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TO THE
HURON COUNTY
Elect
PETER
DAMSMA
FOR
Fair and Responsible Representation of A:4mb,
the parents and ratepayers of
BAYFIELD, SEAFORTIrl, STANLEY
AND TUCKERSMITH
ON DECEMBER 4
VOTE
GRANT STIRLING
FOR
REEVE
OF
GODERICH TOWNSHIP
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TO THE RATEPAYERS OF
CLINTON HULLETT
BLYTH and McKILLOP
Having served on the Huron County Board of
Education for the past four years and being
nominated for another term I would respectfully
solicit your support at the polls on DECEMBER 4th.
As in the past, I shall endeavour to work in the best
interests of both the ratepayers and the students.
ON DECEMBER 4th
VOTE
JOHN
HENDERSON
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6--Clinton News,ReCQN, ThUrSd2,y, NOVerriber 30, 1972
Candidates for board pf education preseitt their views
john.aroadfeet
Nom is my response to your
invitation to place before the
ratepayers of this area my
views on education and report
on the last four years of opera-
tion.
Before the formation of the
county boards the Educational
Department of the Provincial
Government decided what
courses were to be offered in
each school and appointed
inspectors to suprev,ise this
program. low it is the responsi-
Wlity of the County Board to
develop courses and see that
they are properly taught in our
schools.
It is very important that
courses are adequate and are
of sufficient scope to provide
every student in the school sys-
tem with the proper knowledge
and understanding so that he or
she may be a good and useful
citizen.
Some of the accomplishments
of the last four years are: kin-
dergarten in all schools; oral
French in, all elementary
schools; special classes for spe-
cific learning disabilities,
speech correction, individual
reading; as well as a broader
musical program throughout
the whole county. We started
aprogram last year of Industri-
al Arts and Home Economics in
gradeS` 7 and 8 at the Seaforth.
Public School, This includes
students from Hulett Public
Scheel and Huron Centennial
Sete*, We have also StiPPlied
Libraries to all schools,
We are responsible for three
schools in the County for Train-
able Retarded students, We
have enlarged the school at
Goderich as well as arranging
for new quarters in Wingham,
The changes in the secondary
schools has been the introduc-
tion of the "credit" system
where students are free to
choose their own courses.
At the present time we are
completing the renovation of a
new board office where all the
employees may work out of one
building in Clinton, We expect
to occupy It before the end of
the year.
In conclusion, may I state
some of the reasons I believe I
have something to offer in the
coming term. We have a build-
ing program in Exeter Public
School and a decision must be
made if Industrial Arts, Home
Economics, and a new library
are to be added to this school,
We have contracts to negotiate
with both elementary and sec-
ondary school teachers as well
as bus contractors.
The Provincial ceiling
posed last year caused a cur-
tailment of To4intepAppo pro.
gram which I regard as very
important. To see these pro-
gralna carried out successfully
is my desire. With the support
of the ratepayers of )3"q district
on Dec 4th I will do my utmost
to accomplish these,
from the local boards. Some
county boards of education
have co-operated with other
schools systems and co-ordinat-
ed their busing system which
proved to he a substantial sav-
ing.
In our county, some members
of the Huron School, board have
allowed their hardened preju-
dices to interfere with sound
judgement, and we have
learned that in some elected
trustees of the Huron County
school board there is far 'less
fairness or democracy than in
the darkest reaches of Africa,
We realize that the attitudes of
these elected trustees do not
reflect the thinking of the ma-
jority of the citizens of Huron
county.
Having served the Clinton
and District Christian School as
president for a number of
years, I am aware that operat-
ing a school is not only big busi-
ness, but also a perplexing
business, and I am prepared to
meet that challenge.
As a parent of four children,
two attending the Clinton and
District Christi* School, and
two attending the Central. Hu-
ron Secondary School in Clin-
ton, I am vitally concerned
about the betterment of both
school systems.
As your local candidate for
the Huron School Board, I will
work for better understanding,
promote economy and efficien-
cy wherever possible and. hope
to represent the interest of all
the parents and ratepayers in a
fair and responsible manner.
Marilyn Kunder
Contrary to the opinion of
some people, the Huron County
Board of Education has set up
numerous policies relating to
budgets, tenders, political ac-
tivities, use of schools, con-
tracts, personnel, insurance,
transportation, complaints,
field trips, retirements, etc.
We have established amal-
gamated bus routes in the St.
Columban, Seaforth, Brussels,
Clinton area. Children from
Huron-Perth Roman Catholic , ,
schools, secondary and elemen-
tary public schools all ride to-
gether. This has proved consi-
derable savings to both boards
and is now being studied in
other areas,
This same arrangement could
be made with the Calvin Chris-
tion School, if they so desire.
Depending on budget _cell.
ingS set down by the Ministry of
Education, we would like to up-
date some facilities and en-
large on our student services.
