Letter from Lucy W. Adams, Director of Education and Recreation, War Relocation Authority, to Lincoln Kanai, May 30, 1942

, ) San Praneiseo, Calif. office

In veply, please refer to: ? `nites Hotel Building

May SO, 1942

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ly dear Mr.

hr. Fryer has turned over to me your letter of April 30, for reply. I am

gorry it should have been sc louc in the files.

I think my talk ath the eamtittes in San Prancieco a couple of weeks

ago gave you sous infomation on the type of adult progran rhich ve hope

to build -ux Eb he SURE. 5 AES VED PN ES OOS Cees SS

degiming to organize it at Parker and Mamansr.

Ae to the provisions usier which schools will be set up, we plan that each

relocation center will be an indevendent unified school district with its

own superinteniont and beard of education, so that it will be responsive

to commumity direction ond needs on the project itself. "e reakide, of course

thet there are wide varietions in the minizmam etendamis in the differant -

states. However, these are only minimum standards, and we shall attemps

to get up in 51] centers an educational program which will be as nearly

equal te thet provided in the mare adyaneed pubiic schools and who are

particularly interceted in werk in relocation centers, ani we plan to ineluie

many of these teachers in the schools in the different centers.

Siucerely yours,

Lacy V. Adams,

Director of Education md

Recreation