HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-02-26, Page 7WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 36th, 1669
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Huron Education :Board'. piscuss:Proposal
Locate 0ffiters, n1�li`nion Schoo
Talk Of Value Of Schools At L.SmiltFairs
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BY' SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Hurdn County Board of Education:
members were taken .by surprise
Monday evening of last week ji
Goderich when vice-chairman 'Rob
ert'Elliott, Goderieh;Township pre,-
sented 'an. idea conceived last
Friday by Chairman, John Lavis, -
Clinton which could prove a• con-
,sidetable, saving to county taxpayers
if approved. •
Armed with rough s s of a
• wing in. Central Huron Secondary
School,, Clinton, Elliott pointed•out
the advantages to considerthe site
as the location for the board Of
education offices.
The suggestion 'carte in the
heat, of discussion. concerning ;a :.
,recommendation by director of '
education' John D.. Cochrane, sup
ervisot Janies Coulter and
business:administrator Roy B.:Dun,
lop that' the county board of ,ed uc -
ation offices,be housed in. the•upper
fl of the build-
ing'.
'ld
ing .
In the report made by Ivlr. .
Cochrane , rent in the {proposed
Clinton site.in the nurses' 'residence
would be $9,000 per annum; in
Carddno.H•all,; Seaforth, $7,200 per'
year; and in the assessment build
•ing,.$5;000'. each'year plus $1,000
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annuall for five years (or until the
lease was broken) to pay for certain
office furnishings and some. partit
ionmg l '
Other. factors:: considered in the
director's report were the distance
to meetin 's for board members : -.it
was noted this could change with
• each .election);. the distance to
: schools in .the county availability
of clerical staff arid:.proximit}i 'to
county agencies..
While the site over the assessment
uildillg_was-not_la-rge-and would
afford no board room, Mr. '
d'
;Cochrane pointed' out the boar •
could continue to hold meetings in:
the court house,He'adniitted this
might` cause some .inconvenience
at meeting time'in.the'event the
bard: would request to see certain
• documents on,file .'etc, but Coch-
rane felt this.need'•not be a
problem°because. meeting agendas
are planned. in advance of the 'act -
Val meeting. •
considerable savings for the.rate
payers. of Huron later: -It was, at this point that vice-
chairman• Elliott .outlined'the idea.
to locate in CHSS, a building. '
already owned by 'the board and
thus :eliminating additional'expen-
se for rent sheat light,, taxes etc
The "space available immediately
is open for .consideration because.
CHSS•is built to handle about 1400
students and at the present time
houses roughly 1000. His plans
showed' how the wing in the.school
could be completely sealed off
from the rest of•CHSS, sound.
proofed and with its own entrance •
and parking facilities. Elliott also ••
showed how the facilities could be
adequate to meet the needs of the •
board of education. In. fact, offices
•sketched were considerably larger
in the CRSS drawings than in the
assessment building plans.'
•"I thought: our prime'.concern'here
was to .provide the best ,possible
floor
.o t e new assessment u - educationfor the students. in "this
county for 'the; least amount of •..
taxdollars argued Elliott'. "If:
economics lis a factor we cannot,
overlook this possibility in a build
i'ng' we now own," . •
. He complained it should not be.
the botard•o.f.education's concern
Whether or 'not regional govern-
ment .becornes
overnmentbecomes 'reality
"Our business his education," stat-.
ed •Elliott. "If this board must. wre_V
stle with -the problems of'.regional
government then I nyay be forced
to.resign."
• :Elliott said 'in his *opinion it was.
important to have the board room
situated within the board of
education offices. This, wouldbe'
Possible in. the CHSS:location. He
said costs of renovations would "not
amount to more.'than• one,• year's
ens
Elliott presented other figures to
show that' Clinton was the more
central location- for economic func-
tioning
unc-tioning of the board;., y
All but one board :member agreed
to defer the decision of the office
1ocation until :estimates could • be •
had regarding" costs to "renovate the
.CHSS: 'site . Dan Murph•y,, Goderich
voted.against the study because
"it is intolerable" to house the
bo_ard of_ed 1ca ion' in ,any_s'chool in
•
Hicks;. •
..We don't have tohire them,"
'Elliott stated,
Elementary ,school board commi-
ttee members throughout the coun-
ty will be phased, out by March 31.
but the .board.•of education will
entertain the submissions of any
beards, which feel they have just.
cause to .function for some extra
;time
It is expected that se•conda Y : .
school board committee members.
'will: be phased out about one
.month. later. : .
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The boarddid not give :approval:
to an Ontario Teachers' Federation
request to the. Ontario Trustees
Council ,for an advisory committee:
comprising six.teachers: and four
ratepayers to be set up. Again, Dan
Murphy was 'opposed. to the board's.
decision because! he felt there, was.
no harm in providing the legislation
to make such an. advisory
committee possible so long as it was
left to the individual boards to de-
cide whether' or not they wanted one
in their• own county.
F,a11 fairs came in for considerable
discussion with,Att Bolton and Earl.
McSpadden;: representatives of
Seaforth Fall Fair ,ron'hand to' ant
wer questions.
Aathough.director of education .• .,
John Cochrane announced he was
;against giving students a dayoff
school .just to attend a 'Fair, ;he
would encourage activ:e
participation in fall• fairs. This
would.be: More than simply ';
marching'in a parade, he said.
