GIVE LIGHT AND THE PEOPLE WILL FIND THEIR OWN WAY The Cleveland Press A Scripps-Howard Newspaper THOMAS L. BOARDMAN, Editor ROBERT H. HARTMANN, Business Manager OHIO'S LARGEST EVENING NEWSPAPER quire the city to hold and disburse the money. Yet while these talks were going on, the city was using other federal funds it controls to hire 100 supervisors and put them through a training course the city subcontracted with John Carroll University. No wonder the school people, who have their staff all set to go, say the city was "negotiating" in bad faith. The mayor's claim that he must handle the money is disputed by agreements between city halls and school systems elsewhere. Dayton, for example, has subcontracted its program to its school system on exactly the plan Forbes has proposed for Cleveland. In Detroit, city officials have not only asked that the school system run the program- they have demanded this set-up. School people have said they would accept a compromise plan that calls for the money to be held and paid out, with a careful accounting to the city, by a major and highly reputable bank. The city administration shouldn't reject that compromise out of hand. The saddest thing is that neither side seems to trust the other, and that both forget they're working for the same bunch of taxpayers. Said Mayor Perk, ". . . Those of us who have worked so hard to obtain federal money will not be bulldozed into a giveaway by a handful of self-centered politicians." Speaking of self-centered politicians... 97-457 73 pt. 56 FOCUSING ON CHANGING NEEDS Today's urban school enrolls increasing numbers of children and youth with a In practically every area of the Cleveland Public Schools' curriculum innovative The following pages illustrate this program, which consists of ten projects Through such Federal programs the schools are becoming the doors of opportunity 2 Paul W. Briggs Cleveland Public Schools ESEA Title I THE CRITERIA The Elementary and Secondary Education Act enacted in 1965 represents the most significant legislation concerning education which has been passed in recent years. The first section of this Act, referred to as ESEA Title I, authorizes funds to expand and improve elementary and secondary programs for educationally disadvantaged children residing in low income areas. The Cleveland Public School System has identified the high priority needs of its pupils and has focused the additional educational resources of this act on these needs. A child who participates in an ESEA Title I project must meet at least two main criteria: first, he must reside in a low income area of the school district; and secondly, he must be in need of special educational assistance to perform at the grade level for his age. Cleveland's educational services provided with ESEA Title I funds are directed toward such educationally disadvantaged pupils on a daily basis as part of their regular school day. John P. Nairus Educational Program Manager 3 |