La Voz de Aztlan · La Voz de Aztlan, February 28 1975

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La Voz de Aztlan, February 28 1975

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Associated Students of Fresno State

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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)

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Fresno, California

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2/28/1975

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UFW march
near climax

'March Against Gallo' leaves Highway City on way north to Modesto last Sunday ••• Photo by Erik Strom.

La Voz de

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A special ,:; dition of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno

FRIDAY, FEBf3UARY 28, 1975

Under the threat of violence
.rnd what" one United Farm Worker spokesman charged was "intimidating surveillance" by local
law officials, the union's "March
Against Gallo" was nearing its
climax.
On the eve of a planned final
demonstration at Gallo headquarters, UFW marchers from
all over California, including
president Cesar Chavez, were
converging in Modesto. Chavez
has been unable to attend or
participate in the march because
of a bad back ailment, but is
expecte'd to take part in the final
phase of the week-long demonstration.
A l 00-car caravan from the
Los Angeles area and 3'0 buses
from the Bay area as well as
other groups were expected to
join the marchers in Turlock for
the trip to Modesto· today. Also
expected were two bus loads of
huelgistas from Phoenix, Arizona.
A caravan is being organized
to depart from CSUF on Saturday, according to Juan Perez,
a member of MECHA's Farm
Worker committee. The caravan
will meet between 6:30and 7 a.m.
in front of the Health Center on
Shaw Ave.
The first day of the march the
contingent ·from Highway City
numbered an estimated 600 persons who walked to Maders. On
that first day UFW official Ben
Maddock, of Delano, had nothing
hut praise f_or the Hig·hway Patrol

who escorted the marchers and
especially for the Madera police
chief, Gordon Skeels. But the
praise for other local law enforcement officers ended that
day.
Maddock has charged that the
marchers have been harassed and
•subjected to intimidating surveillance" since they left Madera.
Madd.ock also noted that the
group had to march an extra
seven or eight miles Tuesday
when a road they were to have
followed according to a predetermined plan was flooded,
forcing the marchers to detour.
A tired, sore-footed pair of
CSUF coeds, sophomore Francis
Pena and junfor Gloria Hernandez, who plan' fo follow the march
all the way, complained about
the extra miles.
•we had to actually doubletime it in order to stay on
schedule to arrive here in Merced on time,,, said Hernandez as
she massaged her shoeless foot.
"We can't prove it, but I know
that water didn't just happen
to flow there accidently,,, added
Pena.
But the marchers' complaints
soon were forgotten as they held
a rally and planned for the next
day's trek and hear od the continued increase in support.
At the rally in Merced, which
was organized with the help of
the Merced College chapter of
MECHA, the people heard from
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)

Chicanos vie for Clovis and Fresno posts
Former CSUF
student vies for
·school board
By Anna Noriega
Rather than complain about the
educational process, Jesus Rodriguez decided to run for a position in the Fresno Unified School
District School Board.
"I really didn't decide to run,
a group of citizens in the community approached me and asked
me if I would run. My first reaction was •chale," all I could
think of was how much hassle it
was going to be. But after giving
it some thought I said yes."
Rodriguez said he is running a
grass-roots campaign. Students
- both high school and college as well as community people
from all walks of life are putting
a lot of time and effort into his
campaign, he said.
Speaking to a group of students
yesterday at noon he was asked
how students could help on his
campaign.
•r thought you would never
ask," he laughed and proceeded
to inform them of the various
aspects of his campaign in which '
they could involve themselves.
"I don't expect to spend much
money. I believe in the intelligence of the public to vote for
the relevant candidate." said the
tall, thin Chicano.
Rodriguez, the only teachereducator running for a board
position, is currently teaching
night classes at FresnoCityCollege and also at Millbrook High
School. His duties include that
of counselor as well as administrator.
The goateed educator's main
complaint is that students have
no legal rights until they are
·1a years of age. He specifically
points out students from broken
homes, whom he feels should
have certain educational rights,

