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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-10-11, Page 22BUirotTPAINT WALLHIDE snin-cLoss ENAMEL Special $9A5 Gal. REG. PRICE $12.45 GAL. WALLHIDE LATEX 'ONE COAT FLAT Special $8.85 Gal. REG. PRICE $11.85 GAL. SATINHIDE LO-LITRE ENAMEL Special $11 30 Gal. REG. PRICE'$14.30 GAL. JOHN. HENIERS011 phone 5.28.3.118 LUMBER LTD. Lucknow 4 THE WINDSOR HOTEL ca Kinrdine FRI. it SAT. OCT. 20 & 21 See Mr. Oktoberfest in person Oktoberfest sausage, sauerkraut, spare ribs, potato dumplings, German Bohemian band, 4lyrol hats, beer steins. SEE YOU AT THE, WINDSOR Featuring— 4. Make it a special type of school serving a large geograph- ical area and offering some spec ial type of education. Although this option seemed t( have-merit_xlie.n.liat„..considerecl upOn further study it became less attractive. Transportation costs and sever' reond-i- tions could create. problems. The greatest concern to the . committee .1 however, was the unpredictability of enrolments and the resulting problems of sta ing 5. Close the ,schooland convey to elementary school use. Although this' is possible, not. all of the accommodation woulc be required. :It would separate One group of elementary. school students from the other without an organization to improve pro- gam. In view Of the prOximity of th two schools (on the same street approxirnately.350 yards apart) and for the reasons already stat this comniitteerecoMmends to the Board favourable considera tion of option #2. The second ary school students presently attending the-h---laclia:Si, ondary Sthool in Wingham as. well as the students in theRipl District High:School and fututt students in this high school dis should be given the option of itt-eriding 'for technical and co mercial . courses the Kiticardinl District Secondary School afte the Kincardine school' is expat ed to include vocational Pro- grams (presently estimated to autumn, 1973). The committee, therefore, recommends the 'following: That , effective .September 1973, the elementary and sec ary schools serving Ripley anc Huron Township be considere Kindergarten to Grade 13 nil senior elementary students ac .inodated in the Ripley Pistric High Sthool alOng with the s ondary:,school students. _The,report was signed by mittee members, H. McCurdy (Chairman) L. Courtney, A. Davey M. Warder. (Board Chair THE LUCKNOW SINTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11.th, It PAIN TVIIIPITY,TWO RIPLEY HIGH SCHOOL 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) at the school, where the class is held in the auditorium. The number of pupils, .31,, in the single class was also protested. The board said on arrival of another portable classroom the 1 children will be moved and if the' enrolment 'holds up the class will be divided into two. COMMITTEE REPORT At the regular 13oard meeting of Maya 16, 1972; a motion was pasted establishing a committee to work with the Administration in a study of the future role of the Ripley District High School in the Bruce County educational system. The-comrnittee-met_formally til ieconstrue-non'was-completed---- in September of the same year classes were, held in, the township. hall and the public school. With re-opening, the school became the Ripley District High School and it served an enlarged geogra-,' phical area. The first Ripley District High School Board met in January, 1951. Additions to the school have been constructed since that time- the east wing in 1957' and the gymnasium and cafeteria in 1963. On January 1, 1969, the school came under the jurisdiction of The Bruce County Board of Educa.- tioh. FACILITIES: The. sgib901 has, seven classrooms, one of which also functions as a lunch room ad- jacent to a cafeteria serving area. One of the rooms is equipped as a science laboratory. There is a principal's office, 'a secretary's offiee-an-d a small staff-room. The school lacks a library re- source centre but a storage area has been converted to a small library and receives extensive use The gymnasium with stage is, one of the best single gymnas- iums in thecounty. ENR01,MEN'TS: Following are enrolments for the years 1960 to 1972:" 1960 -- 116 1967 -- 126 1961 - 133 -- 1968 -- 129 1970 -- 86 1971 -- 102 1972 -- 105 The total number of secondary school students in the .Rikley School district can be found by adding the number at the school to the number at Wi4harh. The combined figures for 1969-72' are given below. 1969 1970 '-- .18q ' 1971' -- 213 -rre What has been apparent in recent years is that more students have been electing to take commercial and technical courset avai14ble at BY THE COMMITTEE ' 1'. Keep the school operating. as at present (Gr. 9-13). 2. .Consider,the elementary and secondary school-Ts-11. — K-l3 unit with the senior elemenl. r-y-school-students accommod- ated in the secondary school. . 3. Close the school and sell it. 4. Make it a.special type of school. , 5. Close the school and con- cert to elementary.school use. Each ofthese options was con- 2. Consider the'elementary and -secondaty-schools_' a K-13 unit with the 'senior elementary school studentsaccommodated in the secondary school. The •high school 'is able, to accommodate substantially more students than are at present.in -attendance-while-at_the_ same time the'Ripley-Huron Central, School is overcrowded (2 portable classrooms and 1 more on order). Enrolment projections for both Sc oo s in• wo--- schools were considered as a Kind ergarten to Grade 13 unit'and the senior elementary grades were shifted to the•high school, both buildings could accomiriodate. without the use of portable class- roomt , the combined enrolments after the peak construction period jai •e,--Bruce-Nuclear_Pow_er Devel opment. As in the. Bruce Penin- - sula .District School where this organization was instituted in September, 1972, more effectiVe utilization'of staff can be made and mote specialized teaching is small' possible for the senior grade stud- ents in a elementary -school. 3. Close the school and sell it. The committee discovered that if the buildihg were totally. abandoned in 1972 no further grant -would be paid in 1973 and sub', sequent .years on the remaining debenture amounting .to $65 ,000. It also discovered that if the build' ing were sold in 1972 there would be a negative grant on the deprec. iated value of the building calcu- lated at $113 ,000. or the, sale, price ,whichever is the lesser of the twO. The committee alto' realized 'that , if the building were abandoneC-IddittOnal-secondary school accommodation would thus to be 'provided elsewhere th adding further debenture debt est- imated to be approximately $150,000. The committee did not • on six occasions and visited the Ripley District High School as well as the elementary schools in Ripley and Huron Township. It examined correspondence on .the. matter'frolitindividitals-and--groups who were concerned about the fut- ure of the school, and it met in a lengthy meeting with the Ripley Council that, represented on that t occasion, not only the, people of may„plel-„_but_groups_within the com- munity that asked to be represent- ed by Council. Discussions were also •held .with representatives of the Department of Education. 135 Ripley in 1904 within the public 1963 -- school, it was not until early 1915 ---thatsclasses wee---moved into the new Ripley Continuation School. Secondary school courses have been' offered by the school .since that date.. In February , 1948. the school was badly damaged by fire. Un-, HISTORY: Although continua- 1962 r* 125 tiort drool Work was started in It, should be noted that' in the _early 1960's arrangements were made to provIde technical and commercial courses at Wingham 1964 143 1965 1966 ,-- 122 142 .1969 -- .105 • 1970 '101 1972 9.5 for students viishing to special- ize in these subject areas, The number of students attend- ing Wingharn from the, Ripley District High $chool-area. since the formation of county hoarcis 'is given' below: =-• 1. Keep the school , operating as at present (Gr. 9-13). With declining enrolment as -sho-wn-by-past-enrolment_statistic and by future projections, and with the realization that certain fixed costs would not be reduced-2. but probably increased, this'op- tion could not be supported by the committee. sidered carefully. The major reason for giviii-on-Option-law- ourable consideration or for re- jecting it is given below. trOpp etitobetttot:at consider this course of.action ‘ easffil .