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ALL EDITIONS 4E-D The Arizona Republic Monday, December 26, 1988 7 Valley districts receive $1.25 million for 'at risk' pupils in each kindergarten class, will work with moderate-risk children. ThC" low-risk group will receive supplemen-r tal help to get them to grade level. In the four years, those in the kindergarten magnet schools will move to a magnet first-grade class, then return to their home school for third and fourth grades. There, they will be in regular or "basic" McFadden said. Z.

Phoenix Elementary The central Phoenix school dis' trict's proposal was ranked 12th. Its Superstart Program, expected William Shearer Is bowled over by the condemnation of hi Sunnyslope toilet shop. "I don't tee why the city Is coming down on me so hard," he said. DISTRICTS, from page A pupils per class. Wilson Tiny, two-school Wilson district's propdsal ranked No.

3. Irene Vasquez, the district's assistant superintendent for educational services, said the program's goal is to develop oral communication, reading, writing and math skills in English and in a pupil's native language. She said computers will be purchased and used to encourage writing and in-class publishing by both pupils and their parents. The district also will have six full-day kindergarten classes beginning in September. Currently, there are one full-day and six half-day kindergarten classes.

Class size will be -1 1 Charles KrejcsiThe Arizona Republic toilet shop 'eyesore' Phoenix Owner ordered out; land focus of redevelopment By Margery Rose-Clapp The Arizona Republic William Shearer's toilet shop is being flushed out of Sunnyslope by Phoenix. The city has given Shearer until Jan. 7 to move out of his plumbing store, which is located in an area scheduled for redevelopment. "We were having a hard time getting him to move out so we could clear his property," Councilman Paul Johnson said. "It's been an eyesore for a long time." Johnson, who represents District was referring to a mountain of toilets and other plumbing fixtures that have been stacked for years in front of Shearer's store, Sunnyslope Appliance, Butane and Plumbing Supplies, 8803 N.

Central Ave. The city condemned the property Vi years ago because it is located in planning Target Area bounded by Peoria Avenue on the north, the Arizona Canal on the south, 16th Street on the east and Central Avenue on the west. That area is due to undergo beautiflcation and redevelopment. Although Shearer's property was not. purchased by Phoenix for a specific redevelopment project, the limited to 15 to 18 pupils per teacher.

In January, evening classes in literacy will be held for parents and children. The Wilson district has a 90 percent minority population, with 80 percent being Hispanic. Sixty-three percent of its pupils have limited skills in English, and 89 percent are eligible for free or reduced lunches, Murphy The southwest Phoenix district's fifth-ranked proposal calls for part of its grant to be used to convert all of the district's kindergartens to full-day classes by the fall of 1989, Superintendent Robert Donofrio said. Children in first through third grades who are determined to be at risk also will be eligible to attend a six-week summer-school program. The district also plans to set up a computer-management system for its 56 primary-grade teachers.

The system, which would track the children's skill levels, would be invaluable because of the high mobility rate among Murphy pupils, Donofrio said. The proposal also includes a provision for crisis-intervention management teams at each school, which would make decisions with parents regarding social, emotional, academic or medical problems. Staff development and curriculum review will begin in January, Roosevelt The district's program was ranked seventh among applicants. Kindergarten pupils have been divided into "severe, moderate and low-risk" groups, said Margaret McFadden, the district's director of Chapter 1 and reading programs. 60 kindergartners most at will attend all-day classes at four magnet schools.

Tentative sites are M.L. King Jr. School, 4615 S. 22nd C.J. Jorgensen, 1701 W.

Roeser Road, Southwest School, 1111 W. Dobbins Road; and Sierra Vista School, 6401 S. 16th St. With pupil-teacher ratios of 15-1, kindergarten classes will focus on improving coordination and language skills through hands-on experiences. Two parents will be trained to work with other parents, teaching them to help their children at home.

Thirty-three parent assistants, one A a) I tee rnnm VI luw niii. fl) 3)iij JM'jui. i juii a iiuiiuiiiuIi Aim is to get minorities into universities flushing city, in its condemnation order, said his business was not conforming to the existing commercial zoning. However, Shearer discovered his store was grandfathered into its zoning category, and he filed suit, winning the right to stay. "I don't see why the city is coming down on me so hard," Shearer said in an interview Dec.

13. "I guess they're just tired of my being here." He said he is aware that complaints about the toilets had been filed with the city. "The city condemned the store l'i years ago," he said. "All of a sudden, they hit us with a notice to get out in 30 days." Shearer has two additional stores, one at 1921 E. Deer Valley Road and a newer store at 11210 N.

Cave Creek Road. The front of the latter store has rows shelves, sporting a collection of tanks, but Shearer said the tanks are not an eyesore to passers-by. "You can tell it's a plumbing shop," he said. "That's what it's supposed to be." Shearer said he had been unable to respond immediately to the city's latest notice to move because he had no utilities at the store on Cave Creek Road. The city is paying for the relocation.

