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,~ .I. \ .. , ,, . . --~ ~ - -- . C y 0 By JuNlE BROWN Atlant a J ourna l :Educatiun 'Editor An Economic Opportunity AtI a n l a (EOA) subcommittee m eeting. which began as a forum for discussion of educational complaints, ended as a political r ally. Despit e EOA's regulation about po°i tic.ai n(: utralityy two persons announced at the meeting that they are candidates for the Atlanta Board of Education and a third person adviszd those present to " begin political iaction t.o unseat certain boa rd members." Tlie occasion was a meeting of the education subcommittee of EOA's Citizens' Centra l Advison • Comm ittee Monday night at' West Hunter Street Baptist Church. building a n~! cons:.ruction, to be enough in the planning of r.e.placecl when he refused to schoo's. Dr. Womack respondag ree with the parents in the ed : "You won't like me for sayaudience that enla rging Price ing this, but the difficulty · Higl~ s ~hcol w~u!d b~ detrimen- with bringing people into plan- I tal to the Negro neighborhood it : ning is that they waii t veto · he's doing patchwork planning. served. . · power." • They are just thinking about "Somebody ought to be rec"I think the community has I Septemb-er, they're not planning om mending for. this man's job ; the right to have veto power" i for the future of the commuIiie's riot responsive to the needs J ackson said. "And he ought to ! nity. " of th~ :.:Jmm~nit,~- a:nd ought _not i k_now that l~;· ·h as to ans\,:er to ! Jackson said: "Every day you to be m that Job. Jackson s~L?- : tne people, J ackson said of · can hear ambulances coming In answe: to a comp amt : Womack. down Bankhead Highv;ay to fram comrruttee mambcrs that I pick up a child who's been hit fu _._e_ eo143.215.248.55 13:07, 29 December 2017 (EST)1.ity is not involved "IT'S QUITE obvious that by a car walking to school." He I I I blamed the repe.ated accident:; on "poor planning" by \Vomack's office. Mrs. Maggie 1ioo<iy chairman of the EOA subcommittee on eci:ucation, will t.ake the r eport anci the 13 recommendations before the full board of education °:lfonday night at the r egular m onhtly briefing session. - - -- -- THE SUBCO:\fMITI'EE meeting ostensibly was called to dis! cuss a contro,·ersial report and set of recommendations for improvements of the school system which the grou,p had. cma,V11 up during the four years of its exis_tence. I Dr. J ohn Letson, super,inte.nd- : ent of Atlanta schools, r a ised 1 the ire of subcommittee members by rejecting an uivitation to_ appear at I.he meeting and disc_uss t he report. Instead, three members of Letson's staff fielded questions from .those present. Early in the fou r-hour meeting, Mrs. June Cofer announced she Will run for the board of ed. ucation from · the 1~1: Ward against incumbent Ed Cook, a nd Dennis Jackson said he wiI' !:,e I a candidate for the 2nd Ward I seat held by Mrs. Anne Wood- 1 wa~. I The Rev. l\fance J aeks-On. director of the Urban Mission Project in the " Lightning" area of Atlanta sponsored by the Interdenominational Theological Center, :told subcommittee . members they are "really too · patient with this bureaucratic 1 iI'ed tape." "THE BOARD of education bas no respect for us as a community," Jackson said. '"We play. white people's games 1 year-m and year-0ut, and we 1 get the runaround." "I would hope we would eventually get Jf;o the point where we would not write letters and beg if.hem to come. I recommend that the subcommittee entertain political action to unsea,t those who won't come to see yon," Jackson said. · "You sit in a most powerful position. You are not aware of ithe power you have. This subcommittee has the power to change the complexion of this whole city," Jackson said. "You beat 'em to death ()O rapid transit, and you c.an do H again," J ack~ n aid. JACKSON AL<-0 called for Dr flan ·in \ ·om·,. a ·(j ·t· 1l (;j,.. . , . , , , , ••• ./ ( j

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