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.l 16-A c!IJt1\Hmrln3Loumnl Thursday, July 10, 1969 Ed mcation Boa rd, anel Swap Views ,~ . By JUNIE BROWN Atlanta Journal Education Editor I It was a long, painful process, but the Atlanta Board of Education and the education subcommittee of the Citizens Advisory Council of Economic Opportunity Atlanta have begun to "communicate." _ The citizens subcommittee, I board for failure ~o communiwhich has been critical of the cate, began a senes of meet. ings with the board Wednesday night to discuss 12 educational recommendations b e i n g proposed by the subcommittee. The first meeting, dealing with the problems of free and partial pay lunches for children of disadvantaged liomes, at first appeared to be stalled. DESPITE the subcommittee's claim that it wanllS to work with the board to improve education in Atlanta , it was obvious some of the members were there to "tell the board off." Nevertheless, two positive developments came out of the meeting. First, the subcommittee asked and received permission to distribute applications for free and partial pay lunches door to door in most parts of the city. The blanks are currently being sent home by children, and as a result many never reach the parents or simply aren't understood by the parents when they do arrive. Subcommittee m e m b e r s agreed to take on some responsibility for explaining the valuable forms 'to the parents and - ------- ., .. , ' if necessary helping them fill 1, member Dr. Asa Yancey told getting some state money for tliem out. "WITH THE extremely disadvantaged you literally have to take them by tho hand and lead them to a form like lllis .111d help them fill it out and return it for them because all of the spontaniety ls gone, 11 board the bo;ird. Second ly, the subcommittee members were told by school lunch personnel that they need locr1l s11pport from citiz ns to help get a bill passed to p1•ovide for sta te participation in the school lunch program. lunches, " said Area II coordinator Mrs. Rose Thompson. We can't do anymore. " Mrs. ThompRon pointed out Lhat Atlanta ha~ 77 per cent participation in the school lunch · program whereas the national "You people could help us in average is 38 per cent. ' �