespassing and had him arrested by the ? t. ON-SJi ? ?^9 Br? ?H v ~ fi ^aBgsJ HE? B E ?A(.EM, NX. SATUED/ Termed "Misu ^ HEW Deseg ^By Sharyn Bratcher Staff Reporter A misunderstanding is the term used by school officials of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County to explain the recent refusal of the - school system's application for assistance under the Emer n i i A i ? gency scnooi Aia Act (ESAA). In a letter to school ? superintendent .Tamps A Adams, Herman R. Goldberg, Associate Commissioner of the Equal Educa? tional Opportunity Programs of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare stated that the^student racial ratio ordered by the court in 1972 is not maintained in 41 ~of the~districrs 64^ schools" Goldberg further indicated that the projected number of black students listed for various schools in July 1975 differs significantly from the actual number enrolled. School-Community Rela J* D ~ 1 i- D - T Liuus uiicui/ui rtuut^rt rt. ja.1111 stated that a Washington bureaucrat, unfamiliar with the original court order, made a cursory decision based on statistics, some of ns: Arilss Chapel Hill police. Following his arrest, his one day suspension was made an expulsion for the rest of the school year. Unlike those of many expelled and suspended students in the Chapel Hill schools, Salvatore's family appealed the principal's decision to a bi-racial grievance committee. An interum report of CO-ED no tVi of m Act muiuab^o i/iiat iiiuot OtUUUl IVC3 have not been informed by the school administration of the existence of the committee, which is suppose to be comprised of two teachers, two ninth grade I ? 7 -4P?1 iY APRIL 30, 1977 $ mderstandinef9 V Funds Rei ;regation J which were incorrect. The court order, he pointed out, did not name a specific racial ratio to be, met. D6uglas S. Punger, attor^I ney for the school system, notes that the portion of the court order cited in Goldberg's letter was quoted out of context, thus altering its mpaninp- Thp nhrasfi or?vp 0 V the school system permisJudge Say Should Be Raleigh, N.C. [CCNS] Wake County District Judge John^Parker said "last ^weekr-4If students can be spanked in school, inmates should he spanked in prison." The statement was made following Parker finding a Polk Youth Center inmate, Cheyenne Burt, guilty ot assaulting a correctional officer. A day before the ITS. Supreme Court ruled that- school officials coulfl constitutionally use corpora! punishment in disciplining ue In Chaj students and two parents. At Salvatore's hearing no students participated. The decision of the Grievance Committee has not been made public, but informed sources said to a reporter that the committee will recommend to the superintendent that Salvatore be allowed to return to school. Richard Taylor, attorney for the Orange County-Chathan County Legal Services, rpnrocon f DH QaKfof/M?A > v/uvtiwu v atwi c anu argued that the school's suspension and expulsion policy had not been followed and that Salvatore has been denied 44due process". He % _a f ~ ingle Copy 20? . 4 ? fused For Violations sion to deviate 5% from the - ~ racial ratio. Punger explain- ?ed that in June of 1971, the ^ school system was ordered to - submit a desegregation plan to the federal district court by July 1st. This gave officials 8 days to structure a plan involving the allocation or 5U,UOU pupils. Since they didn't have computers or See HEW, Page 9 * s Inmates _ v ~iSpanked ~ pupils. A representative of the .North Carolina Prisoners Labor Union -and civil rights attorney Jerry Paul have criticized the judge's comment and decision as encouraging assault on inmates by correctional guards. On March 29 several black and white inmates at Polk Youth Center fought, resulting in one white inmate being hospitalized. Captain Coy Stephenson and several See INMATE S, Page 23 oel Hill also argued that Salvatore, who has been, tracked in special education classes since the first grade "was a child with special needs, social maladjustments, and learning disabilities," and under state law could not be denied educational opportunities . According to data com- >' piled by CO-ED during the first semester of the 1975-76 school year, Salvatore and the other black students at Guy B. Phillips were more th fln tu/iro q o 1 i Irol V f A ? ?*? ? w TT 1VV UO 1XIW1J l/VJ L/C suspended as white students. During that period. See ISSUE, Page 2
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