Hrp Nominates 3 For School Board

■ The Human Righíí Party last night ■nominated three candidatcs lo run 'on ■the HRP platform in the nonpartisan ■June 12 school board election. I The candidates are a junior high ■ school student, a university gradúate ■ student, and an assistant to the ■superintendent of schools. I Jhe,were elected at a convention I attended by about 100 people at the HRP Iheadquarters. I "The school district needs people who are clear alternatives to the conserva! tives now dominating the school board " said Doug Cornell, HRP coördinator we realize this is a nonpartisan race But we also realize the schools here are facmg a crisis in leadership." Cornell said HRP will present its candidates as a team even though there will nol be any party identification on the ballot. The candidates are: Sonya Yaco, 15, of 2034 Norway a student at Tappan Junior High School, an appointed meiiiber of the Student Advisory School Board, and a member of the lappan and Ann Arbor student unions; Gretchen Groth Wilson, 29, of 2804 Braeburn Círcle, a doctoral student in orgamzational psychology at the UniverE'ty, a member of the Ann Arbor Educationa. Change Team, and a fermer teacher and school consultantCurtis Holt, 30, of 2249 Glencoe Hills Dnve, a special assistant to the superintendent of schools under the National Urban Fellow program, a PhD student in counseling at Michigan State Umversity, and a former assistant dean of students at Wisconsin State. All three candidates pledged to actively press for an end to sexism, racism tf u!o1S1? & the schools as outIined in tne HRP platform. The candidates also said they will seek to glve students a major role in School tfoard decisions. "Vm running to prove that rjolitical pömt, explained Yaco. "The Board of Education controls the lives of students and therefore students should have a voice on School Board." HRP members voted Thursday to launch a court fight to place Sonya Yaco on the ballot even though she does not meet the present age requirement of is A_ federal judge ruled in favor of an HRP suit in the recent city council race and knocked down a city charter provisión that required candidates to be registered voters for a year Even if HRP loses the court suit, the HKJ. convention voted to continue her campaign through the election rather tnan nomínate a substitute. The other candidates, who the HRP says meet the requirements, also briefly explamed their reasons for enterin the race. 'I am concerned with making education in Ann Arbor responsive to human needs," said Holt. "I feel that my recent exposure to the system provides me with the insight necessary for providing mcaningful direction to these ends " Grelchen Wilson added, "I have three mam priorities - to bring about community control of schools, to elimínate racjsm and sexism, and to promote student pcwer." Two persons were aiso elected at the ■convention to direct the school board r.ampaign. They are Tami Minnich of m S. Div1Sion, a gradúate student and Locial worker; and Chuck Ream, of 1018 Churcn, a kindergarten teacher Another slate of three candidates is I bemg supported by the Ann Arbor CitifrnA% ASSU,ru ResPnsiwe Education (CARE) - a hberal citizen's group _ tor the upcoming School Board election I Candidates endorsed by CARE are I curabent Trustee Ronald Bishop, I bent Trustee Henry Johnson and Nancy I Brussolo. No other persons have I ly announced candidacy yet for the I Board of Education race. The last dav I for filing candidate petitions for the I üon ís May 15 at 4 p.m. I