"We're working on moving, but we still don't have power," he said. Johnson said Shearer's move will help rid the Sunnyslope area of longstanding blight. "It will be a pleasure to bulldoze centers where the cultures of minority students are respected and represented and where they know they can meet others," Richardson said. Comprehensive support programs and student services with "visible minority leadership" also characterize effective minority-retention programs. Finally, the institutions in Richardson's research demonstrate their commitment to "cultural diversity" by hiring minority faculty members.

Successful programs are intertwined with public-school systems, agencies and community and civic groups, he said. "UCLA's early outreach programs 'extend to the high schools and junior highs," Richardson "Much citizen in this community," Hodges-Randall said. The group has been providing affordable housing in the Phoenix area for about two years. The home-ownership program will make it possible for families where both spouses are working, but not earning more than $13,000 to $20,000 a year, to buy a house. The coalition is buying houses that are scheduled for demolition and ment and civil-rights officials.

I I I Vasquez showed the group a videotape of a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary that examined Loa Angeles gangs. The documentary I i this piece of property," he said. He said the city will try to market the property to someone who will do an appropriate project for the area. "The city has had a hard time developing the site because of land costs being higher than developers wanted to pay," Johnson said.

He said the city has reached a-preliminary agreement with the Tram-mell Crow a developer based in Dallas, for two commercial projects just north of Shearer's property. The projects will be located primarily on some city-owned lots on the northeastern corner of Central and Townley avenues and on the southeastern corner of Dunlap Avenue and Second Street. "Trammell Crow has told us they believe in the Sunnyslope area, that they believe it's going to be the next Orange County of Phoenix," Johnson said, referring to the large county east of Los Angeles. "It provides an income stream to Phoenix that we can use for other areas of Sunnyslope." Phoenix owns property on the northeastern corner of Alice and Central avenues, two blocks south of Dunlap. A Sunnyslope citizens committee is working on a redevelopment plan for the area, and that plan will be presented to the city for consideration.

"Trammell Crow has agreed to make a financial investment in the area," Johnson said. "The city is committed to continuing to try to help the Sunnyslope area the story in Los Angeles involves community-based groups." Organizations such as the Academic Achievement Council of Los Angeles, the League of Latin-American Citizens and Albuquerque's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have worked with universities to attract minorities, he said. ASU hopes to reduce its dropout rate among American Indian students to 44 percent from 54 percent by 1994 and enhance programs for black and Hispanic students. ASU's early-intervention efforts will revolve around Project Prime, a program to reduce the high-school dropout rate in metropolitan Phoenix, thereby increasing the university's relocating them either to property owned by the coalition or property owned by families who cannot afford to build on their land. A home with three bedrooms, two baths and approximately 1,200 square feet could sell for $30,000 to $35,000, including the lot, Hodges-Randall said.

Houses are purchased from a variety of sources, including the city, private developers and the state. ElCjrrC IMMORtALS I a it i "CHINESE RESTAURANT A BUFFET" 327S i. Mcdowell rd. 244-9909 HOURS: Moo-Trxx 1 Urn Bpm Frit Sat Sunday 3pm 9pm $3.69 2 Urr M.SS BUY ONE LUNCH OR DINNER BUFFET AT REGULAR PRICE AND GET SECOND BUFFET AT HALF PRICE I I a I I I i begin Jan. 23, features four all-day kindergarten classes at Lowell and Shaw elementary schools; a Read With Me At Home program; and a KinderKamp summer program.

Class size will be limited to 23 pupils per teacher, and there will be aides in all the kindergarten classes. Teachers in kindergarten through third grade at both schools will receive ongoing staff development, including a summer institute. KinderKamp, a six-week summer school, will be held at the pupils' home schools, with faculty and staff members from Phoenix College and parent volunteers. Also in the plan are parent-training sessions and the hiring of a liaison to train parents, Osborn The west-central Phoenix district's proposal, ranked 17th, focuses on staff and curriculum development. I "We didn't want to develop newjt: segregated programs for newly identic fied groups," said Special Services director David Lutkemeier.

Osborn grant money primarily will be used to purchase computer ware and software to assess and revise I the district's curriculum and its evaluation system. Lutkemeier said the district's pupil population has become so diverse that intensive staff development is needed. Each school will have four parapro- fessionals, one to work with each level from kindergarten through third grade. The four will provide supplemental instruction for the pupils. After-school tutoring will begin in January or February, and a summer school will focus on reading, writing and language, Laveen Elementary The proposal by Laveen, a two-school district in the southwest Valley, was ranked 19th.

Its proposal emphasizes math and reading, the purchase of classroom libraries and materials for hands-on math activities, said Patricia Vezie, -director of instructional services. Parents will be trained to use take-home books to reinforce skills, being learned in school, Vezie said. They also will be eligible for college-credit classes through GateWay Community College. Four teachers and two psychologists may be hired to provide all-day kindergarten classes at both schools and added psychological services for pupils and parents. Both she and Williams attended Phoenix Union High School, the only high school in Phoenix at the time.

