Word: oak
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...elementary and secondary level, HEW has had some limited success. The regulations for high schools went into effect in July 1976; so far a score of programs have been altered as the result of the Government's intercession. One example: Oak Ridge, Tenn., where the school district was threatened with the loss of $750,000 in federal funds unless the girls' athletic program was upgraded. On their own, however, thousands of schools have improved their programs...
...grocery store, I'm terrified. It's more than the prices, it's the whole concept of food. It's the basic substance of life." Some shoppers have become de facto vegetarians because of the sky-high price of meat, but vegetables are no bargain either. Marsha Avrushin of Oak Park, Mich., has taken to prowling supermarkets for off-brand items. Says she: "When I was a kid, a candy bar was a real treat. What makes my kids' mouths water now is a salad. Fruits and vegetables have become a luxury." Though shoppers everywhere are becoming much more discriminating...
...Geraldine Gibbs Oak Harbor, Ohio
Under the 1976 plan ordered by Federal District Court Judge William M. Taylor, the Dallas school district was divided into six subdistricts. Two were relatively isolated from downtown Dallas: Oak Cliff, 98% black; and Seagoville, 85% white. In those two areas, school officials promised that even though the races were segregated, they would get "equal" education−a promise that obviously ran counter to the spirit of the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision...
...those most directly involved, students and teachers, the prospect of renewed battles over the issue was hardly reassuring. "After a while, our kids are political pawns," lamented Yvonne Ewell, assistant superintendent of the predominantly black Oak Cliff subdistrict: "I just care about educating our students...