such as being able to choose
which school they would like to
attend.
"Students should not be pawns
in the educational chess game,"
he said. "In the educational process the ones receiving the least
attention are the students, who
are the most important."
Rodriguez said more time
should be spent in seeking new
and innovative ways of educating
students. "Things haven't changed
since the first classes were
started in the little red schoolhouse. The teaching methods are
too ,.outdated for our twentieth
century students."
"I believe that any information
on special programs should he
made perfectly clear to the public, so that it can gain public
support. In the past the public
has been against special programs because they were misinformed," said Rodriguez, who
believes there should be special
programs for handicapped students.
·
Rodriguez said that he was
totally against teacher strikes.
"They don't care about the students, they just care about their
annual raise. They should seek .
other means of accomplishing
their · goal other than strikes."
Rodriguez also noted that •people tend to be critical of minority
candidates, falsely accusing ·that
once elected they will only be responsive to the needs of the minority community. This is ridiculous, as it would be to assume
that the Anglo candidate would '
only be responsive to the needs
of the Anglo community."
Rodriguez graduated from
CSUF with a B.A. in journalism.
He was the first editor of La
Voz de Aztl-an, and currently is
helping with the production of a
iouth oriented newspaper.
Rodriguez was also involved in
Operacion Navidad (Operation
Christmas), an annual telethon
spon~ored by La Raza Untda Party and Channel 21 to raise funds
to buy Christmas presents for
underprivileged children.

Oscar Cantu

seeks Clovis
school position
By Angie Rios
"A community must have
shared objectives.,, said Oscar
Cantu, candidate for the Clovis
School Board . "Too much time
is spent between the community
and the school board on deciding
between right and wrong, and the
ones that lose out are the students. We mu-st work together to
give our children and young adu Its
the education they need,,, said
Cantu, who is an assistant coordinator of relations with
schools at CSUF.
Born of migrant parents, he
dropped out of school after the

fourth grade to help his family,
and was unable to continue his
education until the age of 22.
He received his Bachelor's Degree from CSUF and is now doing
graduate work fora Master's Degree in Puhlic Administration.
One of the problems that Cantu
said he feels needs to he faced
is the stress put on competition.
He feels that it hinders a child.
"I am not trying to prevent competition," said Cantu, "but it
should he de-emphasized, not
only for the henefit ·of C hic_;inos
but for all students. 11 Healsosaid
the dress code should he changed.
"Too many students feel alienated with the present dress code
and are pressured by it," he said.
Pressure causes stress, stress
leads to depression, and depression results in dropouts, not
leaders and scholars, said the
34-year-old Cantu.

Cantu is also concerned about
the i;:ontinuation schools. •A big
percentage of Chicano students
end up in continuation schools.
If we do not help our kids here,
at their last chance, then we will
lose them for sure/ he said.
He is also aware of how the
community of Pinedale, also in
the Clovis district, has been neglected. He said they should be
assured of representation, if he
is elected.
Cantu has been actively in. volved in various community activities. He is a member of the
American Association of College
Registrars and Admission Officers, California State Employees· .
Association, and the Concillo de
Fresno. He is also vice-president of the Community Service
·Organization. Cantu has been an
active member of La Associacion
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)

••• and in San Francisco more sign. carrying boyootters prepare to trek\ south to Gallo headquarters.
Photo by Larry Leon.

