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![]() [Interviews with Pardy and students at the Lewenberg School] Original Airdate: 9/17/1976 Length: 00:20:50 Item Type: newstape - original footage Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Footage of racially integrated music and math classes at the Solomon Lewenberg Middle School. Pam Bullard interviews two Lewenberg School students, Xerxes Hammond and Alfred Tiberi, about the school. Both students praise the school and its teachers. Bullard interviews Jim Pardy (Assistant Headmaster, Lewenberg School) about the opening of school, school integration, and how budget cuts have affected the Lewenberg School. Pardy says that the school had a strong academic record for the previous year. Pardy says that a cuts to the school staff have resulted in larger classes this year. Pardy notes that the Lewenberg School is an example of a successfully integrated school in an African American neighborhood. Pardy says that the socioeconomic backgrounds of the African American and white students are very similar. Contributor : Reporter Pam Bullard
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - School buildings and classrooms Busing for school integration - School faculty Busing for school integration - School management and organization Busing for school integration - Students Lewenberg Middle School School faculty Subject : Personal Names Bullard, Pam Hammond, Xerxes Pardy, Jim Tiberi, Alfred Subject : Geographic Locations Mattapan (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Unedited |
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