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Superintendent of Education
(Program) Kim Black is leaving the
Avon Maitland District School
Board (AMDSB) to take a position
with the Ministry of Education.
Black has been with the AMDSB
in some capacity for 24 years,
starting as a teacher and working her
way up through the administration.
She has been in her current position
for just under four years.
Black has accepted a position as a
field team leader for the London
East region – the AMDSB is in the
London West region.
“A field team leader supports the
school boards in board improvement
planning and with the
implementation and monitoring of
Ministry of Education initiatives,”
she said. “I will being doing what I
have been doing for the Avon
Maitland board, but with about eight
boards,” Black said, adding, “I love
doing what I do.”
“I love to help schools improve. I
have enjoyed broadening the board’s
use of school improvement
planning, aligning that with ministry
initiatives, developing a vision for
professional development,” she said,
adding, “These are all things that we
have done in the last four years. My
tenure has been very exciting.”
Black said she will miss the
people she has worked with – the
teachers, administrators, staff and
trustees.
“We have extremely professional
and committed trustees and staff that
work for the benefit of the students.
Our board is known for the positive
relationships they have established
with all of our partners, including
our community partners and I am
going to miss those relationship,”
she said, adding, “When things are
working well with our partners it
gives us more time to focus on
students and student achievement.”
But Black said she is looking
forward to building new
relationships. “I am looking forward
to widening my professional
network and learning about how
other boards do the same work. We
learn in regions and I am looking
forward to working in a region the
Avon Maitland board did not work
with all the time,” she said.
“I will get to work with the
ministry on board improvement
initiatives and I am very excited to
see that level of engagement. I am
also looking forward to see how
other boards strategically work
depending on their size,” said Black.
Black will begin her new position
on Sept. 1. The field team leader
position is a three-year secondment.
Black will be replaced internally by
Jane Morris, system principal for
program, on Sept. 1.
Morris said she understands that
in her role as a superintendent she
must support the teachers and the
school administrators. She said the
structures that have developed in
education over the last number of
years such as collaborative inquiry
have helped teachers to help
students become better learners.
“There is an increased awareness
of how students learn,” she said.
Morris is also a big supporter of
using the latest technologies to
support learning, given that
all students today are digital
natives.
By Hilary Long
Special to The Citizen
Education superintendent
Kim Black leaving AMDSB
In them to give
Kicking off the Canadian Blood Services’ Sirens for Life event at the Blyth and District
Community Centre on Thursday were, from left, North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent, Emergency
Medical Services paramedics Marion Taylor, Ben Driscoll and Jenn Hutchinson, Emergency
Services Training Centre Program Co-ordinator Stephanie Currie, Fire Department of North
Huron (FDNH) Wingham representative Doug Scrimgeour and FDNH Chief Keith
Hodgkinson. The event welcomed emergency services workers to help people outside of
emergency situations by encouraging them to donate blood. (Denny Scott photo)
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Need for municipal
official plan questioned
Ratepayer Fred Dutot wants to
know why the Municipality of
Central Huron needs an official plan
when it is beholden to follow the
Provincial Policy Statement. That
question was among the half-dozen
Dutot posed as a delegation before
Central Huron Council at its June 18
session.
Dutot says given the Provincial
Policy Statement dictates the
contents of the Huron County
Official Plan and that the Central
Huron Official Plan must align with
the Huron County Official Plan and,
ultimately, Huron County must
approve the Central Huron official
plan, Dutot questioned the
effectiveness of the system. He also
wondered why parts of Central
Huron’s stated objections to the
county’s official plan are not present
in the Ontario Municipal Board
documentation.
“I am hoping I can go away with
the following questions answered,”
he said, with a series of questions
including what will happen if Huron
County does not approve Central
Huron’s Official Plan, and whether
Central Huron can defend its official
plan if it does not conform to the
county’s vision.
Dutot, who is a member of the
Central Huron Against Turbines
(CHAT) group, also suggested
broad statements about renewable
energy projects are ineffective
because there is no one person who
is against “all forms of renewable
energy.”
The problem, he said, “is with
industrial wind turbines.”
“At the end of the day, it looks like
the province runs our municipality,”
said Dutot.
During a question period,
Councillor Brian Barnim said he
suspects County Council will send
back the Central Huron Official
Plan.
Meanwhile, Councillor Burkhard
Metzger said while there were a
number of concerns listed during
Central Huron’s original discussions
about the county’s Official Plan, a
main concern centres around
industrial wind turbines.
“That’s the issue that is central,”
he said, noting that newly unveiled
provincial rules mean any proposed
development for Central Huron will
have to await new FIT contract rules.
At the suggestion of Deputy-
Mayor Dave Jewitt, council agreed
to submit Dutot’s questions to a
committee, consisting of Jewitt,
Barnim and CAO Peggy Van Mierlo-
West. That committee is asked to
answer Dutot’s questions along with
a list of questions that has been
submitted by ratepayer Dave
Hemingway.
By Cheryl Heath
Special to The Citizen
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