2~THE ,DAILY COLLEGIAN

Friday, February 28, 1975

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UFW _Posters still posted
Three students, apparently unhappy with the recent news coverage
given to the week-long march of the United Farm Workers of America by the Daily Collegian, entered the,offtce and began to destroy
posters which advocated the support of the union.
These students; who happen to be Agricultural Science Majors,
entered the offlce in a manner that appeared to he physically threat..:
~ping to all persons that were in the office at the time.
·T he editor of the Dally Collegian, Jim Guy, asked if he could he
of help to them. One of the students replied: •we came to take .the
posters down, we're tired of this shit." The student then proceeded
to tear down some posters that were taped on a window. Guy th~n
told the student that if he continued to tear anymore posters down,
the student would have to hit him (Guy) first.
Guy repeatedly asked the men not to tear the posters down. He
told them if they -had any complaints concerning the p9sters, they
sho.Uld be directed through the proper campus channels.
one of the men continued to destroy the posters !3-nd was then
removed from the office by a La· Voz staff memher. The other two
men left voluntarily and without incident.
We feel that these students, whomever they were representing,
had no right to react in the manner that they did. These students,
Without thinking, could have easily provoked a fight and innocent people could have been hurt.
There were more intellectual avenues these people could have
taken, instead they chose to take a position of fear and intimidation,
a position which showed no class whatsoeyer and could only result
in embarrassment for the perpetrators.
Furthermore, La Vaz would like to add that we are proud to be
supporters of the UFW A and that we will continue to support them
until the struggle is won.
If anyone wishes to express diverse opinions, La Voz will accept
and consider any such views as is only appropriate under the Constitution. But, never will La Voz accept opinions that are contradictory to the concept of the people's rights guaranteed hy this
nation 1 s laws .

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Our association is presently
conduc:ling conferences throughout the statt• to inform Ilaza Law
Editor;
school appli<'ants of the h>g-al
La Raza Law Students Assoeducatio11 opportu11ities a vailahle
ciation, Hastings College of the
at !lastings. Consult the approLaw in San Francisco is extendpriate person to find out about
ing an invitation to all interested
the time and lol'ation of our conRaza Law school applicants to
ference. As an alternative to this
apply to Hastings. The associayou ll!ay obtain information and
tion encourages all Raza to apply
admission applications froll! your
for admission under the Legal
graduate student advisor or EOP
Education Opportunity progralll, .
Officer.
which is designed to meet the
Bill Martinez
. needs of the Third World Student.
La Raza Law Students Assoc.
Hastings College of Law
All applicants should note that
Hastings is one of those Law
Insight Pinedale view
schools which will not waive the
application fee. Twenty dollars _ Editors:
In reference to •Insight's" Feh.
should not keep you out of Law
rn, 1:l7ri edition <"ontaining a
School. Also note that March 1 G,
photo-essay entitled "The People
1975 is the application deadline.
of Pinedale," we would like to exDon't miss it.

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press our views on what we deem
a sick type of satirical humor on
the part of their staff.
Direct and false correlations
between people in the photo-essay
and the people of Pinedale are
false generalizations and assurnptions 011 their part. The
article is an injustice to Chicanos
who make up 49 per cent of the
Pinedale population . It perpetuates the stereotype of the u care-

less sleeping Mexican."
We feel that the article shows
no depth and is a display of both
immature and unprofessional
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the community of Pinedale and the
intelligence of the average reader. Lea ding one into believing
that all the people of Pinedale
are a "slum dwelling skid row'"
population with nothing of social
value being accomplished or attempted.
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"Our mistake. Our apologies.
- The Editors." will not suffice.
Be assured that if no remedial
measures are taken, we will seek ·
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Editor . . . . . . . . . . , Larry Romero
Photographer . . . . , . . . Larry Leon
Reporters . . . . . . . . Cynthia Lugo,
Grace Solis, Ernesto Moreno