Jim. Taylor,. Hensall,'complained •
he was not in favor •Of school ,child-
ren
hild-ren attending small�'.fairs even as
'participants..He pointed out, that in
many cases,` the parents do the pre-'
paraitions:.apd the.children get the.
holida.y.., .. ,
"Small• Fairs ate on their. way
out", said Taylor. '"They want the,
s o come • ecause ey wi
bring their parents. " •
•There was some. discussion that a
county fair might be the' answer,.
especially in areas where a School
is situated in` a district where:stud-
•."He indicated the board' rhight.,: the county, •
have to pay taxes on the; Goderich 'Director Cochrane, was asked oto
'Premises in addition to'rent..and• • `•speak concerning his feelings: about
certain: other expense' ' This could locationin a, school;
amount to $2,500 per annum, he "'If' I were the principal, I would '.
reported. However,.'it. is not•clear. not be happy to have the director
at this time if the board of of education so near by.;.`' .stated
education would ie taxed since it .Cochrane: He. also admitted that
is a county body similar. 'to other.. economic .factors may add weight
' county bodies:not normally subject to the argil -mem; for -the 'CHSssite'
to.proPerty taxes in Goderich,, During'th'e course of the evening,
Cochrane also said the space,Was two assistant superintendents were.
available immediately on a short. hired by the board with duties to
'term lease (one year). There are'dn:
commence .in. August. They are.
dications the•board would •be able t • .F E, -,Madill; presently principal
slate. -son e-e-xpens-ive-eq-uip-m-en't for p, E_ Madi,11.4igh Scholl ; 1Nin ;•:
with the assessment office below': ham and W. Harold Knisley , Pres
^l n other, comments, Cochrane said 'cott
_`tbe money:paid in •relit would make 'Theisal-a-rigs--were approve`
its way back to the- Huron County; . $21;000 each.
The board learned the directorof
education recommended' a .staff of
17 persons. Only five persons have
been hired •to date at total salaries
Of about $10'9', 000 for one year.
Other staff recommended by :the
director includes'a secretary for the
director; a secretary for the superin
tendents, a secretary for the •
business administrator;,• an, office
cc•untin. clerks; a'
: ratepayers through county council.
• •Considerable discussion followed.
on•the buildings available in Sea
forth and Clinton, Board member
Dan' Murphy, Goderich, who declar
ed his support.for the Goderich
• location because he thought it
would be. a "horrible. mistake 'to
decentralize" asked •the•earliest
date by which the Clinton Nurses'
residence waoic be a- .a la,"
"I•don;t know," answered
Chairrnan Lavis. "Is there a'hurry?"
Board member John .Anderson
interjected a thought that the board
was rushing too hastily into an••
agreement for an office location.,
It Was his' opinion that deeper'
Consideration how• might result in
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purchasing agent;. a payroll
supervisor; four clerk -typists; and a
.rnaintenane.e man,
"I think we are overstaffed' , said
Garnet Hidls., .Exeter. "We have
more faces than spaces . " ;••
"We're not overstaffed yet,
retorted Elliott., " We haven't hired;
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In Kindergarten they are learning'.
about Eskimos. Donna Van Osch is
ih' the hospital, with rhuematie,
*fever . They hope that: she is better
soon. Stephen Fray,ne's.mother is.. '•
in the hospital and the
Kindergarten wrote her a letter.
GRADE ONE .AND TWO' '
They are practising. on .the
Rhythm Band. The senior girls* •
cleaned.the a.quarium'since one
fish died. The topic for .Science;
this week was ',' Fire as a Friendi°:
A discussion of "How to be kind to
others" was held. , Pictures were
then drawn. In. art -they ,made'
Guardian Angel's• and hurig them..
from the lights.;
GRADE TWO AND THREE
Mrs. O'Keefe taught them as•Mrs
Frayne is; in the hospital . The ,class
is going to write her a get -:well
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6.
erlts: have previously attended snore
than one fair. • '•
However; the decision'concerning
a en • ance at Fall 1 -airs wilrbe
left to the discretion`.of the indivi,
dua'l;. principals., ..
In other businss,: Dan Murphy. •
was narried chairman' of the strikin
committee:'
letter:
The children in Miss D Bruyn's
room 'are making Scieneposters
andhbooklets, Sheila Sinnett's team
..put: up the new bulletin board.
Everyone, including.Miss De Bruyn,
is impressed:. It's title_ is "What are
you doing for Lent'?"
Mrs, Wilson's class isalso doing •
Science'posters and: booklets. .
GRADE SEVEN AND EIGHT
• They. made :booklets' about the
history of their area. The boys,put,
up the rings and the.climbin rope ;
� g
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in the gym.
GENERAL INTEREST 'ITEMS
•We''have:some new portable climb
ing,apparatusin the gym. Its furs to
be able .to climb like monkeys:r
Some children :' of :needles from•
the nurse On Mo nda The .'dreaded
Y They
it.,very much.
. On Ash: Wednesday w,e.all went,to.
church and received ,ashes on our,
foreheads'toremind us that some
qday we will turn to•ashes again:
Monday -was skating day, We`'
I had fun.\ The senior boys played.
!hockeyas did the girls. The bos'
. g � , y.
game w-as-rn-aoi-rrrore✓int-eresti-ng.
r The girls couldn't even stand up.
They used the hockey sticks as
props'::'There were .races for all the.'
children near the end of the after-
noon.
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