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Winston-Sakm Chronicle 50 cents ^WinAing Weekly11 VOL. XVI, No. 33 Mrs. Walker reprimanded; to4)e^reinstated Friday 48 Pages This Week Thursday, April 12,1990 By ROBJ^TBARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer Rosa Walker, a Northwest Mid dle School teacher suspended for five days last Thursday after admit ting to supplying students with a Mudy auide thai incteded-thc-same= words as those which appear on the California Achievement Test, has been reinstated by superintendent Larry D. Coble. Dr. Coble announced Wednes day morning that Mrs. Walker will be reinstated Friday, April 13, and that a leiter of reprimand will be placed in her personnel file. "Mrs. Walker has recognized that she made a serious error. There was aware the words were on the test before the test was given," said Dr. Coble. "When the test was given, she did not report that her students had had the identical list to study to the test coordinator, princi- process and is considered to be in pal or other administrator. While violation of State Board policy." "Mrs. Walker has recognized that she made a serious error. There is some question as to whether she was aware the words were on the test before the test was given." ? ? - ? -- Larry D. Coble this was not a violation of law, it The matter was brought to the did violate the ethics of the testing attention of local school officials last week when a parent of a child in Mrs. Walker's class contacted Dr. Coble. After talking with the parent, Mr. Coble said he dispatched two of his staff members to the school to investigate the situation. He said that he had attempted to contact the sctiool's piinclpal.Jr Michael Sound er, but was informed that Mr. Shrad er was out of town. But when the Please see page A8 Mrs. Walker: Tm OK' By RUDY ANDERSON Chronicle Managing Editor Rosa Walker appeared the picture of calm, as she sat in her nicely furnished home Tuesday. But that pic ture only camouflaged the hidden anxiety she had about the decisions that would be made on her future with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system. She had been in the eye of a week long hurricane. Aridiriahy wondered if she could weather the storm. But the thirty-two year teaching veteran said with a smile,"I'm O.K." She only allowed her picture to be taken. She would make no comment at all about the situation that caused her five day suspension without pay from her job at Northwest Middle School. She spoke only a brief moment about how she was coping and of her concern for "her children." "I just wantjny children to remain one big happy family. Wc forgive," she said," we don't hold grudges7 We go on from here. "I'm anxious to get back so I can see how my chil * Please see page A8 Photo by L.B Speas Jr. Rosa Walker talks about getting along In the midst of contro versy. Black community outraged at news anchor's expose ByTONYAVrSMITH Chronicle Staff Waiter A number of people in the Twin City's Afro-American community are outraged, con cerned and seeking answers as to why a black teacher, who has logged more than 30 years in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, was suspended without pay for an alleged trans gression. Still others are questioning the actions of Denise Franklin, news anchor with WXI1 Tele vision station, who has a 14-year-old daughter in Rosa Walker's class at Northwest Middle School. "My daughter came home from school and said, 'Mommy, Mrs. Walker did something real ly funny in class today," Ms. Franklin said in an interview Monday. "I said, 'What was that?' And she said, 'She gave us the answers that turned out to be the same words on the CAT ?(California Achicvement-Test>.' I said, 'What da ?you mean?' And she said that all the spelling words Mrs. Walker gave her, except for four or five words, were on the test. That disturbed me. First, as a parent because one of my child's weaknesses is in spelling and I depend on inde "Does anyone feel Mrs. Walk er exploited the futures of the children by supplying them the answers to questions on the test? That's my answer to that question." - Denise Franklin pendent tests like the CAT to be true signs of her status or progression." Deciding not to take her daughter Kristy's account as gospel, Ms. Franklin called the superintendent's office to further investigate the incident. "Denise Franklin called the system and wanted to know how she could verify whether Please see page A8 f By fiUDY ANDERSON Chronide Managing Editor Setting up metal detectors to find weapons in the schools was just one of the suggestions to come out the quarterly infor mal discussion session between members of the city-county school board and the bounty commissioners Tuesday. Both groups expressed concern about the growing problem throughout die county and in the schools* Commissioner Forrest Conrad wanted to know where children were getting the money from to buy drugs. He quickly learned that many of the children either steal or become drug traffickers th^nselves. Commissioner Wayne Willani asked school officials if there was a syste^ anywhere in the country that is making any headway in dealing with the drug problem that could save as model for what might be donehfcre. ? "If we are going to do it (deal with the Please see page A9 Tutorial program is underway in schools By RUDY ANDERSON Chronicle Managing Editor The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system has started a new after school tutorial program designed to help underachieving students improve their academic performance. Special emphasis is focused on improvement of minori ty students. The program grew out of input from several community based groups who met for months with school system officials trying to come up with ideas to help improve student performance and get more ?wental involvement So far ninety-five students in three high schools arc being tutored in math, cnglish, and biology. The schools involved are North and West Forsyth, and Glenn. ^ "We were surprised at how many children volunteered for the program/ said Geneva Brown, director of the Office of Student Achievement. "But we are hoping to have more community work shops to get more parents involved so they can encourage their children to get involved in the program." Mrs. Brown said she really wants to get more students who live in the city's housing projects to get into the program, especially Afro American males. " We really have a problem here," she said. "This is the most at-risk group in our school system." The first school that initiated it's program was North Forsyth High. Fifteen students have signed up. One student who volunteered is Please see page A9 -Project leaders plead for more protection By TONYA V. SMITH Chronicte Staff Writer A curfew should be estab lished in the city's four public housing areas to keep teen-agers off the streets at night, a police precinct should be established in each of the communities and par ents should be legally forced to take responsibility for the actions of their drug-dealing children/That is what members of a delegation representing Cleveland Avenue Homes, Happy Hill Gardens and Piedmont Park told aldermen Mon day. The residents made their plea to members of the Finance Com mittee after they had completed * their regular agenda. "I'll not talk about people sleeping on the floor at night because they're afraid of gun fire or Please see page A9 Photo by LB Speas Jr Learning To Learn Josh Pledger gets help from teacher Becky Hlnes In after school program. tit"**;. mm ATLANTA - Another prominent black politician ia KngJtna IDWiria congressman ana Auanii campaigns to become tha Georgia, in a state where blacks JRWf ?TOUnQ nW DMn CKmu 5 More state and national news ->k ? .i-. & evv INSIDE Business Classified B13-B15 Community News A10 Editorials A4, A5 Entertainment B13 Religion B1 Sports B7 SUBSCRIPTION HOTLINE .. ?
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