These services include psy-
chological services, develop-
mental reading, speech corree-
Hon, guidance, home instruc-
tion, attendance counselling,
opportunity classes, visually
and hearing handicapped,
remedial programs, occupation-
a] programs, specific learning
disabilities and the trainable
retarded,
I have been on the Advisory
Vocational Committee and the
Trainable Retarded Committee
and this has been most reward-
ing to me as a trustee. A project
I would like to see finished is,
the replacement for the Golden
Circle School for the retarded
in Wingham. This will be clone
by using three empty class-
rooms in the Wingham Elemen-
tary School,
Something I fught for was the
establishment of Home Eco-
nomics and Industrial Arts in
the . new addition of the Sea-
forth Public School. Huron
Centennial and Hullet Central
-Sebools have the advantage of
'Jilts program as well as Sea-
forth and it has proved an ex-
.1.ternely satisfactory project and
'141,111 be continued,
Unfortunately, funds were
not available to establish Con-
versational French from kin-
dergarten to Grade 8 but we did
manage it from Grade Son. This
has also been exceptionally
well received.
I feel I can contribute greatly
to this board and hope to do so
in the future.
MORGAN SMITH
.... The. Huron County School
-Board has failed to provide the
..ktype of leadership we should
expect from a body responsible
*for education, This is the larg-
e T.st business in the county, with
1,0.3,000 students and a budget of
lover- $10 million, including $1
mtlliart''iri debt charges.
In the past two years, there
has
si
b
o
cnesn no report, et any
on educatiOnpnatterS;
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and yet this is the Miele object
'of the operation.,It -is as if Gen-
era] Motors studied their plant
and costs, but never their prod-
uct, the car. Is this because the
board acknowledges their in-
competence, 'or are they apa-
thetic in turning such matters
over to their staff?
Why has the board net Mai-
dered at least some of the fob
lowing points, which are con-
fusing to parent and pupil:
• Is the child more capable
of selecting his curriculum
than the teacher or parent?
• Do we need multiple ours- ,
es to provide a broad educa-
tion, or is the answer to concen-
trate on the basic skills, which
are a framework for continuing
learning, both in the home and
on the job?
• Is the lack of discipline in
the schools a factor in the poor
results?
• Is the retention of the few
troublemakers desirable, and
how does this affect the work of
the majority who wish to make
the most of their opportunities?
• Are we getting the maxi-
mum value from our;vocational
courses, some of which have as
few as ten students?
• Are we neglecting the
three "R"s and substituting
"play" courses?
• Are examinations no long-
er valid, and is the parent to be
kept in the dark about the
child's progress and capabili-
ties?
For a board that spends all
its time on administrative mat-
ters, I would suggest some pen-
cil sharpening. With an annual
decrease in pupils, and a great
deal of extra space, they are
merrily planning an increase in
the building programme. Yet
the Clinton High School was
built for another 400 students
than their enrolment, and all
the elementary schools have
extra rated capacity.
However, I may be misjudg-
ing the capabilities of the
Board. Mr. Broadfoot claims
that the 200 Calvin Christian
students cost us money because
they do not attend our schools,
even though they pay all the
taxes the rest of us pay. He
would like to dragoon them into
our empty classes. Most of us
have difficulty in accepting this
erde re4/.9, PY,FAIR.P.
they can also, reduce our taxes
when they complete the new
schools.
Peter Damstne
If your neighbour's children
attend a Protestant Christian
Day School, you neighbours are
members of one of Ontario's
minority groups,
Protection of their right to
choose freely what is best for
their children is a fundamental
principle of democracy, Yet the
Ontario government drastically
restricts that freedom by at-
taching a severe penalty to the
choice of these parents,
The Clinton and District
Christian School is one of the
many member schools of the
Ontario Alliance of Christian
Schools. They have highly-
qualified and dedicated teach-
ers along with adacernic stan-
dards that meet and in many
cases exceed those set by the
Department of Education.
The Christian School is open
to all members of the public
.iWho wish a distinctively Chris-
tian education for their chil-
dren. The Protestant Christian
Day Schools are a third public
school system.
We affirm that not the state,
nor the church, but the parents
are responsible for the educa-
tion of their children.
Schools fulfill a distinctive
purpose in our society. In large
measure our educational insti-
tutions set the standard for so-
cial, cultural and national life.
Thought and behaviour pat-
terns are formed which often
continue through the rest of
life. Christian parents require
an education for their children
which is consistent with the
Christian perspective intro-
duced in their homes.
We maintain that a variety of
school systems each supported
by the tax dollars of their sup-
porters will build a mosaic of
peoples, each dedleated, te 'the
building of a bettergiiietely r
all,
In an interview between T. C.
Wells, the minister of education
and representatives of the On-
tario Alliance of Christian
Schools, the minister suggested
that assistance in certain areas
such as busing, sharing facili-
ties, etc., could be obtained