Tuesday, December 11, 1973
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Option Provided for Local Dropouts
By LINDA HALES
Kansas Staff Reporter
By LINDA HALES
Bv LINDA HALES
A partial solution to the dropout problem at Lawrence High School is being provided by an alternative school held in the Community Building at 115 W. 11th St.
The school, operated by Don Binns, is known to Lawrence School District administrators as the Image Program, a state-funded off-shoot of the Trades Vocational Education Program. But to students, it is simply "Mr. Binns."
A former Lawrence High teacher, Binns is director, teacher and counselor for 17 high school dropouts enrolled in the half-day classroom project, which opened in August.
About his students, Bimns said, "They just don't seem to fit into the high school situation. These are the ones who tend to be ignored."
TRUANCY AND LOW grads caused by poor motivation are part of the problem, he said, as are parental problems and juvenile court difficulties.
"You can't reasonably expect him to go to high school." says Binns.
One of Binns' students is 20 years old and has earned only one hour of credit.
The Image Program was designed to provide these kinds of students the opportunity to get a high school diploma in a setting better suited to their needs, he said.
The setting consists of one large classroom, chairs, tables, a blackboard and a book shelf. Some books have been provided by the vocational education department; others were brought from Binns' home.
IT MAY NOT BE plush but it is
satisfying students who hope to graduate in January.
"There is plenty of room," he said, "and it is a pretty nice place."
Butler especially likes the location.
"I live in North Lawrence," he said. "Now I don't have to drive very far."
Classes are taught from 8:20 to 11:20 each morning. The students' courses are determined by their remaining requirements for graduation.
Jiggett
Bimts teaches English and social studies. Those who need other credits, such as laboratory sciences, must go to Lawrence High.
TRUANCY IS STILL a problem, Binns said. But for those who miss class, he has
"We can't have more than 15 absences," Butler said, "and we have to make classes up in the afternoon or we don't get credit. That keeps everybody coming."
Bimns said, "I don't hassle them, I just tell them what to expect."
One of the unique aspects of the program is that students can earn credit toward graduation by working at jobs of their choice. Students may be required a day a week to earn up to three credits.
Butler said he thought this was one of the features that made this program different, and, in his opinion, better than the Trades program.
The Trades program offers food service, hair care, carpentry and teacher aide training through which a high school diploma can also be earned. Study and work are combined, and students are limited in their choice of jobs to the field they have chosen.
BUTLER ENROLLED IN THE Trades program after his sophomore year in high school. However, he said he didn't like it because the job stipulation was too limiting.
"Cooking hamburg all day can be very boring," he said.
At Bins' school, he said, "We can get any job we want."
Some students need to work for financial reasons, he said, and it is important to have someone who can help with the money.
-Leave the apartment, including the oven and refrigerator, at least as clean as it will be after opening it.
Triplet advised tenants who are moving out of their present housing at the end of the semester to take the following steps to avoid disputes over security deposits:
The failure of landlords to return security deposits has been the largest single source of complaints filed with the Consumer Protection Association (CPA) in the past year, according to Linda Triplett, CPA director.
"We were in a pinch a while back. That's when I went into Trades."
—When ready to move out, ask the landlord to inspect the apartment with you and ask for a floor plan.
"When a person needs money he should be allowed to get a job," he said.
Consumer Agency Gets 31 Complaints
The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) received 31 formal complaints against various businesses from October 30 and November 20, resulting in statistics released last week by the CPA.
CPA Gives Advice On Security Deposits
Security deposits, Triplet said, should be only used for the landlord's actual expenses in cleaning, repairing damages caused by the tenant or covering unpaid
students must be in school for five hours a day unless they can make special arrangements.
Twelve complaints concerned landlord-tenant disputes and five were filed against them.
The remainder of the complaints concerned refund policies at retail stores, charter flight reservations, appliance repair, merchandise not being received from mail order firms and other problems, Triplett said.
Triplet said complaint forms were available at Ballard Community Center, Penn House, Haskell Indian Junior College and the CPA office in the Kansas Union.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME, of Binsn's students, the work-study system will probably undergo some changes in the future.
Linda Tipple, CPA director, said the organization had 312 inquiry cases and 312 inspection cases.
Sixty-seven complaints, Triplette said, have been settled since the beginning of the semester, representing about $7,600 in savings to the consumers involved.
Max Stalcup, director of continuing education at Lawrence High School, said that because the Image Program wasn't well-regulated, regulations, credit for work can't be given.
from the security deposit and the reasons for the deductions.
If you feel the deductions are unfair, tell the landlord and try to work it out.
Triplet said the obligations of the tenant included giving adequate notice before moving out, having the rent paid up, leaving a vacant apartment, and entering a personal, belonging out, of the apartment.
- Ask the landlord to agree to return the deposit within two weeks after moving out, and to include an itemized list of the deductions.
"Tenants who anticipate possible disputes over the condition of the apartment when moving out should have a witness check the apartment and take photographs of the landlord's residence and receipts of any cleaning supplies purchased or rented for use in the final clean-up."
Next semester, classes will be taught all day. Statcup said those who might be forced out because of a need to work would be advised to enroll in the Trades program
For those students who plan to rent an
new room for next semester, Triplett made
these suggestions.
—Be sure to get all of these agreements in writing.
—Make a check-list of the condition of everything in the apartment, including the room's fixtures.
Both parties should keep a copy of the list.
—Go over the list with your landlord and have him sign and date it.
—Have the landlord sign a written agreement covering the use of the security deposit and the conditions under which the deposit is to be returned.
Stalcup said that agreements already made between Bim and the family to give them back were honored.
Triplet said a sample check-list was available in the CPA office in the Kansas
The Kansan incorrectly reversed the food price columns of two stores in Thursday's Consumer Protection Association food price survey. The data from the Hillress and Fallen's should be reversed.
Tenants moving into apartments in bad condition, she said, can also protect themselves by taking photographs and recording the scene to observe any dirty or damaged conditions.
Correction
But Binns said, "I'm afraid I'm going to
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Birns said he hoped that with the other available programs, only a minimum number of students would give up their studies entirely.
Bimis also said he hoped more students would become involved because there are many more students at the high school who would benefit from the program.
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