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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-11-30, Page 611QARA DNelv OF EDUCATION 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 ••• 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 ELECTROHOME • ESW IC K C-11 CRASS IS 1 YEAR SPECIAL SERVICE See this.model and others SP EC:IA ttie HOLIDAY SEASON at s RADIO and TV SALES &SERVICE ELECTROHOME la ....w Wm *rot dif •iscafooto. • QUEEN STREET•BLYTH.ONT. • mootse,523-9b!IK SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 THE DECISIONS WILL SING REV. CLEVE WINGER WILL SPEAK AT Westfield Fellowship Hour - 2 p.m. HURON MEN'S CHAPEL, Auburn 8 p.m. ALL WELCOME VOTE AS YOU LIKE BUT VOTE V erify the tact that there's a warm welcome for all at the Huron Men's Chapel, Auburn and Westfield Fellowship Hour, 0fly Christ has the answer to your problem. T he Bible, we believer from cover to cover. 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HOFFMAN'S By-The-Piece Bologna 3 Lbs. 99t CENTRE CUT Loin Chops LB 89t CENTRE CUT Beef Shank LB 6 5 4 SCHNEIDER'S Mini Sizzlers 694 Wing Steaks Pork Liver FULL Y PROCESSED Lo i ns of Beef P.E.I. Potatoes CAN, NO 1 10 Lbs. 65 4 Cello Pack Radishes 360z PKGS 294 SIZE 138's Sunkist Navel Oranges Doz. 5 (A two reserve the right to limit quantities) • LB LB $1.19 LB 394 LB 894 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; • 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