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Thursday, April 18, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Follow Through Funds Misused, One Parent Says
Efforts to Obtain Information Almost Futile
By MARK MITCHELL
Kansas Staff Reporter
Efforts to find out more about state and federal administration of the behavior analysis program at Woodlawn Elementary school and its relationship to the grant awarded to the University of Kansas have been almost futile, according to Nancy Swearingen, a parent of one of the children in the program.
The grant was awarded to KU from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) to be used in the KU department of human development and family life to develop "a support and demonstration center for Follow Through." The project director is Don Bushell, associate professor of human development.
Swearingen, who has been outspoken against the program at Woodlawn, said yesterday that she had tried to "go through the proper channels" to investigate her questions about behavior analysis and the program at Woodlawn.
One of the most serious allegations that Swearing has made to governmental agencies is the misuse of money from a federal grant.
She said she had first seen copies of the alleged forged travel vouchers of Bette Mallonee in December and said she had heard rumors of other violations. Mallonee recently that she had received voucher money from the grant for trips she had not taken.
On Feb.16, Swearingen witnessed a
statement signed by Mallonee which confirmed that she didn't take two particular
This "proof" was enough to write several federal agencies to relate her suspicions that federal grant money had been misappropriated, she said.
Wearingen wrote to Philip Hefley of the regional Office of Education in Kansas City, Mo., to inform that office of the misuses. An excerpt of that letter says, "I believe I have enough evidence to suggest misuse of the microwave oven." Yawkers' vouchers are for true that weren't made."
Four days later, Swearinger received a letter from John C. Dupree, senior program officer for Title I, who said her letter had been referred to him by Hefley.
Dupree's letter, dated Feb. 28., said,
"Please be advised that I found no gross nor
nigrigent violations of the law, specifically,
in your questions regarding: 1) assigning
leaders in all four B.A. classrooms in
order to facilitate the Follow Through
experimental model and 2) the financial part
of the program."
"I never even mentioned Title I funds or assigning lead teachers in my letter,"
Hefley also sent Swearingen a letter thanking her for her "interest and con-
fidence." She said,
About this time, she said, she made several phone calls to Washington, D.C., to ask if she was going on a visit.
"for about an hour" with Jim Husser,
federal educational program officer, and
junior teacher.
She said Husser asked her to state separately all accusations of which she had documented proof so that she "wouldn't be left out on a limb". Any rumors or unsubstantiated charges could be listed on another page, she said.
Swearingen also said Husser told her that the federal government couldn't come into an investigation unless they were well-prepared.
A similar phone call was made in February to Rosemary Wilson, federal director of Follow Through. Swearingen said Wilson told her that she could send all documentation to Washington, where the government would evaluate her claims.
Behavior Analysis Reactions...
From Page One
Judith Le Blanc, assistant professor of human development and family life, said the tokens were used to motivate children to do praiseworthy things.
do well is a great thing and it can be adopted in any classroom." she said.
"They are symbolic praise for good work." she said.
Wilson wrote, "We shall consider with care the issues you raise regarding the University. Through grant to the University of Kansas, we are interested in understanding that at this time the Department of Education and Welfare auditors are conducting their annual audit of the University of Kansas. We are requesting them to apply for positions which may relate to the concerns expressed by students."
Le Blanc said she didn't see any possible harm for children in the behavior analysis
acknowledging the receipt of her letter to Husser one month earlier.
program. She said children's behavior was extremely flexible.
Important aspects of the program are individual instruction and the positive learning environment.
"They asked me if I realized how long it takes to check into these things," she said. "Maybe I don't. Both go through all their channels and red tue watch time."
"I don't believe in failure," Le Blanc said. George Semb, assistant professor of human development and family life, said the token system was a last resort.
"If you have a child who is doing absolutely thing," he said, "then you try a lot of different things, including tokens."
AAUP Asks for Time On Exigency Guidelines
The task of approving financial exigency guidelines at the University of Kansas is too important to try to accomplish this semester, according to a report released
He said behavior analysis discipline is much more positive and consistent than before.
The hearing is conducted by the Senate Executive (SenEx) Committee on Financial Exegency to get faculty, student and ad-hoc staff involved in developing guidelines on financial exigency.
"Behavior analysis sets up children to pursue long term goals and, by encouraging sampling, the child learns to like many new things." The semb said.
The problem of changing to a conventional classroom is one of individualized instruction, something that happens all the time, he said.
The report, prepared by the executive committee of the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), will be presented at an open hearing on financial expensity at 8 in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
A report released several weeks ago by the SenEx committee defined financial exigency as "the fiscal situation in which the University is no longer able to carry out its mission and goals without eliminating the position of one or more tenured faculty."
The independence that a child has in behavior analysis will prepare him to better understand and respond.
Sally Sedelow, professor of computer science and linguistics and acting president of the University AAUP chapter, said yesterday the main purpose of the AAUP report was to insure that the faculty had enough resources for the University administration made a decision on what exigency guidelines to adopt.
Features of behavior analysis are used in cinesorts around the country, often unintentionally.
Douglas Denney, assistant professor of psychology, said behavior analysis in the classroom worked, but it also had some disadvantages.
Sweatianng she was only looking for some answers and was only trying to follow the instructions.
The principal disadvantage is that of
She actually received $364.28.
correction
The Kansan incorrectly reported yesterday that Bette Mallonee received $36,423 for trips to Louvais, Ky., and West Virginia to behavior analysis Follow Through program.
identifying the wrong goals, he said. The goals of self-expression and self-discovery are more important than stressing appropriate behavior in the classroom, he said.
Meade... From Page Eight
Anyway, running in the Relays is merely a diversion for Meade. Come Monday morning he'll don his business suit and return to the world of life insurance and funds. How did he get into the insurance business? Again, it was by accident.
MEADE MAJORED in Spanish and physical education at KU, as graduation approached he was set to return to his high school, where he will teach Spanish and coach the track team.
and out of there was going to be drafted as soon as he left school he decided he couldn't accept a position. That's when life insurance entered the picture.
"I wasn't about to do that," Swearingen said. "I had to go through hell to get each scrap of paper, and with that much money I would check in to it, that was just too bad."
"In fact, my coach was waiting for me to graduate so he could retire," he says.
"A friend sold me a policy as a senior and through him I learned a lot about life insurance and what it meant to society," he begged. "I knew that four-time Basis all through my senior year."
Swearingen said she asked Wilson "if he thought I would be a grandmother" by the time the federal government got around to investigating her allegations.
"Timmons didn't know about it," he adds with a laugh. Athletes on full scholarship were in line for the trophy.
The letter to Husser listing the charges of misuse of federal funds was written and mailed on March 10, she said, but she received no response until yesterday.
A letter dated April 10 and signed by Wilson arrived yesterday, Swearingen said,
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