Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:25:32 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 8/16/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news P.E.R.S.O.N. news may be a bit spotty for the next week or two - my housemate's going in for more brain surgery tomorrow, and I'll probably need to take time off to care for her when she gets out of the hospital. She'd appreciate any good thoughts/vibes/energy you might wish to send her way - JMR 1. IL: Naperville board makes small changes to harassment policy =================================================================== 1. IL: Naperville board makes small changes to harassment policy Chicago Sun Times, August 15, 2000 401 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611 (Fax 312-321-2120 ) (E-MAIL: Letters@suntimes.com ) ( http://www.suntimes.com ) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/gay15.html School district defends gay kids By Steve Warmbir, Suburban Reporter A Naperville school board expanded its anti-harassment policy Monday night after hearing story upon story of gay students being threatened in their schools. The 5-2 vote by Naperville Unit School District 203 came after an emotional debate raged for weeks among residents in the conservative western suburb. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Chicago Tribune, August 15, 2000 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611 (Fax 312-222-2598 ) (E-MAIL: ctc-tribletter@tribune.com ) ( http://www.chicagotribune.com ) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/metro/dupage/article/0,2669,SAV-0008150186, FF.html District 203 sticks to middle ground Anti-gay harassment proposal modified By Tracy Dell'Angela, Tribune Staff Writer After months of debate, the Naperville District 203 school board, poised to take strong stands on three controversial policy changes, opted instead Monday to embrace the status quo, approving new policies that will change very little about the way schools are run. The police changes were to cover anti-gay bias in schools, the diversity of the district's workforce and a clash involving home-schooling. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] In another contentious issue . . . [cut] ============================================================================ ==== Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) These messages are archived by state on our information-loaded free web site: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/