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NEWS OBITUARY: LEROY COLLEY SR. AUTHOR, NEGOTIATOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MAPLE HEIGHTS

On June 28th, 2013, Maple Heights, Ohio lost a great native son in the person of Leroy Colley Sr. 

 

Leroy, an historic member of the (Maple Heights group) Concerned Minority Citizens, co- negotiated two Affirmative Action Agreements under the auspices of the United States Justice Department.

 

These two Affirmative Action Agreements helped to integrate the Maple Heights Schools and later open the door for some minority employment in the City of Maple Heights.  These agreements were listed in the U.S. Congressional Record.

 

Leroy wrote about his life in his book "Born To Make a Difference" (pub. AuthorHouse) which he collaborated with his friend   Frank R Ross.

 

Leroy made a difference in the lives of many people as he is partially responsible for African American access to employment in the schools and City of Maple Heights.  Leroy stated that he did not believe in taxation without representation and that African American taxpayers should be represented in all phases of employment in the schools and City of Maple Heights.

 

Leroy was an army veteran and Christian man who was "born to make a difference".

 

Leroy Colley was married to Pat (deceased) and is survived by son Leroy Colley Jr., daughter Lenore Winfrey, and a host of family and friends.

 

 

MAPLE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS COMMUNITY CONNECTION NEWSLETTER SPRING 2013

Spring 2013 Edition Community Connection

LAST WEEK TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD FOR KINDERGARTEN 2013- 2014 SCHOOL YR IN MAPLE HEIGHTS

Maple Heights Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year will be held April 8-26, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. each day, by appointment at the district Enrollment Office located at the Board of Education, 5740 Lawn Avenue. Registration packets will be available at our schools and the Board of Education or can be obtained online at mapleschools.com beginning March 28th.

A child must be five years of age by September 30, 2013 to enroll.

Questions should be directed to the enrollment

office at 216.587.6100, ext. 3701.

WHY HAS SUPERINTENDENT KEENAN ALLOWED SAGGING PANTS IN HIS SCHOOLS?

There’s been a lot of talk about African American young men wearing sagging pants. Residents and people who don't live in Maple Heights have commented on why sagging pants are allowed in Maple Heights schools. If there's a dress code, why isn't it enforced?

In an article by Kirsten West Savali, dated July 12, 2012,

Kirsten states "The price tags on our youth’s sagging jeans are nothing more than potential inmate numbers in disguise."

"Even more than the misappropriation of the word “nigga” as a term of endearment, the cultural phenomenon of sagging pants speaks exclusively to the institutionalized brainwashing of black America.

If hip-hop is the voice of a generation, ass-sagging pants is the

uniform. And both are rooted in a rebellion so entrenched that many black men proudly regurgitate, through words and attire,
the tell-tale sign of psychological ownership. If we could delve beneath the often exploitative lyrics of poverty, violence, drug consumption and slangin’, we might recognize that the price tags on our youth’s sagging jeans are nothing more than potential inmate numbers in disguise."

 

 

 

 

“In prison you aren't allowed to wear belts to prevent self-hanging or the hanging of others,” Judge Greg Mathis said in a 2007 interview for Jet magazine. "They take the belt and sometimes your pants hang down. ... Many cultures of the prison have overflowed into the community unfortunately,” continued Mathis, who spent time in Detroit’s Wayne County Jail as a youth. “Those who pulled their pants down the lowest and showed their behind a little more raw, that was an invitation. [The youth] don't know this part about it."

Please read the entire article:

Sagging Pants: Prison Uniform Represents Wreckage of Black Communities?

Related:

Durrell Brooks Sentenced To Three Days In Ohio Jail for Sagging Pants

Black boys/men and sagging pants, by Lynn


Sagging Pants [Wikipedia]

How Do You Feel as An African American Resident in Maple Heights?

Despite the fact that African Americans represent about 70% of approximately 23,100 residents, we are totally under-represented in Maple Heights government leadership positions, high salaried positions, etc.  [See Wikipedia, Demographics - last paragraph - 2010 stats and not 2000 stats]

Open for discussion:
Do you feel that you are respected by your Maple Heights government, and/or do you feel that as an African American resident, your ideas, your right to a job in Maple Heights government, or job training is lacking?

In other words, do you as an African American feel you are taken seriously by this administration?

Do you feel safe in Maple Heights?  We've recently noticed a rise in burglaries in Maple Heights (most of us know of someone in Maple Hts who has been burglarized w/in the past 6 months).

If there is anything that is bothering you about Maple Heights ... jobs, this administration, the local police, your city schools, treatment of African Americans (esp. the young and elderly)  ... please let us know.  You can remain anonymous.

We'll also be doing a poll in the near future, to find out what your concerns and priorities are.

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