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A4(C) The Observer! MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1996
Drive collects gifts for sick kids
The "Make Me A Blessing
Christmas Tree" drive opens
around town today, in an effort to
collect gifts for children who must
spend the holidays at Mott Children's
Hospital.
Dozens of stores, businesses and
churches are participating in the
effort.
At each location, a tree with
cards on it is displayed Each card
represents a Mott kid. and participants
are encouraged to take a
card.
They then choose a gift for the
child named on the card. The gift
should be returned unwrapped to
the store, business or church or
directly to Mott Hospital by
Wednesday. Dec. 18 Participants
should include their name and
address, so their generosity can be
recognized.
The drive is organized by the
Brandy Memorial Fundraiser, a
non-profit organization. For ques-
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the past three years, said Class-
Size Action Partnership representatives.
In its annual report
t© the board, CAP told trustees
that while class sizes have
decreased in grades kindergarten
through five, they're still
too high in the district's middle
and high schools, and in some
elementary classrooms.
Large class size was identified
in a community survey as one of
parents' biggest concerns.
"Respondents were willing to
spend more to attain acceptable
class sizes," CAP reminded the
board.
Paul Schrauben. a CAP member
who ran for school board,
said. "The hot spots have been
worked on district-wide. But
overall, you can see we still have
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• For questions on other
ways to help Mott kids or
for tax information, call
organization founder
Kathy Mount in Plymouth
Township at 459-97800.
tions on other ways to help Mott
kids or for tax information, call
organization founder Kathy Mount
in Plymouth Township at 459-
9780.
"Any donation that you can
make to help her in her effort will
be greatly appreciated by everyone
at the hospital, especially the children."
said Mott Senior Development
Officer Stephen Gaucher.
Participating local businesses
include Minerva-Dunnings, Paper
Parade, Baker's Rack, Lee's
Famous Recipe, Little Professor,
a number of classes that are
going to need some work. CAP is
dedicated to looking into solutions."
Lowell Middle School has the
greatest number of classes with
30 or more students: 72.
West Middle School has 60
classes with 30 or more students,
followed by Pioneer Middle
School with 46 "hot spots;" Central
Middle School with 23; and
East Middle School with 11
classes of 30 or more students.
CAP reported that at Plymouth-Canton
Educational
Park, there's a total of 1.219 sections.
or classes. Classes with 30
or more students represent 37
percent of all sections.
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Photo, Hewlett Packard, Tyner's
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Church.
more students, 287 are core academic
classes, while 163 are
elective courses.
In the district's 14 elementary
schools, there are still a total of
19 "hot spots."
CAP defines a hot spot as a
classroom with 26 or more students
in kindergarten; 28 or
more students in grades one-two;
and 30 or more in grades threefive.
Judy Mardigian, co-founder of
CAP, commended the administration
and board for hiring
teachers and reducing class
sizes.
"We know we have a lot of
work to do in middle and high
school, while keeping things
going in the elementaries."
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Holiday drive:
Kathy Mount and
Bambi are
helping collect
gifts for
childrenconfined
at Mott
Children's
Hospital. Dozens
of stores,
businesses and
churches are
participating in
the effort,
organized by the
Brandy Memorial
Fundraiser.
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Mardigian noted that since
1994-95, enrollment in the district
has increased by 764 students.
"In 1996-97, Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools will finalize
plans for a construction program.
We recommend that classsize
goals be integrated into
space planning for all future
school building programs," she
said.
Classes that begin the year
with an optimum number of students
experience "creep" during
the year, as families move into
the district, Mardigian noted.
"In schools located in highgrowth
areas, fall classroom
loading should allow room for
the expected growth."
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Mardigian also urged that
members of the district's longrange
planning committee
"specifically address class-size
reduction for the Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools. The
plan should define specific classsize
goals at elementary, middle
and high school levels."
As the district looks to a bond
proposal and the construction of
new schools, "we recommend
future space planning. Space
considerations have to be carefully
considered. You have to
take class size into account with
planning, or we won't be able to
meet our goals."
Lucy French of CAP said, "We
come with recommendations, but
not without commitment to
reaching the goals. We're willing
to work toward that, and for
that."
A second CAP legislative
forum is being planned for the
spring. "We will invite our elected
officials to come back and discuss
school funding. We want to
try to change that in a positive
vein," she said.
CAP is now publishing a
monthly newsletter, French said.
"We are trying to empower
parents at all levels."
School Board President Mark
Horvath thanked CAP, noting
that the group continues to welcome
new members. "We look
forward to your continued
research on middle-school data
and appreciate your work."
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Sheriffs celebrate bicentennial
Renovated facility for road patrol opens in Westland
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The Wayne County Sheriffs
Department celebrated a milestone
Friday by recognizing its
200th anniversary and dedicating
the reopening of its western
Wayne County Road Patrol facility
in Westland.
The oldest law enforcement
agency in Michigan, the sheriffs
department has come a long way
since 1796 when Herman Eberts
was the first sheriff and the
department consisted of a sheriff
and posse, according to County
Sheriff Robert Ficano.
The anniversary really shows
the professionalism that has
evolved with the sheriffs," said
Ficano. "The first sheriff proba-
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while today we have to have
extensive training, hours of seminars
and education."
In a tradition set in England,
the early sheriffs also collected
taxes and kept a percentage for
themselves, Ficano said. That
tradition obviously does not continue
today.
This year's sheriffs bicentennial
was also celebrated with the
reopening of the road patrol
facility at 3100 Henry Ruff Road
in Westland.
Ficano reviewed the facility's
history for several police chiefs
from Wayne County who joined
sheriffs in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The facility closed in 1981 and
220 officers were laid off, Ficano
said.
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