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75 CE NTS) floHh C?2^? ' Ubrir# I ^V. . . Forsyth County ruu... '*r\ \A/est ^fth Street 07101 77?* Choice for African-American Sews and Information THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 2, 1 9& / 1 1 think I hwulil s \ VOI XXI No .'? A Neighborhood schools could % t , result in segregated system By VERONICA gLEMONS Chronicle Staff Writer At the first redisricting work session of the Forsyte County School board, adminis trative staff gave board members a look at what the system would look like if neighborhood schools, which is what many campaigned on, were imple mented withdut any satellites. : The result? A system that has more than 30 racially identi fiable schools, with possibly four new middle schools and the con version of three middle schools in the city to elementary schools. Superintendent Donald Mar tin cautioned that the discussion Saturday was preliminary and that in the following sessions board members will probably change some and could change all of whpt was presented "ifyou divided this process into three parts, we're still in the first, " he said see SCHOOLS page 14. ? * I School board member Walter Marshal! and W-S Urban League- CEO President Delores Smith give, update on redistricting process in Happy HiO Garden Community. : A Education Coalition airs concerns in Happy Hill Garden By VEROri!CA?LEMONS Chronicle Staff Writer ^ . r~ Although the first scrmI board redistricting work sessioi was as preliminary as it gets o<^ Saturday, it still sent red flags up in Delorcs Smith's mind. It bothered Smith, president of the Winston-Salem Urban League, that the renovation plans for Atkins Middle School* part of a 1985 bond referendum, are still not complete. Atkins is a former black high school. It bothered her further that the school administrative staff talked about the possible con struction of four new middle schools in the county, and asking Jthe community to approve possi bly another bond ^referendum to finish Atkins. She brought these concerns and shared them with others at the first Coalition on Afttcan American Education community meeting held in Happy Hill Oar U* EDUCATION wll Businesses Waffle On King Day ?? ; % r, , ; V, ? . * ? : ? ? ?vj)#'"' - ?' ~A*'' 4 Major Employers V# ? _ ' _?? I .V ' .* ' V' " - ? H,. ?**. ? % * totally supportive of giving workers day off By VERONICA CLEMONS - Chronic le^kxtf Writer fifty-five percent of the major businesses in ^Winston-Salem are not giving their employees the day off for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. An informal survey of 11 of the top 15 employers in the greater Winston-Salem area ^showed that five employers are observing the holi day by closing and giving the day to employees as a holiday. The other sCT&mpaniesremain open for business. Some, allow employpes"io take personal fr vacation days to observe "the holiday, and one ompany is sponsoring events internally for employees. Three of the employers that are closing, the school system, tfce city of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County have the holiday mandated by the state legislature and are required to take it off. The banks are also closed because the holiday is man dated. s Of the employers that are closing, Wake Forest is the only one that does not have it mandated. However, only the students ^and the faculty have the day off. Staff members are expected to report to work. In addition to RJ Reynolds, Integon Corpora tion, Winston Placement, Griffin Services and \ see BUSINESSES page 11 Janet DeCreny , the city's economic development tight posts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive . holds one of the banners that hang from the ^ s\ Improvements for CIAA MLK Drive Center of Winston East By DAVID L. DELLARD Chronicle Staff Writer Officials are working to beautify a segment of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from U.S. 52 to Interstate 40 by February to court visitors when the CIAA Tournament comes to town. The city has adopted a two part streetscape plan for the area that will have increased _ lighting and crosswalks, ban ners, more trees, and benches. Janet DeCreny, the city's economic development coordi nator, said the beautification project will increase the viabil- safe and welcome in East Win ity of East Winston. "We're just ston. We want them to know doing some improvements to the street to make visitors feel set IMPROVEMENT page 3 Community Wants Street Improvements Extended Despite improvements the East Winston Economic being made to Martin Luther Development Task Force, said King, Jr. Drive, some think the they are proud of the improve beautification plans^hould ments but want more. extend throughout the length of "It's not all that we want," for entire street. Norma Smith, chairman of see COMMUNITY page 3 FTCC's Carver ? ' ' "% Campus Still Moving Ahead ?. , ... ' % A Concerns about \ . . . ? ? ' ?A'.... 4 . * .f-. Kernersville site not 4\ v affecting East Branch By VERONICA CLEMONS CArwucfrSttffWrtwr The concerns the state bojud of community colleges has about the Kernersville satellite cam :pUs for Forsyth Technical Community College has ho connection with the other proposed satellite site that wiU be located at lansing Drive. . "Everything is going as scheduled,* said Jame? Rousseau, vice president for and development for FTCC, on Tuesday. "We will begin the process of interviewing and reviewing , architects (January 11)" And although there are concerns about thg ? Kernersville site^ it has nothing to do with the - construction of the site but about what will be offered to potential students onceihe building is in operation. In fact, Rousseau sftd the process it continuing for both sites and KJTX staff will be , looking at architects for both. \ "They (the state board) didn't say you're not going to build. They said we got some concern about what you're going to offer.," Rousseau said. The state board will continue its discussion on the Kernersville site Jan. 19 at its next ' FTCC officials will be on hand to explain to the board that the classes that will be offered in Kern ersville will not affect programs that are offered in neighboring community colleges. : "We're offering courses not entire programs see FTCC page 11 ? TO SUBSCRIBE CALS. 0 1 0-7 22-8G24 8 iBRBrrAMMBn. . 17 ....11 I *19 T3 JUr | This Week in Black History my Z5, 1929 Martin Luther J r. born in M Kitchen $ volunteers 'guest enjoying new floor. See story $20,000 from State Former State Rep. Annie Brown Kenneiy pt muft a chock fee $20j$00 to Lmrry Leon HomBn, director oft he Notional Black Theatre FoathaL Theatre Festival Gets A Mrs. Kennedy spearheads effort to support 1995 event - By DAVID L EMLLARD Chronicle Suff Writer Annie Brown Kennedy has sponsored and pushed a number of important bills throughout her 20-plus years as a state legislator, but she wanted to end it by show ing her dedication to the arts. On behalf of a bill sponsored by Kennedy, The Norm Carolina General Assembly gave $20,000 to the North Carolina Black Repertory Company in December to help sponsor the 1995 National Black Theatre Festival. *1 have sponsored many bills to he|p the local community and see THEATRE page U
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