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Senior Laity Magpantoy and sophomore Cheryl Cain play
music during the Open HOUM on Oct. 8.
Crank callers ring twice
By Elaine Lee and Minh Luu
TWo Lowell families recently
received disturbing phone calls
from unidentified males claiming
the callers had kidnapped their
daughters.
Thernothcrof aLowdl fcmak~
junior received a phone call on
Thursday, Qct 8 at around 10 am
According to the Junior; the male
sounded about 30 years old and
told her mother he had kid'
napped her daughter. Tfcs caller
knew family numbers' names
and a sister's nickname. The man
also knew thcschools thechfldren
attended and the junior's bra size.
*>tetoWmyn»therveryscxu-'
ally perverseUibgft and that she
would rieveraee me again because
f wouldn't becoming home
from school," the Junior said.
The mother immediately
called the police, who sent an offkvr
to Lowell to investigate.
. Although the kidnap turned
out to be false, the girl's family
changed their phone number.
"It rotonly affects thr fa*niltc$,
but it also affects the school be^
Tfte Lowell
cause we must deal with the po- The can caused a lot of grief
lice and find the student to mate and was a traumatic experience
sure she'sokay," dean JamesTho- for the family," Thomas said.
mas said. *
The senior girl said, She had
Two months prior to the kidrapialLthejunforrcceivedacall
received a phone call during tbc
summer _. _. from a man claiming he
from a man telling her to do per- wastakingas!xsurvtyHeashed_
verse things. "The man really what her height and weight was,
needspsvxhiatrichrfp/shesaid. and shebelicves that the sanic
"I - don't - • - understand - - -i why - they - man made the two phone calls.
would want to do this to us.". "If others are receiving the
According to a female senior, same type of call, the)' should rc-;;
a man "with a nu»py voice" called port it so we can try to catch the
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herhouscduring the day on Mon- man whn'sdoing mis," tfiesenior
day, Sept. 28.
said. . • . . . ; : '•••!•
"He told my sbUr that he had
kidnapped me and that he'd give
me bade only if she did sexual aebvitiesover
the phone," the senior
said. "He even knew what my
PoHcvinvesHgntcd hvosn^r;;. ^
phone calls last school year, ac-.'
^weight and height WJS and my
bta siae." According to the female
senior, the man knew family
members'names.
• Her sister called the police,
. who sent an officer tokx>k for the
girl at Lowell The senior was
found safely at school, Subsequently,
the girl's family also
changvd their phone number.
- ;'
cording to Thomas^ who would-.*/
not comment further. V . •• "'-'• *••££££
According to principal Paul}7&%
Cheng,schooladminislrationis.* ;;'
has notyetbcis\ successful due tpl-3, ^
lack of information. :•-{;•••]';• ; ^'
"Prank callingts aseric^.,
criminal offense, and we hope it r -^}{
is not a stidcht who is comrnii^ "*
Hng the crime," Cheng said. '•'''.;
School Board candidates share their future plans
Uy Daniel Wong
'; Seven teen" candidates for
; the San Francisco Board of
Education arc vying for four
; • open seats' in the seven-mem-
'•ber:board.-".v; : . \." /. • •
the chair of the Asian. American
Studies Department at Gty College
of San Francisco. Fa wants
smaller class ftecs "so ttutt the
teacher can work with the stu-
cfxirdination of services for children
and families."
Wynns s»id at the fnrum'lhat
her priitriticiiare to "socurvadctjuatc
funding for educaUoh in
California That will include looking
at the local piece as well as
fighting the state budget battle
V^Tiy }VdT : ^ Yaw fr chalice ftc
structiirc of public: funding."
Child VM>lfiia>Supervi5or with the
Department of Social Sorvices-
"I certiiinly don't support
vouchers/ Howard said at the
forum. "But, on the Issue of
clmicv, unless we have all of the
SCIV.H>U adeouatcly funded and
prepared todelivcra sound edu-
Also, weneed to invesagatthow>".v?:
administration duties are as- ' •_;
signed to combine or eliminate*V:"\i
positions." 1 ..-' :: ' : i!;'^%: : . v:
'•dents."' ,;.../r>- .''
* v' AH of the Candida U-si siip^ "It is important to havc more
" triso? J
; ^x^.. community.and.parcntel in-,
;L?'
Fasaid?tthcft>nim,"VA!ncwito
1 ^" : TOlvcnicnt''V'' ; cation tn any diild *.vho comes;
into any school, parrots will not
work with them so they will have
pl.instt* enter the world of lmi»l-
1
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.., • 5tL*ve71iiIlip»
: ^lmbent seekinc anew term., nator of the Collaboration for
ExceiierKXVa comglocal
taxes, he plans prehensK'c school reform pn>jc7•;;; ^ton^wdMcurrcnt :»ms working with five schools in Sin
Francisco .Phillips UAS written a
five-year plan that has "a handle
on what the obstacles arv and
what we can do to change."
ir,'to the paryntsi to the -6. Phillips, who opposes the
w ^'x^LM. wl: *^ L - 7 hdveactualchokv.Vti'nix'dtuget
• Janet Shiriey,41, isa cnunse- _ \bn district organized to prwyide
lor for fay Aa-a Adoption Ser- " a fundamental education niuich
vices, a non-profit agency. clitld in San Frandku." !.
., 1 would propose weekly vis- ...,. •. ., ..
tto to t-dwoU, networking with
attministrators, teAchers,and studenls,"
Shirley said at Ute forum.
"1 would set up a hotline so the
pi'i&^TObucnir^KhcW'iind
..w cutting wasteful spnviing.., .
"I.want to make tun?"we
''';vbuchcr plan^iaid at the forum.
;.. •.•:•:,••• said at the school board candi-,;
' * dates lorumat JamcV Lick" 1 '
n
Cco^MiddlC:5chool.on.Qct^2^iv
-t^i *rnwyne^d to somehow come
;^, togetherai^settheagereUfor
, : :>
• jThe Reverend, AmosC' • ^
Bfown;51, pastor of the Third ?
Baptist Church,Jiasbeeh,in-'
• vo!ycd iyit!'» the school d3s*Hctfpr^~
many years." '• '•/T"^^
• Michael CaldwcU, 52, is the
vice president of the Lowell
PTSA. Gtldwell ispmmoting ver-•
tical scluxtls, an idea that com-
: public would feel that they had a bines elementary, middle and
direct line with the BiKtnJ of Edu- high schools i;ito one school, and
cation." ' proposing c five cent per gallon
gas tax fora five-year period to
' •, • Carol Kodvarhas been a -supplement the current budget
business attorney and a school Ca Id well wants to expand the
counseling advisor.
basic skills of elementary school
. "I've Iwlpfd link the business students to include drawing and
chtiiceas a goal, but we must first commtini tv wi th the scht .
Parents' Lobby for the past 6 academic curriculum."
turning funding control to local
years. V^tynn5 wants^'coUabo-
districts and a way from Sacra-
• Apgie Fa is a teacher and rate with'agencies to improve the • James L Howard, 43, is a mento is of primary importance.
1 ,?"^^'",
"I'll work for jusria* and^r-'".'
neis ip( 'the schools 'for^all %;^
rum. ,xll worJs.wiui thcjiOTOouj^^i,:
to stopracial viulir.ee and - theii-rqi
bashing or peoples because they; ^ -
art* gay or lesbian." ,: '*!;;;;. ;.;.-„;;,.!
• Enola p. Maxwell/72# has
been the ex