Frederick panel cites tests showing few black students in advanced classes
A Frederick County report on student participation finds a small percentage of black students placed in above grade or advanced classes across elementary to high school. It notes higher suspensions among black students, a 6 percent black student share, and only five minority teachers hired this year. The panel urges targeted guidance, differentiated teaching, and monthly racial data reviews.
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Jerri Washington
Frederick
Parkway
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East Frederick
Donna diGrazia
Frederick County
Maryland
Montgomery County
Retired Thurmont Chief Shook Joins Police Commission
Thurmont officials appoint retired Police Chief Herman D. Shook to the Police Commission as part of a swap with Neil Bechtel who moves to chief. In other action Steve Purcell joins the Board of Appeals replacing Jerry Moore. Purcell serves until May 1, 1988. Park Commission members William Blakeslee Robert Lockinghill and George Wireman receive two year terms.
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Herman D. Shook
Police Commission
Board of Commissioners
Shook
Neil Bechtel
Steve Purcell
Board of Appeals
Jerry Moore
Planning Commission
Purcell
William Blakesle
King's widow urges renewed pledge to MLK goals
Coretta Scott King urged Americans to observe King Day as a moral force renewing commitment to peace justice human rights and economic social progress. She outlined observances in Atlanta Philadelphia and Washington with a national radio tribute hosted by Stevie Wonder and Kenny Rogers and a Freedom Trail pledge.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta Scott King
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Philadelphia
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Martin
Senate
Robert Dole
Dole
W Radio-Westinghouse Broadcasting
Stevie Wonder
Kenny Rogers
George P. Shultz
Rededication of Peace and Justice
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NAACP considers suit over lack of black officers in Cumberland
NAACP officials in Cumberland Maryland say they may file a lawsuit or seek a Justice Department investigation if the city fails to address concerns about the 52 officer force having no black officers. Rev John L Wright and Rev Harry J Bunch pressed police leaders in a brief meeting and outlined alleged racial disparities in enforcement.
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Cumberland. Md
NAACP
Cumberland
Federal Department of Justice
John L. Wright
Maryland
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wright
Harry J. Bunch
Allegany County
Bunch
Robert Dick
George Wyckoff
Jerry Goodwin
Goodwin
Klan to Rally on Martin Luther King Day in Frederick County
Ku Klux Klan members plan a cross lighting at the Kelly farm in Rocky Ridge on MLK Day. About 20.30 Klan members from around Maryland are to attend a 25 foot cross lighting and swear in new members at 6 p.m., with a news conference to outline leadership changes and rally rules. The event follows past legal battles over permits for such gatherings.
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Martin Luther King
Frederick
Roger Kelly
Robert E. Lee
King
Kelly Farm
Rocky Ridge
Myers Road
MD. 77
KKK
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