Rhorer was Williams' first date. "It was the junior-senior dance, so it must have been in May 1927," Rhorer said. When asked whether they were sure about the date, Rhorer and Williams raised their hands and said, "It's true." There also is movement to form a Phoenix College alumni association. An organizational meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25 at 5 p.m.

in Room 2 of Hannclly Center, 1202 W. Thomas Rond. Nancy Mastrilli, alumni coordinator for the community-college district, said anyone interested in becoming a member call her at 285-7666. KtlF V9 KILT A NOknOKM FAMH.V You cm anwtdt Houaln. Food.

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25312 i AIM, from page A Albuquerque, N.M. Hispanics at the University of Texas, for example, represent more 'than 50 percent of the school's enrollment, while the Hispanic population pf El Paso is about 60 percent. Richardson also found that faculties at the successful institutions "believe that minorities can achieve at the same level as non-minorities." In addition, he found that academic achievement is stressed among all students, not just minorities. Effective programs also provide campus environments where minority students are made to feel comfortable. "They do.

this ihrougV cultural." to develop and has purchased high-blight areas like Shearer's. We can't force them to buy all of the property in Sunnyslope, nor are we forcing the property owners to sell. We tried to set up a structure that would allow them to reach an agreement." He said the city has purchased about 30 lots in a 3-block area, which Trammell Crow will develop, giving the revenue from those developments back to the city. "It will take about two years for the total project (the sites Trammell Crow has agreed to develop)," Johnson said. "The city's spending a tremendous amount of time just trying to improve the area, including street improvements and landscaping, to be sure it becomes one of the places that attracts the right population.

"If Sunnyslope is going to be a (business and residential) core in the traditional sense, where people can live, work and play, then the city's involvement in going in and purchasing some of the slum and blight areas, like the toilet shop, in participation with property owners is going to be critical. It's going to take hard work and dedication for years to come." Johnson said the two Trammell Crow projects will serve as magnets for additional development. He added that the city is negotiating with the developer to define the nature of the developments on the two city-owned lots and that ground-breakings will take place sometime in 1991. pool of minority applicants. Of the state's three universities, ASU has had the least success attracting and retaining minorities.

Currently, 5 percent of the university's estimated 42,000 students are Hispanic, 2 percent are black and less than 1 percent are American Indian. Those who attended the forum had few negative observations about the plan, although a counselor with the Maricopa County Community College District suggested that the university communicate more closely with community-college students. It also was suggested that public schools hire more minority teachers, who can begin influencing youngsters at an early age. buyers The houses can be bought through lease-purchase agreement or purchased outright. The lease-purchase is for people who might not have sufficient credit or the money for a down payment or closing costs.

They would lease the house for a minimum of two years and gather the necessary money in a special account during that time. More information on both programs is available by calling Urban Coalition West at 263-5600. HOME MOVIES TRANSFERRED I TO VIDEO I 7 per loot 8mm or Super 0 Includes one FREE TITLE. Iiriniierree ngm nere ey proitnwwi who care. Ilaie-ot-the-art equipment I Trtniferred right here by pro'tttlonelt IBHuret lop quewy.

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1928," is accurate. "I was here in 1929, and that building wasn't finished until at least 1930," Williams said. Williams, 79, recalled how Cottonwood Court kept a family atmosphere around the college. "Coming from a school with 5,000 students to one with 250, where you knew everyone, was a wonderful transition," the former governor said. "Fifty-seven of us graduated," piped in Rhorer, "but there were 80 in class." j'yV pVaat hla us Mp Ihow wtM art errsl In batlat ajr niabraM Um hofetay lhaa by ffc- Students warned on gangs, urged to help curb violence STUDCKTS, from page A crack houses are part of life in south Phoenix.

"They make it sound like it's only happening in south Phoenix," Scott said. Vasquez responded by saying, "The fang situation is prevalent in south hoenix, but there are gangs also on the east side, and we're starting to get them on the west side. "The way things are going now, we'll have a lot of gangs moving up to the northfside." "Skinheids," young neo-Nazis who shave their heads and wear military style clothing, are found now on the city's north side, Vasquez said. "These kids come from middle-class and upper-middle-class families," he said. Skinheads, who have been linked to racial and religious crimes in 24 states, are no longer clustered in urban areas such as Chicago and Los Angeles, according to law-enforce ii was made just before the IV54 Olympics in Los Angeles and reportedly deterred some Britons from attending the Olympics.

"Do we want metropolitan Phoenix to be like Los Angeles was in 19847" Vasquez asked. "People will say, 'Hey, we don't want to go to Arizona. We could die on the streets Chris Zapata, planner with Phoenix Youth Programs, said work-study participants suggested gangs as a discussion topic months before they made headlines. "Through our work in the community and in the schools, we get a feel for the important issues at the grass-roots level," Zapata said. "We try to address their (work-study participants) needs and concerns as they're presented to us." tH-aMaoWUbaUoltaylar P.O.

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