Clarion Defender_1970-01-15

l "AH JUS' CAINT UNPASTAN' BUREAU6UARD WHY THEY MAKIN' SUCH ~ FUSS.-THEM VIETS AIN'T MUCH. 8ETTeR'N OUAH NfGRAS ! TO: Portland School Board DATZ: January 11, 1970 I. All school employees (Teachers, Principals etc.) will cease and desist from all trea~ menta, insults and assaults of Black Students T?is is intended to cover verbal, psycholo- • g~cal and physical displays of disrespect contempt and brutality. ' II. Reinstatement of all suspended and expelled Black Students until hearings on ench of these matters are arranged. Adjudicating bodies for Student hearings are to be com– posed of: 1. Co:rnmunity People 2. School Cfficials 3. Student Representatives a. Black Students who participate in demon– strations relevant to their welfare will not be punished by School officials. III. All Police authority must be withdrawn tram suryeillance over Black Students. IV. v. VI. Provide curriculum offerfn€s that are relevant to Black Students. Increase the number of Black Teacher Aides and Community A~ents in all schools where there are white problems created for Black Students. From this point forward, the school admini– stration must redirect its intents and efforts to reflect in all of its policies and practices respect and receptivity for the inputs and ' demands of Black people to make Public Schools meaningful educational settings for Black students. Justice must be at the heart of all Administrative procedures used in the suspe~ion of Black stu– dents. Administrative follow-up in providing education for dismissed students must be adequate to ~ra.ntee the continued intellectual develop– ment of the .Black Student who has been' capri– ciously removed from school. VII. Provide sensitivity training for racist Teachers and anta~onistic administrators in order to educate them out of their inhumane behavior patterns. 1a JUbliehecl b7: JlMMY "BANG BAllO" . wuna . / . Mailtnc M~••= P~o. BaE ll.OtS . Portlaat Ore 9'7211 Publishers BOOOBV:ILT BOICOn' SUCCISSlUL Tueadq, Jazwaz'7 l4tb av the tint dq ot a auoouatW. Blaok atudeat bo7oott oa RooHftlt B1ab School, atter Hftn.l dqa ot atwJnt UDNat vhich eDded with aobool p!"Ueipal, Art Weaoott, oall '"I :la polia.aat ud •tzoou to patrol the halls &ad reatroou. Rooeeftlt baa aa enroll.ment ot about 1900 pupU. ud leaa tbu 80 ot tboM pupU. . an Blaob. Upoa Yiaitb& Rooanelt, the Clarion Dete!lder tiada that a •re hudtW. of Blaoka were beiDI aoeuaed ot iuticatiD& tilbta vitJl larp ~ ot vh1 te atudeate. There are auJT pro~ at Booaeftlt HiP, aoDC thea are the ruiat attitudu ot 110at ot that aoboola vhite teachera, the babU1t7 ot the principal to budle a!Dor cliaturbu.cea 1 ud the tw Necro teaohera vho ... to be atraid ot loaiztc their joba, tberetore aot atam'DC up :la deteue ot t;heHl.wa or the B1aok atudeata in the taoe ot the white l'aoia at Booaewlt. ID the licht of vhat aeeaa to be aJ1 adrd n18- tratift ooupiraq ot aorta at Booaeftlt, the Black atudute are coiDC thztouch vitb the bo7- oott and rea'I.JIIi.DI ol.ueea at the Bilbl•m eo.wdt7 outer. Th1a ...-pape:r coatnda that Art Weatoott ab.ould naip aa priacipal ot RooN'Nlt, or be tired. 'I'M aobool ad211•'atftt1oa vould baw ua bel.1eYe that the PI'O~ at Booanelt are racial, vbaa tba truth ia that the school ..,_'•'•tre.tioa u4 teaoh'"' atatt '"-•lwa are the probl.a. W•toott baa prOftJl tbat u ia iaoapable ot MmHMC a1aor diaturbuoea without oaU1.a1 ill tbe polioe. We uk, vb7 doa't other aohoola vith •'•1lar black ud white J'&Oial baluoea haw the .._ probl.. aa Booanelt7 We auww that the probl• ia aot the atudeate but the atatt and adll1ad 1tratioza. VIII. Black persons selected b.1 the Community Coalition will be included on all School Board deliberations that deal with the dissatisfactions of Black people in matters of public education. IX. Black Seniors participatin, in Boycotts against the Schools which are called b.1 the Community Coalition will not be prevented from ~aduating. X. A Black Community Review Board repre– sentin~ the Black Community Coalition will review all complaints, charges and decisions in cases where Black Students are subject to suspension or expulsion.