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Associated Press
SANGER — A Dallas fireman was
shot, robbed, thrown in the back of
his truck and left for dead Sunday
after he stopped to help a stranded
car, police said.
Kenneth Blakey, 46, crawled to
his truck and drove about 10 miles to
a Sanger gas station shortly after
5:30 a.m., Denton County Sheriff
Randy Kaisner said.
Blakey was in serious but stable
condition with a gunshot wound to
his lower left side late Sunday in
Denton.
Kaisner said Blakey’s wide-
buckled western belt, shorn in half
by the gunshot, may have saved his
life.
Blakely stopped to aid a stranded
car in Denton County when three
white males aged 18 or 19 got out,
Kaisner said. Kaisner said they took
Blakey’s wallet and about $140.
Blakely drove to a Sanger gas sta
tion for help.
Lawmakers seek improvement in public schools
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Photo by Mike Davis
Two A&M students unload their car and carry U p outside Texas A&M dormitories Sunday as
their belongings to Underwood Hall. Cars lined students returned for the Spring semester.
Education reform sparked in Santa Fe
Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. — The banner
of education reform is waving high
over New Mexico, where lawmakers
and the governor prepare to pass
laws designed to improve public
schools.
The 1986 Legislature, which con
venes Tuesday, has before it a com-
rehensive reform proposal drafted
y the interim Public School Reform
Committee.
The plan has been embraced by
Gov. Toney Anaya, with some mod
ification of the tradeoff between the
elimination of tenure and the grant
ing of salary increases for teachers
and other scnool employees.
The measure is widely supported
in varying degrees, but many would
like to see some modifications of the
proposal.
Lawmakers, the governor and ed
ucators must debate and agree on
the contents of the proposed reform
bill, on a tax increase to pay for it
and on a way to reconcile the mea
sure’s clear infringement on the au
thority and autonomy of state and
local boards of education.
The reform plan, as drafted by
the reform committee, would:
• Fix the length of the school day
according to grade level and require
a minimum of 180 instructional
days.
• Fix pupil-teachet ratios ranging
from 20 students in kindergarten
and first grade to 25 students for
grades four through six, and daily
teaching loads for grades seven
through 12. The state superinten
dent could waive the ratios for very
small districts and teachers would be
free of “noninstructional’’ duties.
• Fix the amount of time that
must be spent daily on language arts
and mathematics m primary grades;
require 23 units for graduation, in
cluding English, math, science, social
science, physical fitness, communica
tion skills and a specified list of elec
tives.
• Require competency examina
tions for graduation and a system of
evaluating pupil status and basic
skills; establish remedial programs
and restrict so-called social promo
tion for failing students.
• Establish a no-pass, no-play
rule and limit absences for extracur
ricular activities.
• Tighten enforcement of man
datory attendance law and establish
a fine against the parents of repeat
violators.
• Require local districts to estab
lish discipline policies and allow indi
vidual schools to establish discipline
policies.
• Require recitation of the pledge
of allegiance every day.
• Remove the gifted education
funding calculation from special ed
ucation category and give the pro
gram a separate “weight” for deter
mining the funding level.
• Fix the number of credits tea
chers must have in various courses
before they can be certified or stu
dent teach.
• Require apprenticeships, eval
uations and training programs for
school administrators.
• Repeal the tenure laws and re
place tenure with a form of arbitra
tion and due process.
Ordinarily, the type of educatio
nal “standards” contained in the bill
are imposed on local school districts
by the state Board of Education. But
the New Mexico reform plan, like
others around the country, deliber
ately side-stepped the state board.
But an advisory member of the re
form panel, Edward Ortiz, said by
passing the state board is necessary
unless the public and legislators are
satisfied with state board-imposed
reform over a longer period of time.
Morgan did not argue with the va
lue of many of the proposed law’s
features, but added in many cases,
“the Legislature’s intent to improve
education can be better met by the
board.”
However, board members may be
reluctant to argue the point for fear
of losing what power they will retain
if the bill becomes law. Sources say
some legislators are preparing con
stitutional amendments to either
abolish the board or radically reduce
its power, and at least to shorten
members’ terms in office from six
years to four years.
Finally, even if there is support
fot the basic structure of the reform
bill, there is much less agreement on
how the money should oe raised to
pay for it.
Anaya is proposing to spend
$796.9 million on the public schools
in 1986-87.
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