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Show such things "People Should Be Involved . . . by Linda Donan identification close is themselves and each other," Mrs. Schaewe said. chairman of the People's Free Way Neighborhood Council. Speaking of her work, Mrs. Schaewe said, "My real role is to get the people to come together. That's my first priority - to get people to come out to the Asked about what started her involvement in such work, Mrs. Schaewe replied, "I've been working for the community all my life through the LDS church." There are many problems that the Free Wayhas and will continue to work on. Streets, curbs and gutters have been meetings. We are trying to convince residents that its important to get involved in their neighborhood. Our motto is: Divided we fall, united we stand." The wife of Richard Schaewe and mother of two, Thersa Marie, four and Renee Ann, one, continued, "The neighborhood was in a rut and it made me realize how we had to stick together. People have pretty much the same problems. If you can get together, one person helps another. Someone who has solved a problem themselves can help someone else." "The Free Way center can't do things for the residents always. discussed with Commissioner Stephen Harmson in a neighborhood meeting. Another speaker from the police auxiliary gave pointers on self protection and crime. On the question of housing, Ken Gary offered his help. Trying to reach the various ethnic groups with the school, d e n t 1 e a che r into account the historical -- neighborhood location as reasons for not closing. respect, they learn to help the t u As presented, the plan takes relationships, continuity in special programs, and To keep their dignity and self Karen Schaewe s student as the in neighborhood - Chicanos, Blacks and Japanese - the Free Way holds dances and festivals. s Call Mrs. Schaewe at 328-474l for more information. closure. Mrs. Schaewe finished 4 significance of the neighborhood adjacent to the state capitol and recommends how to improve the area and guarantee its traditional integrity. One point brought up several times during the evening was the status of Horace Mann as a Title School. Under Title of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Horace Mann The CHAT representative thought it important for the school board and those present to be aware of the plans which, if followed, might well stabilize qualified for residency in the Horace Mann area. Parents responded next. Their views ranged from reluctant understanding of the board's position to indignation over the I I because it has a special funding certain number of lower income families school area. Board members thought that redistribution of the Horace Mann school population might make other junior highs in the in its district eligible for Title I funds. There was no guarantee of this, however. A representative of the Capitol Hill Awareness Team CHAT a neighborhood council whose boundaries cover part of the Horace Mann area, outlined for those in attendance a plan for the preservation of the Capitol -- Hill area. family-typ- Page 7 human lives." Several parents were distressed by the adjustment their children would have to make in relocating to another school. A mother said if the school were closed it would be the third change in three years for her daughter and she wasn't sure the girl was upto it. When asked about new e boundaries, the school board reviewed new "general boundaries" it had drawn up. Horace Mann students would be enrollment figures and presented some of his own. Someone else relocated to one of three junior highs - Bryant, Northwest or Jordan. Using 500 West as a dividing line through the Horace Mann area, all the students living to the east of the line would go to Bryant Jr. Those to the west of 500 West and north of 400 North would attend Northwest Jr. and those to the south of 400 North would attend Jordan Jr. said the board was more The board said thes: whole affair. One talked about the ''personal thing here an uncrowded school." Another said her children if transferred would need to be bused and would miss in their afternoon activities. An irate parent disagreed with the board's projected concerned about "money than distributions are still tenative. A IFire FVess IPirofiecHs Veyir Firee Speech OOQ Opposition To Horace Mann Closure Judges are jailing reporters with increasing frequency, because they refuse to reveal news sources. The result can only be a drying up of these sources of information and impede your right to know what's happening in your government. Free speech and a free press are guaranteed by the not to any individual Constitution to the people generally or business. Everyone also has the right to know what's being offered in the Marketplace. The right of choice in all goods and services keeps the system of competition working for one's progress. Consequently, . when our freedom of the press tricted, your free speech is also restricted. Your free speech depends on every- is res- a free press. by Tim Funk facing plenty of opposition from parents, teachers, and friends of school to close. To do this he said criteria had to be set up to judge where the closure would be most effective. Criteria used in evaluating which schools should be closed were how much the school is the school. utilized, what it costs to Dr. Eugene Garcia, board member presented the board's reasons for deciding to close a maintain, what the school area will be in the future and how the condition of the school facility compares to others. When these points were considered Horace Mann was seen as the most likely A public meeting on the proposed closing of Horace Mann Jr. High School held Wednesday, May 3, found the Salt Lake Board junior high in the district. Declining student enrollments have left the Salt Lake district with a defict of $1 .2 million, said Dr. Garcia. To balance costs the school board for closure. had considered several alternatives. Among these were reductions in teaching staff, elimination of certain professional positions or a cut in programs such as music and library. Another alternative was the closing of a school. Decreased enrollments mean that teaching positions will be reduced anyway, said Dr. Garcia and a cut in programs has already taken place. To provide a quality education the board has decided that consolidation is necessary. On May 2, the board voted to close three elementary schools Sumner, Onequa, Forest. -- Dr. Garcia said an objective analysis had to be made of which School board figures show about $1 38,000 in staff, maintenance and operations costs would be saved next year by closing Horace Mann. Dr. Garcia also discussed a series of questions about what would happen to students, programs, teachers and staff if the closure took place. After Dr. Garcia's Heres What Hugo Black John F. Kennedy Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court said about the importance of a Free Press: 35th President of The United States said about the importance of a Free Press: presentation the Horace Mann Jr. High PTA took the floor and went over many of the same "In the First Amendment the founding fathers gove the press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to cen- questions considered by sure the government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people." Dr. Garcia. Teachers in many of the school's programs were called upon to say why they thought the school should stay open. Outlining the benefits and successes of each of their programs the teachers accented "ft is never pleasont to read things that are not agreeable news, but I would say that it is an invaluable arm of the Presidency to check really on what is going on in the administration. And more things came to my attention that cause me concern or give me information. So I think that . . . there is a terrific disadvantage not to have the abrasive qualify of the press applied to you daily, to an administration, even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press." The next time you get mad at a news story, remember that a free press provides you with the information that keeps our country free. |