Fr_iday, February 28, 1975

REVIEW

'La Semana de la Union'
can exhibit.
As the Jazz Ensemble was
leaving the stage there seemed
Friday, February 21, 1975
to be a change in the atmosphere
marked the beginning of a series
of the hall. The crowd was alof activities that were to once
most all Latino. Downstairs some
ag~n thrust the United Farm
Th~ concert was kicked off by
seats were bunched in front of
Workers of America into the
Azteca, one of the better known
the stage, but the majority of
international spotlight. This hisSan Francisco Latin rock groups.
space was left for dancing or
torical week in the •year of
There ,have been numerous pervictory" for the union started
sonnel changes within ·t he group, -bumping your way to the bar.
Upstairs, by way of a winding
with a benefit dance-concert for · but Coke Escovido remains the
the UFW at Longshoreman's Hall
leader and spokesman. The most - stairway, found a half-moon ar_.
rangement of permatient seats
at Fisherman's Wharf in San
notable change in Azteca is their
that were perfect for kicking
Francisco. A number of CSUF
female conga player. At this
back and enjoying the music.
students are directly involved in
point I. must apologize for not
While Eddie Palmieri 's group
La Semana de La Union, starting
being able to individually name
was setting up their instruments
from the concert, through the
some of the new mus-icians that
one could sense the excitement
rallies and in the march on the
I am not familiar with. Wendy
building. Murmurs grew to vocal
scab Gallo Winery in Modesto
Hass is no longer with _A zteca
anticipation. Drinks were hurried
tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
but the group as a whole is still
for and seats were quickly
tight and seems to have picked up
The march of the campesinos,
claimed by the milling section of
some salsa with the addition of
students, priests, and other union
the crowd. When the master Palthe female percussionist. The
sympathizers is definitely one of
mieri appeared to supervise the
high note of Azteca's perforcommitment, pride, power, and
in.
s trumental set-up - the · crowd
mance was a guest appearance by
most of all, sacrifice. Marchers
was ready. Finally, like the smell
"Chepito" Areas , who started off
from Fresno started marching
of morning coffee, or birthday
his fame to stardom as the timSunday from Highway City on the
tequilla , everything was in place.
bale, conga and percussionist
northern fringe of occupied FresWhen
Eddie Palmieri, the Puerto
for Santana. He has now formed
_no. Marchers from the Bay area
Rican from New York, raised his
his own group known simply as
gathered Saturday at Union
hand and stomped out uno- dos"Chepito. 1' Chepito's flowing talSquare, marched to the bfidge,
tres- cuatro on the floor, everyent was a special treat to the
trucked to Oakland and hoofed it
thing else was forgotten, it was
audience · and the rhythms profrom there.
time to get down. From the first
duced by his magical hands cernote, the crowd was alive with
tainly
got
the
crowd
moving.
The Fresno route is 99 miles
music that will soon reach even
long. The Bay area route is 110
the most back"(ard of places, posmiles. There are no shortcuts,
The Bay Ar~a Jazz Ensemble
sibly even Fresno. Experiencing
the miles are real, so are the
took the next set and blew a very
Eddie Palmieri could only he
blisters , sore muscles, and the
, fine series of solos that contopped hy Eddie Palmieri and Cal
pP.ople. They are real people, and
tinually drew appreciative apTjader. When Cal Tjader, the
this is their union, they have a
plause from the audience. One of
master of the vibes joined Palvoice , and there is n_o answer exthe fine jazzmen, who was also
mieri on stage, they treated
cept victory.
a real crowd pleaser, happened
those in attendance to some very
to be in a wheelchair and would
excellent music . I felt very good
In considering the amount of
alternately blow soprano, alto,
in listening to the rhythms that
time and effort by countless inand tenor sax with the excellence
we know so well , hut my heart
dividuals in terms of labor, food,
that only a polished musician
swelled with pride that these fine
transportation, housing efc ., it
would be impossible to individually thank all those who contributed to La Causa. With that in
mind I would like to devote the
remainder of this article to the
By Manuel Olgin

talented musicians who started
off La Semana de La Union at
Longshoreman's Hall last Friday.

Cantu
(Continued from Page 1)
Edu ca ti va de Padres M exicanos
in Clovis. In addition he is also
a membe:i;- of Common Cause and
Clovis Head Start Parent Policy
and Screening Committee.
"I am concerned about keeping
the parents informed," said Cantu. "I want to work on establishing a newsletter. This, I feel,
will promote a better understanding and more cooperation between
parents, teachers and students."
Cantu lives in Clovis with his
wife,· Lydia , and five children:
Christine, Noel, Stephen, Jacqueline and Enrique.

March
(Continued from Page 1)
Fred Ross, Jr., an organizer of
the San Francisco march, who
told the cheering crowd of an
estimated 200 persons that they ·
were soon to be joined by 30 busloads of supporters from the Bay
area in Modes to.
Ross told the assembly how
much harder it was marching in
the San Joaquin Valley than in
an orban area .
"In San Francisco il isn't like
this," he said, referring . to the
hostility which had been hinted
at as the marchers by-passed
Chowchilla the day before.
Ross also urged the group not
to give up hope, reiating the fact
that one of the marchers who left
from San Francisco was a middle-aged lady who was blind.
"This is an example of the type
of followers of this union," he
said in Spanish.

