: Wilson named chair Continued from page A1
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-CeyCHolton, James Grace, Walter
*JJHrshaII, E>r- Raymond Sar
^ii^h,Dr. Subahsh Shah, Mrs. Toni
;Tttpponce, and John Williams.
<**CfWhat my election as chair
Mfc&r signifies is that the committee
dallying to show that it is being
^upportive of African-American
<?fieerns because we are in the
^ffiecss and ensuring that things
moving in the right direction.
flhSt's the way I see it," Wilson
::::?ut at its regularly scheduled
^fcefcting Monday night, the school
1 delayed voting on setting up
-C^Xoard committee to address
?Aftfcan -American concerns until a
ijlijhcould be implemented. Board
<iefnbcr Thomas Voss raised pro
*<ddnral objections to motions
- Vhade by Nancy Griffith to have
lissue reconsidered.
'Griffith had earlier voted
^Qiainst establishing the committee
<}?pg with four other board mem
bers saying she had gotten mixed
Signals frdm the African-AmerU
ijjr community about whether or
Jixxihey wanted such a committee.
? ; 1 * Griffith has since changed her
ipsitTon. She said she thinks
establishing a "minority concerns
bsmmittee" is the right thing to do
and plans not to let the issue
??'.I drop. It will cither come up as an
ajinuia item or a renewed motion
at our next meeting. Either way it
will be brought up again ," she
said.
Griffith said her only concern
is making sure that the other board
members who favor establishing
the committee as she does will be
in attendance. "Otherwise, this I
doesn't stand a chance of passing/
she said.
Wilson had hoped the board
would pass it. "Until we get a
plan, we (African-Americans)
need to have some avenue to voice
minority concerns to this board,"
she s&id.
"1 think the committee that
has been established wants to
ensure there is minority represen
tation on the board," Wilson said.
But she said the committee wants
a clear signal from the board that
their work is going to be used for
that purpose. During the meeting,
she said several questions wereP
raised about the purpose of the
committee.
"While the mission of our
committee is to provide informa
tion to the board prior to their
""February meeting for the purpose "
of devising a plan to ensure
minority participation, we (the
committee) want board members
polled to be sure that they not
only want input in the research
process but also input in the actual
plan itself*" she said.
Subash Shah, a political sci
ence professor at Winslon^Sfclem
State University, and one of two_
political scientists on the commit
tee, was even more emphatic.
"Since they have already activated
this committee, they should take
our recommendations seriously,"
Shah said. 'The board needs to
make good use of the people it has
put into place for this purpose. We
should be able to give the board
some options on workable election
plans. Now, whether or not they
use them is another question. I
think they would be wise to take ,
advantage of our work. Otherwise
the next committee app&ntetf may
not have the same legitimacy."
The committee waded through
about two hours of presentations
on what took place in past elec
tions, federal elections laws, vari
ous election plan options, and court
interpretations.
After debating and reaching
consensus on what direction the
committee s work shoiydj^ke, Wil
son said the committee decided to
meet again Jan.* 16. "We plan then
to look in depth at the different
types of election options available
that will help this board meet the
objective of coming up with a plan
to ensure minority representation."
i,IFT program reopens Continued from page A1
some of the people involved were
Stuck nis who had just come into the
program a few days before the van
, dali'sm took place.
1,1 -Eartme-Parmon, the program's,
director and founder, has said of the.
incident that the children involved
had to be full of anger to do the
damage that was done. "Something
like this just goes to show why a
program like this one is so neces
sary. There are a lot of angry chil
* dren out there," she said.
me program nad no insurance
to cover their losses, some of which
included personal and priceless
items like a 1940 combination radio
and stereo, pictures, and paintings
that were donated to the program
just to make the atmosphere better
for the children in the program.
' Because alL of the people
involved in the vandalism were
juveniles, Parmon said they may not
be held responsible for paying resti
tution.
; A LIFT employee said he
Phased four or five kids seen coming
out the building into a nearby apart
ment complex, Dec. 20, the day the
building was struck, the program
had shut down for the holiday sea
son and was scheduled to reopen
Jan. 3. No one from the program
was in that part of the old Brown
Elementary annex, where the LIFT
program is located, when the van
dalism occurred. Police say the
building was entered twice.
Baker said he is happy that the
program is back in operation. He
admitted things would be a little
tough until some of the program's
equipment, like typewriters, copy
machine, clocks and files could be.
replaced. He was not sure how long
it would be before everything was
back to normal. "I
"Right now, we're continuing. -
our reading of one of Shakespeare'si
classics, we'll stay busy," he said.
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