Word: parented
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even so, Barr's supporters suspected his critics of plotting to fill two board vacancies with anti-Barr members, who would then swing a new vote to kick him out. Three weeks ago, the supporters mailed each parent a 21-page memo fingering Psychiatrist Myron Hofer, president of the P.T.A., as a chief anti-Barr plotter. Since Hofer represented the P.T.A. on the board, the memo urged parents to vote him out of office and thus oft7 the board...
...dinner party conversation," Cowles said. He also insisted that Harper's content be guided more by reader surveys-an idea Morris refused even to discuss and which the resigning editors found equally unpalatable. Cowles, pointing out that Harper's is, in effect, being kept afloat by the parent Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co., even hinted he might pull the plug in preference to "indefinitely" subsidizing the magazine. Publicly, Cowles said that he has "every intention" of continuing publication of Harper...
...interesting sidelight to Bertrand's career has been his role as house parent at the George Junior Republic School, which is primarily for problem children. Many of the students there have police records or have been involved with drugs. Harkness thought that Bertrand's police experience would be valuable and suggested he take...
...especially touchy question of school busing, the California Supreme Court has issued an ingenious opinion that may well tempt other state courts. In an indirect effort to blunt school integration, California, like many states and communities, had passed a law that banned busing of children without a parent's consent. With equal indirection, the California court upheld the busing consent regulation -but warned that school boards may, without parental agreement, still assign children to distant schools in order to achieve integration. Thus a child is no longer required to take the school bus in California. He is merely required...
...four schools in Colorado Springs, where the courses have been taught for the past two years, about half the parents say their children have become more willing to discuss their problems. "Before," said one mother, "my daughter just threw a fit." Teachers report fewer discipline cases; social workers say they get more "self-referrals-kids with problems they sense they can't handle alone." Among the few criticisms, one parent said "these attitudes and insights are training I would rather my child received at home...