Mixed reaction to Johnson open enrollment integration plan
Syracuse school leaders and residents debated Sidney Johnson's citywide open enrollment desegregation proposal. Critics say it places burden on minority pupils while supporters frame it as fair and affordable, with board tabling the plan for one month amid strong opposition and backing from several commissioners.
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Sidney Johnson
Johnson
Marjorie White
Clary Junior High
South Side
McKinley-Brighton
van Duyn
Powlesland
Words and homonyms spark debate in a playful lexicon
Bernstein surveys language quirks from tomato as fruit to Oxford style herb. acronyms multiply and two faced homonyms appear like near set seed and cleave. A reader asks who is right about tomato. Webster and dictionaries offer different senses. The piece notes playful linguistic curiosities and invites readers to join the game.
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Dorothy M. Trinkner
Philadelphia
Harold Colbourne
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Tess Aaron
Board to close four elementary schools in district
The school board plans to close Cleveland Clinton Nichols and Jefferson elementary schools by year end after a formal January vote. Jefferson students will mostly move to Salina, with some to Franklin. Cleveland and Clinton students go to Lincoln. Nichols pupils split between Salem Hyde and Huntington.
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Nichols
Jefferson
Salina
Lincoln School
Salem Hyde
Huntington
Jefferson School
Franklin School
Camillus Parks Registering for Four Recreation Classes
Camillus Department of Parks and Recreation opens registration for Mid Eastern belly dancing tennis girls gymnastics and baton twirling. For information call 487 3600.
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Camillus Department of Parks and Recreation
Syracuse board approves school reorganization plan
The Syracuse School Board voted six to one to approve Superintendent Sidney Johnsons plan to cut eight administrative positions and shift to two executive associate superintendents and other posts. Savings target starts at 130000 with possible higher totals as teachers are not replaced.
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Sidney Johnson
Johnson
Anthony Bucci
Gildemeyer Enlists in Air Force After High School
James M. Gildemeyer of 102 Byrne Place has joined the Air Force after graduating Bishop Ludden High School. He will report for basic training in March at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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Byrne Place
Air Force
Bishop Ludden High School
Gildemeyer
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
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