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concert

musicians were playing for the
benefit of the United Farm Workers of America.
Tomorrow marks the highlight
of the Union's week of activities.
Come and join us - march on

Ernie and Julio Gallo's house
see Teatro campesino, and dig o~
the; musica de la Raza that will
be there. You can be part of La
Causa, see you there.
Que Viva!

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i=:-riday, February 28, 1975

Parlier Youth Conference set for tomorrow
A Youth L.onference at Parlier
High wiil be held Saturday, March
1 for all high school students·,
parents, educators, administrators, agency representatives and
anyone ·else interested, according to Ben Tamez, a CSUF student and Parlier resident.
Speakers include~ special guest,
Senator Ruben Ayala (D-Chino);
Jose Salazar, Principal of Parlier High School; Quentin Wright,
Superintendent of Schools; Andrew Benites, Mayor of Parlier;
and Armando Rodriguez, Supervisor, Fresno County.
A variety of workshops will

New chapter
of MECHA at
Merced College
MERCED - Merced College
Chicanos started a MECHA
(Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan) chapter only three
weeks ago., but already they have
found plenty to keep them busy in
their community, according to
their newly elected chairman,
Martin Castillo.
The new MECHA was instrumental in organizing the reception for the United Farm Workers
held Tuesday as they marched
through Merced on their way to
Modesto and the Gallo Wineries.
Castillo said they had received
notice of the march only a week
before. "We had been planning
to go to a conference down south,
but when we heard about the
march we decided we could help
our gente more by staying here,"
he said.
Previously the Chicanos at
Merced C0llege were organized
as the Chicano Student Union, hut
Castillo said that at the last
elections the body voted t·o change
to MEC HA, because "it allowed ,
for more community -involvement" and was not restricted to
just campus functions.
For the marchers, the club
organized a food drive and had
dinner waiting for the tired boycotters at the sacred Heart
Church Hall in West Merced and
helped find overnight accommodations for the tired farm-'
workers.
•we couldn't have done it without the help of all the community.
They really helped out a lot," said
Merced MECHA member Maria
Hernandez.
Faculty advisor Lupe Gomez, a
former CSUF' student, said that
future plans for the new club
include the planning and celebration for Cinco de Mayo. She said
it would be the first time that
Chicanos at Merced would be
totally in charge of the festivities
for that day.
Castillo also hopes to contact
the other MECHA chapters
throughout the state to try and
establish better communications
among the various cities.
'I feel if there is the right
communication, that something
like the farmworkers' march
could be coordinated by all the
different MECHAs from Delano
to Sacramento,." he said.

. be offered at the conference under the theme •New Horizons,."
said Tamez. An art show and
live entertainment will also high-·
light the event.
Tamez said one of the purposes ,of the conferenc~ i.s to
make students aware of the college opportunities available to
them, but will also include other
topics, such as employment. He
said that between 60 and 80
schools from throughout the valley have been invited to participate in the conference. The
main problem so far encountered •
is transportation, he said.
Funds for the event were donated by the Parlier High School
Boosters Club, the La Raza Club
and various community members.
Tamez said the goal of the
conference is to get students together in an educational hackground rather than a negative environment that many students
are sometimes relegated to.
The schedule for the event is
printed at right:

PROGRAM
8:00 - 9:00 AM

R~istration - Social hour at
Cafeteria
9:00 - 10:00 AM

Opening Ceremonies
1. Flag Salute - John Patlan,
Student Body President,
Parlier High
2. Introduction - Jose Salazar,
Principal, Parlier· High
School
3. Welcome -Mr. Quentin Wright, Superintendent, Mrs. Janet
Velasco, Board Member,
Parlier Unified School
District
Mr. Andrew Benites, Mayor
of Parlier

