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Venable School

Just for the record I would like
to clear up any misunderstanding
about the "Tutoring Teach-In"
article in yesterday's Cavalier Daily.

First of all the implication that
4th and 5th graders or any other
students at the Venable Elementary
School are "at a disadvantage
because of poor educational facilities"
is completely false and misleading.
The students that are to be
tutored in this program may be at a
disadvantage because of poor educational
achievement due to a
variety of circumstances, but not
because of the poor educational
facilities of the Venable School.
Anyone who is familiar with the
current reputation of Venable as a
leader in progressive educational
programs knows that it is one of
the finest, if not the finest,
elementary schools in the Charottesville-Albemarle
area.

Secondly, I have no connection
with the Charlottesville Human
Relations Council, but rather the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Chapter of
the Virginia Council on Human
Relations.