Fresno County
Mr. Ruben Ayala, State
Senator, San Bernardino
10:00 - 12:00 PM

Panel Discussions - In rooms,
workshops and Library

Mr. Armando
Rodriguez, Supervisor

Art Show and Exhibit in Gym
12:30 - 1:45 PM

Luncheon, entertainment
(Mariachi, Folklorico,
- Artistas)
2:00 - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion -- In rooms,
workshops and Library

Summation of Workshops at Cafeteria

How Lau vs. Nichols effects system
BY Ernesto G. Moreno
La Voz StaffWriter
The United States Supreme
Court has found the San Francisco
school district in violation of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. The court
found the school district guilty of
failing to identify the educational
needs of the non-English speaking stude11t currently enrolled
within the district.
The case - LAU vs. NICHOLS,
has resulted in the implementation of Bilingual/Bicultural programs
in school districts
throughout the United Stat~s.
Dr. Edward Steinman. in a
speech delivered Fehruary 19,
197:i, discussed the effect the
LAU vs. NICHOLS decision has
had on school districts nationwide .
Steinman, currently a professor at Santa Clara Law School
and the attornPy in the Lau vs.
Nichols case, spoke at Tehipite
Junior High School.
Steinman said that the failure
of school hoards throughout the
country to identify the needs of
the non-English speaking student,
has resulted in an unmeani11gf11l
educational experience for the
student, and very poor edu{'ational results for thl' sehools.
Steinman, who was sponsored
lly Fresno Bilingual Program
PHOMESA, and Association of

Mexican American Educators,
pointed out that the court has
finally recognized the importance
of education, the court says that
the schools can no longer take the
child as they find him. "The
schools have an affirmative obligation to alter the curriculum
to the type of education the child
needs," Steinman said.
The court continues by saying
that there is no equality in education . by merely providing the
same textbooks, the same teachers and the same educational
equipment, when a child does not
understand the language.
The court received briefs from
throughout the country saying that
a decision favorable to LAU would
succeed in "BANKRUPTING" the
entire educational system.
The court disagreed with these
briefs and unanimously declared
the San Francisco school district
in violation of the 1964 Civil
Rights Art.
.
The problems that were pointed
to the court, such as lack of
money, unqualified personnel, and
re a ct i l y available programs,
Steinman said were unwarranted.
"Money is not where the problem lies - it lies in the allocation of the money. Nearly 80 per
cent of the money goes to salaries
and othPr arlministrativc c-osts, ..
he said.

Dance - in Cafeteria - by
Montambo
Students, Parents, Educators,
Community People, Agency Representatives are all welcome.
WORKSHOPS:

10:00 - 12:30 PM

4:00 - 5:00 PM
4. Speakers -

5:15 - 9:00 PM

"The purpose of education is to
educate the children, not to pay
salaries," Steinman said. •The
educational system should get rid
of the unnecessary personnel that
benefit neither the child nor the
school district.!/
The second problem, according
to Steinman, is that of qualified
personnel, which he said can be
taken care of in one of three
ways:
One, initiative can and should
be taken so that the school district can invade and raid graduating college classes; two,
schools should advertise the need
of qualified instructors and three,
the voiding of tenure if the person involved does not contribute
positively to the needs of the
children in the district.
Steinman said the school dis-

1. Student-Teacher-Parent
2. Students and the Law

3. Community Involvement
4. College E.0.P. & Financial
Aid
5. Modern Women
6 • . Bilingual/Bi cultural Educa7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

tion
School Classes
Government Agencies
Counseling
Employment
Student Government
Drop Out Prevention
La Raza Studies

tricts must satisfy not only the
Lau decision but the affirmative
action procedures that are also
being implemented in school districts throughout the country.
The ·Lau decision, which involved 1,800 Chinese students,
has been beneficial to all nonEnglish speaking students who
are attending public learning institutions to the extent that the
school districts are now aware of
these students.
The facf that we must utilize,
not ignore, foster not discourage
these students who aren't able to
speak English well, shows us
that the process of learning is a
continuing thing for all of us and
not some of us, said Steinman.
As for the programs being
readily available, Steinman said
we al~eady have the progr~ms.
It's a matter of selecting the best
one to help solve the problem that
the non-English speaking student
is currently fa~ing, he said.

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